Question concerning multiple versions of same game

Fenrir-Lunaris · Post by **Fenrir-Lunaris** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 1:04 am

This thought came to me recently. What if we have two different versions of a game we'd like to upload to the gamelist, which are functionally identical except for a few minor changes. For example, a "Hard Type" of a game, or one that uses MP3 music in lieu of midi. Should these receive seperate gamelist entries, or should the author make both available under the same gamelist page?

Post by **Mogri** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 7:51 am

Author discretion. You can upload two ZIP files to the same entry, but you may not want to.

RMZ · Post by **RMZ** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 11:44 pm

If you're referring to FFH, then ya should prolly just package them together. I know I never played Hard Mode, but if the player was stuck getting it either way, they might, ya never know. But if you're designing a new game, I'd try and work it all into the same RPG file so it's a bit neater.

Fenrir-Lunaris · Post by **Fenrir-Lunaris** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:18 pm

And so we come to the center of the shrubbery maze! There appears to be a timeout limit based on the actual file SIZE of any given game submission. After trying to upload the "quality" OGG filled version of Vampire's Curse TWICE, I waited about 10 minutes for a message to pop up that said something like "post mode not recognized". Bear in mind the full file is "only" about 10 MB, but this shouldn't causes a timeout... ...or should it?

Post by **Mogri** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:38 pm

Aha! So that's what it is. Your friend mentioned the same problem barring him from uploading his game. I'll take a look at this, but I secretly doubt there's much I can do short of recommending you get a connection (or a friend with a connection) with faster upload.

(Edit) The largest file anyone has uploaded to date is Dwarvinity at 5.5MB.

Post by **Mogri** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:59 pm

Fenrir you are hurting my SOUL. Normal users can't reply to their own game threads and neither should you. Replies are for reviews; future functionality depends on this! (Hacky? Perhaps.)

I have stuck all of your attachments into the original post. Please make your changes and delete the reply.

Fenrir-Lunaris · Post by **Fenrir-Lunaris** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 12:05 am

Done. I was initially unaware that they wouldn't attach to the original post like they do now. This has been a learning experience, at any rate.

Post by **Mogri** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:50 am

I've increased the max filesize to 25 MB. Can you try uploading the big file again?