Install 1.1 Patch Install Question

Allright, I'm not particularly computer literate, and I can't seem to find this issue anywhere on the forums... Maybe I'm the only one who can't figure it out.

I dl'd the patch to my desktop. It's an RAR file. I couldn't find any kind of installer -- I don't know how to install it into FF. (I've tried extracting it to the FF file in Steam Apps, and it did nothing.)

Can someone help me with a step by step instruction on what to do? It would be much appreciated. I've been struggling with this since the patch came out, and haven't been able to solve it.

Thanks much & Please advise,

[Focksbot]

You looked up the street, but not down the street. You can get runned over by that.
http://www.fortress-forever.com/foru...ad.php?t=12874

Before doing the stuff there download this so you can open it.
http://www.rarlab.com/

Oh and if you extracted it already there's another solution on there, make sure you don't have an FF file INSIDE an FF file.

[Saint Thoth]

For the computer illiterate, I offer this patch installer:

http://www.thothie.com/ff/ff_1.1_patch_installer.zip

Exec is inside the zip. It will automagically find your Steam folder, and proper install path for the patch. This install is also kinder in that it will not overwrite your cfgs. (Plus compressed a tad better, at about 50MB)

I could make one for the full install, but I fear a file that size would cause havoc with my host.

Excuse the logo on the installer – it’s for another mod I work on. >_>

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For the devs:

One thing I noticed tends to really limit a mod’s traffic is lack of a proper installer. Sadly, a lot of gamers are not very computer literate, and have trouble finding their Steam folder (not that Valve has made that one of the easier folders to find – especially for HL1 mods). I know some may believe they don’t want to play with computer illiterate folk, but I would point out that there are at least as many computer literate jerks that make games unpleasant, if not more, so ya midas well attract all the players you can.

This package includes a template for creating NSIS Fortress Forever self-installers that can detect a users Steam install via the registry, and thus put the files in the proper place automagically. (Plus it uses LZMA compression, which is quite a bit better than RAR):
http://www.thothie.com/ff/NSIS_Steam_Install_Maker.rar

Instructions are included in the package (they are originally written for another mod, but I've adapted them). It, of course, also requires NSIS to generate the self extracting packages, which is free and open source.