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[Vltava]

I've been using 7-Zip to compress my interfaces and mods, and I've recieved a few complaints on my .zip acting strangely. Quite possibly it's because I use the BZip2 compression format to create a .zip, when I should use deflation. Please test the following files and fill out this short form so I know what format works best.

testbzip2.zip – compressed with 7-Zip, BZip2 format, ultra compression
Were you able to unpack it? Regardless of answer, what program did you use?
testdeflate.zip – compressed with 7-Zip, deflate format, ultra compression
Were you able to unpack it? Regardless of answer, what program did you use?
testwinzip.zip – compressed with WinZip, default (I believe it's deflation)
Were you able to unpack it? Regardless of answer, what program did you use?

Alright, here is one with a .wav in it.

wavbzip2.zip – compressed with 7-Zip, BZip2 format, ultra compression
Were you able to unpack it? Regardless of answer, what program did you use?

[Milkman Dan]

I used winrar. Unzipped all 3 at the same time into separate folders. All worked.

[Krillious]

all of them worked with winzip aswell

[Milkman Dan]

Maybe you should re-try the test but with a few different types of files in the same zip

[Unlucky XIII]

Did with 7-Zip and WinRAR. It seems to have worked.
Didn't try with the Windows Decompression Utility thingo though.

[Mr. Domino]

Didn't try with the Windows Decompression Utility thingo though.

I did, and they all work fine.

[frogboy]

All three work with WinRAR and InfoZIP.

[Eagles_Arrows]

All three worked with my WinRAR

[FliesLikeABrick]

almost nobody uses 7-zip, it'd be best to stick with something like winzip or rar

[Vltava]

I'll try different files. Someone said .wav files don't unpack properly with BZip2.

[Lapis Lazuli]

7-zip however has the best compression I have ever seen.

(outside of uharc, that is)

[FliesLikeABrick]

7-zip however has the best compression I have ever seen.

(outside of uharc, that is)

and I can crumple a piece of paper up really really small and throw it really far, but what good is that if 90% of people who catch it can't unball it well enough to read it?

[Vltava]

7-zip however has the best compression I have ever seen.

(outside of uharc, that is)

and I can crumple a piece of paper up really really small and throw it really far, but what good is that if 90% of people who catch it can't unball it well enough to read it?

You're absolutely right. But Uharc's formats are rather ... unknown to most programs, and the only thing really useful I can see about it is creating self-extracting archives.

[Smegma]

7-zip however has the best compression I have ever seen.

(outside of uharc, that is)

and I can crumple a piece of paper up really really small and throw it really far, but what good is that if 90% of people who catch it can't unball it well enough to read it?

You mean, kinda like linux?

[FliesLikeABrick]

there's nothing about linux that isn't compatible with windows, its the other way around.

[CheeSeMan.]

i opened  them with winace. it pwns eveythings butt.

[Unlucky XIII]

there's nothing about linux that isn't compatible with windows, its the other way around.

I could say the same thing about 7-Zip and any other decompression/compression utility...

Anyway, on the wave file one, used the same two as last time (7-Zip and WinRAR), and, as long as it wasn't supposed to play anything, it worked fine.
If it was, we have a problem.

[Vltava]

It's a blank .wav file. Thanks for all your efforts.