> > To Quote Doore, Daniel [MIS] : > [deleted] > > Story of my life with *.pak files. > [deleted] > > file which decompressed ok but 80% gave 'bad checksum' when I tried > > to unpack them. > [deleted] > > I've used it a couple of times. I generall check that things will > decompress again before giving them to people. I find that things will > normally work if the first file in the archive is a code file (ie DOS). > > Of course, this may not have any meaning... and could just be coincidence. > > What about if you just link the files, but don't compress them? would this > give better results? You could then zip this file to save space still. >
That is quite a nice idea - if it is the compression algorithm that is causing the problem. Rumsoft uses an implementation of LZ77 (I think), but that should not cause the probs (me hopes :-\) With reference back to imc's comment about the file extension - it would be nice if we had standard file extensions. I chose .ARC because (to state the bloody obvious), it is the only archiver on the SAM. I am only saying this because of the problems it has caused. How about if we had a list of standard file extensions? Or is this a case of "Who gives a shit!" > I dunno, just a suggestion, I have no real idea of how it works anyway. > > Just thought I'd put a different name to an edit :) > > Tim > -- I am beginning to waffle, soz. I have been up all night. Lord B'
