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scottlu WI Founder
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Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 12:08 pm Post subject: Mission Download Page - feedback? |
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We have the "easy to use" mission download page nearing completion. Here is the link:
http://www.handmark.com/warfare/leveleditor.php
Please take a look and post feedback. Thanks!
(note to mission posters... you can take "Mission: " out of your title, turns out it is unnecessary) _________________ Warfare Incorporated Development Team
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drdeath2k3 Semi-frequent Poster
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Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 12:20 pm Post subject: |
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It's looking pretty good so far.... looks like i won't be getting the editor working for a little while though which is too bad.... i'll just have to rely on others to post some more masterpieces.... _________________
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SoLan Very Active User
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Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 12:37 pm Post subject: |
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I have taken "Mission:" out of the title and I got a demonstration of the "live" quality of the download page while I was doing it. Nice
I think the download page looks nice - clean layout and easy enough that it shouldn't be a problem for anybody. There is going to be some more text in there, right? Just some explanation of what the level editor is and what you need to play the user submitted mission packs. Maybe something about installation?
I was also under the impression that the download page would contain something of the descriptions we add when we upload the levels. I am not just asking so that I can see my own description on the page - although my mission pack now looks like a real heavy-weight when it doesn't say anywhere that it contains more than one level - but I think it would be useful for the players who are browsing the levels. Is that something that will be there when the page is finished? _________________ --SoLan
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scottlu WI Founder
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Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 5:50 pm Post subject: |
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There will be a description of the mission editor, screen shots, and instructions for how to download missions to your device.
Handmark's web guy says that descriptions are too long and wordy to put on this page. As an alternative he suggests changing the link "discussion" to "description".
I suggest experimenting with changing your topic title to mention additional details. A side benefit of this approach is that these details will also show up in the topic view on the sharing forum. _________________ Warfare Incorporated Development Team |
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SoLan Very Active User
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Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 5:58 pm Post subject: |
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What if we added a "short description" that would be maybe max. two lines in the forum view or something? Or even less. Please? _________________ --SoLan
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mitch WI Forum Novice
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Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 6:07 pm Post subject: |
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Does this page grab the topics from Mission sharing? If so, itd be nice if you made it so that when the user clicked on the name, the first post of the topic would show (thus showing the description and such). |
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scottlu WI Founder
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Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 11:58 pm Post subject: |
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SoLan: I've asked Handmark for this and they have said no, I think from a time point of view. I will ask again, I agree that it is important. For the time being, try changing your topic title (which currently has the mission title in it) to include the short description, and it will appear on the download page.
mitch: the link "discussion" for each download item takes you to the discussion thread for that given mission. Perhaps we could just link the title instead of having a separate "discussion" link. I will look into it. _________________ Warfare Incorporated Development Team |
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SoLan Very Active User
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Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 12:22 am Post subject: |
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I have tried changing the topic title, but it seems like the title has a limit of 60 characters. With 60 characters divided between the mission name and the description, it has to be a short description indeed. _________________ --SoLan
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scottlu WI Founder
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Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 12:15 pm Post subject: |
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Ok, descriptions have been added! Thank you Handmark. Check out the download page.
When you submit your mission there is a text box called "File Comments" that you can enter a textual description into. This is where the mission pack description should be entered. This text will be put into the download page automatically.
In addition, the mission download count resetting issue is going to be dealt with as well. _________________ Warfare Incorporated Development Team |
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scottlu WI Founder
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Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 12:21 pm Post subject: |
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By the way, some "bonus" descriptions where entered into the existing posts for download page testing purposes. Authors please edit as appropriate! _________________ Warfare Incorporated Development Team |
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SoLan Very Active User
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Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you Handmark and thank you scottlu!
The page looks great. Now the mission list should be much more browseable for players.
When I looked at it I thought of one more thing. Version numbers might be useful in the list, for players to see when mission packs have been updated. Those can easily be included with the mission pack name or with the description, though. _________________ --SoLan
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mitch WI Forum Novice
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Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 11:08 pm Post subject: |
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Another great addition would be for users to be able to rate (on a scale of 5), the mission. |
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drdeath2k3 Semi-frequent Poster
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Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 11:48 pm Post subject: |
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mitch wrote: | Another great addition would be for users to be able to rate (on a scale of 5), the mission. |
good idea
let the popularity contest begin _________________
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PhillipEarl Mega-Poster
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Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2004 11:38 am Post subject: |
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I think this may be a compatability problem between php code and Macintosh computers, but I can't download from this page. I get an error message stating that my computer doesn't know how to handle the file. According to the message, the mime type is application/octetstream and the filename (regardless of which file I download) is download.php.
This isn't really that much of a problem. I just choose the "Save As" option it gives me, and save the file to my desktop, being sure to change the name to download.pdb (In other words, changing the file's extention from .php to .pdb). It will still sync over to my Tungsten/E, which shows the file's correct name in my file manager (FileZ). Sure enough, the game reads it!
Given the stubborn nature of the Macintosh computer, there's probably nothing anyone can do to make the download work as intended for those poor few of us who do own Macs, but I thought I would post this just in case any of my fellow Mac users get stuck!
Maybe a dialogue or a short faq could be added to the bottom of the downloads page? |
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scottlu WI Founder
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Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2004 2:14 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks PhillipEarl, I'll ask Handmark to take a look at that. _________________ Warfare Incorporated Development Team |
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