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Tankbuster

Mar 27 2010, 08:21

Here, (http://forums.bistudio.com/showpost.php?p=1597000&postcount=221)WOlle said,

Please refrain from creating any further PR threads here, this goes for anyone.
I realise there's little interpretative license to be had with what he said, but I'd still like to get confirmation, especially in view of what Suma said earlier in the same thread.

I would like to welcome you on board.

I think it is great news for the ArmA 2 community that a team capable of producing a content with very high quality has joined it, as the quality is what matters most in the end and Project Reality is renown for great quality.

As for the fear your mod may be a little bit different, I think a little more versatility will do the community good anyway. The world is big and there is lot of place for many different kinds of games or mods.

Regarding the people telling you vocally what you should and should not do, well, you can do the same that has proven extremely healthy to us during development:

Dogs bark but the caravan goes on.

... but being experienced as you are, I guess you probably already know this.

One more time: Welcome on board.

We are expected to behave as PR doesn't exist?

Placebo

Mar 27 2010, 08:58

The creator of the mod said he had no wish to continue posting on these forums and using that thread, thus there's no point keeping the thread open, if he decides to rethink that policy he's more than welcome to PM me and we can look at starting afresh with a new thread :)

Tankbuster

Mar 27 2010, 09:20

I got that, thanks. But also there's

Please refrain from creating any further PR threads here, this goes for anyone.
I'll be honest, my initial interest in that thread was not about the addons or the modifications, it was about their policy on 'licensing servers'. I think the community should discuss that particular aspect of PR and how and if we should move in that direction.
I realise of course that any such thread would be a fanboi/h8r magnet, and I'm also suspecting such a thread would be more trouble than it's worth. :)

JdB

Mar 27 2010, 14:12

I'll be honest, my initial interest in that thread was not about the addons or the modifications, it was about their policy on 'licensing servers'. I think the community should discuss that particular aspect of PR and how and if we should move in that direction.:)

Licensing servers is not really possible in ArmA2, only promoting servers that the creators of the mod think runs the mod like they had intended. The whole "licensing" discussion as put forward in the thread is a non-issue, as every mod can promote certain servers running their mod already. Project Reality or not. This is not Project Reality-specific imo. It's like the aimpoints in PR that only zoom in the required part of the screen that has been brought up on these forums. Wanting to have a BF2-specific feature in ArmA2 when it's technically pretty much impossible. Perhaps the mods will allow a thread about promoting/licensing servers (whatever you want to call it) that is not about any mod in particular.

Placebo

Mar 27 2010, 18:15

We don't do licensed servers so there's no need to have a thread on the subject, if someone wants to host a server, then the more the merrier.

Tankbuster

Mar 27 2010, 18:52

My thoughts exactly. Thank you. :)

tiket

Apr 1 2010, 15:48

How can i add images to my group.

W0lle

Apr 1 2010, 16:43

You need to add them to your Album (http://forums.bistudio.com/album.php) first.

Once uploaded you select the ones you want to add to the group, select the target group at the bottom and click on "Add pictures".

riffleman

Apr 1 2010, 17:01

echo1

Apr 10 2010, 19:33

So, any chance of getting that politics thread back?

colossus

Apr 16 2010, 01:08

Would it, in theory, be possible for the forum to have one account member (lets call it "ArmA2-PR") whom we could PM news, pictures or other types of information about OA or ArmA 2. So that "ArmA2-PR" could post all the info about OA or ArmA 2 in a separate and locked thread where only news will be contained? Keeping information and comments separate.

Any news posted in the comment thread would either be moved or copied to the locked information thread either via PM from whatever member to "ArmA2-PR" or by any of the mods who spotted it. Mods would be the one maintaining "ArmA2-PR" equally.

It's a real mess to look through the current threads for information at the moment. It would also make it easier for people not familiar with community websites or wish to quote/comment these posts in a separate comment thread, to find this information.

-> Latest ArmA 2 & ArmA 2: OA Press Coverage (Locked and moderated by "ArmA2-PR" & Mods)
-> Comments about ArmA 2 & ArmA 2: OA Press Coverage (Open and moderated by Mods)

All in theory of course. :)

Tankbuster

Apr 30 2010, 06:35

Shameless request to sticky this thread.

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=98461

Placebo

Apr 30 2010, 06:58

So, any chance of getting that politics thread back?

I'll be honest, it left a bad taste in my mouth there's no way I want to dig it up again, but you're welcome to start a new one now if you wish? :)

Shameless request to sticky this thread.

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=98461

Glad to oblige :)

Tankbuster

Apr 30 2010, 07:37

Glad to oblige :)

You're a gent, sir. :)

Tankbuster

May 15 2010, 06:59

Oh dear, I should stop posting in this thread. :)

In The Domination thread -

It would be nice if you could discuss what you don't like or not in some other thread or via PM. I have a hard time finding information like bug reports in here, cluttered as it is now with irrelevant bla bla.

Would it be acceptable for us to create a thread in Arma2 Mission editing and scripting entitled "Modifying and Expanding Domination"?
This mission, and Xeno's documentation of it, has been both a catalyst and helper in getting me into creating content for this game and I'd get more help and help others.
There are forums on Dev-Hev, but they are unused. This would be much better place.

W0lle

May 16 2010, 01:12

I don't see any reason why such a thread should not be created and used. :)

[FRL]Myke

May 20 2010, 17:03

Especially regarding the last 2 posts in here by W0lle and Tankbuster, i would like to know why this thread
http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=99329

has been closed. It was only very losely related to ACE2, more addressing to some more general problems which might be repeated shortly with ProjectReality and maybe also other mods that might hit the ground in near or far future.
So i saw it more as a "general handling of addons in the future" thread, ACE2 only mentoined as being the first mod.

Placebo

May 20 2010, 19:32

It's because of your anti English avatar ;)

[FRL]Myke

May 20 2010, 19:42

What? You don't like my facepaint? :p
Hehe, however, thanks for renaming and reopening.

Tankbuster

May 25 2010, 09:13

Could this thread be unpinned and closed please. It's finished with.

Thanks.:)

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=97570

Sniperwolf572

May 25 2010, 12:01

Could this thread be unpinned and closed please. It's finished with.

Thanks.:)

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=97570

Sorted.

NovaInfuse

May 25 2010, 22:43

Is there a word count limit on Squad Fan-pages for Clans?

MattXR

May 25 2010, 23:29

Is there a word count limit on Squad Fan-pages for Clans?

Nope. These are the rules of the section! :)
http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=73604

NovaInfuse

May 26 2010, 07:08

Nope. These are the rules of the section! :)
http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=73604

Okay, fantastic - cheers.

MadDogX

May 27 2010, 06:42

We do not allow quoting of images, no matter what size they are.
Is there any chance of mitigating this rule in the near future? It happened to me too recently - though through no fault of my own, as the image I quoted was blocked by a filter and I simply couldn't see it. In any case, I honestly think it's a bit silly handing out infractions because someone quoted a small 10kb image.

I think the rule should at least be modified in such a way that quoting images under a certain size is allowed, for example anything smaller than 600x400 and 50kb. While we're at it, I think the 100kb image size limit could be upped to ~250kb (if not dropped entirely), as average bandwidth has increased dramatically over the last decade. :)

Tankbuster

May 27 2010, 21:29

Thread rename request..

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=95561

It's not my thread originally, but the OP isn't replying any more and he didn't title it very well. A better thread title might be, "How to configure your dedicated server so it prevents ACE users joining"

Sickboy has been good enough to show us how to configure the server so that it prevents his users joining. kudos to him for that.

W0lle

May 27 2010, 21:55

Done.

However reporting such a thread might be better (and faster) than asking here. ;)

@<hidden>
As far as I remember the hint not to quote images was the only "punishment" for that image quoting. I can't speak for the other Mods but of course I would not hand out an infraction or even a warning for quoting a 10kb image. Often I just remove them without any comment and move on.

Regarding the image size limit: We had that discussion several times in the past years and no, we will not change that limit. There is always the option to either use an image hoster who's providing thumbnails or in worst case you can post a reduced image and post the link to the high quality one below.

Tankbuster

May 27 2010, 22:16

Done.

However reporting such a thread might be better (and faster) than asking here. ;)

Thanks W. Will bear that in mind for next time.

MadDogX

May 29 2010, 07:22

As far as I remember the hint not to quote images was the only "punishment" for that image quoting. I can't speak for the other Mods but of course I would not hand out an infraction or even a warning for quoting a 10kb image. Often I just remove them without any comment and move on.
I was referring more to this post (http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?p=1626902#post1626902), where I recieved an infraction for quoting a small 6KB image. I guess all mods are different. It's no biggie and I'm not here to complain about my case specifically, but I feel that the rule could be changed to allow quoting of small images. ;)

Regarding the image size limit: We had that discussion several times in the past years and no, we will not change that limit. There is always the option to either use an image hoster who's providing thumbnails or in worst case you can post a reduced image and post the link to the high quality one below.
Okay, I guess that's settled then.

TeRp

May 30 2010, 15:56

Hey.
Could you guys please close this thread ("http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=88669).
I made a new one. :eek:
Thanks.

colossus

May 30 2010, 18:32

I was wondering if it is in the best interest of this forum to change the name of "Official ARMA 2 expansion announced: Operation Arrowhead " to "ARMA 2: Operation Arrowhead discussion thread" or similar.
Mainly to strengthen the division between the press coverage and discussion of ArmA 2: OA.

raedor

May 30 2010, 18:37

Good point.

Havoc Company

May 30 2010, 20:05

Each thread can contain posts concerning your group team or squad. This can be announcing new recruiting, announcing training or competitions or new server software or things like that.

from the squad pages

Are we able to post on the completion of our first "main" operation, with a video in?

W0lle

May 30 2010, 20:30

from the squad pages

Are we able to post on the completion of our first "main" operation, with a video in?

As long as you don't post a new "completion of operation with a video" every 7 days it will be ok.

