Update from the Community Manager - 23 Feb 2011

[Kallocain]

Ok, stuff is happening over here! There are a lot of news since we have GDC coming up, but I really can't tell you everything until we have announced it, so here is what I have right now.

Cities in Motion Released
The game is released and the subforums are now active. It's looking good, all reports say that CiM is a very fun and stable game!

New Project to be Announced
Link to the forum and hints here: http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?601-*-Project-Glory-* (The name will not actually be Project Glory, no) Something brand new, not a sequel, not an expansion.

Beta Patch for Victoria 2
The discussion thread: http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum...a-of-1.3-23rd-February-2011-Discussion-Thread
The patch and change log is in the tech support forum. The change log is huge, and I think it looks very promising. Have not tried it yet actually!

New Templates
Four new templates are available for selection. The colours are made to be similar to the old CK, Victoria HoI and EU forum colours. Let me know of any bugs in the forum help, except the one about blue background for the community, forum actions and quick links dropdown, I'm aware of that. (Fixed!)

 

[Nikolai]

Ok, stuff is happening over here! There are a lot of news since we have GDC coming up, but I really can't tell you everything until we have announced it, so here is what I have right now.

Cities in Motion Released
The game is released and the subforums are now active. It's looking good, all reports say that CiM is a very fun and stable game!

New Project to be Announced
Link to the forum and hints here: http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?601-*-Project-Glory-* (The name will not actually be Project Glory, no) Something brand new, not a sequel, not an expansion.

Beta Patch for Victoria 2
The discussion thread: http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum...a-of-1.3-23rd-February-2011-Discussion-Thread
The patch and change log is in the tech support forum. The change log is huge, and I think it looks very promising. Have not tried it yet actually!

New Templates
Four new templates are available for selection. The colours are made to be similar to the old CK, Victoria HoI and EU forum colours. Let me know of any bugs in the forum help, except the one about blue background for the community, forum actions and quick links dropdown, I'm aware of that.

#2 and #3.....*drool* V2, here I come! Project Glory, tell me thy secret!

 

[King_Richard_XI]

"Project Glory" sounds pretty awesome. Eagerly awaiting it.

 

[Kolonel]

New Templates
Four new templates are available for selection. The colours are made to be similar to the old CK, Victoria HoI and EU forum colours. Let me know of any bugs in the forum help, except the one about blue background for the community, forum actions and quick links dropdown, I'm aware of that.

Crusader Kings template applied.

 

[safferli]

Hm, I dislike (somewhat) the new templates. They all have a white-ish background, which I think is pretty hard to read on a computer screen. Any chance that can be changed to the "old" templates, where we had non-white background? I'm staying with DeepOceanEdited, that works nicely. Except for the overly "round corners", but I've complained about that before

 

[Kallocain]

Hm, I dislike (somewhat) the new templates. They all have a white-ish background, which I think is pretty hard to read on a computer screen. Any chance that can be changed to the "old" templates, where we had non-white background? I'm staying with DeepOceanEdited, that works nicely. Except for the overly "round corners", but I've complained about that before

The old templates are not compatible with the new software. Plus, they do feel rather dated now that I've gotten used to this, so I'd probably not want to go back even if I could now.

 

[safferli]

As long as DeepOceanEdited stays, it's bearable Speaking of which, when will you get round to fixing th eremaining "forum read/new posts/closed thread/etc" icons? Some still have the old icons (the blueish round corners), and not the new envelope-style.

 

[Kallocain]

As long as DeepOceanEdited stays, it's bearable Speaking of which, when will you get round to fixing th eremaining "forum read/new posts/closed thread/etc" icons? Some still have the old icons (the blueish round corners), and not the new envelope-style.

Which ones? I looked around a bit and didn't see any.

 

[johho888]

As long as DeepOceanEdited stays, it's bearable

The HoI style isn't too bad but DeepOceanEdited is still superior I think.

 

[Kallocain]

Any feedback on the templates is very welcome! We can still change things.

 

[safferli]

Which ones? I looked around a bit and didn't see any.

Ah, perhaps because your posts always gets a platypus. These are the ones I always see:

* thread with own posts (closed or not)
* closed, unread thread (not closed read), without any of my posts
* deleted threads also have the old style, but that's not important as not visible to normal users
* The platypus still has the old "dot", if possible perhaps have a platypus without dot, and a platypus with dot if it's a thread you have posted in?

 

[Seli]

Which ones? I looked around a bit and didn't see any.

The one I still notice is the "you have posted in this thread" one, which I guess you would not see because you get the "Paradox Employee posted here" one

 

[gigau]

Thanks for this new update... although with new cliffhangers like you like to make

I like the CK-style background. However, i wish the grey wasn't so bright, it hurts my eyes a little. A slightly darker aspect (much like the DeepOceanEdited style) of grey would be nice.

 

[Seli]

The CK style is nice, but the other ones are so white and bright!

edit: I assume the boxes around the text-buttons at the bottom of posts (in the CK skin) are needed for readability? They are absent in the other skins,

 

[Eärendil]

The templates are way too bright! If they bright sections were more like the DeepOceanEdited in terms of brightness (but in their respective colours) it would be much better.

 

[SAS]

I like the HOI color scheme but to tell you the truth I'll stick with the good old DeepOceanEdited.

 

[Kallocain]

Ah, perhaps because your posts always gets a platypus. These are the ones I always see:

* thread with own posts (closed or not)
* closed, unread thread (not closed read), without any of my posts
* deleted threads also have the old style, but that's not important as not visible to normal users
* The platypus still has the old "dot", if possible perhaps have a platypus without dot, and a platypus with dot if it's a thread you have posted in?

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The one I still notice is the "you have posted in this thread" one, which I guess you would not see because you get the "Paradox Employee posted here" one

Of course, I just see the platypus! Doh! Thanks, I'll look into the icons.
And thank you guys for the feedback on the templates, we'll try to adjust them accordingly.

 

[gigau]

Wow, the CK-style is really much better now

If you could just do the same for :
- the private message box
- the notification box on the settings page
- the left menus in the profile and settings page
- possibly add a grey background on the "about me" page of the profile
- possibly also the "go advanced" page


In any case, thanks for listening to our opinions <3

 

[Eärendil]

Much better! I especially like the CK one.

 

[Seli]

Nice improvement on the style templates, much easier on the eyes .

The advanced reply box in the Victoria template is still a bit bright.