Theo Thalwitzer 4 Posted June 2, 2021 I have a suspicion this site has been hacked by none other than STEAM itself. moddb.com is also offline. Steam is getting on my last nerves... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nickhechtel 13 Posted June 2, 2021 My Company is in Talks with Foxhound. I am trying to keep you Updated. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
krzychuzokecia 717 Posted June 2, 2021 9 hours ago, W0lle said: the website database and pictures Some of those were created/added by users themselves, example being OFP section (created by 3 dudes), or even the forums. Is he going to pay kickbacks for those? Also, going back to e-mail JerryHopper posted - Foxhound is (justifably) concerned about his privacy/personal data. What about the privacy of users, can we now mail Fox to remove our data from the database he wants to sell to highest bidder? Armaholic was collecting revenue (however small it was), so it seems to me like it falls under GDPR. I'm sorry for my harsh reaction, but with the way this whole mess is going on (sudden closing of website, putting it on sale and apparent refusal to contact anyone from the community) it does seem like an extortion. @jerryhopper Until the situation clears up, I won't donate to any "pay for getting AH data" fund. However, if you ever find yourself short of cash to continue your mission to preserve OFP and Arma history, well... I already use your services, and would gladly pay for them. Matter of fact, when in 2018 Foxhound approached OFP community with his offer to host OFP content on AH, I did exactly that - offered donation, which he at that time refused. Today situation feels very different to me, by which I'm confused and saddened. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
W0lle 1050 Posted June 2, 2021 9 minutes ago, krzychuzokecia said: Some of those were created/added by users themselves, example being OFP section (created by 3 dudes), or even the forums. Is he going to pay kickbacks for those? Also, going back to e-mail JerryHopper posted - Foxhound is (justifably) concerned about his privacy/personal data. What about the privacy of users, can we now mail Fox to remove our data from the database he wants to sell to highest bidder? Armaholic was collecting revenue (however small it was), so it seems to me like it falls under GDPR. This is one of the problems. Most of the pictures used for the download pages were created by the creators of the respective addon/mission. He hold no rights on these pictures, hence he can't sell them. If I were him, I'd also not sell the email addresses used for forum registration. That said, everyone who is using his armaholic password somewhere else is better off to change it sometime soon. Needless to say that using the same password multiple times is... stupid. 😉 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
-Joe- 101 Posted June 2, 2021 If he's selling the email addresses then I would assume that's a rather hefty GDPR violation to boot - from what I remember of the roll-out when I was working in education even offering that information for sale can incur a heavy fine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerryhopper 286 Posted June 2, 2021 14 minutes ago, krzychuzokecia said: Some of those were created/added by users themselves, example being OFP section (created by 3 dudes), or even the forums. Is he going to pay kickbacks for those? Also, going back to e-mail JerryHopper posted - Foxhound is (justifably) concerned about his privacy/personal data. What about the privacy of users, can we now mail Fox to remove our data from the database he wants to sell to highest bidder? Armaholic was collecting revenue (however small it was), so it seems to me like it falls under GDPR. I'm sorry for my harsh reaction, but with the way this whole mess is going on (sudden closing of website, putting it on sale and apparent refusal to contact anyone from the community) it does seem like an extortion. @jerryhopper Until the situation clears up, I won't donate to any "pay for getting AH data" fund. However, if you ever find yourself short of cash to continue your mission to preserve OFP and Arma history, well... I already use your services, and would gladly pay for them. Matter of fact, when in 2018 Foxhound approached OFP community with his offer to host OFP content on AH, I did exactly that - offered donation, which he at that time refused. Today situation feels very different to me, by which I'm confused and saddened. Thanks that's good to know but: I'm doing this as a hobby. like i said: its a payback to the game and its community. i have taken precautions if i somehow am not able to host anymore. i have 2 backup-disks which i keep offline and disconnected. these disks contain all arma-related stuff. ofpinfo, armedassault.eu, sahraniradio - and soon - also the contents recovered from armaholic. If anything happens to me or my