Repository/preservation of flux images (.scp, KF raw, etc.)

[Supamax]

Originally Posted by Supamax

As I wrote in a previous post, I was thinking about this:
instead of creating a folder for various image types/formats etc., why not creating a folder for each game?

Each folder will have subfolders related to format, condition (verified or not) etc. etc.

Example:
-Agony
-------------KF RAW
-------------SCP
-------------CTRAW
-------------IPF (unofficial)
[...]

-Ports of Call
-------------KF RAW
-------------SCP
-------------CTRAW
-------------IPF (unofficial)
[...]


Pro: all images of a game (KT, SCP, CT etc.) will be under the same folder, and it will be easier to test/find/choose/discard some of them.
Cons: a lot of folders

A bad idea/proposal?

[Abaddon]

Originally Posted by Supamax

A bad idea/proposal?

Originally Posted by Supamax

As I wrote in a previous post, I was thinking about this:
instead of creating a folder for various image types/formats etc., why not creating a folder for each game?

Each folder will have subfolders related to format, condition (verified or not) etc. etc.

Example:
-Agony
-------------KF RAW
-------------SCP
-------------CTRAW
-------------IPF (unofficial)
[...]

-Ports of Call
-------------KF RAW
-------------SCP
-------------CTRAW
-------------IPF (unofficial)
[...]


Pro: all images of a game (KT, SCP, CT etc.) will be under the same folder, and it will be easier to test/find/choose/discard some of them.
Cons: a lot of folders

How would we handle different versions of the same game?

[Supamax]

Originally Posted by Abaddon

How would we handle different versions of the same game?

By making multiple folders, ie:
- Agony (version xxx)
- Agony (version yyy)
- Ports of Call (version xxx)
- Ports of Call (version yyy)

or (better, I would say) under the main title folder:

-Agony
----------version xxx
----------version yyy

- Ports of Call
----------version xxx
----------version yyy

etc.

I'm just proposing it. Maybe it's not a good idea...

[Abaddon]

Originally Posted by Supamax

By making multiple folders, ie:
- Agony (version xxx)
- Agony (version yyy)
- Ports of Call (version xxx)
- Ports of Call (version yyy)

or (better, I would say) under the main title folder:

-Agony
----------version xxx
----------version yyy

- Ports of Call
----------version xxx
----------version yyy

etc.

I'm just proposing it. Maybe it's not a good idea...

I like your second option. What are you thinking how we denote that they have been verified..specified in the folder name of the dump type? Identifying the version will be interesting for some...I have a few different versions of some games that use different protection schemes..Thunder Boy and Grid Start come to mind. I think I have 4 versions of Gidstart that all have a different sized main file and 3 of them use one protection method and the 4th uses a different one. Maybe we just state alt and a number.

Does anyone else want to propose an alternative or is this structure fine with everyone involved?

[TCD]

Originally Posted by Abaddon

I like your second option.

I agree. The 'Name -> Version -> Image Type' structure should work fine.

[Supamax]

Originally Posted by TCD

I agree. The 'Name -> Version -> Image Type' structure should work fine.

Yes, so we don't have different images of the same game/version scattered here and there on the server .
Pro: better order and easier researching/comparing etc.
Con: more folders and subfolders than now (but shouldn't be an issue, I think)

Originally Posted by Abaddon

What are you thinking how we denote that they have been verified..specified in the folder name of the dump type?

Yes, in the folder name of the dump type would seem the clerarest way, imho.

[TCD]

Originally Posted by Supamax

Con: more folders and subfolders than now (but shouldn't be an issue, I think)

We could split it by letter to not have over 1000 subfolders in the 'root'. So it would be 'Letter -> Name -> Version -> Image Type'.

Example:

A
- Agony
-- V1.00
--- Flux
--- IPF
--- SCP
- Alien Breed
-- V1.05
--- Flux
--- IPF
P
- Ports of Call
-- V1.01
--- Flux
--- IPF

[Supamax]

Originally Posted by TCD

We could split it by letter to not have over 1000 subfolders in the 'root'. So it would be 'Letter -> Name -> Version -> Image Type'.

Good idea .

[Supamax]

Originally Posted by TCD

Example:
[code]A
- Agony
-- V1.00
--- Flux
--- IPF
--- SCP

With "Flux" you are meaning KF RAW?
If not, I would put the "SCP" folder under the "Flux" one.

[TCD]

Originally Posted by Supamax

With "Flux" you are meaning KF RAW?
If not, I would put the "SCP" folder under the "Flux" one.

It was just an example So let's say I meant 'KF RAW'

[Supamax]

[BarryB]

Strange how i've only just noticed this post

I have a ton of dumps I can upload, Abaddon has already contributed a fair chunk of his dumps! But as mentioned in the first post it's avoiding duplicates and then sorting modified dumps from unmodified ones!

[TCD]

Somebody on Mastodon tagged me and uploaded a Sim City 512k version that they think is different to the one in SPS. I've uploaded the image to 'Flux_Images/Incoming/Raw' as 'simcity512k_kryoflux.zip'.