I am planning to put the long-awaited new AGS site (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/adventure-related-talk-chat/ags-website-redesign/new#new) live on the evening of Saturday, 25th January; this will likely take a few hours. While the main site will completely change, the forums and wiki should continue to look and operate as they usually do.
This thread will be here for you to report any issues noticed after the site is up again!
Thanks AGA!
Congratulations and good luck for the final stretch!
When viewing recent posts, clicking on the thread name sometimes shows the post in its place in the thread (like earlier), but sometimes jumps to the first post in the thread (new, unexpected behaviour).
Could you give some definite examples, please? "Sometimes" is unfortunately not very helpful... I do notice that the links to individual posts aren't being rewritten the way they should; they appear as "https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?msg=636668906" instead of "https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/site-forum-reports/new-ags-site-release/msg636668906/#msg636668906".
Great work with this new site! It's very impressive!!!
I noticed an issue in the forums, when I go to the Completed Games Announcement thread, if I click the three dots for showing more pages and then click the page 6, I get the following error, "The topic or board you are looking for appears to be either missing or off limits to you.".
Not sure to post here or the other topic where it was discussed previously. Do we have a list of remaining assets which are still using AI and need to be replaced? Is it just the main homepage banner?
Quote from: AGA on Sun 26/01/2025 00:58:04Could you give some definite examples, please? "Sometimes" is unfortunately not very helpful...
Examples that work like expected:
Spoiler
The latest posts in this thread.
The latest posts in AGS games in production
Engine Development
Competitions and Activities
Beginner's technical questions
Examples that work in the unexpected way:
Spoiler
The latest posts in Completed games announcements (back until my comment on Teeth of Glass on Thursday, which works as expected. Earlier posts than this also seems to work on other boards.)
The latest posts in AGS engine and Editor releases
Modules, Plugins and Tools
Hidden forum for database maintenance
Adventure Related Talk and Chat
The Rumpus Room
Recruitment
Trying to move to page 2 (or another number) while on a board (list of threads) gives an error message. Doing the same inside a thread works fine.
The smiley bar in the reply window is broken, both quick reply and regular:
(https://i.postimg.cc/4xMxqwvw/new-Site-Bug-reply.png) (https://postimages.org/)
I'm using Firefox Desktop
The "Play (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/play/)" page is showing the Pick of next month.
On a side note, my links for the Pick of the month don't work any more:
- add a new entry.
- edit an existing entry.
- list of existing entries.
Just a small thing, but when you click on a "download" button from a game page, the text changes to "downloading" before sending you to the game's website. Given that no games are actually hosted on the AGS website, having the text say something like "connecting" or "redirecting" instead of "downloading" might eliminate that few seconds of misinformation where the button indicates that a download has started.
I'm not sure if that's how it's supposed to work, but on the site (play section), when I try to view the games created by a specific user, it only shows the ones they uploaded, not the ones they collaborated on.
Another thing--I'm almost certain that some of my games had gold-cup player ratings (Tunnel Vision did, I think--it has 5 comments), however this seems to have not carried over to the new site. Has the number of ratings to display a gold-cup rating increased? Curious if anyone else has noticed this with their own games.
Another issue I've noticed: when I first registered on the website, my username was "notarobotyet", but I later changed it to the one I'm using now. The new site, however, is showing the old one both in the top right user menu and in the credits of my games (and games I've collaborated in). For example, here (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/play/game/2619/).
This also means I have two different profile URLs depending on where you are:
https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/profile/Laura%20Hunt/ or https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/profile/Laura+Hunt/ on the forums.
https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/profile/notarobotyet/ on the new site.
I changed my username because the first one was just meant to be a crappy placeholder, so I hope this can be fixed at some point.
I'm not sure if it's related to the new site, or if I just mis-clicked a bunch. But clicking the last post link on the forum, sometimes took me to the first post instead. It seemed to be completely random as well.
None the less, the new game site looks brilliant. Very fancy and modern looking. (nod)
Thanks AGA and everyone else involved in the new site. :-D
Quote from: cat on Sun 26/01/2025 09:31:42The smiley bar in the reply window is broken, both quick reply and regular:
(https://i.postimg.cc/4xMxqwvw/new-Site-Bug-reply.png) (https://postimages.org/)
I'm using Firefox Desktop
Fixed!
Quote from: Privateer Puddin' on Sun 26/01/2025 03:58:56Not sure to post here or the other topic where it was discussed previously. Do we have a list of remaining assets which are still using AI and need to be replaced? Is it just the main homepage banner?
I think it's just these ones left:
1. Game Homepage BannerPlease be aware that the images you see on both the dark and the light mode are as is. A replacement should have a similar gradient, to allow the text/buttons to remain readable. Also, it needs to look good on different viewports.
(https://adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/assets/img/site/homepage/splash-background-light.webp)(https://adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/assets/img/site/homepage/splash-background-dark.webp)
2. Confirmation Page when a game creator has successfully added their game to the database.(https://adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/assets/img/site/create/game-submitted.webp)
3. 403 - Not authorised(https://adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/assets/img/site/error-pages/403-not-authorised.webp)
4. 404 - Not Found
(https://adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/assets/img/site/error-pages/404-not-found.webp)
Also, the images of the engine in the carousel on this page https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/create/ are probably as old as the previous website, so if someone has more recent screenshots I'm more than happy to replace them.
I know I'm probably a user interface curmudgeon, but it's a little jarring as a viewer for the screenshots in the "Play Hundreds of Games" section to be covered by interface elements.
It's not that the wavy windows look bad. But the web design is partially hiding the very information the page is there to show. Maybe the waves could be moved down a bit, but then there's a lot of extra space taken up. Maybe a more subtle wave can be used that doesn't interfere with the screenshots, or rectangles with rounded corners if normal rectangles are too stiff for the design.
Quote from: Creamy on Sun 26/01/2025 14:31:36The "Play (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/play/)" page is showing the Pick of next month.
Fixed! And it's also fixed in the search filter.
Quote from: Creamy on Sun 26/01/2025 14:31:36On a side note, my links for the Pick of the month don't work any more:
- add a new entry.
- edit an existing entry.
- list of existing entries.
The list has been moved to the search page: Search Filter: Pick of The Month (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/play/search/&q=account-no-filter:checked;other-pick-of-the-month:checked;newest-picks-of-the-month:checked)
The add/edit Pick of the Month doesn't have its own page anymore. If you navigate to the game page you want to add/edit the pick of the month for, you see an "Actions" button under the image carousel. This changes depending on your profile permissions. When you click it, you should see "Pick of the Month", which takes you to the correct section on the game edit page.
Please be aware that if you select an older game, you may need to complete missing mandatory fields.
I hope this helps!
Quote from: RootBound on Sun 26/01/2025 16:19:05Just a small thing, but when you click on a "download" button from a game page, the text changes to "downloading" before sending you to the game's website. Given that no games are actually hosted on the AGS website, having the text say something like "connecting" or "redirecting" instead of "downloading" might eliminate that few seconds of misinformation where the button indicates that a download has started.
Fixed! It says "redirecting" now. If you don't see it immediately, please try a hard refresh.
Quote from: RootBound on Sun 26/01/2025 19:47:13Another thing--I'm almost certain that some of my games had gold-cup player ratings (Tunnel Vision did, I think--it has 5 comments), however this seems to have not carried over to the new site. Has the number of ratings to display a gold-cup rating increased? Curious if anyone else has noticed this with their own games.
The logic is still the same; you need a minimum of 5 votes (note: this is different to the number of comments).
It was a bug, that's fixed now. You should see your gold cups again.
