New Forums: Feedback thread - Bugs/Suggestions here please.

[Placebo]

We're getting bugs/suggestions posted to a number of different threads so I'll start this one and close the others.

Post here all feedback you want about the new forums, what's not working like the old ones, what seems completely broken, what you'd like to see changed or whatever, if you can keep to some kind of easy to read format that'd be great but I won't force you, ideally something like:

Usability: not enough characters available for signatures
Usability: cannot search for 3 letter things like PBO/WGL

Those two I already fixed this morning.

[Placebo]

I will be going through the three threads I just closed to try to pick out things to fix/change as much as possible, but no harm in repetition :)

[Sickboy]

What search-type is vBulletin set to? Built-in vBulletin search or MySQL full-text search?
I'm asking because IIRC the MySQL full-text search was much better performing (lower load, faster results);
possibly interesting esp considering the huge amount of members, who now love to use the search :D

Thanks for pimping up the form-sizes btw ;)

Ps; if you would like a ticket/issue tracker for these forums for free, over at http://dev-heaven.net to ease the pains of tracking issues/feedback etc; let me know :P
(Example; http://dev-heaven.net/projects/heaven/issues)
Otherwise, I can recommend http://www.vbulletin.com/features_project.php (Could be a really great extension to these forums; tracking your websites/forum feedback/issues, aswell as games, maybe?)

[sk3pt]

Perhaps another color for the icon next to the sticky threads ?

[MehMan]

A quick reply that's always on, one that works like a reply, just that I don't have to click any other buttons besides post.

[mr.g-c]

bug: I can't select a own avatar anymore....

[Placebo]

What search-type is vBulletin set to? Built-in vBulletin search or MySQL full-text search?
I'm asking because IIRC the MySQL full-text search was much better performing (lower load, faster results);
possibly interesting esp considering the huge amount of members, who now love to use the search :D

Your forum is currently using the Fulltext search engine.

So one would assume that means it's using the "good one" :)



Ps; if you would like a ticket/issue tracker for these forums for free, over at http://dev-heaven.net to ease the pains of tracking issues/feedback etc; let me know :P
(Example; http://dev-heaven.net/projects/heaven/issues)
Otherwise, I can recommend http://www.vbulletin.com/features_project.php (Could be a really great extension to these forums; tracking your websites/forum feedback/issues, aswell as games, maybe?)

I'll look into that :)

[Kegetys]

Is there some settings for the "new posts" feature behaviour? Currently it for some reason only displays a few threads for me, all only from today. On another forum which is also based on same vBulletin version it always displays 500 last posted threads, with a 'The threads below have not been updated since your last visit but still contain unread posts.' separator after a few of them. The old ikonboard one also properly displayed threads from a longer period.

[Placebo]

bug: I can't select a own avatar anymore....

Yeah it seems there's currently no way to allow avatars from external sites whilst disallowing avatars from this server, it's all or nothing, needs further exploration.

BTW if I don't reply to a specific comment/suggestion/feedback it doesn't mean your comment is 1. being ignore 2. considered unworthy, will get to all in time :)

MehMan & sk3pt both good suggestions thanks :)

[echo1]

Thanks for fixing the front page to show the last post in the games section! :)

[bravo 6]

yes, thanks.

It starting to look like the old forums aittle bit more, at least it starts to feel like the old ones. Merci!

Step by step it will be the ultimate generation forum :D



Edit: Some Suggestions:

could the forum have more empty, open space on the left and right sides of the screen? (like the old forum)
it gives a more organized and less complex feeling on the visual. I say this because for the extreme users of the forum could be less tiring if the central layer was more compact then it is. (like old forum)

another thing that i believe it would help for visual simplicity: the topic font name's size could be a bit bigger to distinguish more from the rest (like the old forums)
Example:
BI NEWS,
BI GENERAL,
ARMA 2,
ARMA: ARMED ASSAULT / COMBAT OPERATIONS, and so on should have bigger font size

Thanks for adding the "Mark Forums Read" link in the bottom. Would be better is the link was positioned in the bottom of the page like old times. Would be easier "mechanically" to click it :p

I also think the "Forum Contains New Posts" icon should be more distinguishable and more visible, so people wouldn't have to force their sight.

One thing that i liked in the old forum was that if you would add several spaces, it would count them, in this new one if you add 10 spaces in order to align things, it won't add more then 1.

Also the Moderators have the same color from the rest of us on the bottom list.. Would be good if the moderators and developers have different colors, but i guess this will be changed obviously.

[Sickboy]

Your forum is currently using the Fulltext search engine.

So one would assume that means it's using the "good one" :)



I'll look into that :)Cheers for the reply Placebo. Sounds good!
Can't say thanks enough btw... WYSYWIG & Generally vBulletin :inlove::icon_dj: :thumb:

Ooh something just came to mind; How about "Custom User Titles" ? When enabled; might save you guys from requests and action of adding / modifying user titles?

[WhoCares]

The czech sub-forum is missing. It is still there, http://forums.bistudio.com/forumdisplay.php?f=5, but it is not linked from the main menu.
Not that I'd speak/read a word of czech...

[bravo 6]

You mean as in the previous custom title you had on the old forums?

yup. It gives a different fun of things :D
edit: anyway, i never understood if users could change them as they want.. there were some users that had different text in it.

edit: removed text.

[Placebo]

Well if people remind me what their user title used to be in here I can certainly add them in again :)

[Messiah]

Avatars - my old avatar of 91kb is apparently too large? I assume the 100kb rule hasn't changed?

[Placebo]

Avatars - my old avatar of 91kb is apparently too large? I assume the 100kb rule hasn't changed?

Unfortunately until we can figure out Avatars being hosted externally (something Vbulletin does not allow itself) there is a limit of 10kb per avatar I believe, obviously we want it to be the same as the old forums, 100kb limit and uploaded to some other server like imageshack or such, so we have to track down a Vbulletin mod/hack which allows this to be set :)

[bravo 6]

I see.. ok thanks for the extra :)

I know its a nitpick small detail, but i was just curious what can be done about the starts that existed on old forum. Did we lose the stars? :)

http://www.flashpoint1985.com/ikonboard311/non-cgi/Skin/SKIN-2/images/star.gifhttp://www.flashpoint1985.com/ikonboard311/non-cgi/Skin/SKIN-2/images/star.gifhttp://www.flashpoint1985.com/ikonboard311/non-cgi/Skin/SKIN-2/images/star.gifhttp://www.flashpoint1985.com/ikonboard311/non-cgi/Skin/SKIN-2/images/star.gif

edit: ok Placebo, feel free to delete this post :)

[Placebo]

I see.. ok thanks for the extra :)

I know its a nitpick small detail, but i was just curious what can be done about the starts that existed on old forum. Did we lose the stars? :)

http://www.flashpoint1985.com/ikonboard311/non-cgi/Skin/SKIN-2/images/star.gifhttp://www.flashpoint1985.com/ikonboard311/non-cgi/Skin/SKIN-2/images/star.gifhttp://www.flashpoint1985.com/ikonboard311/non-cgi/Skin/SKIN-2/images/star.gifhttp://www.flashpoint1985.com/ikonboard311/non-cgi/Skin/SKIN-2/images/star.gif

They will be brought back most likely, along with the numerous other small fixes that need bring back, this is discussed in the other thread I linked to, please continue there as this thread is purely for name changing issues.

