ValveTime Feedback ValveTime Feedback Tue, 21 May 2013 13:14:32 +0000 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:14:32 +0000 ValveTime.net | Valve News, Forums, Steam http://www.valvetime.net/forums/valvetime-feedback.41/ Animated avatars are now working again!
True story.]]> Thu, 16 May 2013 13:29:20 +0000 http://www.valvetime.net/threads/animated-avatars-are-now-working-again.243443/ http://www.valvetime.net/threads/animated-avatars-are-now-working-again.243443/ Chris_D Chris_D 5 The Official "Oh God Something is Broken" Thread
As we go forward with the ValveTime.net launch (somewhat behind schedule), it's possible that you see some glitches or mistakes on my part throughout today. I hope that these are at a minimum, but I am probably not that lucky.

Please use this thread to bring attention to things that I may have missed. Whenever possible, please use screenshots that you've taken of the problem, and please be sure to include what browser you are using, so that I may better replicate the error, and thus be more able to solve it, and quickly at that.

By our powers combined, we'll make this place livable yet!]]> Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:44:46 +0000 http://www.valvetime.net/threads/the-official-oh-god-something-is-broken-thread.182132/ http://www.valvetime.net/threads/the-official-oh-god-something-is-broken-thread.182132/ Yorick Yorick 166 Why not make a valve time talk time podcast I would like very much so if I can just download a.podcast and listen to it on the go.]]> Sat, 20 Apr 2013 16:02:10 +0000 http://www.valvetime.net/threads/why-not-make-a-valve-time-talk-time-podcast.243374/ http://www.valvetime.net/threads/why-not-make-a-valve-time-talk-time-podcast.243374/ tomemozok tomemozok 5 When will we know who got the writer positions?
Not pushing it,just asking,since it has been 11 days since i received my mail.. :D]]> Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:24:44 +0000 http://www.valvetime.net/threads/when-will-we-know-who-got-the-writer-positions.243361/ http://www.valvetime.net/threads/when-will-we-know-who-got-the-writer-positions.243361/ tomemozok tomemozok 4 Let's see how and why Valve is great


Lost Between Levels: Valve (Special Edition)gamespot.



Valve - Louder Than Words--



Team Fortress 2 - Fallen Army-PFSBrazil-



Valve - Unstoppable-PFSBrazil-]]> Wed, 03 Apr 2013 02:27:57 +0000 http://www.valvetime.net/threads/lets-see-how-and-why-valve-is-great.243313/ http://www.valvetime.net/threads/lets-see-how-and-why-valve-is-great.243313/ Hamdoud4ussuf Hamdoud4ussuf 9 New Forum Smilies
1) You may now notice that there is a little "Smilies" tab underneath the text editor. This is an alternative interface for picking smilies. Right now you will only see one section, but ultimately what we can do is have different categories of smilies that we can scroll through.

2) We now have A LOT more smilies than we used to. Here's a few of my favourites. Asshat: :asshat: Poop: :poop:

3) All of the original smilies have been replaced but if there are any specific ones you would like to have re-added, these can be considered if you request them here.

Thank you :finger:]]> Wed, 06 Mar 2013 12:44:20 +0000 http://www.valvetime.net/threads/new-forum-smilies.243170/ http://www.valvetime.net/threads/new-forum-smilies.243170/ Chris_D Chris_D 25 Сколько потребуеться денег для разработки HL2 EP3? Tue, 22 Jan 2013 12:19:32 +0000 http://www.valvetime.net/threads/%D0%A1%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%BE-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8C%D1%81%D1%8F-%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B3-%D0%B4%D0%BB%D1%8F-%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%B8-hl2-ep3.243087/ http://www.valvetime.net/threads/%D0%A1%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%BE-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8C%D1%81%D1%8F-%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B3-%D0%B4%D0%BB%D1%8F-%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%B8-hl2-ep3.243087/ Роман POMAH19411 Роман POMAH19411 11 /me slaps you around a bit with a large trout
/me does a drum roll


This thread is to let you know about the reintroduction of a long lost "feature" that we haven't had around these parts for a long while. The good old "/me" command.

I originally implemented this when we first launched a year ago. It was crap, and didn't work so it was disabled. I only just got around to fixing it. So here it is.

/me thinks his work here is done.]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 09:21:13 +0000 http://www.valvetime.net/threads/me-slaps-you-around-a-bit-with-a-large-trout.243084/ http://www.valvetime.net/threads/me-slaps-you-around-a-bit-with-a-large-trout.243084/ Chris_D Chris_D 13 Community Feedback: Steam profile badges
These are created when you fill in the relevant profile field with the last portion of your Steam Community URL.