Quote from: Laura Hunt on Sun 26/01/2025 20:31:02Another issue I've noticed: when I first registered on the website, my username was "notarobotyet", but I later changed it to the one I'm using now. The new site, however, is showing the old one both in the top right user menu and in the credits of my games (and games I've collaborated in). For example, here (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/play/game/2619/).
This also means I have two different profile URLs depending on where you are:
https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/profile/Laura%20Hunt/ or https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/profile/Laura+Hunt/ on the forums.
https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/profile/notarobotyet/ on the new site.
I changed my username because the first one was just meant to be a crappy placeholder, so I hope this can be fixed at some point.
It should be updated in both places now to your "Laura Hunt" username :)
Thanks for all the feedback so far, really appreciate it! :-D
The new site is very impressive. I especially like the new games database.
Just one question: How do I edit a game's page in the database if I want to make some changes? I just uploaded my MAGS game and I can't see a way to edit the page now.
Thanks for putting all this work into the new site! :kiss:
Quote from: Ponch on Sun 26/01/2025 23:49:57The new site is very impressive. I especially like the new games database.
Just one question: How do I edit a game's page in the database if I want to make some changes? I just uploaded my MAGS game and I can't see a way to edit the page now.
Thanks for putting all this work into the new site! :kiss:
The Actions menu under the image gallery should give you an Edit Game link?
Quote from: AGA on Mon 27/01/2025 00:03:07The Actions menu under the image gallery should give you an Edit Game link?
Doesn't save the changes though. :confused:
Doesn't really matter at the moment, since I just wanted to tweak the title a bit.
Very cool to login and see this! congrats to all involved.
nitpicky comments:
Spoiler
- I miss the word "Games" from the menu options, "Play" seems less clear imo. "Play Games"?
- "Search" might be clearer that it's the full database if it was "All Games (Search)."
- I zoom 150% on the forums, and it used to look fine on the main site.. but it's too much now. I don't know if I can separate these in firefox somehow. (maybe this is my problem.)
Quote from: tampie85 on Sun 26/01/2025 23:17:27Quote from: Laura Hunt on Sun 26/01/2025 20:31:02Another issue I've noticed: when I first registered on the website, my username was "notarobotyet", but I later changed it to the one I'm using now. The new site, however, is showing the old one
It should be updated in both places now to your "Laura Hunt" username :)
It works now, thanks!
Clicking on the orange "new" button always takes me to the first post on the first page of the thread and not to the one that is new to me.
Quote from: tampie85 on Sun 26/01/2025 23:17:27It should be updated in both places now to your "Laura Hunt" username :)
Sorry, looks like I spoke too soon. My awards nomination page (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/play/ags-awards/) still shows the old username for some reason.
Quote from: Danvzare on Sun 26/01/2025 20:37:23I'm not sure if it's related to the new site, or if I just mis-clicked a bunch. But clicking the last post link on the forum, sometimes took me to the first post instead. It seemed to be completely random as well.
Just so you know, it's still happening, and now I'm certain it wasn't because I mis-clicked a bunch. This time I've recorded which threads it happened with as well.
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ENGINE PLUGIN: Clipboard v0.4I usually like to open up tabs for the latest replies of all of the threads, whenever I visit the forum. So it's very noticeable when I suddenly end up on the first page
Quote from: Laura Hunt on Mon 27/01/2025 09:40:11Quote from: tampie85 on Sun 26/01/2025 23:17:27It should be updated in both places now to your "Laura Hunt" username :)
Sorry, looks like I spoke too soon. My awards nomination page (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/play/ags-awards/) still shows the old username for some reason.
Hopefully fixed now? Should be correct in the header, game credits, and Awards nominations?
Quote from: Ponch on Mon 27/01/2025 00:30:29Quote from: AGA on Mon 27/01/2025 00:03:07The Actions menu under the image gallery should give you an Edit Game link?
Doesn't save the changes though. :confused:
Doesn't really matter at the moment, since I just wanted to tweak the title a bit.
What does not saving the changes entail? Do you get any error messages? Or does it give a success message but without actually saving?
All the forums weirdness seems to due to the "pretty" URL rewrites not being quite correct. I'll fix them as soon as I can!
The "like" button seems to be broken.
Quote from: AGA on Mon 27/01/2025 23:33:38Quote from: Laura Hunt on Mon 27/01/2025 09:40:11Sorry, looks like I spoke too soon. My awards nomination page (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/play/ags-awards/) still shows the old username for some reason.
Hopefully fixed now? Should be correct in the header, game credits, and Awards nominations?
Yes, thank you!
I suddenly can't access anything from the top menu anymore. Messages inbox, create new message, search, staff list,... all only show the index page. The wiki link leads to a white page.
The only thing that works is the alert list.
Quote from: cat on Tue 28/01/2025 08:39:06I suddenly can't access anything from the top menu anymore. Messages inbox, create new message, search, staff list,... all only show the index page. The wiki link leads to a white page.
The only thing that works is the alert list.
same here (https://i.imgur.com/AbyWwLB.gif)
Seems to be working again (except for the wiki)
Quote from: heltenjon on Tue 28/01/2025 01:31:40The "like" button seems to be broken.
Working again! Thanks!
I've applied some new rewrite rules that *may* help. Board pagination seems to be fixed at least, but please check any forums weirdness reported in this thread to see if it's also fixed!
On the index page, when clicking the link that should lead to the most recent post of a board, instead I still end up on the first post of the thread.
When talking about links, could you all please be sure to include an example URL? There's presumably some gaps in the rewrite logic, but I'll need some solid examples to dig into.
(https://i.postimg.cc/bJmYbP63/new-Site-Bug-link-Last-Post.png) (https://postimg.cc/JDBWVfCk)
The link is https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/site-forum-reports/new-ags-site-release/msg636680926/#new (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/site-forum-reports/new-ags-site-release/msg636680926/#new)
I would assume this leads to the last post in the thread.
Looks like clicking on the title of any post sends you back to page #1 of the thread:
https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/the-rumpus-room/there-is-something-seriously-ridiculous-about-ags-reviews/msg636668488/#msg636668488
This also affects the "New" buttons and the last post links, since both use this mechanism as well.
QuoteThe add/edit Pick of the Month doesn't have its own page anymore. If you navigate to the game page you want to add/edit the pick of the month for, you see an "Actions" button under the image carousel. This changes depending on your profile permissions. When you click it, you should see "Pick of the Month", which takes you to the correct section on the game edit page.
I see the "Actions" button, but it only allows me to report a link as broken.
QuotePlease be aware that if you select an older game, you may need to complete missing mandatory fields.
OK
Quote from: Creamy on Tue 28/01/2025 20:01:11I see the "Actions" button, but it only allows me to report a link as broken.
Try now?
QuoteTry now?
It works, thanks. I can even edit the whole game page 8-0
I found a couple more bugs:
- The "downloads to review" counter still shows a game that I've just reviewed.
- I was logged in when I wrote a review for Carnival of Shadows (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/play/game/2768/) but the comment is credited to "UNKNOWN".
- the right and left arrows don't work when you type a comment in a game page - but the up and down arrows operate.
Quote from: jfrisby on Mon 27/01/2025 03:48:46I miss the word "Games" from the menu options, "Play" seems less clear imo. "Play Games"?
That's a conscious design choice to try avoid overusing the word game. Every page is about creating and playing games, and joining a community of people who love creating and/or playing games.
Quote from: jfrisby on Mon 27/01/2025 03:48:46- "Search" might be clearer that it's the full database if it was "All Games (Search)."
