Downloaded Premium_Server files corrupted

[lmstearn]

Hi there,

Please indulge this candidness for a minute, but it appears the servers aren't coping with the traffic.

 

Suggestions:

 

To reduce traffic, encourage mod authors to either reduce file size, or "chunk" their large files, say, to 100mb sections.

 

Research, test & suggest reputable compression chunking software:- 7-zip comes to mind.

 

Encourage torrent-like direct download links for Premium users. That means we can use third party error trapping software like Download Manager or Getright to monitor & preserve the downloads if there is a fault.

 

Provide advice to users as to tweaking system configurations to monitor line quality, handle line errors, raise an exception on a premature EOF flag with TRUE status,

 

A recommended browser for the site? This user is learning quickly that Chrome ain't geared for downloading large files.

 

A general "Troubleshooting" page for site problems, with useful links.

 

Procure more servers?... this may be of no avail if the following is true:

Does the number of Nexus users on a server necessarily indicate how busy it is? Is there some other criteria? For these (most likely shared) servers, can one get a report for traffic intensity on all (non Nexus) users? The scenario of a maxed-out server with just one Nexus user is possible, and being the first choice on the server list, the result is, more often than not, an error in the download.

[Dark0ne]

You should be able to use a download manager on the Premium servers. Give it a go.

 

The file servers will all be replaced in the not too distant future.

[lmstearn]

Thanks for the reply,

There has been some difficulty trying to get a download manager to function through "External download managers support for Chrome, with contextmenus" via Chrome.

 

The server file links can be copied from Chrome:

http://s4.nexusmods.com/FS/Libs/Common/Managers/Downloads?Download&nid=NNN&fid=NNNNNNNNNN

(Is this some kind of Drupal code?)

 

Clicking links or attempting to drag to Getright didn't get anything

 

They only transpose to a 532 byte "login" file on FDM. Attempted to put username & password into the site manager section- didn't appear to make any difference.

 

Has anyone else had better luck trying to get these (or any others besides NMM) working?