Fox '09

Jun 5 2010, 20:48

i got a question for w0lle, how do you see how large an image is? Downloading them is really time consuming..

W0lle

Jun 5 2010, 21:44

Right-click on the image in your browser, then "view image info" (might be called something similar in other browsers). ;)

Fox '09

Jun 5 2010, 22:40

thanks! It's there on firefox for me.

edit:
you guys should change the Off topic description, it still says operation flashpoint.. perhaps change it to "not related to BIS" or something

Fox '09

Jun 8 2010, 18:24

perhaps you should change the "addon request thread" title to "Addon Request Thread - ALL REQUESTS GO HERE" or something..

edit:
sorry for double post :(

W0lle

Jun 8 2010, 19:21

We can at least try it.

Though it doesn't help when people starting new threads on purpose because they think they get more attention this way.

ray243

Jun 12 2010, 21:19

Sounds stupid but can we have a hot girls thread?

Placebo

Jun 12 2010, 21:36

Sounds stupid but can we have a hot girls thread?

No............

W0lle

Jun 12 2010, 21:37

Negative, I'm sure you will find hundreds of forums on the net about hot girls.

I was faster, just took longer cause I had to type more text! :p

ray243

Jun 13 2010, 05:29

Lmao, ok thanks

maionaze

Jun 13 2010, 13:45

What are the skills required to become a moderator on the BIS forums ?

W0lle

Jun 13 2010, 14:35

First off, you need to be a mix of John Rambo and Terminator.

Nerves of steel.

Being a blind BI follower.

And last but not least: the $10,000 to bribe Placebo.

Or in other words: If we need you, we find you. :)

maionaze

Jun 13 2010, 17:30

First off, you need to be a mix of John Rambo and Terminator.

Well I do wear glasses , so I guess that makes me 1/4 machine and I had long hair until 2 weeks ago - Check

Nerves of steel.

Got those , I live in Romania :p - Check

Being a blind BI follower.

I wear glasses and I follow BIS on the forums . - Check

And last but not least: the $10,000 to bribe Placebo.

I may be able to pay that sum in other ways ;) get it ? ;) - Check

Or in other words: If we need you, we find you. :)

Roger that :D

Mr Burns

Jun 14 2010, 00:20

Guys over at PCGH have this neat toy called VBsoccer - VBSoccer V2 +NFL Livescores - vBulletin.org Forum (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=138146)

Everything is more fun if you can bet on it - soo, can we have it too? :)

(Source: PCGH intern: WM-Tippspiel (http://www.pcgameshardware.de/aid,750427/PCGH-intern-WM-Tippspiel-Deutschland-Spiel-gegen-Australien-nicht-verpassen/PCGH-Webseite/News/))

Placebo

Jun 14 2010, 07:39

I see no need for that, this is a forum for BIS games first and foremost, everything else is secondary (for example I see no reason for OT to be expanded into categories).

Big Dawg KS

Jun 14 2010, 18:16

Are we (regular users) permitted to create events on the calendar? In my boredom I was looking at it and noticed the options to add events. I didn't try submitting any but it took me to the creation page. Didn't wanna get in trouble or anything, but I'm still curious about it. :)

W0lle

Jun 14 2010, 22:57

Fine for me if you think someone will bother to check the calendar. Not sure though if a regular user can do that, you'll find out.

Big Dawg KS

Jun 14 2010, 23:03

Ok, I'll try then...

Edit:
Check the calendar for tomorrow. :shine:

Mr Burns

Jun 15 2010, 00:20

Check the calendar for tomorrow. :shine:

:yay::yay:

I see no need for that, this is a forum for BIS games first and foremost, everything else is secondary (for example I see no reason for OT to be expanded into categories).

Oh come on .. only because there´s no fishing championship announced?
It´d be a temporary "once in four years" event :D

Pathy

Jun 15 2010, 23:23

Regarding the Squads and Fanpages read only lockdown.

Those who benefit: The squads who are on page 1.
Those who lose: Everyone else.

Isn't it kind of missing the point to basically punish all the squads/fanpages who only update thier thread once in a blue moon with relevant stuff (and thus are on page 2, 3, or more), and reward (by permanently locking them into the front page) all the squads who spam thier threads with 'news' that is mostly just irrelevant crap posted to bump up the thread?

As it is, my squad deliberately tends to go light on the updates, and we only try to post when we have something relevant and meaningful to put up. We're now back on Page 4, and stuck there, where we will get very little in way of people looking at us. The squads who are spamming thier threads and presumably causing issues are mostly on page 1, where they will get maximum exposure. I know that i'll be speaking for a lot of other squads when I say that this doesn't feel like a fair solution.

I know you're fed up with all the petty arguments that must errupt, but there must be a more satisfactory solution than this.

Jeza

Jun 15 2010, 23:29

Argeed with Pathy above, it is a dilemma which unit im in have the same issue where we post an important update, i.e. something new or changed within the unit.

Maybe (just a suggestion) there could be a sub-forum in the squad/fanpage bit were the units are slit up i.e maybe British Units section, then click on that and opens up to all the brit based units, another forum for US, Russian, ect ect, may cause an end to the non-stop clutter of the bumping in one single squad page.

Regards Jeza

W0lle

Jun 15 2010, 23:34

Well what shall I say: Bad luck.
The problem exists all the time, those squads with no updates every couple of weeks disappear as well while those who post updates (fake or not) will stay on page #1 or 2.
In the end it depends on how many threads per page you have set in the options.

Of course it's kinda unfair but what else we should do? Remove the whole forum surely is no option. Keeping it running as it was is no more an option either because just a few minutes ago one guy again reported a post there (he replied even to that post he just reported 2 days ago) so we might punish that squad in question he obviously has a problem with.

We will not longer play this childish game, that's for sure. We have some other things to do as well than dealing with that kindergarten behavior.

We will find a solution for that, maybe not tomorrow though.

Pathy

Jun 15 2010, 23:57

I have to admit it rankles me that you don't seem to see any major problem with screwing over all the squads who tried thier best to stick to the rules and show some respect. I cannot understand; surely you should reward the behaviour you want, punish the behaviour you don't want, thats how you get results. This is the complete opposite; rewarding what you didn't want, punishing what you did want. I can see why you'd do this as a temporary stopgap, but.....

If this is the case 'indefinately', then in retrospect, I wish i'd just made up updates constantly like some other squads have done, and kept us top of the pile; not only would we have gotten away with pointless spam, we'd have actually been rewarded for it by being 'indefinately' (placebo's word of choice, not mine) secured a place at the top of the heap. This is where we are now; those of us who tried to stay within the guidelines are completely hamstrung.

However, not to be a complete negative nancy, how about a non-forum based solution? Like: Squads and Fanpages forum, with 1 single topic. In that topic, a link to a webpage. Hell, if you could do it, have the S+FP link directly to it. I'm no coder, so bare with me; That website would be like a Wiki - a wiki full of squads. You could randomise the squads that show up on the front page so that all get roughly equal exposure, and/or make it like a directory. Hell, if you want to get fancy, you could even put in search terms or categories for nationality, gametype, style, etc (ie "American", "Realism", "Co-op) so that people can quickly filter thier results.

New squads could just make themselves a new entry, which wouldn't interfere with existing squads (ie, there would be no 'spam race' to be the top post), it'd be simple for people to find what they were after, and importantly, it wouldn't exclude squads or force them to bump every week to get exposure. The only 'issue' I can forsee would be people making multiple squad entries, but thats not too hard to deal with, surely? I'm sure some kind of solution along these lines would be...much more satisfactory - even if it's just set up as a relatively simple wiki, it'd be a step up from where we are as of right now.

W0lle

Jun 16 2010, 01:00

No, I indeed see no real problem. Posting in that forum was always a privilege and not a right.

I know who used the term 'indefinately' and it wasn't me either. :)

All I can tell now is that we try to find a solution asap.

However, not to be a complete negative nancy, how about a non-forum based solution? Like: Squads and Fanpages forum, with 1 single topic.We have that already: Squad/Clan list (http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=75086) (Can't be updated also of course now).

And we repeatedly told people to create a social group for their squad where they can discuss whatever they want (as long as it is within the rules). Yes that place is a bit hidden and not so obvious for new people outside a squad but it is an option to use.

If anyone one wants to create such a squads Wiki he is more than welcome to do it. We surely don't mind.

As I said already, we try to find a solution for the problem. The forum and the threads are still there and visible. It's not the end and after all it could be worse (like forum set to invisible for regular users and guests). :p
We all spend our free time here moderating the forums and we just had to stop the insanely increased amount of fake reports from ... people thinking they can use us Mods as Medium for their squad wars.

Pathy

Jun 16 2010, 05:52

No, I indeed see no real problem. Posting in that forum was always a privilege and not a right.

The point was that you're punishing the very people who followed the rules, and rewarding those who've caused this issue. What a cackhanded way to moderate, free time or no.

But. Suit yourself. You haven't even bothered to read (or comprehend) what i've said about a non-forum based solution, so whats the point in even trying to be constructive?

Jakerod

Jun 16 2010, 05:55

The point was that you're punishing the very people who followed the rules, and rewarding those who've caused this issue. What a cackhanded way to moderate.

But. Suit yourself. You haven't even bothered to read (or comprehend) what i've said about a non-forum based solution, so whats the point.
He did actually:

If anyone one wants to create such a squads Wiki he is more than welcome to do it. We surely don't mind.
An entire wiki? That's a lot of work for volunteer moderators to do.

He also said:

All I can tell now is that we try to find a solution asap.

Pathy

Jun 16 2010, 06:10

W0lle

Jun 16 2010, 15:49

I've already said they can suit themselves, I don't care much for the direction this is going nor the "tough shit" attitude we've been given for following the guidelines. There is no point in trying to offer any sort of constructive discussion when thats the response. He might have skimmed my last post. The fact he's warbling on about already having a forum thread full of squads in response to "how about a non forum based solution?" says otherwise. I'm out of this.

