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Shaper
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written Wednesday, December 26 2007 16:14
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A couple more things to report. First, when trying to submit a scenario from the main submission page, whenever I select the scenario to release, it just takes me back to the page to select a scenario to release (I was able to release the scenario directly from the scenario node itself). Second, despite the fact that my scenario is released, it's still marked as unreleased in the scenario list. It doesn't appear when the released-only filter is running, and when I view both released and unreleased scenarios, Witch Hunt is still marked off by red. Also, a suggestion, so as not to put your site under siege of many variations of a similar graphic. Why not add an option that allows you to release multiple variations of the same graphic under the same node? -------------------- Hz'ii'zt a'iiencf coxnen a'bn'z'p pahuen yzpa'zuhb be'tt'phukh'kn az'ii'ova mxn't bhcizvi'fl? Nioca's Citadel - A resource for BoA graphics and scripts, as well as my scenarios. Posts: 2686 | Registered: Friday, September 8 2006 07:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Wednesday, December 26 2007 16:38
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quote:Huh? Is this addressed to me? What do you mean? Posts: 334 | Registered: Friday, September 14 2007 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Wednesday, December 26 2007 16:55
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The error message in your post. The one I already PM'd you about? ;) Nioca: I'll try to fix the scenario selection issue. The released-status thing is a problem with updating the field that I'll have to fiddle with. Finally, making the graphics support multiple sheets would be so unbelievably nasty in terms of spaghetti logic that I won't (tagging, etc.). Either a sheet is so closely related that you can upload it as a single image, or just make two separate graphics - the archive isn't showing signs of overpopulation. =) -------------------- The Noble and Ancient Order of Polaris - We're Not Yet Dead. Encyclopedia • Blades Forge • Archives • Stats • RSS (This Topic / Forum) • Blog • NaNoWriMo Did-chat thentagoespyet jumund fori is jus, hat onlime gly nertan ne gethen Firyoubbit 'obio.' Decorum deserves a whole line of my signature, and an entry in your bookmarks. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Wednesday, December 26 2007 17:16
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quote:Regarding this (including the PM), I understand. I would feel the same way. I have removed the path in the error message. Nioca: At least in some cases, the variation could just be added to the old node by uploading a replacement picture. I already added map graphics to a few of mine that way [ Wednesday, December 26, 2007 19:48: Message edited by: Celtic Minstrel ] Posts: 334 | Registered: Friday, September 14 2007 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Wednesday, December 26 2007 18:32
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Come to think of it, I could let graphics have a reference to related graphics. Scenarios already let you link to graphics and scripts used. -------------------- The Noble and Ancient Order of Polaris - We're Not Yet Dead. Encyclopedia • Blades Forge • Archives • Stats • RSS (This Topic / Forum) • Blog • NaNoWriMo Did-chat thentagoespyet jumund fori is jus, hat onlime gly nertan ne gethen Firyoubbit 'obio.' Decorum deserves a whole line of my signature, and an entry in your bookmarks. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Wednesday, December 26 2007 20:17
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Arancaytar, there's a not-so-small situation in the Graphics and Scenarios section. I'd post the error code, but just wander over to either and you'll figure it out soon enough. EDIT: That's what I get for waiting half-an-hour to post this. *shakes head sadly at self* [ Wednesday, December 26, 2007 20:19: Message edited by: Nioca ] -------------------- Hz'ii'zt a'iiencf coxnen a'bn'z'p pahuen yzpa'zuhb be'tt'phukh'kn az'ii'ova mxn't bhcizvi'fl? Nioca's Citadel - A resource for BoA graphics and scripts, as well as my scenarios. Posts: 2686 | Registered: Friday, September 8 2006 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Thursday, December 27 2007 03:21