We plan to keep the Steam Profile badges, but it is long overdue an update. And one gripe we have is that page loads are quite a bit longer - especially as we have 40 posts per page.

A new version is available which should improve the page loads quite a bit but, the steam profile information is collected in a completely different way.

Instead of being a profile field, actually it is done by linking your forum account to Steam. This involves clicking what will be a brand new "Sign in with Steam" button. This uses OpenID to associate your forum account to Steam. At that point, your Steam ID is collected and stored in the database and it will be that which makes your profile display.

We will also have available a new page that will contain Steam stats such as games owned, hours played etc. plus the opportunity to get more statistics in the future.

I am telling you this because if we do this, your current steam profile badges will disappear and you will be required to sign in with steam to make them display again.

If you have a major issue, please let us discuss it here. If you don't then we plan to make this change over the next few days.]]> Sat, 19 Jan 2013 03:56:00 +0000 http://www.valvetime.net/threads/community-feedback-steam-profile-badges.243029/ http://www.valvetime.net/threads/community-feedback-steam-profile-badges.243029/ Chris_D Chris_D 27 The WYSIWYG Editor / Text Box
So I don't dislike the Rich Text / WYSIWYG editor. But we're pretty stuck with it as it is the default editor. Of course it could be changed with an add on etc. but we have to wait for one to be created first.

Oh, and that's happened :D

Here's a demo video of it:



I think it does answer some of the issues that were raised, but before we buy it (YES, BUY IT! €15 TO TREAT YOU GUYS TO A NEW EDITOR EVEN THOUGH YOU ALL BLOCK OUR ADS AND WE CAN'T EVEN AFFORD OUR SERVER BILL) we thought we should see what you think.

The plan is for us to replace the plain text editor so we hopefully get the best of both worlds.

EDIT: You will see some shots of the admin tools to customise it - obviously that isn't relevant to you guys.]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 01:32:42 +0000 http://www.valvetime.net/threads/the-wysiwyg-editor-text-box.193362/ http://www.valvetime.net/threads/the-wysiwyg-editor-text-box.193362/ Chris_D Chris_D 29 RSS issue - non-news posts being published
Looks like there is a bug on the forum, as non-news forum posts are being published (I think it may even be all posts)

Anyway, here's a screenshot to show what I mean
[IMG]]]> Fri, 04 Jan 2013 09:53:20 +0000 http://www.valvetime.net/threads/rss-issue-non-news-posts-being-published.243003/ http://www.valvetime.net/threads/rss-issue-non-news-posts-being-published.243003/ Link Link 6 hl2 our Benefactors Fri, 28 Dec 2012 12:34:23 +0000 http://www.valvetime.net/threads/hl2-our-benefactors.242985/ http://www.valvetime.net/threads/hl2-our-benefactors.242985/ Pwner523 Pwner523 2 Links being changed by forum
This page: www .amazon. com/NuForce-uDAC-2-Black-Digital-Converter/dp/B003Y5FRNS/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

is made into: http://www.amazon.com/NuForce-uDAC-2-Black-Digital-Converter/dp/B003Y5FRNS/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

Can this nonsense be fixed?]]> Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:13:27 +0000 http://www.valvetime.net/threads/links-being-changed-by-forum.242969/ http://www.valvetime.net/threads/links-being-changed-by-forum.242969/ DEATHMASTER DEATHMASTER 2 is there some way to delete all conversations? Wed, 19 Dec 2012 17:27:00 +0000 http://www.valvetime.net/threads/is-there-some-way-to-delete-all-conversations.242943/ http://www.valvetime.net/threads/is-there-some-way-to-delete-all-conversations.242943/ <RJMC> <RJMC> 4 Avatar Questions
Sorry if this is a dumb question, should probably know this given how long I've been around here...

What are the size restrictions for avatars? My avatar used to animate fine until I tried to switch it. The newer ones failed to upload properly and now my old one doesn't seem to animate in certain instances (works fine on my profile page and the upload page, but not when I post).

