I think doomworld should allow uploads of straightup wads instead of zips

[Shakariki Heisenberg]

maybe im just a lazy piece of shit who cant do the very simple task of making a zip folder and putting my wad in there and then uploading it to my profile or whatever but like idk.
maybe theres some reason we cant just upload a wad directly instead of zipping it but it would be pretty nice if we could just upload a wad or pk3 straightup and pk3 is basically just a renamed zip in the first place so//

[Biodegradable]

It's because DW doesn't have unlimited storage space. Compressing your files into zip folders and using third-party hosts for things like images and downloads isn't exactly a big ask.

Edited October 4, 2023 by Biodegradable

[Lila Feuer]

True that but for the love of goth don't use the attachment system it's a trap might as well get rid of it.

[Guff dotD]

Yet more reasons why applications such as 7zip are extremely useful -- they're a must-have for me.

[Betelgeuse]

2 hours ago, Guff dotD said:

Yet more reasons why applications such as 7zip are extremely useful -- they're a must-have for me.

Yeah I can't live without it.

[DNSKILL5]

Real ones use those awful sites to host their files instead with like 30 fake download buttons. 

[Murdoch]

Not wanting to Zip is, well you said it yourself,  it's lazy. As Bio said, space isn't unlimited, nor is it free.

[TheMagicMushroomMan]

Be grateful you even have the ability to add attachments at all - storage space costs money. I know you probably weren't thinking about it that way though. Most attachments on this forum could have been uploaded to third party hosts instead, and I assume it would save Mr. Stein some money if he didn't have to pay for our laziness.

 

By the way, I know there is a relatively obscure link to donate to Doomworld. Can anybody share that with me?

[Mr Masker]

2 hours ago, CAM-7EA said:

Real ones use those awful sites to host their files instead with like 30 fake download buttons. 

I'd like to take this moment to salute the patriots who download from Mediafire without an Ad Blocker.

 

Your virus dodging skills are recognized, and your infected computers are mourned. God Bless

Edited October 4, 2023 by Mr Masker

[SleepyVelvet]

7 hours ago, Lila Feuer said:

True that but for the love of goth don't use the attachment system it's a trap might as well get rid of it.

The attachment system is fine for just quickly sharing zips of wad prototypes and demos for simple local forum interactions.  

 

Though keep in mind that Doomworld hosts images too when you paste them raw into your posts, not just .zips - this is definitely a trap.  Images will eat up your account's 50 MB limit in no time.  Instead, use external image hosting for your images and copy their link URL into your post.

 

 

5 hours ago, Guff dotD said:

Yet more reasons why applications such as 7zip are extremely useful -- they're a must-have for me.

7zip is fine, but this will help some Windows users:

 

On Windows, you can Right Click -> Send To -> Compressed (zipped) folder.  This creates a zip file that you can just drag-and-drop into your post.  You can zip multiple files into one by left-click selecting with Ctrl and Shift.

[LoatharMDPhD]

// We do as it has always been Done...

[LadyMistDragon]

yeah sorry, but I don't think that's going to happen. There's something called storage space after all....

[Murdoch]

1 hour ago, TheMagicMushroomMan said:

Can anybody share that with me?

 

The only one I know of is patreon.

 

https://www.patreon.com/doomworld/

[Lila Feuer]

1 hour ago, NoisyVelvet said:

The attachment system is fine for just quickly sharing zips of wad prototypes and demos for simple local forum interactions.  

 

Though keep in mind that Doomworld hosts images too when you paste them raw into your posts, not just .zips - this is definitely a trap.  Images will eat up your account's 50 MB limit in no time.  Instead, use external image hosting for your images and copy their link URL into your post.

 

Yeah I was a retard and didn't know I could access my old attachments until today so I cleaned house save for a couple things that made me laugh my ass off.

 

Might I recommend to everyone imgbb for a host, if you're still on imgur don't.

[spineapple tea]

52 minutes ago, Lila Feuer said:

Might I recommend to everyone imgbb for a host, if you're still on imgur don't.

