AltArc

[Fraxtil]

Is this not being beta-ed atm? 'Cuz I haven't been able to load the site for ages. And if it's not being beta-ed as you're adding the features you mentioned, won't it need to be before it can really be called "completed"?

Of course. I've been working offline for awhile, and I'm not even going to bother with finding a webhost for now. Pretty much every free host has everything I need minus one feature, whether it be GD, htaccess, or some other wacky configuration that breaks everything. I'll get a beta going once I complete my to-do list, which can be found here. As you can see, there isn't too much left to do, and since tomorrow is my last day of school (WOOOOT), I'll probably get a beta up and running sometime this week. It will also be the last beta until AltArc is finally considered 'complete'.

It'll be awesome. Seriously. After I finish the last major functions, I'm going to start using jQuery and Ajax to polish up the site even more. :)

[Fraxtil]

With IE8, the only problems on AltArc involve unsupported CSS3 tricks. It doesn't hurt the functionality, but some parts of the site look a little weird (checkboxes have a box around them which is only supposed to apply to text inputs, but IE doesn't know how to interpret "input[type='text']").

[kkstrong]

I can't say I'll be using AltArc, no matter how much better it is unless it is somehow connected to the current NUMA map database. Oh and being able to load its maps in NReality is something that I would put above all else... its just too handy to leave, but of course, you can change any of that.

[Fraxtil]

I can't say I'll be using AltArc, no matter how much better it is unless it is somehow connected to the current NUMA map database. Oh and being able to load its maps in NReality is something that I would put above all else... its just too handy to leave, but of course, you can change any of that.

I've PM'd Unreality about support for downloading AltArc maps within the game. Thanks for reminding me about that.

[kkstrong]

Or IRC sometimes on #n-highscores from about 8pm - 5am PST.

[Fraxtil]

The beta will hopefully be permanently online within the next few days. I'm just waiting for a confirmation e-mail from the webhost. Yes, this means AltArc is pretty much done right now (except for clearing out any bugs or missed suggestions, which is why it's still technically a beta).

http://altarc.sector-five.net/ is online! Register and alert me via PM or IRC of any bugs you find.

[Nexx]

I tried to register and got a strange error. I PMed you the details just to be safe.

[Tunco]

I tried to register and got a strange error. I PMed you the details just to be safe.

Me either. A possible solution for that?
I'll PM you later, GForce.

[Fraxtil]

I changed some file permissions on the new host; hopefully that will resolve the problems.

[Nexx]

Are news entries purposefully categorized as maps? Right now, you can hit "random map" and get one of the news items. And it's less important, but the rating text shouldn't be "vote on this map" for news items.

Also, "recently viewed maps" doesn't seem to work for me. I viewed both of the two maps there and then tried that feature, but nothing happened.

Also, the site just went down as I was using it, according to http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com

EDIT: Site is back up and recently viewed maps is working, so scratch those. My first "paragraph" still stands.

[Fraxtil]

Are news entries purposefully categorized as maps? Right now, you can hit "random map" and get one of the news items. And it's less important, but the rating text shouldn't be "vote on this map" for news items.

Yes, they are categorized as maps, partially because it's easier to code it that way, and also because it's more efficient to use a single database for both. I may end up changing the way "random map" works- right now it just picks a number between 1 and [number of maps], meaning it can even take you to a delisted map.

[Yoshimo]

Sweet. And for packs, do we just slip in a ton of level data for multiple levels? The interface for packs confuses me.

[Fraxtil]

Sweet. And for packs, do we just slip in a ton of level data for multiple levels? The interface for packs confuses me.

You create a private pack (assuming you're the only author), then you use the map submission interface and choose your pack from the list of map types. Hold Ctrl and click to select more than one, if you want to label it as 'action' or whatever in addition to your pack.

[Yoshimo]

So do I add maps to it over time? Or do I just put a ton of maps in at once?

[Fraxtil]

So do I add maps to it over time? Or do I just put a ton of maps in at once?

I may eventually allow you to batch-upload maps, but I have to figure out a way to make that -not- fill up the Newest Maps page first. I'm open for suggestions.

[Nexx]

How do you get the packs thing to work?

I tried making a new pack, but then I realized I don't have any maps. So then subbed a map, but now I have no clue how to put it in the pack. Even if I had to declare what was in it at the time of creation, shouldn't there be an "edit pack" option? I'm totally lost here.

[Fraxtil]

How do you get the packs thing to work?

I tried making a new pack, but then I realized I don't have any maps. So then subbed a map, but now I have no clue how to put it in the pack. Even if I had to declare what was in it at the time of creation, shouldn't there be an "edit pack" option? I'm totally lost here.

When you create a pack, it's added to the bottom of the list of map types available- scroll down to find it.

[Yoshimo]

So do I add maps to it over time? Or do I just put a ton of maps in at once?

I may eventually allow you to batch-upload maps, but I have to figure out a way to make that -not- fill up the Newest Maps page first. I'm open for suggestions.

How about a seperate 'pack' listing where instead of haveing a ton of maps you can just Batch-upload a premade pack.

[Destiny]

I want to sign up to altarc as Destiny. I can't though, because i have signed up for numa as _destiny^-, and for some reason you've made it require an N username. So i try to make a new username on N called Destiny, except i can't because someone else must have done many many years ago. So i give up, and try to sign up as _destiny^-, except i cant do that either, as it has characters that arent numbers or letters. Please do something that will allow me to sign up as Destiny. I dont want to have some other gay name :(

[Mae]

I'm also having name registering issues. My NUMA name is Mae (d'oh) but the minimum number of characters in a username for AltArc is four D:D:D:D:D:D:

It would be nice if you could notch that down to three... please:)

[Destiny]

It would be even nicer if you made the login system independant of N. As well as the min charactes XD

[Mae]

As well as the min charactes XD

Thanks for the support, Destiny :D

[Fraxtil]

Okay, I'll bump the minimum characters down to 3, and I'll completely separate the highscore and AltArc login credentials. How about that?

[Mae]

Thanks much.

[Nexx]

User stats aren't updating like they're supposed to. As far as I can tell, all users have an average rating of 0%, with 0 votes sent and 0 votes received.