And your disrespectful replies surely doesn't make anything happen faster. We Mods can live very well with that forum locked, in fact I don't miss cleaning up their and messing with that kindergarten at all.

And I say it one more time: Posting here and especially in that forum is a privilege, not a right. No one said you can post there for all times, no one gave you a guarantee that your squads thread can be updated forever.

I don't even know why you are attacking me at all. I was not the one who made the decision. I was not even asked if the forum should be locked. I just was kind enough to reply to your post. I suggest you contact Placebo about this (and please with the same attitude you are showing here) - if you have the guts to do so that is.

NeMeSiS

Jun 16 2010, 16:41

Why arent we allowed to use all the BB tags in visitor messages? For example we cant even use the [ s ] tag.

Big Dawg KS

Jun 16 2010, 18:51

Why arent we allowed to use all the BB tags in visitor messages? For example we cant even use the [ s ] tag.

So you can't take back what you say... :p

NeMeSiS

Jun 16 2010, 18:56

So you can't take back what you say... :p

But its so useful for accidental mistakes. :D

Big Mac

Jun 17 2010, 18:39

The point was that you're punishing the very people who followed the rules, and rewarding those who've caused this issue. What a cackhanded way to moderate, free time or no.

But. Suit yourself. You haven't even bothered to read (or comprehend) what i've said about a non-forum based solution, so whats the point in even trying to be constructive?
When me and my brothers were growing up we used to get in a lot of mischief as all kids do, and like all kids who get into mischief we looked for a way to blame it on someone else. When our father couldn't find the culprit in something he painted all our back porches red, that way he knew he got the right one.

I see this as more adult version of the same old thing that happened between me and my brothers were growing up, except no one is getting their butts beat..literally. You and I can thank our fellow realism units and clans for this punishment, because of their childish behavior now everyone is having to pay the price and that includes innocent people like you and I.

Pathy

Jun 17 2010, 18:50

Except that the ultimate reward is to be placed for eternity on the front page of the squads and fanpages board. Imagine if, when one of your brothers did something, you and your other innocent brother got your thrashing, whilst the guilty one got given an icecream and a pat on the head.

Edit: Still, no wonder you're not too bothered, your squad is 6th from top, where you will stay, getting loads of exposure when Arrowhead releases. We will be on the 4th page.

W0lle

Jun 17 2010, 18:59

Well... we can stop that "unfair punishment" of course and treat all forum threads equal. But I'm sure none of you will like that option.

It's enough now with the whining and bitching. I said we find a solution asap and if that's not enough then I don't know.

I say it one more time: There is no right to post in that forum, there is no right to have your threads updated there and there is also no right that <insert random squad here> appears on page #1 of that forum.

Got it? Good.

Pathy

Jun 17 2010, 21:07

Yeah, we heard you the first time. You will do what you will do, and we'll just wait and see what happens.

Abs

Jun 19 2010, 16:31

What's the point of this thread if it's not to discuss the way that things are done around here by the people who do said things?

When someone asks a question about the particular logic behind a decision and brings up what he sees to be a real problem, and then essentially gets told to 'suck it up', then his question isn't actually answered, is it?

Perhaps the way to avoid a situation like this is to get the actual moderator who takes the action in question to answer the question...that way other moderators who didn't take the action, were not consulted on said action, and have nothing to do with it will not end up telling customers that that's essentially 'the way it goes', and people get real answers and don't end up being frustrated.

In the spirit of this thread, my first two questions weren't hypothetical, and can be answered by anyone who chooses to.

Abs

Placebo

Jun 19 2010, 17:17

What's the point of this thread if it's not to discuss the way that things are done around here by the people who do said things?

Having every question answered in full was never a given, I think if you look back at the history of these threads however the majority are answered, but just because someone asks something doesn't guarantee that the moderator that made the specific decision will answer the specific question in full.

When someone asks a question about the particular logic behind a decision and brings up what he sees to be a real problem, and then essentially gets told to 'suck it up', then his question isn't actually answered, is it?

Any answer is better than no answer, and W0lle has answered the questions more than I intend to do as I'm still extremely angry about the behaviour of a majority of squads as a whole, it's not just one squad, it's multiple squads and I'm thoroughly pissed off about such pathetic behaviour, yes the situation right now is that certain squads cannot update their threads and they're stuck on page 50 or what not but if they really care about the community they will understand that a few days non postability is far better if it means that the situation is changed so it reflects better on all squads as a whole.

Sniper Pilot

Jun 27 2010, 23:40

Just now there have been some serious banning and suspending going on. I was wondering if it was due to the fact they were talking about OA's copy protection?

The reason I ask is I don't want to join in the conversation if it's going to get me banned! :eek:

I hope it isn't that you found out they were pirating the game, because that just leaves a bad taste in my mouth if they did. :(

p.s. Thank you for creating this thread, and taking the time to answer our questions. It realy brings much needed insight- I truly appreciate it.

Jakerod

Jun 28 2010, 00:21

W0lle

Jun 28 2010, 05:10

Placebo

Jun 28 2010, 08:08

Click on Placebo's name and then go to find more posts by Placebo. That should give you an answer.

EDIT: I just realized I finally kicked my habit of calling you Place-bo when reading things in my head. Yeah!

It's pronounced Pla-see-bo ;)

Or for the sake of simplicity "Paul" ;)

Big Dawg KS

Jun 28 2010, 12:06

It's pronounced Pla-see-bo ;)

Or for the sake of simplicity "Paul" ;)

What about "Pablo-ce" for the severely dyslexic among us... :pet6::n:

Placebo

Jun 28 2010, 13:00

You can stick with "P" ;)

Big Dawg KS

Jun 28 2010, 13:17

Actually, I used to think "Place-bo" in my head like Mac up there, but that habbit died long long ago. I do like Pablo though, I think I'll start using that from now on.

Cheers Pablo. :shine:

Sniper Pilot

Jun 28 2010, 14:19

We suspended a couple of people earlier for obviously using illegal copies of OA. If you live e.g. in Chile it's impossible you have already a legal copy of the game.

Others were banned for above and returning with a duplicate account. Gambled and lost so to say. :)

Glad they got owned as it's just sad that they just didn't shell out for it.

(this has nothing to do with the users who got banned/suspended btw)Now I know it's highly unlikely that anyone would do this, but my friend always likes to get games on the very first day it's possible and has done so with countless Japanese releases and either ArmA or ArmA2 (can't remember which). He has flight benifits, so it's very possible to fly on short notice and get the game before it arrives in the US.

Now I don't know if he was successful at getting OA as I havn't talked to him, but I guess the REAL question is:

Do you have a system to know if the party really pirated the game or do you go purley by assumption?(which would be totally understandable because the chances of someone being as crazy as my buddy are slim to none :) )

Second question, out of curiosity, how would someone go about proving they have a legal copy? Would they pm you guys or what?

**if you can't answer these questions it's totaly understandable as I don't want you to reveal anything that would give pirates more ligitimacy.

Oh and I used to always call Placebo "Place-bo" too lol, man this community has been here forever, and I'm getting old.

rundll.exe

Jun 28 2010, 18:46

And now for something completely different:

The offtopic forum description still reads:

For discussions not strictly related to Operation Flashpoint. Topics should still be related in some way, for example: military, politics, science and other military games.

While its nice to have some OFP memorabilia, I think it should mention the successors too, or jut in general "BI Games" ;)

Jakerod

Jun 28 2010, 22:21

It's pronounced Pla-see-bo ;)
Yeah, I figured that out at some point. I joined the forum when I was like 14 or something like that and had never seen Placebo written out before, only heard someone say it. At some point I saw it and heard it at the same time and it finally clicked that I had been saying it wrong for all these years. The habit stuck though. But now it is gone.

I know that you're not going to be splitting up the ArmA II forum for Arrowhead but did Resistance ever have its own sections? I could've swore that at some point it did but now I can't remember.

Sniperwolf572

Jun 28 2010, 22:30

I know that you're not going to be splitting up the ArmA II forum for Arrowhead but did Resistance ever have its own sections? I could've swore that at some point it did but now I can't remember.

As far as I remember, only Elite had it's own special section.

Jakerod

Jun 28 2010, 23:08

As far as I remember, only Elite had it's own special section.
Okay. I thought I remembered Resistance missions having its own section right below the OFP missions for a while until it had been out. I guess not though.

W0lle

Jun 28 2010, 23:23

Elite had its own forum over at the old BI Forums. However this is the new forums and OA is "just" an expansion, not a new game. Elite was technically a new game. The Resistance expansion also had no separate forum back then.

Big Dawg KS

Jun 28 2010, 23:32

Well I've always wondered... why can't we get a forum for this game (http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Fairytale)? :cool:

Sniper Pilot

Jun 29 2010, 02:27

Well I've always wondered... why can't we get a forum for this game (http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Fairytale)? :cool:

Wow this is the first time i've heard of it! Pretty cool seeing where we got the ambient wildlife from among others. Though it would have been nice to get melée weapons. (Not sure how well it would have worked though.)

As not to spam, how do you select moderators and what are the prerequisites?

Sniperwolf572

Jun 29 2010, 07:21

As not to spam, how do you select moderators and what are the prerequisites?

Answer to that is here (http://forums.bistudio.com/showpost.php?p=1649632&postcount=306).

Sniper Pilot

Jun 29 2010, 18:51

Answer to that is here (http://forums.bistudio.com/showpost.php?p=1649632&postcount=306).
Haha that's awesome! :) thanks!

Lonestar

Jul 2 2010, 15:12

Why ArmA 2 & OA - SQUADS AND FANPAGES is the only forum where search function is disabled? It would be so convenient to search this forum for a specific clan/squad.

I have posted a message in the Squad/Clan List (http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=75086) thread.

The warning tells: Please note, this forum is pre-moderated, that means any new thread/post you make will not be visible until approved by a moderator. Please do not contact moderators directly to approve your post/thread, that will result in it being deleted, feel free to use the "report post" function to request approval, however that should only be done once.

