Attachment limits
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Attachment limits
I've tried to attach a 10Mb file several times without success. Upload completes, but nothing is added, no error is displayed and I can't find any information about attachment limits. Is the upload possible at all?
Re: Attachment limits
No, although you should be getting an error message somewhere around the attachment form.
Our forums are not a file storage service, so we do not intend to raise the attachment storage limits at this time. 10 MiB for a single file is well above the limit.
If you need to upload a large file for linking in the forums, you could try using a dedicated online service—such as Dropbox—to host it. On the other hand, if what you are attempting to upload is an add-on you made, our add-ons server is the correct place for that.
Our forums are not a file storage service, so we do not intend to raise the attachment storage limits at this time. 10 MiB for a single file is well above the limit.
If you need to upload a large file for linking in the forums, you could try using a dedicated online service—such as Dropbox—to host it. On the other hand, if what you are attempting to upload is an add-on you made, our add-ons server is the correct place for that.
Author of the unofficial UtBS sequels Invasion from the Unknown and After the Storm.
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I've uploaded it as Windows Update for 1.10.4 but can not provide a link to forum.
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A custom update for Microsoft Windows just to play an obsolete version of Wesnoth (current is 1.10.5) ?
And why can't you copy and paste a link into a message?
And why can't you copy and paste a link into a message?
Re: Attachment limits
This is an update from 1.10.4 to 1.10.5 that is only 10Mb over standard 300Mb download.
I can't paste the link, because the 1.10.x addons are not accessible over HTTP - http://addons.wesnoth.org/
I can't paste the link, because the 1.10.x addons are not accessible over HTTP - http://addons.wesnoth.org/
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The 1.10 add-on server is the one of the 1.9 cycle, and has not been renamed since. So, http://addons.wesnoth.org/1.9/ are the add-ons for 1.10.
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Re: Attachment limits
You don’t seem to have understood my first post in this thread very well:techtonik wrote:This is an update from 1.10.4 to 1.10.5 that is only 10Mb over standard 300Mb download.
Where by add-on, I mean add-on content that can be used in-game, which your upload is not. Please remove that item from our add-ons server (in the same dialog where you published it), and try using an external service as I originally suggested.shadowmaster wrote:If you need to upload a large file for linking in the forums, you could try using a dedicated online service—such as Dropbox—to host it. On the other hand, if what you are attempting to upload is an add-on you made, our add-ons server is the correct place for that.
Look, I can even give you a Dropbox referral link if you want to try it: http://db.tt/NCEZ5Hb .
Author of the unofficial UtBS sequels Invasion from the Unknown and After the Storm.
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Cool. Here is it. =) http://files.wesnoth.org/addons/1.9/Win ... .4.tar.bz2Crendgrim wrote:The 1.10 add-on server is the one of the 1.9 cycle, and has not been renamed since. So, http://addons.wesnoth.org/1.9/ are the add-ons for 1.10.
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The new updated binaries can be used in-game. In fact, without them it is hard to play at all. I wonder if it is possible to use scripting to copy these files over the old ones to provide auto-update mechanizm?shadowmaster wrote:Where by add-on, I mean add-on content that can be used in-game, which your upload is not. Please remove that item from our add-ons server (in the same dialog where you published it), and try using an external service as I originally suggested.shadowmaster wrote:If you need to upload a large file for linking in the forums, you could try using a dedicated online service—such as Dropbox—to host it. On the other hand, if what you are attempting to upload is an add-on you made, our add-ons server is the correct place for that.
Is this some kind of business model? Limiting attachments to some small amount and then using links to lure referalls?shadowmaster wrote:Look, I can even give you a Dropbox referral link if you want to try it: http://db.tt/NCEZ5Hb .
Does Dropbox require registration to download?
What is the attachment limit anyway? Maybe I could strip archive to attach it directly?
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No, they can’t. The package you uploaded does not appear in the Campaigns menu, or when selecting an era or map when creating multiplayer games, nor does it serve any purpose for other add-on authors. In other words, it is not an add-on for the game.techtonik wrote:The new updated binaries can be used in-game.
I will insist, once again: remove that package from the add-ons server.
No. That is just an optional convenience I am providing for you (and me!). This does not change the fact that, as I said before:techtonik wrote:Is this some kind of business model? Limiting attachments to some small amount and then using links to lure referalls?
You can choose by yourself whether to use Dropbox or any other external file storage and distribution service of your preference.shadowmaster wrote:Our forums are not a file storage service, so we do not intend to raise the attachment storage limits at this time.
No.techtonik wrote:Does Dropbox require registration to download?
See what I said above about our forums not being a file storage service, as well as point 2c of our Posting Guidelines.techtonik wrote:What is the attachment limit anyway? Maybe I could strip archive to attach it directly?
Also, there is an Edit button for your posts. Please do not double-post.
Author of the unofficial UtBS sequels Invasion from the Unknown and After the Storm.
