Downloading sprites

Aerth Child · Post by **Aerth Child** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 5:32 pm

This may make me seem stupid, but I try to download some of Kaelis' amazing custom sprites, but I can't make the file work. It becomes a .rar, and I don't know how to use those types of files. Help?

Verminator · Post by **Verminator** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 6:43 pm

You have to download WinRAR. It's a program sort of like zip. Apparently you have to pay if you want the full version, but you can just download the trial and while it will nag you to buy once the allocated time is gone, you can still use it freely to uncompress RAR files and take the sprites to your custom sprites directory.

AnnihilatorX · Post by **AnnihilatorX** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 7:43 pm

WinRAR is way better than Winzip
It handles all kinds of compression files, and rar files compresses much more than zip.

Post by **Arcalane** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 9:51 pm

7zip is superior to both, though. It handles as many archives and can compress to quite a few as well.

TheBlueEcho · Post by **TheBlueEcho** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 9:58 pm

Arcalane wrote:7zip is superior to both, though. It handles as many archives and can compress to quite a few as well.

QFT.

Plus the 7-zip format compresses large stuff like it's made of nothing.

IBurn36360 · Post by **IBurn36360** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 5:52 am

For these and all other compressoin types, I use Peazip

Free, handles all known compression types and even allowes you to choose compression ammount.

Note: the link IS the download.

Aerth Child · Post by **Aerth Child** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 10:35 am

Thanks for all the info. I will use one of these programs for my own sprites, when I finally make them. This was very helpful.