Gary
Beginner Marbler
[ss:Prolassic]
i am Forfun before i get the English name
Posts: 72
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Post by Gary on May 26, 2013 3:22:29 GMT
Great
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Post by pokkomarble on May 27, 2013 12:07:36 GMT
Great . yes I'm back
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Post by Perishingflames on May 27, 2013 21:26:49 GMT
Welcome back Pokko
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Post by IsraeliRD on May 27, 2013 23:05:55 GMT
^ this very much
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Post by Trace on May 28, 2013 0:01:54 GMT
Yay for more peoples!
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Post by pokkomarble on May 28, 2013 10:35:55 GMT
- Download THOUSANDS of Custom Levels, Artwork, Interiors, Codes, and even Marble Blast Mods with our new Downloads Archive! The website will feature a Downloads section, including all submissions to the Marble Blast Development Kit. You will no longer have to dig through hundreds of threads, or years of broken links and download urls to find your Custom Level Packs. Everything will be stored on the website's host, and available 24/7. - Upload your content DIRECTLY to the site! Upload custom levels, artwork, or tid-bits of code using our content submission system. This system is monitored by the website administrators and moderators, and must be approved by the staff before your content goes live, to ensure the files are safe, and usable. If your upload is published, it will be displayed publicly in the downloads section, with an author link directly to your website account! - Rate content uploads! You can now provide simple 1-5 star ratings of custom levels, artwork, or code directly on the download page for that item! An extensive review option is also available, allowing users to post the traditional review format from our Level of the Month contests. I was thinking something like this would be great. You guys have though everything...
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Post by ProMarbler on May 28, 2013 10:45:04 GMT
How about adding download functionality directly into the game?
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Post by Jeff on May 28, 2013 15:48:40 GMT
@pro Marbler, the engine prohibits anything that is non printable characters from being downloaded. That means text files can be downloaded, but not pictures, compiled .dso files, ect.
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Post by ProMarbler on May 28, 2013 18:58:56 GMT
So you could download the mission file, but not interiors and the level picture? So any download client, if so existed, would have to be launched outside the game, like before the game starts? Would that be possible? Or would it be too troublesome to implement? It would seem like a major task to do, for one would probably have to make a separate client by scratch.
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Post by Jeff on May 28, 2013 21:07:41 GMT
^ This
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Alpha
New Marbler
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Post by Alpha on May 29, 2013 11:25:42 GMT
The new layout is looking great. Good luck, guys.
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Post by agedude on Jun 2, 2013 4:14:47 GMT
I'm really looking forward to seeing this new website! It looks like a great platform for launching the new MBPQ community.
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Post by Trace on Jun 2, 2013 4:30:19 GMT
I'm really looking forward to seeing this new website! It looks like a great platform for launching the new MBPQ community. Wow. Lots of old-school guys coming out again haha, nice to see you agedude.
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Post by Jeff on Jun 2, 2013 16:03:10 GMT
hey hey nice to see an old member =)
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Post by agedude on Jun 3, 2013 3:24:50 GMT
I've been around. Just not actually posting I guess.
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RedBassett
Beginner Marbler
Head of Sit And Do Nothing Staff[ss:Default Skin (DO NOT TOUCH)]
Always Suspect the Bassett
Posts: 60
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Post by RedBassett on Jun 14, 2013 18:42:58 GMT
I haven't visited this forum in years… Too bad to see that you guys are leaving ProBoards, but I understand how the lack of integration is a problem.
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Post by Jeff on Jun 14, 2013 19:41:13 GMT
I haven't visited this forum in years… Too bad to see that you guys are leaving ProBoards, but I understand how the lack of integration is a problem. its going to be better.....
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RedBassett
Beginner Marbler
Head of Sit And Do Nothing Staff[ss:Default Skin (DO NOT TOUCH)]
Always Suspect the Bassett
Posts: 60
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Post by RedBassett on Jun 14, 2013 21:37:41 GMT
I haven't visited this forum in years… Too bad to see that you guys are leaving ProBoards, but I understand how the lack of integration is a problem. its going to be better..... What software is it? What do you like about it?
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Post by Trace on Jun 15, 2013 5:46:37 GMT
its going to be better..... What software is it? What do you like about it? Well aside from the freedom that lets the staff control all aspects of the site instead of relying on proboards, what else do you need?