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Here's the situation: The table that handles scenario releases is one of the tables managed by the Content Creation Kit module. CCK is stunning in the simplicity with which it allows creation of custom content types and fields, but also amazingly complex in the way it manipulates the database. For some reason, on the last unannounced "clean-up", triggered when I installed a new module, CCK decided that the content type "Scenario release" was corrupt, and deleted all references to it without warning. I spent a bit of time restoring various tables from backup (2007-12-25), but the corruption only got worse with some new tables and some old. I put the site in stasis to get some sleep, and when I looked at the problem with a rested brain this morning, I realized that at this stage the database was BORKED. So it has now been completely moved back to the state of two days ago; the last action was Nioca's creation of Across the Treshold. Backups will be made twice a day from now on, if that comforts you. :( -------------------- The Noble and Ancient Order of Polaris - We're Not Yet Dead. Encyclopedia • Blades Forge • Archives • Stats • RSS (This Topic / Forum) • Blog • NaNoWriMo Did-chat thentagoespyet jumund fori is jus, hat onlime gly nertan ne gethen Firyoubbit 'obio.' Decorum deserves a whole line of my signature, and an entry in your bookmarks. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Thursday, December 27 2007 05:14
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I can access the Bulk Graphics page again now, and it says there is one upload in the queue. Does this mean it will someday be processed? [ Thursday, December 27, 2007 05:19: Message edited by: Celtic Minstrel ] Posts: 334 | Registered: Friday, September 14 2007 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Thursday, December 27 2007 10:02
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The backup reverted everything, including my failed attempt to process the bulk. That means the bulk is listed once more. I've fixed the other problem and in the process also set up the testing site I should have made long ago. On this testing site, I can go nuts with developing the bulk uploader, so it's entirely possible that it will work soon. It could take up to a week, though. -------------------- The Noble and Ancient Order of Polaris - We're Not Yet Dead. Encyclopedia • Blades Forge • Archives • Stats • RSS (This Topic / Forum) • Blog • NaNoWriMo Did-chat thentagoespyet jumund fori is jus, hat onlime gly nertan ne gethen Firyoubbit 'obio.' Decorum deserves a whole line of my signature, and an entry in your bookmarks. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Thursday, December 27 2007 11:09
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The Blades Forge can't find its own home page. :D Seriously, the main page of the Blades Forge gives a page not found error. Everything else still works. -------------------- Hz'ii'zt a'iiencf coxnen a'bn'z'p pahuen yzpa'zuhb be'tt'phukh'kn az'ii'ova mxn't bhcizvi'fl? Nioca's Citadel - A resource for BoA graphics and scripts, as well as my scenarios. Posts: 2686 | Registered: Friday, September 8 2006 07:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Thursday, December 27 2007 11:54
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Oh, I thought the whole site was broken. Thanks! Posts: 334 | Registered: Friday, September 14 2007 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Thursday, December 27 2007 13:53
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And now it's fixed again. Strange. -------------------- Hz'ii'zt a'iiencf coxnen a'bn'z'p pahuen yzpa'zuhb be'tt'phukh'kn az'ii'ova mxn't bhcizvi'fl? Nioca's Citadel - A resource for BoA graphics and scripts, as well as my scenarios. Posts: 2686 | Registered: Friday, September 8 2006 07:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Sunday, December 30 2007 09:13
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The spidweb BBCode tag does not work at all. Posts: 334 | Registered: Friday, September 14 2007 07:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Tuesday, January 1 2008 08:19
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The Blades Forge is currently giving me what looks like BBCode instead of the actual main page. Posts: 334 | Registered: Friday, September 14 2007 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, January 1 2008 08:57
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You know, if the site suddenly does something it doesn't normally do, this is almost always because I am working on it at this very moment. The next time this happens, you can find out pretty much immediately by messaging me on AIM (RealArancaytar), while leaving this topic for actual bug reports. ;) -------------------- The Noble and Ancient Order of Polaris - We're Not Yet Dead. Encyclopedia • Blades Forge • Archives • Stats • RSS (This Topic / Forum) • Blog • NaNoWriMo Did-chat thentagoespyet jumund fori is jus, hat onlime gly nertan ne gethen Firyoubbit 'obio.' Decorum deserves a whole line of my signature, and an entry in your bookmarks. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Tuesday, January 1 2008 14:18
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The chat transcript you uploaded returns a age Not Found error when I try to look at the attachment. -------------------- Hz'ii'zt a'iiencf coxnen a'bn'z'p pahuen yzpa'zuhb be'tt'phukh'kn az'ii'ova mxn't bhcizvi'fl? Nioca's Citadel - A resource for BoA graphics and scripts, as well as my scenarios. Posts: 2686 | Registered: Friday, September 8 2006 07:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Tuesday, January 1 2008 19:52
