: Some community "Unofficial Patches" or configuration fixes (e.g., for centered HUDs or key rebinding) are distributed as zip archives containing modified .xml or .pak files.

: Zip files are often used to distribute language packs that can be extracted into the /localization/ folder to change in-game text and menus.

: Users frequently create zip archives of their local save data, found in folders like Steam\ \973580\remote\SaveGames\ , to prevent progress loss during updates that may clear Steam Cloud saves.