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Dude101 · Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 22:57 Post subject: Custom Art Repository

UPDATE:

There are now two repositorys

http://falloutmods.wikia.com/wiki/Template:Wikiportal:Main/Custom_Art_Repository

http://art.madbrahmin.cz

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Hi, I have been playing with this idea for a while: I have nearly every FO mod ever made, but allot of the custom art is forgotten about, where it could be used in other projects. What I would like to do, is create a list on the WIKI with pics, linking to a DL of the desired FRM; if anything it makes nice eye candy and gives art heavy mods more exposure.

Where could I host the files? is it a good idea? if no host can be found, a link to the mod would have to do. Permission would be assumed for older mods, but would need to be granted from active mods and modders. This might also encourage custom art to be made by freelancers.
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Jesterka · Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 23:35 Post subject:

I've been talking about this (well, more or less) to Wild_qwerty circa year ago, but any improvements never happened. I still might 'host' that art on madbrahmin.cz or towerofcreation.com (they both have the same space source).
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Dude101 · Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 23:38 Post subject:

Cool, great minds think alike and all that. I might start this off over the week end. How will I go about uploading them? will I have to send you the files, or can I have access to your FTP and steal / delete everything?
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Wild_qwerty · Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 1:07 Post subject:

I have a few old pieces of art that could be useful for this.

What the hosting like on the modding wiki?

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Maybe nma could revamp the download section. If the FRMs section was organised with a gallery of the FRMs it would help a lot.
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Lexx · Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 14:33 Post subject:

Would be cool to have an archiv or something like that.

I think, the problem on the NMA file section is, that the most files are on atomic games and you have to wait 3 to 6 minutes and more to download them.
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Jesterka · Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 15:12 Post subject:

NMA download section is shit, no doubt about that. If anything, hosting under The Vault is far more suitable. Very Happy

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Karel · Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 16:02 Post subject:

I would recommend an easily browsable web interface _and_ ftp access.
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Brother None · Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 16:13 Post subject:

Kanhef · Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 22:08 Post subject:

Good idea. Just make sure you can keep attribution to the artist/mod with each image.
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Dude101 · Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 0:59 Post subject:

My very own hosted NMA site! Muhaha, I will defer to those in the know on which solution is best. I have no idea about hosting, but the wiki cannot host anything but images. I have seen people share frms in a lossless gif format (I think) so maybe that is the way to go. Art guys?

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Using my super cool wiki admin, I found a file upload section. I will have a look and see if we can use it.

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Nope: ".frm" is an unwanted file type"
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Forgotten Knight · Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 21:49 Post subject:

How about: picture samples linked to frms in .rar or .zip format... Mr. Green

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Jesterka · Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 22:15 Post subject:

Maybe I'll really try something on Madbrahmin (in English of course). It's a bit nutty hit, but that's probably why I like it.

Also, first we should set up some rules like how the hell sort that stuff (by packs, by art types - tiles, walls, scenery...). Plus setting shitty (low-class modelling, poor conversion) stuff aside is probably a must. The same should be said about the JPG/PNG/GIF views, readme/info files and some tutorials in some near place.
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Jesterka · Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 23:25 Post subject:

I must be so bored...

(Here you go)
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Dude101 · Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 23:32 Post subject:

Awesome! but like you said earlier

Continuum · Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 9:04 Post subject:

Karel · Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 9:49 Post subject:

Just give me some time (exams), I can set something up either at madbrahmin.cz or towerofcreation.com (or any other "cool" domain name that is free, or at any other server I get access to).

I recommend using "Web 2.0" tags (e.g. an uploaded art gets main tags "scenery", "tree", and the user adds a custom one "pine"). Drupal can do that (plus a lot more like comments, user rating etc.)
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Lexx · Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 8:00 Post subject:

Any news on this?
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Brother None · Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 22:54 Post subject:

I suggest you guys get a proposal for a hosted website together. Just toss together some details; what kind of database software/CMS will you be using, how much space do you need, who'll manage it etc. and then we can pitch it to Silencer, and the admins can discuss it with our host's techies.

It's certainly possible and we're willing to help you out, but you guys need to decide what exactly you need beforehand.

Karel · Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 16:33 Post subject:

OK, so some progress...

I've set-up a simple "CMS" using Drupal on one domain, it requires MySQL(i) 5.x database + PHP (5), the repository shouldn't take more than 1GB. It can rune at my server or be later transferred to other webhosting if the site gets too busy.

The idea is to have browsable content in multiple categories, with each item ("page") containing:

a) description of the file
b) screenshot
c) attachment with the frm
d) several tags for sorting (art type - critter, scenery, door, wall, tile etc, license, free tags added by users)
e) comments and rating

(all of that is finished).

I have several issues that need to be solved:
1) better sorting of content, e.g. lists of tags like "body type" (robot, human, etc.), "scenery type" (nature, technology,...) - this is a big issue as it can't be change with too many contributions. Any suggestions for a good sets of "tags" to sort content?
2) licensing issues - every item must have a clearly specified license under which it can be used (I believe Creative Commons variants should work), but I'm not sure about others
3) attachment guidelines - should it contain only an frm, or readme, screenshot, sample script and prototype?
4) anonymous uploads - should they be allowed?
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Aaron · Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 11:51 Post subject:

any news? this could be really useful, if it ever gets done.