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Post by Aayrl on Jun 15, 2013 12:13:21 GMT
There isn't any software, per se. It runs on an engine built in PhP and JQuery, which allows us to fully customize and control -every- aspect of the website. On top of that, the freedom of a fully customizable web interface allows us to easily write leaderboard integration directly into site, among other things, and set up a single-sign on authentication server for any participating mod.
Did I mention we get total and full control of everything on our own hosted domain rather than being denied by Proboards any access to any forum information? It's the one thing I've really dreaded about this type of forum - entirely free, but you have no rights to any forum information, including user databases, thread databases, hosted files, etc. Essentially, we get no back-end interaction with the raw data, ever. The new site will give us that control when we need it (if, we need it.)
~Aayrl
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Marblemaster1 (Frosty)
Professional Marbler
Master of the Spam Board, that is[ss:Default Skin]
I have CDO. It's just like OCD, except the letters are in alphabetical order AS THEY SHOULD BE.
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Post by Marblemaster1 (Frosty) on Jun 15, 2013 15:38:14 GMT
This is looking awesome! I can't wait to see it in 2015! ...Don't judge me.
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RedBassett
Beginner Marbler
Head of Sit And Do Nothing Staff[ss:Default Skin (DO NOT TOUCH)]
Always Suspect the Bassett
Posts: 60
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Post by RedBassett on Jun 16, 2013 16:53:20 GMT
Things written in PHP and jQuery are software And as long as you have a stable host, you should be fine. Personally, I like ProBoards, and as someone who has spent years writing and reading code to run many different forum systems, ProBoards has far surpassed anything else I have seen. Good luck with the new site!
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Post by Sporlo on Jun 16, 2013 20:33:24 GMT
Things written in PHP and jQuery are software And as long as you have a stable host, you should be fine. Personally, I like ProBoards, and as someone who has spent years writing and reading code to run many different forum systems, ProBoards has far surpassed anything else I have seen. Good luck with the new site! I'm certainly not opposed to a new forum system, but I think you're right about the merits of ProBoards. I don't have the kind of experience you do, but simply from being a part of the MBF for so long, I've not really encountered many other forums that are inherently better than what we have here. Basically, for the new site, a simple claim of "but it's better!" isn't much of an argument. However, what Aayrl said about finally being able to actually work with and OWN the backend is quite a strong argument. Also, the other new features will be very cool too. I just wanted to point out that ProBoards has given us a great platform. It's been neat to see how these forums have changed and improved functionally and aesthetically over the years. Hat tip to the staff for that.
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RedBassett
Beginner Marbler
Head of Sit And Do Nothing Staff[ss:Default Skin (DO NOT TOUCH)]
Always Suspect the Bassett
Posts: 60
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Post by RedBassett on Jun 16, 2013 22:47:09 GMT
Things written in PHP and jQuery are software And as long as you have a stable host, you should be fine. Personally, I like ProBoards, and as someone who has spent years writing and reading code to run many different forum systems, ProBoards has far surpassed anything else I have seen. Good luck with the new site! I'm certainly not opposed to a new forum system, but I think you're right about the merits of ProBoards. I don't have the kind of experience you do, but simply from being a part of the MBF for so long, I've not really encountered many other forums that are inherently better than what we have here. Basically, for the new site, a simple claim of "but it's better!" isn't much of an argument. However, what Aayrl said about finally being able to actually work with and OWN the backend is quite a strong argument. Also, the other new features will be very cool too. I just wanted to point out that ProBoards has given us a great platform. It's been neat to see how these forums have changed and improved functionally and aesthetically over the years. Hat tip to the staff for that. For this forum, I can certainly see why a self-hosted system would be better, since you have need for single-signon across multiple parts of the site, need to include lots of downloads/file databases, and the like.
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Post by Jeff on Jun 17, 2013 2:14:35 GMT
I can't argue anything because I could spring a leak, which would be bad. :C
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Post by Sporlo on Jun 17, 2013 3:34:19 GMT
I can't argue anything because I could spring a leak, which would be bad. :C It's k. I'm excited!
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Post by Trace on Jun 17, 2013 8:10:17 GMT
I can't argue anything because I could spring a leak, which would be bad. :C Use duct tape.
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Post by ProMarbler on Jun 19, 2013 17:08:53 GMT
Were the new forums actually built from scratch?
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Post by brandondorf9999 on Jun 27, 2013 17:02:59 GMT
It's been longer so the site is supposed to be up. It's already summer now.
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Post by Jeff on Jun 27, 2013 17:06:31 GMT
Excuse me, I don't mean to be rude, but the platinum team is working on 3 projects and we all have lives too.
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