Factions Download Center

[BASH2003]

umm, i couldnt download some of the factions on the list. I wanted to download woodsmen, but for some reason, it says the file is not found. there is also the animal cruelty faction which for some reason can't download also. So, is there another place that they could be downloaded?

[Omega]

Oh dear, I checked some of the wiki's links and it appears that nearly every (if not every) file hosted on gamefront is broken. Fortunately, I have most of the higher quality mods, and can try and upload them when time allows, but in the meantime, I suppose we're best off using things like sugar share, drop box, and mediafire for hosting. On one bright side, this is a perfect chance to ensure all mods are in the addons format, which makes installation on ALL engines easier (Glest and MegaGlest have to copy the contents of the archive into the installation directory, while GAE can have the archive simply placed in the addons directory. A standard to make things simpler for those who are not modders).

[John.d.h]

Fortunately, I have most of the higher quality mods, and can try and upload them when time allows, but in the meantime, I suppose we're best off using things like sugar share, drop box, and mediafire for hosting.

I don't know anything about sugarshare, but github makes a good place to host things for long-term integrity, and also great for collaboration, so I propose we host mods there (especially while in-progress, if multiple people are working on it).  Mediafire and Dropbox both have the drawback of being possibly deleted when the owner cleans out his/her stuff, while MF has a file size limit and DB has an overall storage limit.  To the best of my knowledge, github has neither.

Perhaps someone creates a "Glest mod center" project on github, and links to several other repos like the Scifi pack and Project Red, both of which are already hosted on the site.  It could also host the zipped archives in add-on format for easy downloading.

We'd probably need to include a "how to download and install" text file in the main repo for people who aren't experienced with git.

[Omega]

Fortunately, I have most of the higher quality mods, and can try and upload them when time allows, but in the meantime, I suppose we're best off using things like sugar share, drop box, and mediafire for hosting.

I don't know anything about sugarshare, but github makes a good place to host things for long-term integrity, and also great for collaboration, so I propose we host mods there (especially while in-progress, if multiple people are working on it).  Mediafire and Dropbox both have the drawback of being possibly deleted when the owner cleans out his/her stuff, while MF has a file size limit and DB has an overall storage limit.  To the best of my knowledge, github has neither.

Perhaps someone creates a "Glest mod center" project on github, and links to several other repos like the Scifi pack and Project Red, both of which are already hosted on the site.  It could also host the zipped archives in add-on format for easy downloading.

We'd probably need to include a "how to download and install" text file in the main repo for people who aren't experienced with git.

Been crawling through the manuals on their site, and I like it. I'll make a repo soon for hosting said mods.

EDIT: I created a repo for it, uploaded a README and the woodsman faction (in addons format, of course).

https://github.com/glest/Glest-Mods

EDIT2: I notice it's easy enough to download the folders across git users, and can even download a perfectly formatting zip file with git archive --format=zip HEAD:woodsmen_1.1/ > woodsmen_1.1.zip -9, though, is there any way to make a link for regular users to download (that is, those without git, who just want to download the mod to play)?

Could be really useful with a git-compatible mod-downloader.

I noticed the download button, but it only seems to want to download an entire repo rather than just one folder. Any way to change that?

[will]

I noticed the download button, but it only seems to want to download an entire repo rather than just one folder. Any way to change that?

1) the straightforward way is to put each freestanding faction that might want to be downloaded separately into its own repo

1b) you can then create an 'umbrella' repo that contains links to the other factions ('git submodule')

1c) it would be SUPER USEFUL if people who have repos of the same factions - but possibly under different engines or tweaks or whatnot - fork from each other.  It then becomes a joy for them to take each others changes back ('pulling' in git parlance)

2) if you right-click on the links on the message-box that comes up when you click on the download buttons, you can get the direct url that you can give to people e.g. https://github.com/glest/Glest-Mods/zipball/master

[Omega]

The individual repo per mod thing sounds cleaner, though, I wonder how well it would work since that means you can only store the current version of the mod, no extra development files, etc, if you want that simple download link to work.

I definitely agree with forking similar factions. Magic and Tech both appear slightly differently in GAE's Magitech, Glest's Magitech, and MG's MegaPack. Not to mention FPM would also use them...

For the downloading though, it may end up necessary to use Git to store a "master copy" which can contain development files (blender, audacity, etc) and would make version handling easier, though to distribute the final project to everyone, you'd export and upload to another site, such as Mediafire (which you should not expect it to last on, all the more reason to have it also available on GitHub).