[SWAT_BigBear]

We use vBullentin also,
damned if I can find where/how to put a "back to top" link in, like the old forums here had.
Anyone?
I ask b/c I want it back here also.

[Snake Man]

On the menu header when I click Community, Search or Quick Links, nothing happens. I need to open them into a new tab/window if I want to access them, or to copy the link.

My firefox 3.0.8 works normally on all other forums and web sites. For example in Frugals world vbulletin (http://forums.frugalsworld.com/vbb/index.php) and in OGN vbulletin (http://forums.ogn.com.au/index.php) these mentioned vbulletin features work OK.

[Placebo]

On the menu header when I click Community, Search or Quick Links, nothing happens. I need to open them into a new tab/window if I want to access them, or to copy the link.

My firefox 3.0.8 works normally on all other forums and web sites. For example in Frugals world vbulletin (http://forums.frugalsworld.com/vbb/index.php) and in OGN vbulletin (http://forums.ogn.com.au/index.php) these mentioned vbulletin features work OK.

3.0.8 and it works fine for me, try FF safe mode and see if one of your addons is causing the problem.

[Deadfast]

I had a problem uploading a PNG avatar with aplha transparency.

No matter what the size was the forums always scalled it down by 1px messing up the transparency.

[Snake Man]

Not working in safe mode either. Its not big deal though, I wouldn't even use community or quick links and search is quite handy to be opened in new tab anyways, so I don't mind.

[Victor]

It'd be nice to be able to have the forum format to not actually stretch to the size of my 30'' monitor. It'd be nice to have the forum/thread width to be a set number, so even maximizing the screen doesnt make it stretch. Word wrap is a really important feature imo.

Not that I like to make comparisons between the two, but the Codemasters/Flashpoint 2 forums does a real nice job at capturing what I'm talking about.

http://community.codemasters.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=113

Even my non-used, 5 year old, cheap, free, forums allowed for this and image customizations etc..
http://z7.invisionfree.com/Driven/index.php?showtopic=537

It really made for easy reading. Everyone viewed the same layout and format..

[Kegetys]

It'd be nice to be able to have the forum format to not actually stretch to the size of my 30'' monitor.

Resize your browser window? :)

[Opteryx]

How do I add an icon to a social group I've created?

[Stimpak_Addict]

The only thing I ask for is color schemes, like the color scheme on http://www.bistudio.com/.

[W0lle]

How do I add an icon to a social group I've created?

Have you read my reply to your profile message.

Edit your group and there you have an option "Edit Group Icon".
Size of the picture must be 200x200 px max. or 64kb.

[Sennacherib]

The only thing I ask for is color schemes, like the color scheme on http://www.bistudio.com/.

I agree. only 2 colors (white and blue) make boring reading; and it makes tired the eyes

:)

[Stimpak_Addict]

I was just thinking that where it's blue, it could be red. Where it's light blue, it can be orange. Where it's white, it can be... white.

[MadRussian]

Quick suggestion, but it would be good to nip this one in the bud early:

On the old forum, it was visually very easy to see how many pages a thread contained. You'd see something like:
1, 2, 3, 61

With the new forum, we get:
1, 2, 3, Last Page

Huh? :huh: So are there 4 pages or 182 ?!? :huh2:

Now I know the replies are listed over to the right, but somehow it's just not the same as getting it at just a glance like before.

[W0lle]

This might be true, but as soon as you are inside a thread the total amount of pages is shown both over the first and below the last post.
Go and check the ACE Mod thread for example.

[MadRussian]

Roger that Wolle... good thing there. :wink_o:

Sometimes though, the number of pages is useful in deciding whether or not to open up the thread in the first place. Plus it's kinda useless to have it say "Last Page" when it could be using that space to provide useful info. Anyhow, just imo.

In other news, these new emotions are a riot. Peace out. :slayer:

[Maddmatt]

Just some weird stuff I noticed:

There is a "New Thread" button in this section at the bottom: http://forums.bistudio.com/forumdisplay.php?f=9
Same goes for ArmA, OFP and Carrier Command sections.
And it's not locked so anyone can start a topic there. Seems nobody has yet.

I suppose you also noticed the ArmA 2 News section isn't locked either, as an idiot already posted there.

[bhaz]

Are there any plans to bring the old star / WL system accross to these forums?

[W0lle]

Cheers Maddmatt, these forums will be locked asap :)

@<hidden>
That's not meant seriously, no? You really want the old "5 warnings = ban" system back? :p

No we most probably stay with the current warnings system, it might just be adjusted sooner or lated and more infractions added.
Guess once done there will be announcement about the infractions, WLs and expiration dates.

[VerySolidSnake]

There seems to be something odd with birthdates.

I went into my User CP -> Edit Your Details

In there, the month was blank for the birthday, however the day and year were correct. I changed the Month and saved it, which worked.

Not sure if this is going to cause any issues but it could be something to look into.

[bhaz]

@<hidden>
That's not meant seriously, no? You really want the old "5 warnings = ban" system back? :p

Actually I was serious. :p
It seemed to do a pretty good job in dealing with alot of the crap that happens on large forums such as this, especially flaming.

[mr.g-c]

Actually I was serious. :p
It seemed to do a pretty good job in dealing with alot of the crap that happens on large forums such as this, especially flaming.
Vbulletin has its own functions (better ones) for warnings/actions....

EDIT: Glad you banned "bala" and his "nice" post with the "nice" links.... "Yo modaf*****" OMG

[Sickboy]

We use vBullentin also,
damned if I can find where/how to put a "back to top" link in, like the old forums here had.
Anyone?
I ask b/c I want it back here also.

KeyBoard: HOME button
Mouse: Scroll all the way down, on the right-side down you see the button 'Top'. Click it
Hope this helps :)

[SWAT_BigBear]

Thanks Sickboy.
That's what I get for not reading the fineprint.

[Victor]

It'd be nice to be able to have the forum format to not actually stretch to the size of my 30'' monitor.
Resize your browser window? :)

Hehe, yea but its just flat out annoying to have all these non anchored windows when it could easily be setup with a fixed width for much easier readability.

[Sickboy]

NP BB!


Hehe, yea but its just flat out annoying to have all these non anchored windows when it could easily be setup with a fixed width for much easier readability.
+1 here! (Also on 30" 2560x1600 :D though 1920x1200 is imo too wide too ;), 1280 seems to be great width for vB forums)
Simply an optional "Child of Default Style" with the width set to 1260 or so (for the 1280 guys - scrollbar) would be welcome.

[Balschoiw]

Just realized that the forum is up. Thx for the hard work. Greeting from Gilli Trawangan/Indonesia :drinking2:

[Placebo]

Are there any plans to bring the old star / WL system accross to these forums?

About stars it's answered here (http://forums.bistudio.com/showpost.php?p=1269996&postcount=19)as for the WL system no it will not return as the new forums have far better ways for dealing with the trashy scum mongrel naughty people.

[Opteryx]

Have you read my reply to your profile message

Haven't seen any reply.


Edit your group and there you have an option "Edit Group Icon".
Size of the picture must be 200x200 px max. or 64kb.

No such option available :/

PIC (http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/3744/27908211.jpg)

[mr.g-c]

Haven't seen any reply.
No such option available :/
PIC (http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/3744/27908211.jpg)
First Create it, then the very next prompt after that what you posted, is giving you the option to do so...... :p :D

[colossus]

Less smileys. Specially the animated ones, which are up to 100 times bigger and 100 times more useless then the regular non-animated smileys.
Keep the banana though, please..? :pet5:

[Placebo]

Less smileys. Specially the animated ones, which are up to 100 times bigger and 100 times more useless then the regular non-animated smileys.
Keep the banana though, please..? :pet5:

It's being worked on.