I've updated the title to be "Search All Games" to be in line with the button on the homepage.
Quote from: jfrisby on Mon 27/01/2025 03:48:46- I zoom 150% on the forums, and it used to look fine on the main site.. but it's too much now. I don't know if I can separate these in firefox somehow. (maybe this is my problem.)
Zoom levels are indeed based on root url, so it's not possible to distinct zoom levels between the site and the forums. Unless you visit them in different browsers.
Quote from: pell on Sun 26/01/2025 21:01:15I know I'm probably a user interface curmudgeon, but it's a little jarring as a viewer for the screenshots in the "Play Hundreds of Games" section to be covered by interface elements.
It's not that the wavy windows look bad. But the web design is partially hiding the very information the page is there to show. Maybe the waves could be moved down a bit, but then there's a lot of extra space taken up. Maybe a more subtle wave can be used that doesn't interfere with the screenshots, or rectangles with rounded corners if normal rectangles are too stiff for the design.
The wave in the highlight tiles is a conscious design choice. The purpose of the tiles is to trigger your interest, and invite you to click into the game. When you do that, you can see the same image in the carousel in its full extent, and you can zoom in or make it full screen (if the image resolution is high enough).
Quote from: cat on Tue 28/01/2025 09:54:29Seems to be working again (except for the wiki)
Thank you, we're aware of the wiki, but it's not a quick fix. We're working on a fix (same for the forum URLs)
I just want to say a huge thank you for
@AGA and
@tampie85 for all the hard work you put into the site! ❤️
Quote from: glurex on Sun 26/01/2025 17:38:05I'm not sure if that's how it's supposed to work, but on the site (play section), when I try to view the games created by a specific user, it only shows the ones they uploaded, not the ones they collaborated on.
It should show the person mentioned as author, plus the first person mentioned in the credits (same behaviour as on the old site).
At the moment it only shows the author, we're working on a fix.
Quote from: AGA on Mon 27/01/2025 23:34:53What does not saving the changes entail? Do you get any error messages? Or does it give a success message but without actually saving?
I made the changes, tried to save them, and it just seemed to hang there and never update.
Tiny detail: The tool-tip for the search (next to the switch between light and dark mode) says "Switch to Dark Mode" but actually it should be "Search games database" or similar.
Well done to
@tampie85, who's managed to optimise a database query I wrote that was causing pages on the main site to load far more slowly than expected. Pages seem to load almost instantly now, as expected!
Quote from: cat on Wed 29/01/2025 07:42:59Tiny detail: The tool-tip for the search (next to the switch between light and dark mode) says "Switch to Dark Mode" but actually it should be "Search games database" or similar.
Whoops! Very well spotted. Updated now.
Quote from: Ponch on Tue 28/01/2025 23:35:12Quote from: AGA on Mon 27/01/2025 23:34:53What does not saving the changes entail? Do you get any error messages? Or does it give a success message but without actually saving?
I made the changes, tried to save them, and it just seemed to hang there and never update.
Would you mind trying again please? The unexpected slowness of the site may have caused a time-out. If it still happens, can you please let me know what game you're trying to edit? And what fields you're trying to update? Can you maybe include a screenshot? That'll all help me finding the cause.
Quote from: Creamy on Tue 28/01/2025 21:21:44It works, thanks. I can even edit the whole game page 8-0
That's a conscious choice :) There's a lot of missing/broken information in the games database. Dedicated members like you are now able to support improving the quality of the data.
Quote from: Creamy on Tue 28/01/2025 21:21:44- The "downloads to review" counter still shows a game that I've just reviewed.
What game did you review? And what is your definition of a review? Did you give a user rating, a comment, or both?
Quote from: Creamy on Tue 28/01/2025 21:21:44- I was logged in when I wrote a review for Carnival of Shadows (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/play/game/2768/) but the comment is credited to "UNKNOWN".
Fixed!
Quote from: Creamy on Tue 28/01/2025 21:21:44- the right and left arrows don't work when you type a comment in a game page - but the up and down arrows operate.
Do you have a bit more information for me? What browser are you using? I just tried on Google Chrome Desktop and cannot reproduce it. Your cursor is in the comment box and you want to move within the text you just typed?
@tampie85 has possibly fixed all the forums-specific issues now. Please let us know if there's any links remaining that don't behave as expected.
QuoteQuote from: Creamy on Tue 28/01/2025 22:21:44
- The "downloads to review" counter still shows a game that I've just reviewed.
What game did you review? And what is your definition of a review? Did you give a user rating, a comment, or both?
Sorry for the vagueness. I gave "Carnival of Shadows" a rating (2 cups) and a comment. But it was still present in my "Downloads to review" tab afterwards. It's not such a big deal since we can remove the reminders manually.
EDIT: I've just rated another game that I had recently downloaded and it worked this time - the game disappeared from the "download to review" tab.
QuoteQuote from: Creamy on Tue 28/01/2025 22:21:44
- I was logged in when I wrote a review for Carnival of Shadows but the comment is credited to "UNKNOWN".
Fixed!
Thank you
QuoteQuote from: Creamy on Tue 28/01/2025 22:21:44
- the right and left arrows don't work when you type a comment in a game page - but the up and down arrows operate.
Do you have a bit more information for me? What browser are you using? I just tried on Google Chrome Desktop and cannot reproduce it.
I use Google Chrome, but I also tried with Mozilla Firefox and got the same problem.
My computer runs on Windows 11 Family and I use a regular keyboard.
QuoteYour cursor is in the comment box and you want to move within the text you just typed?
Yes. I can click with the mouse to move the cursor within the box. However the left and right arrows of my keyboard don't move the cursor in the comment box.
I just went to leave a comment on a game in the database and noticed two things:
- you can't use arrow keys or shift-arrow-key to move your cursor in the text box... or I'm not able to, but only there. (edit, just read the above comment, guess this is known).
- Comments now have to be 10 words... this is new?
Good news: Jumping to the correct post now seems to work, thanks, this was really bothering me.
Bad news: clicking on a username now leads to the index page, not the profile. This has been working before (I was impressed that even usernames with spaces worked again)
I know bug hunting can be like that - fix one thing, break the other.
On the games page, Creamy's comment about Carnival of Shadows is listed as one of the last comments. He has a spoiler, and in the preview, it looks like the spoiler tag is ignored. On the page of the game, the spoiler tag works as usual.
This will be a marginal problem, but if someone was to use a spoiler tag very early in their comment, the spoiler would be shown on the preview page.
Quote from: cat on Thu 30/01/2025 05:40:34Good news: Jumping to the correct post now seems to work, thanks, this was really bothering me.
Bad news: clicking on a username now leads to the index page, not the profile. This has been working before (I was impressed that even usernames with spaces worked again)
I know bug hunting can be like that - fix one thing, break the other.
Oops! I thought we tested everything. It should be fixed now (including usernames with spaces). Let me know if you find anything else.
Quote from: tampie85 on Thu 30/01/2025 09:55:24Oops! I thought we tested everything. It should be fixed now (including usernames with spaces). Let me know if you find anything else.
Yes, it's working now.
Quote from: tampie85 on Wed 29/01/2025 21:17:45Would you mind trying again please? The unexpected slowness of the site may have caused a time-out. If it still happens, can you please let me know what game you're trying to edit? And what fields you're trying to update? Can you maybe include a screenshot? That'll all help me finding the cause.
Hi. Just tried again, but still no luck. All I'm trying to do is change the title from "Bière Américaine" to "Bière Américaine (MAGS)" I change the text in the title box, click "Save" but nothing happens. It's not a big issue, really, I just like to flag my MAGS games as such, so people have more reasonable expectations about the game they're about to play.
