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[Mig Eater]

Dew to the long time the AI is taking to finish :roll: I will be able to get the basics of the DTX done for the release of v3.3.

I am going to do an intensive week working on just the DTX & will be posting some pics as I go. I'm also going to be working on a new map of Paris that you will be able to see pics of on the 31st when D-day is featured as the mod of the week

[Andre27]

Gee, thanks for the vote of confidence. :|

[Mig Eater]

Well in about a month & a half you have only finished the AI for side so can ya blame me... :|

Any way the extra time means I can work on the beta more & improve it so np

[DaEm0NuL]

I have a dum question : it may be released in june ?

[raminator]

shure...!!!
in june 2006 =)

[Mig Eater]

Well if André gets the AI done I'm aiming for a June 6th release, which is also the 2nd anniversary of the mod & the 60th anniversary of the D-day landings

[DaEm0NuL]

Good plan and it will cain' of historic to.
But if something is delayed (god please protect us) it will be released before august ?
BTW : the mod is 200mb's right ?

[Rygar]

I guess the size is inferior than 200mb

[Mig Eater]

The staff beta was about 33mb but that's with out new sounds, music, maps & the DTX. I have no idea what it will be with them but the music is about 200mb on it's own at the mo... :|

[DaEm0NuL]

OMG . I am 56k user (HOPE a cable soon) i'm gooner so the sounds are .wav or what. Can't you find a prog that compresses the sounds and after install a decompress or smth ?

[trevor]

some compressors smurf =)

http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm
http://www.dbpoweram...al-mp3-lame.htm

great mp3 codec...

thought that could help to compress them some =)

[Mig Eater]

heh I'm already using them

The problem is that RA2 uses wav format, which is uncompressed & can be huge. The only way to make them smaller is to lower the quality drastically, which I'm against but will probably have to do unless you 56ker's dont mind spending hours d/l them :|

[DaEm0NuL]

Yes, but why not installed them compressed and after the install they can uncomprees automatic or manualy ?

[Mig Eater]

If you mean by winzip or an installer, then I'm gona do that any way but it wont cut much off. If you mean compress them to mp3 then you uncompress them to wav! Once you d/l them, that's not gona work as every one would have to know how to do that & have the right prog for it :|

[8doczzz1]

there are better ways to compress than zip or mp3 ... actual music compression programs...

course, i dont know of any good free ones, and its just one more inconvenience for the d/ler.

[Mig Eater]

I know there are better ways but it's pointless as you would have to convert them back to wav format for them to work in RA2! & I'm not gona force ppl to do that

[DaEm0NuL]

Your right. But there's an archiver that is used by hacked games when they decompress can't you do like wise ?
BTW : Skirimish is playble, right ?

[Mig Eater]

I wouldn't know, I dont d/l games... I buy them :roll:

Any way I got the music down to around 43mb (9 files)

Err, why wouldn't Skirmish be playable :?

[8doczzz1]

you using winrar or zip

[Mig Eater]

I made them mono insted of stereo & it cut the file size in half...