[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by SilentShadow123

Hello, I'm sorry to bother you, but can I ask whether my questions were purposefully left unanswered? Did I say something wrong? If so, please let me know, and I'll avoid this in the future.

I have answered variations of these questions so many times I honestly just don't have the energy every time they come up again. Sometimes other users will chime it, but I guess they're tired, too.

But since you insist:

Originally Posted by SilentShadow123

1. So you are saying that I have to use Browser Cache now that using archiveofourown.gay won't let me download restricted works?

I offered that as a possible solution, yes.

Sadly, there isn't a perfect turn-key solution for FFF to download from AO3 anymore. Some options work for some users but not others. I blame AI companies mass harvesting the entire web that forces sites to defend themselves from automated access--which is what FFF is.

Even if you can't get FFF to download AO3 at all, there's still AO3's own Download > EPUB feature.

Originally Posted by SilentShadow123

2. In trying to use the Browser Cache Method, I don't understand "While using Browser Cache Feature with AO3, you should comment out always_login and username under [archiveofourown.org] in personal.ini." I don't have a section for [archiveofourown.org] in my personal.ini or either of these.

Then you don't need to comment them out.

Originally Posted by SilentShadow123

3. Where would I place "open_pages_in_browser:true" in my personal.ini? Is it required for downloading restricted works, or just adult works?

Editing personal.ini sometimes requires adding sections. To quote from an earlier post:

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

Using browser cache instead still works for me:

[archiveofourown.org]
use_browser_cache:true
use_browser_cache_only:true
open_pages_in_browser:true

Originally Posted by SilentShadow123

4. Is the Browser Cache Method the same as what we do for Fanfiction.net? The method where we open up each page of a fanfiction to collect the cache?

Mostly, yes. But it's easier to use open_pages_in_browser:true instead of manually clicking through chapters because FFF's AO3 code adds a parameter when is_adult:true.