Uploading pak files

[revevil]

Hello,

I have a question that anyone may feel free to answer. I have had several requests to upload pak files to a server, because I have a massive collection. Basically, I want to know if this is ok. Is this ok with Mr. Caskey, and is this also ok with all the mod creators out there? I would do the work if:

A) This helps the Beats Of Rage community and benefits it in a positive way.
B) This also helps the creators of the mods.

I am grateful to anyone who has ever made a mod, and I am grateful to Mr. Caskey for running this awesome site. I don't want to do anything that would hurt the site or go against the wishes of the people who make these mods. Please anyone, give me some input on this. It is only a thought right now. I was just under the impression that it would be proper to obtain permission first before uploading anything. Also, to be clear, I was thinking about using a file server, because I'm sure they do not want the servers here bogged down with loads of files.


-revevil

 

[aL BeasTie]

IMO,

If it's a playable game or contains good resources (like sprites etc.) it's worth uploading for sure.

Just don't post old demo's and pointless broken things.  Complete mods only or things that are worthy of being archived.

If possible, mods should be repacked with updated BORPAK and cleansed of junk files like thumbnails etc.  Then archived with 7-zip for upload.  If you have original archives you should retain contents like README files etc. 

Otherwise if you just have loose .PAK files they should be 7-zip'ped. (.7z -  not .ZIP no .RAR either)

 

[revevil]

IMO,

If it's a playable game or contains good resources (like sprites etc.) it's worth uploading for sure.

Just don't post old demo's and pointless broken things.  Complete mods only or things that are worthy of being archived.

If possible, mods should be repacked with updated BORPAK and cleansed of junk files like thumbnails etc.  Then archived with 7-zip for upload.  If you have original archives you should retain contents like README files etc. 

Otherwise if you just have loose .PAK files they should be 7-zip'ped. (.7z -  not .ZIP no .RAR either)

Thank you for the response. All I have are loose .PAK files, but it would be no problem to 7-zip them. I am just more concerned that this would be ok with the people who made those files in the first place and with the Admins here. I would have to separate my collection and take out the demos and incomplete mods also.

 

[O Ilusionista]

I don't see a problem with that.

 

[maxman]

Just don't post old demo's and pointless broken things.  Complete mods only or things that are worthy of being archived.

Hahah! Demos are okay unless you find some parts causing crashes or those being incomplete of progress from being complete demo. But I understand your reason/suggestion for not accepting demos being uploaded there.

It's okay to upload only pak files, but what if anyone who downloads that and doesn't know what version of OpenBOR they can use for it/them to work? Not everybody knows what kind of version to use in the very beginning unless they know what's going on. Some old mods can work on newer versions but some don't. Other new ones can't work for older versions.

 

[CRxTRDude]

...

If you want to put those collections in a more safer place, the Chrono Crash file management system is not the best answer. (No offense to DC, but I think you understand why I said this) It's got a lot of problems from corrupted downloads on bigger files to people couldn't access certain files because of some privileged problem (i can shamelessly relate to that).

If I were you, I would use something else. Mega seems to be nice as long as you have the key.

And then there are compatibility issues, as people here point out.

 

[Bloodbane]

Well, any uploaded mods here will require some confirmation first so you will get some check either way
And why don't you mention the mods you are planning to upload here, revevil?

 

[DCurrent]

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No, outside entities sites are not a good choice. Upload sites are an incredibly stupid place to archive modules - the files expire, they load people's machines down with malware at every opportunity, some are so poorly configured you simply can't download a file at all, using them makes us look like a bunch of fly by night script kiddies, and that's just the beginning.

While it can be something of a pain to get uploaded here, once done it's safe and forever. Instead of directing energy to skirt round' the one place modules should go, how about some specific screen shots and debugging help when problems arise?

DC

 

[ABK]

upload to google drive, you have 15gb of space there, its with every gmail account.

 

[CRxTRDude]

I think you could go ahead and put it on the File Manager as DC would suggest and archive the files that, again as people said here, worthy to be placed there, tested on the newer versions (as-in the one in the release notes board since DC would lock each thread whenever a release is followed by a newer one).

And the mystery remains though, you should give a list here (better use

) of what mods you're intending to upload.

 

[revevil]

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No, outside entities sites are not a good choice. Upload sites are an incredibly stupid place to archive modules - the files expire, they load people's machines down with malware at every opportunity, some are so poorly configured you simply can't download a file at all, using them makes us look like a bunch of fly by night script kiddies, and that's just the beginning.

While it can be something of a pain to get uploaded here, once done it's safe and forever. Instead of directing energy to skirt round' the one place modules should go, how about some specific screen shots and debugging help when problems arise?

