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RTB save file submissions -OR- make more public builds and designs
Kalphiter:
Deleted my loving on-topic posts.
General use TCP server on the same port as the server. Complete with custom protocols including HTTP.
Ephialtes:
--- Quote from: Pass on October 13, 2012, 07:30:33 AM ---There should be a "featured" build list every week chosen by moderators. It could work like the new start game menu where it has the preview, the name, description, and so on, except the builds will rotate every 3-5 seconds like steam.
This way builds can have a week to shine and get their download count up.
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Yeah I think I mentioned this a couple pages back.
--- Quote from: Sleven on October 13, 2012, 09:12:20 AM ---But what will the featured builds be chosen for? It is just the moderators decision?
How to make this balanced?
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I think yeah, moderators can just decide amongst themselves. I've not really thought about that bit much but I'd trust the moderators to actually promote good things not just their own builds or something.
Ben Grapevine:
--- Quote from: Ephialtes on October 12, 2012, 01:11:19 PM ---Sure there can be quality control, I just don't think builds should have to be approved before they can be available for download. Trying to find out if anyone has any strong feelings about that one.
Perhaps if a new submission meets a threshold of positive ratings within the period that it's considered "new" then it would be floated to the top for a while much like new add-ons appear at the top of views in the mod manager?
I think it'd be best to see if this does become an issue before a strike system is implemented. Moderators would be able to prevent people uploading things so they'd still have the control they need to do a good job and keep things running smoothly.
I'd have to do some experimenting to see how feasible it would be to do automated previews for submissions. There would definitely be edge cases where the system does a crap job so maybe taking pictures from various angles and allowing the user to pick the best one would be the best way to go about it. I'll have to do some tests at some point and see how well it works. But yeah I agree - people tend to take really bad pictures or not take any pictures at all. Both are really unhelpful when the preview is the most important part of a submission. I'll be fixing the screenshot uploader to accept all resolutions so maybe people will be less lazy about screenshots.
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I like the automatic pictures with giving the creator a choice in the best ones.
Wynd_Fox:
This is probably a relatively minor concern, but how will moderators be chosen? They would really only need to be mature, right? It's not like with add-ons, when you need to be able to script to test them well.
Ephialtes:
That's right. I guess I'd pick a few initially and it'd be up to them to pick new moderators. I'd definitely like to have about 15-20 people moderating though.