hosting, these disks will find their way to the right people. But this 'Armaholic' issue has made me start thinking again about the preservation of data, and how to deal with it. i'm playing with the idea to make yearly(?) backups of online resources, and dump them on a data-cardridge (LTO6) (which can store 2.5TB at a price of about 40euro's) and share that with other 'arma-librarians' These cardridges are easyly transferrable over mail, cheap and can store enough data : it will be the perfect offline-backup for data that belongs to be preserved. Dispite the previously failed attempts by others to host files via Torrent in the past, i still think this is our best shot at keeping the files available to the public in a scalable and redundant way. Obviously, the above chitchat is jibberisch for most players - but im sure there are a few people who understand what i'm saying, and why im saying this. The time of being eachothers 'concurrent' when comes to community-websites should be long behind us. After all, it's the 20th amniversary of BI: we're grownups now! Meanwhile, i will setup some storage space where people can upload their preserved Arma2OA addons. I will make a post with information how to access it, and which files are needed. 6 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
darkxess 60 Posted June 2, 2021 @jerryhopper can you stop what you are doing by scraping data? and to be clear as I said before everything was paid for out of Foxhound's own pocket including the self-hosted file server which YOU are causing problems with as I am in contact with Foxhound trying to sort all this out. The servers which Foxhound has always had run his furniture business stuff too. So yes the servers ARE still alive and so is the site, just the domain was sold, and as Foxhound has stated he will pass on everything including the site to those who want to carry on the work of running it all. Also if you are wondering why your emails are going unanswered then maybe think why, getting over 500+ emails in the first 24 hours of the tweet really didn't make things easier, imagine replying to all of them? So please, be patient, and wait! I am working on it and as said before I will reply here once I have a solution for you guys.Edit: Foxhound is fine, he doesn't have COVID and he simply just met a woman in Scotland and decided to fall in love 😊 4 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Αplion 1122 Posted June 2, 2021 4 minutes ago, darkxess said: Edit: Foxhound is fine, he doesn't have COVID and he simply just met a woman in Scotland and decided to fall in love 😊 Best news ever IMHO ... 🙂 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gunter Severloh 4052 Posted June 2, 2021 13 hours ago, jerryhopper said: Crowdfund : Free Armaholic So, if the community wants armaholic preserved in its current form, feel free to donate to my crowdfunding initiative. I have set a goal for 500 euro's i dont know if this amount is enough, as that is totally up to Foxhound.https://www.gofundme.com/f/free-armaholic Jerry is it possible i can donate to your paypal if you have one, i tried like 5 times on the site i get an error no matter what i do, and it wont let me sign up, or sign in, idk wtf the deal is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Αplion 1122 Posted June 2, 2021 41 minutes ago, darkxess said: @jerryhopper can you stop what you are doing by scraping data? and to be clear as I said before everything was paid for out of Foxhound's own pocket including the self-hosted file server which YOU are causing problems with as I am in contact with Foxhound trying to sort all this out. The servers which Foxhound has always had run his furniture business stuff too. So yes the servers ARE still alive and so is the site, just the domain was sold, and as Foxhound has stated he will pass on everything including the site to those who want to carry on the work of running it all. Also if you are wondering why your emails are going unanswered then maybe think why, getting over 500+ emails in the first 24 hours of the tweet really didn't make things easier, imagine replying to all of them? So please, be patient, and wait! I am working on it and as said before I will reply here once I have a solution for you guys.Edit: Foxhound is fine, he doesn't have COVID and he simply just met a woman in Scotland and decided to fall in love 😊 1 minute ago, Gunter Severloh said: Jerry is it possible i can donate to your paypal if you have one, i tried like 5 times on the site i get an error no matter what i do, and it wont let me sign up, or sign in, idk wtf the deal is. Sorry, but these posts makes me feel that there are (at least) two different groups in there, following different paths ... please forgive me if I misunderstood. