How do I compress my game for submission? RMVX ACE Topic

2996

04/29/2017 02:14 AM

Should I just do it through File -> Compress Game Data?

Or should I do it by some other method?

If it should affect my choice, I've got a version of the credits at the end of the game, but I also have them in notepad in the project folder.

Liberty

RTP Princess

24266

04/29/2017 03:35 AM

You can zip the game folder up (7-zip, rar or winzip are all free programs for this kind of thing). You could also compress, then shove that file in a folder, then zip that up.

MoonWolfV

2996

04/29/2017 05:08 AM

Thanks Liberty.

Cap_H

DIGITAL IDENTITY CRISIS

6625

04/29/2017 11:05 AM

I usually do what Liberty suggests. Compress it with rtp, then extract, add your txt and remove parts of rtp that your game needn't.

MoonWolfV

2996

04/30/2017 03:37 AM

I need some further help.

7Zip doesn't seem to be shrinking the file size by a large amount. The expanded size of the project is 52 MB and the zipped size is 43 MB.

Is this an appropriate size or should it be smaller?

If so, could someone give me a hand?

Liberty

RTP Princess

24266

04/30/2017 04:11 AM

That's a good size, don't worry. The file limit we have on RMN is 400MB, and if a game is over that amount, we do allow links to other download sites (including Dropbox).

With winzip/7zip/winrar, the amount compressed will be based on how big the file is initially anyway. With bigger files you're going to get much more. Getting a 9MB difference is pretty good for a smaller file, so don't fret over it~

Mirak