Quote from: Ponch on Thu 30/01/2025 23:08:40Quote from: tampie85 on Wed 29/01/2025 21:17:45Would you mind trying again please? The unexpected slowness of the site may have caused a time-out. If it still happens, can you please let me know what game you're trying to edit? And what fields you're trying to update? Can you maybe include a screenshot? That'll all help me finding the cause.
Hi. Just tried again, but still no luck. All I'm trying to do is change the title from "Bière Américaine" to "Bière Américaine (MAGS)" I change the text in the title box, click "Save" but nothing happens. It's not a big issue, really, I just like to flag my MAGS games as such, so people have more reasonable expectations about the game they're about to play.
Well... There's clearly a bug here, which I'll look into. However, we're hoping to get away from the habit people have of putting extraneous details like type of game, version number etc in the title of their game. There's also a separate MAGS field after all, and the 'Description' field on the downloads could be used for version information. Having stuff like that in the titles makes things quite complicated when you have 2,000+ games in the database the way we do.
I tried changing the title of your game, and it actually seems to have worked. For some reason it's showing a blank screen, but if you then go back to the game's page and refresh the change seems to have prevailed?
Quote from: Ponch on Mon 27/01/2025 00:30:29Quote from: AGA on Mon 27/01/2025 00:03:07The Actions menu under the image gallery should give you an Edit Game link?
Doesn't save the changes though. :confused:
Doesn't really matter at the moment, since I just wanted to tweak the title a bit.
I'm having the same issue! I can edit but I can't save the changes.
Quote from: EmmaGundersen on Fri 31/01/2025 12:49:58Quote from: Ponch on Mon 27/01/2025 00:30:29Quote from: AGA on Mon 27/01/2025 00:03:07The Actions menu under the image gallery should give you an Edit Game link?
Doesn't save the changes though. :confused:
Doesn't really matter at the moment, since I just wanted to tweak the title a bit.
I'm having the same issue! I can edit but I can't save the changes.
That's definitely still true since my post late last night? Can you please tell me here or in a private message exactly what you're trying to change?
Quote from: AGA on Fri 31/01/2025 13:30:44That's definitely still true since my post late last night? Can you please tell me here or in a private message exactly what you're trying to change?
This was about an hour ago. I tried:
- Updating the link to the game's website
- Adding a link to the completed game announcement
- Removing a screenshot to add another one
I don't think it really matters what the changes are, the problem for me is that the Save Your Game button doesn't do anything.
Quote from: EmmaGundersen on Fri 31/01/2025 14:01:35Quote from: AGA on Fri 31/01/2025 13:30:44That's definitely still true since my post late last night? Can you please tell me here or in a private message exactly what you're trying to change?
This was about an hour ago. I tried:
- Updating the link to the game's website
- Adding a link to the completed game announcement
- Removing a screenshot to add another one
I don't think it really matters what the changes are, the problem for me is that the Save Your Game button doesn't do anything.
Which game is this? And can you please let me know
exactly what it is you're trying to enter? Including the actual image file, ideally. Bear in mind this has been tested extensively during development, so apparently something unexpected is happening!
Quote from: AGA on Fri 31/01/2025 17:37:43Quote from: EmmaGundersen on Fri 31/01/2025 14:01:35Quote from: AGA on Fri 31/01/2025 13:30:44That's definitely still true since my post late last night? Can you please tell me here or in a private message exactly what you're trying to change?
This was about an hour ago. I tried:
- Updating the link to the game's website
- Adding a link to the completed game announcement
- Removing a screenshot to add another one
I don't think it really matters what the changes are, the problem for me is that the Save Your Game button doesn't do anything.
Which game is this? And can you please let me know exactly what it is you're trying to enter? Including the actual image file, ideally. Bear in mind this has been tested extensively during development, so apparently something unexpected is happening!
Here's a video. I'm just trying to replace one .png with another and it won't let me save, but the same goes for any other kind of changes, even editing the description.
Just a very minor issue: the title attributes of the little "I can help with X" images below the avatars contain the default texts, not the ones entered by the user. You have to open their profile to see those.
Thanks for fixing the links to (new) posts! :)
Also, submitting a new post took ages until recently, it's now much faster, great work!
Quote from: Khris on Sat 01/02/2025 09:34:49Just a very minor issue: the title attributes of the little "I can help with X" images below the avatars contain the default texts, not the ones entered by the user. You have to open their profile to see those.
The idea was more to explain what the icons represent. Look again, I've changed to a middle ground which combines the title with the custom text.
With the new site, I uploaded a game yesterday, and I wanted to link to my google drive in the downloads, and it works from my PC where I am logged in, but both from my phone and from the person's computer that was helping me, the download link doesn't work (I think it's expecting a direct link to the zip and thus the redirect isn't working?). I also want to edit my submission, but clicking save isn't saving my edits.
Quote from: Kara Jo Kalinowski on Sat 01/02/2025 16:54:54With the new site, I uploaded a game yesterday, and I wanted to link to my google drive in the downloads, and it works from my PC where I am logged in, but both from my phone and from the person's computer that was helping me, the download link doesn't work (I think it's expecting a direct link to the zip and thus the redirect isn't working?). I also want to edit my submission, but clicking save isn't saving my edits.
I could download this using your link (the one on the game page), it just took a long while before responding. It looks like it's the same version that Pell uploaded on his itch page (in the MAGS thread)? At least the file sizes are the same.
Quote from: heltenjon on Sat 01/02/2025 17:19:02Quote from: Kara Jo Kalinowski on Sat 01/02/2025 16:54:54With the new site, I uploaded a game yesterday, and I wanted to link to my google drive in the downloads, and it works from my PC where I am logged in, but both from my phone and from the person's computer that was helping me, the download link doesn't work (I think it's expecting a direct link to the zip and thus the redirect isn't working?). I also want to edit my submission, but clicking save isn't saving my edits.
I could download this using your link (the one on the game page), it just took a long while before responding. It looks like it's the same version that Pell uploaded on his itch page (in the MAGS thread)? At least the file sizes are the same.
Yeah, it is. Either way, it's probably best to get the download link off of google drive, and I'll be modifying it further.
Quote from: Kara Jo Kalinowski on Sat 01/02/2025 16:54:54With the new site, I uploaded a game yesterday, and I wanted to link to my google drive in the downloads, and it works from my PC where I am logged in, but both from my phone and from the person's computer that was helping me, the download link doesn't work (I think it's expecting a direct link to the zip and thus the redirect isn't working?). I also want to edit my submission, but clicking save isn't saving my edits.
Quote from: EmmaGundersen on Fri 31/01/2025 20:50:56Here's a video. I'm just trying to replace one .png with another and it won't let me save, but the same goes for any other kind of changes, even editing the description.
I'm not sure what's happening here.
@EmmaGundersen following the steps you did in your video succeeds for me! Could
@Kara Jo Kalinowski and
@EmmaGundersen please both try again, with the web developer console open? Press F12 and click the Console tab. Then click the delete icon immediately before trying to use the form. This will give us feedback from JavaScript, which is the only remaining cause I can think of here. Please paste any output from the console here.
Quote from: AGA on Sat 01/02/2025 21:20:05I'm not sure what's happening here. @EmmaGundersen following the steps you did in your video succeeds for me! Could @Kara Jo Kalinowski and @EmmaGundersen please both try again, with the web developer console open? Press F12 and click the Console tab. Then click the delete icon immediately before trying to use the form. This will give us feedback from JavaScript, which is the only remaining cause I can think of here. Please paste any output from the console here.