How can you request approval by reporting a post which did not appear yet?

Thank you for your answer

Placebo

Jul 2 2010, 20:34

I wasn't aware search function was disabled, that was purely an accident if so, thanks for letting me know :)

Well I assumed that when you make your post it showed up for you as the poster, obviously if that isn't the case I will find an alternative solution :)

---------- Post added at 22:27 ---------- Previous post was at 22:21 ----------

Search is now fixed, checking the 2nd part of your complaint.

---------- Post added at 22:30 ---------- Previous post was at 22:27 ----------

Ok you're right you can't see your own post when it's in the queue, solution is to report the post I make saying "when your new thread/post is ready for pre-moderation please report this post asking us to check it" :)

---------- Post added at 22:34 ---------- Previous post was at 22:30 ----------

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=100513

*So as it turns out once you've made your new post/thread and it's in the moderation queue you can't see it, so obviously you can't report it to have us check it, so instead simply report this here post saying that you have a new thread/post awaiting moderation and we'll get to it as quickly as we can :)

Hope that helps, thanks for reporting these issues to us :)

PuFu

Jul 7 2010, 13:31

is there any chance that the Editing subforums for A2/OA get a facelift, sort of what i was trying to suggest here (http://forums.bistudio.com/showpost.php?p=1674587&postcount=10)

there are plenty of threads mistplaced, tons of questions asked in the wrong sections etc etc, mainly because:
* Configs and Scripting part is taken as mission editing (i guess reading addons between brackets is too hard for some)
* Map is very often taken as Mission, not terrain
and so on and so forth

TY

rundll.exe

Jul 8 2010, 20:48

I would welcome that suggestion of pufu, I always found those titles misleading, even back in the OFP times...

Fox '09

Jul 22 2010, 20:27

is my avatar okay for the forums?

W0lle

Jul 22 2010, 20:34

Besides the fact that animated avatars are boring (repeating the same thing over and over and over again), I don't see anything wrong with it.

Simon C

Jul 27 2010, 20:29

Not sure if this is the right place to pose this question, but here goes:

As we all know, people occasionally miss the search function. :p
So, my idea is thus; Would it be possible to create a button, of the same style as the 'new thread' button, right next to both 'new thread' buttons (the one at the top and the one at the bottom)?
My theory is that it'll stop people from blindly clicking on the big button without searching, as the search buttons aren't currently in the most visible place. :)

Placebo

Jul 27 2010, 20:33

I plan to make it so the first 5 times you press the new thread button it actually goes to search and only on the 6th time of writing your new thread from scratch and pressing the send button will it really go through ;)

Alternatively there is a plugin I saw some time ago which reads your new thread title and auto-searches with suggestions before letting your new thread go through.

W0lle

Jul 27 2010, 20:44

I somehow like the first option. :)

Simon C

Jul 27 2010, 21:33

I can see why. :p

The plugin sounds like quite a clever idea actually, not massively intrusive yet it still forces users to consider alternatives to cluttering the forums without searching.

Sniper Pilot

Jul 30 2010, 01:30

Q: Did you guys have anything to do with this?

FPDR LOL FPDR very subtle BIS! I like!

:D

ck-claw

Jul 30 2010, 12:12

Q: Did you guys have anything to do with this?

FPDR LOL FPDR very subtle BIS! I like!

:D

LOL yes a few of us requested it,after someone posted it in the CM ofp3 thread!

And the Legend that is Placebo,sorted it!! :yay:

http://forums.bistudio.com/showpost.php?p=1700265&postcount=68

Btw sry if not suppose to post here?

PuFu

Jul 30 2010, 20:39

Deadfast

Jul 30 2010, 21:29

JdB

Aug 1 2010, 15:54

Project Reality forums have a rule that you have to back up all your claims in the news and politics section with sources. In the light of the recent posts in this thread (http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=104048) maybe a policy worth applying here too?

"Your sources are biased, don't believe everything the government and their henchmen tell you!"

Knowing the truth in discussions on the internet, and having the sources to prove it. Useless.

NeMeSiS

Aug 3 2010, 23:53

We really need a better
:o smiley.

This one looks like he says 'Im sorry i farted in this elevator' instead of 'OMG'. :o
I like it, but it doesnt fit
:o.

ryguy

Aug 6 2010, 22:50

Is there a rule about having a gif in your signature that is over 100kb?

W0lle

Aug 6 2010, 22:53

Is there a rule about having a gif in your signature that is over 100kb?

Of course there is:

§16) Keep avatars and signatures within forum regulations

Total maximum signature size is 600x150 px (text and/or images combined). Total maximum image size is 100KB.
Avatar filesize must not exceed 100KB.
Signature and avatar must be quiet, no sounds may be played back in them by any means.
No flame-baiting or similar material and/or text that others may find offensive is allowed to be displayed.

The signature may be used to advertise your clan, fan-site or addons, but not as a billboard for flaming or opinion statements.

Darkhorse 1-6

Aug 7 2010, 03:33

Can you confirm that the community can open/edit BIS models to use in mods/addons? There have been several projects that, if I read it correctly, seem to violate the EULA, yet nothing has been said regarding these. It's raised some confusion on the issue.

W0lle

Aug 7 2010, 14:22

If someone converting ArmA2 models back to MLOD and use them = bad, very bad.
However if the ArmA1 models are edited and used, no problem as BIS made them available as MLODs.

W0lle

Aug 8 2010, 15:18

Infact, after spending a few minutes having a look at the XFire that IRA has posted, I've come across quite a few things.

XFire confirms him as Pittmann, I've had a look around and he has another XFire under this name " http://www.xfire.com/profile/lothrigen/ " - apparently rather than a 28 year old member of the IRA, he is a 17 year old boy who is a member of ShackTactical, 173rd Airbourne Brigade, US Army Realism Unit ( http://usarmyrealismunit.spruz.com/forums/?page=post&id=D5B3D818-7401-4338-8FA0-55190722E060 )

His e-mail is kevinarma2@<hidden>, which is how I linked him to ShackTactical - that is the e-mail he uses through Steam.

Basically what I am saying to the moderators is, you have just been made to look like fools by someone obviously flaming. Not only that, but he probably has several forum accounts which is against the Forum Rules (tm) and thus your ever ready iron fist will undoubtedly be thumping down on them.

Good observation, after checking his IP addresses he indeed got 3 accounts here. With one of these accounts I had an argument a while back because he created 2 squads threads in one day, another one a day later. One of them was the US Army Realism Unit (http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=101596).

FPDR for me not checking that earlier

As for the "muppet": I deleted 3 replies to that thread where the guidelines clearly say "no discussion in the threads". Followed by almost a dozen of PMs in which people say BIS is "supporting terrorism by keeping that thread". And shortly after I sent an answer that I won't discuss such stupid accusations further it's taken to the public here. You could come to the conclusion that people organizing here and trying to stir something up.
Of course it was not my intention to insult niall0 or anyone else.

There is a difference. No matter how much you hate the US government, they aren't TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS who murder civilians in the name of fear. Pretty obvious difference.
I don't hate the U.S. government at all. ;)
As for the terrorist organization, I'm sure there is a lot of room for discussion on that matter and it depends on whom you ask. But this ain't the place for such a discussion. :)

Fact is: We're talking here about a computer game and it helps a lot if you realize that some guy making an IRA squad, in which he clearly says he's not supporting the real IRA; has nothing to do with the real world. One of the few realizing that was Darkhorse. The rest should really think for a minute about this - and how many time you guys wasted for actually nothing.

Placebo

Aug 10 2010, 12:59

Good observation, after checking his IP addresses he indeed got 3 accounts here. With one of these accounts I had an argument a while back because he created 2 squads threads in one day, another one a day later. One of them was the US Army Realism Unit (http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=101596).

FPDR for me not checking that earlier

With that happenstance thread cleaned up.

Would we allow an IRA squad to advertise on here again if it wasn't create by a dupe account moron? Technically one would have to argue that freedom of speech makes it correct to allow such a squad, same as it should be allowed to have a Taliban or SS squad, but the joy of this being a private forum is that such luxuries aren't allowed and we make decisions on a case by case basis, thus from now on you can consider this answer as final: No IRA/Loyalist type squads, no Taliban/Al Qaeda type squads, no SS/Nazi/Facist type squads, questions about any grey areas can be asked of me directly but consider I'm an uber PC pinko lefty :)

Fox '09

Aug 16 2010, 23:10

i suppose i should ask a moderator to close all my addons threads and alert foxhound and other mirrors to delete them from their sites as well? dont want to get suspended or anything.

W0lle

Aug 16 2010, 23:12

We can do that if you wish so, however removing your threads from other sites is your job.

Fox '09

Aug 16 2010, 23:14

what about others? i mean the whole section is full of retextures.

Placebo

Aug 17 2010, 10:47

Perhaps wait until Marek makes the situation clear before flouncing and then looking silly? ;)

Tankbuster

Aug 24 2010, 14:25

While we're on the hot topic of copyright, is it OK to upload and print a Takistan map?
http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?p=1728262#post1728262

Albert Schweitzer

Aug 25 2010, 14:27

Do I see this correctly, Litos is banned? Or do I misinterpret something?

Could I get a brief, harmless and uncontroversial info why this happened?

Kind regards,
Albert

Fox '09

Aug 25 2010, 19:11

Perhaps wait until Marek makes the situation clear before flouncing and then looking silly? ;)
well now that it is all sorted my question is answered
:o

anyways, any possibility of a raise in pm box messages? ie like 500, as i receive a lot of pms (3 or so every day) and a lot of them I like to keep, but sadly i cannot do that.

Placebo

Aug 25 2010, 21:13

Do I see this correctly, Litos is banned? Or do I misinterpret something?

Could I get a brief, harmless and uncontroversial info why this happened?

Kind regards,
Albert

7 day post restriction, repeated minor offences.