For images I'd definitely recommend using Discord instead. There's no accumulative file size limit like Doomworld but individual attachments have a limit of up to 25 MB in size for free users (sane people). You can just copy and paste the link to the attachment for Doomworld to embed. Just make a server with nobody in it but you and post there and as long as you don't delete images or the server, they'll never go away.

[Lila Feuer]

@spineapple tea The 25mb update is the smartest thing they've done. 8mb is nothing in current year and I had to suffer with that BS attachment limit for 4 years.

[Redneckerz]

10 hours ago, Shakariki Heisenberg said:

maybe im just a lazy piece of shit who cant do the very simple task of making a zip folder and putting my wad in there and then uploading it to my profile or whatever but like idk.
maybe theres some reason we cant just upload a wad directly instead of zipping it but it would be pretty nice if we could just upload a wad or pk3 straightup and pk3 is basically just a renamed zip in the first place so//

No, you are indeed lazy. Use discord attachments or a filehost if its several megabytes big. Or just zip your folder. Even default zipping with Windows itself is like, what, one click away. So you are basically saying that one click is costing you more effort than clicking on New Thread and typing your OP and clicking again to publish the thread. That's two clicks and a lot of typed words, all of which a single right click and a click on copy to zip would have saved you.

[Betelgeuse]

9 minutes ago, spineapple tea said:

For images I'd definitely recommend using Discord instead. There's no accumulative file size limit like Doomworld but individual attachments have a limit of up to 25 MB in size for free users (sane people). You can just copy and paste the link to the attachment for Doomworld to embed. Just make a server with nobody in it but you and post there and as long as you don't delete images or the server, they'll never go away.

I love using my discord server acting like it's dropbox lmao

[No-Man Baugh]

20 minutes ago, spineapple tea said:

For images I'd definitely recommend using Discord instead. There's no accumulative file size limit like Doomworld but individual attachments have a limit of up to 25 MB in size for free users (sane people). You can just copy and paste the link to the attachment for Doomworld to embed. Just make a server with nobody in it but you and post there and as long as you don't delete images or the server, they'll never go away.

 

 

Granted: this is a reddit post and I am indeed "Not sure if this is real", but I do recommend checking out one of the replies that deconstructs the url structure of an embed link. It gives this telephone-game news a bit more believability  

Edited October 4, 2023 by No-Man Baugh

[Shakariki Heisenberg]

46 minutes ago, Redneckerz said:

No, you are indeed lazy. Use discord attachments or a filehost if its several megabytes big. Or just zip your folder. Even default zipping with Windows itself is like, what, one click away. So you are basically saying that one click is costing you more effort than clicking on New Thread and typing your OP and clicking again to publish the thread. That's two clicks and a lot of typed words, all of which a single right click and a click on copy to zip would have saved you.

tru tru

[Betelgeuse]

1 hour ago, No-Man Baugh said:

 

 

Granted: this is a reddit post and I am indeed "Not sure if this is real", but I do recommend checking out one of the replies that deconstructs the url structure of an embed link. It gives this telephone-game news a bit more believability  

Better download my stored stuff then.

[Redneckerz]

4 hours ago, Shakariki Heisenberg said:

tru tru

You know what, if you have nothing to add, don't make the thread to begin with.

[RataUnderground]

>Create a MEGA.nz account
>Create a DOOM folder in your account
>Put your wads in there
>Copy paste here the link to your wad

This works very well for me.

Edited October 5, 2023 by RataUnderground

[Guff dotD]

7 hours ago, Redneckerz said:

You know what, if you have nothing to add, don't make the thread to begin with.

 

This should be added to the whatever unspoken rules list; first-time posters seem to overlook this often.

[Betelgeuse]

3 hours ago, RataUnderground said:

>Create a MEGA.nz account
>Create a DOOM folder in your account
>Put your wads in there
>Copy paste here the link to your wad

This works very well for me.

Also google drive.

[JBerg]

I like the system with zips. You also have the accompanying text files with info on the wad you're about to play.

Edited October 13, 2023 by JBerg