antialias on 7/4/2007 at 03:49
Quote Posted by SlyFoxx
A little hint here. When the community is a bit strapped for bandwidth it's not a good idea to DL more in a day than you're going to use. Actually that's good practice in the best of times.
We could be close to crunch time folks...let's start acting like it.;)
Yes, I know. I had most of these files already. I downloaded 2, and had to restart the transfer a couple times on the second one. Apparently the fact that I wasn't serious wasn't sufficiently expressed by the "lol".
I'm sure you had good intentions with your admonishment, but it wasn't necessary to be condescending.
Cardia on 7/4/2007 at 18:27
Thanks Brother Renault for hosting my fms on your website, as soon as i finish my new mission wich should be probably finished in the next month:cheeky: (i´m working harder than ever) i will send you my fm.;)
Yandros on 7/4/2007 at 19:21
Quote Posted by antialias
Apparently the fact that I wasn't serious wasn't sufficiently expressed by the "lol".
Sly's was an honest mistake; most of the people who come here and speak as you did in your first post would have merited his response. It's of course obvious now that you did not. :D
Lightningline on 8/4/2007 at 02:56
Is the "Skygem Connection: Rest and Relaxation" a new release sequal? I don't remember the "Rest and Relaxation" part. I dont want to download it if it isn't. I already played "The Skygem Connection" itself.
Moghedian on 8/4/2007 at 05:24
All right Brother R ! As far as I'm concerned, the more that share missions, the merrier :D
Yandros and I were talking about ways we could make a supplemental archive to help take some of the stress off of Thiefmissions and The Circle. So if there is anything I can do to help, just let me know. If it will make things easier, I can set up a FTP password protected dropbox(es) for authors to upload to.
I've also been working in my spare time on darklurker.org to provide additional hosting, and hope to have that site up and running at the end of this month.
ps
The Skygem Connection: Rest and Relaxation is not a sequel to The Skygem Connection... they're both the same file. The Skygem connection is a sequel to (
http://www.darklurker.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/ced/DamselinDistressV2_3.zip) Damsel in Distress , though :)
SinisterShadow on 8/4/2007 at 08:37
How about setting up a torrent? So everyone downloading a mission would also contribute to the further distribution and reducing the load of the main servers.
Lightningline on 8/4/2007 at 08:55
Quote Posted by SinisterShadow
How about setting up a torrent? So everyone downloading a mission would also contribute to the further distribution and reducing the load of the main servers.
Very good idea ! If cheep missions goes away (or even if it don't) it is definitely the next logical step....no server needed except to host the torrents. For those who don't know torrents a torrent is a very small file that finds all the people sharing the file and starts downloading to and uploading from you and others the wanted file. You become server and downloader. Only a few KB here and there and away you go. :) And if there isn't any seeds (those who have the mission) all one has to do is come here and request a few. Good plan indeed. I have never started one but I'm willing to learn. I have downloaded/uploaded many.
Telliamed on 8/4/2007 at 23:27
I saw recently that there's a tracker software that does auto-seeding. When someone checks the tracker and there aren't enough seeders, it will automatically start a client to serve the file.
This would be invaluable for FM torrents, because of the many older files that don't get as much traffic. Also, torrents are most efficient for large files, so it'd probably be best to bundle many smaller files together. At about a file size of 650-700MB or so.
I've got a bit of free space on my server, though I don't know how much bandwidth I can handle. Let me know, BR, how much damage this does for you and I'll see what I can manage. It'd be useful if we could get some type of bandwidth-limiting software to keep someone from just sitting on the server with a leeching program.
I did recently put in a private file uploader. I'll offer it for anyone doing FM testing. Mail or PM me to get a password you can use, and tell me how much disk space you'll need.
Renault on 9/4/2007 at 00:43
Quote Posted by Telliamed
Let me know, BR, how much damage this does for you and I'll see what I can manage. It'd be useful if we could get some type of bandwidth-limiting software to keep someone from just sitting on the server with a leeching program.
I'm keeping a close eye on traffic, so far nothing too major.
I've been looking around, I'm trying to find something similar to what Jason has where each user (via ip) is limited to a certain bandwidth amount per day. If anyone knows of such a thing, let me know. I'm not very knowledgeable in this area.
I did just add a simple upload tool on the site for new missions, btw. Oh, and there's a nice new review by someone other than me (!) for a change. :cheeky:
Renault on 17/11/2009 at 15:40
Getting a little de ja vu here - I
thought SQ was getting out of the file hosting business, but in any case... :laff:
Since some of the main Thief sites seems a bit...irregular...in updating their FM download links, I thought I'd try to help out a bit. I'm maintaining a page now that will at least keep the last 15-20 FM releases up and ready for download. I'm usually on TTLG several times a day, so I should be able to keep if fairly current.
(
http://www.southquarter.com/downloads)
(www.southquarter.com/fms)(bookmark that, taffers)
I'm also working on starting up a mailing list of sorts, where subscribers can be informed when a new FM is released or updated, etc. Just trying to find the right program for it.