Uncaught TypeError: Cannot use 'in' operator to search for 'title' in undefined
at findFormDataDifferences (game-add-edit.min.js:1:15742)
at validateSubmission (game-add-edit.min.js:1:15103)
at HTMLFormElement.<anonymous> (game-add-edit.min.js:1:14956)
Quote from: EmmaGundersen on Sat 01/02/2025 22:33:24Quote from: AGA on Sat 01/02/2025 21:20:05I'm not sure what's happening here. @EmmaGundersen following the steps you did in your video succeeds for me! Could @Kara Jo Kalinowski and @EmmaGundersen please both try again, with the web developer console open? Press F12 and click the Console tab. Then click the delete icon immediately before trying to use the form. This will give us feedback from JavaScript, which is the only remaining cause I can think of here. Please paste any output from the console here.
Uncaught TypeError: Cannot use 'in' operator to search for 'title' in undefined
at findFormDataDifferences (game-add-edit.min.js:1:15742)
at validateSubmission (game-add-edit.min.js:1:15103)
at HTMLFormElement.<anonymous> (game-add-edit.min.js:1:14956)
Thank you, that gives me something to work with! I'll let you know when I've got a fix ready.
Quote from: AGA on Sat 01/02/2025 22:51:19Quote from: EmmaGundersen on Sat 01/02/2025 22:33:24Quote from: AGA on Sat 01/02/2025 21:20:05I'm not sure what's happening here. @EmmaGundersen following the steps you did in your video succeeds for me! Could @Kara Jo Kalinowski and @EmmaGundersen please both try again, with the web developer console open? Press F12 and click the Console tab. Then click the delete icon immediately before trying to use the form. This will give us feedback from JavaScript, which is the only remaining cause I can think of here. Please paste any output from the console here.
Thank you, that gives me something to work with! I'll let you know when I've got a fix ready.
For me the error is
Uncaught TypeError: right-hand side of 'in' should be an object, got undefined
findFormDataDifferences https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/assets/js/game-add-edit.min.js:1
validateSubmission https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/assets/js/game-add-edit.min.js:1
addGameAddEditFormListeners https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/assets/js/game-add-edit.min.js:1
at findFormDataDifferences (game-add-edit.min.js:1:15742)
at validateSubmission (game-add-edit.min.js:1:15103)
at HTMLFormElement.<anonymous> (game-add-edit.min.js:1:14956)
Those are both the same issue, just represented differently by your browsers. I've uploaded something that will hopefully fix it. If it continues to go wrong, you should get an obvious popup on your screen.
Please be sure to hard refresh the game's page screen with CTRL+SHIFT+R before retrying to ensure the JavaScript is reloaded.
Quote from: AGA on Sun 02/02/2025 00:13:00Those are both the same issue, just represented differently by your browsers. I've uploaded something that will hopefully fix it. If it continues to go wrong, you should get an obvious popup on your screen.
Please be sure to hard refresh the game's page screen with CTRL+SHIFT+R before retrying to ensure the JavaScript is reloaded.
It's not fixed for me. I've tried it in 3 browsers.
Okay, I think I've fixed the issue. Please hard refresh and try again. Fingers crossed it'll work!
Did a hard refresh (control+F5 in firefox) and it works!
Quote from: AGA on Sun 02/02/2025 12:06:02Okay, I think I've fixed the issue. Please hard refresh and try again. Fingers crossed it'll work!
It worked for me too!
One feedback I have with the site design in general (it's been this way since the old site) is that I think that there should be a direct "Forum" link that takes you to the main page without needing to navigate through multiple pages. The submenus aren't that big of a deal, but there's only links to certain subforums like competitions and activities.
Quote from: Kara Jo Kalinowski on Mon 03/02/2025 15:51:46One feedback I have with the site design in general (it's been this way since the old site) is that I think that there should be a direct "Forum" link that takes you to the main page without needing to navigate through multiple pages. The submenus aren't that big of a deal, but there's only links to certain subforums like competitions and activities.
There's a big Enter the Forums button right at the top of this page: https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/join/, which is one of the three main strands of the site. Two clicks from the home page: one on Join, one on that button.
Something to bear in mind is that the vast majority of visitors to the site aren't here for the forums. Most people come to
play games rather than making them or seeking support. Believe me, I've been seeing the user stats for the last 15 years! While as a regular visitor to the forums it may seem a long way to go to get to where you want, you aren't necessarily representative of the entire user base.
Quote from: AGA on Mon 03/02/2025 16:28:23Quote from: Kara Jo Kalinowski on Mon 03/02/2025 15:51:46One feedback I have with the site design in general (it's been this way since the old site) is that I think that there should be a direct "Forum" link that takes you to the main page without needing to navigate through multiple pages. The submenus aren't that big of a deal, but there's only links to certain subforums like competitions and activities.
There's a big Enter the Forums button right at the top of this page: https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/join/, which is one of the three main strands of the site. Two clicks from the home page: one on Join, one on that button.
Something to bear in mind is that the vast majority of visitors to the site aren't here for the forums. Most people come to play games rather than making them or seeking support. Believe me, I've been seeing the user stats for the last 15 years! While as a regular visitor to the forums it may seem a long way to go to get to where you want, you aren't necessarily representative of the entire user base.
Actually I realized if you scroll down enough there is a button too, not sure if that is in browser also or just mobile. I think that didn't exist in the old site.
I just posted some links to games in the AGS database as an answer to Kara Jo on discord. The thumbnail says "Game Not Found", although clicking on those very words brings me to the game page. I also discovered that the other window I had open, despite being on the game page in the database, when hovering, said "Game Not Found and 3 more pages". This seems to be the case no matter which game page I am on, so I guess the database send out the error message despite there being no error. (I am using Windows 11.)
Quote from: AGA on Sun 02/02/2025 12:06:02Okay, I think I've fixed the issue. Please hard refresh and try again. Fingers crossed it'll work!
I also had to do the hard refresh to edit a game as database admin (I removed a MAGS tag). If this is the permanent solution, perhaps we need an info box about it close to the save button?
Quote from: heltenjon on Tue 04/02/2025 18:08:11Quote from: AGA on Sun 02/02/2025 12:06:02Okay, I think I've fixed the issue. Please hard refresh and try again. Fingers crossed it'll work!
I also had to do the hard refresh to edit a game as database admin (I removed a MAGS tag). If this is the permanent solution, perhaps we need an info box about it close to the save button?
I'm not sure what you mean here? A hard refresh should only be required if there are JavaScript changes, which only happens when I fix a bug. Day to day, it shouldn't ever be necessary.
Quote from: heltenjon on Tue 04/02/2025 10:24:53I just posted some links to games in the AGS database as an answer to Kara Jo on discord. The thumbnail says "Game Not Found", although clicking on those very words brings me to the game page. I also discovered that the other window I had open, despite being on the game page in the database, when hovering, said "Game Not Found and 3 more pages". This seems to be the case no matter which game page I am on, so I guess the database send out the error message despite there being no error. (I am using Windows 11.)
This should now be fixed! Witness (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/play/game/785/) now shows the correct title, and only non-existent games (e.g. https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/play/game/99999999/) show the Game Not Found title.
Quote from: AGA on Tue 04/02/2025 21:14:55I'm not sure what you mean here? A hard refresh should only be required if there are JavaScript changes, which only happens when I fix a bug. Day to day, it shouldn't ever be necessary.
Thanks, sorry to show my skillessness. :)
I'm not sure if this is intentional or a bug:
There's a banner at the top of the forums for the AGS Awards which invites me to visit its thread for more info.
