Help! I need to lower the file size of my N&W steam pac
Started by blackhawk20004 posts2 min read
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As many of you know, I have 5 locos and 5 train cars that I am about to upload to the file library. When I zip all of this stuff up, it becomes a 50 MB monster. Someone on this forum asked me if I had compressed the .ace files (I know that is what is killing my file size) but I don't know how to compress them. Can they be compressed any further after making an .ace with "Makeacewin" that comes with MSTS? I have all my .s files and everything like that compressed, I just need to do it with the .ace files if there is a way to do it.
RE: Help! I need to lower the file size of my N&W steam
LAST EDITED ON Mar-04-05 AT 12:36 PM (EST)
TgaTool2 has an option in it to compress ace files.Its available from http://www.mnwright.btinternet.co.uk/ under Train Simulator. There's also a file called acecomp available but I know very little about it.Hope this helps.William
RE: Help! I need to lower the file size of my N&W steam
Blackhawk The other more "dialup freindly"(plus easier on your upload sanity) would be to break the package up into 1 or 2 loco packs that way it's in more digestable chunks so to speakGary S
43 year old future curmudgen(Hey you kids get offa my lawn!!)