[Opteryx]

First Create it, then the very next prompt after that what you posted, is giving you the option to do so...... :p :D

Eh.. I've already created it.....? How do I access that option after creating the group?

[All-a-Mort]

Er...I looked at the forums maybe a couple of hours ago (certainly today) and could access it as normal. However a moment ago, it had forgotten I was logged in, reset automatically my password and all the forums were set as locked for those not logged in. That can't be normal can it? I didn't think the BI forums were 'closed' for people other than members, for if that was the case then how would I have been reading the forums today and yet the system is saying I haven't logged in since 8th April. Weird.

[Placebo]

Er...I looked at the forums maybe a couple of hours ago (certainly today) and could access it as normal. However a moment ago, it had forgotten I was logged in, reset automatically my password and all the forums were set as locked for those not logged in. That can't be normal can it? I didn't think the BI forums were 'closed' for people other than members, for if that was the case then how would I have been reading the forums today and yet the system is saying I haven't logged in since 8th April. Weird.

I just changed it ;)

[mr.g-c]

Eh.. I've already created it.....? How do I access that option after creating the group?
Ohh ok... you're right then... i don't have that option either....
Either you ask a Mod/Admin if he can add your picture or give permission to the normal users (if there is a permission to set for this) or you inform current members, delete it and create it new.... :o

[Sanctuary]

I just changed it ;)

I don't understand why you need to log in to see the forum content now ?
Why this change ?

[Opteryx]

Ohh ok... you're right then... i don't have that option either....
Either you ask a Mod/Admin if he can add your picture or give permission to the normal users (if there is a permission to set for this) or you inform current members, delete it and create it new.... :o



Oki doki, I guess that mods are really busy so sending them a PM might not be the best option. Could anyone with the administrative power make this pic the "Terrain Artists" social group icon please?
http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/3949/terraink.jpg

Thanks

[Placebo]

I don't understand why you need to log in to see the forum content now ?
Why this change ?

Why waste bandwidth on guests?

[Placebo]

Oki doki, I guess that mods are really busy so sending them a PM might not be the best option. Could anyone with the administrative power make this pic the "Terrain Artists" social group icon please?

Thanks

You should be able to do it yourself now?

[Kegetys]

Why waste bandwidth on guests?

Being forced to log in every time to read the forum is rather stupid in my opinion (I frequently view the forums while not logged in). Also, for people trying to find troubleshooting information its propably a major annoyance; I would never register to a forum just to check if there might be a solution to a problem in some hidden place.

It propably also stops search engines from being able to index the forums which leads to more bandwidth use as you're forced to use the forum search instead (And not being able to find troubleshooting information with a search engine either).

[Placebo]

Being forced to log in every time to read the forum is rather stupid in my opinion (I frequently view the forums while not logged in). Also, for people trying to find troubleshooting information its propably a major annoyance; I would never register to a forum just to check if there might be a solution to a problem in some hidden place.


Considering the increased bandwidth drain from various aspects of the new forums, such as avatar local hosting, I think it's a prudent course of action, you might think it's stupid but where will you be whinging when the forums crash? The servers don't exactly have a history of stability.

I've frequently had to create accounts for forums in the past when I've simply been looking for information, takes all of 30 seconds to 5 minutes and it's a minimal fuss and effort, if people's lives are too busy and filled to spend 5 minutes getting support for a computer game I'm surprised they even find time in their busy and frantic lives to play a computer game.

[Placebo]

Guests can now view threads again, so they shan't need to spend 2 minutes out of their busy lives signing up to the forums :)

[PuFu]

1. once i read a thread in a subforum/section, all other threads in that section turn as read, even though i haven't touched those (firefox browser, haven't tested with another). This(BIS forums) is the only place out of all vB forums i am part of where is happens.

2. Can someone add some categories in the Social Groups (just like the moderator one just poped up). Groups such as Clan, League/Tournament, Mod team etc would be more than welcome - low priority though

[Kegetys]

Considering the increased bandwidth drain from various aspects of the new forums, such as avatar local hosting

You could block the avatars etc. from guest users (For example, make a default theme that doesn't have any avatars or other images).

[Placebo]

You could block the avatars etc. from guest users (For example, make a default theme that doesn't have any avatars or other images).

It doesn't change the fact that registered users uploading/viewing avatars as well as uploading/viewing social group images is all now based on our servers rather than external sites as it was before Ikonboard.

[Deadfast]

It doesn't change the fact that registered users uploading/viewing avatars as well as uploading/viewing social group images is all now based on our servers rather than external sites as it was before Ikonboard.

He means make it that guests don't see users' avatars.

[Opteryx]

You should be able to do it yourself now?

I should, but I'm not able to.

Working now, thank you drive through.

[Placebo]

He means make it that guests don't see users' avatars.

Yes I know that's what he means. That option isn't there in Vbulletin however.

[Placebo]

1. once i read a thread in a subforum/section, all other threads in that section turn as read, even though i haven't touched those (firefox browser, haven't tested with another). This(BIS forums) is the only place out of all vB forums i am part of where is happens.

2. Can someone add some categories in the Social Groups (just like the moderator one just poped up). Groups such as Clan, League/Tournament, Mod team etc would be more than welcome - low priority though


1. Yeah I've noticed the same, it's annoying to have threads marked as read when you haven't visited them, will try to identify and fix the problem.

2. Clan is not a word we use here. I have however added Squad, Addon/Mod Team, Mission/Campaign Editing, is League/Tournament really required? I'm happy to add it if so but don't want to add too many for the sake of it :)

[PuFu]

2. Clan is not a word we use here. I have however added Squad, Addon/Mod Team, Mission/Campaign Editing, is League/Tournament really required? I'm happy to add it if so but don't want to add too many for the sake of it :)
he he - on the clan thingy :)
there some 4-5 Leagues/Tournaments i am aware of just for ArmA. Not sure how many left for aging OFP now. I assume there will be more for AA2. So, is it really required..I am unsure, i'll let you decide it. ;)

Thank you for the rest you made

[Sickboy]

Yes I know that's what he means. That option isn't there in Vbulletin however.
You could, as Kegetys mentions, create a substyle of the Default Style, and edit the templates for Postbit and some others which include the avatars/signatures.
However, I can only find options to select Styles per Forum, not per Usergroup or anything like it.
Though I know there is an (free) extension available at vBulletin.org which allows configuring which usergroups have access to which Styles.

If you like, I can persue this and find out, or even write a custom solution. Should be a matter of minutes.
(There are many interesting extensions btw. I suppose you guys got more things to do, but if you like I could lookup a selection matching your criteria?)

[PuFu]

If you like, I can persue this and find out, or even write a custom solution. Should be a matter of minutes.

I thought you were staying away of any vB, and loving only ruby ;)

[Sickboy]

I thought you were staying away of any vB, and loving only ruby ;)
Hail yeah :yay: But I am willing to make an exception for this occasion :cool:
vB ownz though, it's rather PHP im trying to stay away from :P

[mr.g-c]

1. Yeah I've noticed the same, it's annoying to have threads marked as read when you haven't visited them, will try to identify and fix the problem.

