The Never to be Finished Map Pimpage Thread!

[Turd Ferguson]

You're working through every smiley, aren't you?

[YokaI]

Get this

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp ... 1672069828

Actually, do NOT use usb thumb drives, those things die quickly if used a lot for backing up files of a large filesize.

[Psy]

Get this

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp ... 1672069828

Actually, do NOT use usb thumb drives, those things die quickly if used a lot for backing up files of a large filesize.

I've had several USB drives and all of them still work. >_>

[ThePain]

Actually, do NOT use usb thumb drives, those things die quickly if used a lot for backing up files of a large filesize.

I've got a 4 year old 256 meg flash drive who's removal from computer process consists of me putting files on it then yanking it out of the USB drive the second the transfer is done. Never lost a single file, nothing has ever corrupted. It really just depends on the quality of the product you buy.

I treat hardware like it owes me money, yet very rarely have any problems.

[YokaI]

Idk, I can't trust them. My brothers friend had one and they kept all of their works on it, and one day it ceased to work and they lost a good 4 years of all their digital works they made in college and a very large portfolio.

I guess it depends on the brand, but tbh hardware DOES die out, especially if you use it frequently. Your best option is to buy an external hard-drive that you don't leave on or burn copies onto DVDs / discs and keep them in a well organized CD booklet.

[Jman]

I like to keep a flash drive with my content along with a copy on two different computers. If I really care about something I'll also host it.

[Echo51]

Got bunch of stuff on my 160GB HDD, dropped it several times, even when it opens the casing it still lives..

[Duke Nukem]

an old HL2:DM map i started making, but got bored with it as it needed alot of optimization that i didnt know how to do properly at the time
(...)
i dout ill go back to it as i think its bollock and i could make something alot better now my mapping is improved

well, people would play this one...

[nub]

Get this

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp ... 1672069828

Actually, do NOT use usb thumb drives, those things die quickly if used a lot for backing up files of a large filesize.

Actually, I've washed my 4 gb Geek Squad flash drive twice and it works flawlessly. It's not particularly old but I mean...it was submerged in soapy-ass water for about 15 minutes while being violently tossed around , twice, and it still works perfectly. I am amazed.

[whiffen]

Feed me more maps

[jgoodroad]

well I hoped this would not happen but when steam gliched on me I lost about half a years worth of data

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=30581

RIP

[Gradius]

Idk, I can't trust them. My brothers friend had one and they kept all of their works on it, and one day it ceased to work and they lost a good 4 years of all their digital works they made in college and a very large portfolio.

Well that was just idiotic. Nothing's completely guarenteed not to fail, much less something that can be lost so easily. He should have kept copies of his file on a hard-drive or another USB stick in case.

[popcornjake]

Another brilliant interlopers advert moment.

[joe_rogers_11155]

rofl, popcornjake's observation.

Here's a few images of my abandoned 99 Bolts maps for the viewing pleasure. I know I've posted this before but this is the dead maps thread so I had to give these things a proper grave.







I have learned SOOO much about mapping since six months ago, it was just not worth keeping these maps. Somewhere around Planet Phillip, you can download the maps and play them. Woot

[Phott]

Noooooooooooooooo...

You're not finishing 99 Bolts?