I would REALLY STRONGLY SUGGEST that all module designers name Modules .mod
and ZIP files .zip! Just because a module is compressed using the same method
does not make it a zip file!
Here are some examples of other file formats that are similar to vassal
modules in that they are compressed using the zip algorithm, but they seem to
not have a problem using their own extention so as NOT TO CONFUSE END USERS.
The most common file extensions used for OpenDocument documents are .odt for
text documents, .ods for spreadsheets, .odp for presentations and .odg for
graphics. The OpenOffice.org database format (.odb) is not part of this
specification. An OpenDocument file can be either a simple XML file that uses
<office:document> as the root element, or a JAR (ZIP) compressed archive
containing a number of files and directories. The Jar-based format is used
almost exclusively, since it can embed binary content and tends to be
significantly smaller. (not to mention java archives .jar files as well!)
By posting something with .zip, you are telling the user that they should
unzip it first! Always! That is what .zip means!
You should only see .zip online IF you have a .mod file zipped inside of
a .zip file (say if you had a pretty pdf manual or something to go along with
the modules, or if you want to provide a package which includes the
extentions directory and extentions)
Use .zip for your development, but for the love of all that is holy, please
take the 5 sec to rename it to .mod prior to putting online.
On Tuesday 18 July 2006 14:20, Gary Krockover wrote:
> Perhaps this information should be posted at the top of the "Modules" page
> on the VASSAL site - it's asked so often.
>
> GJK
>
> At 01:12 PM 7/18/2006, you wrote:
> >Mario,
> >
> >
> >
> >When it asks you to save the file as Down in Flames v1.0.0.zip change the
> >zip to .mod .
> >
> >so it reads this "Down in Flames v1.0.0.mod"
> >
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