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General FreeSpace => FreeSpace Discussion => Topic started by: Unknown Target on August 15, 2004, 05:13:26 pm

Title: Someone should...
Post by: Unknown Target on August 15, 2004, 05:13:26 pm

Back up the VW Archives while they're still up, don't you think?

Title: Someone should...
Post by: kv1at3485 on August 15, 2004, 05:48:44 pm

:nervous:

Title: Someone should...
Post by: Dekzar on August 16, 2004, 11:05:49 am

What are the VW Archives?

I've got access to a pretty good webhost, I could probably do it. If it's less than 3/4 GB....

Title: Someone should...
Post by: Unknown Target on August 16, 2004, 11:25:01 am

It's probably way bigger. It's the Volition Watch Archives, from the begginings of Freespace.

Title: Someone should...
Post by: kv1at3485 on August 16, 2004, 11:28:47 am

I wonder...

Should people just start downloading all of the FS stuff from the VW Archives to their harddrives at home for possible transfer later to HLP?

Or is there a more efficient way of going about it?

Title: Someone should...
Post by: Night Hammer on August 16, 2004, 11:32:09 am

I definently agree, thats some of te old school Freespace

Title: Someone should...
Post by: Dekzar on August 16, 2004, 11:53:34 am

Maybe we could just get a big list of everything on the Archives that's been downloaded?

Like if I downloaded new skins for FS2 ships, I'd post in that thread that I had it available, and it'd be added to a list of material we have.

Then if, say, Night Hammer downloaded a FreeSpace campaign, he could post, and we'd just slowly get everything off of there?

The reason I suggest a big list is so people don't waste time downloading duplicate files...

Title: Someone should...
Post by: Liberator on August 16, 2004, 11:57:23 am

Couldn't someone just ask for FTP rights to the server and do a drag and drop?  It'd take some time, but would be far easier and less labor intensive than using the HTTP/web method.

Title: Someone should...
Post by: Goober5000 on August 16, 2004, 12:03:43 pm

But nobody has FTP rights and nobody knows where to get them.  Thus the delay in switching the archives to HLP.

Best hire a team of downloaders lest the admins wait past the point of no return. :(

Title: Someone should...
Post by: Night Hammer on August 16, 2004, 12:08:28 pm

So theyre not transfering them over here(HLP) or not?

Title: Someone should...
Post by: kv1at3485 on August 16, 2004, 12:24:02 pm

Already much may be gone.  I recall there was some unforunate event a while back at the VW Arch. that resulted in the loss of a good number of missions.  It would seem that the data was never recovered. :(

But yes, I may start saving what remains to my HD.

Title: Someone should...
Post by: Night Hammer on August 16, 2004, 12:27:37 pm

I just d/l'd sumthn from there the other day so some of it still works at least

Title: Someone should...
Post by: Fury on August 16, 2004, 12:32:08 pm

HLP admins have had plans to do this. VW Archives stuff would be put available for download in fileplanet apparently.

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Post by: Mongoose on August 16, 2004, 02:08:56 pm

It looks like someone has already started.  Check out this site (http://swooh.com/peon/ttfclusiop/FreeSpace/).  I'd volunteer my time in downloading some of it, seeing as how I'm currently on a cable connect and will soon be on a college Ethernet network :).