Unless there's any cleaner methods that don't require the user to have installed Git?

[will]

in the sci_fi, I store development stuff in branches.

[ElimiNator]

I added a  (No download) to the end of all the files that have no download (which is a lot!). People look at the downloads if one of the mods is yours or if you have it please upload and post the link here. Thanks

BTW: FileFront or should I say GameFront has all the problems...

[Omega]

BTW: FileFront or should I say GameFront has all the problems...

Pretty much every file host has issues. Most have restrictions on size, others remove after a so called period of inactivity, which sometimes simply means the UPLOADER has to log in, even if others are downloading the mod, and others have counters, etc. Gamefront seemed like a wonderful idea at first, but it looks like something changed. We currently use Mediafire a lot, but we lose a lot of files to it, too!

[Hagekura]

I added a  (No download) to the end of all the files that have no download (which is a lot!). People look at the downloads if one of the mods is yours or if you have it please upload and post the link here. Thanks

BTW: FileFront or should I say GameFront has all the problems...

https://forum.megaglest.org/index.php?topic=6103.msg76345#msg76345

[Omega]

I added a  (No download) to the end of all the files that have no download (which is a lot!). People look at the downloads if one of the mods is yours or if you have it please upload and post the link here. Thanks

BTW: FileFront or should I say GameFront has all the problems...

https://forum.megaglest.org/index.php?topic=6103.msg76345#msg76345

Yes, drop box, sugar sync, and all these similar programs are some of the best choices, though they have they have limitations on the overall storage too, which means you'd generally have to delete older versions of the mod, etc, to save space. For now, I've uploaded the elves and woodsmen to my sugarsync account:

Woodsmen

EDIT: Blast, a hidden restriction in SugarSync is that it disallows sharing of files over 25MB on free plans. Another good file sharing service down the drain.

[ElimiNator]

So no elves?

[John.d.h]

I think my copy of the Elves in Project Red is unedited, aside from fixing the G3Ds' two-sided problem, so you could just grab that and reupload it.

[Omega]

So no elves?

Eh, I need a new uploading solution... So hard to find a half decent free one.

[John.d.h]

I've forked from your repo and updated the Woodsmen version to include the fixed g3d files.  I'm currently pushing the Elves as well.  I'll issue a pull request when I'm done.

Edit: Elves are borked.  I guess I deleted the resource folder with Grace in it, and the non-power-of-two textures are throwing errors at me.  Woodsmen should be good to go.

[Omega]

I've forked from your repo and updated the Woodsmen version to include the fixed g3d files.  I'm currently pushing the Elves as well.  I'll issue a pull request when I'm done.

Edit: Elves are borked.  I guess I deleted the resource folder with Grace in it, and the non-power-of-two textures are throwing errors at me.  Woodsmen should be good to go.

Awesome John. I have an unmodified version of the elves I can try and upload when I have time, but it's...huge.

Anyone who knows how to use Git (or doesn't, the manuals on the site are very good) is more than welcome to upload mods, be it their own or anothers.

[John.d.h]

Okay, I'll get your copy of the elves and merge in my fixed g3ds, then push.  You've got a pull request for the fixed Woodsmen.

Here's an add-on friendly non-solid 7zip of them for non-git-using folks: https://github.com/downloads/johndh/Glest-Mods/woodsmen1.2.7z

[ElimiNator]

I still don't have a download for elves.

[MightyMic]

Here's a version I have. I don't think I've modded it at all, but I can't remember. The link is only good until 12/04/22 and only thirty people can download it. Hopefully this is what you guys are looking for

https://www.hidrive.strato.com/lnk/L8MDwirU

[ultifd]

http://dl.megaglest.org/elves_097.7z
http://k004.kiwi6.com/hotlink/bdy65wq0do/elves_097.7z

[ElimiNator]

Thanks.

[ElimiNator]

How come this was un-stickyed?

[tomreyn]

Dunno. I made it a sticky again for now, unless there's a reason to unstick it?
Generally I think this would be better placed on a wiki, though, since it enables anyone to contribute and add new mods and mirror links, plus there is no/a much higher limit on how much text can co into one post/page.

[ElimiNator]

I do think it should be on the wiki but no one ported all the mods yet.

[-Archmage-]

It's probably healthy to have mod lists and centers everywhere, not just the wiki. I personally haven't seen the wiki in over a year...