[TEC] How not to have the double same name folder when zipping

[THE_MASK]

How not to have the double same name folder when zipping .
When zipping up your folder do not zip the main folder .

Instead zip up the folders inside the main one.

[JScones]

Thanks. If modders took just 5 seconds to test their zipped files before releasing them, users wouldn't be tearing their hair out anywhere near as much.

[bigboywooly]

Hmmmmm I find its on extraction
FE
Just right clicked on a folder - A and clicked on add to " A.7z"
So I get my 7z folder called A
Now If I click on Extract to " A\" then will get the double folder
But if click extract here will just get the one main folder with the correct directory set up

Have always used the above method for JSGME

Etther way is good as long as has the desired end effect

[Fincuan]

Originally Posted by bigboywooly

Have always used the above method for JSGMEt

Your method seems to be the most common one modders currently use, at least on the SH4 side, and imho should be made the "standard". Either way isn't a good practice because in that case the user will have to know which way to original packager used before doing anything, and that isn't very convenient.

[THE_MASK]

A certain supermodder who has been around for years still has double folders LOL .

[Ducimus]

Yeah yeah i know your talking about me. lol.
It might be in extraction. I honestly don't know what the deal is for some people. Ive extracted my own 7zip files all the time, and ive never had double folders. I zip up the directory, and the file structure is intact. I then uncompress the directory straight into the mod folder and have never had a problem. So.. i honestly don't have a clue as to what the issue is. Maybe i have some older version of winRAR that does things differently. *shrug*

Edit: It also occurs to me, that if i directly compressed the data file, then when i uncompress it, the parent directory wont be right for JSGME.

For example
if i compressed data and documents directly, then i have a zip file with just those two directories. That means that when you go to unzip it in your mod directory, it will uncompress as data and document. Try enabeling that in JSGME. It won't work right, the pathing will be off.

edit 2:
Oh, and version 0.2 of that WIP is up. lol