Site suggestions/bugs

Leperous said:
? I haven't changed anything in the maps section for yonks...

so, have i got something set improperly then, cause the maps page is borked, well not borked, but not as easy to get to the last page as the other sections are..

By maps section, I'm guessing orph means the maps forum, as opposed to
the maps section of the website. The "problem" is because of the
chapters system - rather than list pages in the topic titles it lists
the chapters. To jump to straight to the newest unread posts of a
thread Orph, you can just click on the snark next to the topic name in
the list.

ReNo said:
By maps section, I'm guessing orph means the maps forum, as opposed to the maps section of the website. The "problem" is because of the chapters system - rather than list pages in the topic titles it lists the chapters. To jump to straight to the newest unread posts of a thread Orph, you can just click on the snark next to the topic name in the list.

^^points up^^

yeah, what he said.. my complaint though, will it go to the newest or the most recent reno.. sometimes i am gone a week at a time, i may need to be on page 2 when the newest is on page 5

Orpheus said:

ReNo said:
By maps section, I'm guessing orph means the maps forum, as opposed to the maps section of the website. The "problem" is because of the chapters system - rather than list pages in the topic titles it lists the chapters. To jump to straight to the newest unread posts of a thread Orph, you can just click on the snark next to the topic name in the list.

^<SUP>points</SUP> up^^

yeah, what he said.. my complaint though, will it go to the newest or the most recent reno.. sometimes i am gone a week at a time, i may need to be on page 2 when the newest is on page 5

click on the page number, mr. lazy :razz:

blue, you are trying my patience, please shut up for a while :/

I was aboot to say something similar to that (Blueballs = fool), but it seems you beat me to it. :biggrin:

I think it goes to the newest post that you haven't read - therefore if
you left a thread at post number 23, and it had reached 56 on your
return, clicking on the snark would take you to 24. This of course
relies on your cookies having been stored right, if there were a
problem I think it just takes you to the newest post in the thread.

ReNo said:
I think it goes to the newest post that you haven't read - therefore if you left a thread at post number 23, and it had reached 56 on your return, clicking on the snark would take you to 24. This of course relies on your cookies having been stored right, if there were a problem I think it just takes you to the newest post in the thread.

ahh, see... now thats the response i was after, sorta anyways..

see, this is how it looks from my perspective, if you have not seen a thread post yet, the page number is big/fat looking, i know where to click, so.. i don't have to sift thru umpteen pages, i just click on the last fat number.. if the snark is accurate, then i have no complaints..

fiz, i wasn't picking on blue.. yet. but he was attempting to acquire my wrath, in this particular place (meaning site suggestions) if you joke, lep ignores the reply and i do NOT want mine overlooked, so we tend to not joke much here.. i do not post site suggestions lightly..!!

An option if you want to vote or not in you own poll would be useful.

http://www.snarkpit.com/forums.php?forum=1&topic=2172&4

I think models, texture packs, prefabs, and any other resources should
be treated the way maps are in a user's profile, particularly with
static meshes (or props or whatever you like to call them) becoming so
prominent in today's engines.

I'm thinking about that for Half-Life 2, though it remains to be seen how I'm going to organise it. Perhaps with those spinkee gmail-style div/iframe login thingies...

from the bits and bobs i have gathered, making the meshes for HL2 will be some task.. we might have to set them above mapping a bit in accolades.. it would be nice however, to honor the hard work in some way.. i personally would love to see more of the inane objects in maps from now on.. fire hydrants,phone booths, and mail boxes were sorely missed in HL1.

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minor issue, noticed it in my CP - I presume it's down to a dodgy
calculation/dodgy code for calculation. Either way it looks a bit odd,
only a minor thing.

I have a suggestion rather then a bug, but I think it'd be really helpful.

In the Help Forum:
What if when the person is creating the thread they have to select a category the problem falls under:

Hammer Errors (Hammer icon as the thread icon):
Errors with the hammer editor, such as: "I cannot get hammer configured properly"

Game Errors (HL or Steam icon as thread icon [steam would probably be more fitting, since its not a hldm map]):
General runtime errors with HL, Steam, or whatever. This includes "random" crashes and whatnot.

Wad Errors:
Cannot find wad errors or "how do I make textures in wally" type crap.

Compile Errors:
general compile errors and questions. This option should REQUIRE the person's full compile log. The log could be linked to from a text icon on the upper right hand corner

General (snark icon):
general computer problems and crap.

Now, for wad and compile errors some icon would be needed, so you could tell what the topic of the error is before you click on the thread.

Each option has several mandatory settings.

for example, the text file of the persons compile log would be required in a compile error thread.

Under general, hammer, and game errors can have an optional image upload of a screen shot showing the error.

