Suggestion: READMe labeling for mass downloaders
GTADaddy:
I have never had too much of a problem with that. Maybe because I keep my downloads organized in folders named for what it is. For me it is much easier to keep track of what I have, than just installing everything to the same folder. As far as the Director's Cut, I downloaded it, but didn't install it, only because I wouldn't use everything in it. I came up with the system I use after first installing everything directly into the downloads folder, then scratching my head to figure out what was in there when my game had issues with something.
I did try the a couple programs made for handling the installation of custom content, but the files did not seem to be that organized to me.
What I ended up having, is, one directory for everything in zip or rar form, and an identical folder structure in my downloads folder with the package files (so far I have not had any issues with something that needed to load before something else). To keep things simple, each folder in the directory with the zips and rars has a "1 installed" folder for what I installed in my game. If something does not work correctly, it is very easy to remove it from my downloads and move it out of the "1 installed" folder.
Anyway, that is just my 2 cents on it.
witch:
On the desktop I have a hack folder, inside this is a folder for each creator plus one for misc. This is my 'to be processed' folder. I unrar the files here. The unrared files go in the game in the same hack folder structure. The zipped/rared files, once they've been processed, go in a folder on my C:Drive. The C Drive folders keep the hacks in a folder corresponding to the current EP. When a new EP comes along I make a new folder.
I usually only read rtfms for hacks that are new to me.
SpaceDoll:
I rename each rtfm as I unzip, so that I have a copy of each. I guess I like to have them in case I need to refer to them for some reason. Also, I keep my little sister updated on the hacks here, and e-mail her anything new she needs, so it is nice for her to know what she's getting. Not that she reads them. Anyway, if anyone wants my renamed rtfm's, I have most of the Director's Cut, plus a few more. Here ya go.
ScoobyDoo:
Vista, suprisingly has one nice thing about this, when you drag and drop the zip contents to the folder, it'll ask you if you want to rename the incoming files if their duplicates, readme(1).txt, readme(2).txt.
Morrowind's mods suffer this same issue, and there you can't put them in subfolders.
Xuriel:
Quote from: ScoobyDoo on 2008 March 08, 01:09:16
Vista, suprisingly has one nice thing about this, when you drag and drop the zip contents to the folder, it'll ask you if you want to rename the incoming files if their duplicates, readme(1).txt, readme(2).txt.
I don't have Vista (and I never will) but I use 7-Zip, which lets me auto-rename the RTFMs as I unzip files. Works for me.
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