What do you think of UP now?

[Kingster]

So, we've finally gotten things mostly put together. Here's a short list of what we've accomplished:

• Forums up and running
• Multiple skins for the forums
• Uploads and Downloads are back, with more categories coming shortly
• RSS feeds for the forums are running
• New smilies!
• Forums are faster; with minimal hit to server
• A new frontend with all sorts of goodies

What do you think? How are we doing now?

[SuperApe]

I'm down wit it.

[Kingster]

In the interest of trying to figure out what's missing...

If you choose the "I'm dealing with it... I'd still like to see <some function>..." option, please let us know what you're looking for that we currently aren't providing...

Thanks!

[NINE-BREAKER]

I still love the new UP just as before. Hmmm, the only thing (very minor) I've been wondering about is the changing nick feature that you mentioned before. I was wondering how that was going?

[3DTexturizer]

I miss the black background. Im going blind with this new white, and sometimes I feel like Im browsing BU...

[Kingster]

Originally Posted by NINE-BREAKER

I still love the new UP just as before. Hmmm, the only thing (very minor) I've been wondering about is the changing nick feature that you mentioned before. I was wondering how that was going?

I thought that based on some options that I had seen in the vB settings that this could be done. Apparently I was wrong. No easy nick change. Not yet anyway. Sorry!

Originally Posted by 3DTexturizer

I miss the black background. Im going blind with this new white, and sometimes I feel like Im browsing BU...

Uhh... you can change your style by scrolling to the bottom of any page and selecting the "UP Classic Style" in the drop-down on the bottom left... Or in your User CP.

[Hawkwind]

i like the latest files window on the front page, but is there a way to tag them so people will know what flavor of ut they are (ut, ut2kx,ut3?), by colour of name or special symbol?

[a.j.rimmer]

It's about the downloads - in the old version of UP was a little menu on the download page, where you can choose a map by first character of its name - e.g. you can choose all maps beggining with G or F or something. I think it was quite useful. The new design isn't bad - generally is better readable than previous, but if switched to UP classic style sometimes the text has a similiar color as a background (in a forms). But I think you all did a big piece of work. UP is by my opinion one of best Unreal sites. I apologize for my poor english.

a.j.rimmer

[UltraJounin]

Although I think "UP's come a long way, baby!" and its perfect to me...

It would be just be even more perfect if there was a magical button you could press that would send ridiculous amounts of money into ones bank account.

Something like the Easy button from Staples would work

Just call it the UP$ button , get it? UP your $$

Yes I do write my own material

[Zinia]

Originally Posted by [NEGRO]ultra

Yes I do write my own material

Now I know why there's a writer's strike.

[Hawkwind]

in the old version of UP was a little menu on the download page, where you can choose a map by first character of its name - e.g. you can choose all maps beggining with G or F or something. I think it was quite useful.

i tried something, and found something interesting.
if i go to ut2004 CTF page in the map list, fine.
i do a search for CTF-G and i get all the maps from ut2003, ut2004, and ut99 that start with CTF-G, but no vctf, or other issues. i think the search isn't narrowing it's search enough to the ut2004 page i'm on.
otherwise, it DOES find all the CTF-G maps, and finding them should be fast. i'll have to check to see if it orders them by release date or game .

[Kingster]

Originally Posted by Hawkwind

...and i get all the maps from ut2003, ut2004, and ut99 that start with CTF-G, but no vctf, or other issues. i think the search isn't narrowing it's search enough to the ut2004 page i'm on.

I get the vCTF... And the searches currently are not narrowed to the category you are looking in. I have added the game versions to the categories, so you know what version you are seeing in the results... Previously you would see CTF, but not know if it was for 2K4 or 99.

I'm trying to be helpful here. If you see something just blatantly jacked, lemme know so I can fix it ASAP.

[Lord_Simeon]

Awesome work mate, keeps getting better and better.
I expecially like the "top contributors" section

[Hawkwind]

np Kingster.
i was just trying to resolve an issue of not still having the a-c, j-l list of map types for the previous poster (which i detested btw, the list not the poster, caugh)
what i discovered, is that if you are in the CTF- list for 2004, and search for CTF-K, you get a few CTF maps for 2004, and a few vCTF maps as well, and CTF maps that are ut2003 and ut99 specific.
i just thought the search would narrow itself to the UT2004 CTF window i was in, and if it did, that would be awesome, but hardly necessary since the results are organized so well.

"thank you for the work done thus far " would be a gross understatement

if i may ask a question. will the search include the comments (of which there are none right now). since many mappers give short descriptions, and i hope people who comment on the maps will use words that better describe the level.

100+ published maps on UP! yeah! Lord_Simeon i think that will be noticed for some time, hehe

[PsxMeUP]

It might not be as esthetically appealing as the old download page, but this is definitely more practical. Who wants good looks when you can't properly find a map like in the old site. And now you can post COMMENTS!!! Yiipeeee!!1

One little thing: when you get the time, can you put the map size in a more permanent location? Right now it's at the end of the map description, and they always vary in length, so if map size is an issue for me, I gotta find the end of each comment. It would be cool if map sizes would have their own column and be sortable.