NWN Vault Restoration

[Legacy_kamal_]

               Rolo, you said you had four copies of old vault sitting on backups and dependent on Starbucks wireless. Perhaps send a copy to someone with a hardline for uploading?
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Rolo Kipp]

               

<having...>

 

Let them out of my greedy little hands?! Bu-bu-but...

*hangs head*

Yeah, been thinking about this, actually.

I *do* have a spare external...

But who out there would commit to working on this? I mean *seriously* spending an hour or two every day (or a big chunk of their weekend) on uploading this stuff?

Besides me? ;-/

I have a lot of friends here, but those capable don't have the time. Those with the time aren't all willing or dedicated enough.

 

If there are applicants for the job, PM me and we'll talk.

 

<...empty-nest issues>

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Verilazic]

               

<having...>

 

Let them out of my greedy little hands?! Bu-bu-but...

*hangs head*

Yeah, been thinking about this, actually.

I *do* have a spare external...

But who out there would commit to working on this? I mean *seriously* spending an hour or two every day (or a big chunk of their weekend) on uploading this stuff?

Besides me? ;-/

I have a lot of friends here, but those capable don't have the time. Those with the time aren't all willing or dedicated enough.

 

If there are applicants for the job, PM me and we'll talk.

 

<...empty-nest issues>

 

Approximately how much data is it total?

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Rolo Kipp]

               

<nesting...>

 

The amount of data is only part of it (a bit less than 500gb).

The biggest um, chore, is that there are close to 40,000 different projects, each in their own folder.

In HakPaks, as the grossest example, there are 7,299 folders

 

<...thousands of tiny boxes>

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Verilazic]

               

<nesting...>

 

The amount of data is only part of it (a bit less than 500gb).

The biggest um, chore, is that there are close to 40,000 different projects, each in their own folder.

In HakPaks, as the grossest example, there are 7,299 folders

 

<...thousands of tiny boxes>

Lol, ouch.

 

I was asking first about the pure amount of data because it seems like a good idea to eventually have a couple backups spread across multiple people in the long term.

 

In the meantime, I'll do what I can to move stuff to the new Vault. Right now I'm working on moving over as many portrait packs as possible, starting with the higher rated ones and moving down, and adding preview pictures when lacking.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_3RavensMore]

               

As a way of organizing our efforts, I am attempting to extract the URLs from each of the 40k projects.  I will then create a webpage that links to each project, along with a check box that people can check when they transfer the necessary data from that project to the new vault.  That way we won't be duplicating other people's work, and anyone can pitch in to help complete this rather daunting task. 

 

Barring some automated process, this is the only way this will ever be completed--a community project to preserve the future of NWN.

 

Edit: It should take me about 10 hours to capture all of the HTML from the old vault.  I can possibly have this ready sometime next week.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Rolo Kipp]

               

<falling to his knees...>

 

You are a goddess! =)

 

<...to duck the nasty sharp retort>

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Anamorphose]

               

Thank you a lot for the work to restaure all that, guys ! A lot of kisses ! Never is my favorite game in the world !

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_NWN_baba yaga]

               

The wayback machine seems to be useless for me. I tried to download 3 or 4 texture sets and 2 scripts. I could visit the submission page via the listings but the files are nowhere to be found... so i have the feeling that it is "nice" to see all the great stuff but we cant get the files anymore. Anyone had a better experience today?

 

Man i cant tell you how .... i realy are now that the vault is gone. Makes no sense to be angry at all or worse but anyway it´s so uncool... it cant get any uncooler!

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Verilazic]

               

Still seems to be working for me with the ip address workaround. Heh, we'll see how long it lasts though.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_werelynx]

               

NWN Baba Yaga: try direct link, avoid main page: http://nwvault.ign.c....Detail&id=8075

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Rolo Kipp]

               

<mailing a cheesy...>

 

Witchy-poo, you can also just list the things you're looking for on the NwN1 Wanted Files forum and I'll go digging for them...

That's how I decide what projects should be migrated next - need and desire ;-)

 

<...catalog to a dancing hut>

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Carcerian]

               

For Tools and Tutorials i started placeholders till full entries can be made (and to avoid spamming the new vault with 100s of minor additions)

 

NWN Toolbox (Editor, Generator, Tool and Utility Collection)

 

NWN University (Document, Help, PDF, Reference Guide, Tutorial, XLS Collection)

 

So at least for now a few of the more popular tools and tutorials are available for dl to everyone again '>

 

I've also been bundling old entries together, if they are different versions, or have add-ons, etc, merging the descriptions as is appropriate,

so in cases of Mil-Bloodsong Tailors, and Tilesets like Aztec or RL Gothic Sets, for example, hosting all add-ons and versions for compatibility.

 

Since the new vault allows far fewer file types, i have also just bundled erfs, haks, mods, pdfs and other "raw" files into 7z or Zip packages.

 

As far as old vault entries go, i am trying to treat them with all the respect and reverence they deserve, while hopefully still keeping intact too.

(At least as much as possible, sometimes minus a screenie or two here-and-there at times, as I'm just manually downloading from old vault...)

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Verilazic]

               

If there's anything from the last 6-12 months that we're concerned about losing, it would be a good idea to mention them, and those of us with free time can move them over to the new Vault.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_DarthMuffin]

               

First off I'd like to thank Rolo and all the others who are making this backup possible. I just learned of the old vault's fate and I'm still shocked, even more so considering how it was done with apparently no prior notice (went last week and didn't see anything). That site was part of my life for so many years, I almost feel like my basement was lost to a fire.

 

Now a question: I had backed up some of my favourite modules over the years and I'd be happy to upload them if it can help a bit. What I'm wondering though is how we handle haks and other custom content? For simplicity's sake, what I usually did was to download a module and all required haks, tilesets, music, etc. and put them in a single folder, but the module author was often not the same as the hak/tileset author. Should everything be uploaded under a single project? I'm afraid things will end up becoming a big headache otherwise, but I want to give credit where it's due and I'm afraid I won't be able to track down exactly who made what.