Download limit

Crécy · 08-10-12, 04:51 AM

What's the point having a download section in the forums if you are allowed to download one file (exaggerated) per month? I'm following Sober's mega mod guide for SHV and so I'm downloading the files he has listed. But, as half of the files are located in the 'Downloads' section I get to actually play the game in September. If then.

Dowly · 08-10-12, 04:59 AM

Myeah, I've been following these threads every once in a while as they pop up
and I think there ought to be some changes to the system.

Now, I do understand why the limit is there. But why not have few different
ranks or levels for the downloads. The longer you've been here and the more
you've posted (=contributed) the more files you can download per day?

PS. Wrong section you silly person.

DelphiUniverse · 08-10-12, 05:00 AM

You could bribe someone off to get another one file. You'd have two files ultimately. You can get the handbook of extortion, here it is

Crécy · 08-10-12, 05:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dowly

PS. Wrong section you silly person.

I was blinded by uncontrollable wrath.

Quote:

Originally Posted by DelphiUniverse

You could bribe someone off to get another one file. You'd have two files ultimately. You can get the handbook of extortion, here it is

Have to order it from Amazon.

DelphiUniverse · 08-10-12, 05:07 AM

This download limiter made me a careful downloader. I plan my downloads ahead, I have 10 per day. After a week or so downloading, I have come to a point where I am balanced, I don't have that urgent need for several files at same the time anymore, but only a few once and then. I don't suffer as much as someone who needs it all to get going with their recent installed game.

Maybe this download limit will make you a better torpedo man. You also plan ahead the torpedo, you could practice this patience here in the forums too.

08-10-12, 06:08 AM

I'm pretty new here. I don't have the ability to contribute a useful mod yet. I search this site everyday for useful information and mods to make the game play better. If it was not for the people freely putting in the hard work and time on these mods and this web site, I would have stopped playing the SH sims.
It is their site, there mods, thier willingness to freely make it all available and their decision to operate the process as they see fit. Sounds good to me.
Thank you all ( and you know who you are )

Crécy · 08-10-12, 06:19 AM

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Originally Posted by icthird623

It is their site, there mods, thier willingness to freely make it all available and their decision to operate the process as they see fit. Sounds good to me.
Thank you all ( and you know who you are )

Well, I doubt the modders have any say to the download limit... And I believe that if they could decide, there would be no limit. I mean who would want to make mods freely available and then restrict the amount of how many you can download them? At least I wouldn't.

Herr-Berbunch · 08-10-12, 03:15 PM

Or obey the golden rule of computing - backup, backup, and backup again! I don't see why Subsim should open up downloads especially because someone didn't.

I can't talk, by the way, I'm terrible for it.

And you can only backup what you've downloaded, which is no use to any new guys.

DelphiUniverse · 08-10-12, 04:07 PM

I think that people should continue to use external file hosting services like many already do, and if they don't, they should combine this file section with an external file hosting service.

0rpheus · 08-10-12, 04:19 PM

Maybe the existing post-limit system could have another tier added - if a member has a post count of, I dunno, 200 or higher, they're evidently contributing something to the community. Maybe double the limit for those members?

Just a thought. I've never encountered the limit beyond the restriction to first post, even when I was modding SH5 heavily, though external sites do help as well.

Crécy · 08-10-12, 04:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 0rpheus

Just a thought. I've never encountered the limit beyond the restriction to first post

Actually I don't remember encountering the limit either after I signed up for the first time. New feature?

Optimus23 · 08-21-12, 12:05 PM

yeah thats indeed a long waiting time.....

Angryson · 08-21-12, 12:16 PM

dropbox ftw.
Now I'm off to go make some useless posts so that I can d/l again.

deadmoon · 08-21-12, 12:49 PM

I just wanted to weigh in on the 3/10 download limit imposed by this site. Your requirement that I post something, just so that I can d/l an extra few items per day must have a purpose. If it's to foster community it may work for some, but for others it will mean posting something just to gain a few extra downloads. Happily I can voice my distaste at your d/l limits and gain my extra d/l's per day all at the same time. Not sure if that's a win win or not?

Zanarkin · 08-21-12, 12:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by deadmoon

I just wanted to weigh in on the 3/10 download limit imposed by this site. Your requirement that I post something, just so that I can d/l an extra few items per day must have a purpose. If it's to foster community it may work for some, but for others it will mean posting something just to gain a few extra downloads. Happily I can voice my distaste at your d/l limits and gain my extra d/l's per day all at the same time. Not sure if that's a win win or not?

