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  Re: POV-Ray role-playing game project needs help on grafics and animations  
From: ABX
Date: 18 Feb 2003 07:17:57
Message: <ro845vo8kbc8rfdmrpi9mhs599sbcdquke@4ax.com>
On Tue, 18 Feb 2003 06:28:15 EST, "Kabo" <Kab### [at] rpg-projectcom> wrote:
> > Would it be possible to distribute exacutables as zip?
>
> Our program is much larger in zipped format than the executables we
> distribute.

You must be using bad settings for archiving. Just tested:

rpg0.22alpha.exe             13.251.984
as zip with Total Commander  13.113.415
as zip with free infozip     13.098.290

> And we have an installation program for free which nearly makes
> no additional data amount. That's the cause why we don't use zip but the
> "Self Extracting Archive Utility" compressing the game data.

as you see zipped "Self Extracting Archive" is smaller and moreover save from
possible virus ingerention.

ABX


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