Trouble downloading *anything* so far...

[Tetsujin1x]

Hi there,

Noob to HS just trying to get started so I can do some tinkering. I believe I've read all the necessary rules and done all of the precursor steps (did a search for my problem, etc.) so hopefully I haven't missed anything obvious. Apologies in advance:

I have been trying to download HS 1.5.1. full package. I'm using up-to-date Win10 and Firefox. Temporarily disabled Windows Defender realtime protection and Firefox block for "dangerous downloads."  The download still failed after a few moments.

I also tried to download the no-nag Mame .233 (which shouldn't trip antivirus if I understand it correctly?) and got the same result.

I saw that the whole site was down for upgrades yesterday, is that something that is affecting downloads?

[Spawk]

I just DL'd 1.5.1 using Chrome with no problem, try any other browser.

[Tetsujin1x]

Hi Spawk!  Sure enough, that seems to be taking care of the problem. I switched over to Chrome and it is downloading, albeit slowly (~350-400kB/s), though I assume that's due to my plebian member status. 😅

Thanks for the solution... looking forward to playing around with this in conjunction with RocketLauncher, HyperMarquee etc.  I've been needing a new project.

Hopefully I can keep further dumb questions to a minimum! (Doesn't look like there's much hope if I can't figure out to just switch browsers on my own. Don't get old, kids.)  Eh, I'll hit the tutorials, etc. Down the rabbit hole we go...

[Spawk]

No I noticed the download was slow as well, maybe need to iron out some wrinkles with the site changes.

Hey, don't hesitate to ask questions. I am no expert but I have re-done my own setup a few times over the last decade. Glad to help wherever I can.