primorge opened this issue on Jan 02, 2022 ยท 39 posts
primorge posted Sun, 02 January 2022 at 2:14 PM
Went to go look at one of Bagginsbill's old freebies and guess what?
Miss B posted Sun, 02 January 2022 at 2:23 PM
YIKES!! I just went and checked, and yes IT'S GONE!!!
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Sunfire posted Sun, 02 January 2022 at 3:21 PM
I wanted to find his hair shaders and couldn't find it.
hborre posted Sun, 02 January 2022 at 3:47 PM
It's all gone!! Does Ted still have an account here?
randym77 posted Sun, 02 January 2022 at 4:30 PM
It's all gone!! Does Ted still have an account here?
He does. His store is still in RMP. He was posting comments here in November.
Cage posted Mon, 03 January 2022 at 12:38 PM
The site, at least, is backed up by the Wayback Machine. Hope he's all right.
https://web.archive.org/web/20201020033517/http://sites.google.com/site/bagginsbill/Home
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Cage can be an opinionated jerk who posts without thinking. He apologizes for this. He's honestly not trying to be a turkeyhead.
Cage had some freebies, compatible with Poser 11 and below. His Python scripts were saved at archive.org, along with the rest of the Morphography site, where they were hosted.
Miss B posted Mon, 03 January 2022 at 1:20 PM
Thanks for the link Cage. Not sure why I didn't think of the Web Archive myself, as I've often done so when I can't find something anymore.
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odf posted Mon, 03 January 2022 at 5:03 PM
I seem to recall BB using Google Sites. There was a thing about them switching to a different system and site owners needing to "port" their pages to it. Judging from my personal experience porting seems to translate to more or less redoing from scratch because the automatic conversion Google does is not very useful. Could be related to that somehow.
Has someone tried to summon him? I hear gamma correcting an image five times in front of a mirror does the trick? :smile:
-- I'm not mad at you, just Westphalian.
Miss B posted Mon, 03 January 2022 at 6:19 PM
Yes, he uses Google Sites, so that may very well be the issue, and he may very well not even be aware of what's happened.
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HartyBart posted Mon, 03 January 2022 at 10:09 PM
The Wayback Machine tells you what was there, but doesn't appear to give the ZIP files.
The LoadFishes.py script is safe as a freebie on ShareCG.
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infinity10 posted Mon, 03 January 2022 at 11:22 PM
Just ask BB directly.
Eternal Hobbyist
R_Hatch posted Wed, 05 January 2022 at 1:05 AM
I know how to get his attention.
Ahem...
Gamma correction is totally unnecessary under any and all circumstances!
Y-Phil posted Wed, 05 January 2022 at 1:39 AM
๐I know how to get his attention.
Ahem...
Gamma correction is totally unnecessary under any and all circumstances!
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odf posted Wed, 05 January 2022 at 1:58 AM
That's not nice. You're gonna give him a heart attack. ๐I know how to get his attention.
Ahem...
Gamma correction is totally unnecessary under any and all circumstances!
-- I'm not mad at you, just Westphalian.
primorge posted Wed, 05 January 2022 at 5:47 AM
HartyBart posted at 10:09 PM Mon, 3 January 2022 - #4432827
Nonsense. This is the second time this week you've made statements that are false. First stating that utilizing high resolution shadow maps with OpenGL preview will cause Poser to crash when switching to Firefly renderer and now this...The Wayback Machine tells you what was there, but doesn't appear to give the ZIP files.
The LoadFishes.py script is safe as a freebie on ShareCG.
I just downloaded 2 items from Cage's Wayback link, from my tablet no less, and the downloads are intact. Please check your facts, do not assume you are correct just because something doesn't work for you.
odf posted Wed, 05 January 2022 at 7:11 AM
I just downloaded 2 items from Cage's Wayback link, from my tablet no less, and the downloads are intact. Please check your facts, do not assume you are correct just because something doesn't work for you.
The downloads did not work for me either, so if you could explain what you did, that would be neat.
-- I'm not mad at you, just Westphalian.
randym77 posted Wed, 05 January 2022 at 7:17 AM
It works for me, it just takes awhile. If I click on the download link, I'm sent to a HTTP 302 page. If I wait, I'm redirected to the zip file and it downloads.
If you have redirects blocked, it won't work.