I just think those changes or ones close to them would help A LOT.

Good idea- was going to categorise help like that, but some good extra ideas there :smile: I've come to realise the search function here isn't terribly good- PHP's fault- so hopefully it will help... when I can get back on the FTP...

i would give almost anything if the reply box retained the text you put into it..

once again, i lost a very long post, this time cause my new mouse has a back button that when clicked goes to the last page you saw.. yup i accidentally clicked it

PFL uses a similar code to this site, you can go forward or back several pages and retain all your text.. /me wonders whats the diff

Lep isn't using cookies to store your text box information.

every once in a while, lep slides in something new.. the "question mark" that forms over words in the tut section is a nice addition.. kudos to whomever thought that one up

Browsers will often store what you type into 'normal' forms, but I don't know of any way to make it work with the system here... unless I make a 'save' button... hmmmMmm :smile:

is there any way to view the source pages at PFL and see how unseth did it?

he uses much of the same BBcodes as you, so i assume its a similar program he used to create PFL's pages..

honestly speaking, when i lose a page worth of text, its accidental, remembering to hit a "save" button, prolly wouldn't help someone as stupid as i am :sad:

Well, not if they wrote it in PHP *cough*serversidescriptinglanguage*cough*

I think there are other ways ... but, yeah it will save it if you click on something then go back to the page.

But, Orph, did you click back then forward? or did you hit back and then click a link?

A save button would be the smartest way to do it, unless you really felt like doing a cookie save every so often time iteration (which is laggy and slow and will make everyone hate you) or you could do it on load/unload type crap.

Also, Orph, try writing out all your replies in a text editor first, I mean, then you wouldn't lose your post ... and you could make sure all your 'i's were capitals ...

I second Cronos editing help suggestions, that place needs a massive overhaul.

also, we need to meter out harsher punishments for raging forum "n00bism" !

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You could have something like 'n00bstrikez'. Which effect the snarkmark number. If you get a negative snark number your account is deleted ...

Or is that too harsh?

You could have something like 'n00bstrikez'. Which effect the
snarkmark number. If you get a negative snark number your account is
deleted ...

Or is that too harsh?

Some people prefer just to host map pictures and get feedback, and stay
out of the community forums, so that may be a tad harsh. Although
something similar could help. I've had this account for about a year
and 4 months, only really started using it now.

Yeah, but, if they're being a moron on the forums and such, then wouldn't you say they're openly jumping into the community forums?

I'm not talking about asking already answered questions.
I'm talking about things like misconduct on the forums.

Crono said:
But, Orph, did you click back then forward? or did you hit back and then click a link?

i have a 5 button optical mouse, the extra 2 buttons make pages go forward and back, depending on which you press.. i grabbed the mouse sleepy handed, and it went back.. when you consider that there is no forward page from the text box area till after you press submit, you comment had me giggling :smile:

and, most times i do save my text "ctrl A and ctrl C" but as i said, this time it was my mouse.. still i can back up or even go forward on PFL's version, several pages and when i return the text is still there.

all i am wondering is, how? and can it be implemented here is all..

could i utilize a save button?.. you bet. would i remember to? prolly not :sad:

and, i like lower case, the only time i use caps for the most part, is when the spell checker does it..

If you're on a page and you fill in form information then stroll through your history (that's what you're doing when you hit back and forward) the information will still be there.

That's most likely what PFL has, unless you click a link and go back and the information is just filled in.

I know you have a 5 button mouse, I gathered that when you said you hit the mouse back button.

And you can go forward in your history if you've gone back, as you said you did.

I imagine you just click a link to get back to the thread. Because if you went through your history the text would be there.

Give it a try. type some characters in the text box at the bottom. hit back, then hit forward. The text will still be there.

blah said:
dfsdf

As can be seen above, the quote tag is malfunctioning

Leperous said:
Not any more they're not, hooray!

Even double quotes still work

They're spinkee new CSS quote boxes, though you have to triple click to edit them... :/

I would suggest, since the mapping contests are over for half-life, adding an automated half-life mapping contest.
Basically, set up a program that would innitiallize a contest once or twice every year on a given date. It would start by issueing a poll on what the point of the contest should be (Which mod then what theme). then after the polls ended on a given date, another automated service would activate for map submission, bassically receiving and posting them as contestants. Finnally, at another given date, entrance will close, and an automated polling service would start. By the end of the contest, the map with the most votes would be declaed the winner, the designer gets a trophy image added to his profile and another award gets added to his maps profile. Perhaps have the automated system do the same thing with second and third place, but with different award images.

I had thought of this thing for a long time, but with my current lack of programming skills, I would never be able to pull this off.

