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Warrior Gryphon
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#1 Old 16th Apr 2006 at 11:03 AM
Default News for creators and downloaders
Hi All,

First off, apologies for the excessive maintenance in the past few days. Hopefully this wont happen again for a long time. The downtime was to recompress all sims2pack files down into rar and perform more maintenance on the fileserver.

Secondly, there are no longer any Sims2Pack files here. This means that all Sims2Pack files have recompressed into .rar automatically. You won't need to re-upload or compress them yourself.

For downloaders, we have instructions in the "Downloading for Dummies" article that details how you can unpack and install the resulting files into your game. Alternatively, you can use the Q-Xpress Installer program to install files.

Regards,
Delphy

Story books are full of fairy tales, of Kings and Queens, and the bluest skies.
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#2 Old 16th Apr 2006 at 11:09 AM
Thanks for the info.

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#3 Old 16th Apr 2006 at 11:13 AM
Ah, so that's what was going on! Well if it makes more space for new downloads, it was worth it, even if I was going through withdrawal!
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#4 Old 16th Apr 2006 at 12:01 PM
Thanks! Often most of the Sims2Pack files are too large and take FOREVER for my computer to download.

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Warrior Gryphon
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#5 Old 16th Apr 2006 at 12:07 PM
Exactly, misfit. So this way they are smaller and get sent faster which means more downloads for all :cheer:

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#6 Old 16th Apr 2006 at 12:36 PM
They aren't compressed, thus take up more space and bandwidth. This is a free site so we don't have unlimited storage you know.

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#7 Old 16th Apr 2006 at 12:48 PM
Wow, cool... great for the site and users...

So, only sims2pack files are recompressed into rar? or including the uncompressed bodyshop files, too?

I've been using zip to package 7-zip-compressed achives instead of rar because rar-packaging can increase the file size up to 30kb or even much more while zip-packaging will only increaase the size less than 1 kb..

Anyway, it's good not to see the uncompressed chunky files...:moose:
Warrior Gryphon
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#8 Old 16th Apr 2006 at 1:07 PM
Only Sims2Packs existing on the site have been recompressed.

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Lab Assistant
#9 Old 16th Apr 2006 at 1:42 PM
thanks for telling us delphy. im glad i dont have to re-upload though! lol

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#10 Old 16th Apr 2006 at 1:48 PM
Thanks for all your hard work to make this site even better!

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#11 Old 16th Apr 2006 at 2:52 PM
Default help!!!
i dnt get it i cant download files such as rar or zip do u kno ythis is? i cud onli download sims2pack files n now i cnt even do tht plz help me !!! thnx
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#12 Old 16th Apr 2006 at 3:00 PM
...ohgodpleasehelpmetonottypewhatireallywanttosayrightnowkthanxbai...

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Test Subject
#13 Old 16th Apr 2006 at 4:07 PM
So...Does this means that I have to go download Winrar? I guess if I don't that the things I download won't show up in my game.
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#14 Old 16th Apr 2006 at 4:47 PM
Either that or Q-Xpress, brooklyn.

same to lilsophiemunchkin, get WinRAR or Q-Xpress, the only things I know of.

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Test Subject
#15 Old 16th Apr 2006 at 5:44 PM
Thanks, delphy, for making this place a beter one for simming :-)

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Lab Assistant
#16 Old 16th Apr 2006 at 6:38 PM
So, this will make the site faster?? I hope so, lately it has been slow for me...

Out of commision because my computer is a complete piece of crap.
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#17 Old 16th Apr 2006 at 6:41 PM
lilsophymunchin,
dear, reread the first post
and most importantly, the downloading for dummies bit
it's a link
read the faq it refers to
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#18 Old 16th Apr 2006 at 6:53 PM
/me proclaims her love for LoveRat for the world to see

Very nice work Delphy- rars are much smaller and faster and it will help the site over all
Lab Assistant
#19 Old 16th Apr 2006 at 8:44 PM
I'm so greatful you've decided to do this. I love rar files and zips are ok too.
*hugs*

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#20 Old 16th Apr 2006 at 8:59 PM
Loverat, dear, it's supposed to be kthxbye.... :D

Story books are full of fairy tales, of Kings and Queens, and the bluest skies.
Lab Assistant
#21 Old 16th Apr 2006 at 9:21 PM
Great!

I have a quick question though. Why RAR? They do have better compression formats, like 7zip or tarball(yes, I know its linux, but you can still use it on Windows ).
Test Subject
#22 Old 16th Apr 2006 at 9:32 PM
Default just a little thank you
Thank you for your hard work it makes me love this site even more. I really appreciate all that you do
Lab Assistant
#23 Old 16th Apr 2006 at 10:17 PM
Thanx for that, makes it easier for me!!!!

Kthxby
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#24 Old 16th Apr 2006 at 10:59 PM
Default Thanx Delphy!
We appreciate all your hard work.

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#25 Old 16th Apr 2006 at 11:18 PM
If someone uploads a Sims2Pack (say someone doesn't know how to make it .rar) does it stay as Sims2Pack when it gets uploaded to Mts2?

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