Anyone else get this problem?]]> Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:57:36 +0000 http://www.valvetime.net/threads/avatar-questions.242947/ http://www.valvetime.net/threads/avatar-questions.242947/ Wanted Bob Wanted Bob 5 Spoiler Tags
Show Spoiler
They dont work.
]]> Tue, 11 Dec 2012 11:39:38 +0000 http://www.valvetime.net/threads/spoiler-tags.242910/ http://www.valvetime.net/threads/spoiler-tags.242910/ Krynn72 Krynn72 3 Locking my gum thread seems confusing.
Just wondering, seems strange to just lock it with no reason stated.]]> Tue, 11 Dec 2012 03:54:23 +0000 http://www.valvetime.net/threads/locking-my-gum-thread-seems-confusing.242912/ http://www.valvetime.net/threads/locking-my-gum-thread-seems-confusing.242912/ BabyHeadCrab BabyHeadCrab 15 Old shortcut www.halflife2.net/forum/forum.php leads to a blank page with a single line saying "no input file specified"

I demand monetary compensation because I don't want to be forced to renew my old shortcut.

THAT IS ALL]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 05:29:09 +0000 http://www.valvetime.net/threads/old-shortcut.242163/ http://www.valvetime.net/threads/old-shortcut.242163/ ktimekiller ktimekiller 4 Avatars to large Thu, 06 Dec 2012 09:24:58 +0000 http://www.valvetime.net/threads/avatars-to-large.242076/ http://www.valvetime.net/threads/avatars-to-large.242076/ giant384 giant384 16 Make a new linux forum tab Can we make this happen?
(P.S. using ubuntu and soon will have GNU,anyone has probs with their linux give me a shout,we'll figure it out :D)]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2012 20:46:03 +0000 http://www.valvetime.net/threads/make-a-new-linux-forum-tab.239261/ http://www.valvetime.net/threads/make-a-new-linux-forum-tab.239261/ tomemozok tomemozok 13 New Hosts
The main prompt for doing so was to ensure we're on a much more stable and reliable host.

We are now hosted by Nimbus Hosting. They specialise in hosting forums and other platforms and have an amazing reputation.

Special thanks goes to Tim at Nimbus Hosting plus an extra special thanks to StarMonkey for getting stuff set up.

The new server is using nginx rather than Apache and MariaDB rather than MySQL. All of this adds up to a nice and quick experience. If you couple that with APC and memcached, overall you should have a much nicer time browsing the site.

How is it for you so far? Quicker? Slower? Same? Let us know :)]]> Wed, 17 Oct 2012 18:42:40 +0000 http://www.valvetime.net/threads/new-hosts.231752/ http://www.valvetime.net/threads/new-hosts.231752/ Chris_D Chris_D 6 Collapsible Quotes. Like it?
By the request of some community members over at the Official XenForo forums I created an add-on to XenForo which basically collapses quotes over a certain length automatically.

I've enabled this, but I just want to see whether you would like it to stay enabled or whether you don't much care for it.

Krynn72
I'm going to be switching carriers soon (again) and have to decide what kind of phone to get. There's two phones I'm currently teetering on, and thats the HTC Sensation 4G and the HTC Radar 4G. The Sensation will have Android 4.0 available to it by the time I'd be getting it, and the Radar is the Windows Phone OS. I can get the Sensation for $50, and the Radar for free with my contract. However the cost factor is negligible as I can get the Sensation from Best Buy, for which I have gift certificates which can bring the price down to like ten bones.

Currently I have the Incredible, which is a pretty good phone. The Android OS is feeling pretty tired now, and I love the way the Windows Phone interface is set up and how it works. However I dont want to hamstring myself in terms of capabilities. Lots of the videos I watch about the Windows Phone OS harp on and on about stupid shit like the social networking crap and how it links up with Xbox Live. I dont use my phone for that crap.

Its a phone primarily, and the extra functions are more... I guess you could call it "buisiness related". Things like GPS, calendar shit, email, taking photos that need to be detailed, video calls, taking notes and setting reminders, etc. Messaging is the most important thing for me though, and the default android messaging system (at least in 2.3) was crap. Complete crap. GoSMS is leagues better, but still not as good as I suspect it could be. I think Google Drive could have some sweet features once Google fixes their TOS.

So I guess I'm just wondering if anyone has experience with WP or Android 4.0, and can give me their impressions on those aspects, so I can better decide when the time comes. Thanks in advance.
As you can see, that is a long quote. There is a link in the top right to read more. When you click it, the full quote is revealed.

Shall we keep it? Or turn it off?]]> Sun, 02 Sep 2012 23:18:00 +0000 http://www.valvetime.net/threads/collapsible-quotes-like-it.192811/ http://www.valvetime.net/threads/collapsible-quotes-like-it.192811/ Chris_D Chris_D 34 Can't view articles
You do not have permission to view this page or perform this action.

