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Grouper or that lack there of

Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 3:02 am
by turgotZ
Seems the grouper client is being discontinued as of the 18th this will pose a problem. The community will need to find some other why to host the SS mods.Currently there's about 2.6gb of mod files. I'll do some looking to find an alternative. If you have any idea's let hear them.

http://forums.grouper.com/showthread.php?t=3727

RE: Grouper or that lack there of

Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 4:48 am
by Atomsk
why not use filefront....

RE: Grouper or that lack there of

Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 2:42 pm
by Adonnay
Ugh... that's bad news. Sure there are things like filefront and such... but grouper had more advantages than just file sharing. There was a built-in newsboard where everyone could post their updates and such (at least in the version I knew, not sure how it evolved).

RE: Grouper or that lack there of

Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 5:53 pm
by Kuokkanen
Starshatter site and Matrix pays the bill [:D]

By the way, what's status of Pheagey and his SSD sites?

RE: Grouper or that lack there of

Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 4:37 am
by turgotZ
ORIGINAL: Atomsk

why not use filefront....

Thanks for the suggestion, I don't feel their service would be appropriate. I do not own all the works that I have and do not feel it is my choice to upload them to this type of site with this type of usage term(see below). I will leave it to the authors of the mods to choose if they want to use this service.


"You are solely responsible for all materials, whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, that you upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available on our sites ("Your Content"). You certify that you own all intellectual property rights in Your Content. You hereby grant us, our affiliates, and our partners a worldwide, irrevocable, royalty-free, nonexclusive, sub-licensable license to use, modify, copy, reproduce, create derivative works of, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, transfer, sell, transmit, distribute and publish Your Content and subsequent versions of Your Content for the purposes of (i) displaying Your Content on our sites, (ii) distributing Your Content, either electronically or via other media, to users seeking to download or otherwise acquire it, and/or (iii) storing Your Content in a remote database accessible by end users, for a charge. This license shall apply to the distribution and the storage of Your Content in any form, medium, or technology now known or later developed. The foregoing grants shall include the right to exploit any proprietary rights in such communication, including but not limited to rights under copyright, trademark, service mark or patent laws under any relevant jurisdiction." http://tos.legal.filefront.com/

Matti has a fine idea [:)]

I have found one option that is similar to grouper's functionality some may remember it from the 90s Hotline or at least a open source version of it GLoarbLine.
The break down:
- message board system similar structure to forums
- its not p2p but client server
- irc like chat/private message/
- Resumable file transfer (upload and download)
- no install needed
- user rights assignments

I'll setup a test server if anyone is interested 72.38.179.74:4905 Logon:guest no password
you will need to forward the following ports for the client to work correctly 5500, 5501, 5002 and 5503

RE: Grouper or that lack there of

Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 4:38 am
by turgotZ
ORIGINAL: Matti Kuokkanen
By the way, what's status of Pheagey and his SSD sites?

Not sure about his site i don't have the link anymore.

RE: Grouper or that lack there of

Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 12:26 pm
by Zanthras
The last post by Pheagey was right after the release of TGS so he may still be active in the community.
 
I have played a few of his mods and always felt they were top quality stuff.
 
Here is the link to his site, which still seems to be active.
 
http://ssd.servehttp.com/ssdv2/

RE: Grouper or that lack there of

Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 6:03 pm
by Kuokkanen
ORIGINAL: Zanthras

Here is the link to his site, which still seems to be active.

http://ssd.servehttp.com/ssdv2/
That solves it. Call to Pheag or go knock on his door and work things out.

RE: Grouper or that lack there of

Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 6:18 pm
by Sullrazor
Yea, i heard about this too. (its Auzy.)  I thought it would just be temporary, but it sure is lasting a long time.  Hopefully we can find something that will cope [&:]

RE: Grouper or that lack there of

Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 7:14 pm
by Pheagey
Well wholy f****. People are actually around here. 

I am working on a new SSd site. Using all the stuff i've learned from school, flash, animation, bla bla bla. I will also be looking for admins for the forum and reviewers for the mods. I just cann't do it all ANd work and goto school. Depending on the interest determins how for up my to do list it moves.

btw, its also http://ssd.servehttp.com/ssdv2/

anyways, send me a eMail and llet me know if your interested. O, and FuryofaSeraph, i want to get that mnod back going.  

RE: Grouper or that lack there of

Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 2:16 pm
by Kuokkanen
WOW! Welcome back, Pheag! Yeah, I'm still around... becouse I'm playing SPWAW again and I thought to keep this on eye too. Even milo has shown lifesigns here [&o]

Anyways if you have DamoclesX's e-mail, ask him if he has updated Hold the Line and/or other mods. And ask wdboyd about his Cartel-mod.

What comes to me, I had seldom played Starshatter 4.5 and got most part of Operation Firestorm, but now it seems that my joystick has worn off. It wasn't properly centered in the first place, and now it's much worse.