VDV_forever
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Can we use archiving programs when sending save files?
After all, traffic isn't always free... and save files aren't always small...
And if so, which one? I suggest ZIP.
Because RAR is, of course, a Russian invention, but you can really
struggle with compatibility issues between different versions.
I wouldn't recommend it; let me explain why:
1. I tested different archiving programs for compressing save files. But, unfortunately, it doesn't compress more than 20%:mad:, so it's pointless to compress it.
2. As you rightly pointed out in the quote:
"RAR is, of course, a Russian invention, but you can really
struggle with compatibility issues between different versions."
And imagine that complete confusion will begin, everyone will start compressing in whatever they want, in any version. And we, as organizers, in order not to offend the sender, will have to find all these archiving programs! And there's no guarantee that we'll find them all.
3. The probability of errors in an archived file is much higher than in an unarchived one!
4. Regarding traffic:
You only need to send 1 save file, but we have to receive more than 50, and traffic isn't free for us either!
5. In the next tournament, we can thoroughly consider this issue, and after a specific decision is made by the organizers and administrators, it can be introduced as a separate item in the rules.
But for now, you'll have to send it as is, because there is a file named nick.sav:(
Sincerely, VDV_forever
