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::I think you can, but raw iron's melting point is the same as most stones. --[[User:N9103|Edward]] 16:41, 26 January 2008 (EST)
 
::I think you can, but raw iron's melting point is the same as most stones. --[[User:N9103|Edward]] 16:41, 26 January 2008 (EST)
  
== DFFD Download Referer Blocking ==
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== Ads and bandwidth ==
  
Is there a reason you don't allow download.php links to work from the wiki? I don't see the need to have the user to view the download page from the page describing it to begin with.
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Maybe you should put some ads on DFFD and increase the bandwidth? Anyway, thanks for making DFFD. It's a great resource.
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:The main problem there is that I hate ads. At most I might put up a Donate button, but from experience on a couple of other sites those haven't done me much good. Of course, Tarn is a poster case for donations actually working, so... --[[User:Janus|Janus]] 04:29, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
  
If you could allow that, it would be nice. —[[User:Rick|Rick]] 22:56, 23 March 2008 (EDT)
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== Re: Favicon ==
  
:Yeah, that's a quirk with the way browsers handle redirection. The referer is checked for future load balancing between multiple download servers, and a direct link to download.php gives the wrong referer info to the download server after redirection. I've spent quite a lot of time trying to find workarounds for that same issue (I played around with every redirection method available) on another game file hosting site I have, with no success. This other site uses a lot of bandwidth (~2.5TB per month at the moment) and has just such a load balancing scheme to handle all of the downloads.
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Thanks for pointing that out, apparently we lost it during some server upgrades we did last month. By the way, in the future use <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> to sign your talk page comments, makes it a bit easier for me to get back to you. :) [[user:Emi|<span style="color:#8a4e4e">Emi</span>]] [[user_talk:Emi|<span style="color:#6a3e4e">[T]</span>]] 02:20, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
:So, I guess you could say it's a necessary evil. If I removed that restriction now and later have to put it back into place due to load balancing, it could lead to a lot of people needing to change their links then. I think it's better to have it remain consistent from the beginning, after having dealt with people having to update their download links to my other file hosting site. --[[User:Janus|Janus]] 23:36, 23 March 2008 (EDT)
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: Ah, right, sorry about that. It's been ages since I posted anything to a wiki, so my standard wiki etiquette failed me. --[[User:Janus|Janus]] 07:56, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
  
== New version uploads ==
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== Sudden DFFD issues/forum suggestion ==
  
When uploading a new version of a file, this does not reset the number of downloads and other information. See [http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=74 tweak page] for an example, I recently uploaded 1.2.0.0 (old was 1.1.0.0). &mdash;[[User:Rick|Rick]] 03:11, 31 March 2008 (EDT)
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...yeah, would've contacted you via the contact page, but got a big, red '''Error - You may not POST to this script from your previous location: https://dffd.bay12games.com/contact.php''' instead. ??? <br>
 
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Anyway, looks like you've been paged about a (hopefully fairly minor) bit of prep work for the premium release: ( http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=179388.0) [[User:Silverwing235|Silverwing235]] ([[User talk:Silverwing235|talk]]) 17:49, 3 January 2022 (UTC)
:Well, the downloads and views counters not resetting (along with vote data and so forth) is intentional. That way it tracks the data through all versions uploaded. If you want to reset those counters for whatever reason, you can create a new listing and optionally delete the old one.
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:Thanks for the notice of the DFFD contact form problem; it is now fixed and working correctly again. For the other request about having the DFFD check for a mod info.txt file for a version number, nobody has mentioned anything to me about it before now, but I'll take a look and continue that conversation over there. --[[User:Janus|Janus]] ([[User talk:Janus|talk]]) 05:33, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
:However, I do need to fix the issue of updated listings not showing up as the latest file in the "Newest Files" RSS feed and on the Statistics page. It's just one of those details I haven't gotten to yet. Thanks for the feedback, I'll try to get that issue fixed in the next few days or so. --[[User:Janus|Janus]] 03:29, 31 March 2008 (EDT)
 
 
 
::Maybe provide an option for resetting counters when editing a file? &mdash;[[User:Rick|Rick]] 03:29, 31 March 2008 (EDT)
 
 
 
:::Not a bad idea. I'll probably add that feature in as well. --[[User:Janus|Janus]] 03:32, 31 March 2008 (EDT)
 
 
 
Also, it seems that the different upload mechanism is understandably a little confusing to people used to regular file upload/submission forms in that the file upload is embedded in the submission form and needs to be completed before submitting the listing.
 
I'll modify it to check and see if no file was yet uploaded and give you a message telling you as much if you click the button to submit the listing without uploading. It will be a simple "OK" option if it's a new listing, and a "Submit without uploading new file? Yes/No" option if it's an edit. Probably should have added that modification in earlier. --[[User:Janus|Janus]] 04:05, 31 March 2008 (EDT)
 

Latest revision as of 05:33, 4 January 2022

Hiya! Over on Rick's page, you said "I personally was looking forward to that info so I could use reveal.exe to examine potential fortress locations in newly created 33g worlds, so it is much appreciated." Would you be willing to beta-test a utility that may help you? It's the Seekret Projekt section of my page. Leave feedback at my user talk page.
0x517A5D 18:17, 22 December 2007 (EST)

Sure thing. --Janus 21:44, 22 December 2007 (EST)


Bauxite[edit]

FYI, the reason bauxite is noted in map locations is because they're the only thing that you can make magma proof mechanisms from.
Yes, iron and others are magma proof as well, but if you want to move the magma anywhere other than along a channel, then you need the bauxite. --Edward 06:35, 26 January 2008 (EST)

Well, technically, adamantine ore could make magma-proof mechanisms as well, right? ;-)
Technically, yes... it'd make about as much sense as waiting to get Bauxite from the elves instead :P --Edward 16:41, 26 January 2008 (EST)
When I posted that location I was thinking that raw iron could be used to make magma-proof mechanisms... not true, eh? I'll modify the listing. --Janus 07:04, 26 January 2008 (EST)
I think you can, but raw iron's melting point is the same as most stones. --Edward 16:41, 26 January 2008 (EST)

Ads and bandwidth[edit]

Maybe you should put some ads on DFFD and increase the bandwidth? Anyway, thanks for making DFFD. It's a great resource.

The main problem there is that I hate ads. At most I might put up a Donate button, but from experience on a couple of other sites those haven't done me much good. Of course, Tarn is a poster case for donations actually working, so... --Janus 04:29, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

Re: Favicon[edit]

Thanks for pointing that out, apparently we lost it during some server upgrades we did last month. By the way, in the future use ~~~~ to sign your talk page comments, makes it a bit easier for me to get back to you. :) Emi [T] 02:20, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

Ah, right, sorry about that. It's been ages since I posted anything to a wiki, so my standard wiki etiquette failed me. --Janus 07:56, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

Sudden DFFD issues/forum suggestion[edit]

...yeah, would've contacted you via the contact page, but got a big, red Error - You may not POST to this script from your previous location: https://dffd.bay12games.com/contact.php instead. ???
Anyway, looks like you've been paged about a (hopefully fairly minor) bit of prep work for the premium release: ( http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=179388.0) Silverwing235 (talk) 17:49, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for the notice of the DFFD contact form problem; it is now fixed and working correctly again. For the other request about having the DFFD check for a mod info.txt file for a version number, nobody has mentioned anything to me about it before now, but I'll take a look and continue that conversation over there. --Janus (talk) 05:33, 4 January 2022 (UTC)