Well said Webster

I downloaded about 60 mods from this site alone and stalked the forums for tips, advices and tutorials for the past few years, even if I do so on a very irregular basis it is oh so comforting to know all this invaluable knowledge and file database is here just waiting for us to enjoy and tickle with.

I remember reading somewhere that the servers cost about $600+ a month to maintain, so I think everyone can understand something has to be done to keep the whole enterprise afloat. I have just donated a few $ to help out a bit and I think it's quite fair given all that community give's me back. Just my two cents :)

Thanks, guys, you rock. (deep bow).

When I first found SH5 in the 2 for $20 bin at E.B Games, I checked out the Subsim website and soon came to the conclusion that I may have stumbled onto the nautical version of Falcon4. A simulator with great potential, but released prematurely and incomplete by the publisher for whatever reason, but then taken up by a community of dedicated people to complete it and turn it into something outstanding.

I set about downloading all the required mods with gusto to get the game up and running then suddenly ran into the download limit.:wah:
I was annoyed for a minute or two then I thought, well there are a great bunch of people doing a lot of work providing great mods, valuable information and advice on this site free for our enjoyment, so it's only fair that I become a contributor and do my little bit to help out and keep this resource viable and available. This was when my frustrations really started!
After four or five days on and off trying to create an account with Paypal, who kept refusing my credit card and didn't seem to have enough digit spaces for other regional bank cards on their online application forms, I had almost given up on the idea. I was planning to take my invalid card, buying an airline ticket with it to the nearest city that had a Paypal office so I could personally throttle someone to make me feel a bit better!
My minister for War and Finance returned home after a few days away and talked me out of the airline ticket. She then informed me that maybe Paypal wouldn't accept my card because it was already in use in her own little secret Paypal account!!:oops:

Over the years I have seen a few great (niche/genre specific) websites with all the knowledge and expertise of their particular field go down because of increased bandwidth, operating costs and lack of support and usually, once lost are lost forever and that is a crying shame.

I think that you get great value for a small donation (the price of a can of rum or a pub meal) to have the resources of Subsim just a mouse click away. I think SH5 will be around for the long haul and I went out and bought 2 more copies of the game for that reason.

I get even better bang for bucks because I don't use time compression. So if I average 3 hours a day, seven days a week gametime, I should be finished OH2 (1939 - 1945) in say about......40 years!:D

That is a great story! I've always felt that self-deprecating humor is the best kind. :rock:

worth every cent
 

I have one question about the download limitations : why can't I download files that are the size of, for say, the current page(≈30kb) ?

What do you mean? You should be able to download those without any problem. PM me, and let me hear what you are trying to do and I will see if I can determine what's causing you a problem.

What I mean is that I find no reasons to restrain downloads for files that have the same weight of a web page...

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M3PH1STO:Kaleun_Salute:

The restrictions are not on the size but more on the quantity/number.

Obviously bandwidth costs money but IMO SubSim is pretty generous in its allowances.

But multiply that by 175 users an hour....

Man when I think how much this community has enhanced my gaming experience ( and of course much more ) I can't put a $$ figure to it.....

I don't need to be register to navigate the forums, and I can load as many pages I want. So, when it comes to downloads, i find it stupid to limit it for files that are below 100kb.

Anyway, I am just pointing that out, if you don't want to change that, it is fine, I will live with it. I dont know how much subsim costs a month, but having +1500 users and guests is not free I guess :D

what I find stupid is when people cant understand the limits are there so everyone can download without delays or long waits.

you get 10 downloads a day which is more then enough for the average member to never have a problem. the only problem is when new members show up wanting to download 40-55 mods and find its "too much trouble" to do it over 4 or 5 days and tell Neal that its stupid and it would be better to change the whole website system that has been refined over the years to work like a well oiled machine just so "they" don't have to wait an extra day for a mod.

if you don't like a free and friendly website that does everything it can to serve the most members in a trouble free manner then go to a pay sight and pay them to provide you with unlimited band width. geez

So, you are suggesting maybe we should limit how many pages you can load ? :O: (Just kidding!)

No worries, I can understand where you're coming from. You are right, managing the costs used to be 1/2 my pocket and 1/2 from advertsing and game affiliate sales, mostly though Chips & Bits (do you remember them? They were HUGE at one time, but their revenue slowly dried up :( Now the domain is one of those advert-parked pages http://www.chipsbits.com/ ). Back then, Subsim made enough from those two streams, and Subsim was still not as busy as it is today, so there wasn't a problem. Since then, we have moved to a volunteer donation model to pay the server, server management, and other costs (those two items are 90%), and it has worked out great. Members of the Subsim site get to help do a little to keep the site online, and it also ensures that the bandwidth is managed sensibly. Thanks ! :up:

Hmm hmmm.....
I think there is a contradiction here :hmm2:

I think it a privilege to help support this site with donations.

This site has given me personally much pleasure over the years and in my current time on it, it has made it possible for me to finally play SH5 after providing a similar service for SH3, DC, etc.

My Mrs loves it, because we save a fortune by me being kept busy adding mods and hunting the Atlantic instead of swilling beer in an empty pub.

I'll apologize for being rude before I start, but now I'm a little angry too. What I seem to see is someone who has been a registered member here for four years and has never contributed anything to the community. I'm not talking about money, I'm talking about helping people, being part of conversations. Maybe you've been lurking and reading the threads; I don't know. What I do know is that the first time you ever post here it's to complain about "your" downloads. We didn't use to have a Downloads section, and I sometimes think it might be better if we just got rid of it again.

I can understand how you feel. I wasn't really an english-speaker at the time, I was just looking for mods, and I was redirected to subsim.

It's a bit easy to say that.
I am sorry this is my first contribution too, but I am not complaining about "my" downloads :doh:...No need to staple "annoying kiddy" on me.

Yes.