Brainbug

Sep 9 2010, 19:42

Sniperwolf572

Sep 9 2010, 23:31

At the top right corner of each post, there is a direct link to the post, which you can bookmark, but it will only shot the single post. In other boards that are also vBulletin based, they often have also a second link "post in thread", that will show the whole thread, just opened at the place of the post. This is imho a much more convenient way to bookmark e.g. my own post to check back later if someone answered.

The link would be e.g.
http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?p=1745241#post1745241

(while the link to the single post is
http://forums.bistudio.com/showpost.php?p=1745241&postcount=379)

which also works here, so it seems the feature to show this link is just deactivated. If you just need to do one click to enable this, I'd encourage you to do so. ;)

Btw, you get this link also after posting if you used the advanced mode to write your post, but not if you used just the quick reply.

I mashed something (http://tenga.com.ba/downloads/BIForumsGoToThreadedPost.user.js) up to help you out if you're using Chrome or Firefox with Greasemonkey, at least until the functionality gets natively implemented onto the forums. :)

Click here (http://tenga.com.ba/downloads/BIForumsGoToThreadedPost.user.js), and if you got either of the mentioned above, they should prompt you to install it.

Preview:
http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/9025/threadmode.th.jpg (http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/9025/threadmode.jpg)

Placebo

Sep 10 2010, 05:51

MadDogX

Sep 10 2010, 05:58

Err am I missing something? You get that by clicking your post then in the new single post view just click the link after "Thread" and you then get the link to your post in thread view which you can then bookmark :)
Ah, but you see that's two clicks instead of just one. TWO! Who can be expected to go through that? ;)

Placebo

Sep 10 2010, 13:15

Well I have added a navigation bar at the bottom now so you can go back to the index without having to scroll all the way to the top, will save lots of time per day ;)

Brainbug

Sep 10 2010, 20:24

Ah, but you see that's two clicks instead of just one. TWO! Who can be expected to go through that? ;)
I know it's not important, that's why I said "do it only if it takes you one click to enable a feature that is already implemented in the forum software". There is really no point for anyone to put any effort into this. Not even worth to start a discussion about it ;)

AnimalMother92

Oct 9 2010, 10:02

Sorry if I'm being blind and not seeing this, but it would be nice if there was a big button in Private Message for "Compose New PM" that would link to: http://forums.bistudio.com/private.php?do=newpm

This way you could just start typing a user's name to send them a PM rather than doing it through their profile.

Thanks.

Zipper5

Oct 9 2010, 10:13

On the left hand side of the PM screen, in the nav bar, you will see an entry under the "Private Messages" category entitled "Send New Message (http://forums.bistudio.com/private.php?do=newpm)". I believe that is what you're looking for? ;)

AnimalMother92

Oct 9 2010, 10:23

Hmm yup iFail FPDR
thnx zipper

DMarkwick

Oct 27 2010, 00:18

Please, can we limit the sticky threads to just the first page of each forum? Some forums, half the default page size is constantly taken up with exactly the same threads every single page.

Tankbuster

Oct 27 2010, 10:42

/me nods

ProfTournesol

Oct 27 2010, 11:44

About the rank system on the forum : is there somewhere some statistics about the number of active members sorted by rank ?

[FRL]Myke

Oct 27 2010, 12:16

About the rank system on the forum : is there somewhere some statistics about the number of active members sorted by rank ?

I guess since ranks are related to postcount, a sort by count should be nearly the same: http://forums.bistudio.com/memberlist.php?order=DESC&sort=posts&pp=30

ProfTournesol

Oct 27 2010, 12:17

Myke;1777184']I guess since ranks are related to postcount, a sort by count should be nearly the same: http://forums.bistudio.com/memberlist.php?order=DESC&sort=posts&pp=30

Great, thank you :)

[FRL]Myke

Oct 27 2010, 12:19

Great, thank you :)

Probnoblem, always welcome :D

maturin

Oct 27 2010, 22:34

What's the point of having infraction points that expire if a handful of petty month-old points on your record can get you banned for a week for the heinous crime of quoting an image and forgetting to remove the tags?

If moderators are going to treat infraction points like some sort of three-strike-rule excuse to get all trigger happy with the banning (and with the flattering avatar too), then why not remove the misleading expiration function.

This forum's rules are baffling. Flaming, political tirades, swearing and all manner of flamebait are completely tolerated while the most insignificant of rules are slavishly enforced, lest one solitary double-posted 25kb jpeg cause a bandwidth crisis and crash the forum.

I fear for the moderator who peruses week old posts looking for an excuse for a good banning almost as much as I fear what the length of this rant says about me.

Placebo

Oct 29 2010, 21:43

Point expiry is related to automated bans due to receiving x amount of active points in a certain time, the fact that you actually received a warning/infraction in the past is taken into consideration when deciding each future action, ie do I keep warning this person or is it time to try an infraction to get their attention, when someone has received a number of infractions for little things even if they're expired then we consider post restrictions because they're clearly not getting the message, and yes it is ridiculously silly to get a ban for breaking little rules 5 times in a row or whatever, but the sillier part is that you didn't learn to pay more attention after the 3rd or 4th time.

Tankbuster

Nov 8 2010, 10:21

I've stopped receiving subscribed thread emails in the last few days. Have the hamsters fallen off the treadmill?

W0lle

Nov 8 2010, 15:27

Not only that, the poor hamsters died. :)

We try to find new ones, but it's hard to find ones with enough strength to do that hard job.

I told hlavac about it, he's aware of the problem and gonna fix it asap.

Big Mac

Nov 9 2010, 01:25

Not only that, the poor hamsters died.I'm sorry I was starving and BBQ hamster sounded pretty good.

Anyways lemme get to my question. I'm all for outting out mod thieves in their various forms, but does outting a mod thief have to turn into a soap opera? I noticed that that's an old trend that's somehow yet again raised it's ugly head on the forums and I personally prefer not to read through people's dirty laundry to find actual updates on a mod.

Tankbuster

Nov 9 2010, 13:12

New hamsters installed. Emails coming through fine now. Thanks guys. :)

Placebo

Nov 12 2010, 09:25

Anyways lemme get to my question. I'm all for outting out mod thieves in their various forms, but does outting a mod thief have to turn into a soap opera? I noticed that that's an old trend that's somehow yet again raised it's ugly head on the forums and I personally prefer not to read through people's dirty laundry to find actual updates on a mod.

If it's done quickly and in private (ie using report post to moderator) we generally close the thread ASAP with the criteria that permission issues must be resolved before the thread can be opened again, problem is 9 times out of 10 people think the correct response is to reply to the thread with "oy you fracking tosser thief you" and that's that, report first, politely/calmly point out in the thread there is some issue about ownership and move away to let the fascists moderators deal with it :)

Lonestar

Nov 16 2010, 16:22

I can see some threads are rated, how do you vote?

W0lle

Nov 16 2010, 17:16

User thread rating and tagging has been disabled 2 days after the new forums started because people abused it to discredit Addons and Mods they don't like.

Only Moderators can rate and tag threads. :)

Lonestar

Nov 16 2010, 17:20

Now I understand :)

Thank you for the clarification.

undercoverbrother

Nov 26 2010, 07:34

G'day guys,

Some thing quite out of the ordinary happened while playing ArmA 2 OA the other night I thought it might be nice to share the story as it is pretty crazy. Whats the appropriate forum to post my story in.

Cheers,

Zipper5

Nov 26 2010, 08:16

Probably the best place to post that would be here (http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=110194). ;)

CarlGustaffa

Nov 30 2010, 10:32

Can we have the Code button in the list of buttons on the quick reply? I'm at the point where I'm just ignoring posts from people that are too lazy to use the "Go Advanced" and using the Quote button to post code, making an unreadable unindented mess of the code they're posting. I'm also too lazy to ask everyone to use Code tags (laziness works both ways :p).

I'm thinking that if we had a Code button, people would use that instead when posting code, instead of posting it as a non indented quote.

Macadam Cow

Dec 1 2010, 14:43

May I suggest the creation of a new sticky in the
ArmA 2 & OA - ADDONS & MODS: COMPLETE section ?

There you could post any troubleshooting you have with an addon, like error message for example.
I'm getting this "/color is not an array" every time I hit the preview button in the editor and I'd really like to know from which addon it comes from.
I could create a topic for that but in 3 weeks someone will experience the same problem and will probably create a new topic.
I could also use the search button but some word are so generic it's really hard to find the appropriate answer.

Thank you

W0lle

Dec 1 2010, 15:41

CarlGustaffa
Might be a good idea though there's always the option to write the [code] tag manually.
No idea if that is possible without hacking the forum software, we will see. :)

Macadam Cow
The people who refuse to use the search function will also not find the problem when it's a sticky thread, especially not then when the thread has more than 3 pages.
If one has problems with a certain Mod or Addon, he should post about them in the already existing Mod/Addon thread.

Macadam Cow

Dec 1 2010, 16:04

Wolle

Well that's the all point ! As I said I have this error message showing up every time in the editor

color: '/' not an array
I have no idea with which addon it is related. I google it, nothing. I have like 30Gb of addons so I can't check them one by one. Sometimes addon maker just say "there is some error message but nothing game braking" without being more specific.

While I understand your point about people not using the search button it could atleast be helpfull for those who use it !
It's not like if the addons & mods : complete was full of stickies, there's only one.

So for my specific problem should I create a thread in the addon section or general ?

Thank you

W0lle

Dec 1 2010, 16:28

Well you can make an extra thread in addons&mods complete for such problems, however the only solution for your problem might be to check each mod/addon manually as the error message is not very detailed at all. :)

Macadam Cow

Dec 1 2010, 18:39

the only solution for your problem might be to check each mod/addon manually
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSBZNIZ93C5LQiZnbxoEmp548rgWNBsML7E_IJ1aYN2Bq0Nm20d
Thanks Wolle

CarlGustaffa

Dec 3 2010, 12:52

CarlGustaffa
Might be a good idea though there's always the option to write the [code] tag manually.
No idea if that is possible without hacking the forum software, we will see. :)

Roger. Writing tags isn't a good solution, unless we had to write all of them (no shortcuts in the quick reply topbar). No need of hacking the forum software :) I was hoping it was only a simple config entry that defined what showed up there.

