OXP's located at 3rd party file hosting sites

Zbond-Zbond · Post by **Zbond-Zbond** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 7:37 am

I have tried to download OXP's listed on Elite Wiki but been re-directed to some other location, e.g. MediaFire.
Nothing happens. They have a FAQ section, which gives information on how to down a file e.g. Hot Rods OXP
"simply do this" they spout "then simply click on 'commence download' button"
Doing "this" as directed causes Nothing to happen.
There is no such button (as mentioned); there are no buttons at all.
Their instructions might as well read "$&#? fizzlesputz ¿*£"

Is there any reason why some OXP's are readily available at the click of a button e.g. Far Star OXP (downloaded easily today) and some are located on Betelgeuse (and can't be downloaded at all)?

Just curious..

Post by **Kaks** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:19 am

No reason whatsoever! Which ones are you having trouble with? Do let us know, and hopefully a replacement link should be up in no time at all!

Zbond-Zbond · Post by **Zbond-Zbond** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 1:48 pm

That is most helpful: thanks!

The ones I tried yesterday are
-> Free Trade Zone (FTZv0.13.zip @ MediaFire)
-> Hotrods (replacing Custom Paint Job) (Hotrods0.52c.zip @ MediaFire)

Most of these 3rd party data-trumbles seem to want visitors to log-in, without explicitly saying so (which I'm not going to do because I don't have an account with them & don't want one), but in any event the instructions they provide are meaningless -- especially when compared with the Wiki page where "you want this OXP, sir?" leads immediately to its being uploaded to me, and inclusion in my AddOns file..easy!

There are other OXP's that link to 3rd party sites. I just don't bother with them, but on this occasion I persisted with their procedure (coz the OXP sounded good) so if a regularised link via Wiki is possible, that'd be great

Post by **Disembodied** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 2:14 pm

Hi ZZ. The wiki's currently non-editable but in the meantime you can get hold of the Free Trade Zone OXP from here:
http://www.box.net/shared/e43ftmvqmr

Apologies for the Mediafire problems -- I've transferred all my hosted files over to the much friendlier and advert-free box.net. I'll update the wiki links when it's back up and running at full steam!

_ds_ · Post by **_ds_** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:47 pm

Disembodied wrote:
I've transferred all my hosted files over to the much friendlier and advert-free box.net.

… which insists on Javascript. What's up with a plain auto-indexed directory on a web server, I don't know…

Wiki pages · Post by **Thargoid** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 10:01 pm

Box has some nice features, like the counters and the simplicity of being able to update files on the same download URL.

_ds_ · Post by **_ds_** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 10:04 pm

Thargoid wrote:
Box has some nice features, like the counters and the simplicity of being able to update files on the same download URL.

FTP FTW!

Wiki pages · Post by **Thargoid** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 10:28 pm

It's more convenient than the webspace I get from my ISP where my OXPs used to reside. Plus of late it's a damn sight more reliable in terms of uptime.

Post by **Kaks** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:04 pm

...yes, they do like their javascript at box.com!

Anyway, Hotrods version 0.52d (!) can be downloaded from here:

http://www.box.net/shared/j2r6frlvq1

And there should be an upgrade coming in the next few weeks ( finally bumping the version number to 0.53).

Website · Post by **DaddyHoggy** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 8:34 am

Kaks wrote:
...yes, they do like their javascript at box.com!

Anyway, Hotrods version 0.52d (!) can be downloaded from here:

http://www.box.net/shared/j2r6frlvq1

And there should be an upgrade coming in the next few weeks ( finally bumping the version number to 0.53).

Yeh, I like box but it never seems to work properly in FF under linux even with all the javascript plug-ins allegedly installed.

Zbond-Zbond · Post by **Zbond-Zbond** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 11:35 am

Thanks for that - both of those OXP's (FTZ + HotRods) now running along fine