However, when I click that link, I end up at the very latest post in the thread - which was very confusing for someone who was looking to understand how it worked, who was nominated, etc.
The banner is worded as though it was going to take me to an introduction/explanation of the awards, but maybe I'm misinterpreting that!
I just randomly pressed "Edit Game" on a random game in database, and to my surprise it opened game description for editing. Is it a bug, or I somehow have permissions to do that (then why)?
Quote from: Crimson Wizard on Thu 06/02/2025 09:50:21I just randomly pressed "Edit Game" on a random game in database, and to my surprise it opened game description for editing. Is it a bug, or I somehow have permissions to do that (then why)?
Don't know whether this is intentional, but I think most (all?) mods on the forums are also mods of the game pages.
I seem to recall that before the site update I saw something like "You are an admin (moderator?) of the game pages" but it's no longer specified after the update.
Yeah, all forums staff and panel members have edit rights.
Not that it's ever likely to be an issue, but there's a full audit log of changes made to all games entries, so I can always roll back to the before-editing point if something went wrong.
I think alerts for threads don't work anymore. I have set this thread (and others) to "receive alerts" but I do not get them. Alerts for likes, quotes and reported posts work fine.
Do you mean email alerts specifically? It does seem those have been stopped for a while, but I'm not sure if the server move was the cause. I'll look into it.
No, not email, I haven't tried that. When clicking the button "user actions" (mobile site), there is an option about alerts. Clicking it there are 4 options (not following, no alerts or emails, receive alerts, receive emails and alerts). I chose receive alerts.
I'd expect an alert at the bell icon on top of the page, whenever a new post is written in a thread with alerts active.
Bear in mind your user settings (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/profile/?area=notification) are also in play here. If you have alerts disabled there it won't show them, even if you do subscribe on a board or topic level.
I changed my profile settings and it's working now, thanks!
When choosing the AGS awards after the nomination time has expired, we're met by a page that gives the impression that the awards are finished already.
Quote from: heltenjon on Mon 10/02/2025 09:38:30When choosing the AGS awards after the nomination time has expired, we're met by a page that gives the impression that the awards are finished already.
Fixed! It was because the voting start date wasn't set, I've now added the logic to take an unset date into account.
Not sure if this is a new problem. I tried to link the awards thread to a calender entry by pressing the button "Link to Calendar". I enter a title for the event, add the dates and save. But I get an error "Invalid date". I tried both, making it "All day" or with a specific time, it didn't work.
When editing in the Game Database (I was removing misplaced MAGS tags), it seems like every game is missing info in some fields. Has the data not been carried over to the new pages, or are these perhaps new tags? I feel like I've been asked to fill the box named "role" (Creator, Programming, Graphics, etc.) and/or the boxes for language for every game.
Quote from: heltenjon on Fri 14/02/2025 09:20:08When editing in the Game Database (I was removing misplaced MAGS tags), it seems like every game is missing info in some fields. Has the data not been carried over to the new pages, or are these perhaps new tags? I feel like I've been asked to fill the box named "role" (Creator, Programming, Graphics, etc.) and/or the boxes for language for every game.
All available data has been carried over to the new pages. A lot of data is missing indeed as previously the fields were not mandatory. We decided to make it mandatory to be able to return better search results on it search page (which is the most visited page).
Would you mind keeping an eye on the game page and compare it with the edit page? If it's not on the game page before editing, it's missing data that should be added. If it's on the game page and you have to reenter it on the edit page, it's a bug.
Hope that helps!
In this case, should we ask all game authors to have a look at their old DB entries and update them accordingly?
Quote from: cat on Sun 16/02/2025 12:36:02In this case, should we ask all game authors to have a look at their old DB entries and update them accordingly?
I think that would be a big help if that's possible!
It seems that when you search by game author, if you accidentally put a space after the name, then it returns no results. If you delete the space, the search results are as expected. Nit sure if this is fixable or not.
Also, on the forums page, if you click on posts from the "unread posts" page (on mobile) those posts are still listed as unread until you click on them from the main forum page.
@tampie85 @heltenjon Could you tell me what exactly has changed that has to be updated by game authors? I can write a post in the Adventure Related board, but I have to give people a detailed description of what to do.
Quote from: cat on Sun 16/02/2025 19:36:06@tampie85 @heltenjon
Could you tell me what exactly has changed that has to be updated by game authors? I can write a post in the Adventure Related board, but I have to give people a detailed description of what to do.
What they need to do:
- Make sure you are logged in
- Go to the game page of your game(s)
- Below the image/video carousel, click on the orange "Actions" button. That'll take you to the edit game page
- Scroll all the way down and press the "Save Your Game" button
- If it shows the "game updated successfully" screen, you're all good
- If there are mandatory fields missing, you'll be sent to the first field you need to update.
- Complete all the fields with yellow warnings and press the "Save Your Game" button again to confirm your changes.
I don't think it needs more explanation. Every field has a question mark that gives an explanation when you hover over it, and all fields which aren't dropdowns or checklists have an example text in them. All mandatory fields were also already present on the old site, most of them were already made mandatory over time, so it's mainly the older games who have the most missing fields.
The advantage for game owners updating their game details, is that their games show up in more categories on the search page and therefore have a higher likelihood to be played by others.
This URL may also help when they are logged in (it shows a list of their games): https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/play/search/&q=account-my-games:checked;newest-releases:checked
Hope this helps!
I checked it with one of my games and could save without problems, that's why I was a bit confused. But obviously I just had it filled out alright anyway.
I'll make a thread to remind people once award voting is over. With Voting and Mittens planning there is so much going on anyway. Gotta have something to do when those are done ;)
Searching the database with tags doesn't work properly. It looks like it returns only games tagged "Fantasy", for instance, for the current year.
Quote from: heltenjon on Thu 20/02/2025 00:08:55Searching the database with tags doesn't work properly. It looks like it returns only games tagged "Fantasy", for instance, for the current year.
That's because tags are a brand new feature, and user generated. So only games where someone's added a tag will have them...
Quote from: AGA on Thu 20/02/2025 00:32:02Quote from: heltenjon on Thu 20/02/2025 00:08:55Searching the database with tags doesn't work properly. It looks like it returns only games tagged "Fantasy", for instance, for the current year.
That's because tags are a brand new feature, and user generated. So only games where someone's added a tag will have them...
@cat I guess that means that we also should encourage creators to add these tags when they update their games. This will likely be confusing, as many games are already marked as "fantasy" or "horror" or something from earlier. (It confused me, at least.)
Would it make sense to automatically assign some of the tags with a DB query? For example, all games marked as fantasy could get the fantasy tag.
Also, shouldn't those categories be curated? I'm afraid there will be quite a huge list of tags in the future that will not help with searching. I want to try to update Toffee with a tag that has a meaning of "is suited for children". But what tag name should I use? "Children" "Child friendly" "Suited for Children" "Kids" all come to my mind. I think it makes sense to establish at least some scheme how to define tags.
And a small possible improvement: When clicking the magnifier icon on the main page, it would be nice if the search input box on the search page got focus automatically so you can just start typing.
I'd say curating them in advance is probably a bit limiting. And assigning them "automatically" would basically be curating by code, someone would have to maintain a list of rules. We have 2,000+ games, I think creating a list that suits lots of them would be an impossible task! We have a limited number of genres and game types after all, and I think those are very limiting.
I'd say let's just get people to embrace the concept of tagging first, and if things get too unruly we can make some effort to tidy things up.
Okay, I've updated my games with hopefully useful tags.
One question, though: wouldn't it make sense to have the tags search work as AND instead of OR? I think tags would be very useful to narrow down search results instead of broadening them.
