''File Logged As Dirty'' When Uploading ROM Hack

[Adrian Gauna]

I just went through RomHack Plaza hell trying to upload a file! It was a ROM hack that I made myself made into an IPS patch and then put into the standard ZIP file. I am a verified user and had all the boxes ticked, filled out and ready to go on the submit page and for the life of me, the ROM hack wouldn't publish, kept getting an error message box saying that the file was dirty and to retry and submit again but each time I was greeted with the same error message? I even tried shortening the title of the hack in the file and nothing worked. Then I tried all over again from scratch using a fresh page and made it a draft first and then it went through and then I submitted it as public and everything was good? Anybody ever seen this message when trying to submit a rom hack file?

Curious to know what a ''dirty file'' is?

 

[Benjamin]

Hi,

A dirty file is a file with a different size between the client side and the server side.
If you could send me the file by PM or here.

 

[Adrian Gauna]

Hi,

A dirty file is a file with a different size between the client side and the server side.
If you could send me the file by PM or here.

Hi Ben,

yeah sure I can send you a copy of the ZIP file, but the Zip file with the IPS patch inside went through in the end and is now published like I said above after spending several hours on it trying to figure out how to publish it.

It was mostly likely something I did without realising it but yeah if you wanna examine it and have a look I won't say no. Any help is welcomed.

 

[Benjamin]

Hi Ben,

yeah sure I can send you a copy of the ZIP file, but the Zip file with the IPS patch inside went through in the end and is now published like I said above after spending several hours on it trying to figure out how to publish it.

It was mostly likely something I did without realising it but yeah if you wanna examine it and have a look I won't say no. Any help is welcomed.

I've tried to upload it on a blank entry and it works.
Maybe it was a problem with your internet connection.

Next time, if you want to see if there is a problem with the upload, you can lookup the JS Console. If after a file upload, there is the line "Upload size check : Good", the file is not dirty.
If there is a failure at this step, take a screenshot of the two different size written in the message, and execute that command in the JS Console.

console.log( jQuery("#reservedPostID" ).val() )

Like that:



And send it too.

 

[Adrian Gauna]

I've tried to upload it on a blank entry and it works.
Maybe it was a problem with your internet connection.

Next time, if you want to see if there is a problem with the upload, you can lookup the JS Console. If after a file upload, there is the line "Upload size check : Good", the file is not dirty.
If there is a failure at this step, take a screenshot of the two different size written in the message, and execute that command in the JS Console.

console.log( jQuery("#reservedPostID" ).val() )

Like that:

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And send it too.

Okay, will do that next time. Thank you!

Cheers,
Adrian.