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The package I uploaded is an archive with updated binaries for the game. This stage of autoupdating doesn't work yet, because you've completely ignored the question about how to unpack them, and I needed to show them to ask somebody else.shadowmaster wrote:No, they can’t. The package you uploaded does not appear in the Campaigns menu, or when selecting an era or map when creating multiplayer games, nor does it serve any purpose for other add-on authors. In other words, it is not an add-on for the game.techtonik wrote:The new updated binaries can be used in-game.
Does the red color means a threat from authority? Look, that is some amount of work that can be distributed through add-on mechanizm, because it is Wesnoth binaries, and I don't want to distribute it through rapid share or other free file hostings that erase files after a month or so.shadowmaster wrote:I will insist, once again: remove that package from the add-ons server.
My files are directly related to Wesnoth. Point 2c does not apply here. You still didn't answer the question. If you want to follow 2c then for "convenience for our users and contributors" it will be nice to see attachment limits raised, or at least visible.shadowmaster wrote:See what I said above about our forums not being a file storage service, as well as point 2c of our Posting Guidelines.techtonik wrote:What is the attachment limit anyway? Maybe I could strip archive to attach it directly?
It will be fair to ignore this limitation of yours. Maybe you've used to compose one letter for all threads, but I am not. Let's hope there is no rule for that.shadowmaster wrote:Also, there is an Edit button for your posts. Please do not double-post.
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Oh, right. That question I missed precisely because you double-posted:techtonik wrote:The package I uploaded is an archive with updated binaries for the game. This stage of autoupdating doesn't work yet, because you've completely ignored the question about how to unpack them, and I needed to show them to ask somebody else.shadowmaster wrote:No, they can’t. The package you uploaded does not appear in the Campaigns menu, or when selecting an era or map when creating multiplayer games, nor does it serve any purpose for other add-on authors. In other words, it is not an add-on for the game.
You may provide a script inside the package to do this using whatever facilities Windows provides for scripting — I cannot give you any specific advice on the matter because I am not a Windows user.techtonik wrote:I wonder if it is possible to use scripting to copy these files over the old ones to provide auto-update mechanizm?
The thing is, you cannot make Wesnoth run the script for you when installing your package (which I will insist once again, is not an add-on for the add-ons server) because this kind of feature would be obviously exploitable and it could be used to compromise our players’ system security through the add-ons server.
It is a polite request from authority for you to desist from abusing the add-ons server for this purpose.techtonik wrote:Does the red color means a threat from authority?
Point 2c says nothing about whether attachments should be related to Wesnoth. The point of contention here follows:techtonik wrote:My files are directly related to Wesnoth. Point 2c does not apply here. You still didn't answer the question. If you want to follow 2c then for "convenience for our users and contributors" it will be nice to see attachment limits raised, or at least visible.
The attachment limits are “sane enough” and that is all that matters. Nobody following point 2c should ever hit those limits.This functionality is provided as a convenience for our users and contributors, and not with the intent of an imageboard or public file-sharing service [...]
There is an entry about double-posting and posting habits in general.techtonik wrote:It will be fair to ignore this limitation of yours. Maybe you've used to compose one letter for all threads, but I am not. Let's hope there is no rule for that.
I’ll make this more official for you since you decided that it “will be fair” to ignore my advice: please use your Edit button instead of double-posting in the future. If you decide to ignore this, other moderators will start to merge your posts. And more in general, if you continue posting with this “I can do <something> even if I am being warned against it” attitude, I and the rest of the admins team may be unable to provide further support for you in the future. Your intentions may be good in principle (providing a service to Windows users), but you are abusing our leniency.
Author of the unofficial UtBS sequels Invasion from the Unknown and After the Storm.
Re: Attachment limits
the add-on server is indeed the wrong place for binaries...techtonik wrote:This is an update from 1.10.4 to 1.10.5 that is only 10Mb over standard 300Mb download.
I can't paste the link, because the 1.10.x addons are not accessible over HTTP - http://addons.wesnoth.org/
incremental updates have been discussed before, see http://forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=33691
a proper place for them would be on sourceforge (e.g. the patches from above topic have been placed here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/wesnoth ... nofficial/).
if you're really interested in this project create a new thread, tell us about how you create these patches, ...
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Allowing binary patches to code, that have not been tested and signed (or otherwise certified by the official developers), is an invitation to user confusion, operating system corruption, and general pwnage. At best they should be posted privately for developers to look at and discuss, so that less-informed users on this site do not download and apply them, because no support can be given for issues arising from such patches yet (if ever).
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Re: Attachment limits
There's Point 1f, actually.techtonik wrote:It will be fair to ignore this limitation of yours. Maybe you've used to compose one letter for all threads, but I am not. Let's hope there is no rule for that.shadowmaster wrote:Also, there is an Edit button for your posts. Please do not double-post.
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take one down, patch it around
-2,147,483,648 little bugs in the code