Congratulations on the release. It's a mini mental achievement and it's great to see it live!
Couple of things I wanted to point out lol:
- the showcase says hundreds of games but we have thousands
- it's a bit difficult navigating to the community areas. I'd like to have a shortcut to the forums, discord, etc through the nav bar
The new Game Entry Reports thread will be useful. But...
I checked one of these games randomly (with database admin rights): Reality-on-the-Norm: Davy Jones C'est Mort (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/play/game/1780/#downloads-section). As suspected, the report about the download not working was false. (The case of having to override Windows Security by choosing "Download anyway".) I was able to checkmark away the reported error, and I think that went away. However, when trying to save this, the page jumps to the download link and wants me to change it from http to https. I can sort of understand this automated behaviour, and it is probably some of the cause for the game being flagged anyway, but in a database such as ours, that's not going to fly. Many older games still have working http links.
In this case, I believe I have managed to make the checkmarks go away, but I could not remove the two erroneously listed downloads marked Store and Demo (which probably are there due to a bug on the old website).
Short wish/question: Do the authors of games marked in the Game Entry Reports thread get an alert?
I'm not quite sure how to handle those Game Entry Reports. How am I supposed to check it for all my games? Do I have to search for every game name in this sub-board? Or am I notified if something has to be done?
The AGS versions listed on the main site: https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/#create
As well as the CREATE page: https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/create/
Are out of date, pointing to a download (and forum page) of a version from June of last year.
Quote from: Babar on Mon 24/02/2025 11:54:17The AGS versions listed on the main site: https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/#create
As well as the CREATE page: https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/create/
Are out of date, pointing to a download (and forum page) of a version from June of last year.
Fixed, ish. Seems I forgot to give Crimson Wizard the login details for the new server. That's now done, so hopefully he can update the versions soon.
Quote from: edmundito on Fri 21/02/2025 12:35:51Congratulations on the release. It's a mini mental achievement and it's great to see it live!
Couple of things I wanted to point out lol:
- the showcase says hundreds of games but we have thousands
- it's a bit difficult navigating to the community areas. I'd like to have a shortcut to the forums, discord, etc through the nav bar
I've updated the references to hundreds, thanks.
As for the second point, someone has already raised this. However, I'll make the same point I did then, which is that people who visit the forums are actually a
tiny percentage of the people who use the site (less than 1%). I've added a few links to the 'Join' menu in the navbar though, directly to the forums, Discord and Facebook (the last two of which are actually in the footer of every page already...)
Quote from: cat on Fri 21/02/2025 08:21:23Okay, I've updated my games with hopefully useful tags.
One question, though: wouldn't it make sense to have the tags search work as AND instead of OR? I think tags would be very useful to narrow down search results instead of broadening them.
I'm working on this, but it's much harder to implement than you might think, given the current design of the search page code. Bear with me!
I think I probably need to make the games page entry notifications a bit more active, as currently it relies on game authors keeping an eye on their games' threads. Bear in mind of course that said threads will always move to the top of the board when a new report is made. Only reports made since the new site went live will be noted, which means you don't have to scan back very far to see if your game's already been reported. But I could make use of the forums alerts and personal messages systems to make it harder to miss.
That's not to say any game that doesn't have a forums report is perfect of course, just that it hasn't been reported since we went live! Think of it as more future proofing than ensuring the existing archive is complete. The games search page also has the "Other" -> "Marked as Broken or Missing" filters, which can be combined with "My Account Filters" -> "My Games" to check any reports that may exist. If there's a report for a game you'll see a big call to action banner at the top of said game's page.
Quote from: heltenjon on Sun 23/02/2025 15:47:13Many older games still have working http links.
HTTP is no longer actively supported, and most browsers reject it. It really isn't wise to rely on it any longer.
Most of the games that are so old they have HTTP links have downloads in the archive.org repository (https://archive.org/details/adventuregamestudio?tab=collection). Anyone can also upload to archive.org themselves if they're looking for stable HTTPS hosting in place of an old HTTP link. I am aiming to integrate archive.org mirror links into the games page eventually.
I don't know what is happening, but I currently see this below the forums:
QuoteUsers active in past 15 minutes: AGS Site Reports, AGS Site Reports, AGS Site Reports, AGS Site Reports, AGS Site Reports, AGS Site Reports, AGS Site Reports, AGS Site Reports, AGS Site Reports, AGS Site Reports, AGS Site Reports, AGS Site Reports, AGS Site Reports, AGS Site Reports, AGS Site Reports, AGS Site Reports, AGS Site Reports, AGS Site Reports, AGS Site Reports, AGS Site Reports, AGS Site Reports, AGS Site Reports, .............
where "AGS Site Reports" is repeated about 100 times.
Quote from: Crimson Wizard on Mon 24/02/2025 22:03:15I don't know what is happening, but I currently see this below the forums:
QuoteUsers active in past 15 minutes: AGS Site Reports, AGS Site Reports, AGS Site Reports, AGS Site Reports, AGS Site Reports, AGS Site Reports, AGS Site Reports, AGS Site Reports, AGS Site Reports, AGS Site Reports, AGS Site Reports, AGS Site Reports, AGS Site Reports, AGS Site Reports, AGS Site Reports, AGS Site Reports, AGS Site Reports, AGS Site Reports, AGS Site Reports, AGS Site Reports, AGS Site Reports, AGS Site Reports, .............
where "AGS Site Reports" is repeated about 100 times.
Haha, my fault. I tried to borrow 'user 0' on the forums for the AGS site reporting. Apparently it was already in use for something else! Should be fixed now.
Right, reports should be a bit more visible now; game owners will get a PM and alert automatically too when the reporter posts in the reports board.
Just a heads up. I updated the not-working link for The Marionette and replaced it with a link to the AGS depository on archive.org. So far, so good.
However, saving a new link does not resolve the reported error. I went in to edit the game again, and was now told that the new link (that I had just entered) was the one being reported. I could checkmark it and mark it as resolved. This behaviour is somewhat misleading.
TL;DR
If you fix a download error, you have to edit again to remove the error report afterwards.
Quote from: heltenjon on Tue 25/02/2025 22:21:29Just a heads up. I updated the not-working link for The Marionette and replaced it with a link to the AGS depository on archive.org. So far, so good.
However, saving a new link does not resolve the reported error. I went in to edit the game again, and was now told that the new link (that I had just entered) was the one being reported. I could checkmark it and mark it as resolved. This behaviour is somewhat misleading.
TL;DR
If you fix a download error, you have to edit again to remove the error report afterwards.
This should be fixed now for downloads, images and videos.
Another one about database maintenance:
Tres Acordes had three download links: game, store and demo. All three was reported broken. As all three were identical, I deleted store and demo and replaced the game link with a working one. However, in the AGS site report thread, the result is that the two deleted links are still listed as errors. Is it possible to automatically mark these as fixes when deleted? (I guess a workaround would be to add false link, checkmark, then delete, but that would be cumbersome.)
Quote from: heltenjon on Fri 28/02/2025 19:39:36Another one about database maintenance:
Tres Acordes had three download links: game, store and demo. All three was reported broken. As all three were identical, I deleted store and demo and replaced the game link with a working one. However, in the AGS site report thread, the result is that the two deleted links are still listed as errors. Is it possible to automatically mark these as fixes when deleted? (I guess a workaround would be to add false link, checkmark, then delete, but that would be cumbersome.)
This problem still exists - when deleting a download option, the tag marking that it has been reported still is active. Example (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/game-page-entry-reports/apprentice-i/msg636682188/#new)
Just a suggestion: I think it'd be nice to have a button allowing comments to be edited and removed by their author in the game page.
