Minmax Games Forum problem

[CodiGato]

Is anyone else getting the whole "You don't have permission to access" message upon going into the website?

If so, is there any way to fix it, or is there any other places where I can get the mods for the game (Big fight for beef, Fight for the universe, ...)

[Forestor]

I also get the 403 error.
Fight for Universe discussions page with dropbox links.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/107200/discussions/1/412446292760275100/

[Blorf]

We are trying to figure out a new hosting solution for these. They aren't really MinMax files so we are unsure of what to do with them now that the forums are kaput. The old forums were taken down due to them becoming a spam wasteland that nothing but bots ever visited, so keeping them clean was not worth the effort. Once we figure something out, we will post it here.

EDIT:
Pinned a thread in mods forum here:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/107200/discussions/1/1629665087674399184/

[Gaki Von Dieh]

Same here, i was thinking about play with "big fight for beef" mod again but cant find it.

What if other players share original files from mods they have downloaded in the past, that would be allowed?

[Blorf]

Yup we are trying to find a link to a copy to share as well. We linked Fight for the Universe in the mods forum, but are waiting on others to be relinked.

[Gaki Von Dieh]

another suggestion: if you have by any chance an old backup of the official forums wont be posible to retrieve that link to dropbox or other services that host them (if that account still exist) since those post were really old?

I know that mod i was looking for had this url:
http://www.minmax-games.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=3316

[Narlak]

The Fight For Universe link above does work.

Unfortunately, there is no direct link for Big Beef. It was small, and he managed to sneak it onto our forums.

The real issue is these mods are a bit tad crashy. We can’t host them ourselves or we become liable for them. I was really hoping the author would put them on ModDB, or NexusMods, but chances are they don’t want spend the effort to do that at this point.

[Moonfear]

shame that forums are dead, i am still enjoying this game, and wanted to install it with beef or at least more hangars, unfortunately now i have no idea how to mod it or where to download it :/

[jalex3]

I really want to read the old wiki pages.

[Schnorf]

You should give the Waybackmachine a try, looks like they archived the forums at some point.
The Big Beef Mod can still be downloaded here:
https://web.archive.org/web/20160324175737/http://www.spacepiratesandzombies.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=3162

[Gaki Von Dieh]

Originally posted by Schnorf:

You should give the Waybackmachine a try, looks like they archived the forums at some point.
The Big Beef Mod can still be downloaded here:
https://web.archive.org/web/20160324175737/http://www.spacepiratesandzombies.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=3162

Thanks a lot, i didnt know about that tool but since i had forums url ive been able to download the mod i was looking for.

If someone is looking for Big Fight for Beef (which is a mix between bigfightforuniverse and bigbeef) links and files on this post and are saved aswell, that includes original mods used for it.
https://web.archive.org/web/20190417222531/http://www.minmax-games.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=3316

[JoeShmo]

Unfortunately, all of my originals of the BFFB mod were lost in a fire last year, or I would just reupload them. I do not know if Deathkawa has copies of them still either.

I do know that they were uploaded, linked to on the forums, and stored to a 3rd party site during development, MediaFire I think, so their availability would not be affected by the forums going down, only if the 3rd party site ended up eating the files do to inactivity, etc.. What would have been lost though are a few of the hotfixes I posted to the forums regarding errors on our part that caused crashes, like forgetting a " ; " at the end of 1 line near a weapon section, something anyone could fix on their own by editing the file in Notepad++ or similar program.

Just make sure to delete the previous .dso version of the file when you do any editing, otherwise it will continue to use the previous, non updated one, and it will look like it's still not working.

[Palandus]

The mods were crashy because they needed access to files that the mod toolkit didn't provide. There was repeated attempts to get the Devs to release more files for the toolkit but it was repeatedly denied. Now years later everyone has just moved on, the community is dead and forgotten and even if the Devs did release all the needed files, I don't think anyone is going to continue to mod the game or fix their mods either. I don't see why the Devs care; they made their choices and should move on. The rest of us have.

[GLaDOS]

Apparently, the old basic mod package is still available here: http://minmax-games.com/SpacePiratesAndZombies/ Giving the Clockwork more hangars only requires editing the "globalTuning.cs" file.

[GTX2GvO]

Hey. Just noticed this thread.
Maker of the Big Beef mod here.

My apologies for not providing anyone a direct link outside the SPAZ forums.
(never thought it would've been needed)

So I just uploaded the latest iteration of it I still have (I kept all the versions I made) To Dropbox.
So here a direct link to Big Beef for you guys.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/bcil2v70ej0adez/BigBeef.rar?dl=0

I might one day make a unique thread in the Modding forum for it.
It was nearing being finished when I put the project in the fridge.

Still needs the Stations and the motherships to receive an overhaul.

But there were two things the I couldn't fix.
1. The 30 linkpoint limit that this mod EASILY was hitting ( have an Idea that could circumvent it)
2. The Tier 2 and Tier 3 stations are swapped!!! Especially the miner ones! Not much an issue in Vanilla, but a massive deal in BigBeef.

Point 2 was the dealbreaker that put the project in the fridge and had kept it there for this long.

And yes. I still plan on finishing this project "one day".
Just don't hold your breath for it though, I'm not rushing.

[Rondac]

severe necropost, but does anyone have a free copy of this? Dropbox is pay now