Fallout: Equestria PDFs

[Caneighdian Jake]

We are aware of the issue with the PDFs. I emailed Arcane_Scroll since the PDF corruption was likely caused from the server migration a few weeks ago. If he cannot fix the files on the backend, we will explore other options to get them back up.

The posted PDFs are, to the best of my knowledge, the same PDF/x files given to the printer. So once the files are fixed, they should print just fine.

Zemming, what version of PDF/x were the original PDFs saved as? I downloaded the "Volume 19.zip" file several weeks ago, before the current corruption of the file. When I use the preflight tool in Adobe Acrobat to verify whether "Volume 1 v16.3.pdf" is compliant with PDF/X-1a, PDF/X-3, PDF/X-4, PDF/X-4p, PDF/X-5g, and PDF/X-5pg, it fails all of them.

For the PDF/X-1a (2003) compliance test, I get the following errors:
OutputIntent for PDF/X missing
Document title empty/missing
PDF/X version key (GTS_PDFXVersion) missing
Trapped key not true or false
Compressed object streams used
Page does not have TrimBox or ArtBox
Object uses RGB
Transparency used (soft mask in image)
Font not embedded

[zemming]

Zemming, what version of PDF/x were the original PDFs saved as?

To the best of my knowledge they are the same PDFs that were supplied to the printer, which from my experience would indicate they are PDF/x-a1. But I was not involved in the first printing, so that's more conjecture than anything.

[GoldfishGam3r]

We are aware of the issue with the PDFs. I emailed Arcane_Scroll since the PDF corruption was likely caused from the server migration a few weeks ago. If he cannot fix the files on the backend, we will explore other options to get them back up.

The posted PDFs are, to the best of my knowledge, the same PDF/x files given to the printer. So once the files are fixed, they should print just fine.

I'm glad you are aware of the issue. Any idea when the files will be restored? I read the fanfic and loved it. Too bad I only became a brony this august and missed the printing. I would have loved to buy them, but since there are no more books on sale, I decided to print my own, because I like the fic so much. There's just something about having a real physical copy of a book that you don't get when reading on a digital device. Anyway, thanks for the attention.

[drgosan]

I have the old pdf files from when i printed my books if some one want i can upoad them on some sites

[zemming]

I'm glad you are aware of the issue. Any idea when the files will be restored?

It's not really in my hands right now. Once I hear back from Arcane, I'll know more.

I have the old pdf files from when i printed my books if some one want i can upoad them on some sites

I hope you read the agreement before downloading the files, and have enough respect for this project to heed them.

* These are for personal use only. Personal use qualifies as self binding your own books or using local resources for yourself.
* Personal use can also qualify as putting these onto a personal e-book reader.
* These are not to be re-uploaded. If someone is interested in them please point them to this thread.
* These are never to see the light of Lulu. We were only able to format in the first place under the agreement that lulu would never be involved with Fallout: Equestria.

The rules are few but strict. By downloading the PDFs you are agreeing to the terms. If anyone does not agree to these terms and do as they ask, we will take down the PDFs for a period of time. If this happens multiple times we may take them down permanently. So please, Listen to the terms.

[drgosan]

Okay wont upload them then and most have missed that part sorry for the miss

[Akarasiic]

All right, I see that the PDFs have been unattached in-order to fix the glitch
Just my luck too! I just got my internet back and I've been using my school's internet to download 'em only to find that the internet is WAY too slow to download it completely, so that's a real bummer for me.

[Nomad]

Site is not accepting me attaching these files to the first post, so I removed the old one in the meantime, my next post will hopefully contain the files. I forget what they were called though, sorry!

[anubicdarque]

Im looking forward to them. Thanks heaps for what you have been doing

[Caneighdian Jake]

Site is not accepting me attaching these files to the first post, so I removed the old one in the meantime, my next post will hopefully contain the files. I forget what they were called though, sorry!

Nomad, did you want to know what were the previous filenames? The zip file was "Version 19.zip" and the individual PDFs were labelled:
Volume 1 v16.3.pdf
Volume 2 v12.2.pdf
Volume 3 v13.4.pdf
Volume 4 v10.4.pdf
Volume 5 v11.4.pdf

Quick question, Nomad: The files that you are trying to post on the forum, are they the exact same files that were available before the corruption occurred or have you generated new PDFs from the original source material. I ask as I had problems getting the previous ones printed. Would you also happen to know what pdf format the files are in.

Thank you for taking the time to repost the Fallout Equestria pdfs; the story aside, the print version was wonderfully put together. I look forward to finally being able to get a physical version of the book.
P.S. Love your profile pic.