here to vote for a sticky 
Yeah, sticky would be useful hereā¦
Too many stickies as it is. I think resurrecting one of those FAQ database projects (like the one MagicMan ran some time ago) would be a good move here.
That or we can take down one of the āless usedā stickies that just occupy space, like the āBranching for CBā and the āBullet Demo contestā stickies.
Meh, itās always half chaos either way you make it.
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Yeah, Im sorry for attemptin to intrude on your sticky space. 
We could definately get rid of a couple of em. I didnt know that magiman ran such a database. Was it just a thread like this?..
Nah, afaik it was more like a form on his site that took on ānoob questionsā, and stored them to be answered I guess.
I donāt know the details, but he did run it for some time (It was a link in his sig, not there now though)
Someone can start a thread on that idea, or something similar. If the community shows interest, we can always PM magic man and ask him to bring it back.
However, considering that people didnāt get all that involved when he first started it, and the fact that heās still working on the āBlender Barrageā project, I wouldnāt be surprised if he refused to bring it back.
Definitelly worth a try though.
Alrightā¦
why canāt we post .blend files (even those that are less than 244 kb) to this forum?!?!? It makes getting help from others next to impossible. thanks.
Um, you just have to host them on
savefile.com
uploader.polorix.net
etcā¦
The sit cant host them for youā¦
And hey, at least that comment didnt make you seem like a complete noobā¦
okā¦ but that still doesnāt answer the question, exactly. Can any admin please explain the rationale behind blocking .blend files?
I use google pages for all my uploading needs to this forum. There are no ads, commercial banners, waiting time, itās just straight to the download for anyone.
You need to have a gmail account to have a google page ftp, and the storage limit is 100MB, but considering the small size of your average .blend, 100MB goes a long way.
I highly reccomend it.
PS: If anyone needs a gmail invite, I have about 50 invitations that I can give out, so donāt be shy to ask.
Because storage space costs $$$, and not everyone uploads worth while .blends, sometimes people just upload crap, and blenderartists doesnāt need to spend money on hosting all that stuff. Just get a google page, and use it as your upload point, or you can choose one of a million free hosting sites on the net.
therees no rule or anything, you just cant attach files in some forumsā¦
uh i donāt think you need an invitation to gmail anymoreā¦at least i didnāt need one.
If you go to http://gmail.com it clearly states that the only way to sign up is to register through a phone via an access code that they send to your phone, or to have someone give you an invite.
How would I settup something to count how many points, how many times i do this, etc. Thanks.
By incrementing a property every time you to āthatā.
Look through the tuts/demos sticky, Iām sure someone wrote a tutorial, or made a demo.
thereās plenty more crap available as .jpegs on this web forumā¦ I think .blend file hosting would improve the site immensely. Thereās a ton of dead .blend file links strewn about, making it difficult for the newbie to figure out exactly what he is doing or the best approach to a problem.
Thatās why people should host their stuff on sites which donāt employ harsh inactivity protocolls (time limit after which the files are deleted). Donāt use some backwater host, use a large service like google, or savefile.
Also, it would be good to keep in mind that while there are some dead links around, for every single dead link, there are usually 5 active ones. The point is, there are multiple sources linking to similar information, donāt blame the system if you donāt know how to search properly.
Further more, using the internet and all itās services is actually better than centralizing the data to a single set of blenderartists servers.
There is no reason to waste money on some elaborate database to host āeverythingā, thatās what the internet is there for in the first place, and if you do things right it will work just fine.
PS: If you come across a dead link, and you canāt find anyting else that presents a similar set of information, you can always PM the original user who made the post and ask him/her to either update the link, or give you a direct download.
The Story on that FAQ:
The FAQ Manager stopped working for me and the support from the site it was hosted on never responded to my email. I decided to abandon that project because it wasnāt working.
I would be able to code my own FAQ for this purpose but only after I finish Blender Barrage. And of course in order to finish Blender Barrage I need community contributions. The more minigames I get for this project, the more motivated I will be to recreate the Blender Game Engine FAQ.
k Iāve got a problemā¦Iām new to this so leave me alone ummmā¦K I made a weapon that shoots right, but i want you only able to shoot like every 10 seconds but Iāve changed the delay time and everything but people can just click extremely fast and it will shoot extremely fast. I also have a problem with my ball game thing, I did the empty and all that so now the ball rolls fine, but every so often the camera will go out of controlā¦any help would be niceā¦ thank youā¦anyone? please i need help
Yea, I have nearly same problemā¦ I want weapon/gun .blend example. I want weapon what shoots only one bullet at time. I want to do sniper gun, not a uzi =(( can someone help me, please.