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Old 11-16-20, 10:42 PM   #1
Manfred Von Gosky
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Icon8 Bah! How do you work this thing?!

So yeah, I'm still kind of new to this site and I'm still trying to find my way around after having locked myself out. Just now, I was able to get back in. And maybe, just MAYBE I can finally get into the series.

I came here, because I have now become fed up with the practical swarms of planes spawning in along my course coming in from multiple directions.

I'm... TRYING to download this. But when it finished downloading and I clicked to open it, I got an Internet Explorer view downloads window. I try to click 'Open' and it's literally REFUSING to open! A window opens and then IMMEDIATELY shuts out!

So forgive me if I seem a bit irritable. Someone pass the Grog.
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Old 11-17-20, 12:00 AM   #2
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So yeah, I'm still kind of new to this site and I'm still trying to find my way around after having locked myself out. Just now, I was able to get back in. And maybe, just MAYBE I can finally get into the series.

I came here, because I have now become fed up with the practical swarms of planes spawning in along my course coming in from multiple directions.

I'm... TRYING to download this. But when it finished downloading and I clicked to open it, I got an Internet Explorer view downloads window. I try to click 'Open' and it's literally REFUSING to open! A window opens and then IMMEDIATELY shuts out!

So forgive me if I seem a bit irritable. Someone pass the Grog.
Ahoy, Manfred Von Gosky

For the record, mods come in a zipped format...

They are NOT going to just open up, like some... magical flower or cave at a command word of 'Open Sesame'...

It takes a program like... Winzip or 7zip.. or any other program, app similar to those...

I, use 7zip, which I recommend... not because it will net Me any $$.. as My recommending it won't do jack.. it is just the app/program I use & like... and will do the trick for unzipping zipped stuff.

Hope this helps...

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Old 11-17-20, 01:46 PM   #3
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Ahoy, Manfred Von Gosky

For the record, mods come in a zipped format...

They are NOT going to just open up, like some... magical flower or cave at a command word of 'Open Sesame'...

It takes a program like... Winzip or 7zip.. or any other program, app similar to those...

I, use 7zip, which I recommend... not because it will net Me any $$.. as My recommending it won't do jack.. it is just the app/program I use & like... and will do the trick for unzipping zipped stuff.

Hope this helps...

M. M.

I'm assuming it would be better to use the 20.02 version rather than the 19.00 version.

Does the "variation" I use matter? I'm looking at 32-Bitx86, 64-Bitx64, and 64-Bit ARM64

My basic specs are:

Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8400 CPU @ 2.80 GHz 2.81 GHz
8 GB of RAM (7,87 GB useable)
64-Bit Operating System, x64-Based Processor
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Old 11-17-20, 03:13 PM   #4
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I'm assuming it would be better to use the 20.02 version rather than the 19.00 version.

Does the "variation" I use matter? I'm looking at 32-Bitx86, 64-Bitx64, and 64-Bit ARM64

My basic specs are:

Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8400 CPU @ 2.80 GHz 2.81 GHz
8 GB of RAM (7,87 GB useable)
64-Bit Operating System, x64-Based Processor
No Pen or Touch Input
jumping in here....

no, the relative version does not matter.
if you can get a fully functional version 19 as opposed to having to pay for a functional but newer release, take the older version.

most users will not need all of the bells and whistles that newer versions boast of. you will only need to unzip and possibly re-zip.

as far as the Variation is concerned, it will depend on your processor and your OS. Since you have published your system specs (thank you very much) you will need a 64-bit version, however you do not mention your OS. Are you running Win10? More than likely you will want this version.
Download .exe 64-bit x64 7-Zip for 64-bit Windows x64 (Intel 64 or AMD64)

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Old 11-17-20, 05:00 PM   #5
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jumping in here....

no, the relative version does not matter.
if you can get a fully functional version 19 as opposed to having to pay for a functional but newer release, take the older version.

most users will not need all of the bells and whistles that newer versions boast of. you will only need to unzip and possibly re-zip.

as far as the Variation is concerned, it will depend on your processor and your OS. Since you have published your system specs (thank you very much) you will need a 64-bit version, however you do not mention your OS. Are you running Win10? More than likely you will want this version.
Download .exe 64-bit x64 7-Zip for 64-bit Windows x64 (Intel 64 or AMD64)

I realized sometime later that I forgot my OS. And it's Windows 10.
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SHO Re: zip apps...

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I'm assuming it would be better to use the 20.02 version rather than the 19.00 version.

Does the "variation" I use matter? I'm looking at 32-Bitx86, 64-Bitx64, and 64-Bit ARM64

My basic specs are:

Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8400 CPU @ 2.80 GHz 2.81 GHz
8 GB of RAM (7,87 GB useable)
64-Bit Operating System, x64-Based Processor
No Pen or Touch Input
Most stuff for doing things you need to do... case in point, 7zip... do include free versions, which don't come with all the bells & whistles of the paid for versions.

Which is fine, as for the most part, they come with enough of the main things you need them for... which is a good thing for those that are on a tight budget restraint, like Myself.

1 main thing to watch out for, is... that some of them (not all do, thankfully) of stuffing in un needed or as some others refer to it as... bloat ware.. or ads of some sort or other.

7zip, is thankfully 1 of those that doesn't... last that I checked, any way.

It is for that reason, as to My recommending 7zip, which is very simple to install after downloading it. The version I have is 19.00 (x64), which is for Windows 10 x64 Opsys' (Operating Systems). My pc runs Win 10 Pro, which came with originally Win7 Pro, thankfully. It still gives Me a measure of deciding when to allow updates from Microshaft.. erhm, Microsoft... don't get Me wrong, I still like them, but.. they have at times gotten heavy handed with shoving updates out the door with out making sure it doesn't have bad side effects.

I like having the ability to back check an update & make sure that others haven't had issues (bad ones, at that...) before updating.

Any way... main point is... for you, it looks to be the same as what I have, with having 7zip.

+1 what KaleunMarco said, quoted below...

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jumping in here....

no, the relative version does not matter.
if you can get a fully functional version 19 as opposed to having to pay for a functional but newer release, take the older version.

most users will not need all of the bells and whistles that newer versions boast of. you will only need to unzip and possibly re-zip.

as far as the Variation is concerned, it will depend on your processor and your OS. Since you have published your system specs (thank you very much) you will need a 64-bit version, however you do not mention your OS. Are you running Win10? More than likely you will want this version.
Download .exe 64-bit x64 7-Zip for 64-bit Windows x64 (Intel 64 or AMD64)

Ahoy, KaleunMarco

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