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help:how_to_package_and_release_a_file [2017/12/23 08:29] – updates Spirithelp:how_to_package_and_release_a_file [2022/10/04 18:06] – [Text file] must -> should Spirit
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 ==== Text file ==== ==== Text file ====
-You must add a text file to your release, documenting at least the title of the work and your (nick)name. You should also include a release name, the intended purpose, contact details, release date and the like. Without this, your file(s) might be lost in "who on earth made this and when and why?!" limbo.+You should add a text file to your release, documenting at least the title of the work and your (nick)name. You should also include a release name, the intended purpose, contact details, release date and the like. Without this, your file(s) might be lost in "who on earth made this and when and why?!" limbo.
  
 Best practice would be using the good old base.txt template: [[/files/idgames2/levels/base.txt]] Best practice would be using the good old base.txt template: [[/files/idgames2/levels/base.txt]]
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 ==== Hosting ==== ==== Hosting ====
-If it is a finished work, you can contact [[quaddicted.com:Spirit]] to get it hosted at Quaddicted. Feel free to mail it straightaway.+Upload the final archive to https://archive.org/ or http://www.quaketastic.com/ . The password for uploading at QuakeTastic is "ZigguratVertigoBlewTronynsSocksOff", the username "quaketastic". Then paste it in [[https://www.quaddicted.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=636|the forum thread]], following the description in the first post. The file will be uploaded to Quaddicted then and at some point also appear in the [[/reviews/|database]].
  
-If that is not an option, if it is a work-in-progress, you do not want to wait a week before Spirit replies (though he is quick if you packaged everything well) or otherwise you want to host elsewhere, http://www.quaketastic.com/ is there for you. The password for uploading is "ZigguratVertigoBlewTronynsSocksOff", the username "quaketastic".+Do not use services that do not support direct download links. And please do not use volatile hosts like Dropbox, Google Drive or any ad-ridden free hosting providers. Thanks!