What New Devilry Is This?
about 3 years ago
– Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 07:09:58 PM
OK, so fun fact I apparently never knew about Dropbox in the 8 years I've been using it. Apparently a shared link can be "suspended" by Dropbox if it creates "too much traffic." The daily limit is only 20 GB, so given the size of the Pirate Campaign Compendium (being half a GB on its own), me uploading it plus 39 people downloading it appears to have put me the link into suspension mode (and apparently the other links too). Apparently after 24 hours I can reupload and rename the file and folder and make a new link.
Like with the Drivethru thing, it's bizarre and not anything I've ever experienced in 12 previous Kickstarters hosting downloads on Dropbox with all but one of them.
Given that size limitation, I think I'll just do the reupload/rename with Sea Monsters, Mythos Monsters, and the VTT pack and *not* with the Pirate PDF, because it is just too big and it will auto-trigger that limit if very many people download it. Looks like I'm hitting the gas pedal on getting Backerkit ready so it can get put up there (and hopefully we don't discover some strange new glitch there too).
If you are still missing the Pirate Campaign Compendium, I'll go through the emails and messages and sort those out and try sending those Drivethru links again individually, as hopefully that won't trip the alarms or whatever happened with the first go-round.
Thanks for your patience. I've got to head into some meetings and run errands but will revisit this issue probably tonight when I get back on.
Wow, that whole DrivethruRPG link send-out had some ISSUES
about 3 years ago
– Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 07:09:51 PM
That's the first time we've tried to use that as our primary distribution method at the end of a Kickstarter and so far I have to say I'm not impressed. Somewhere over 200 of you ended up missing one or more PDFs. I don't know if it's because spam folders and mail filters are much more vigilant these days (and these were sent out as mass emails with no-reply addresses to hundreds of addressees and containing links so... ok, in retrospect I can see how a spam-filter bot would think that's suspicious). Still, I was very surprised at how many issues there were.
We went back to our old method of me sending out Dropbox links to our private Dropbox. Since we can sort by pledge type, the links for Sea Monsters and the Pirate Campaign Compendium went out to each backer level through Kickstarter's internal messaging system, so that should bypass any potential spam issues. For add-ons (Mythos Monsters and the VTT Pack), we sent them from our company email at [email protected]. Hopefully those should arrive safely.
As an addendum, we'll also set up downloads in Backerkit as we continue setup there, so that will be one more place where you can get your files. Sorry for the inconvenience but onward and upward!
EDIT: It looks like my Dropbox folder wasn't syncing properly so I had to reupload the Pirate Campaign Compendium from my browser-side Dropbox. It's in the process of uploading now but it's a HUGE file (over 500 MB) so it'll probably be up in about 15 minutes or so.
All missing PDFs sent tonight
about 3 years ago
– Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 07:04:36 PM
If you've emailed me or posted in the comments or KS message about a missing PDF, I've sent out new links for the books specified. Let me know if they're still missing by the morning, and now I bid you all a fond good night! :)
Sea Monsters VTT Token Pack sent
about 3 years ago
– Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 07:04:20 PM
I had planned to work on VTT stuff tomorrow, but went ahead and created the Token Pack download and sent that out to 156 of you crazy maniacs... I mean, wonderful, WONDERFUL warriors of the waves!
Heading to bed shortly, but I'm knocking out new links for everyone who has messaged me so far. If you're still missing something, by all means let me know and I'll hit you back in the morning!
PDF links coming in separate messages
about 3 years ago
– Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 07:04:18 PM
Hi all, just a quick note:
The PDF download links are coming in separate messages, so if you're getting Sea Monsters, Mythos Monsters, and/or the Pirate Campaign Compendium, you should have separate email messages from Drivethru for each, but regardless all items for which you pledged should be in your DrivethruRPG downloads now. I don't think you need to go to each email separately; any of them should take you to your downloads, which should show all files ready for download by you.
If you still don't see all items in your pledge in your Drivethru account, let me know!