Would you like me to reply to your comment by saying it makes a lot of sense so you can reply to me and say thanks for my input? lol

08-10-12, 04:51 AM	#1
Crécy Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Dark forest Posts: 793 Downloads: 316 Uploads: 0	Download limit What's the point having a download section in the forums if you are allowed to download one file (exaggerated) per month? I'm following Sober's mega mod guide for SHV and so I'm downloading the files he has listed. But, as half of the files are located in the 'Downloads' section I get to actually play the game in September. If then. __________________ “Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.” -Henry David Thoreau Last edited by Onkel Neal; 03-23-14 at 09:05 AM.

08-10-12, 05:00 AM	#3
DelphiUniverse 中国水兵 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Scapa Flow, underneath a ferry Posts: 272 Downloads: 125 Uploads: 0	You could bribe someone off to get another one file. You'd have two files ultimately. You can get the handbook of extortion, here it is __________________ A u-boat is a vessel for goodness - DelphiUniverse 2012

08-10-12, 05:07 AM	#5
DelphiUniverse 中国水兵 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Scapa Flow, underneath a ferry Posts: 272 Downloads: 125 Uploads: 0	This download limiter made me a careful downloader. I plan my downloads ahead, I have 10 per day. After a week or so downloading, I have come to a point where I am balanced, I don't have that urgent need for several files at same the time anymore, but only a few once and then. I don't suffer as much as someone who needs it all to get going with their recent installed game. Maybe this download limit will make you a better torpedo man. You also plan ahead the torpedo, you could practice this patience here in the forums too. __________________ A u-boat is a vessel for goodness - DelphiUniverse 2012

08-10-12, 06:08 AM	#6
icthird623 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Just Sayin I'm pretty new here. I don't have the ability to contribute a useful mod yet. I search this site everyday for useful information and mods to make the game play better. If it was not for the people freely putting in the hard work and time on these mods and this web site, I would have stopped playing the SH sims. It is their site, there mods, thier willingness to freely make it all available and their decision to operate the process as they see fit. Sounds good to me. Thank you all ( and you know who you are )

08-10-12, 03:15 PM	#8
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Or obey the golden rule of computing - backup, backup, and backup again! I don't see why Subsim should open up downloads especially because someone didn't. I can't talk, by the way, I'm terrible for it. And you can only backup what you've downloaded, which is no use to any new guys. __________________

08-10-12, 04:59 AM	#2
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,005 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Myeah, I've been following these threads every once in a while as they pop up and I think there ought to be some changes to the system. Now, I do understand why the limit is there. But why not have few different ranks or levels for the downloads. The longer you've been here and the more you've posted (=contributed) the more files you can download per day? PS. Wrong section you silly person.

08-10-12, 04:07 PM	#9
DelphiUniverse 中国水兵 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Scapa Flow, underneath a ferry Posts: 272 Downloads: 125 Uploads: 0	I think that people should continue to use external file hosting services like many already do, and if they don't, they should combine this file section with an external file hosting service. __________________ A u-boat is a vessel for goodness - DelphiUniverse 2012

08-10-12, 04:19 PM	#10
0rpheus Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: UK Posts: 856 Downloads: 87 Uploads: 3	Maybe the existing post-limit system could have another tier added - if a member has a post count of, I dunno, 200 or higher, they're evidently contributing something to the community. Maybe double the limit for those members? Just a thought. I've never encountered the limit beyond the restriction to first post, even when I was modding SH5 heavily, though external sites do help as well.

08-21-12, 12:05 PM	#12
Optimus23 Swabbie Join Date: May 2011 Location: Germany, Frankfurt Posts: 5 Downloads: 94 Uploads: 0	yeah thats indeed a long waiting time.....

08-21-12, 12:16 PM	#13
Angryson Nub Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	dropbox ftw. Now I'm off to go make some useless posts so that I can d/l again.

08-21-12, 12:49 PM	#14
deadmoon Bilge Rat Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 1 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	My 2 cents worth of 10 downloads. I just wanted to weigh in on the 3/10 download limit imposed by this site. Your requirement that I post something, just so that I can d/l an extra few items per day must have a purpose. If it's to foster community it may work for some, but for others it will mean posting something just to gain a few extra downloads. Happily I can voice my distaste at your d/l limits and gain my extra d/l's per day all at the same time. Not sure if that's a win win or not?