Paradox forum doesn't let me look at older threads

[Riggald]

For bugs, it stares there are 429 messages, and ~22 pages of threads.

But when I click on any of the links to older pages of threads, I get an empty page back. (This also happens on the other Majesty 2 forum pages)

e.g.
Majesty 2 - User Modifications
Page 2 of 4
Showing threads 21 to 20 of 78

Thread options shown:
Sort threads by: Last Message Time
Order threads in: Descending
Threads with last post from: Forever
Show only threads containing developer posts: No

 

[Mr. Capiatlist]

You have to change the display settings at the bottom of the forum listing to "since forever" otherwise it hides posts older than a year.

Here

 

[Riggald]

I already had it set to "since Forever"

 

[Mr. Capiatlist]

I already have it set to "since Forever"

Did you click "set option"?

Edit: You have to do this each time to leave and return to a specific subforum, the site doesn't save the setting.

 

[Riggald]

No - I didn't press "Set option" - when I checked my options, it was shown as being *already set to* "Forever".

This then is a bug. If you open "Thread display options", it should show the user what the current thread display options are.
Failing that, it should have a separate display of the current settings. There should be a warning when you leave the sub-forum that your new settings will be lost.

It is not currently possible for the user to tell 1) what their current settings are, 2) that if they change the settings, the settings will be unset any time you look at a different collection of threads.

 

[Mr. Capiatlist]

No - I didn't press "Set option" - when I checked my options, it was shown as being *already set to* "Forever".

This then is a bug. If you open "Thread display options", it should show the user what the current thread display options are.
Failing that, it should have a separate display of the current settings. There should be a warning when you leave the sub-forum that your new settings will be lost.

It is not currently possible for the user to tell 1) what their current settings are, 2) that if they change the settings, the settings will be unset any time you look at a different collection of threads.

Not saying you're wrong, it's just a weird quirk of the forum software.

Going back to the default is WAD; I believe the intent is to reduce how often old threads resurface plus minimize server load. So the "since forever" option is the default so all you have to do to find old threads is click "set option".

 

[TinyWiking]

They should indeed not "fall off", the issue you are experiencing is a forum issue. It's under investigation but as Mr Capiatlist explained clicking the tread options at the bottom will refresh the page and show all threads associated with the page.