Downloads Not Working

ID:105642
 
Dec 12 2010, 3:00 pm
Not a bug
BYOND Version:N/A (Website Bug)
Operating System:Windows XP Home
Web Browser:Firefox 3.6.13
Applies to:Website
Status: Not a bug
This is not a bug. It may be an incorrect use of syntax or a limitation in the software. For further discussion on the matter, please consult the BYOND forums.
Descriptive Problem Summary:
Downloads are not working for my uploaded games a few hours after being posted. They work for like an hour or so and later when I tell my friends to download it, "Unzip failed"

Numbered Steps to Reproduce Problem:
1. Upload files
2. Post Direct link in download box
3. Try to download

Code Snippet (if applicable) to Reproduce Problem:


Expected Results:
Download works

Actual Results:
Download doesn't work

Does the problem occur:
Every time? Or how often? All the time
In other games? Yes
In other user accounts? Yes
On other computers? Yes

When does the problem NOT occur?
It's a random chance

Did the problem NOT occur in any earlier versions? If so, what was the last version that worked? (Visit http://www.byond.com/download/build to download old versions for testing.)

Workarounds:
None
Dec 13 2010, 4:51 am
You didn't include a link to any hub entries. Currently your account has no hub entries at all. There is nothing to investigate.
Dec 13 2010, 10:11 am
Lummox JR wrote:
You didn't include a link to any hub entries. Currently your account has no hub entries at all. There is nothing to investigate.

Sorry, It's on my developer key SpartanGaming.

http://www.byond.com/games/SpartanGaming/ShootEmUps

And this is like the 4th time I uploaded the files. Right now I'm using an uploading website, but I used to use my own http://spartangaming.at.ua/ to host them, posting the direct download link. But even this failed.
Dec 13 2010, 6:13 pm
I don't know why your own direct download link would fail, but using a direct link is absolutely required. It says right on the editing page that using one of those ad-supported uploading sites will not work, that you need to have a direct link to the zip. Any direct link you could get off of filefactory.com would only be good for the duration of the session in which you download it from them, and it expires soon after.

Since any download problems you might have at your own domain are going to be related to the server configuration, any trouble downloading from there is at the server end, and not a bug on BYOND's side at all.