Broken image links

abstauber · Mon 06/05/2013 15:09:23

Just a stupid question about my ancient "games".

At least for me the images are all working. Eg:
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/1151/

Or are those not eye pleasing enough to count as real images

Stupot · Mon 06/05/2013 15:27:48

Yeah I noticed that. I wondered if you had fixed them in the meantime. It's on my notes for the 'A's that I'll be sending to AGA soon.

abstauber · Mon 06/05/2013 15:47:01

Oh, that would be pretty lame: fixing the links secretly and asking why they are marked as broken.

From time to time my vserver crashes and it usually takes me a bit until I notice it. But when that happens - all my stuff is offline.

SSH · Mon 06/05/2013 15:53:09

Went through the Princess Marian ones and fixed them.

AGA · Mon 06/05/2013 19:07:37

I just realised that the 'this image is dead' database field doesn't actually get reset when you upload a new image. I'll fix that soon!

AGA · Wed 08/05/2013 00:11:46

Okay, images can now be uploaded either from a URL or from hard disk. This will then be stored locally, rather than on a potentially unreliable external host. I've actually been secretly mirroring people's linked screenshots for months, so there are already 131 images stored locally, which I've now set as the default image.

Broken image links will now no longer be marked as such when an image is successfully uploaded too.

Duzz · Wed 08/05/2013 10:59:18

I checked mine and there's a couple with issues:

I can't edit good santa bad santa for some reason, is that something a mod can fix?
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/153/

And I fixed the link in bouncy boxing a while back but it's still marked as broken.
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/468/

Tramponline · Wed 08/05/2013 11:17:25

OK. Following Stu's lead, I'll take the 'L' section:

1) La Llave y Fabian Shones - Game in Spanish!
Download link dead - available over at AGSarchives.com

Screenshot - La Llave y Fabian Shones: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/405/lallaveyfabianshones.png/

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2) Labyrinth
Download link dead - available over at AGSarchives.com

Screenshot - Labyrinth: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/22/labyrinthw.png/

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3) Lance the Penguin
Download link dead - not available at AGSarchives.com
Available here http://www.mediafire.com/file/v05850bd4x77avp/LanceThePenguin.zip

Screenshot - Lance the Penguin: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/856/lancethepenguin.png/

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4) Larry Vales III: Time Heals All 'Burns DEMO

Screenshot - Larry Vales III DEMO: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/189/larryvales3demo.png/

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Gah!! With games based on older versions of AGS 'F12'-screenshots don't seem to capture the cursor or even sprites (Labyrinth!). Had to take 'outside' screenshots in window mode but unfortunately at 640x480 res. All a bit patchy...

AGA · Wed 08/05/2013 11:46:49

Quote from: Duzz on Wed 08/05/2013 10:59:18
I checked mine and there's a couple with issues:

I can't edit good santa bad santa for some reason, is that something a mod can fix?
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/153/

And I fixed the link in bouncy boxing a while back but it's still marked as broken.
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/468/

You should now have edit access, and I removed the broken download tag.

Quote from: Tramponline on Wed 08/05/2013 11:17:25
Gah!! With games based on older versions of AGS 'F12'-screenshots don't seem to capture the cursor or even sprites (Labyrinth!). Had to take 'outside' screenshots in window mode but unfortunately at 640x480 res. All a bit patchy...

What is this crazy F12 thing? Tried pressing Prt Scrn and pasting into an image editor? I've fixed all the images and links otherwise though, thanks.

Tramponline · Wed 08/05/2013 12:11:50

Quote from: AGA on Wed 08/05/2013 11:46:49
What is this crazy F12 thing? Tried pressing Prt Scrn and pasting into an image editor? I've fixed all the images and links otherwise though, thanks.

Of course 'Prt Scr' & paste. But my Win7/graphics card only displays games fullscreen at 640x480 & upwards.
If I want to take screenshots at 320x200 (for the respective games / to keep the screenshot file size small), I've to play the game in window mode and use 'AltGr + Prt Scr' and then remove that stupid Win7 window frame afterwards...and yeah, I'm lazy!

