rawrn00b Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 Most/The best of the mods are either .rar mods and .7z (Ex. MMM mod) mods. Wtf is with that? How about a .exe or .zip? Ppl need programs to use the .rar files. (Dont say Winrar or Winzip, i already used them up) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xeniorn Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 RAR Zilla .rar and .7z are simply beter than .zip, I presume people don't use .exe because it's not as simple to do as .rar and also doesn't always have such a good compression. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoogieMonster Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 Plus, these days people are just naturally suspicious of .exe files. And they can be harder to undo (if they do not have an uninstall) than files you place yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninja_lord666 Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 .exe does not simply comress, it creates an independent program, and, like Woogie said, unidentified programs are not something to be randomly installed on your computer. The reason everyone uses .rar or .7z is because they compress more than .zip thus allowing people to upload more stuff and take up less space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ResidentWeevil2077 Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 I personally like using RAR (tends to be a tad more stabler and compresses slightly better than 7-Zip), but because it's a proprietary format (and therefore costs $$$), I usually end up using 7-Zip anyway. EDIT: BTW, before anyone blasts me for my comment, I just want to mention that I have no problem paying for WinRAR, but it's the method of paying (via credit card) that I simply can't do (I don't have a credit card, and cannot afford one ATM) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rawrn00b Posted January 9, 2008 Author Share Posted January 9, 2008 All .rar files are doing to me is turning this site into the gamespy oblivion mod site. ($5.00=Month for membership+download) Its beginning to annoy me. A LOT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninja_lord666 Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 There is a free trial version of WinRAR, and whenever that trial expires, I just re-install the trial. It works just fine... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bibosemper Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Yeah, I can't understand the hate that .rar and 7-zip tend to get. Seems to be a "I'm not familiar with these formats, so therefore they must suck" kind of thing. Disliking something simply because it's mainstream may be a bit silly, but in this case there are very *valid* reasons why many (if not most) submitters prefer rar & 7-zip. To compare: Executable installers = dangerous! Terrific way to get adware or worse on your machine. Sure, you can scan the file... but will your virus scanner detect malware? Maybe, maybe not. If it's a well disguised trojan, your virus scanner won't detect anything, no matter how well updated it is. .zip compression = ok, but inefficent (and comes from a proprietary format originally, just like .rar) Bandwidth costs our gracious hosts $$, and every little bit saved here and there really adds up. .rar compression = a better .zip, from this user's perspective. You can use the "trial" version for years and years, never paying a thing. Just dismiss the little nag window. That's it. 7-zip = the "best" compression method, in theory. In practice, it suffers the usual open-sourcy issues (occasional stability problems, processor intensive execution-- i.e., it runs like suck if you have an ancient machine). Probably not much of an issue if your rig can run oblivion. Wow, I've spent way to much time rambling about a boring topic. Just tired of seeing this gripe posted on every forum everywhere, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ResidentWeevil2077 Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 You said it better than I could :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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