KBourne

Dec 4 2010, 10:43

hi what i want to know is, i making a campaign but i want to use custom music.
i was planning to use also some music from the campaign that was made by a team for Operation flashpoint retalliation? some peaces of music would fit right in to the consept of my campaign that i'm making for Arma II ...

do i need to contact them or is this exsisting music that they also used back then?

regards

[FRL]Myke

Dec 6 2010, 07:42

In the ArmA 2/Editing Forum, people tend to post mission editing & scripting related stuff into addons config & scripting section.

My theory, they just go in the topmost Forum and open a thread there. I know it sounds offensive but i guess that this happens mostly to newcomers which are at some times a bit lazy to read the whole forum name. I think that moving the Mission editing & scripting section from the bottom to the top could probably significantly reduce this problem.

NeMeSiS

Dec 6 2010, 08:22

Myke;1806268']My theory, they just go in the topmost Forum and open a thread there. I know it sounds offensive but i guess that this happens mostly to newcomers which are at some times a bit lazy to read the whole forum name. I think that moving the Mission editing & scripting section from the bottom to the top could probably significantly reduce this problem.

I think that is true, but it is also caused by our definitions of 'map', 'mission', 'addon' and 'mod', which are not always completely clear for the newest people, especially those with modding experience in other games.

[FRL]Myke

Dec 6 2010, 09:16

I think that is true, but it is also caused by our definitions of 'map', 'mission', 'addon' and 'mod', which are not always completely clear for the newest people, especially those with modding experience in other games.

Good point but i guess it would already help a lot to have the mission editing forum on the top. I see it rarely that people ask mission related stuff in Map making section. And the term "addons" is also common in other games so i do think that it is often just the lazyness of the people to just pick the topmost forum.

Jakerod

Dec 9 2010, 02:17

Myke;1806309']Good point but i guess it would already help a lot to have the mission editing forum on the top. I see it rarely that people ask mission related stuff in Map making section. And the term "addons" is also common in other games so i do think that it is often just the lazyness of the people to just pick the topmost forum.
I wouldn't mind the change. It might help out a bit and if not it could always be switched back or just kept there if the errors are about the same.

AnimalMother92

Dec 14 2010, 23:39

Any reason for the change in join date display on profiles?

For example "Join Date: 25.06.2009"
Rather than June 25th 2009

The display might confuse us Americans, since we put the month before the day :p

W0lle

Dec 15 2010, 00:14

This is Europe, mkay. :p

They are shown correctly here:

Join Date: Jun 25 2009

Check your CP Options if the time format is set to US and not CZ.

AnimalMother92

Dec 15 2010, 01:27

Craziness! Somehow the little drop down menu at the bottom of the page changed itself to CZ mode from English (24hr). Funny, but problem solved. Thanks :)

undercoverbrother

Dec 16 2010, 04:28

I've been working on my own (small) addon for ArmA 2 OA for the last week or so and I'm happy to say its finished. Can anyone suggest a reliable website to upload my work on for others to download? I realise this question may not exactly be related to forum rules but I couldn't really find any other threads for this kind of question.

AnimalMother92

Dec 16 2010, 07:17

Big Mac

Dec 16 2010, 21:22

The display might confuse us AmericansNot Americans..just you...

ST_Dux

Dec 17 2010, 15:16

Sniperwolf572

Dec 17 2010, 22:47

Exactly what constitutes "too off-topic for off-topic"? Whenever a thread is locked in off-topic for being "too off-topic," the reasoning is never clearly explained. It appears that there is no clear guideline for determining the degree of something's "off-topicness" and that this "rule" basically comes down to the arbitrary whims of the moderation staff.

Offtopic forum description is pretty descriptive:

For discussions not strictly related to our games. Topics should ideally still be related in some way, for example: military, politics, science and other military games. Note that just because this is for offtopic it's not a case of "anything goes", silly topics and especially topics which don't have any scope for discussion will be closed/deleted.

AnimalMother92

Dec 17 2010, 23:05

Not Americans..just you...

Was this really a necessary comment? I'm perfectly capable of understanding the date. I've lived in countries that use both formats. But I've met plenty of Americans that are confused just by my watch being in 24 hour mode.

Big Mac

Dec 18 2010, 02:28

Was this really a necessary comment? I'm perfectly capable of understanding the date. I've lived in countries that use both formats. But I've met plenty of Americans that are confused just by my watch being in 24 hour mode.
Yes it was since you were the only American who asked the question and then tried to make the rest of us look like idiots... I come from a part of America that's known for it's simple ways and most of the people here could figure out how to read date and time no matter what format..

RalphWiggum

Dec 18 2010, 03:21

Knock it off, guys

ST_Dux

Dec 20 2010, 13:52

@<hidden>:
It's not that clear-cut, though. There are several topics that do fall into those categories but get locked anyway (especially true of political topics, example (http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=111727)), and there are also several topics that don't fall into any of those categories but are left open (example (http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=109713)). It would help to make the rules more clear in this area.

Unrelated question:
Why is the 100KB limit on images still enforced? It's 2010; no one uses 56k anymore. It's not like the images are being hosted on this site, so... what's the big deal?

W0lle

Dec 20 2010, 16:06

I presume that political topic example got locked before it gets out of hand. I was about to lock it too because
a) the threadstarter clearly said that he will not cool down, so chances were good the thread sooner or later ends up in a mess. And to be honest, the issue is something he should discuss with local politicans, not in a computer game forum.
b) We don't read every thread and post made, hence we are not aware of every little problem that might be here.
Last but not least, this is a privately owned forum. There is no free speech in such a forum. As a result we close threads when we think it's the best (or easiest) solution. :)

The 100kb rule has been discussed to death in the past years. And each time the result was the same: The 100kb rules stays. It won't be any different this time.
If you really, really must post 10 MB images there's always the option to use a thumbnail service or create a smaller preview image on your own.
That no one using 56k anymore is a blatant lie, I personally know one guy who has no other choice. And mobile devices have no broadband connection either. Just because you have super-hispeed-fibre channel connections means not the rest of the world is also that lucky. :)

ST_Dux

Dec 20 2010, 18:18

a) That the thread was destined to become a mess is a reasonable explanation for locking, but that wasn't the explanation given when the thread was locked; the explanation that was given was that it was "too off-topic for off-topic." As for the suggestion that the thread starter talk to his local politicians rather than discuss the issue in the off-topic forum, perhaps you are right, but is it not permissible to discuss issues of a political nature here? It is one of the topics that is specifically sanctioned in the OT forum's description.

My point isn't really that the thread shouldn't have been locked, but rather that the reasoning for it being locked wasn't presented well. Saying that a political thread is too off-topic for off-topic while simultaneously maintaining a forum description that lists "politics" as a valid thread category creates a contradiction that begets confusion. This is just something to consider.

b) I understand that this a private forum, and I'm not trying to dispute the authority of anyone on the moderation team to lock threads. I am simply pointing out some confusing aspects of the policies around here.

Regarding the 100kb rule:
I don't post pictures here, so I'm not personally concerned about the rule. I have just always been curious as to why such a low limit is enforced here. From what I gather the reason is simply that "it's always been that way." Since the vast majority of posters these days have broadband access, there doesn't appear to be any other rational explanation, but perhaps I'm missing something.

Zipper5

Dec 21 2010, 15:43

I locked the thread more-so because it was so blatantly obvious that a mature discussion was not going to go on there, and it was already starting to get out of hand.

But in all seriousness - pedophilia? On a video game forum's offtopic section? Really? In that context, I found it too offtopic for offtopic. It seems I was not the only one who had a similar reaction. I don't think there's a need to discuss such a subject here of all places.

Hanzu

Dec 22 2010, 10:15

Forum rules say:

§10) Do not dig up old threads
Threads older than 4 months should not be dug up unless something significant is being added. If in doubt as to what is "significant", contact a moderator and they will give you their opinion. As always old threads will remain open or be closed at the moderator's discretion. Digging up an old thread simply to ask "any news" is also not acceptable, PM the thread starter or mod leader to ask.

Have you ever thought this rule will do more harm than good? Plsese let me explain:

This rule will forces people to post new threads of same old topics, because people cannot reply old topics that would perfectly match their topic. This will make forum to have lot of posts with just 1 or 2 replies and multiple makes browings sub forum main pages harder.

Good example is ArmA 2 & OA - OFFICIAL MISSIONS subforum where same issues are always brought up (Razor Two, Manhattan, Badlands, Dogs Of War), because not everyone buy their game same time or play their missions same time. It would do good for the reputation of the game when you could end more than 4 months old discussion by replying fixed in V1.57 patch for example.

"PM the thread starter or mod leader to ask." Well thead starter may have gone passive when answer for his thread or sulution to his problem too often takes more than 4 months and after that nobody could reply him, because of the rules. This way some people post few times here, get no answer and decide not to come back ever.

Please consider updating rules and removing such restrictions.

Celery

Dec 22 2010, 10:46

The rule does seem a little weird, considering that it's a catch-22 where starting a thread about an already discussed topic will get the normal "use search, dumbass" response from moderators and enthusiastic community members alike.

PuFu

Dec 22 2010, 11:20

§10) Do not dig up old threads
Threads older than 4 months should not be dug up unless something significant is being added. If in doubt as to what is "significant", contact a moderator and they will give you their opinion. As always old threads will remain open or be closed at the moderator's discretion. Digging up an old thread simply to ask "any news" is also not acceptable, PM the thread starter or mod leader to ask.

