windows and pk3's

[SMAKFU]

How the fawk do you change the maps you download back to pk3's when retarted windows makes them winrars.I had it figured out but I have oldtimers and cant remember how to fix.

Any help...anybody....buller? ...buller?

SMAK

[sittingduck]

Probably the easiest way will be to install Winrar. It should take over the zip file association, and all will be well.
Downloading with Firefox would be another option.
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[SMAKFU]

No no I already have winrar and it's making the pk3's I download(only from your site though) into rar files.

Duck thanks for the PM.

SMAK

[sittingduck]

[tez]

I don't know what are you really asking

normally the pk3 its an acronym from (PacKage and the release of the game), so for quake one you got pk1 for quake 2 pk2 for quake 3 pk3 and for quake 4 pk4.

So to be honest you only need a compresion tool like PKZIP, winzip, winrar, etc and just change the suffix of the file, for the VMI of each quake release so if you have:

for quake 3:

SomeFile.zip you just must named to SomeFile.PK3

for quake 4:

SomeFile.zip you just must named to SomeFile.PK4

Note that I'm supposing you have problems with the download and windows its renamed or interpreting the pk3 like a rar file.


Dunno if this help, if I missunderstand your question my appologies, maybe I need an a kindergartden explanations of your problem.

Regards

[SMAKFU]

Ya file extentions were hidden,got it figured out.

Thx SMAK

[sittingduck]

Ok, for anyone that doesn't know how to do this, here's a pic. I can't imagine NOT seeing file extensions.... having that off by default is retarded.
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[SMAKFU]

Well ya it would be retarted for someone that does more than game,check email and cruz the net

SMAK