Forum Update - March 27, 2009

Published on March 27, 2009 By GunslingerBara In Forum Issues

Hello everyone!

An update has been pushed to the forums. There have only been 2 major updates to the forums:

1. You should now be able to update your avatar and personal image regardless of whether you are using Flash 9 or Flash 10. This should also work for any site that didn't work before for Flash 10, but that has not been fully tested yet.
2. Forum search is now working. We are using Google as our search engine for the time being, but that should provide far better results than what we had before.

Please let me know if you notice any further issues or problems related to the above 2.

Thank you,

Bara

Comments (Page 2)

Sole Soul

on Mar 31, 2009

Carbon016

reply 15

Quoting Annatar11, reply 4Yay, thank you. Now Carbon can finally stop plagiarizing my posts explaining the restricted google search
I think you've got the wrong suspect, pardner. The only posts I've made on the boards lately are about how to mod stuff.

Wrong Carbon. The other Carbon!

hydrocarbn

on Mar 31, 2009

Sole Soul

reply 16

Wrong Carbon. The other Carbon!

I knew I had an imposter ruining my stellar forum reputation.

Neilo

on Mar 31, 2009

Ahh very nice. Any news on possible MV tweaks?

AzDude

on Mar 31, 2009

GunslingerBara

on Mar 31, 2009

Neilo

reply 18

Ahh very nice. Any news on possible MV tweaks?

I do have a small list of issues for the Metaverse that I'll fix at some point. When I do get around to it I'll ask everyone on the forums what changes they'd like to see.

Bara

Neilo

on Mar 31, 2009

This is great news!

There has been great discussion on this over the months since we first heard that the MV may get some love.

Here is the list that we compiled, from the OP of this thread, though it may be what you all ready have.

We will certainly get our heads back together though.

List of tweaks/fixes for the MV

Attention to Forum Medals that are not working. (Purple Heart, Achievements 6-9, Fleet Admiral, Author & Commenter)

Empire Senator functions.

Forum Stats.

GunslingerBara

on Apr 01, 2009

"Empire Senator Functions" and "Forum Stats" don't tell me much. What exactly is the problem with these 2?

Bara

MottiKhan

on Apr 01, 2009

"Empire Senator Functions" and "Forum Stats" don't tell me much. What exactly is the problem with these 2?

From the thread referenced in his reply, I suppose. Here are some quotes with references...

- MV Empire Senators are "supposed" to have the ability to admit players in Moderated empires. Except no one knows how to do this. Admittedly, this seems more forum related.

https://forums.galciv2.com/326753/page/1/#2029063

The "forum stats" also has not updated for many months, probably for significantly more than a year.

I'd like to 2nd that request. It does seem that site activity has been continually updated and is correct in your User Profile (3859 replies) but that hasn't been reflected in the MV Forum Stats (2838 replies) since the major forum upgrade. There were supposed to be some kind of equivilent stats kept on Impulsedriven but that has really not seemed to work out in any kind of useful manner.

https://forums.galciv2.com/326753/page/1/#2030192

I think these are what he's refering to.

-Ue_Carbon

on Apr 01, 2009

Annatar11

reply 4

Yay, thank you. Now Carbon can finally stop plagiarizing my posts explaining the restricted google search

Carbon016

reply 17

Quoting Sole Soul,
reply 16

Wrong Carbon. The other Carbon!

I knew I had an imposter ruining my stellar forum reputation.

I feel some what famous, but I will assume Im for imfamous for an attempt to intercept Annatar would-be karma. Im sure Annatar wont let me forget it either. And to the other Carbon, I would never ruin your stellar reputation! Good Sir!

JSW_Ballz

on Apr 01, 2009

Wrong Carbon. The other Carbon!

So which one's the carbon copy?

...I'm ashamed of myself.

Annatar11

on Apr 01, 2009

Im sure Annatar wont let me forget it either.

Oh sure I would, after I stop having fun giving you crap about it I *am* joking about the whole thing, you know

-Ue_Carbon

on Apr 01, 2009

The usual " " lets me know your just giving me a hard time. And thats cool. Ive gotten I say my fair share of cheap shots on you too.

GunslingerBara

on Apr 01, 2009

MottiKhan

reply 23

"Empire Senator Functions" and "Forum Stats" don't tell me much. What exactly is the problem with these 2?

From the thread referenced in his reply, I suppose. Here are some quotes with references...

- MV Empire Senators are "supposed" to have the ability to admit players in Moderated empires. Except no one knows how to do this. Admittedly, this seems more forum related.

https://forums.galciv2.com/326753/page/1/#2029063

The "forum stats" also has not updated for many months, probably for significantly more than a year.

I'd like to 2nd that request. It does seem that site activity has been continually updated and is correct in your User Profile (3859 replies) but that hasn't been reflected in the MV Forum Stats (2838 replies) since the major forum upgrade. There were supposed to be some kind of equivilent stats kept on Impulsedriven but that has really not seemed to work out in any kind of useful manner.
https://forums.galciv2.com/326753/page/1/#2030192

I think these are what he's refering to.

Thank you. I guess I was being lazy when I didn't read through that topic

Bara

Philocthetes

on Apr 01, 2009

I was hunting for the phrase "True Name" and decided to try Bara's fix. I got no results, but I had a strong inkling that I'd seen the phrase. I tried an external search with the site:forums.elementalgame.com parameter, and lo and behold, I found an Off-Topic thread that included "True Name."

I really don't want this to be just another mistaken observation on my part.

GunslingerBara

on Apr 01, 2009

GW Swicord

reply 4

Can someone confirm or correct my impression that the on-site custom Google search actually excludes Off-Topic threads? (I'd be typing about this from Elemental if we had a Forum Issues topic over there. Hint-hint.)

I was hunting for the phrase "True Name" and decided to try Bara's fix. I got no results, but I had a strong inkling that I'd seen the phrase. I tried an external search with the site:forums.elementalgame.com parameter, and lo and behold, I found an Off-Topic thread that included "True Name."

I really don't want this to be just another mistaken observation on my part.

I don't exclude anything from the search. It searches the whole site, including off topic. In fact, if you can find it in the regular google search, you should be able to find it in our search as well. Although I'm not sure as to what changes Google may make when using their search from within this site.

Bara

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