About Missing Archive Links on Membership Tab (Mostly affecting Tier1) (Patreon)

Ok, enough of you have been messaging me about missing archive links, that this "PSA" has become necessary. Since this is a Patreon side issue, here are some suggestions going forward.

1. (VERY IMPORTANT) Write Patreon about this.  I've written them several times, and multiple people have been affected by this, but because of pirates, this is still the best option I have for getting the content to you guys.

2. Wait til the end of the cycle to change your pledge.  I know it can be hard to remember sometimes, but things like setting a digital reminder or calendar alert could help.  Unfortunately, this affects the website as well.  You should only have to link your account to the site once, but when visit it, to connects to Patreon to verify your active Patron status.  If you have proper access but change to a lower tier early Patron will tell the site, just like it's telling your browser, that you don't have access.

3. Save the password BEFORE you change your pledge.  Carry on the way you were planning on, just make sure you get what you need before Patreon decides to play roulette with your access.

If you lose access BEFORE you have a chance to implement one of these or find this post after you realize access is gone, then reach out to me directly and we'll get things sorted out to make sure you receive your full benefit.

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The main takeaway here is this is not a problem that should be happening, nor is it something we should be having to find workarounds for in the first place.  If the website worked as intended, then you would all be seeing the information as it was set up to be displayed.  So the 2 most important things to remember are, to write to Patreon about this if you want to help me permanently resolve this specific issue because it can be fixed if they do something about it and if you find yourself in this situation, send me a message and it'll get fixed, usually really quick.

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P.S. - For those of you affected by this, I apologize for the inconvenience, but I can assure you things were not set up this way on a whelm.  In the roughly 8 years I've been at this, I've tried at least half a dozen different content delivery methods, not counting all the different cloud services, and of the available methods, this is the most balanced between being secure and still easy to access.  Some alternatives being website-only access and discord-only access.  Though both require you to leave the platform you're already on and Discord isn't as secure anymore.  You might not think piracy is a big enough deal to implement changes like this for legit supporters, but I let it go for YEARS, fighting in a way that was virtually invisible to patrons, and still for every legit patron download there was at LEAST 20x or more pirated ones.  That affects download availability via bandwidth limits and constraints on funding for future projects which means slower releases at lower quality.  So, while you might not have seen it, you were definitely affected by it.

The current membership tab method is an idea I got from another creator, so if you guys see someone else using a method that is more streamlined and equally or more secure, shoot me a dm and let me know.  I'm always on the lookout for ways to make this as easy as possible for you guys.