Places to upload WADs

[Doomkid]

I see people asking time and time again for places to upload wads, it almost seems like a daily occurrence at this point.

 

The obvious answer is using the idgames uploader to get your file on idgames (which is mainly for complete projects), but there are actually quite a few other sites as well. Many of them are good for hosting works in progress:

 

https://doomshack.org/

 

https://euroboros.net/ (requires account but is totally free)

 

https://allfearthesentinel.net/ (requires account but is totally free)

 

https://www.moddb.com/games/doom / doom-ii/ (requires account but is totally free)

 

https://doom.dogsoft.net/ (requires a launcher for downloads)

 

https://dudoomers.com/ (shut down)

 

https://wadhosting.com/ (shut down)

 

 

Google Drive, DropBox, MediaFire and MEGA are also useful for sharing works in progress, before they're ready for a proper release. All require accounts of course, but they're free.

 

If there are any other sites I'm missing, please let me know. All of these sites are reliable, I've used most of them for several years now with no issue.

 

Of course, if you want to be really really sure your wad will never, ever disappear until the heat death of the universe, you really should upload to /idgames.

[taufan99]

And here's a tutorial for /idgames uploading by Aquarius199!

[Diabolución]

I like the second one because it generates automatically an SHA-1 sum of the uploaded file and files are not tampered with in any way, so I use it to upload historical files I manage to rescue.

Edited April 27, 2021 by Diabolución
It is actually ‘an SHA-1 sum’, not ‘a SHA-1 sum.’

[Bauul]

To add to this, for a beta or early release candidate for your map, when you expect to make frequent changes to it, DropBox, Google Drive or similar is absolutely fine.

 

Although note that these have download caps so be careful if your mod is extremely large.

[eharper256]

I'd also mention https://mega.nz/, the successor of ye olde MegaUpload and my personal favourite depository (its certainly faster for getting downloads from than garbagefire mediafire).

Edited April 26, 2021 by eharper256

[Diabolución]

On 2/22/2020 at 12:15 PM, Doomkid said:

https://doomshack.org/upload.php

 

The certificate expired on Tuesday, June 22, 2021 9:54 PM. The current time is Thursday, June 24, 2021 4:25 AM.

 

By the way, could you guys (MrCrispy and you) add an HSTS header for doomshack.org? Just saying.

[Doomkid]

Thanks for mentioning this @Diabolución, we will renew that cert and implement an HSTS header shortly 

 

EDIT: should be fixed now. Crispy and I thank you for the suggestion by the way!

Edited June 24, 2021 by Doomkid

[Dexiaz]

Edit: Uh, sorry, I'm blind

 

But at least, iddqd.ru is kinda useful too.

Edited June 24, 2021 by Dexiaz

[Diabolución]

On 6/24/2021 at 8:09 AM, Doomkid said:

should be fixed now

 

HSTS Preload List Submission

 

Ignore that regarding the preload directive, though.

 

Amazing, at any rate.

[CBM]

very nice and usefull thread, shouldnt this thread be stickied?

[Contmotore]

I just went to the forums to find some information about this and you just posted this. Great timing, thanks!

Was also thinking of github maybe.

 

Anyways, I think this should be a sticky.

 

Woops, I thought this was posted 5 hours ago, but it was just a reply and it's already a sticky.

Nonetheless a great post!

Edited July 26, 2021 by Contmotore
correction

[Paf]

On 4/26/2021 at 12:11 AM, Doomkid said:

Bumping this to add a link to the new idgames upload as well as to Reelvonic's uploader. More wad hosting sites is always a good thing!

Should remove the Reelvonic uploader now, he's been banned and his uploader website is no longer online.

Edited October 5, 2021 by Paf

[Eugene Krabs]

Had no idea there was just a "wad hosting" website

[Chipper35]

On 10/9/2021 at 10:21 PM, Eugene Krabs said:

Had no idea there was just a "wad hosting" website

Me either!

[RetroAkaMe]

On 10/5/2021 at 3:47 AM, Paf said:

Should remove the Reelvonic uploader now, he's been banned and his uploader website is no longer online.