If you don't like the idea because Half-Life 2's release is so close, at least get it set up so that it is automatically held once a year, and keep it running till the Origanal Half-Life hype has ended.

I hope you take this into consideration.

You should learn, and what better place to start then with PHP. It follows the syntax most other languages use and you can see pretty instant results (by uploading the page to a php server though).

Aren't you technically telling Lep to make himself some contest functions?

When I click the "poll" button, all I can do is start a normal thread. Have polls been disabled for a reason ?

Sorry; they're working now. Changed the font a little bit to look a bit nicer, too.

This is minor.

But, if you have a post written and log out (or suddenly aren't logged in on the backend). The error message which puts what you wrote removes all the new lines ... so if you log in and it posts a non newlined post. Go arrays.

The word filter doesn't go through poll options. I personaly had the occasion to check that out with a big F word in my last poll... :sad:

For the PM Inbox interface, might be useful to have a button "Mark all
automated messages"; but then again, there's only room for what, 50?
Worth the trouble or screen estate?

goes back to corner

Campaignjunkie said:
For the PM Inbox interface, might be useful to have a button "Mark all automated messages"; but then again, there's only room for what, 50? Worth the trouble or screen estate?

goes back to corner

click the box above the line of boxes, it marks all of them

an obscure request..

i cannot type and look at my screen, yeah i'm a big dummy.. but every so often i notice i accidentally hit caplocks and a big portion of my reply is now caps..

is it possible to incorporate a system, that when a portion of your reply is caps \you can highlight it and switch it to lower case?? as in changing colors and fonts and italics??

i know it sounds stupid, but it burns my butt to look up and see several sentances in caps :sad:

Nope, can't do, sorry :razz:

Leperous said:
Nope, can't do, sorry :razz:

k thanx.. can't win them all.. it just sucks being so dumb sometimes :sad:

You might want to try this editor. It has a feature that converts any selected text to lowercase and viceversa. It has a lot of very cool other features too including syntax highlighting for almost ANY language (incl HTML, ASM and so on), you can assign special macros to your F9 - F12 keys for various filetypes and so on... Plus it's pretty small.

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I'm also using Context ... I never wanted more :smile:

Seems like a good little editor actually, thanks for pointing that out :smile: Wouldn't mind if it could point out my PHP syntax errors though!

Orpheus said:
an obscure request..

i cannot type and look at my screen, yeah i'm a big dummy.. but every so often i notice i accidentally hit caplocks and a big portion of my reply is now caps..

is it possible to incorporate a system, that when a portion of your reply is caps \you can highlight it and switch it to lower case?? as in changing colors and fonts and italics??

i know it sounds stupid, but it burns my butt to look up and see several sentances in caps :sad:

You can in VI. Page up changes case.

I mean yes, you can surely do what you're asking with PHP, but ... there's really no reason. tolower/toupper is fairly simple to use.

You might want to try this editor. It has a feature that converts any selected text to lowercase and viceversa. It has a lot of very cool other features too including syntax highlighting for almost ANY language (incl HTML, ASM and so on), you can assign special macros to your F9 - F12 keys for various filetypes and so on... Plus it's pretty small.

Which flavor of assmebly do you have to use? There is no standard for assembly language, thus there are different syntax standards for different versions (NASM, MASM, TASM)

Macs assembly language doesn't even use "mov" to move stuff is uses like ... bsd or something that starts with a 'b', which makes no sense.

Crono said:
Which flavor of assmebly do you have to use? There is no standard for assembly language, thus there are different syntax standards for different versions (NASM, MASM, TASM)

Macs assembly language doesn't even use "mov" to move stuff is uses like ... bsd or something that starts with a 'b', which makes no sense.

Hmm I should've been more specific. ConTEXT supports 80x86 assembly syntax. We're required to use MASM (with a 16bit linker) and it seems to be compatible with most instructions and directives so far.

Ah. Yeah, that is what most people use, that and TASM.

Side Note:
The one thing I don't like about MASM/TASM is that you start the program at the end ... I really like NASM, to be honest. I just don't like the displaying options, I've never really read into it, it seems that you load certain strings into the programmer registers and they somehow get stored in file ... I'll have to read up on it.

small bug..

situation: you log in, you take to long to reply, you time out..

you get the message you need to log in first, but the link.. leads to no place.

however, if you back up a couple pages, and use the link there, it works..

by then, you have lost your post.. :sad:

How about a thing next to the replys bit which says views?

what?

Number of replies, and number of views I think $loth means - IMO tis pointless, and I have a vague feeling we had it before.

Needless to say, views to a topic aren't important, in my eyes. Stupid/boring/needless topics will be ignored either way..