('F12' was an attempt in XP coz for some reason 'Prt Scr' didn't seem to do the job)

OneDollar · Wed 08/05/2013 12:33:46

My game 'Alan Saves Christmas' is on the list, but the screenshot is showing up fine for me. I've not edited its entry recently. Any ideas?

AGA · Wed 08/05/2013 12:36:53

Ah, right. Yes, taking screenshots of old skool low res games on newer versions of Windows is a pain. There's probably some clever software that will only capture window contents though. What about Greenshot? I'm at work currently, so I can't test it out, but it sounds like it might be suitable.

AGA · Wed 08/05/2013 12:46:28

Quote from: OneDollar on Wed 08/05/2013 12:33:46
My game 'Alan Saves Christmas' is on the list, but the screenshot is showing up fine for me. I've not edited its entry recently. Any ideas?

Might just be it wasn't loading at some particular moment for someone, so they chose to mark it as broken. Hosts, even big ones like Google Pages, can be randomly inaccessible sometimes. I've put the image on the server and set the flag as unbroken now anyway.

Radiant · Wed 08/05/2013 13:25:54

Going over my games and adding threads now. The screenshots seem to be OK.

I would like to change one of my games from 'demo' to 'full game' (since it is fully released now) but under the edit options I am unable to do that.

Also, may I make the following suggestion for the layout of the games.php page? I think this would make the credit sections easier to read (while still taking up less than half of my screen width)

AGA · Wed 08/05/2013 13:59:19

Which one of your games? There are millions of them! We did discuss a while ago that people should be able to change the categories of their own games, but I never got around to doing it; I'll sort that out later.

The redesign would make sense, and would save some space. I'll fiddle with the styling later.

Stupot · Wed 08/05/2013 14:05:16

Here are the 'A' games:

Key:
Link broken M - means the link in the database is broken and already marked as such.
Link broken U - means the link in the database is broken but not yet marked as such.
Link malware - means the link brought up a malware or other warning.
(where possible I have provided the link to the games page on AGSArchives unless the existing link is fine)
No screenshot available - means that I could not find a screen nor a [working] copy of the game to take a screen from.
Screenshot already in place - in some cases, games actually do have screenshots despite being on the list.

The format is like this:
Game Title
Link Status
AGSarchive link (if current link is broken)
Screenshot URL

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I think next time I'm going to use a Google Spreadsheet. I did this in Notepad and it was a real faff.

I prefer to use 'print screen' as opposed to taking screenshots within the game because I think the cursor is part of the game, especially if the game's makers have designed some pretty cursors. Surely that is all part of what is being showcased in the screenshot.

AGA · Wed 08/05/2013 14:43:49

Spreadsheets are always a good idea. It's a lot easier to automatically import things to the database that way, which avoids having to go through and make so many changes manually. It's fine though, I can do some exploding to work with the info.

Stupot · Wed 08/05/2013 15:15:55

Okey doke. I'll make a start on 'B' then, using Google spreadsheet.

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Here are the Bs
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ahi4Vvjmz7BqdGpBMGxCQlZuWHBJNzUxSk5xU1pwVkE&usp=sharing

Does this work?

selmiak · Wed 08/05/2013 21:11:26

hey, nice job you are doing.
Someone has to do it, so I covered the # game

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5- O'clock Lock
link borken
http://agsarchives.com/gamecard/305/5-oclock-lock.html

http://i.imgur.com/syDoTzZ.png

9 minutes! Your late!
*you're
link broken
http://agsarchives.com/gamecard/183/9-minutes!-your-late!.html

http://i.imgur.com/umukr81.png
sorry, but clicking on play didn't start the game, so imho the game is broken too, but maybe I'm just too stoopid and someone else more AGStechsavvy get run it and screencap some actual gamescene...

[RotN] Gatitos: The Paws of Fate
link works!

http://i.imgur.com/Y9nqQ3I.png

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Stupot · Wed 08/05/2013 22:55:49

I've done the Cs as well. In the same speadsheet as above.
So that's #, A, B, C and some L done. Any others fancy having a go? Come on Selmiak and Tramponline