What are .rar files?

[Blackhand]

Ok I need My Warcraft Studio 0.9 but when I download it it's a .rar file. What is it how do I use it. I only understand .zip files not .rar files. Someone please tell me what it is. :x

 

[Kimbo]

FGI

/me bows to mech

 

[Daminon]

FGI

What does FGI mean?

 

[PurplePoot]

its mech's saying

* Google It

lol.

Guess what the * is

Anyways, i already answered in an older thread. a .RAR file is an older form of compression. You can open them with a free RAR extractor, WinRAR, etc.

 

[Mecheon]

RAR isn't an older form, its a newer form

Its also MUCH better than ZIP. I can point you to a 300 megabyte RAR file. The catch? Its ZIP equivilent is 800 megabytes

Pretty nice compression, no?

 

[PurplePoot]

O.O, its newer? Meh, everyone i've asked says its older.

The point is, its a method of compression.

 

[Blackhand]

Sorry for all these frustrating things I have been saying...

Anyway I finaly solved it because of Mecheon and PurplePoot. I got WinRar and extracted MyWarcraftStudio_0.9. I found Hakkar, Tigon male and female, slith and all the other models I needed thank you everyone who helped...

Even if I was being an idiot. :?

 

[donut3.5]

I have a program that unzips all compressed files...
Of course I can't zip them... XD
Bloody macs...
--donut3.5--

 

[PurplePoot]

WinRAR does that too. Its not just a .RAR decoder, it also unzips about every other type of compression imaginable

 

[DarkShadow]

Ok, WinRar > WinZip
but 7zip > all

(for all non-rar-archives)