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May 28 2008, 6:49 pm (Edited by moderator on May 28 2008, 9:45 pm)
What is a free web host (or whatever i need) that i can put my zip file on so other people can download my game and run their own?
ps: sorry if this is in the wrong section i wasnt sure.
#1 May 28 2008, 6:59 pm (Edited by moderator on May 28 2008, 9:46 pm)
Gorrek wrote:
What is a free web host (or whatever i need) that i can put my zip file on so other people can download my game and run their own?
ps: sorry if this is in the wrong section i wasnt sure.

I believe this would work better as a Community post, read the forums description so you can post in the right one. Anyways, a long time ago I used freewebs and anglefire.
#2 May 28 2008, 7:05 pm
In response to 172.16.0.1 (#1)
do i have to actually make a website? i was thinking i could just upload the file on a different website
#3 May 28 2008, 7:10 pm
In response to Gorrek (#2)
A free webhost that will do the job would be Geocities. That will take care of you for what you need.
#4 May 28 2008, 7:16 pm
In response to Tiberath (#3)
ok thnx ill give it a try
#5 May 28 2008, 7:47 pm
In response to Gorrek (#4)
ok ive got a problem... i uploaded the files and put the link on the page but it still wont work..heres what it says: "Failed to download data (HTTP server returned unexpected status: 302 Found)." what is that and how can i simply upload a file and make it downloadable without making a website or paying money every month?
#6 May 28 2008, 8:01 pm
In response to Gorrek (#5)
First post in a long long time. But here is your solution:

(Depending on how you want it downloaded megaupload offers a free upload service, anyone can download without any extra software.

http://megaupload.com

however, if the link has to work with some kind of auto-fetch system you will need to find a server host. If I get a few parts I might get a server up but its looking grim.
#7 May 28 2008, 8:17 pm
In response to UmbrousSoul (#6)
well thats the closest ive got so far. it opens up dream seeker, but with a black screen
Also: im using winrar. could this be the problem? do i need winzip or another program instead?
#8 May 28 2008, 8:47 pm
In response to Gorrek (#7)
Gorrek wrote:
well thats the closest ive got so far. it opens up dream seeker, but with a black screen
Also: im using winrar. could this be the problem? do i need winzip or another program instead?

Dream Maker will zip your files how you want them to be. Download and Run your own game should be zipped under "World Executable Files".

Megaupload is bad, by the way.
#9 May 28 2008, 8:50 pm
In response to Tiberath (#8)
im using world executable files and ive tried a million websites even making my own but nothing works
#10 May 28 2008, 8:52 pm
In response to Gorrek (#9)
You have to link directly to the zip file itself.

If your websites URL is http://www.mysite.com/ then the file you uploaded would be http://www.mysite.com/mygame.zip or something along those lines.

That's the link you have to give to the hub page.
#11 May 28 2008, 8:53 pm
Try this: http://www.mediafire.com/

Searching google for "free webhost" and adding hotlinking showed a few hits, and also a directory of free webhosts.

http://www.thefreesite.com/Free_Web_Space/
#12 May 28 2008, 8:57 pm (Edited on May 28 2008, 9:09 pm)
In response to Tiberath (#10)
thats what im doing, but dream seeker opens with a black screen..thnx 4 the help so far btw

heres an example of a link ive tried: http://upload2.net/page/download/ZC9YAzSbUOtqN3x/ SlidingMaze.zip.html
thats the right format or whatever right? so why am i just getting a black screen?
#13 May 28 2008, 9:47 pm
In response to Gorrek (#12)
ok so i went to www.ripway.com and this seems to be the best site so far, however, i get a bad world error on one computer, and on my other comp it opens and i see the verbs and stuff but it says connection failed. ive got the bad world error on 2 different games with no errors. does anyone know how this can be fixed? thnx -Jeff
#14 May 29 2008, 6:30 am
In response to YMIHere (#11)
YMIHere wrote:
Try this: http://www.mediafire.com/

Mediafire is one of those jump-through-hoops download sites like megaupload or rapidshare. At best it's suited to large files, and it doesn't do direct links so it can't be used to host zip files for BYOND games.

Lummox JR
#15 May 29 2008, 9:44 am
In response to Lummox JR (#14)
Oh, lame. I saw it in wikipedia's comparison of file hosts. It said it used direct links, but I didn't bother to check. Sorry.
#16 May 29 2008, 10:06 am
In response to YMIHere (#15)
YMIHere wrote:
Oh, lame. I saw it in wikipedia's comparison of file hosts. It said it used direct links, but I didn't bother to check. Sorry.

Ah. The only reason I happened to know it didn't was because someone had used it for a download already.

Lummox JR