Support 7zip!

Vilepickle

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Oct 25, 2007
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My map is 24mb zipped and 10mb 7zipped. I prefer 7z obviously. I request that the submit system support this format! Go!
 

Snipergen

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Nov 16, 2007
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and rar? :p

i have 7zip installed maybe its like .zip -> .rar hype and maybe we can start .rar -> .7zip :D
 

drp

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Oct 25, 2007
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ill go ahead and add it to the allow list. :)
 

ryodoan

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Nov 2, 2007
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I really like 7z also, however I find that not many people actually use it unfortunately...
 

YM

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Dec 5, 2007
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I really like 7z also, however I find that not many people actually use it unfortunately...

So provide a link to it. its free easy to set up and easy to use.

I've recently had to get it so I can put maps on our fast download server. I think for anyone running a server having maps already 7zipped for them is great, but for those that are just downloading the map so they dont have to in-game don't need it as much, there are upsides and downsides.
 

Arma

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Mar 11, 2008
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Bzip2 ftw! :D

( i mean coming from a linux geek i like the command line version of bzip2 better than windows 7zip, which gives exactly the same results )
 
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Vilepickle

Banned
Oct 25, 2007
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bzip2 is only slightly smaller than regular zip, while 7z is MUCH smaller than both bz2 and zip. 7z wins by far.

Original bsp: 28.6mb
Zip: 15mb
bz2: 14.5mb
7z: 6.6mb

At least compressing a bsp