Using Chrome on a desktop.
primorge posted Wed, 05 January 2022 at 7:56 AM
primorge posted at 5:47 AM Wed, 5 January 2022 - #4432879Chrome. Nifty :DI just downloaded 2 items from Cage's Wayback link, from my tablet no less, and the downloads are intact. Please check your facts, do not assume you are correct just because something doesn't work for you.
The downloads did not work for me either, so if you could explain what you did, that would be neat.
HartyBart posted Wed, 05 January 2022 at 10:41 AM
1) "First stating that utilizing high resolution shadow maps with OpenGL preview will cause Poser to crash when switching to Firefly renderer"
This statement was not false. A crash is a crash. 4096 Preview shadows maps - on a scene that is also then rendered with Firefly - always crash Poser for me. Brian Haberlin is also on record in a webinar saying exactly the same thing some years back ("every damn time" or words to that effect). Sure there may be workarounds with a better PC, and maybe it's even a bug that's since been fixed since then in Poser.
2) "I just downloaded 2 items from Cage's Wayback link, from my tablet no less, and the downloads are intact. Please check your facts, do not assume you are correct just because something doesn't work for you."
This statement was not false. A non-download is a non-download. Sure there may be workarounds, but I'm using a Chrome-based browser which you suggest above - and they don't download for me. But, it's great to know they're available that way for some. Which is the point of this thread I think.
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Y-Phil posted Wed, 05 January 2022 at 1:49 PM
Using Brave, a Chrome-based browser: download works, I just needed to wait for the redirection to take place. Zip file tested: valid.
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Y-Phil posted Wed, 05 January 2022 at 2:03 PM
Oh I just forgot: in case someone still wants BB's Hair shader, I still have a V1.0 from 2017. I can share it on my kdrive.
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๐ฟ Nas 10TB
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Miss B posted Wed, 05 January 2022 at 2:13 PM
randym77 posted at 7:17 AM Wed, 5 January 2022 - #4432882
This is just what I experienced. It took about 30 seconds to do the redirection, and then I saved, did antiviral and malware checks, and then opened each of the 5 items I downloaded, and all were intact.It works for me, it just takes awhile. If I click on the download link, I'm sent to a HTTP 302 page. If I wait, I'm redirected to the zip file and it downloads.
If you have redirects blocked, it won't work.
Using Chrome on a desktop.
I don't, however, "knowingly" using anything Google, so Chrome is out of the question for me.
I just used my latest version of Firefox, and am glad it worked fine. :grinning:
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Miss B posted Wed, 05 January 2022 at 2:15 PM
That's one of the five items I just downloaded from the Web Archive, so am glad my Firefox browser worked fine.Oh I just forgot: in case someone still wants BB's Hair shader, I still have a V1.0 from 2017. I can share it on my kdrive.
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Y-Phil posted Wed, 05 January 2022 at 2:27 PM
Brave is a Chrome-based browser, but without all the nasty google spybloatwarerandym77 posted at 7:17 AM Wed, 5 January 2022 - #4432882
This is just what I experienced. It took about 30 seconds to do the redirection, and then I saved, did antiviral and malware checks, and then opened each of the 5 items I downloaded, and all were intact.It works for me, it just takes awhile. If I click on the download link, I'm sent to a HTTP 302 page. If I wait, I'm redirected to the zip file and it downloads.
If you have redirects blocked, it won't work.
Using Chrome on a desktop.
I don't, however, "knowingly" using anything Google, so Chrome is out of the question for me.
I just used my latest version of Firefox, and am glad it worked fine. :grinning:
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๐ฟ Nas 10TB
๐ฟ Poser 13 and soon 14 โค๏ธ
odf posted Wed, 05 January 2022 at 5:08 PM
Sadly, the method proposed by Cage, while working for BBs old downloads, does not seem to work for Cage's old downloads.
-- I'm not mad at you, just Westphalian.
Sunfire posted Wed, 05 January 2022 at 6:51 PM
Miss B posted at 2:15 PM Wed, 5 January 2022 - #4432896
Y-Phil posted at 2:03 PM Wed, 5 January 2022 - #4432893That's one of the five items I just downloaded from the Web Archive, so am glad my Firefox browser worked fine.Oh I just forgot: in case someone still wants BB's Hair shader, I still have a V1.0 from 2017. I can share it on my kdrive.
I couldn't find the hair shader on the archive, and I would love to have it.