2. Clan is not a word we use here. I have however added Squad, Addon/Mod Team, Mission/Campaign Editing, is League/Tournament really required? I'm happy to add it if so but don't want to add too many for the sake of it :)
Yes leagues/tournaments are needed IMHO...
Also can you maybe add a category for just "fans" or "countries", etc?
I already saw "russia", "poland", "germany" - i'm sure more will come :p

[Rhodite]

Hail yeah :yay: But I am willing to make an exception for this occasion :cool:
vB ownz though, it's rather PHP im trying to stay away from :P

Tsk as a programmer you should know better than to hate on a functional and useful web language. :D

[Deadfast]

At least it's not ASP :crazy_o:



BTW, any chance of some darker themes?
I prefer them as they don't tire my eyes so much.

[Placebo]

You could, as Kegetys mentions, create a substyle of the Default Style, and edit the templates for Postbit and some others which include the avatars/signatures.
However, I can only find options to select Styles per Forum, not per Usergroup or anything like it.
Though I know there is an (free) extension available at vBulletin.org which allows configuring which usergroups have access to which Styles.

If you like, I can persue this and find out, or even write a custom solution. Should be a matter of minutes.
(There are many interesting extensions btw. I suppose you guys got more things to do, but if you like I could lookup a selection matching your criteria?)

Yes it can be hacked/scripted/coded whatever you want to call it in, however there's far more important things ahead of it that need resolving, some of which will also require mods/hacks/coding/scripting, if we start throwing in hacks all over the place we will very quickly end up with forums as stable as the ikonboard ones we left behind, thus I went with a simple option of disabling guests, personally I think this is a good solution and IMO if people cared enough to want to read the forums they should be signed up and logged in. However guest viewing is now restored so the issue is dead, time for everyone to find new things to complain about please :)

[echo1]

I'm sure it's been asked before, but are there any plans for a new theme for the site? Something along the lines of the one used in the Beta forum would look nicer and make the pages easier to read.

[Rhodite]

I am not the final authority on the theme matter by a long shot but if I recall the red theme that was used in the beta had issues, not least it certain aspects of the theme rendering text and other aspects unreadable or inaccessible.

That said I am sure if the important people have time they will consider alternative themes. :)

[MehMan]

Woot! Quick reply works quickly!

Another small note, when you click the BI Military subforums link you get taken to a nice layout of both ArmA and ArmA2 forums, but I do have a bit of a problem with it, since both the sub sub forums(ie suggestions, general) are the same as the parent forums(ie arma, arma2) if there'd be a way to make it more seperate, like the blue container link thing you have for the Bi military games subforum. I hope you know what I mean, if not, then I'll do a picture diagram.

[Placebo]

I'm sure it's been asked before, but are there any plans for a new theme for the site? Something along the lines of the one used in the Beta forum would look nicer and make the pages easier to read.

Visuals are being worked on, functionality is more important and thus ahead in the task list.

[alef]

Add a thread for people requesting some old posts to be reformatted, when original author is not available to do that.
If you have a mapping between old thread/post references and the new one, please

rewrite them at BIKI
provide a redirect from www.flashpoint1985.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard311/ikonboard.cgi/... to the same thread/post here

In any case, thank you for the new forum.

[W0lle]

Add a thread for people requesting some old posts to be reformatted, when original author is not available to do that.
If you have a mapping between old thread/post references and the new one, please

rewrite them at BIKI
provide a redirect from www.flashpoint1985.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard311/ikonboard.cgi/ (http://www.flashpoint1985.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard311/ikonboard.cgi/)... to the same thread/post here



In any case, thank you for the new forum.

1. Can be done, I already started editing some threads. However the original author(s) should be contacted first.
2.1 might be the better solution as sooner or later the old forums are going offline permanently.

[mr.g-c]

Why can't we rate threads anymore?

[W0lle]

I'm not sure here, I still can rate threads.

We disabled tagging for regular users recently because some not-so-smart people thought they can use it for flaming comments. Possible that rating was disabled too by doing so. On purpose or by accident only Placebo can tell.

[Placebo]

I disabled thread rating so as to avoid the abuse that new toys might get the same way that tags was being abused, it may be returned, can't see it as that important myself.

[Placebo]

Just some weird stuff I noticed:

There is a "New Thread" button in this section at the bottom: http://forums.bistudio.com/forumdisplay.php?f=9
Same goes for ArmA, OFP and Carrier Command sections.
And it's not locked so anyone can start a topic there. Seems nobody has yet.

I suppose you also noticed the ArmA 2 News section isn't locked either, as an idiot already posted there.

Should all be fixed now, if you notice any I missed please let me know :)

[sidhellfire]

Well, it is not a big problem at all, compared to that I've lost permission to post on these sub forums. Why?

[Placebo]

Well, it is not a big problem at all, compared to that I've lost permission to post on these sub forums. Why?

Which forums can you not post in?

[sidhellfire]

ArmA2 ones. Suggestions and General Discussion

[sparks50]

same here.

[Placebo]

Should be fixed now?

[sidhellfire]

Yes it is. Thanks.

[da12thMonkey]

Says at the bottom of the forum:


All times are GMT -1. The time now is xx:xx AM/PM

Are there any user setting to adjust the forum clock to our local time? Adding 2 hours on for BST is confusing me. :cool:

[Placebo]

Ok so viewing the forums as they were before, latest posts etc. so it turns out Marek did like it as it is now, and didn't like it hidden away, which of course nobody likes, so some confusion arose there between myself and Vasa, sincere apologies to Marek for implying he has terrible taste in forum layouts ;)



Says at the bottom of the forum:



Are there any user setting to adjust the forum clock to our local time? Adding 2 hours on for BST is confusing me. :cool:

Errr yes in your user CP.

[da12thMonkey]

Errr yes in your user CP.

Ah yea, didn't see it first time I looked. There's a lot of stuff in the options (http://forums.bistudio.com/profile.php?do=editoptions)

[Sennacherib]

even if my previous post has been deleted; thx to maruk to have changed his mind

[Placebo]

LOL Marek didn't change his mind, I misinterpreted Marek's wishes based on miscommunications with a misunderstanding third party colleague ;)

Marek always wanted it exactly as it is now, the good way, the right way, the best way, I just told the world he didn't want it like that :(

[Johnnie_Walker]

Is there a way to block some users signatures?

It is very annoying sometimes.

Edit: Typo

[Placebo]

Images? Sure, right click, choose Adblock image ;)

Otherwise you can turn off signatures for everyone.

[Johnnie_Walker]

Images? Sure, right click, choose Adblock image ;)

Otherwise you can turn off signatures for everyone.

Ofc I use Adblock on images (or complete frames).

Just asking if it would be posible to block certain users signatures as I have no problem with most signatures, just some users using massive text based signatures. You know 2-3 small post and they fill a page :(

[Placebo]

Not to my knowledge. There are rules about signature sizes, even for all text sigs, so if someone's sig is oversized report it :)

[bravo 6]

LOL Marek didn't change his mind, I misinterpreted Marek's wishes based on miscommunications with a misunderstanding third party colleague ;)

Marek always wanted it exactly as it is now, the good way, the right way, the best way, I just told the world he didn't want it like that :(

Super! Thanks..

Great minds think alike! ;)




edit:

Is it possible for us to change the "Generic Smilies" list?
I mean the default ones are crappy and in the entire list there are several repeted.

[colossus]

It's hardly a big issue, but I wouldn't mind that poll votes were anonymous. There might be a time where a poll thread asks a difficult/controversial question, where some people might think it's important to vote though not preferably in the open.

