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Post by Warll » Thu May 24, 2007 3:06 pm

It should not really matter so long as you have 7-zip.
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Post by GS-Railroad » Thu May 24, 2007 4:12 pm

Very easy to test both compression methods. RAR is by far faster and has much better compression. Winrar is a great app that also handles zip files.
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Post by Warll » Thu May 24, 2007 4:14 pm

Only winrar costs money and 7-zip is open sauce.
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Post by GS-Railroad » Thu May 24, 2007 6:59 pm

That is incorrect. Winrar does not cost anything. The trial software works forever. You can however register to show support for the product and get rid of the ok button. Pkware was great in it's time but it's been obsolete for many years now. Winrar is a tiny program that handles many formats and has some of the best features combined with speed and compression. You don't see people making volumes of DVD with pkzip. They use rar and for a reason :) This forum is quite nice how it handles file attachments.
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Post by Warll » Thu May 24, 2007 7:11 pm

I had the trail and it was annoying! With 7-zip I can show my support just by using the product.
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Post by GS-Railroad » Thu May 24, 2007 7:51 pm

Doesn't really matter what you use as long as it handles all formats :) Only time I use zip is to uncompress. I've used Winrar for years though to compress stuff especially larger files that have to be broken down into volumes. The trial does say it exipres but it never stops working. Does 7-zip handle rar files also? Maybe I'll give it a go :)
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Post by Warll » Thu May 24, 2007 9:15 pm

Yup 7-zip does do .rar.
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Post by choobacca » Thu May 24, 2007 9:30 pm

7-zip compression is even better than rar. And it supports multi-volume spanning, something I needed when releasing the Basin And Range map.
Here is the link: http://www.7-zip.org/

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Post by Greybriar » Wed May 30, 2007 3:42 am

Nice map! Thank you, stormfather.

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Post by keotaman » Wed May 30, 2007 5:31 am

choobacca wrote: ...
Here is the link: http://www.7-zip.org/
Thank you, Choobacca & GS-Railroad for the helpful information. I appreciate your answers.
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Post by dogsbody42 » Sat Jun 16, 2007 3:32 pm

sorry for the dumb post - but im a bit lost

Can someone point me in the direction of the map file please?

I've found the tenders installer on page 4 of the thread but not somewhere I can get the map zip.

Pleae help!

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Post by Warll » Sat Jun 16, 2007 3:36 pm

First post, have to be logged in to see it.
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Post by dogsbody42 » Sun Jun 17, 2007 10:04 pm

Ta for that.

Found that in game, the map on my machine only shows Los Angles to New York - seeing as some of the objectives need to include going to San Francisco, what do i need to alter/change/do to enable the game to show the full width of the map?

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Post by Warll » Sun Jun 17, 2007 10:37 pm

ummm,,, what did you change in the first place?
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Post by dogsbody42 » Sun Jun 17, 2007 10:40 pm

havent changed anything apart from replacing RRT_Goods.xml and RRT_TrainCars.xml

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