[t800]

Horrible news! Duke Repository webpage is defunct. Does anybody know anything about it? I tried to load that page and I got this:

[The Commander]

I think we can safely say that it is lost, the website admin had not been seen online for almost a year or more and clearly did not bother to renew the lease on the website.

Is a shame though, it had a good collection of maps etc. didn't really care for the Nazi controlled forums though.

[Spiker]

It's funny that some guys posted only on dukerepository. Now when it's dead they will die with it

[High Treason]

Shit, where else can I get the maps and stuff, I was using the guide on there, guess that kills any maps from me, I can't finish them now unless it's on archive.org, but I'm gonna bet they set up robots.txt to not allow archiving.

Nope, it's not on archive.org, shit. Don't bother handing me another guide, it will suck.

Edit: Does anyone have contact details for the admin of DNR? It's a long shot but we may be able to get a copy of the site.

[Spiker]

High Treason, on Jul 1 2010, 04:55 PM, said:

Shit, where else can I get the maps and stuff, I was using the guide on there, guess that kills any maps from me, I can't finish them now unless it's on archive.org, but I'm gonna bet they set up robots.txt to not allow archiving.

Nope, it's not on archive.org, shit. Don't bother handing me another guide, it will suck.

Edit: Does anyone have contact details for the admin of DNR? It's a long shot but we may be able to get a copy of the site.

Seriously if it wasn't down would you release any map? That's a good excuse for your laziness.

[The Commander]

High Treason, on Jul 2 2010, 03:55 AM, said:

Edit: Does anyone have contact details for the admin of DNR? It's a long shot but we may be able to get a copy of the site.

His email address that was listed went to no where and got no reply, but I know the guy who has the map guide will upload it somewhere and hopefully post a link here at some point because that link was very useful.

[RazorZ]

Hi, I was one of them who had account only at Repository. Gosh, this sucks. I don´t know how many of you know me, but I created three maps that are also luckily released at MSDN, too: Resistance Rocks, Demolition Plant and Mincer City. Go check them out, if you haven´t yet.

Now I think I should move and stay here. These might be the best Duke forums around here. I hope I won´t be disappointed here!

[Sangman]

Relax folks I'm sure DNR will be back.

[Mikko]

Sangman, on Jul 1 2010, 08:59 PM, said:

Relax folks I'm sure DNR will be back.

Kim is the question mark here. As the Commander already pointed out, the email address he listed is no longer operational. There's no way to contact him.

But we should assume that he checks the mainpage every once in a while.

[Sangman]

Still, I'm sure it'll be back, though it might take a while

[Forge]

I don't want to be too quick to pull the trigger, but it's common knowledge that Kim hasn't been seen or heard from in about a year and there's no way to contact him. From all appearances he's let the site die and the domain name is now up for grabs.

I would suggest asking Yatta or one of the other admins here to make a Main Duke Nukem Topic here that's mainly about user maps, mods, TCs and W.I.P.s instead of posting under the main "Duke Nukem 3D Modifications/Official EDuke32 Discussion" topic

I have the latest down-loadable version of the Informational Suite on my hard drive. Nukey can probably be contacted to see what he wants to do with the suite. Maybe it could be added to the Duke3D links on the left side of the front page.

More focus towards MSDN on the front page or under a new "User Made Maps" topic should be made, now that it's the only place to download the newest releases.

[Gambini]

What would be a great idea. If somehow we can recover the information on that site and upload it at duke4.net, i mean there were a lot of reviews, a lot of maps and a good listing system. The forums are no longer necesary, I guess. But the site was a very important duke repository. I wish there is still chance to recover that, maybe Puritan or Fernando (if they still care) could try to find a way to do it.

[TerminX]

I found a way to access DN-R, trying to recover what I can now.

[TerminX]

Okay, here's this: http://wiki.eduke32....repository.com/

Seeing what else I can do now.

Edit: I'm retrieving the reviews and stuff now, but it's going really slowly.

[Forge]

That's excellent that you were able to retrieve the online Info Suite. The most important thing that was lost with the site IMO.

Quite a few of the maps at DN-R can be found at MSDN. It's the format in which they were sorted that makes it easier to find by name or author that made it good, but it'd still be great if you could recover the files and reviews.