I feel the rule is worthwhile especially for cases where there is a thread about whatever subject, and 1 year later, somebody post there saying: hey, is there any news? (in fact this sort of mindless bumping should be slapped no matter if we are talking about an old thread or not - my own 2 cents)
Same goes for discussions about a subject which have been either fixed or is not really of importance anymore.

Zipper5

Dec 22 2010, 11:23

The rule is primarily there because as you've surely seen, people will bump threads or ask for news when there hasn't been a post there for, in some cases, way over 4 months. Not only is it a rule here, but it's one of my personal pet peeves on forums.

Edit: Moved to the appropriate place.

Hanzu

Dec 23 2010, 09:25

"If in doubt as to what is "significant", contact a moderator and they will give you their opinion."

So If I consider my information and reply significant and I am not in doubt at all, then I don't have to trouble myself which moderator I should ask for opinion and I can just be my own judge and post if I can assume it does not bother anyone, right? :)

Bumping in such an active forum as this, is not a problem, since some stupid bumbed messages will move away from the first page and from your eyes pretty fast when new topics are coming at fast rate and newer topics still beeing discussed actively will get more replies.

If I could decide, I would make and an exception for one sub-forum, since the only sub-forum where this rule makes no sence is "ArmA 2 & OA - OFFICIAL MISSIONS". No-one will ask "Any news?" in such a sub-forum.

NeMeSiS

Dec 23 2010, 11:42

[I]So If I consider my information and reply significant and I am not in doubt at all, then I don't have to trouble myself which moderator I should ask for opinion and I can just be my own judge and post if I can assume it does not bother anyone, right? :)

No, then you will be punished for being stupid. :p

W0lle

Dec 23 2010, 22:09

We do not allow any thread bumping, not for asking for "any news" nor a stupid "bump" post to push the thread on page one.

There is absolutlely no problem in bumping a thread when there is a real reason to do so. e.g. problems with a Mod, download link not working etc. However a 7 year old thread should be kept where it is, because it's unlikely that anyone will fix a problem with such an old thing.

Sleep

Dec 29 2010, 14:30

Is it standard policy to give warnings and infractions in under 3 minutes for the same post?

Cuz thats how I roll it seems.:j:

W0lle

Dec 29 2010, 20:40

The 2nd warning you received for one and the same thing has been reversed already.

However we can be much faster if it's necessary, and tougher too. :p
And if you stick to the rules, you don't have to worry about such things.

PuFu

Dec 31 2010, 17:09

This thread is now closed, Alex and any other VME members are now suspended from these forums for flagrant abuse of our copyrights and promoting the circumvention of our anti-piracy measures.
I might sound noisy or alike, but can this be expanded?

W0lle

Dec 31 2010, 17:12

In short: Providing guides on their website on how to patch illegal copies.

PuFu

Dec 31 2010, 17:13

In short: Providing guides on their website on how to patch illegal copies.
cheers wolle mate. Happy new year

Abs

Jan 6 2011, 20:42

1) You are not, I repeat, you are not allowed to convert any model without the original authors permission. And it doesn't matter if the addon is from ArmA2, ArmA1, OFP, FS2004 or any other game.
If you can't find the original author, that's your problem then.

Hey.

So, quick question here. It's long been the convention on these forums that if you wanted to convert something from an author you send them an email using the one listed in the readme, and if the author doesn't respond in (2 week? 1 month? 2 months?) you assumed that the author had left the community, and went ahead with the upgrade/conversion.

Not that I do that, but I was wondering if this has changed?

Abs

W0lle

Jan 6 2011, 22:42

It has not changed. You know that reply was meant for that guy who said he don't know who the author is. Which I highly doubt btw, because the Filename alone already gives an indication on the original creator (ALPHA = AlphaSim).

Abs

Jan 7 2011, 02:30

{GSF} Ironman

Jan 13 2011, 05:55

This was my thread with the original title of "Improvements the Community Wants".

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?p=1832856

Wolle changed the title to "Improvements I demand". This is a misrepresentation of myself and my post.

I would like to know why this change took place without any fair warning given to myself. This is, in my mind, an act of degradation of character. I take this very seriously, and I hope you do too.

Thank you for your time and level headed response.

[APS]Gnat

Jan 16 2011, 01:33

Is there some serious problem / some technical reason why the Sub-Forum titles in the Editing section can't be changed.
Or was it purely the mods got together and just said No ?

The previous raised and continueous issue about "terrain" editing and "map" making being mixed up is getting old and little annoying.

JdB

Jan 16 2011, 23:55

There are stickied topics called "ATTN: Addon Makers - Rules of content permissions." in both the OFP and ArmA1 A&M:C sections, but there is none in ArmA2's A&M:C section. Now my question is, seeing as most addonmaking is done for ArmA2 these days, could another instance of this thread please be created in that section?

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=65278
http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=65277

W0lle

Jan 17 2011, 00:54

Good point JdB, will do that asap.

@<hidden>
The only one able to do that is Placebo who either has no time or no interest in doing so.

[APS]Gnat

Jan 17 2011, 09:16

The only one able to do that is Placebo who either has no time or no interest in doing so.

lol OK, thanks.
I do hope you pay for his services in peanuts ;)

EDIT: Sorry, that may come across badly, I really meant, "I hope you pay him peanuts for his services" :D

JdB

Jan 28 2011, 22:46

The Social Groups currently have a character limit of 1.000. I'm most active in the "Addon Makers for Authors Rights" group, and the posts in this group tend to be a little more in depth (meaning longer). Regular posts have (IIRC) a limit of 50.000 characters, making 1.000 seem awfully little, meaning that text has to be split over several posts, which takes longer (30 seconds between posts). So I was hoping that someone would please be willing to increase the limit to a more functional amount.

Placebo

Feb 4 2011, 09:41

Gnat;1835380']Is there some serious problem / some technical reason why the Sub-Forum titles in the Editing section can't be changed.
Or was it purely the mods got together and just said No ?

The previous raised and continueous issue about "terrain" editing and "map" making being mixed up is getting old and little annoying.

Can you remind me what the suggested changes are, or point me to the post with those changes please? I'll try to get it sorted :)

@<hidden>
The only one able to do that is Placebo who either has no time or no interest in doing so.

It's not my fault, you banned me for posting an oversized image remember ;)

The Social Groups currently have a character limit of 1.000. I'm most active in the "Addon Makers for Authors Rights" group, and the posts in this group tend to be a little more in depth (meaning longer). Regular posts have (IIRC) a limit of 50.000 characters, making 1.000 seem awfully little, meaning that text has to be split over several posts, which takes longer (30 seconds between posts). So I was hoping that someone would please be willing to increase the limit to a more functional amount.

I'll see what I can do, as long as it doesn't degrade forum performance yadda yadda :)

PuFu

Feb 4 2011, 10:30

Can you remind me what the suggested changes are, or point me to the post with those changes please? I'll try to get it sorted :)

http://forums.bistudio.com/showpost.php?p=1674587&postcount=10

Placebo

Feb 4 2011, 14:01

Done, think I got everything as you wanted it? :)

Tankbuster

Feb 4 2011, 14:36

That's much better. Good move. :)

PuFu

Feb 4 2011, 17:13

Done, think I got everything as you wanted it? :)
Cheers Placebo! You're the man!

Placebo

Feb 4 2011, 19:55

And you only had to wait 8 months? ;)

PuFu

Feb 4 2011, 20:13

And you only had to wait 8 months? ;)
dont even get me started...:rolleyes:
I posted in this thread, but you obviously don't read it all that often :)

[APS]Gnat

Feb 5 2011, 11:36

And you only had to wait 8 months? ;)

lol ... but it got done, so ... thanks mate!

JdB

Feb 7 2011, 00:55

I'll see what I can do, as long as it doesn't degrade forum performance yadda yadda :)

Thanks for "fixing" this issue! :yay:

Leon86

Feb 7 2011, 23:15

Say I'd want the rather irrelevant and outdated gpu poll above the Will my pc run tis etc. topic (http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=72181) removed, where should I ask?

W0lle

Feb 7 2011, 23:50

Placebo, he's one of the few people with enough power to do that. :)

sbsmac

Feb 12 2011, 20:43

Snafu

Feb 16 2011, 22:29

Maybe that Football thread should be merged with this thread (http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=48519&highlight=football) or is Football too OT for OT now?

NeMeSiS

Feb 17 2011, 12:35

To the guy who just changed the link colors from not obvious to more obvious: Thanks for reading my mind. :D

Lonestar

Feb 18 2011, 18:16

To help improve the forum readability and search efficiency, I suggest when searching BIS forums "Search Titles Only" was made default. Both for quick search and advanced search.

This way the search will return relevant hits and we will avoid the ritual "Search before posting" answers. They get a little bit annoying over time. :)

echo1

Feb 19 2011, 12:58

I like the new theme. I haven't been on in a while, so it could well be old news by now.

Placebo

Feb 19 2011, 14:22

There's a thread for discussing the new themes: http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=114934 please keep such stuff out of the ask a mod thread, thanks :)

CW001

Feb 19 2011, 18:46

I think there should be a temporary reopening of whatever Codemasters thread there is for discussion on their latest projecy for the completely WTF news that they've released a new beta patch for Dragon Rising.

http://community.codemasters.com/forum/operation-flashpoint-dragon-rising-game-pc-113/452471-operation-flashpoint-dragon-rising-pc-v1-03-beta-patch-released.html

Apparently, all it does is enable modding again. May not be threadworthy, but I found it interesting.

Placebo

Feb 22 2011, 15:46

Go ahead :)

There's been a bunch of videos released for their new arcade shooter with a name they don't live up to, or whatever it's called again...

sbsmac

Feb 22 2011, 17:37

<cough>

http://forums.bistudio.com/showpost.php?p=1854559&postcount=465

Placebo

Feb 23 2011, 19:52

Hopefully this is the right place to request a new forum section? There is currently no suitable place to discuss arma-related tools. There are probably close to dozen of my threads and many more of other peoples which could be sensibly moved into a 'Tools' section - at the moment they're spread rather uncomfortably between mission-editing, arma-general, addons & mods discussion etc.

