Advanced Duplicator sharing – AdvDupe Toybox

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Author: AwesomeGraczGie47 KILLER

Last revision: 11 Mar, 2023 at 22:02 UTC

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AdvDupe Toybox is my website used for sharing, that is uploading and downloading, Advanced Duplicator’s dupes. Recently I was making a Wiremod tank with my friend and thought to myself – "It would be great to be able to share our wiremod creations with others", and of course – you can share a lot of Wire stuff using regular duplication system but more often then not – they break. Advanced Duplicator is much better for that job, thus I’ve decided to make sharing them possible.

For an end-user (that’s You) it’s simple – in your Spawn menu a new tab will appear – AdvDupe Share. Here You can browse other’s people dupes, download them and upload your own Advanced Duplicator 2 or Advanced Duplicator files.

I recommend You using this addon with Advanced Duplicator 2 addon.

How to use

Go to the Spawn menu (press Q), open the "AdvDupe Share" tab. To browse dupes go into the "Browse tab". There you can click a green down arrow to download a duplication file. If you have Advanced Duplicator 2 installed it will automatically switch to the toolgun and update current dupe, so you’ll be ready to paste it in no time!

To upload a duplication go into the "Publish & Readme" tab. There, at the top of the window you’ll find a button for opening the Publish menu but before that I encourage you to read the rules and tips.

In the publish menu there’s a thumbnail preview. The picture for the thumbnail is taken from your point of view when you press a "Open DupePublish menu" button. If you want to correct the thumbnail close the menu and reopen it again when you’re ready. After that fill in the details like title, description, select a right type of dupe, select a dupe file by clicking the "Choose AdvDupe file" and lastly – submit the dupe. If everything goes right – your dupe is now available for others to download.

At the moment there is no way of removing the duplication after it’s submission. If it’s really important please contact me on Steam, here in the comments or there: https://gasmaskarchiwum.page/kontakt.php

FAQ

– Can it be used on server?
– If you’re a server admin just install this addon like you would do with any other addon. If you’re a regular player – it will work only if the addon is installed on server. If it’s not on the server go on singleplayer, download the dupes you want and come back to the server, there’s no way around.

– Why can’t I upload a file?
– There can be few reasons:

  • The file is too big – limit is around 100KB and that’s plenty enough! If your dupe does not fit try to duplicate it with Advanced Duplicator 2.
  • The file is already in a database – if you get a message "Duplicate dupe with hash: …." that can mean two things: a) you’re trying to upload same file twice or someone else has uploaded exactly the same file, or b) there was a hash collision which is astronomically rare. Try to change a dupe a little, maybe move one prop a bit, maybe add something or remove and try again.
  • There was an error – I’m just a human, I’m not a specialist, maybe I’ve screwed something up, maybe the server is down. In such situation please contact me.
  • Your dupe is not a valid Advanced Duplicator 2’s or Advanced Duplicator’s file – that means "don’t try to upload random .txt crap, this is not your text hosting service" or maybe the file is corrupted.

– I want to make a custom thumbnail.
– Good, please read the "Tips and tricks" in the "Publish & Readme" tab.

– Why I can’t upload a regular dupe file?
– Simple, this is not a service for that. It’s exclusively for AdvDuplicator 1 and AdvDuplicator 2 files.

– The tabs are empty, I can’t upload anything and nothing is working.
– Probably the server is down. It runs 24/7 but sometimes it may be off for a maintainance or there was a power outage. Who knows. Please contact me in such case.

– I click the download button, the notification comes but nothing happens.
– That probably means you don’t have Advanced Duplicator 2 installed.

For the curious

– Where files are stored?
– On the remote web server.

– Who is the owner of those files?
– Me, an administrator.

– Is it secure to upload dupes?
– If you put your bank account details into the dupe – of course no!!! Otherwise it’s safe, just don’t include any critical information there like: your address, your passwords, any credentials.