I don't know how much this would appeal to the average user, since the GM community as a whole seems to have trouble finding (non-sucky) hosting, but personally, I think it'd be nice to have some extended options when submitting a game to allow files to be hosted anywhere, rather than being forced to choose them from the file manager. I (and it looks like quite a few other users) frequent multiple sites and if I ever need to update the files because of a bug, I don't want to have to change it everywhere, but rather alter it in just one place and have the effects show up across all sites.
Also, about my rant about consecutive else statements in my last blog, none of you seem to have understood. I meant that the word else would <i>immediately</i> follow itself. as in…if something then if otherthing then x:=5 <b>else else</b> x:=23;
So you are saying we should be able to just submit from a URL? Just like we can Upload from one?
Not so much submit <i>from</i> a URL as just plain <i>submit</i> a URL. I don't want the file copied to here either, since that would defeat the purpose of linking it from another site (easy to update globally).
I like this idea, and I don't. Hmm…
what does ":=" mean? same as "="? I can't seem to figure it out =/
The problem with not having everything hosted on 64's server, is, like ace said, the fact that just because 64digits is working, doesn't mean the rest of the internet is…And even so, would you want to download off a freewebs server, rather than 64's? And…So on, and so forth.
@_Player_ : That's not quite the same. In your version, both something and otherthing get evaluated (they shouldn't, but GM is retarded and fails to do short-circuit evaluation). In mine, if something evaluated to false, then otherthing would never get evaluated at all, which leads to faster code, especially if otherthing was a high-cost expression.
@firestormx : I would definitely <i>not</i> like downloading from a freewebs server. I would however, like downloading from my own server. Like I said, it probably wouldn't appeal to the masses for exactly that reason: how many people have a good server to host on (ie: why not just use 64 digits?) For those of us who do, however, it would be a nice feature.You have your own server?
Wow, you haven't blogged in a while…
That could be an interesting feature…I like it,since they do that at GMG