Zip the d/l - People are scared

[nosoul4evr]

TMy:
About a month ago some one asked if they could zip up the D/L version of the game...your reply was.."Ok just make sure to link back to Projectx."

Well recently (yesterday) I had to reinstall the entire D/L version of the game.
During this process I noticed that most of the files for the D/L are originating from the same source.
Because of this...I was wondering..
"Why havent you zipped these files to compress them,to shorten D/L time,as well as lessen data transfer?"

This would make our "lazy","scared",and "new" members who refuse to get the D/L because it "looks" like a "hassle". More likely to download it.

As the game expands over the next year and more characters are introduced into the enviroment. The list of character .cct files is going to get very intimidating to newer members and less and less people will opt to use the D/L version of the game.

Tweek updates to the D/L could still be handled the way they currently are...Except that for people getting the D/L for the first time...they would only need to download the one zip file for the game...and then get and extract the patchs when needed via a link that lead the user to the current D/L webpage with what ever comments and intructions needed for patching/updating their D/L


When and IF projectx gets more "friend" servers helping the project. You could then offer "mirrors" to getting the zipped d/l version of the game.



Edited By nosoul4evr on Dec. 29 2002 at 11:18

[MIG]

having them as zip files will also let people scan it for viruses b4 they unzip it so they wont be worried about weather theres a virus in one of the files

[TMyApp]

no can do... all goes back to "hosting problems" that we have...

all the files are used by the "web" version (and are streamed)... then i put up the link to each of them AND the main .EXE file in the "download" section...

for us to have one big "zip" or even "installation file" (lefty has been asking me for that one b4) we'd need a place where we can host 15 megs or so (and that can handle 35,000 hits per week)...

since we DON'T have this magical place... everyone will just have to use crappy instructions that i have written in the download section :biggrin:

[sk8erfox805]

i only can host 10 mb maybe 11

and i can host the other five with a different address ..

[viper2040]

why not do multiple zip files?
or theres file splitting--zip the file, then split it,and include a self-uniting program (but thats getting a little intimidating again)



Edited By viper2040 on Dec. 30 2002 at 02:54

[MIG]

tmy i'll see if i can find a way for you cos one of my friends owns an emulation site so he might be able to help u...i'll talk to him when he gets online

oh ffs bunmi stop spamming to get your post count up

[MIG]

okay tmy i've just talked to him and he said that he might be able to host it on his site, i'll pm you his msn adress and e-mail when theres room in your inbox

[TMyApp]

my pm is NEVER empty...

just use email: tmyapp@cyberfuturism.com

[Kingryu1]

i think tmy has his pm box full on purpose lol

[MIG]

yeah i dont really blame him, the ammout of pm's he must get