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RE: Updated DB image packs are available!
Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2014 9:10 am
by CV60
Mgellis-Just for my info, are you having any trouble with downloading either the scenario files located at:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B205vpZ ... edit?pli=1
or the description files located at:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B205vpZ ... edit?pli=1
If you can download those without any problems, it may indicate that the issue is the size of the download. Possibly you are timing out, or some other issue.
One other idea: sometimes, security software is pretty quiet about blocking downloads. Because the image file is going to have a low reputation score, it might be blocked by your security software. Are you getting any messages at the bottom of your browser screen suggesting this might be the case?
I'm really beginning to hate Google Docs.
I tried downloading the archive with Firefox. It tells me the download failed. I tried downloading the archive with a dedicated file download manager (Free Download Manager). It does not recognize the link as a .zip file. I tried another dedicated file downloader (Flashget). Zippo. I tried downloading the archive with a Firefox add-on designed to read Google Docs...INCLUDING .zip archives. The add-on tells me it cannot read that file. Look, I know I'm not the most brilliant person when it comes to computers, but it's one freakin' .zip file. It should not be this hard to download. There has got to be a better way.
RE: Updated DB image packs are available!
Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2014 12:04 pm
by Mgellis
Yes, I'm pretty sure it is the size issue. I don't have problems downloading the smaller files. I think the "critical mass" is somewhere around 400 megabytes, at least with Google Docs.
RE: Updated DB image packs are available!
Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2014 12:17 pm
by Mgellis
Would there be any possibility of just posting the archive as one large file AND as a set of smaller files (e.g., four or five of about 200 megabytes each)? Since the whole thing is just an archive of image files, it would not be hard to combine them once you download them all. Anyway, it's just a thought.
RE: Updated DB image packs are available!
Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2014 2:29 pm
by SSN754planker
I have no issue with downloading from there.
Have you tried this...
Click this link then go to the top right, click File>Download.
Works everytime for me.
RE: Updated DB image packs are available!
Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2014 3:15 pm
by guanotwozero
I've had good results using
jdownloader to grab google doc files, including resuming if dropped.
RE: Updated DB image packs are available!
Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2014 4:21 pm
by Mgellis
ORIGINAL: guanotwozero
I've had good results using
jdownloader to grab google doc files, including resuming if dropped.
I'm trying it now. (Actually, I'm not sure how I got it to start working...I THINK it was by getting the download dialogue in Firefox and instead of using one of the Save File options, I "opened" the .zip file with Jdownloader.) We'll see what happens...
I still think the easiest solution would be to just have a series of shorter files--e.g., about 200 megabytes each--and then combine them when you download them all. It certainly would have been easier for me.
RE: Updated DB image packs are available!
Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2014 7:14 pm
by Mgellis
Jdownloader finally worked. Many cool pictures. Thanks to the people maintaining the archive and also to everyone else who helped me out when I was trying to download it.
RE: Updated DB image packs are available!
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 4:17 am
by Dimitris
FEB 15 UPDATE: Updated DB3000 & CWDB image packs available, with 7778 and 1450 images!
RE: Updated DB image packs are available!
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 6:10 pm
by Dimitris
MARCH 25 UPDATE: Updated CWDB image pack available!
RE: Updated DB image packs are available!
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2014 5:55 am
by Dimitris
JUNE 2 UPDATE: Updated DB3000 image pack available! Over 8000 images! Over 1.1GB!
RE: Updated DB image packs are available!
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2014 12:16 pm
by SSN754planker
Warfaresims page still says May 26th 2014 version?
RE: Updated DB image packs are available!
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2014 12:23 pm
by Dimitris
Yes, that was the date that the pack was put together. The delay on gettting it uploaded is on us [:)]
RE: Updated DB image & description packs are available!
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2014 9:30 pm
by ExNusquam
I can't seem to get the download to start from the current host. Any chance of a mirror?
RE: Updated DB image & description packs are available!
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2014 10:05 pm
by mercho
Had the same problem with firefox. But using google chrome the download started without problems.
RE: Updated DB image & description packs are available!
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2014 11:18 pm
by ExNusquam
ORIGINAL: mercho
Had the same problem with firefox. But using google chrome the download started without problems.
Weird, I tried Chrome and IE on my desktop. Just got it to work on firefox on my laptop...
RE: Updated DB image & description packs are available!
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2014 4:14 am
by kaburke61
ORIGINAL: ExNusquam
I can't seem to get the download to start from the current host. Any chance of a mirror?
Yes, can we please get some link that will work with IE?
RE: Updated DB image & description packs are available!
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2014 6:05 am
by apoll
Agreed. I can't download the images either; using Firefox.
Apoll
RE: Updated DB image & description packs are available!
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2014 6:37 am
by Dimitris
Added a second mirror link on the DL page.
RE: Updated DB image & description packs are available!
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2014 4:31 pm
by pzjagd1
I tried the first Mirror site and the DL kept hanging. Tried the second and DLed the file in about 6 minutes.
I'm using Windows 8.1 and IE 11.
RE: Updated DB image & description packs are available!
Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2014 12:25 pm
by Jdegani
Is it possible to get the files as a regular ZIP file rather than 7z? I'm just trying to minimize the amount of extra software on my machine, but if there's a reason that 7z is preferable I can download the extraction software.
Awesome work, thanks for all your hard work!