DC

I understand exactly what you mean, since your file storage not going to mysteriously delete the files or something. You are all right saying I should provide a list, so here is a list of every single OpenBOR mod in my collection. I may be mistaken about a couple of these, but I think most of these work with the new version of OpenBOR. Maybe this way would be easier, and if there are some specific mods that you would like, I would have no problem 7-zipping them and uploading them. One thing to note is they are all just .PAK files. I attempted to set myself up a copy that has as many .PAK files as I could get my hands on, so none of these have any extra original files that were included. So, not all of these may be suitable for upload, also you may already have most of what I have, but here goes:


Directory of D:\emulation\OpenBOR\Paks

06/18/2015  09:45 PM    <DIR>          .
06/18/2015  09:45 PM    <DIR>          ..
02/07/2008  08:56 PM      146,749,880 A Tale of Vengeance.PAK
04/14/2005  08:52 AM        30,811,626 Aliens Vs Predator Aftermath.pak
06/28/2009  09:35 PM      223,393,953 Art of Fighting BOR Remix 3.pak
02/19/2011  10:06 PM        56,612,018 Bare Knuckle Next Generation.pak
07/02/2010  11:36 AM      116,162,590 Bare Knuckle V.pak
06/16/2007  06:51 AM        36,324,119 Battle Toads.pak
09/14/2011  02:49 PM      202,987,209 Battletoads DD - Return of the Dark Forces.PAK
09/14/2011  02:42 PM        95,032,249 Battletoads DD - The T.Bird Mission.PAK
05/16/2011  01:35 AM        84,730,204 BATTLETOADS DOUBLE DRAGON - THE REVENGE.PAK
08/10/2004  03:55 AM      115,460,961 Beats Of Rage Remix.pak
05/18/2005  11:08 AM      132,471,668 Beats Of Rage Xtra.pak
05/02/1980  07:31 PM        62,663,611 Beats Of Rage.pak
02/19/2012  02:32 PM      173,682,425 Bruce Lee - Revenge Of The Dragon [v1.0].pak
03/03/2008  03:49 PM        55,238,956 Captain Commando.pak
03/17/2004  02:07 AM        58,420,798 Castlevania - SOD.pak
06/08/2015  06:20 AM        83,765,810 Castlevania Legacy Of Dracula.pak
07/26/2009  10:48 AM      103,754,346 chronokiller.PAK
02/25/2011  03:31 PM        81,144,767 City Of Heroes 2011 (Marvel vs. DC - Hydra).pak
02/05/2014  03:54 PM        97,458,410 ClaFan (Classic Fantasy) [v1.66].pak
01/07/2009  08:56 PM        79,451,381 Code Name Sailor V.PAK
04/17/2013  07:49 PM        54,842,503 Crime Busters Update.pak
02/24/2006  05:54 PM        28,440,555 Crisis Evil 1.pak
02/06/2006  10:18 PM        72,565,074 Crisis Evil 2.pak
03/13/2013  03:15 PM      190,298,099 D&D - Endless Quest 3.3.pak
06/09/2015  05:15 PM      309,114,245 D&D - Rise Of Warduke.pak
09/14/2011  02:49 PM      125,111,916 Demon's Hand.pak
02/12/2005  07:41 AM        80,120,997 Double Dragon Extreme.pak
01/05/2010  03:47 PM      290,337,731 Double Dragon Gaiden (US ver).PAK
09/13/2011  02:42 PM      101,984,538 Double Dragon Genesis 2011.pak
04/30/2014  01:51 AM      228,369,449 Double Dragon Gold.pak
09/14/2011  02:41 PM        48,902,891 Double Dragon SNK Final Edition.pak
01/09/2005  09:57 PM        6,110,453 Dragon Ball.pak
09/04/2009  07:12 PM        64,631,530 Dragons Of Rage EX.pak
04/16/2005  03:15 PM        55,695,744 Dragons Of Rage.pak
07/08/2014  04:36 PM        66,582,211 Evil Dead.pak
05/26/2008  06:07 AM      116,981,135 Fatal Fury Re-Bout 2.pak
12/27/2007  09:21 PM        76,154,083 Fatal Fury Re-Bout.pak
10/06/2010  07:56 PM        34,894,209 Fighting Spirit.pak
08/05/2012  11:54 AM      107,496,492 Final Fight Alpha.pak
05/24/2011  08:30 PM        37,491,851 Final Fight Gold.pak
04/24/2010  04:34 PM        34,903,389 Final Rage Chaos.pak
03/07/2011  07:09 PM        72,482,684 Fist Of Legendary Heroes.pak
06/08/2015  07:06 AM      113,862,399 GI Joe v12.pak
12/28/2013  10:13 PM      123,655,963 Godzilla-Ultraman-Gamera.pak
01/09/2013  01:09 AM        39,500,889 Golden Axe Legend.pak
12/12/2014  11:17 PM      104,045,899 GoldenAxeGenesis3.0.pak
03/28/2010  12:15 AM      225,980,764 Guardian Heroes Warpath.pak
08/01/2006  02:19 AM      108,542,427 Guilty Gear - The Crusades.pak
06/15/2015  04:31 AM        93,597,591 Gunstar Heroes.pak
