Getting Started Guide
From Redump Wiki
The purpose of this page is to give you a brief overview about the process for contributing to redump and assisting the project!
More details can be found in the various sections of the wiki and on the forum, but the general process for contributing is as follows:
Getting Started
1. Request a redump account on the forum.
- First, please read this thread, then make a post on the forum requesting an account. Please provide a brief reason for your request and how you plan on contributing.
- Once your account is approved, you'll be granted access to more sections of the forum, and you can start contributing!
2. Review the wiki and particularly the Dumping Guides which cover a lot and answer most questions about contributions.
- If you still have questions, you can reach out on the forum or in the VGPC (Video Game Preservation Collective) Discord.
3. Submit your first disc via a thread on the forum.
- New Dumps is for discs where your hashes do not match any single entry in the redump database.
- Verifications is for discs where your hashes match an existing entry in the redump database (even if your disc is a new region or variant).
- IMPORTANT: Please review this thread for guidance on submissions.
After your first submissions(s) are accepted, you'll eventually get upgraded to 'Dumper' status.
- From this point forward, any "New Dumps" you have (again, where hashes don't match an existing entry) will now go on the New Disc Form. You can access the New Disc Form by going to the main site, hovering over "Discs," and clicking on "New disc."
- You will now submit "New Dumps" through this form, as explained in the forum thread under Step 3.
- IMPORTANT: Verifications will always go on the forum, via threads in the Verifications section.
As you are getting started, please take your time with your early submissions. Many questions can be answered by reviewing the wiki and the submission guides / threads referenced above. However, if you still need more assistance, please reach out for help either in the General discussion area of the forum, or in the VGPC Discord. There are plenty of people willing to assist you!
