Mahz

Something weird going on with the times

Thanks. Something is happening with the timezone data between the timestamps as 1) they come from the database, 2) as the timestamps go through the application code, and 3) as the timestamps are then interpreted by the browser code into their relative "X hours ago" format. The intention is for the browser code to convert the timestamp into your local timezone, but that's obviously not happening. It's on my TODO list. I have to read more about how my database handles timezones and how to get your browser to convert timestamps locally.

How to delete posts or PMs

The PM counter is a temporary hack so you can see when you receive new PMs. When I'm done, it will just count the number of unread PMs you have.

@Mahz

This is now implemented. http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/75056/posts/ooc?page=21#post-2359100

Ghost Mode

Fixed

Mahz's Dev Journal

That rabbit hole is mighty interesting. Till it gets charted out, it would still be useful to be able to tag others as GM too. We'd still suggest that permitting co-GMs to edit the RP's first three posts (first IC, first OoC, first CS) would be a very good start on such a system.

@Ellri

Good idea. I think here is where the roleplay system begins diverging from the topic system. Even these baby steps start pulling away from the topic system. For example, the naive approach would be to require GM(s) to make the first post in each tab. But that's obviously a pointlessly rigid constraint. One solution is to auto-create the first post of the three tabs when a roleplay is created. And that first post is a special wiki-style post slash info panel reserved for reference material and such. And the thing is that the GM and delegated Co-GMs can edit those special posts since they're for general information. If the GM(s) have nothing to say in a tab's special post, it's simply left blank and stays out of the way (doesn't show up). It's just an optional organization feature that many roleplays don't need, just like Co-GMs. - The special post in the Char tab could be a character sheet template and some character requirements/rules. The actual posts would be the character sheets and discussion related to them. - The special post in the IC tab could be the Roleplay's intro and/or an updated inventory of what's happening in the roleplay. The actual posts that follow would be the, of course, the IC posts. - The special post in the OOC tab could be some notes about how to join the roleplay, the overall plans, etc. Not technically difficult to implement or conceptually lofty, just a mild improvement over the current system.

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I don't know if this has been mentioned, but every time I go to edit my signature, I cannot do so.

@Caits

Just pushed up a fix. Also fixed the issue where the hide-sigs and ghost-mode settings were getting unset.

@Mahz: We just saw that nice "OP" tag you added on the upper right corner of your posts and thought... Would something like that be a nice sort of reward to give users in contests and such? for example: "RPGC winner March '15" Or would such dilute the effect of the OP tag?

@Ellri

I actually have a similar idea that I mentioned briefly in @mdk's topic regarding the contests subforum: http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/75269/posts/ooc#post-2326067 I can create somewhat of an all-purpose "trophy" (or "medal", whatever) system and put a little trophy box on the user profile somewhere (like in some "Trophies" tab). Some random trophy ideas off the top of my head: - Automatically awarded trophies like "1-Year Club", "2-Year Club", "Most Subscribed Topic of the Month", etc. - Contest winners - User-granted trophies Some trophies could have a setting that shows them in your post userbit or something like that -- reserved for prominent trophies like contest winners. I haven't pondered the idea much beyond what you see right here, but it's not a technically challenging feature at all. And it would be fun.

Hey mahz, I love the Gm band you inplanted. You should allow players to give somebody else a Co Gm band. It would be much better.

@The One

Cool idea. Though it would make more sense once GMs actually have GM-specific powers in their Roleplays and can share that power with Co-GMs. Though I haven't really mapped out exactly what "GM-specific powers" actually means yet. Some ideas while we're here: - Close/Open roleplay to new participants - Approve applicant (applicant is now eligible to make IC posts) - Kill Character - Edit Character Status Something like that. And by "Character", I mean that I'd like to implement first-class support for a character system. Some way to create/manage characters (or create them ad-hoc per roleplay), switch between them during a roleplay, annotate them during the roleplay (like the GM can edit a character's status to indicate that the character has a broken leg), and kill them off (just from the roleplay). Going down the rabbit hole here, but it's an idea. The main limiting factor for these kinds of big roleplaying ideas is that it's hard for me to flesh them out by myself since I don't actually roleplay anymore.

Mahz's Dev Journal

@Caits: Whoops. Must've introduced a regression with the latest update. I also get an error on my side. I'll fix it right now.

Mahz's Dev Journal

Mahz =_= it might just be my phone. It has java and everything but doesn't want to work right. I give up �.

@Slendy

Okay, I made the "Edit" button go to a basic edit form that should work on your phone. Can you lemme know if it works or not? Here's where the Edit button should take you, now:

Mahz's Dev Journal

Soon I will be adding similar treatment to the "Subscriptions" button in the header. -- It will display the number of subscribed topics with unread posts. And, I'll be adding a @Mentions button that displays the amount of unread posts that have mentioned you. Today I built the foundation of that system, so most of the hard work is done.

Hello there! New to the forum, but not to roleplaying.

Welcome :) Sounds like you know what you're looking for. Hopefully you have an easy time linking up with some like-minded people in the interest checks.

Mahz's Dev Journal

So the number of PMs that comes up next to the PM button isn't coming up. Is this some new update deal?

@Dinh AaronMk

Yeah, http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/75056/posts/ooc?page=21#post-2359100 You now will only see a number if there's unread PMs waiting for you. No number = nothing new.