Wtf? I created a new account (this one) and I still get this message.]]> Sun, 02 Sep 2012 02:12:09 +0000 http://www.valvetime.net/threads/cant-view-articles.221653/ http://www.valvetime.net/threads/cant-view-articles.221653/ Method320 Method320 5 Website Icon and Internet Explorer
Thanks.

p.s. Please consider that I'm entitled to use which ever browser I choose, so please don't flame me for using IE over Firefox or Chrome. Despite popular belief, IE9 and now 10 are not actually bad and considering I have shit-house Internet here in Australia, it's the browser that renders the fastest for me.]]> Tue, 21 Aug 2012 12:55:36 +0000 http://www.valvetime.net/threads/website-icon-and-internet-explorer.215265/ http://www.valvetime.net/threads/website-icon-and-internet-explorer.215265/ Lewk Lewk 10 Site down?? For quite a while i have probs accessing it,and now valvetime is down,only the forums are up...
Care for a comment? :p]]> Tue, 14 Aug 2012 18:19:05 +0000 http://www.valvetime.net/threads/site-down.206996/ http://www.valvetime.net/threads/site-down.206996/ tomemozok tomemozok 30 Login problems
What happened to the userbase???]]> Wed, 08 Aug 2012 08:00:52 +0000 http://www.valvetime.net/threads/login-problems.215881/ http://www.valvetime.net/threads/login-problems.215881/ tomemozok tomemozok 1 New Site Feature: My Attachments 9 whole years and over that time as well as our posts that I often read through for nostalgia, we also might just have uploaded the odd file or two.

This could be an image you created, or something you've written, something you stole from another website - whatever. But I'm certain that if you could easily go back through all of your attachments you'd find some gems in there.

Well, now you can easily go back through all your attachments: http://www.valvetime.net/attachments/mine

The My Attachments section is a record of all the attachments that you've uploaded since you started using your account.

Have a flick through there's some gems, I'm sure.

Here's the first ever attachment I uploaded...

[IMG]]]> Tue, 26 Jun 2012 07:59:22 +0000 http://www.valvetime.net/threads/new-site-feature-my-attachments.205517/ http://www.valvetime.net/threads/new-site-feature-my-attachments.205517/ Chris_D Chris_D 26 testing Thu, 21 Jun 2012 01:54:31 +0000 http://www.valvetime.net/threads/testing.205259/ http://www.valvetime.net/threads/testing.205259/ StarMonkey StarMonkey 3 Small and mostly stupid, but.. I'm used to getting back to the home page by clicking the header of the website without any real thought as to where to click,any graphic should to the trick, as things stand now only the logo is linked can you possibly link it with typeface "VALVETIME" it would be much appreciated ^^' .]]> Fri, 18 May 2012 11:47:54 +0000 http://www.valvetime.net/threads/small-and-mostly-stupid-but.196197/ http://www.valvetime.net/threads/small-and-mostly-stupid-but.196197/ Yoyo1244 Yoyo1244 9 vBulletin vs. XenForo This is not about whether you like Halflife2.net vs ValveTime.net.

I just have a personal interest in hearing your opinions on the forum software we're now using. Of course for many years we used vBulletin 2.x, 3.x and 4.x before recently changing to XenForo.

XenForo is pretty new. You may not have used it before. You may be much more used to the user experience of vBulletin and others. But have we made the right decision?

Again: This is not about whether you like Halflife2.net vs ValveTime.net. Not about whether you like how it looks or colour schemes. This is purely about the functionality of the two pieces of software.

Just choose your answer in the poll.

Thanks :)]]> Thu, 03 May 2012 12:44:46 +0000 http://www.valvetime.net/threads/vbulletin-vs-xenforo.192489/ http://www.valvetime.net/threads/vbulletin-vs-xenforo.192489/ Chris_D Chris_D 17 New Site Feature: Log in or Sign up with Facebook / Twitter / Google / Steam View attachment 23295

This is actually, strictly speaking, not a new feature. At least, you have always been able to associate your account or register a new one merely by logging in with Facebook, Twitter or Steam.

A new addition, however, is logging in with Google. And it's now even easier to associate your social accounts with your forum accounts via your user drop down:

View attachment 23296

There's no particular benefit to this other than to make it easier to login or sign up. Oh, and the buttons look pretty.

But it's there, and will help you and others login, even if you can't remember your Forum password.

