Using or Installing .RAR Mods

[3stripe]

I have downloaded a few mods that are in .RAR format. I'm not familiar with that format, so not sure how to handle them. When I follow the instructions for JSGME, it says the mods are activated, but they don't appear in the game. If I download a mod that is a compressed file and results in typical file types such as .wav, things work fine. What am I doing wrong?

Mike

[The Butcher]

I use 7zip to expand .rar files. You can download it from download.com, it's free. Then just expand the files into your MODS folder and you are good.

[Pisces]

RAR is another compressed archive type. You need to extract it first like you do with a .zip (or 7-zip that seems to gain popularity thesedays). I usually use Winrar for rars but there may be other applications that handle them.

[difool2]

I personally find .rars to be more trouble than they're worth-far too many corruption errors, and on large mods it takes like 5 minutes to extract the files, while with Winzip I can in there virtually instantaneously.

[gimpy117]

"rar!"