Miss B posted Wed, 05 January 2022 at 8:00 PM
You have to click on the File Cabinet link in the Navigation column on the left. That's where he has/had all his zip files. It's about the 5th from the top of that page.Miss B posted at 2:15 PM Wed, 5 January 2022 - #4432896
Y-Phil posted at 2:03 PM Wed, 5 January 2022 - #4432893That's one of the five items I just downloaded from the Web Archive, so am glad my Firefox browser worked fine.Oh I just forgot: in case someone still wants BB's Hair shader, I still have a V1.0 from 2017. I can share it on my kdrive.
I couldn't find the hair shader on the archive, and I would love to have it.
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Sunfire posted Wed, 05 January 2022 at 11:09 PM
Thank you Miss B.
Miss B posted Thu, 06 January 2022 at 11:20 AM
You're quite welcome. :slight_smile:
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bagginsbill posted Sat, 08 January 2022 at 7:33 AM
Hi people. Yes Google sites forced a conversion and mine didn't work and I just completely forgot about it. Now it's gone.
I can probably recover the most important things over time. Also I bet tons of items are still in the hands of various active rendo users.
Shall we rebuild, possibly better, like when your house burns down? LOL
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bagginsbill posted Sat, 08 January 2022 at 7:35 AM
Hope he's all right.
I sure am, thanks for your concern!
Renderosity forum reply notifications are wonky. If I read a follow-up in a thread, but I don't myself reply, then notifications no longer happen AT ALL on that thread. So if I seem to be ignoring a question, that's why. (Updated September 23, 2019)
hborre posted Sat, 08 January 2022 at 7:37 AM
Build it better, bigger, stronger!!
bagginsbill posted Sat, 08 January 2022 at 7:38 AM
LOL.I know how to get his attention.
Ahem...
Gamma correction is totally unnecessary under any and all circumstances!
Renderosity forum reply notifications are wonky. If I read a follow-up in a thread, but I don't myself reply, then notifications no longer happen AT ALL on that thread. So if I seem to be ignoring a question, that's why. (Updated September 23, 2019)
Miss B posted Sat, 08 January 2022 at 11:32 AM
I could see pretty much all of your goodies on the Wayback Machine's Web Archive, so that may be the best bet for you to recover all, or at least most, of your goodies. You just may have to try more than one browser to access the zips, as folks stated above they were having issues depending on the browser they were using.Hi people. Yes Google sites forced a conversion and mine didn't work and I just completely forgot about it. Now it's gone.
I can probably recover the most important things over time. Also I bet tons of items are still in the hands of various active rendo users.
Shall we rebuild, possibly better, like when your house burns down? LOL
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OK . . . Where's my chocolate?
RAMWorks posted Mon, 10 January 2022 at 10:39 AM
I wonder if Google sites are similar to WIX? I was with WIX for years until they got money hungry and with my limited budget these days I had to find another place to be but had to redo the site from scratch but I'm really happy with how it turned out so not a waste of time. Like it even better actually. WIX has proprietary software to create your website with but little did I know that I would run into this issue when it came time to find a new home for RAMWolff's World.I seem to recall BB using Google Sites. There was a thing about them switching to a different system and site owners needing to "port" their pages to it. Judging from my personal experience porting seems to translate to more or less redoing from scratch because the automatic conversion Google does is not very useful. Could be related to that somehow.
Has someone tried to summon him? I hear gamma correcting an image five times in front of a mirror does the trick? :smile:
---Wolff On The Prowl---
ghostship2 posted Mon, 17 January 2022 at 7:08 PM
Good to see BB is OK and just his web page is gone! Yeah, enough people have downloaded stuff from there (me included) it can be reconstructed.
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GeneralNutt posted Wed, 26 January 2022 at 4:14 PM
bagginsbill posted at 7:33 AM Sat, 8 January 2022 - #4432982
VSS for poser 12 incoming? I miss that script the most.Hi people. Yes Google sites forced a conversion and mine didn't work and I just completely forgot about it. Now it's gone.
I can probably recover the most important things over time. Also I bet tons of items are still in the hands of various active rendo users.
Shall we rebuild, possibly better, like when your house burns down? LOL
hborre posted Wed, 26 January 2022 at 4:33 PM
primorge posted Wed, 26 January 2022 at 6:24 PM
This all does beg the question whether BB is somewhat chagrined about everyone referring to him as BB lol.