WingedSerpent1969 0 Posted October 10, 2008 just wondering if it would be possible for addon creators to deposit projects with a hosting site eg Armahollic or .info. not to be released for download but to be held incase HDD dies or some other catastrophe occurs. i am asking because i am sure ,since OFP days, thousands of hours of work must have been lost to such events. i am sure they could be made secure and maybe if a certain period of time lapses they could be finished by another party if considered abandoned. your thoughts? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nephilim 0 Posted October 10, 2008 why dont you upload it to rapidshare, with pw protection? CD´s?? external HD´s?? i guess each arma-site´s avaiable space is limited.. and besides that, most larger mod´s have their own webspace to back things up if necessary. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Namikaze 0 Posted October 10, 2008 SVN (or some other version control software) could be used to store all the data files for various addons, and it can keep track of the changes in version so that if someone wanted to go back to get the old version for some reason, it's easily available. In addition, it would help with the dissemination of final versions to the public, as the addon maker could just assign a segment of the server to be public access and put all the final PBOs in the public area. The downside: finding a way to host the SVN server. But I'm positive someone here has to have a server that can be used for that sort of thing, it's just a matter of figuring out the logistics of having thousands of people trying to get access to it at once. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shinRaiden 0 Posted October 10, 2008 SVN's fairly easy to self-host, and there's also a number of low-cost hosting providers that have it integrated as well. However, for game content development work, you need to understand the whole SVN server-side and client-side process, and have a really good plan for content management, even for a small project. Of course, none of this is of any use if the data's not stored on a RAID system and regularly backed up. If you're using a non-mirrored (ie striped) RAID, does your controller have a battery installed, or a mechanism to recover the RAID configuration profile? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