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I'm sorry, but it seemed like a bug to me. In fact, it still seems like a bug. If the site goes down when you're working on it, you should probably create a message that explains the site is being worked on rather than the seemingly random code that popped up before. As for AIM, I don't have it. I don't do instant messaging. But next time (if there is a next time), perhaps I'll wait awhile to see if it's temporary. Posts: 334 | Registered: Friday, September 14 2007 07:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Wednesday, January 2 2008 19:06
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(Urgh, double post...) Okay... I have some templates in xcf (GIMP) format that would probably be useful, but there seems to be no good way to post them on the Blades Forge. They can't be posted as a graphic, because they are not an allowed format (and they probably shouldn't be, either); they could be posted as a scenario, except they're not really a scenario. I don't really know if there is a good solution to this. Ideally they would be available as psd as well as xcf. (Or, if I could find a way to save as a multi-layer TIFF, that would be even better. Unfortunately the GIMP does not support this. :( ) Ideas? Posts: 334 | Registered: Friday, September 14 2007 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Thursday, January 3 2008 01:12
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Policy question. They're not intended to be viewed in the browser, so I wouldn't necessarily class them with graphics. I could make an extra type for "miscellaneous resources". Or, since I established precedent with that chatlog, you could attach the xcf template to a news entry. I can add another category besides chatlogs - "Graphics templates" - that it could be placed into. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Thursday, January 3 2008 05:17
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So... which one do you think is the best choice? Should I submit a news entry or are you going to make some changes to the site? Edit: There is no appropriate category available for News Entries. Edit2: Oh... is the batch graphic feature officially cancelled? I uploaded a zip file, and if it's not going to be processed then I will upload the graphics individually. Edit3: I'm just going to upload them individually. If my zip file of graphic is still there, please delete it (or remove it from the queue, or whatever). [ Thursday, January 03, 2008 08:37: Message edited by: Celtic Minstrel ] Posts: 334 | Registered: Friday, September 14 2007 07:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Thursday, January 3 2008 18:05
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The graphic categories for Blades of Exile are Creature, Dialogue, Item, and Terrain. However, there are also talking graphics (which are often also called Dialogue graphics but are a different size). Should talking graphics be uploaded as Dialogue, or do you think you should add a category for them? Edit: Eek! I actually ran out of space for tags! (I wanted to set more than 15 tags for one graphic, and some of them were fairly long.) Is there a way to work around this? [ Thursday, January 03, 2008 18:18: Message edited by: Celtic Minstrel ] Posts: 334 | Registered: Friday, September 14 2007 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, January 4 2008 04:58
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- "Talking" added to BoE graphics categories. - "Graphic template" added to News entry categories. Just tag it incrementally. Enter tags, press "Add", enter more tags into the now empty field. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Friday, January 4 2008 07:41
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quote:I suppose I could change the extension to odt or something, since they are zip archives anyway, but that's not exactly a good solution, is it? Posts: 334 | Registered: Friday, September 14 2007 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Sunday, January 6 2008 18:04
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It's been a busy weekend, but I've managed to fix things up. Slight change of plans: To avoid confusion, please use the newly created "Resource" type for anything that isn't actually News. Allowed extensions now include zip and several more. Edit: Also, since I hadn't mentioned it here yet: http://blades.ermarian.net/lyceum/csr Updates once a day. [ Sunday, January 06, 2008 18:07: Message edited by: Arancaytar ] -------------------- The Noble and Ancient Order of Polaris - We're Not Yet Dead. Encyclopedia • Blades Forge • Archives • Stats • RSS (This Topic / Forum) • Blog • NaNoWriMo Did-chat thentagoespyet jumund fori is jus, hat onlime gly nertan ne gethen Firyoubbit 'obio.' Decorum deserves a whole line of my signature, and an entry in your bookmarks. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Monday, January 7 2008 03:54
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Okay then. :) And I'd already noticed the Lyceum section. But I guess some people may not have. Edit: You know, I can understand why the most recent thumbnail was scaled down, but I don't get why some of the other thumbnails of my graphics were scale up. :/ [ Monday, January 07, 2008 04:27: Message edited by: Celtic Minstrel ] Posts: 334 | Registered: Friday, September 14 2007 07:00 |