Site suggestions/bugs

I'd suggest changing map ratings from 1-5 to 1-10, as it will help differentiate maps and give reviewers more options. 4/5 could mean 7/10, 8/10, or 9/10 depending on different factors.

We went over this before and I think Lep was pretty set on his 1-5
thing. Presonally I think we should do 1-5 with decimals so everyone is
satisfied. The problem with such broad score ranges is who can say what
sets a 2.5 map apart from a 2.6 map.

But Lep's reviews use a 1-10 scale?

There are some times when I feel a map doesn't deserve a 5/5, but is better than a 4/5. I'd prefer to give a 4.5, but that's just a 1/10 scale. I'd say 5 is too general while 100 is too specific.

Makes sense to me I guess, so changed. Though all tutorials/maps haven't had their scores doubled to match yet, but if you click on one it'll recalculate the score and correct it on the listings.

Well, it has an effect on SnarkMarks too ... mine doubled ... with all the tutorials ... :smile:

Wooohoo, UBER snarkmark increase :biggrin: I definately think a 1-10 scale is better too, good call.

How about incorporating the table row highlighting used in the forums / memberlist on the competition voting page? As there are a lot of identical cells its not immediately obvious which row you are on when selecting.

Perhaps a delete your post option... I keep finding (Especially in the HL editting forum) that I make a reply, and forget to do something that I can't change after I reply.

OR, if you've already discussed deleting topics as being a no, then making it so editting a reply in the HL Editting forums gives you the options to change it from a comment to a suggested answer

It already does, unless it has been accepted or rejected.

Would be handy for the occasional double-post problem on slower connections ...

You used to be able to delete them within about 5 minutes of posting. It disappeared during the last forum switch I believe.

You used to be able to delete them within about 5 minutes of
posting. It disappeared during the last forum switch I believe.

When quoting people their name doesn't show up anymore. This could be intentional though.

It never used to, unless you used the rich-text editor, in which case it still does.

Leperous said:
It never used to, unless you used the rich-text editor, in which case it still does.

Works for me.

"SnarkPower made this page in 126.72 seconds"

Dunno if its my computer just being slow on the site or not, but on other sites I can load things almost instantly.

i noticed the same thing when it took 30+ min just to load the homepage

The Snarkpit does take an insane amount of time to load on some occasions, and on others it is simply inaccessible. Comes with the hosts I guess :sad:

It also seems to take a lot longer when you are compiling, but I find that not to be the case with the other forums I go to (Although they are phpBB2)

Hmm, I'd imagine that to be pure conincidence, but what do I know about webpages!

Lep, it could be nice to give users the option of marking a thread as updated after a post having been edited, unless like me you think double posts are acceptable given a substantial gap between them.

the "go back" link when being redirected after uploading an invalid
avatar doesnt work, well, doesnt work in my firefox 0.9 at least.

I can't seem to set Classic as my faveorite map (in my profile). Hell, I can't seem to set ANY map as my faveorite map :sad:

Maybe the map has to be completed first?

I have flatshaded set as my favourite (though it probably isn't), and its only marked as 90% complete, so it can't be that...

same as my 43% completed G-Man map, its set as my favourite

Error 509

Owner exceded bandwith

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that f**king message keep me out for like 2 weeks

6 days man, you people have no track of time... Then again niether do I, I just was the first person on the site after the downage and I saw the last post was made 6 days before.

A bug on my control panel page

'and written 0 tutorials (average 010)'

This ones a bit nuts: try changing the mode of your reply from
'comment' to 'answer' on a thread on the editing board, it closes the
drop down menu before you can decide, damn it! (This is using quick reply)

Thats a firefox/java issue afaik, matt - you cant change font colour/size/font etc - drop down lists seem to fug up big style

solutions without a fix

a) use the cursor keys + enter

b) use IE

c) use the new reply option instead of quick replies.

Thats a firefox/java issue afaik, matt - you cant change font
colour/size/font etc - drop down lists seem to fug up big style

solutions without a fix

a) use the cursor keys + enter

b) use IE

c) use the new reply option instead of quick replies.

Ok, I've just started using FF anyway

You could try using a non-beta version of Mozilla as well ... FireFox isn't the only browser out there besides IE.

[NOTE: I strongly suggest not using IE at the moment, there's too many people exploiting too many of its 'holes'.

I have found a small bug ... when you click the 'view my picture' link
in someone's profile, the new window still says: "map screenshot".

It's no biggy, but it's a small bug anyway.

(love my pic, btw :razz: )

Heh Though put pictures of him and Swamp Thing next to each other- is the resemblance coincidence, or is there something sinister we should be told?!

The site claims I've already rated Crono's Batch Compiler tutorial when
I try to leave a rating and comment, but I haven't as far as I'm aware.

Lol ... thank you so much. :biggrin:

The site claims I've already rated Crono's Batch Compiler tutorial when
I try to leave a rating and comment, but I haven't as far as I'm aware.

Seems to have been overlooked...

Since when did I have a batch file compiler tutorial ... Did you put cameras in my room?? Because I'm writing and online compiler and a tutorial to automate everything ... glares at reno and his espionage

You probably mean Tracers tutorial ... right?

Ah that'll be right :smile: Your avatar's look so similar at a glance that I often forget which of you did what :biggrin:

YES! Free Psychological Pimpage!

So ... do you ever confuse me for him? Or is it just him for me?

Its kinda interchangable - I'll often forget which of you said what in
a thread and need to re-check before making a fool of myself and
replying to or referencing the wrong person (such as in this scenario).

Hmm.. Maybe I should find a colored version of ol Tracer to use as my avatar.

well I have a colored version of my image ... but it just isn't the same ... But never fear I wont start a gay poll thread on whether I should change it or not ...

Whatever I do, It will have to be an equally unique one. I bet I have the only avatar on the forums that has a child smoking a cigarette.

Edit:

I trust there will be no further confusion :biggrin:

How about making it so if somebody makes a post with a bitmap in the [ img] tags, it says 'jpeg it, foo', and doesn't insert the image? All that allowing bitmaps acheives is to start pointless mini-flames about how people should use the right format...

What about adding some kind of comment function to news, both the front page news and the personal news? Like comments on maps.

lol @ the Forceflow pics

I might have discovered a little bug or something. The Basic theme for
the site doesn't seem to work, "Invalid theme selected". The theme
isn't marked with a * therefor it should be working. This is just a
small one, just thought that I could report it anyway. :smile:

Jeff, better yet their image should be replaced with an image made specifically for that situation ... something like:

mentioned before? perhaps..

in the maps section, you can no longer chose which page to go to from the front area, by design or accident, its annoying to look at a page thinking there is only one and find out there are actually many.

? I haven't changed anything in the maps section for yonks... But thanks for the image Crono, that's been implemented.

And I don't see a point in news comments, moddb does it and it's just a place to go if you haven't read the word 'lol' enough today...