hmm have the devs considered rapidshare?

foodmaniac2003 · Post by **foodmaniac2003** » 2007-01-02 17:14

What Forgotten Hope did (the first one for BF1942) was to divide their mod into 3 different parts, so if one download was corrupted, you wouldn't have to download the whole mod over again.

Post by **e-Gor** » 2007-01-02 17:15

bullit_toof wrote:It sounds as if copying the entire to game to 1180.56 floppy disks, then sending them to each individual user, would be quicker than rapidshare.

I don't see how 0.56 of a floppy disk would be helpful at all...

bullit_toof · Post by **bullit_toof** » 2007-01-02 17:33

'[R-DEV wrote:e-Gor']I don't see how 0.56 of a floppy disk would be helpful at all...

Well the remaining 44% remaing disk space (or 0.6336MB) can be used for pretty pictures of you and the team.

happydan · Post by **happydan** » 2007-01-02 17:57

some of us are on traffic shaping ISPs so torrents are flakey.

huleboeren · Post by **huleboeren** » 2007-01-02 18:04

happydan wrote:some of us are on traffic shaping ISPs so torrents are flakey.

Thats why we need newsgroups!

http://www.slyck.com/ng.php

Lean_Six_Sigma · Post by **Lean_Six_Sigma** » 2007-01-02 20:01

Does Fileplanet charge for uploading files for distribution? I know you have to "wait in line" to download files, but I've always had great luck with downloading from them. I know PRM is on there, but it's like .32 or something. I haven't checked in a long time since I know it's not current.

jackal22 · Post by **jackal22** » 2007-01-02 20:50

ive found a new one, 'eggdisk' 6gb i havtn checked up/download speeds but i presume iit relies on your connection and its free.

so i guess you could register and account in the name of prmm and publish the file publically or something.

Bamboo · Post by **Bamboo** » 2007-01-02 21:03

Again, here from page 2, are a couple of good file distribution sites way better than rapidcrapit.

I think they can stay up forever (no time limit), and no download limit, and the reviewer said it was fast.

Here is a review on 2 good ones:
File Sharing Just got that much Better with DivShare-
http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/12...t-much-better/

MediaFire: Way Better Than RapidShare For Sharing Files-
http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/10...sharing-files/

kurtmax_0 · Post by **kurtmax_0** » 2007-01-02 21:14

Torrents are the best. You simply can't get a corrupted torrent download. Torrents download in chunks actually (depending on the tracker), but normally between 1-5mb chunks. Each chunk is checked for consistency and thrown out if it's invalid.

This is much better than cut up RARs. If you have an invalid RAR file you first have to find the one with the problem, then go back and manually download that part and hope it works...

If you can't use Bittorrent then don't ***** about it. It's YOUR choice to support an ISP that blocks ports and whatnot.

huleboeren · Post by **huleboeren** » 2007-01-02 21:24

kurtmax_0 wrote:Torrents are the best. You simply can't get a corrupted torrent download. Torrents download in chunks actually (depending on the tracker), but normally between 1-5mb chunks. Each chunk is checked for consistency and thrown out if it's invalid.

This is much better than cut up RARs. If you have an invalid RAR file you first have to find the one with the problem, then go back and manually download that part and hope it works...

If you can't use Bittorrent then don't ***** about it. It's YOUR choice to support an ISP that blocks ports and whatnot.

If this is true - why are 'scene' releases still cut up in alot of .RARs? :S

Zrix · Post by **Zrix** » 2007-01-02 22:28

huleboeren wrote:If this is true - why are 'scene' releases still cut up in alot of .RARs? :S

Because they don't use BitTorrent for their internal distribution?

Manic Sidewinder · Post by **Manic Sidewinder** » 2007-01-02 22:50

foodmaniac2003 wrote:What Forgotten Hope did (the first one for BF1942) was to divide their mod into 3 different parts, so if one download was corrupted, you wouldn't have to download the whole mod over again.

I personally would like to see the download files in increments of 750MB.

SGT.Collado · Post by **SGT.Collado** » 2007-01-02 23:14

Manic Sidewinder wrote:I personally would like to see the download files in increments of 750MB.

That'd be confusing to a lot of people. And you're still gonna get the same file so why not the whole thing at once without delay? If you search port forward in the P.R. forums, you will find a thread by me that tells you how to port forward and you will get similar, if not faster downloads than direct download

Post by **bosco_** » 2007-01-02 23:34

FH uses the "3-part system" and it works well.
Sucks when you download 1,5 GB and get an error at 99%

huleboeren · Post by **huleboeren** » 2007-01-03 02:37

The "3-part system" is an okay idea.
But for the love of god, dont split it up in mappacks - the community will split in half

Manic Sidewinder · Post by **Manic Sidewinder** » 2007-01-03 07:12

SGT.Collado wrote:That'd be confusing to a lot of people. And you're still gonna get the same file so why not the whole thing at once without delay? If you search port forward in the P.R. forums, you will find a thread by me that tells you how to port forward and you will get similar, if not faster downloads than direct download

Whats confusing with : Part A, Part B, & Part C ?
FH do it that way and I'm not aware of problems.

I'm thinking outside the square here, I like to backup my files onto CD, cos I don't yet have a DVD rom.
I think its a good idea to make the downloaded files as user friendly as possible, I'm sure some people balk at the notion of d/l ing 1.5GB's of data in one session.

jackal22 · Post by **jackal22** » 2007-01-03 12:04

heh i used u torrent because i agree they are usually faster and more user friendly but people should be able to have the choice.