[MehMan]

One other thing, the yellow stars on the sides of the moderator's nicks are hard to see, I think a simple colour change would be way better.

[Sickboy]

Not to my knowledge. There are rules about signature sizes, even for all text sigs, so if someone's sig is oversized report it :)Probably already knew, but you can set Signature Limits in the vB options, I think per UserGroup.

[bravo 6]

One other thing, the yellow stars on the sides of the moderator's nicks are hard to see, I think a simple colour change would be way better.

Thats what i suggested before.

edit: removed unecessary text.

[Placebo]

Is it possible for us to change the "Generic Smilies" list?
I mean the default ones are crappy and in the entire list there are several repeted.

It's being worked on.


It's hardly a big issue, but I wouldn't mind that poll votes were anonymous. There might be a time where a poll thread asks a difficult/controversial question, where some people might think it's important to vote though not preferably in the open.

I like that people can leave their name without having to reply "I voted for xxx", will see how it plays out.


One other thing, the yellow stars on the sides of the moderator's nicks are hard to see, I think a simple colour change would be way better.

It's temporary until we have finished more important tasks, I think gold is appropriate because we rock.


Probably already knew, but you can set Signature Limits in the vB options, I think per UserGroup.

Yeah I saw it briefly but haven't had time to set it up properly.

Almost all aspects are WIP.

[NoRailgunner]

Dont know if already tested but what about using the color schemes like on arma2.com so both official sites look "completly rounded"/ like one piece?

[sk3pt]

Is it possible to set the "maximum search results to return" to more than 500 ?

[[APS]Gnat]

>> NEW POSTS reset time too short <<

Not happy with the "visit reset" time-out
I use the NEW POSTS link and if the Forum page has been displayed in my browse for anything more than about 15 mins, it resets my New Post list and I loose all new post reference for say the last 24 hours (ie last visit) !! :mad:

The old forum did not do this. If it did, it must have been something more resonable like an hour or more.

Please increase this time. It is actually a lot better for users to be a longer time than shorter.

[vilas]

old forum was better, now it is mess, somekind of 2 types of messages, i don't see sent message, previously all was easy and clear, for me new forum is tragic when it comes to PMs and those "New Private Messages: (5)" hard to delete message, i put delete and it appears, generaly i don't like new forum, old was good and clear, "Visitor Messages", all is now mess and i lost "have i answered to PM or not" :/
bad new forum

[.kju [PvPscene]]

Yeah the PM view is somewhat strange..
Two ways that I found working:

Click the arrow on the top right notifying you about new PMs.
or
Click User CP (http://forums.bistudio.com/usercp.php) and again select List Messages (http://forums.bistudio.com/private.php) (Private Messages).

---

Yet the in User Notifications of User CP (http://forums.bistudio.com/usercp.php) is bugged. :bounce3:

---

Agreed with Gnat. New posts is seriously bugged atm.
Often still unread posts are no longer shown, if you click on the latest post arrow in the new posts list.

I think it is related to the time you wait between clicking new posts and the arrow for each post..

[W0lle]

old forum was better, now it is mess, somekind of 2 types of messages, i don't see sent message, previously all was easy and clear, for me new forum is tragic when it comes to PMs and those "New Private Messages: (5)" hard to delete message, i put delete and it appears, generaly i don't like new forum, old was good and clear, "Visitor Messages", all is now mess and i lost "have i answered to PM or not" :/
bad new forum

Slowly I get the impression that you complain about anything that is not what you made yourself.

In short: The old forums won't come back, they're dead (finally).

In detail: vBulletin offers way more options to configure both forums and user settings than Ikonboard ever did. All you have to do is go to your CP and make the necessary changes. But of course for you it's easier to come and say "bad new forum".
Re. sent messages: you can enable that a copy of your sent messages is stored. Took me 30 secs to find and enable it. (CP->Edit Options->Private Messaging->tick "Save a copy of sent messages in my Sent Items folder by default"

Re. Deleting messages: Where is the problem to select the messages (they are marked yellow then) and then go to the bottom of your PM box and select "Delete" in the "Selected Messages:" dropdown menu. So far no one had problems here except you.

Re. Visitor Messages: They can be disabled in your CP. CP->Edit Options->Visitor Messaging->Tick off Enable Visitor Messaging

Really vilas, drop that weird behaviour of yours and the constant bitching and complaining. It's just annoying by now.

[echo1]

At the bottom of the main subsections (e.g. ArmA, ArmA 2, OFP) there seems to be a place to make new threads. It's probably not vitally important, but I'd say it might be a good idea to somehow get rid of those (if possible) to prevent confusion with new users posting threads in them, and messing up the nice sorting system you have going :)

[Placebo]

Is it possible to set the "maximum search results to return" to more than 500 ?

Yes.


Gnat;1271694']>> NEW POSTS reset time too short <<

Not happy with the "visit reset" time-out
I use the NEW POSTS link and if the Forum page has been displayed in my browse for anything more than about 15 mins, it resets my New Post list and I loose all new post reference for say the last 24 hours (ie last visit) !! :mad:

The old forum did not do this. If it did, it must have been something more resonable like an hour or more.

Please increase this time. It is actually a lot better for users to be a longer time than shorter.

It blows chunks, it's related to VB default "thread read" behaviour being time + cookie dependant, I know it's fixable somehow as I use other VB forums that threads never expire on until I've actually read them for real, it's just a case of having to suffer with it until we can find the fix/hack/mod and implement it.


At the bottom of the main subsections (e.g. ArmA, ArmA 2, OFP) there seems to be a place to make new threads. It's probably not vitally important, but I'd say it might be a good idea to somehow get rid of those (if possible) to prevent confusion with new users posting threads in them, and messing up the nice sorting system you have going :)

It's a necessary evil because of the way the forums/subforums are displayed, only mods/BIS can post in them though so it's not such a big deal :)

[[APS]Gnat]

Thx for the feedback Placebo.

BTW, wouldn't be fair unless I added; Great Forums guys, appreciate the upgrade with the hard work.

[Placebo]

It blows chunks, it's related to VB default "thread read" behaviour being time + cookie dependant, I know it's fixable somehow as I use other VB forums that threads never expire on until I've actually read them for real, it's just a case of having to suffer with it until we can find the fix/hack/mod and implement it.


Ok so eventually we found out that to fix this it's a simple case of choosing the required setting of an option:

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/8082/unread.jpg

So I've changed it to option 2, in theory this should now mean the forum behaves just like the Ikonboard in terms of threads only being marked read when you really have read them or you've clicked "mark all threads read" etc.

Please report back whether 1. yep it's working like before or 2. no something is still not right and threads are being marked as read that I didn't really read.

[mikebart]

I checked the forums about 6hrs ago and all read threads were marked as read, checked them again just now and all threads going back about 5 days are marked as unread, apart form a few.

[Placebo]

That's pretty good news then, and is essentially what it showed for me when I'd changed the setting, easy enough to make everything show as read again :)

[Opteryx]

Could you dudes remove the 1000 character limit per post in the social groups? It's kinda silly.

[Cross]

Suggestions -> provide links to BIS Wiki under "Community" or "Quick Links"

[.kju [PvPscene]]

Can you please make embedded vimeo videos possible.

YouTube is slow and has very crappy quality.

Should be quite easy to do. See google search (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=vimeo%20vBulletin&lr=). Thanks.

[Placebo]

YouTube is slow and has very crappy quality.


Maybe your connection, YT is pretty quick for me and has HD.....

