Site suggestions/bugs

Leperous said:
why not read about the map too first and not be lazy :razz:

Pictures do say more than words :wink:

Fixed, good to see you again sir.

Kage- why can't you edit it, what does it say?

Nothing, it just doesn't change the post at all.

picture on this page is acting as if it were a link... to no place..

error perhaps?

something is going wrong when the bbcode gets converted to html it seems links seem to be doing it as well

Ok, I see the problem, you're clicking on the "click here if you can't see the box" link- you can set it to automatically use 'old style' posting via the preferences page here.

/me brings up old suggestion again, with new twist.

name suggestive to how long you have been a member by designation of color for each year..

at a glance, people would know what year, or how long you been here.

also.. there really should be a place between admin and new members other than "level 1"

So... you don't want to discriminate between people on their post count, but you do on the year of registration? How strange :heee:

Leperous said:
So... you don't want to discriminate between people on their post count, but you do on the year of registration? How strange :heee:

my post count, not anyone else's.. and only for self preservation purposes. i get into trouble often enuff without adding post count insults into the mix.

and yes, i know you are funning me bud, being able to hide post count totals would be a nice forum addition :wink:

I can't delete anything in my pit. I have deleted a number of files,
and while according to my control panel they are not there, once I type
in the item's URL it loads up. I have deleted my cache and history, and
it still happens. I can still upload new items, but I cannot delete
them.

What files do you want deleted? There are a bunch there that I can't CHMOD to let you deleted so I'll have to do it manually :/

all the html files.

Leperous said:
What files do you want deleted? There are a bunch there that I can't CHMOD to let you deleted so I'll have to do it manually :/

lep about 1/3rd of my pit i cannot delete either.. i have noticed though that some/most of the time its files/folders with a space in the name.. is this relevant?

also, what exactly are the criteria for storing files in the pits so we can delete them ourselves without bothering you about it??

PM me with what you want deleting; some old files might not be deletable by you but everything new should be fine.

K, will make a listing.. thanx bud :smile:

I noticed a few of the reviews are listed under the wrong authors - for
instance my review of "Blind Apathy" and "Rustmill" are listed as being
done by Gwil, and the reviews of my maps "Echo" and "Forsaken" are also
listed as Gwil when I believe it was Wild Card who wrote them.

Shhhh! :razz:

Yeah, I definately didn't do Rustmill and Blind_Apathy, not sure about Forsaken or Echo though.

Change away, teh Lep man!

Oh well, if you DID write the reviews of my maps, you made a mistake in thinking Echo was released after Forsaken :razz:

Fixed, I think :smile:

Having read the reviews in question, I can say they arent mine - definately.. so good job :razz:

Testing something...

edit- Hmm, last post I made brought me to the first page of the thread. Ddin't happen here though, nm.

Alien_Sniper said:
Testing something...

edit- Hmm, last post I made brought me to the first page of the thread. Ddin't happen here though, nm.

has happened to me, about 50% of todays posts :sad:

i have also noticed, the new "thread within a thread" wont allow you to go to any page but #1 till you get inside the thread..

The text options don't work for me. They work fine in the reply boxes but any effects are lost after I hit submit. (Firefox .9)

edit: Appears they just don't work in the quick reply box. :smile:

The first two are related problems, I'm trying to fix it. And I don't see how text options don't work for you in quick reply- the exact same code is being loaded for the reply page! Might be some page Java or something, I'll look into it. Never noticed any problems myself with Firefox though.

<DIV align=right>If i click on the dropdowns for font/size/colour then move the mouse over them they dissapear but i can select them with the arrow keys (in quick reply that is)
Also clicking the URL button () does nothing im using Firefox
(i never noticed the alignment buttons if you're wondering why this is right-aligned :razz: )
[size=13]Also the colum spacing on posts goes strange sometimes depending on the size of the avatar

[/size]</DIV>

Right, all these problems should be fixed! Though I don't have a clue what's going on with the Mozilla quick-reply-formatting boxes not letting you click on anything, I think it's a browser bug related to the show/hide quick reply thingy.

