Thus spake Thomas Russ: > > On Mar 5, 2007, at 6:22 PM, Dennis Watson wrote: > > > If you dowload modules using Safari, it may unzip the file and make > > it unusable as a .mod. > > > > In General Prefences, make sure 'open "safe" files' is NOT check. > > Haven't tried other browsers > > yet, but this had me confused. I am new to the Vassal group; > > haven't even played a game yet. > > My best friend just downloaded Vassal also and some mods via safari > > and we were both > > confused. Now we can start playing. > > A simpler solution is to right-click (or Control-Click) on the link > and choose "Download Linked File". That will by-pass the normal > unzipping. > > One minor problem, though, is that sometimes the *.mod file is also > zipped in the upload, and so it may need to be unzipped. The general > convention is to use the *.zip extension if it needs to be unzipped > and *.mod if you don't want to unzip it, although this is not > followed by all modules.... >
Why does anyone bother to zip their modules? The savings in file size ought to be negligible, while the cost in confusion is not. -- J.
