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FINDING THE EXACT DOWNLOAD LINK URL
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Darkflamewolf
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CloseI'm trying to figure out what the EXACT download link is to one of my game file uploads I made. However, whenever I right click on the download buttons to find a 'copy location' it doesn't give me that option. So how can I find out where it is physically located? Thanks.
It depends where you uploaded the game. If it's on another site usually they'll give you a link to whatever you uploaded. Look for embed options. If it's on this site - depending on either locker or game page - you either (for locker) click the link symbol next to the name of the file in your locker or (for game page) either copy the url in the address bar, right mouse click on the Download button or the link provided under the download heading and choose Copy Link Location.
It could also depend on which program you use for the internet. Chrome doesn't show many options while Firefox tends to show more than a few. Try using a different browser if you still have issues and if that doesn't clear up, let us know.
You could also just copy/paste the address in the bar of the page here and one of us could try to find a way to get it for you - if all else fails.
It could also depend on which program you use for the internet. Chrome doesn't show many options while Firefox tends to show more than a few. Try using a different browser if you still have issues and if that doesn't clear up, let us know.
You could also just copy/paste the address in the bar of the page here and one of us could try to find a way to get it for you - if all else fails.
LockeZ
I'd really like to get rid of LockeZ. His play style is way too unpredictable. He's always like this too. If he ran a country, he'd just kill and imprison people at random until crime stopped.
5958
Liberty, that doesn't actually work for game downloads, as he said. The reason it doesn't work is because RMN uses a javascript query to get the file instead of a link. This is presumably an intentional effort to keep people from linking directly to their game file without having the traffic go through RMN. Many file-hosting sites use similar methods.
It appears there's no way to circumvent this, unless someone can write a really clever line of ajax to put in the URL bar that remote-calls the correct function on the correct page and POSTs the relevant variables. And even then, you shouldn't. You should send people to your game page, because that helps RMN.
It appears there's no way to circumvent this, unless someone can write a really clever line of ajax to put in the URL bar that remote-calls the correct function on the correct page and POSTs the relevant variables. And even then, you shouldn't. You should send people to your game page, because that helps RMN.
Welp. Learn something new every day.
That said, yeah, even linking them to your download page would work. Or upload it to your locker if you're insistent on having just the download url. :/
But after customising your game page wouldn't you want people to see it?
That said, yeah, even linking them to your download page would work. Or upload it to your locker if you're insistent on having just the download url. :/
But after customising your game page wouldn't you want people to see it?
Darkflamewolf
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Well its really for a ONE TIME deal honestly. And it HAS to be an actual zip or qst file. Because the upload engine for another site I'm using ONLY accepts those two file values. So linking directly to a URL that links to the actual file, obviously doesn't work. So....bleh, I have to link directly to the file itself. It isn't going to be some heavy traffic thing or drawing attention away from RMN, its more like a one-time shot so I can get this uploaded to another site. That's all.
LockeZ
I'd really like to get rid of LockeZ. His play style is way too unpredictable. He's always like this too. If he ran a country, he'd just kill and imprison people at random until crime stopped.
5958
OK, if it's an actual upload engine on the other site, then just upload it instead of linking to it. You have the game in a .zip file on your computer, right? Man.
If what the other site wants is really a link to where it's hosted on another site, try this: http://rpgmaker.net/games/2410/downloads/?.zip
All I did was add ?.zip to the end of the URL. Which does nothing. It still goes to your download page. But now it ends in .zip, so it should trick the other site.
Not many people have their own personal web space. I have a hard time imagining another site that doesn't let you upload the file to their site, but also doesn't let you use a free hosting service like Mediafire or Dropbox.
If what the other site wants is really a link to where it's hosted on another site, try this: http://rpgmaker.net/games/2410/downloads/?.zip
All I did was add ?.zip to the end of the URL. Which does nothing. It still goes to your download page. But now it ends in .zip, so it should trick the other site.
Not many people have their own personal web space. I have a hard time imagining another site that doesn't let you upload the file to their site, but also doesn't let you use a free hosting service like Mediafire or Dropbox.
Darkflamewolf
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That still won't work if all that link does is take me to the download page. Because the upload engine directly pulls the zip from that link. So if it only 'tricks' it to going to a download page, it pulls nothing. So upload fail.
And yes, it only pulls files from other URLs, not from my own computer (WHICH WOULD MAKE SENSE RIGHT?).
And yes, it only pulls files from other URLs, not from my own computer (WHICH WOULD MAKE SENSE RIGHT?).
Yeah, I have no fucking idea what kind of wizardry django pulls to generate the filepath. It makes no sense to me (and the few attempts I tried failed).
Just upload it temporarily to your locker, or use Dropbox.
Just upload it temporarily to your locker, or use Dropbox.
According to Opera, which helpfully shows where exactly it's downloading files from, the download for http://rpgmaker.net/games/2274/ comes up as http://rpgmaker.net/content/games/2274/downloads/Megaman%20Tournament_7.exe.
You can probably replace the game ID and file name with whatever that is appropriate (I assume you know the file name).
The link above obviously bypasses the anti-flood mechanism that RMN seems to have. I provided the link for purely informational purposes and because it was publicly available anyway with the appropriate software, anyone who decides to flood downloads with the above link (or links derived from it) will probably see the banhammer from the appropriate authorities.
You can probably replace the game ID and file name with whatever that is appropriate (I assume you know the file name).
The link above obviously bypasses the anti-flood mechanism that RMN seems to have. I provided the link for purely informational purposes and because it was publicly available anyway with the appropriate software, anyone who decides to flood downloads with the above link (or links derived from it) will probably see the banhammer from the appropriate authorities.
LockeZ
I'd really like to get rid of LockeZ. His play style is way too unpredictable. He's always like this too. If he ran a country, he'd just kill and imprison people at random until crime stopped.
5958
Huh, interesting. It also doesn't increase your game's download count, though, so the lack of anti-flooding isn't really a problem.
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