I think Orpheus has broke up SnarkPower:
http://www.snarkpit.com/users.php?name=Orpheus

Er, no, I think he's deleted all his maps, along with his pit, soooo I would hazard a guess and say he's left us... (again)

geez Lep, if you'd just let him have his way... :biggrin:

I have a suggestion. I think there should be a way for multiple users to have the same map in their profile if they are working on it jointly. Aside from the snarkpitcrewmap and Thanto, I'd bet there are a few others. I don't know how it would be possible, but it'd be cool nonetheless.

I was thinking about that as well, perhaps someone with overall control of the map which they can allow others to contribute/be listed as authors.

Damn you, Orpheus. Always leaving if something doesn't go as you planed.

You know what would be cool, having clans inside the snarkpit. It would get people to know each other better.

No body think this is a good idea?

Meh we can just get everyones steam ids when hl2 is out and play together then.

I don't think that you quite understood me there A_S, whta I meant was to have CLANS inside the snarkpit, like say you,lep, orph and someone else in one clan, and some others like reno, yak etc in another and other members in another, then we could have a clan comp when HL2 comes out to see what clan produces the best map.

I think this is a good idea :razz:

The problem is that nobody really plays at the moment, meaning clans
are all but pointless. Perhaps once HL2 is out, and the snarkpit's
member list buldges out with actively playing members, then it might be
worth looking into.

I didn't mean it as in hl clans but more like gangs, within the snarkpit, not necceseraly having to play HL. Like mini teams.

No offence, but I don't really see the point, to be honest. I mean, if I wanted to collaborate with someone, I'd just ask them. No need to have rival teams/gangs running about the pit doing whatever rivals do on forum-based websites.

I don't think that you quite understood me there A_S, whta I
meant was to have CLANS inside the snarkpit, like say you,lep, orph and
someone else in one clan, and some others like reno, yak etc in another
and other members in another, then we could have a clan comp when HL2
comes out to see what clan produces the best map.

I think this is a good idea :razz:

Basically it equates to team mapping.. I don't think it would work, and
if people want to implement dual authorship of a map, they don't need
this site to do it :wink:

The idea is far too vague, and no offence, a bit pointless :smile:

Gwil said:
The idea is far too vague, and no offence, a bit pointless :smile:

I am pointless :sad: OK, baes on that idea, how about team mapping tornaments once a year?

We already have one or two contests a year, which get a decent enough number of entrants, but having more contests might see a drop in that. I think its quite cool having different contest themes each time around, no doubt team mapping will get its turn sometime.

I'd like if prefabs and models were able to have decent sized
screenshots. It's hard to make out any details with 120x90. I know the
sections aren't used much, but I'm sure there'll be a hl2 model section
so we might as well refine it sooner rather than later. :smile:

I PM'd this to lep the other day - god knows why but I temporarily forgot we have this suggestions board for stuff like that!

It will be sorted out soon-ish :smile:

hey lep, is there a way to renew the old map topics so they can use chapters too? I wanted to do like a beta2 chapter for my map thread but I was unable too.

Uhm, I'll give it a try, be a bit hard from where I am now...

Would be nice to be able to upload example maps with tutorials, as I've in the past hosted them elsewhere which tends to result in broken links after a while. Perhaps just allow a small (<500kb) zip file containing rmfs, maps, or small bsps to be uploaded like the screenshots.

btw lep, thanks for running this site bro. This is one of the coolest sites on the web, esp for mapping. it feels like a real community

Indeedy, thanks a lot mate, we don't really show our appreciation as much as we should. Very few sites have such a sense of community to them, and I think that it is as much due to the features we are provided with at this site as much as the people.

Errr, might be wise not to have posted that here though, I sense thread derailment :biggrin:

whats derailment?

</sarcasm>

Another suggestion is to have a "Post Mortem" on the creation of levels. They ahve to be well thought up rounded, good articles reviewed by you Leperous to achieve a standard. Put them in the tutorials or articles section. That way level designers can go back after releaseing a level and say what they did right and wrong and what they'd change or definately would not change if they had to redo the levels. I know I could do like two at least, I'm sure reno could do some. THen you guys can get your idol KFS to do a couple maybe and then newbies can read them and learn from them!