infamousdevil wrote:New Unlimited member here and first off, just want to say THANK YOU very much for what you do. Your site is quite amazing and extremely thorough!
However, I have but one simple request. Perhaps Unlimited users could utilize an FTP site in which we could connect, see the directories, and in a few simple clicks (dependent upon the FTP client we utilize) we could download entire directories of ROMs. I've been trying to download the MAME .155 Rom set, and was having SOME luck with [redacted], but now I can't seem to get it to login with my Unlimited User Credentials and download at the faster speed with multiple simultaneous downloads.
Having an FTP site that's only accessible by Unlimited users shouldn't be too difficult to implement and would make things so much easier for the end users.
I know you are in the works of revamping the site with new functionality...and if you'd rather not open up an FTP, that's entirely understandable and I'll just be patient.
Hi infamousdevil,
We frown upon download clients here as they usually tend to eat up all of the bandwidth as we generally get a lot of people all trying the same thing at the same time and it makes the site extremely slow for everyone, including download speeds. Whatever luck you might be having at this time with any download manager is purely coincidental and you should stop trying to do that at this time. This is also why we don't have an FTP enabled as most users would abuse said download managers from a web browser standpoint, or by having thousands of users all downloading entire libraries at the same time with their FTP client of choice. Hot Trout is currently in the process of making the new version of the site which (and here's to hoping) should be ready by the end of this year, but don't quote me as I'm not qualified to state when it will release or what his status is on it. This new version of the site will enable Unlimited users to download entire libraries either at once or sequentially in just a couple of clicks, and that is one of many new features Hot Trout has stated will be coming with the new version of the site. I know I can't wait for it.
Please don't think I'm just being mean because I'm not trying to be rude or deter you from the site, but please stop using any download managers for the time being at least for the reasons stated above, because others will start trying again (due to aforementioned minor success you stated you have had above) and in turn the site will become horridly slow again and nobody wants that.
Aside from the above, I'm very glad you're willing to wait for the new version of the site because we are
all very excited for its release as well. Please enjoy your time here as we all love this place a lot and love it even more when others love it too.
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 6:15 pm