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerryhopper 286 Posted June 2, 2021 @darkxess i am causing nothing. the only thing i do, is reacting to the new reality. A reality that hit everybody as thunder on a sunny day. The scraping of data was stopped by foxhound himself (when he found out). Im not sure why you are trying to blame me for stuff i have nothing to do with. This, and the fact that fox did'nt try reach out to people to take over before he pulled the plug, and the files were still publicly reachable via the web - gives me every right to salvage of what's left. I understand Fox is your friend - but lets not waste this thread bickering on stuff that already happened. You do what you can, and so will i. We just do things differently. ( ps: i have free rackspace at home, there is always space for few 1-4u boxes.) That said: i'd like to present the lists with missing addons: the "MISSING IN ACTION" FILELIST. the Arma missing in action file-list : http://ftp.armedassault.info/armaholic/arma.armaholic.MISSING.txt the Arma2 missing in action file-list : http://ftp.armedassault.info/armaholic/arma2.armaholic.MISSING.txt the Arma2_OA missing in action file-list : http://ftp.armedassault.info/armaholic/arma2_oa.armaholic.MISSING.txt If you have any of the files listed in these lists, please be patient while i setup a upload-facility so we can consolidate all the recovered files. 11 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
darkxess 60 Posted June 2, 2021 39 minutes ago, jerryhopper said: @darkxess i am causing nothing. the only thing i do, is reacting to the new reality. A reality that hit everybody as thunder on a sunny day. The scraping of data was stopped by foxhound himself (when he found out). Im not sure why you are trying to blame me for stuff i have nothing to do with. This, and the fact that fox did'nt try reach out to people to take over before he pulled the plug, and the files were still publicly reachable via the web - gives me every right to salvage of what's left. I understand Fox is your friend - but lets not waste this thread bickering on stuff that already happened. You do what you can, and so will i. We just do things differently. ( ps: i have free rackspace at home, there is always space for few 1-4u boxes.) Wasn't bickering or blaming you at all man, I am just saying to make things please stop putting pressure on the server while also sharing with others how to do it. Who is taking these files by the way? just wondering as it seems when I finally get them all I will have to maybe create a torrent as it's massive in size. And please remember Fox wants them to go on to someone who will carry on with what he started. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerryhopper 286 Posted June 2, 2021 So i read that some people have stored their past downloads on dvd or backup-disks. I have made a clunky batch script that will index your directories, and reports back if a missing file is found! Download the script : http://ftp.armedassault.info/armaholic/findfiles.bat Copy the script to the drive or directory that contains arma-downloads, and start it. - The script will download the latest MIA-lists to the %PUBLIC% directory. - The script will index your directory, and save the result in %PUBLIC%\LocalFiles.Txt - The script will start searching for missing arma files, and report if any are found. If the script found any files, you should upload them on a (to be announced) sftp location. or PM me if you found files! Do note that during the search-process many windows will popup and close. During the process you cannot use your computer due to the popups. This is is expected behaviour (sorry!) I fixed the annoying popups! You can kill the script by hitting ctrl-c 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SopmodJack75 4 Posted June 3, 2021 Guys i nearly used up all of my google drive space,but i managed to upload a1 weapons not all (i have more a1 mods and addons but for now i just uploaded the weapons and some extras)obviously as i don`t have them all,also arma2/oa/co mods (i have more a2 mods and addons but my google drive is nearly full) am uploading some arma 3 mods too.I`m new to this google drive thing so please have some patience,once that people have downloaded the a1 and a2 addons i`ll upload more arma 3 mods and addons,meanwhile if you people have a location where i can upload all my arma series files please let me know.@ Jerry Hopper i tried both links one nothing happens and the second link opens a blank page. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