04/07/2005  01:38 PM      108,810,307 Hatchet Ninjaz.pak
04/15/2015  01:43 PM      133,970,151 He-Man.pak
06/10/2015  03:03 AM        58,061,052 Hentai City.pak
09/26/2008  10:17 PM        11,784,727 Hyper Duel.PAK
04/16/2005  04:49 PM        92,420,239 Hyper Final Fight 2.pak
01/10/2012  09:19 AM        66,452,888 Hyper Final Fight 3 (v2.5b1).pak
04/16/2005  04:30 PM      156,107,558 Hyper Final Fight.pak
05/28/2012  01:30 AM        98,720,593 Ikari Warriors 2010.PAK
08/26/2010  04:41 PM      322,240,258 Jennifer.PAK
02/19/2004  05:22 PM        42,189,674 Joe and Mac Caveman Ninja.pak
09/14/2011  01:47 PM        6,190,409 Kill Bill Movie (Full Demo).PAK
11/05/2008  03:25 PM      160,617,683 Ladies Of Rage.pak
04/11/2005  11:29 PM      131,841,712 Luta.pak
08/25/2009  11:20 PM        29,721,879 Maplevania.pak
11/22/2014  05:10 PM      248,862,215 Marvel - War Of The Gems.pak
07/13/2014  12:07 AM      294,884,096 Marvel First Alliance 2.pak
05/20/2012  06:08 AM      166,077,738 Marvel Superheroes.pak
07/16/2006  02:43 AM        76,720,841 MegaMan - Extreme v2.pak
04/06/2004  11:09 PM        76,092,217 Megaman War Of The Past.pak
02/07/2011  01:18 PM        86,413,275 Mortal Kombat Unlimited.pak
07/13/2013  06:00 PM      109,786,927 Night Slashers X 99x99.pak
04/27/2010  02:29 PM      109,776,917 Night Slashers X.pak
06/18/2015  09:45 PM                0 paks.txt
01/16/2015  01:50 AM      197,594,429 Power Rangers.pak
05/27/2005  08:04 PM        44,535,095 Rage Of The Streets.pak
09/01/2007  12:59 PM        91,703,314 Return of the Double Dragon.PAK
06/11/2005  12:01 AM        83,729,007 Rhythm of Destruction 2 - Blue Edition.pak
06/12/2005  12:37 PM        38,124,386 Rhythm of Destruction 2 - Green Edition.pak
01/28/2013  05:58 AM      100,070,300 Rhythm of Destruction 2 - Street Fighter Edition.pak
12/30/2011  06:52 AM      189,319,826 Rocket Viper 2 v2.4.pak
08/16/2010  10:29 PM        70,079,516 Rocket Viper.pak
09/09/2007  12:14 AM        92,339,012 Ryhthm Of Destruction.pak
04/12/2011  11:00 AM        84,519,704 Sailor Moon R Plus (fixed).pak
07/26/2009  09:53 AM      175,747,098 Saint Seiya Death & Rebirth(PC).PAK
10/25/2004  12:38 PM        41,246,724 Search For Athena.pak
09/26/2012  12:57 PM      290,077,509 Sega Brawlers Megamix 2.7.pak
06/22/2009  10:01 PM      254,978,904 Shiva & Lisa 3.PAK
04/19/2015  09:09 PM      118,073,200 Simpsons Treehouse Of Horror.pak
12/23/2004  01:06 AM        6,120,106 Simpsons.pak
09/09/2010  12:49 AM        52,932,882 Skull Kingz.pak
05/27/2015  02:20 PM      200,923,078 SonicRevolution.pak
08/17/2008  03:42 PM        20,120,087 Splatterhouse 2.pak
11/03/2008  09:57 PM        26,426,745 Splatterhouse 3.pak
05/28/2012  12:30 PM        39,601,412 Splatterhouse-1-Deception of the Mask.PAK
05/28/2006  07:32 PM        44,414,509 Streets Of Rage 4.pak
04/03/2006  06:51 PM      150,081,094 Strider X.pak
04/22/2015  04:40 PM        61,859,604 Super Final Fight Gold.pak
09/14/2011  02:52 PM      108,898,607 Super Mario Brawl.pak
01/20/2012  10:51 AM        34,357,090 TMNT by GaBoTiCo.PAK
08/10/2009  01:21 AM        47,012,286 TMNT Red Sky Battle.pak
06/06/2015  02:06 PM      362,671,871 TMNT Shell Shocked.PAK
05/24/2015  05:17 PM        87,726,483 Urban Lockdown.pak
04/21/2010  09:49 PM        20,026,161 Vampire Hunters.pak
05/22/2005  01:07 AM        82,868,726 Vampire Rage.pak
06/15/2011  02:22 AM        32,057,164 Village Of Rage.pak
03/25/2013  02:36 PM      111,099,264 World Heroes Supreme Justice Extra.pak
05/18/2005  03:56 PM        61,753,527 XMen.pak
10/20/2004  08:02 PM        20,737,950 xmenvssf.pak
            107 File(s) 11,080,584,718 bytes
              2 Dir(s)  81,696,149,504 bytes free

One last thing to mention is that I have renamed many of these so I would know exactly what I am looking for in the selection menu at first glance.


-revevil

 

[aL BeasTie]

Well to start off you can eliminate any that are already hosted here, like urban lockdown, world heroes etc.

 

[Bloodbane]

revevil, too bad you don't have Contra : Locked 'N' Loaded yet
Nonetheless, that's long list you have there