Note: This will be the official RHDN policy thread. Only modifications and clarifications of policy will be permitted in this thread; discussions and disagreements with policy should be taken up with RHDN staff via PMs; if a public discussion is warranted, they will start a thread.
UtilitiesUtilities not carried by RHDN:- Game specific SRAM or savestate editors are classified as cheat utilities with the primary purpose of aiding in game cheating/enhancing which is beyond the scope of RHDN. Documentation on SRAM or savestate hacking is preferred and more educational for our visitors.
- Password Generators may also be classified as cheat utilities and out of scope unless they contain ROM hacking related information such source code with engine details, or documentation such as this example entry.
Translations 0-Day (Zero-day) translations- RHDN does not condone translations of products that have only recently been released and have been either announced as coming to the United States or can reasonably be expected to receive such an announcement.
- Especially if it falls under any one of these points, we do not want it here:
- Compete with developers.
- Need to have the latest pirated release coming out this month.
- Are too impatient to wait for official releases, annoying us here and encouraging piracy on RHDN.
- Trying to peddle and distribute their ROM releases here.
- Need 0-day project attention.
Consoles- For current generation platforms including Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii, Playstation 3, PSP, and Xbox 360; only news, documents, and utilities may be submitted. No hacks or translations are permitted at this time.
- If you have material for a platform that is a.) not available to select in site drop down boxes and b.) does not fall into the above current generation restrictions, please contact staff alerting them of the material you'd like to add along with the platform option that is not currently provided.
Deletions Deletion Requests- In the event a third party, in good faith, submitted your work without consent, you may request deletion via the Contact Staff Form. First party submissions imply permission to archive said work permanently and deletion requests without critical reasoning will be denied. The term 'deletion' guarantees file removal only. Entry information is considered RHDN public content and not included in removal.
File SubmissionsFile TypesThe following file types are currently accepted by the upload form:
- Multi-Platform Compression:
- Windows:
- Mac OSX:
- Document/Readme Formats:
- Image Formats:
- GIF
- PNG
- JPG
- JPEG
- Image Resolution
- Natural console resolution is requested but currently not enforced by rule.
Hack Submission CriteriaRHDN has taken a quality over quantity approach for its hacks section. The rules are fairly simple:
- Hacks must be complete. No 'demos.'
- I.e. no incomplete sprite hacks (only editing the main character or half of the background textures)
- The same applies to N64 texture hacks.
- The one major exception: Font Edits are currently allowed.
- Single hack exceptions can be made by community vote. Please contact a staff member who will bring it up for discussion.
- Please see the Hack Submission Page for full details.
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