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Can't download files from Sorcerer's Place anymore

Discussion in 'Sorcerous Sundries' started by Ineth, Feb 6, 2015.

  1. Ineth

    Ineth Instigator Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    Remove all ads!
    The downloads (mods, walkthroughs, etc. - for example this one) on Sorcerer's Place don't work for me anymore.

    The video ad which is supposed to come before the download simply never starts playing - it remains a grey box (example screenshot), even though no script/ad-blocker is enabled. So the download never starts, either.

    Is it a problem on my end, or have they stopped working for all non-SPS visitors?
     
    Ineth, Feb 6, 2015
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  2. henkie

    henkie Hammertime Resourceful Adored Veteran New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!)

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    Doesn't appear to work for me either at the moment.
     
    henkie, Feb 7, 2015
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    Did work for me just now. Temporary glitch?
     
    Bluerose, Feb 7, 2015
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  4. Ineth

    Ineth Instigator Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    Not for me. I wonder what the cause is.

    Some (vague) possibilities that come to mind:

    • Does it maybe require an unusual plugin like Silverlight?
    • The pre-content ad service that is used, seems to serve region-specific ads. Could it be busted for viewers of some parts of the world but not others?
    • In the page's HTML source code, the following snippet seems to be responsible for pulling in the pre-content video ad.
      Is it possible that the triple-underscores identifiers ("__WEB_URL__", "__RANDOM__", and "__TIME__") are placeholders that were supposed to be replaced with actual values by the PHP script that generates the page, but for some reason that's not happening?
      Code:
      <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"
src="//cdn.playwire.com/bolt/js/embed.min.js"
data-vast-src="http://ads.intergi.com/adrawdata/3.0/5205/1862655/0/2898/ADTECH;referring_url=__WEB_URL__;number=__RANDOM__;time=__TIME__"
data-container="precontent_ad"
data-post-ad-container="wrapped-content"
data-autoplay="true"
data-width="640"
data-height="360"></script>
      Of course this does not explain why it works for Bluerose.
     
    Ineth, Feb 7, 2015
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  5. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    We've had a few reports from various people over the years about the same problem but could never get to the bottom of it as it was impossible to reproduce on our end. I got a mailing about that ad code needing to be replaced with a newer version some time ago, but it should still be working. Anyway, I'm going to look into replacing it now - I'll post here when it's been changed and we'll see if it works for you then.
     
    Taluntain, Feb 7, 2015
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  6. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    I just checked and we've actually got the latest ad code implemented. Is anyone else seeing the same problems as Ineth?
     
    Taluntain, Feb 7, 2015
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  7. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    I've removed the video ad code from the downloads for now.
     
    Taluntain, Feb 9, 2015
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    Thanks, it works again now :)
     
    henkie, Feb 10, 2015
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