The thing about the DN-R forum that kinda lacks here is it gave a place for mappers to show off and share their work. Here the posts about maps get a rather luke-warm response for the most part, then they're lost in the mix.

Don't get me wrong. I've been haunting this forum, even before the exodus from the 3DR forum when I also decided to make an account, but I'm not too savy on mods and code, so I really have nothing to post about. I'm more of a map person. That's my reason for the push for more attention to MSDN, since it's the last dedicated map site left standing.

Guess my new hangout's going to be in the "What are you working on right Now" thread.

Well, if you do manage to recover some of the DN-R files and reviews, I hope you plan do more with it than sticking it in some archive just to be gawked at and forgotten. (your Duke3D maps download page could use the boost)

[TerminX]

Hmm... maybe the reviews and stuff could be added to that new version of Dukeworld I put up a while ago. Would a dedicated subforum to user maps and mapping be a good solution to your forum issue?

[Stabs]

people tend to ignore subforums, mapping could do with its own section, it would probably be more active than other forum sections at duke4.net, like hard / software for example

[TerminX]

Why would it have its own section when mapping is clearly a subcategory of Duke modding? I'm not sure there's much logic in pointing out the existing unused sections while simultaneously suggesting we add more.

[RazorZ]

I agree. I haven´t visited here that much yet and still have to look around what kind of great stuff can be found, but so far I agree.

Section says this:

Duke Nukem 3D Modifications/Official EDuke32 Discussion
Discuss EDuke32, mods and editing Duke Nukem 3D, Build/Mapster, the source code, the HRP, user maps, CON code and whatever else!
Subforums: Random questions, bug reports, "help me" threads and other unexciting things
Forum Led by: TX, Plagman, Mblackwell

I think that says quite clearly what kind of topics it contains or should contain, whether release of the map or map project you are working on - or whatever else!.

[VinsaneOne]

RazorZ, on Jul 1 2010, 01:07 PM, said:

Hi, I was one of them who had account only at Repository. Gosh, this sucks. I don´t know how many of you know me, but I created three maps that are also luckily released at MSDN, too: Resistance Rocks, Demolition Plant and Mincer City. Go check them out, if you haven´t yet.

Now I think I should move and stay here. These might be the best Duke forums around here. I hope I won´t be disappointed here!

I'm sure most of us here know you. Not personally, but like myself, knowing your name having played your excellent maps. You now have a new home, welcome!

[RazorZ]

Good to know, saved me a lot of effort of explaining. Thanks!

[NerdKoopa]

Damn.... Repository going down really sucks. Luckily I uploaded my map on FPSBanana too... In which it got pretty much ignored I guess I need to upload here from now on (and some other still functioning Duke site if I manage to find a good one).

[Forge]

TX, on Jul 1 2010, 09:32 PM, said:

Why would it have its own section when mapping is clearly a subcategory of Duke modding?

Mapping would fall in as a sub-catagory in the format you already have here. I also believe that a dedicated sub forum to user maps would be a grand solution.

[underTaker]

Ah, so shame its going down =(, i see it is good time to say hello to people here

[Sangman]

TX, on Jul 2 2010, 05:32 AM, said:

Why would it have its own section when mapping is clearly a subcategory of Duke modding?

I think what he's saying is if you put all maps and mods in one subforum there's a good chance there might be so many big projects in there that the smaller ones will get ignored. Or not.

[Shawneth]

I had this account for ahwile, I just never used it because I am not too exited for Duike Nukem Forever, and that's what this site is about to me. TX Thank you! But how is it possible to get EVERYTHING back? Like everything from the Forums too? that would be sweet, instead of that gay SEDO parking crap .

Shawneth

[The Commander]

Where is Sanek then?

[RazorZ]

I guess he hasn´t found his way here yet with others, too. I think we should wait some time for them to come to reply for this topic.

[Shawneth]

I plan to buy the domain and turn it into a shock/porn site .

No, but really this is totally sad, I was the last person to start a topic there :'(.

[Shawneth]

this may seem like a dumb request but since we just migreted here, can I/we have our old ranks back? I was once a mighty pig cop but now I am a got dang protozoid slimer...