Here is a perfect example of what I mean... http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=114695 Thoughts ?

Addon/Mod tools should be posted in A&M:C when there's a release version available, talk about a tool in development but not released should go in A&M:D until something is released.
Mission/Campaign creation tools should be posted in Mission Editing when there's a release version available (discussion also ok there as long as there is the intent to release some version).

Basically the same rules (along with a little common sense) apply as if the tools were actual addons/mods or editing apps.

ArmA General is only for ArmA out of the box, the only tools which are ok in there are any that have absolutely no relation or link to addons/mods/multiplayer/editing, if the tool has anything related to any of those elements it belongs in those forums, basically ArmA General is for vanilla ArmA.

Lonestar

Feb 24 2011, 07:05

*cough*x2 :)

http://forums.bistudio.com/showpost.php?p=1858821&postcount=468

As the forum rules state:

§7) Search before posting
If you have a question, please use the forum search function before posting to make sure that it hasn't been answered before. There is a big chance it has, not only does searching help to keep the forum free of multiple threads it will also help you to get an answer much quicker.

To avoid clutter the search function needs to be improved.

Placebo

Feb 25 2011, 13:19

Every forum I use is the same default, start changing it now and you'll confuse the world, if you can't use a search properly should should sell your internetz and become Amish ;)

jinovata

Feb 25 2011, 23:40

I want to ask wich nickname belongs to BI designer Ivan Buchta. I want to sent him PM.

W0lle

Feb 26 2011, 00:19

Send the PM with your question or whatever to Dwarden and ask him to forward it. I'm not sure if Ivan has time to answer PMs these days.

Mr Burns

Feb 26 2011, 18:45

I´m searching for the "Your signature is too big" signature, is there any way to get a link for it w/o using a too big signature myself? :turn:

Zipper5

Feb 26 2011, 19:00

Here you go:

http://forums.bistudio.com/images/avatars/Correct_Signature.png

Mr Burns

Feb 26 2011, 19:40

Thanks alot :)

Abs

Feb 27 2011, 14:31

Here you go:

[OMG]http://forums.bistudio.com/images/avatars/Correct_Signature.png[/IMG]

Zipper5, your signature is in violation of forum rules. :butbut:

Abs

JdB

Feb 27 2011, 18:20

I mentioned this to Placebo once when he had an oversized signature, he told me it was required for his job :butbut:

W0lle

Feb 27 2011, 18:30

Who said that rules apply to moderators? :p :cool:

Günter Severloh

Feb 28 2011, 01:59

Zipper5, your signature is in violation of forum rules
I dont see any rules broken. The size of his sig is roughly the same as Wolle's
55.14 KB
550px × 140px

and the rules are:

Total maximum signature size is 600x150 px (text and/or images combined). Total maximum image size is 100KB.

Question for the moderators,
this has been on the back of my mind for some time nothing urgent or anything but the rule:

§13) Write in English
Shouldn't this say:

§13) Type in English vs §13) Write in English

I mean we are really typing in the forum, I'm trying to understand how writing translates or can mean the same as typing in the forum context,
could you guys clear this up for me?

Abs

Feb 28 2011, 02:12

I dont see any rules broken. The size of his sig is roughly the same as Wolle's
55.14 KB
550px × 140px

and the rules are:

Total maximum signature size is 600x150 px (text and/or images combined). Total maximum image size is 100KB.

See for yourself.
http://www.picdrop.net/images/Ziiiiiiiip.jpg

Question for the moderators,
this has been on the back of my mind for some time nothing urgent or anything but the rule:

§13) Write in English
Shouldn't this say:

§13) Type in English vs §13) Write in English

I mean we are really typing in the forum, I'm trying to understand how writing translates or can mean the same as typing in the forum context,
could you guys clear this up for me?

Writing is the act of creating a written work. Typing is the method. Simple.

Abs

Günter Severloh

Feb 28 2011, 02:26

Writing is the act of creating a written work. Typing is the method.
Makes sense, and somehow I already knew that, but thanks for clearing that up.

As for the sig I go by right clicking the sig and looking at the numbers, as you can have a sig that meets the size but not the file size which can exceed 100kb.

Mr Burns

Feb 28 2011, 02:29

§13) Write in English
Shouldn't this say:

§13) Type in English vs §13) Write in English

I mean we are really typing in the forum, I'm trying to understand how writing translates or can mean the same as typing in the forum context,
could you guys clear this up for me?

That gives you a headache?
There´s been times when it said: "Write in english (or klingon)" :p

W0lle

Feb 28 2011, 02:45

I dont see any rules broken. The size of his sig is roughly the same as Wolle's
55.14 KB
550px × 140px

and the rules are:

Total maximum signature size is 600x150 px (text and/or images combined). Total maximum image size is 100KB.
Mine is 550 x 215 px :cool:

Question for the moderators,
this has been on the back of my mind for some time nothing urgent or anything but the rule:

§13) Write in English
Shouldn't this say:

§13) Type in English vs §13) Write in English

I mean we are really typing in the forum, I'm trying to understand how writing translates or can mean the same as typing in the forum context,
could you guys clear this up for me?
Nitpicking, you type the texts here or not?

That gives you a headache?
There´s been times when it said: "Write in english (or klingon)" :p
Yes but we dropped it as no one ever used klingon at all. :D

Günter Severloh

Feb 28 2011, 06:02

That gives you a headache?
Did I say it gives me a headache? Am I you? you may understand it fine but I didn't and it was just something
I was pondering one day while looking through the rules I was in doubt and it didn't seem correct to me.

Nitpicking, you type the texts here or not?
Nitpicking? No, my reasons are above.

Placebo

Feb 28 2011, 07:48

I think if we try really, really hard we can find something more important to worry about ;)

Lonestar

Mar 2 2011, 07:52

Every forum I use is the same default, start changing it now and you'll confuse the world, if you can't use a search properly should should sell your internetz and become Amish ;)

I can't believe you thought it was a personal request :eek:
I know how to perform a search properly, thank you. I always use Advanced Search and Search Titles Only (I changed the search preferences).

There's a lot of multiple threads asking the same thing and very often people are asked to search.

I tried to put myself in the shoes of a new user (which btw everybody should do from time to time) and realized the default search is not optimal.

As it seems you don't want to take this seriously, let's take an example:

Keyword: Zeus AI (the user is looking for the official Zeus AI thread)

Results:

Default search (Entire Posts): result #58
Advanced Search (with Search Titles Only): result #2

Now do you get my point?

.kju [PvPscene]

Mar 2 2011, 09:41

@<hidden> LoneStar

I think 'Entire Posts' as default is a lot more meaningful - why have something to return less hits?

---

Can you please fix the BIKI feed finally. It is broken for two+ weeks now:
http://community.bistudio.com/wiki?title=Special:Recentchanges&feed=rss

XML Parsing Error: XML or text declaration not at start of entity
Location: http://community.bistudio.com/wiki?title=Special:Recentchanges&feed=rss
Line Number 2, Column 1:<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
^

It seems the width settings were broken too: Bis wiki pages toooooo...oooo wide (http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?p=1866329)

Lonestar

Mar 2 2011, 09:53

@<hidden> LoneStar

I think 'Entire Posts' as default is a lot more meaningful - why have something to return less hits?

Why? Isn't it obvious? There are less results but they are more relevant.
What is the point of getting 500 results if half is useless?

.kju [PvPscene]

Mar 2 2011, 10:12

A header is not always more relevant - in fact it solely depends on the search topic.

Lonestar

Mar 2 2011, 10:43

Ok, we're getting somewhere.

Let's take another example:

Keyword: performance problem (rather common request)

Default search (Entire Posts): 4 relevant hits on first page (500 results)
Advanced Search (with Search Titles Only): 9 relevant hits (9 results)

With the first option, getting specific relevant answers is a game of chance among 500 results. Anyway who would search through 20 pages of results?

Placebo

Mar 2 2011, 15:27

I know how to perform a search properly, thank you.

It was you in a general sense, not you specifically.

RKDmitriyev

Mar 8 2011, 22:01

May I start a thread in OFFTOPIC about hypothetical nuclear war scenarios? I searched and didn't find any recent threads. I wanted to kick off discussion by talking about this (http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn11287-nuclear-winter-may-kill-more-than-a-nuclear-war.html).

W0lle

Mar 8 2011, 22:28

I don't see any reason why you shouldn't. There's more spam in there than that. :)

Abs

Mar 24 2011, 02:34

Hello,

This is a question about the rules, as inspired by the thread where some guy asks someone to email him some addons.

I know that you are not supposed to sell addons, and I get that. I would hate having to buy, for example, a single airplane or a bicycle, or whatever.

Would it be okay to sell a mod on DVD and ship it to people? The cost would in theory only be for shipping and handling, plus any packaging expenses. In addition to that, in order not to violate any license agreements, the mod would still be available for free for download. This is more for those who like to have boxes for their stuff.

So...thoughts?

Abs

Darkhorse 1-6

Mar 24 2011, 03:13

The idea would be for somebody to set up a paypal account so people could send him however much $ is needed to pay for the price of 1 CD/DVD + envelope (normally free) + stamps.

This person would load the CD full of addons and send it to the person, who would most likely be in a situation where they don't have a fast internet connection, or any internet connection (Like me. :)) (This could also apply to people who are deployed and have arma on a laptop/whatever.)

Abs

Mar 24 2011, 03:18

I get that idea, and my question while inspired from it is not asking about it specifically.

I'm talking if mod teams (ie: FDF, IceBreakr's islands and units, even PRACS, etc) could sell their own packaging to their own mods, and ship it to people, while still having it available online. So I would send FDF $10 (or whatever) for shipping and handling, plus costs, and in return I would get a DVD case, with printed DVD, of their mod.

I realize this wasn't clear in my original post. Let me know if I'm still not communicating my idea clearly.

Abs