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Apr 15, 2003, 11:19am

Hey, it's great that the 3.4 [479] beta has been released to the public.
Have been wanting to see all the new features!

Possible problem though with create picture command now?

I have been using the pictwlkh.rwx with a picture saved on a geocities site,
and it works fine with 3.3

create picture geocities.com/basti_02/bastwalk.jpg

Now, with 3.4.. I don't seem to be loading the picture onto the object.

I am walking around The Bastion (world aw 1206.1N 7750.0W 0.4a 0) and
finding that a LOT of the create picture
commands are not loading with 3.4.

Anyone else having this problem, or know of a fix?

Celeron 333
WinXP Pro
192mb RAM
VooDoo3 3000 PCI (with last driver released)

Thanks,
Bastillion

Apr 15, 2003, 11:38am

Yes, freebie sites like Geocities do not work with 3.4 we noticed this back
when the 3.4 beta was first started, it has something to do with the way AW
identifies its self to your webhost Geocities. Geocities do not intend
themselves from being used as a public free download site ofr the public,
just think everytime someone visits your world they download off that free
server, it was never meant to be, so now that AW's browser identifies its
self differently, free sites like Geocities and Tripod block out AW from
downloading off their site. It's best now everyone gets a webpage from a
paid for service.
I am sure someone can exsplain this better, but those of us who have been
beta testers from the beginning noticed this right from the beginning and
there's nothing we can do about it.
MrBruce.
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Apr 15, 2003, 11:39am

I think there was a thread a ways back mentioning that geocities didn't want
their servers used for stored pics for download in here or something?
Anyone remember that?

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Apr 15, 2003, 1:10pm

"bastillion" <bastillion at charter.net> wrote in
news:3e9bf8ef at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> I have been using the pictwlkh.rwx with a picture saved on a geocities
> site, and it works fine with 3.3
>
> create picture geocities.com/basti_02/bastwalk.jpg
>
> Now, with 3.4.. I don't seem to be loading the picture onto the
> object.
>
> I am walking around The Bastion (world aw 1206.1N 7750.0W 0.4a 0) and
> finding that a LOT of the create picture
> commands are not loading with 3.4.
>
> Anyone else having this problem, or know of a fix?

You'll need to use some sort of proxying device to remove the Referer HTTP
header from AW's HTTP requests. If you ask me, it's not a good idea setting
the Referer header (yes, it's misspelled, but that's how the standard is)
since you can't produce a valid URL to identify the referring location
anyway. They should've invented their own custom header instead, so systems
designed for AW interface could still identify the browser. I believe a lot
of software firewalls also provide this sort of proxying functionality,
check your docs if you've got one.

KAH

Apr 15, 2003, 3:28pm

angelfire seems to work with AW still , you can get 20mb free accounts with
them

Apr 15, 2003, 4:30pm

Use a PHP override script.

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Apr 15, 2003, 6:08pm

ummmm, have you checked your settings in options? we had that problem until
we realized that all our settings were reset when upgrading. you must
change your settings to view all pictures! otherwise, if it is over 250kb,
it wont load.


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Apr 15, 2003, 7:27pm

I don't have the prob, don't worry I know my settings :)

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Apr 15, 2003, 8:34pm

The only reason I brought that up is, several people had complained to me,
and when I had them check their settings, they discovered they had been
reset. When changing them back to where they wanted them, everything loaded
fine.


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Apr 15, 2003, 9:45pm

Yeah, it should be made download all by default.

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Apr 21, 2003, 8:22pm

"defiance" <Defiance at micro$oft.com> wrote in news:3e9c41b4$1
at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> Use a PHP override script.

What do you mean? A server side script would have a helpfullness rate of
about 0.00%.

KAH

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