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QUESTION ABOUT DOWNLOAD LIMITS?

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Hey there, I apologize if this was already answered sometime earlier (I did browse several threads but did not find a reference) though I was wondering if it was possible to upload a game that is 100+ MB sometime in the future? Obviously, the limit cap is 100MB at the moment, and I definitely do not expect for that to change anytime soon, though perhaps a thought for the future? My game for example, after just now converting each and every audio file to .ogg format, only brought it down to 175MB from 199MB. The reason for the large file size is not really the audio but the graphics. There are games out there that, due to certain scripts (and lots of hard work) cause for custom animations/scenes to have lots and lots of images, ergo inflating the file size exponentially. As it stands I have to keep my game hosted on Mediafire for now, which is fine of course, though I've received comments and messages as to having a direct link to it hosted on here which currently is just not going to happen due to the upload limit.

I hope this is not beating the proverbial dead horse, and if it seems like I am complaining at all I apologize that's really not my intention, though I just figured I would bring this up so perhaps it was talked about at a future date and time. Thanks for having a great site though, and I look forward to the upcoming changes.

Edit** I just realized I should have put down "Upload limits" instead of "download limits" for the title of this thread. And this should probably be moved to Site Feedback too. Gah! I'm an idiot. Sorry, need more coffee. ^.^
LouisCyphre
can't make a bad game if you don't finish any games
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There isn't really an upload limit - having a massive game really only makes the submissions staff think twice about accepting it.
Really? Hmmm...because I did try uploading the game to the server but a screen came back a few moments later saying along the lines of "exceeded limit". Ah well, like I said perhaps for a future date for those of us developers that do a lot of our own animation and what not. Just a thought. :D
Funny, I thought there wasn't a limit (or, well, that it was about 200+ MB).

Perhaps take all mp3s and large files out of their respective folders to make a secondary upload. Just add a note that both files need to be downloaded.
Puddor
if squallbutts was a misao category i'd win every damn year
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I've seen downloads larger than 100mb. Is it a complete game? You could always upload it to a mirror site like MediaFire for the time being.


If it isn't complete that's pretty dang huge.
Hey Sorceress, and it's already been uploaded to Mediafire though thanks for posting. :) Yes it's very much a complete game, and currently it's at 199MB though even when I reformat the mp3s to ogg it brings it down to roughly about 176MB. Like I said earlier, the majority of the file size is taken up by images due to the animations created for the game. Hmm I'll give it another shot with the more condensed version, if that doesn't work then at least I got the game hosted on Mediafire heh. Thanks for your help though everyone it really is much appreciated.
Are all the images in .jpg or .bmp or something? If it's .bmp, why don't you use .png instead, which has smaller file size but still retains good quality...?

The size's the worst especially if it's .bmp...
The images are in jpg format, and would you believe that png actually makes the file size larger for each image? I know I just can't win LOL. Thanks for posting though Eplipswich :)
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