Forum File Repository

[Perzival12]

So, over the 15+ years that this forum has existed, people have come and gone, showing up to post a model, map, or mod, and then lost interest and disappeared. Many of these are still useable or could be updated for use on the more modern 0ad versions (R28 currently), especially in the way of art/maps. So, I propose for a dedicated subforum to be added, and inside of it smaller, locked threads where .zips, .daes, .pngs, etc. can be archived for viewing/use/download by members. In other words:

General Discussion
Gameplay Discussion
Game Development & Technical Discussion
File Repository
     - Zips
     - Images
     - Models

Alternatively, it would be nice if the search engine (which I know is third-party and buggy) be expanded to be able to search for file types.

Edited Tuesday at 21:19 by Perzival12

[ShadowOfHassen]

Another option is if we want to archive things we could have a gittea instance to archive some of those WIP models for future use.

[Grautvornix]

12 hours ago, ShadowOfHassen said:

Another option is if we want to archive things we could have a gittea instance to archive some of those WIP models for future use.

...but isn't that an additional option ? Personally i would like to have a maps repositiory somewhere so that I can start converting old maps to make them playable with current versions. (Have been crawling through the past and found some interesting ones already)

 

[Asher]

2 hours ago, Grautvornix said:

...but isn't that an additional option ? Personally i would like to have a maps repositiory somewhere so that I can start converting old maps to make them playable with current versions. (Have been crawling through the past and found some interesting ones already)

Hey, just made me think of something for your map converter. If there was some repo or directory or something of maps, you could have a map browser in your tool that browses that, and then you can download and convert them all within your tool

[Grautvornix]

2 hours ago, Asher said:

Hey, just made me think of something for your map converter. If there was some repo or directory or something of maps, you could have a map browser in your tool that browses that, and then you can download and convert them all within your tool

Cool! Thanks for the excellent idea! Will have a look how this can be implemented.

What I also remember from the old times as a (younger) newbie: I always forgot how and where to install a map. This is a service that could also be provieded by the map converter.

Thanks a lot!

[Perzival12]

6 hours ago, Grautvornix said:

...but isn't that an additional option ? Personally i would like to have a maps repositiory somewhere so that I can start converting old maps to make them playable with current versions. (Have been crawling through the past and found some interesting ones already)

 

With my idea, all of the maps would be included as well, both .zip collections and .pmp/.xml files.

19 hours ago, ShadowOfHassen said:

Another option is if we want to archive things we could have a gittea instance to archive some of those WIP models for future use.

That would be interesting, but the main point of my idea is to allow forum members to easily scan for files, without having to download an entire git of them. Also, having it forum-based would allow people to report on broken files.

[ShadowOfHassen]

9 hours ago, Perzival12 said:

That would be interesting, but the main point of my idea is to allow forum members to easily scan for files, without having to download an entire git of them. Also, having it forum-based would allow people to report on broken files.

Well git allows you to download specific files and issues could be used to have people broken files (and close them when they're fixed). 

[Perzival12]

I just feel like putting it on git kind of defeats the purpose of it being a repository for files on the Forum. Why do we need to look in place B to get things that are in place A? Just put both in A.