That man was pretty controversial tbh

[limpbizkitfannickelbackfan]

Lest we forget Mod DB. I know it's not necessarily a Doom-WAD hosting site specifically, but it does host doom mods and wads, it's also the main place you'd go to download Brutal Doom. There's really no harm in uploading your stuff there either.

[Doomkid]

Yep, Mod DB is great, both the Doom and Doom II sections (I was worried it wasn’t linked in the OP after reading this, but it is)

[Dexiaz]

ModDB is the only website I'm uploading my Doom mods.

[limpbizkitfannickelbackfan]

8 hours ago, Doomkid said:

Yep, Mod DB is great, both the Doom and Doom II sections (I was worried it wasn’t linked in the OP after reading this, but it is)

Yeah, I actually didn't see it which is why I posted, and then I went back to visit all the links you did post and saw that MDB was there the whole time. I wish I could delete my own posts but unfortunately, I cannot so I tried messaging two mods about it n they haven't gotten back or read it yet.

[Doomkid]

Don't worry about it, it's no biggie

[limpbizkitfannickelbackfan]

Well, if I'm gonna bump the topic, might as well say something that hasn't quite been said yet.

Mod DB is great because not only is it the Doom WAD place, it's also the mod place for all kinds of games.
GTA, Half-Life, Star Wars Battlefront 2, Postal, etc. so if you're looking for mods for any game, that's a great place.
And of course, the reason I mention it in the first place is because it's home of Brutal Doom.
The most well-known Doom mod of all time comes from Mod DB, which has to give it some merit.
Probably why it's my favourite site for Doom mods.

[Ani]

On 2/22/2020 at 4:15 AM, Doomkid said:

Thanks a lot man. Just one question, is there a way to share a link to a wad in stuff like wadhosting? Is it safe to do that? I'm new at this stuff cause I just joined this site.

 

[Doomkid]

Sure, you can copy links from any of the wad hosting sites and share them around safely!

[Ani]

Awesome! Thanks!

[Red Recluse]

Thanks dude glad know this.

[Veddge]

I’m preparing my map for release and I wanted to create the text file to accompany the map in the zip file, but I was curious about the licensing and distribution aspect of wads. I was using the Doomworld text file generator and came to this question, “Allow adaptations of your work to be shared?” I haven’t publicly released anything I’ve made before, and normally I don’t think it would bother me, but the map is really personal and I would prefer people not make modifications and rerelease it.

 

How taboo is it to release a map and check the box “Please don’t modify?” Is there a stigma attached to works and authors who don’t share with the greater community? Also, how often do people ever make modifications of existing works and release them?

[Sonikkumania]

4 minutes ago, Veddge said:

How taboo is it to release a map and check the box “Please don’t modify?” Is there a stigma attached to works and authors who don’t share with the greater community? Also, how often do people ever make modifications of existing works and release them?

It's your map so you have the right to decide and no one else has anything to say about it.

[Veddge]

Sure, I get that, I was more interested in knowing if there have been any negative feelings towards individuals who borrow from the greater community but choose not to give back.

[Shepardus]

11 hours ago, Veddge said:

I’m preparing my map for release and I wanted to create the text file to accompany the map in the zip file, but I was curious about the licensing and distribution aspect of wads. I was using the Doomworld text file generator and came to this question, “Allow adaptations of your work to be shared?” I haven’t publicly released anything I’ve made before, and normally I don’t think it would bother me, but the map is really personal and I would prefer people not make modifications and rerelease it.

 

How taboo is it to release a map and check the box “Please don’t modify?” Is there a stigma attached to works and authors who don’t share with the greater community? Also, how often do people ever make modifications of existing works and release them?

I haven't counted, but I think most wads I've downloaded from /idgames say not to modify them.

[Doomkid]

It’s ultimately a non binding “please don’t do this” sort of agreement, but I can’t think of a single time where a mapper was shamed for saying “please do not modify” in the text file, and that request is pretty much always listened to by mappers. You’re good!