ACE vs. RAR: Default settings for external packers

[tbeu]

I have got the external packers RAR v3.51 and ACE32 v2.04. Both packers use compression level 3 (= Normal) as default. But packing with default parameters for ACE32 results in level 5 (= Best) compression whereas I need to set the -m5 switch for RAR in the pack dialog to get the best compression. I do not consider this as consistent pack behaviour. Is there any chance to reset the default pack parameters in TC?

Thanks from tbeu

[ghisler(Author)]

To my knowledge, you can set the default RAR compression level in a configuration file (ini file). Any RAR users here who know the exact options to set?

[norfie²]

RAR default setting can be done with an evironment variable: SET RAR=-m5
or with rar.ini in the same directory like rar.exe. Plz Read the Fabulous Manual.

[tbeu]

Thanks. I use the rar.ini with

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switches=-s -m5

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[tbeu]

After using TC for ages now I am still learning. You can set the packer switches in the packer configuration dialog as mentioned here. I was not aware of this feature until now. Maybe it is shortcoming of TC help.

[solid]

After using TC for ages now I am still learning. You can set the packer switches in the packer configuration dialog as mentioned here. I was not aware of this feature until now.

New one for me too.

And in addition to that, switches are also acepted into the packer dialog box. Very nice.