We may look into expanding the type of embedded video supported but it's not a priority by any means.

[Placebo]

It's hardly a big issue, but I wouldn't mind that poll votes were anonymous. There might be a time where a poll thread asks a difficult/controversial question, where some people might think it's important to vote though not preferably in the open.

;)

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/1205/polls.jpg

[bravo 6]

by the way, how can we Rate a thread?

I noticed there are several threads with rated stars, how can i do it? I see no option available to do it.

[Scrub]

Been meaning to say "Thanks for the shiny new forums, guys!" Clean, functional, not at all bad to look at. I just posted on a youtube vid, and of course people always bicker unless you give solid proof of what you say (and rightly so). Was nice to place a quote and give lookup info right down to the post number. Thread/page/post#... Nothing left wanting here, lol. Hope you all have a good degree of satisfaction from this!

[Deadfast]

by the way, how can we Rate a thread?

I noticed there are several threads with rated stars, how can i do it? I see no option available to do it.

I think it's no longer possible.

There used to be the option in the top right header of the thread.

[bravo 6]

ok, i thought i read somewhere saying it was deactivated due to some reasons.

I just wanted to know if it intends to exit in the future or if the existing threads could be cleared.

[Placebo]

Seeing as we now have search within a thread there is really no excuse to be asking questions already answered ;)

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?p=1270823&highlight=rate#post1270823

[.kju [PvPscene]]

Maybe your connection, YT is pretty quick for me and has HD.....

We may look into expanding the type of embedded video supported but it's not a priority by any means.

Yes yes ...

Germany, DSL 16M, German Telekom. What do you have?

HD is not always available for low or new hit videos.
Also YT HD is still way crappy that standard Vimeo quality.
Vimeo is made for gaming videos.

[Placebo]

Yes yes ...

Germany, DSL 16M, German Telekom. What do you have?

Sweden, cable 50Mbit down/10Mbit up, Comhem, what do I win?



HD is not always available for low or new hit videos.
Also YT HD is still way crappy that standard Vimeo quality.
Vimeo is made for gaming videos.

Whether Vimeo is "made for gaming videos" or not, for now you have Youtube, for the future you may have others, it's your right to love Vimeo and you're welcome to post direct links to your videos.........

[Deadfast]

Vimeo doesn't allow gaming videos.

[Zipper5]

Indeed. They actually removed ALL of my ArmA videos on there without giving me any way to access them. The irony is I uploaded them before that rule was put into place. The fact I don't use Vimeo anymore speaks for itself.

[Placebo]

See, I knew there was an awesome reason I denied the request ;)

[heklos]

Placebo,

I am fairly happy that BIS choose the Vbulletin system. (Caveat: I am biased as I run my own :)) In fact I was going to email you a few months back and suggest it because of its ease of importing other boards data.

Did that search thing and saw that it was already said. So third vote on the change the forum mod yellow asterisk thing. Its messing with my internet feng shui.

[Placebo]

I think I answered a couple of times now about our gold stars if you search this thread :)

[bravo 6]

Is it possible to have a subtitle while creating a thread like we used to have in the old forum?
Its very useful..

[Placebo]

Hmm I'm not sure if it's a VB thing?

[bravo 6]

what VB stands for?


edit: ok Placebo, too bad. Feel free to delete these posts if its appropriated.

[Placebo]

vBulletin.........

[Rok]

The forum search doesn't seem to work for words with three letters.

For three letter search I only get:
Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms.

For two letter search I get:
Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms.
The following words are either very common, too long, or too short and were not included in your search.


Three letter search could be useful. For example lots of mod names are three letters. :)

[ProfTournesol]

;1276052']The forum search doesn't seem to work for words with three letters.

For three letter search I only get:

For two letter search I get:


Three letter search could be useful. For example lots of mod names are three letters. :)

Agreed. WW1, WW2 etc are 3 letters long...

[Placebo]

Yes that's covered earlier in the thread, 3 letter searching is implemented but requires some downtime to activate, which we're holding off until we have more things that need maintenance.

[SWAT_BigBear]

Some members names stretch over and uglies the board, IMO.
This may have already been mentioned, ignore me if so.

[Placebo]

I don't believe so, anyone in particular?

[SWAT_BigBear]

blackforest_rumbler is whom caught my attention.
In this thread I notice CameronMcDonald is slightly wide also.
They both post in it
http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=70317&page=267

Maybe a small font change in members names would cure this?

[Placebo]

Aha yes I see it, will pass the link along, thanks :)

[bedges]

The board titles in ARMA: ARMED ASSAULT / COMBAT OPERATIONS and OPERATION FLASHPOINT, are still displaying "!Forum description". Additionally there seems to be something weird going on with the MODEL EDITING (OXYGEN) forum section, as it's not collapsible like the rest.

Otherwise looking good, kudos to all concerned.

[echo1]

Is it just me (tested it on two seperate browsers) or has the formatting on this thread gone haywire?

Link (http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?p=1277210#post1277210)

Just thought I'd post it in case it's a sign of some wider-affecting bug or another.

[Deadfast]

I got the same (1680x1050 res).


Possibly the Asian chars in Manzilla's post?

[W0lle]

I got the same (1680x1050 res).


Possibly the Asian chars in Manzilla's post?

Must be like that, i removed Manzillas quote from the post and then all others were gone too. It's like the other guys replied inside Manzillas post. :confused:

[])rStrangelove]

The forum just told me 'fanatic' is considered a bad word in a signature. What's wrong with fanatics? Aren't we all?

[Placebo]

Weird, couldn't find the issue yet so fixed it manually :)

[AgentJonathan]

I really like the new board. For all who participated in the making: Well done! You've done a bang up job. :ok:

Anybody agree?

I appreciate the new board. :ok:

[Placebo]

I'm glad you like it, me too :)

[Sickboy]

I really like the new board. For all who participated in the making: Well done! You've done a bang up job. :ok:

Anybody agree?

I appreciate the new board. :ok:


I'm glad you like it, me too :)

:yay: :yay:

[Deadfast]

Must be like that, i removed Manzillas quote from the post and then all others were gone too. It's like the other guys replied inside Manzillas post. :confused:

Same thing with 3rd post in this thread:
http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=71871

[Placebo]

Fixed, changed it to code rather than quote, serves the same purpose without the bug :)

[HOPEnSPIRIT]

You finally got the best forum software in the world, now buy the Project Tools addon.

http://www.vbulletin.com/features_project.php

In brief BI will be able to improve their customer relations by providing an area where Bugs can be Officially submitted and you can show us, the progress on fixing the Bugs.

:yay:

[echo1]

Huzzah for the new server. I was wondering whether the site would have to go down everytime a new patch was released :D

[Placebo]

Shouldn't any more no :)

[Placebo]

Is the four-character-minimum search term limit is still in place? I tried to search for info on this and came up empty.
I'm having trouble searching using terms like WGL, FDF, MP7, etc. . .

We finally got it fixed so the minimum is now 3 characters and searches such as WGL work :)

[bedges]

"The Bohemia Interactive Forums database has encountered a problem"...

when attempting to edit a message in a social group.

[[FRL]Myke]

Can it be the BIWIKI server is down?
http://community.bistudio.com/wiki

This site wont load up. The whole day already :(

[Sniperwolf572]

It actually loads at times, but the database seems to fart a lot. :(

[[FRL]Myke]

Tried now several times and the page didn't load a single time. It's ugly if the BIWIKI can't be reached. Any thoughts when it will be fixed?

