Custom Art Repository

Dude101

Dude101

Vault Fossil
Modder
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.
 
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).
 
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?
 
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.
 
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.
 
NMA download section is shit, no doubt about that. If anything, hosting under The Vault is far more suitable. :D
 
Lexx said:
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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Yes.

You're welcome to use our files section as much as you like, but our hands are tied to Atomic Gamer, our host. Can't really help that, we don't have the free bandwidth lying about to fix it otherwise.

However, depending on the size of the files we're talking of here, and since not a lot of people would be actively downloading them, we might be able to set up something else, make a subdomain for NMA (like modguide), install a good and easy-to-use file system/CMS on it and give it to you to use.

It's not impossible.
 
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"
 
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.
 
Awesome! but like you said earlier

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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It should be broken down into many sub-categories, so art previews can be seen immediately (none of this click to see BS), without to much of a load time. Unless it is better to organise it via the wiki and link to the DL on MB.
 
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.)
 
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.
 
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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