Installation preferences?
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mmmrrrr
Chieftain
I don't mind either way, but I'm throwing in a sympathy vote with Mac users. Rar/zip.
Heretic_Cata
We're gonna live forever
Err... what's the difference ?
.exe --> double click -> select path -> click on button
Total: 3 clicks + path
.rar/zip --> right click -> click on unzip to ... -> select path -> click on button
Total: 3 clicks + path
So there is no way to preserve/use up calories with this.
But, for the mac users, i voted zip/rar
.exe --> double click -> select path -> click on button
Total: 3 clicks + path
.rar/zip --> right click -> click on unzip to ... -> select path -> click on button
Total: 3 clicks + path
So there is no way to preserve/use up calories with this.
But, for the mac users, i voted zip/rar
embryodead
Caliph
A good installer can auto-detect the path by locating the c3c exe file, so that's less clicks, and more fool-proof 
It's really more about the users that have no idea how civ3 mods work, what are the correct paths etc. - in such cases manual install often does not mean 3 clicks but days of attempts and forum posts... especially with things like Net Art folder (was not-so-good idea after all, I guess) and later patches. People who post here are mostly those that are into modding one way or another, keep that in mind Note how simple mistake like "Extract here" vs "Extract to foldername" can mess up things and it's not so obvious if you don't know where should a .biq file go.
It's really more about the users that have no idea how civ3 mods work, what are the correct paths etc. - in such cases manual install often does not mean 3 clicks but days of attempts and forum posts... especially with things like Net Art folder (was not-so-good idea after all, I guess) and later patches. People who post here are mostly those that are into modding one way or another, keep that in mind Note how simple mistake like "Extract here" vs "Extract to foldername" can mess up things and it's not so obvious if you don't know where should a .biq file go.
DJ Bonebraker
a.k.a Laura
I can't stand installers. I always end up installing it myself anyway
You too, eh?
I personally find most of the "automated" self-extracting files generated by WinRAR or WinZIP tend to be a serious pain in the butt, not the LEAST of the reasons for that being that I usually install certain heavily modded games to the main drive (i.e. C:\Civ 3\ as opposed to C:\Infogrames Interactive\Civ 3\), and since those self-extractors are almost universally directory-specific, anyone who has a slightly different version of the game (i.e. I bought Vanilla Civ III in 2001, so it is located in C:\Infogrames Interactive\, rather than C:\Atari\, and someone who has the Civ Anthology would have an even different directory structure due to that being published by Take Two).Therefore, I say that the simplest way is to just zip the scenario folder and the BIQ files and then I can just unzip them into whatever folder applies.
odintheking
Lighting the way...
Automated installer. I downloaded the WH mod with that a long time ago, and that's the only way I really could have played it. I had no computer experience, and would have been clueless. Plus, the automated installer is smaller than both rar and zip.
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