[Sniperwolf572]

Not at the moment, if we get any word, we'll let you know.

[[FRL]Myke]

Thanks, much appreciated

[DaveP]

*'s seem to be censored regardless of context (to stop people from saying * instead of o*ay I presume?)


The letter after j

[Placebo]

Is fine now :)

[HOPEnSPIRIT]

Bohemia Interactive could increase customer relations by using the Project Tools (http://www.vbulletin.com/features_project.php) addon for your vBulletin Forum, you can track bugs/features/tasks.

It would give the community updates on whats happening with patches and help Bohemia Interactive by stopping multiple threads on the same bugs improving customer satifaction and a easier job for staff so they can concentrate on getting things done.

[TCEd]

Hey guys, I searched the FAQ but couldn't find a definite answer, do these forums have an RSS feed, if not, would it be possible to enable as it would relieve some of the traffic for those who use RSS, as they wouldn't have to bombard the forums for info, thanks guys for all your hard work on the forums & keeping the community up to date.

[Placebo]

We don't but it's something we ought to do for all our sites.......

[HOPEnSPIRIT]

That is a good idea!

Currently vBulletin can accept RSS Feeds from other sites and auto-post them, but we can't make our own.

I'll put in a suggestion with the vBulletin Developers.

[echo1]

Is there any way to sort the list of smilies such that the old ikonboard smilies are in a seperate category near the top?

[Maximus2015]

How to contact Bohemia Interactive? I would suggest, that in the future patch for ArmA 2 they update function setFriend, that it can be used as side1 setFriend [side2, value], and faction1 setFriend [faction2, value] to set one faction enemy for other, or one to friend other. Just this game does not suffice. (Sorry for my bad english iam living in Russia)

[Placebo]

How to contact Bohemia Interactive? I would suggest, that in the future patch for ArmA 2 they update function setFriend, that it can be used as side1 setFriend [side2, value], and faction1 setFriend [faction2, value] to set one faction enemy for other, or one to friend other. Just this game does not suffice. (Sorry for my bad english iam living in Russia)


Not "new forum related" is it?

Anyways: http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=75571 :)

[Maximus2015]

Ok, thanks http://forums.bistudio.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

[Jorge.PT]

Good morning.

I've noticed that if you click on the "BI MILITARY GAMES FORUMS" link, you wont get a clear distinction of what's ArmA and what's ArmA2.

I don't if it's a problem, or something that you intended. But it doesn't help to a quick understanding of what belongs to ArmA2 and ArmA.

Screen to help you guys understand what I mean:

http://i711.photobucket.com/albums/ww117/Jorge_PT/Untitled-1.jpg

[Revencher]

every thing so blury its like i need glasses. and objects arent rendering realy basic untill they get close

[Placebo]

every thing so blury its like i need glasses. and objects arent rendering realy basic untill they get close


The forums? Try here: http://www.specsavers.co.uk/

[skipper]

I ve Operation flashpoint cold war crisis version: 1.00
i have downloaded some addons, but i don't know how to install them !!! i really wanna !!!! pleaaase

[Placebo]

Not related to the thread, and it's crossposting as you've already made a thread about it.

[Rok]

This is a very minor thing but could "ArmA 2 - MISSION EDITING & SCRIPTING" subforum be first in list of "ARMA 2 EDITING (http://forums.bistudio.com/forumdisplay.php?f=92)" sub-forums?
That would keep consistency with A1 forums and it's also the first editing subforum new players look for.

[ck-claw]

This is a very minor thing but could "ArmA 2 - MISSION EDITING & SCRIPTING" subforum be first in list of "ARMA 2 EDITING (http://forums.bistudio.com/forumdisplay.php?f=92)" sub-forums?
That would keep consistency with A1 forums and it's also the first editing subforum new players look for.

Agreed +1

[T3 Forgiven]

After searching here I have found some old post about the 360, but Im wondering why there isnt a dedicated forum? I have followed this series for a while and understand its primary pc, but it would be nice to have a question and answer base with other console owners. Thanks

[Placebo]

Because there isn't an announced console version of ArmA2 with release date/publisher, if/when there is there'll be a forum created.

[i0n0s]

The "New Posts" search only returns 500 founds, even if more new posts were posted.

[JuggernautOfWar]

BUG REPORT:

My timezone is GMT -8 but yet on the bottom of the forum it says "All times are GMT -7. The time now is 07:20 PM" The time is correct for GMT -8 but yet it tells me I'm in -7.

[Placebo]

BUG REPORT:

My timezone is GMT -8 but yet on the bottom of the forum it says "All times are GMT -7. The time now is 07:20 PM" The time is correct for GMT -8 but yet it tells me I'm in -7.

So just change the timezone in options so it shows the right time for you ;)

It's the same for me, "All times are GMT +2. The time now is 14:59.", my time is actually GMT +1

[NeMeSiS]

It usually has something to do with summer/wintertime not being right. I also live in a GMT+1 area, but i currently i have to add (Or actually, the forum does it for me) another +1 because of DST. ;)

[HOPEnSPIRIT]

New Forums: Feedback thread - Bugs/Suggestions here please.

Kind of spamming what I have said before, but at least here it is in the right place.

vBulletin Project Tools addon for your Forum would make a great Bug Tracker, easy to use and keeps the Community informed.

[ceeeb]

Could the maximum number of posts per page in the print thread tool be increased. This tool is useful for displaying a large part or all of thread in one go. At the moment the maximum limit seems to be 40 posts per page (100+ would be desirable).

[Placebo]

Added options for 75 and 100, obviously if it turns out this harms server load or such they'll be removed :)

[Big Dawg KS]

I'm not sure if it's just me, but when I reply to a PM, said reply does not end up in my Sent Items folder (or any other folder that I can see), and I can't figure out how to read them. Is this intentional or a bug? Is there any way for me to view my replies?

[NeMeSiS]

I'm not sure if it's just me, but when I reply to a PM, said reply does not end up in my Sent Items folder (or any other folder that I can see), and I can't figure out how to read them. Is this intentional or a bug? Is there any way for me to view my replies?

Before you sent the PM tick the 'Save a copy of this message in your Sent Items folder.' box. ;)

[Big Dawg KS]

Meh... options. Why wasn't that on by default?

[NeMeSiS]

It saves me from having to empty it every once in a while when im out of PM storage space. :D

[Sniperwolf572]

Meh... options. Why wasn't that on by default?

You can turn it on for all future PM's by ticking the "Save a copy of sent messages in my Sent Items folder by default" box in the User CP.

[Placebo]

Meh... options. Why wasn't that on by default?

I believe it's now default for all new users, unfortunately it wasn't at the time of the merge (most of us quickly found the option of course) ;)

[Big Dawg KS]

Yep, lesson learned, thanks.

[kobe1885]

I do not know how it can be illegal with my CD key! ArmA 2 have not be published in my country, as a result, i have to ask my friend buy one for me in Russia, by the way, my friend is studying in Russia. Besides, it really costs a lot of time and money to mail the game box from Russia, he tells me i can download the game files from Internet, and then register my own account with this cd key. I tried, but met the language problem meantioned before. I am quite sure that i bought the cd key in legal way! I never use fake codes, my key is 100% legal. Now, still no help?

[Placebo]

Where did you download the game files from? Steam? Sprocket? Nexway? Mataboli? That's the only way to legally download the game files.

[Big Dawg KS]

Here's a question about social groups. What're the differences between Public/Invite Only & Moderated group types?

