Hosting

[deanej]

Well, FileFront is going offline by the end of the month. Where should I host the files now? I've used Atomic Gamer in the past, but the wait time has not been popular.

 

[Agent327]

I use rapidshare myself. (4,700+ downloads so far, haven't gotten any complaints.)

 

[deanej]

Without an account files uploaded there can only be downloaded 10 times before being deleted. There doesn't seem to be a way to get a Collector's account and I don't want to pay for premium.

 

[Agent327]

Yeah, that gave me some trouble, but I do have an account now and I'm not paying. There's atomicgamer too, ofcourse (but they have a DL waiting period). And then there's SourceForge.

 

[deanej]

So how do you get a free account there? There doesn't appear to be a signup page.

 

[Agent327]

I think this is what you need: https://ssl.rapidshare.com/cgi-bin/collectorszone.cgi (They do have a 200 MB max upload: http://rapidshare.com/index.html)

 

[phungus420]

Strategy Informer has a 500MB limit, so I've gone with them now.

Also seems to be a pretty popular site for mods. Thomas War has nearly 5,000 downloads from there, which is as many as he's gotten from this site.

 

[Agent327]

Can't argue with that.

 

[Afforess]

http://www.filedropper.com has a 5gb free limit.

 

[deanej]

I've decided to go with filedropper. I'll reupload the 1.20 patch tonight and the rest of the mod tomorrow (FinalFrontierFlat and Convert Production to Espionage have both been uploaded to CFC).

 

[Majicman182]

Not to sound nagging, but remember to also upload the art and sound zip files because the link at the top there under "download latest version" is a dead link.


Thanks, love ur work brotha!

-MJM

 

[deanej]

I think they pulled the file. I think I'll have to use Atomic Gamer again. At least I can keep track of the files there. I don't have time to do anything about it now, though.

 

[Majicman182]

no problem, ill check back in a few days.

 

[Agent327]

I also came across this post in the "Filefront is closing" thread:

For whats it's worth I can host any mod of any size. No waiting time for downloading. 100% free.

http://www.stormoverciv.org/forums/index.php

At least one modder has taken MarineCorps up on his offer.

 

[deanej]

As it turns out, the first copy of it on Atomic Gamer is still there, so I didn't have to reupload anything. It also has a copy of the main mod, but it's beta 3. Let me know if the main mod or patch ever go offline.

 

[Agent327]

That's patch 1.2, right? Getting a "File could not be found" message with that...

 

[Majicman182]

ya the atomic gamer one worked but I couldn't find a link for it, that's why I was nagging ya hehe Thanks though, works great now.

 

[Agent327]

Still getting the same message...

 

[deanej]

Still works on may end (and there are no other patch versions online; I don't even have them, actually).

 

[Agent327]

OK, but from here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=288763&page=5) I can't DL. Sorry. (Actually it says "Page not found". It may just be on my end, but I wouldn't know how to check. Do you have an alternative link maybe?)