Just to clarify, your login details are not shared with us. We do not see any of your passwords for these services. Nor would we want to. We all know the kinds of stuff Vegeta897 keeps on Facebook...]]> Wed, 02 May 2012 12:01:20 +0000 http://www.valvetime.net/threads/new-site-feature-log-in-or-sign-up-with-facebook-twitter-google-steam.191975/ http://www.valvetime.net/threads/new-site-feature-log-in-or-sign-up-with-facebook-twitter-google-steam.191975/ Chris_D Chris_D 11 New website soooo slow Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:19:18 +0000 http://www.valvetime.net/threads/new-website-soooo-slow.191031/ http://www.valvetime.net/threads/new-website-soooo-slow.191031/ Dan Dan 2 Valvetime.net Sun, 22 Apr 2012 19:43:32 +0000 http://www.valvetime.net/threads/valvetime-net.182058/ http://www.valvetime.net/threads/valvetime-net.182058/ Krynn72 Krynn72 222 CS:GO Competition
I was just curious as to what the winning entries were? There were some really good ones there.

Also, I'm mildly curious as to what the next competition might be. I really want to win a CS:GO key!]]> Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:22:22 +0000 http://www.valvetime.net/threads/cs-go-competition.187565/ http://www.valvetime.net/threads/cs-go-competition.187565/ Lewk Lewk 6 AtomicSpark's "I noticed something and have an opinion" dump.
  • index.php is in the URL of every page. You can probably use .htaccess to rewrite URLs properly (if your framework supports it).
  • HTML links in the quick reply box could use their own CSS color. Currently it's just light gray on a white background.
  • Spoiler tags in some signatures don't expand properly. Like they're at a fixed height. Not sure if this is on purpose.
  • On this one post that I am too lazy to look up, the width of all the text was squished smaller. Like how the old forum used to **** up randomly.
More to come later...?]]> Sun, 08 Apr 2012 19:05:00 +0000 http://www.valvetime.net/threads/atomicsparks-i-noticed-something-and-have-an-opinion-dump.182284/ http://www.valvetime.net/threads/atomicsparks-i-noticed-something-and-have-an-opinion-dump.182284/ AtomicSpark AtomicSpark 26 Quote Rotator Logic Error
This part right here:
var whichQuotation=Math.round(Math.random()*(Q-1));

It uses Math.round, which just rounds to the nearest integer. This works, but the first entry in the array only comes up if the generated number is between 0 and 0.5. That's a range of only 0.5. The second entry in the array comes up if the generated number is between 0.5 and 1.5, a range of 1. Now, the last entry only comes up if the number generated is between 2.5 and 3, making the range 0.5 again.

Here is corrected code:
var whichQuotation=Math.floor(Math.random()*(Q));

It looks similar, but uses Math.floor instead, so it only rounds down. So everything between 0 and 1 becomes 0, everything between 1 and 2 becomes 1, and so on. This makes it so all the entries have the same chance of showing up.]]> Sun, 01 Apr 2012 12:24:57 +0000 http://www.valvetime.net/threads/quote-rotator-logic-error.183766/ http://www.valvetime.net/threads/quote-rotator-logic-error.183766/ xbolt xbolt 10 Brief forum downtime [30th March 2012 at approx 9:00am BST]
The update itself takes no more than 10-15 minutes.

:glenn:]]> Fri, 30 Mar 2012 08:52:36 +0000 http://www.valvetime.net/threads/brief-forum-downtime-30th-march-2012-at-approx-9-00am-bst.183765/ http://www.valvetime.net/threads/brief-forum-downtime-30th-march-2012-at-approx-9-00am-bst.183765/ Chris_D Chris_D 12 Poll #2 About our Rating System
We had 10 votes saying there should not be a rating system at all, compared to 19 who voted one of the other three options.

So, on the basis of these results, we will be keeping the rating system in some form.

However, I'm yet to decide what that should look like as there are still conflicting ideas as to what would work best.

I think it's also fair to allow anyone who previously said no to the system to now tell us if a like system will remain on the site, what form it should take. Therefore, the poll options are nearly identical...]]> Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:30:57 +0000 http://www.valvetime.net/threads/poll-2-about-our-rating-system.182200/ http://www.valvetime.net/threads/poll-2-about-our-rating-system.182200/ Chris_D Chris_D 13 Chat Anyone care to bother make an IRC channel atleast???]]> Wed, 28 Mar 2012 04:34:30 +0000 http://www.valvetime.net/threads/chat.182295/ http://www.valvetime.net/threads/chat.182295/ tomemozok tomemozok 11 Chat Anyone care to bother make an IRC channel atleast???]]> Wed, 28 Mar 2012 04:34:30 +0000 http://www.valvetime.net/threads/chat.182295/ http://www.valvetime.net/threads/chat.182295/ tomemozok tomemozok 11