[Placebo]

Public = anyone can join.
Invited = you need an invite to join.
Moderated = any posts you make won't show up until the social group owner(s) approve them.

I'm guessing anyways :)

[Big Dawg KS]

Thanks.

Btw Placebo, I noticed you have an album (several actually). I can't find any way to create or add pictures to an album... I'm guessing this is something regular users don't have access to... am I right?

Ok, this isn't about me wanting an album (cause I don't), I'm just wondering why you get one and nobody else does. :rolleyes:

[Placebo]

It's quite likely I didn't enable it for regular members for bandwidth reasons :)

[Big Dawg KS]

Yea that's what I figured... but it's making me wonder what else you have that us regular users don't. :raisebrow:

[Placebo]

Tons of nice stuff, tags, thread ratings, loads :)

[Big Dawg KS]

Me again. Can the max file size for social group pictures be increased? Right now the maximum is 200x200 px or 10KB, however IMO 10KB negates the point of allowing 200x200 pictures, because in order to get your picture < 10KB at 200x200 px it would have to look like crap. Also, at 10KB it's hardly any greater than the maximum size allowed for profile pics (9.8KB), but surely the amount of social groups (with pictures) isn't going to be anywhere near the amount of potential user profiles (with pics). I think changing it to 25KB would be good enough; when I scaled my 100x100 8.something KB pic to 200x200 it was roughly 24KB.

What do you think?

[kurt211]

Thanks for fixing the front page to show the last post in the games section!

[hamis]

I found out that last post times are often really badly off,sometimes difference between shown before you open thread and real time of the post is many days!:eek:

[Placebo]

I'm betting that's threads with polls?

[Big Dawg KS]

Me again. Can the max file size for social group pictures be increased? Right now the maximum is 200x200 px or 10KB, however IMO 10KB negates the point of allowing 200x200 pictures, because in order to get your picture < 10KB at 200x200 px it would have to look like crap. Also, at 10KB it's hardly any greater than the maximum size allowed for profile pics (9.8KB), but surely the amount of social groups (with pictures) isn't going to be anywhere near the amount of potential user profiles (with pics). I think changing it to 25KB would be good enough; when I scaled my 100x100 8.something KB pic to 200x200 it was roughly 24KB.

What do you think?

Any response?

[Placebo]

I can lower it to 100x100 @<hidden> 10kb if 200x200 @<hidden> 10kb looks too crap? ;)

[Big Dawg KS]

But 10KB is just so small... :pet5:

Btw I also noticed there is a 1000 character limit on social group discussion posts... :(

[DM]

Is there any way to turn off the "bump thread when someone votes in a poll" thing?

Its REALLY annoying, and really doesnt make much sense... I mean whoop de do, someone has voted in the poll. Anyone that cares enough to know the milisecond someone has voted will probably be watching the results like a hawk anyway.

[raedor]

Is there any way to turn off the "bump thread when someone votes in a poll" thing?

Its REALLY annoying, and really doesnt make much sense... I mean whoop de do, someone has voted in the poll. Anyone that cares enough to know the milisecond someone has voted will probably be watching the results like a hawk anyway.

Checka! (http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=72059&page=14)

[DM]

Pah, thats awful reasoning, makes DM do :k: (damnit, theres no actual cring emoticon on this forum anymore)

oh wiat, there is

[Big Dawg KS]

I just found out when I try to post the word 'tk-ers' (minus the -), it's replaced with a bunch of ********** crap.

Odd word to block... no?

[Placebo]

Odd word to block... no?

No...

[Big Dawg KS]

Ok... well what word should I use instead?

[Placebo]

Manatees.

[Big Dawg KS]

:raisebrow: Never seen em called that before... might confuse people?

[Big Dawg KS]

Subscribed social groups/group discussions are not shown in the user CP with subscribed threads.

[SWAT_BigBear]

Manatees.


:raisebrow: Never seen em called that before... might confuse people?
Yes, odd.... mammal (sea cow) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manatee
When I see "Manatee" I have flashbacks of my Scuba diving days.

[echo1]

The auto-Daylight Savings Time seems to have stopped working for us GMT people as of the past few days. I had to turn DST on manually in the forum options.... Strange that it just stopped working all of a sudden.

[riffleman]

What to do for attach file anybody have any idea.

[Placebo]

You can't.

[Sanctuary]

For files, you can use free hosting services like
mediafire (http://www.mediafire.com/)
megaupload (http://www.megaupload.com/)
filefront (http://www.filefront.com/)
etc..

For pictures you can use
imageshack (http://imageshack.us/)
photobucket (http://photobucket.com/)
etc...

and then point to the link of your hosted file or picture in a post.

[riffleman]

Thanks sanctury .

[sparks50]

The forum is great, our many years of whining was not wasted :)

Can the smiley tags be altered so OFP:DR does not turn into a big dollar grin?

[Big Dawg KS]

Why not just make it so that posting OFP:DR (or any varient of it) outside of the DR thread results in ***********...?

[W0lle]

The forum is great, our many years of whining was not wasted :)

Can the smiley tags be altered so OFP:DR does not turn into a big dollar grin?

No, I actually like that. :)
If it bothers you, simply don't mention it.

[ck-claw]

Why not just make it so that posting OFP:DR (or any varient of it) outside of the DR thread results in ***********...?
Was tending to agree with the above-but now W0lle mentions it,tis quite cute as is! lol

[riffleman]

Sorry for asking stupid question.How can i delete my post or thread.is there anyone.

[Big Dawg KS]

Ask the mods.

[W0lle]

Sorry for asking stupid question.How can i delete my post or thread.is there anyone.

You can't delete your posts or threads. To make a post of you vanish from the forums either change your text to "Please delete" or as KS said, ask one of us to delete it for you - and don't ask me, ask someone else. :p

[Placebo]

The quickest way to have your post deleted if you make some error is to edit it to say something like "BIS smell of poo" because we fascist mods are always deleting every contrary opinion in nanoseconds, well apparently anyways ;)

[Big Dawg KS]

BIS smell of poo

Look what I can do when I take things out of context... :butbut:

[Placebo]

Best sig eva!

[Big Dawg KS]

Best sig eva!

In mine now. :p I actually have a question about that. As long as it's in spoiler tags it doesn't matter how big it is (provided it is within the limits whilst "unspoiled"), right?

[Placebo]

Yeah can be 8,000 feet high but as long as the spoilered version is <=150 pixels it's fine :)

[riffleman]

The quickest way to have your post deleted if you make some error is to edit it to say something like "BIS smell of poo" because we fascist mods are always deleting every contrary opinion in nanoseconds, well apparently anyways ;)
i did't understand.
what to do to ask for delete a post thread .send a visitor message to moderator or what message?

[Placebo]

It was a joke, obviously it didn't translate very well ;)

[echo1]

Yeah can be 8,000 feet high but as long as the spoilered version is <=150 pixels it's fine :)

Does this mean that it's possible to post a picture greater than 100Kb as long as it is hidden inside a Spoiler, and it's as being greater than 100Kb?

[riffleman]

What is my question answer?

[Placebo]

Does this mean that it's possible to post a picture greater than 100Kb as long as it is hidden inside a Spoiler, and it's as being greater than 100Kb?

No.


What is my question answer?

The answer is you cannot.

[riffleman]

Ok i will remember it.

[Big Dawg KS]

The answer is you cannot.

And thus my sig continues to grow... like some sort of magical beanstalk.