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    Why are backups so big?

    I notice that whenever ZQ saves a back-up of your quest that the file size is significantly greater than the size of the original quest, 2-4X bigger actually! What's the deal with that? Shouldn't they be the same size? I'm posting it here because I don't think it's a bug, but I'd still really like to know.

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    Re: Why are backups so big?

    I'd assume it's saved uncompressed unlike normal quests.

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    Re: Why are backups so big?

    yes, it doesn't compress them so that they are more reliable.
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    Re: Why are backups so big?

    If you zipped (Or Rar'd) them, they'd more than likely be far, far smaller than the actual quest itself.

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    Re: Why are backups so big?

    I suppose that could be something else to add. Compressed (with ZIP) Unencrypted Quest files.

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