09-06-2025, 06:19 PM
Work does continue. I won't say that I am a third of the way through the tutorials, but I am nearly a third through the index pages of tutorials. I make that distinction as I work backwards, working to attain the oldest content to save first, and there are a vast number of tutorials that relied upon now-extinct services that cannot be accessed.
To be sure, I do test all the links. And for demos, I run those through virus-scans. But do realize that older demos of any board would be set up to use older versions of the software (ie RPGMaker XP with the 1.02dll rather than the 1.04dll). All one needs to do is swap out the .exe, the .dll the .proj file and edit the .ini to point to the correct .dll itself.
So many people have said "I can't get this to run!" ... um, duh?
And then there are the Youtube video tutorials that have been pulled. Most have gone by way of the poster no longer wanting to share or acknowledge his/her work. But I found a couple instances of 'violation of terms' Yeets!. That was entertaining.
So yes, work continues on the archiving.
To be sure, I do test all the links. And for demos, I run those through virus-scans. But do realize that older demos of any board would be set up to use older versions of the software (ie RPGMaker XP with the 1.02dll rather than the 1.04dll). All one needs to do is swap out the .exe, the .dll the .proj file and edit the .ini to point to the correct .dll itself.

And then there are the Youtube video tutorials that have been pulled. Most have gone by way of the poster no longer wanting to share or acknowledge his/her work. But I found a couple instances of 'violation of terms' Yeets!. That was entertaining.

So yes, work continues on the archiving.