krzychuzokecia 717 Posted June 3, 2021 @jerryhopper for me, running on W7 the shell window closes instantly when the script (presumably) ends it's work. I write "presumably", because before it closes, I can see it found 6 files, while my yesterday manual search gave me at least 17 "hits" in just Arma 1 directory (and those files are still in the list downloaded by script). So, any way to make it not close instantly, or save the results in a text file? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Horus 83 Posted June 3, 2021 FOUND: BlackSword_v3.zip FOUND: co_6_on_his_majestys_service.rar FOUND: Co04_StealTheCar2-Bagango.zip Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerryhopper 286 Posted June 3, 2021 2 hours ago, krzychuzokecia said: @jerryhopper for me, running on W7 the shell window closes instantly when the script (presumably) ends it's work. I write "presumably", because before it closes, I can see it found 6 files, while my yesterday manual search gave me at least 17 "hits" in just Arma 1 directory (and those files are still in the list downloaded by script). So, any way to make it not close instantly, or save the results in a text file? i have updated the script. When you start the script in that directory, it fill write the addon name in a textfile named: found.txt Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
krzychuzokecia 717 Posted June 3, 2021 @jerryhopper Works now, but indeed stops working after finding 6 files. The rest of the files that I've found manually are still listed in the MISSING lists. @Horus That's the list of all missing files, not necessarily the list of files you have. The files you have are listed in "found.txt" file, in the location of "findfiles.bat". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Horus 83 Posted June 3, 2021 Yes now I see that 🧐 I have this 3 missions BlackSword_v3.zip co_6_on_his_majestys_service.rar Co04_StealTheCar2-Bagango.zip Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gunter Severloh 4052 Posted June 3, 2021 3 hours ago, SopmodJack75 said: Guys i nearly used up all of my google drive space Mega my friend https://mega.io/ Free account gives you 50GB and you can do it from your desktop too. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Horus 83 Posted June 3, 2021 And I manually found few more addons which script did not found. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerryhopper 286 Posted June 3, 2021 25 minutes ago, Horus said: And I manually found few more addons which script did not found. can you be more specific? filename? was it case-sensitivity that made the difference? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
krzychuzokecia 717 Posted June 3, 2021 Files that script found (going through my Arma 1 and Arma 2 folders both, and separately): FOUND: someday_in_avgani_v01-2.7z FOUND: 385-co6@arabian-night.zip FOUND: [Co-6]Desert_Stormers_ACE.7z FOUND: Directors_Cut.rar FOUND: 3-co_12_ds_sabotage_v1.18.zip FOUND: 3-co_12_@pkw_ds_sabotage_v1.18.zip These are all A1 files - it couldn't find anything in A2 folder at all. Meanwhile, I manually located following files (in A1 folder, haven't looked in A2 yet): [Co-6]Desert_Stormers_ACE.7z 3-co_12_@pkw_ds_sabotage_v1.18.zip 3-co_12_ds_sabotage_v1.18.zip 3-rc_10_@sigma_gp_sahrani_v1.30.zip 3-rc_10_gp_sahrani_v1.30.zip 385-co6@arabian-night.zip ACE-ArmA_Mod_v1.08full.exe ACE-ArmA_Mod_v1.09update.exe Directors_Cut.rar F-15Beta_V1.5.rar PKW_Weapons.7z RHS-RF-Units-Weapons-v200.rar someday_in_avgani_v01-2.7z vilas_east.7z vilas_gwp.7z vilas_pwpn.7z It's hard to tell which file the script "crapped out" on, because the missing files lists are not in alphabet order. Edit: note that the LocalFiles.txt is not missing anything - there's whole content of my A1 and A2 folders listed there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerryhopper 286 Posted June 3, 2021 this is what i scooped up: FOUND: 1st_Battalion_Para_Regiment.Sara.zip FOUND: [ARMA]_[MP-COOP]_Ambush.zip FOUND: OFrP_AmeAgaru.rar FOUND: Co10_AssassinsII.zip FOUND: CWR_BattleAtLolisse_MP.zip FOUND: CWR_BearsInRedWood_MP.zip FOUND: BlackSword_v3.zip FOUND: BleedingSkies_v2.0.zip FOUND: co06_Bomb_magnet.rar FOUND: oops_city_take_ortego_v1.0.zip FOUND: oops_city_take_paraiso_v1.2.zip FOUND: Eagle_Claw.rar FOUND: [R.O.S]_FCR.rar FOUND: @co_08_Get_them_back_PartOne.MAP_SSara.rar FOUND: co_10@_Get_them_back_PartTwo.MAP_SSara.rar FOUND: navyseals.rar FOUND: co12@Justice_for_all.7z FOUND: liberationv6_5_co4.rar FOUND: Boogie_Men.Porto.rar FOUND: OFrP_Neutralisation.rar FOUND: ACE_Operation_Al-Fajr.7z FOUND: co03_sneakybeaver.zip FOUND: Co02_ParaisoAssassination.zip FOUND: ARMA_MP-COOP_Red_Star_Com.zip FOUND: OFrP_SarinWarReborn.rar FOUND: DAC_SectorFight.rar FOUND: Co04_StealTheCar2-Bagango.zip Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Horus 83 Posted June 3, 2021 2 hours ago, jerryhopper said: can you be more specific? filename? was it case-sensitivity that made the difference? Files which script don't see A1 ArmAMark_v1.zip Armed-Assault_Editing-Guide_Deluxe_Edition_by_Mr-Murray_EN.7z ffaa-arabes-v3.2.7z PKW_Weapons.7z A2 @caa1.7z Japahto Islandsv1.1.exe LittleBirds-CAA1Update2.21.7z MAP_EU_V1.00.rar quesh_kibrul-v2.rar Seize_zones_CAA1_Afghan.7z A2OA BB_OA_A2_CO_Female_Soldiers_v3.7z bwmod_fix_v1.0.7z gsep_zernovo_v10update.rar nc_pathfinder4_full.7z TPW_HOUSELIGHTS_109_MP.zip 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
