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by **cookiemonsta** » Mon Jan 06, 2014 22:18

I am having problems getting mods that are .rar files to work, someone please help?

Thanks in advance,
cookiemonsta

by **aldobr** » Mon Jan 06, 2014 22:27

You need to extract the .rar files...

by **cookiemonsta** » Mon Jan 06, 2014 22:29

aldobr wrote:You need to extract the .rar files...

How would I do that? (Sorry, my minetest know-how is limited, to an extent at which I could be named a n00b)

Thanks for the quick reply by the way! :)

Thanks in advance,
cookiemonsta

by **aldobr** » Mon Jan 06, 2014 22:31

.rar is not a minetest file format,

its a archiving file format, ie.: you need a tool to extract the files and place the resulting files into the correct directories

look the internet for winrar, extract the files (preserving directories) to the \mods directory of your minetest instalation.

or, if you are using the latest version of the game, download the files from the ingame mod download system.

by **cookiemonsta** » Mon Jan 06, 2014 22:35

aldobr wrote:.rar is not a minetest file format,

its a archiving file format, ie.: you need a tool to extract the files and place the resulting files into the correct directories

look the internet for winrar, extract the files (preserving directories) to the \mods directory of your minetest instalation.

or, if you are using the latest version of the game, download the files from the ingame mod download system.

Thankyou very much for the help. :D

by **onpon4** » Mon Jan 06, 2014 23:10

look the internet for winrar

No, no, no. If you're a Windows user, use 7-zip and nothing else. If you're on OS X, use The Unarchiver. If you're on any other system, use unar (command-line version of The Unarchiver) for RAR files and whatever archiver you got with the OS for everything else.

RAR files really ought to be banned from places like this all across the Internet; it needs to die already. There is no reason to use RAR (7z has better compression and 7-zip is better than WinRAR), and a very good reason not to use it (lack of free/libre software support); yet people still use it. I haven't the slightest idea why.

by **aldobr** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 00:25

omfg, now i will receive a preaching about opensource creed because i tried to help someone "with the wrong tool"...

by **Krock** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 16:28

Windows:
http://www.7-zip.org/download.html
Unix/Linux:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/p7zip/
[totally_small]http://www.soft-utilities.com/p7zip-gui-k.html[/totally_small]
OS X:
http://7zx.en.softonic.com/mac

Solved?

by **Calinou** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 16:48

aldobr wrote:omfg, now i will receive a preaching about opensource creed because i tried to help someone "with the wrong tool"...

WinRAR is also shareware, which means you'll get nag screens on a regular basis if you don't buy it. 7-zip can extract .rar files just fine and does not cost anything.

by **sfan5** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 18:19

Krock wrote:[...]
OS X:
http://7zx.en.softonic.com/mac

Softonic installers usually install useless crap.

by **Krock** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 19:43

sfan5 wrote:
Krock wrote:[...]
OS X:
http://7zx.en.softonic.com/mac

> softonic
> useless crap installed with everything

Demonstrating on WinXP (should be same way on mac)

Image

5 easy steps for people which can't read.

EDIT: sorry..there was no way to get it english but in every language it will be the same way.

by **aldobr** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 20:19

Next time i will refrain from helping...

by **xyz** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 20:32

Closing because it seems some people confuse this section with "Offtopic".

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