Some images not loading

mastert3318

Hello! I'm new here and there was this thread I was looking at. For some reason some of the images aren't loading. It just says "The image could not be loaded." I know it's there since that's where the Google Images link went but I can't see some of them. Could anyone help me out? This is the thread I'm talking about: https://polycount.com/discussion/166229/xcom-2-art-dump

mastert3318

If you guys can't figure out the problem, I would be happy with just the image I was looking for. I was looking for the image of the power armor. I believe that the armor was blue in the image. I saw it on Google Images and Pinterest but I think the version on the website itself is higher quality than the preview.

Eric Chadwick

I see a lot of images. Could you be more specific about which post has the missing image?

If you click on the date at the top of a reply (to the right of the author's name) that will give you a link directly to that reply.

Also that topic is over 4 years old. If they didn't upload images to Polycount, then it's likely their own site has moved, or their Dropbox has died, whatever.

mastert3318

Eric Chadwick said:

I see a lot of images. Could you be more specific about which post has the missing image?

If you click on the date at the top of a reply (to the right of the author's name) that will give you a link directly to that reply.

Also that topic is over 4 years old. If they didn't upload images to Polycount, then it's likely their own site has moved, or their Dropbox has died, whatever.

Sorry for the late reply. This is the post that had the missing image. It was mentioned in the post too.
https://polycount.com/discussion/comment/2418513/#Comment_2418513

Eric Chadwick

If you examine the HTML source, copy the URL for a missing image, and feed it into the Wayback Machine, often it will spit out a backup!

For example

https://web.archive.org/web/20170228205138/http://radianceforge.com/img/port/xcom/x2_beserker.jpg

If that doesn't work, try contacting the author and asking nicely. That often works too.

This issue is why I prefer to upload directly to Polycount whenever possible (just drag and drop!). People rearrange their websites all the time, and that breaks old threads. But Polycount is dedicated to maintaining continuity.

mastert3318

Eric Chadwick said:

If you examine the HTML source, copy the URL for a missing image, and feed it into the Wayback Machine, often it will spit out a backup!

For example

https://web.archive.org/web/20170228205138/http://radianceforge.com/img/port/xcom/x2_beserker.jpg

If that doesn't work, try contacting the author and asking nicely. That often works too.

This issue is why I prefer to upload directly to Polycount whenever possible (just drag and drop!). People rearrange their websites all the time, and that breaks old threads. But Polycount is dedicated to maintaining continuity.

Thanks! That worked!