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Hosting Multiple, Separate Downloads

A topic by Virtua Sinner created Apr 10, 2023 Views: 298 Replies: 2
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I've had one of my games up on itch.io for years and finally decided to add the donation option. That's worked fine, but on the site I host both the core game as a fresh download, and all kinds of patches that you can use to upgrade from earlier versions of the game, if you don't want to download the whole thing anew. Previously, if you wanted the game, you clicked the download button beside it, and if you wanted a patch, you clicked the download button beside that.  Since adding the donation option, I now only have 1 central download button, and if clicked, this button offers to download you all the files on the site. This would mean downloading gigabytes of useless, redundant data if you just wanted to download the game for the first time. As a stopgap, I've hidden all the patch files - if you want to patch your game to the latest you are now out of luck. I still want each file to be separately downloadable for free, but prompt you for the donation if you're interested. How can I make that happen, so I can make the patches visible again?

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That's not how it works. The single Download button first prompts people to donate if they like, then sends them to a separate page where they can choose what to download. That page works just like on games that don't take payments at all. Hope this helps!

It does!  I'll make all the files available again then.  Thank you so much!

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