It could be useful in case, you know, commentators fail to see their comment and accidentally post twice (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/play/game/2767/) (roll)
I just tried to add a comment to a game but it was not accepted. The input was just cleared, no error message or anything. I figured out it might be "" that I used in the comment. When I removed them, it worked.
I know that you have to sanitize your input (hello Bobby Tables), but it should be escaped or there should be at least some error message.
Quote from: heltenjon on Thu 13/03/2025 18:00:38Quote from: heltenjon on Fri 28/02/2025 19:39:36Another one about database maintenance:
Tres Acordes had three download links: game, store and demo. All three was reported broken. As all three were identical, I deleted store and demo and replaced the game link with a working one. However, in the AGS site report thread, the result is that the two deleted links are still listed as errors. Is it possible to automatically mark these as fixes when deleted? (I guess a workaround would be to add false link, checkmark, then delete, but that would be cumbersome.)
This problem still exists - when deleting a download option, the tag marking that it has been reported still is active. Example (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/game-page-entry-reports/apprentice-i/msg636682188/#new)
I'm working on this!
Quote from: Creamy on Sun 23/03/2025 09:21:18Just a suggestion: I think it'd be nice to have a button allowing comments to be edited and removed by their author in the game page.
It could be useful in case, you know, commentators fail to see their comment and accidentally post twice (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/play/game/2767/) (roll)
We decided years ago not to allow users to edit or delete their comments to avoid revisionism, and people going back and changing their opinions after the fact. Plus, honestly, it would be quite a bit of effort to implement, while asking a games page admin to delete a comment is relatively easy!
Quote from: cat on Mon 24/03/2025 20:34:19I just tried to add a comment to a game but it was not accepted. The input was just cleared, no error message or anything. I figured out it might be "" that I used in the comment. When I removed them, it worked.
I know that you have to sanitize your input (hello Bobby Tables), but it should be escaped or there should be at least some error message.
Should be fixed now!
Just a tiny cosmetic issue:
The favicon has a black background, as opposed to a transparent one:
(https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/favicon.ico)
Is this deliberate?
Quote from: Khris on Fri 28/03/2025 11:29:45Just a tiny cosmetic issue:
The favicon has a black background, as opposed to a transparent one:
(https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/favicon.ico)
Is this deliberate?
Presumably it's there to make the white outline visible.
Alternatively it'd have to look like this:
(https://twentyquidamusements.thecomicstrip.org/files/ags/favicon.png)
I'm not sure which looks better though. :-\
I think the only problem was, that no-one MADE a better icon. What about having the background blue as the cup itself?
I found a few unusual things while browsing the games section:
- The "actions" dropdown only had one action (report image as broken). Maybe other games have more actions, but a dropdown list with only one action seemed odd.
- It's also an unusual action to have as important in the UI as 'Download'.
- Below those two buttons, hidden in the list of game details, was 'Favourite'. This is another user action, so it also seemed odd that it wasn't in the dropdown list.
It might make more sense to have the two big buttons be Download and Favourite, since these are arguably the two most important ones for people browsing games. The less important and less used "report broken image" action could be a text link near "share your thoughts" or an icon integrated into the image browser.
Speaking of the image browser:
- On Firefox Android, the pause button often doesn't stop the progress bar when only one screenshot exists (it just resets and progresses again).
- After pressing the pause button, pressing it again (to try pausing it again) occasionally makes the image browser go full screen.
- When the pause button occasionally works, tapping the screenshot / holding it to scroll down will unpause the progress bar (or trigger full screen, as above)
If these are issues beyond my phone, one option could be to disable the progress bar when only one screenshot exists? And perhaps the ability to drag the image by holding it down?
Hopefully some of this is helpful! Thank you for making the new AGS site so great!
Quote from: cat on Fri 28/03/2025 12:28:43I think the only problem was, that no-one MADE a better icon. What about having the background blue as the cup itself?
Blue or one of the other colours in the light theme colour palette might work best, as otherwise you have to contend with every browser (and OS theme) having a different background colour for a tab (which having a transparent background could end up clashing with (e.g. white outline on a white tab)).
OR have a light theme version with a certain background, and a dark theme one with another. I could then dynamically serve a different favicon depending on the selected theme.
Ok, I will give it a try.
What is the best way of creating an icon? Which tools can be used? Last time I did this it required several bitmaps in various resolutions and color depths to be included in one file. Has this changed?
Quote from: cat on Sat 29/03/2025 16:41:21Ok, I will give it a try.
What is the best way of creating an icon? Which tools can be used? Last time I did this it required several bitmaps in various resolutions and color depths to be included in one file. Has this changed?
There's a website called "convertio" that can convert a bitmap or png to an icon, so if you just create the highest resolution, the converter takes care of the rest. Just Google "png to ico" and it should come up.
There seems to be a problem with the database. When I try to edit a game, it leads to a blank screen instead of the edit screen. And when opening the "Search all games" page, no game is found until I add a search parameter or a filter. (Previously - all games were listed when no parameter was given.)
Should be solved now!
I gave it a try with convertio but the icon doesn't seem to fully work. It doesn't show up in list or details view in explorer but in the larger views. Here is the png, if anyone wants to give it a try:
(https://www.clowdergames.com/pics/newWebsite/icon.png)
(and here is the icon I generated ico (https://www.clowdergames.com/pics/newWebsite/icon.png) and the super ugly svg: svg (https://www.clowdergames.com/pics/newWebsite/icon.svg))
Quote from: cat on Thu 03/04/2025 21:00:05I gave it a try with convertio but the icon doesn't seem to fully work. It doesn't show up in list or details view in explorer but in the larger views. Here is the png, if anyone wants to give it a try:
Here you go:
(https://twentyquidamusements.thecomicstrip.org/files/ags/icon.ico)
It's got the sizes: 256, 128, 48, 32, and 16.
I made it using Gimp, although I did the resizing with IrfanView in order to use the Lanczos resampler, since I think it's the best resampler for retaining details.
Quote from: Danvzare on Fri 04/04/2025 12:14:29Quote from: cat on Thu 03/04/2025 21:00:05I gave it a try with convertio but the icon doesn't seem to fully work. It doesn't show up in list or details view in explorer but in the larger views. Here is the png, if anyone wants to give it a try:
Here you go:
(https://twentyquidamusements.thecomicstrip.org/files/ags/icon.ico)
It's got the sizes: 256, 128, 48, 32, and 16.
I made it using Gimp, although I did the resizing with IrfanView in order to use the Lanczos resampler, since I think it's the best resampler for retaining details.
Looks great on light mode! Any chance of a version with a transparent background for dark mode, please? So the cup with white outline, but no blue background, just transparent instead.
Quote from: AGA on Sat 05/04/2025 10:26:35Looks great on light mode! Any chance of a version with a transparent background for dark mode, please? So the cup with white outline, but no blue background, just transparent instead.
How's this?
(https://twentyquidamusements.thecomicstrip.org/files/ags/icontransparent.ico)
Great! On the main site it will now switch between the blue backgrounded version on light theme, and transparent on dark.
There's a bit more work required to get it working on the forums, bear with me.
Wouldn't the blue background alse work for the dark mode?
Hi not sure if this is the right place to mention this, but when I'm on the site www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/play/search/ any of the games I click on bring me to a blank page (each with a path like /play/game/1234/).
I'm not sure if this is the "new site" or if I'm looking in the wrong place.
Anyway seems to be a 100% reproduction rate. I'm using Edge, haven't tested with other browsers.
Quote from: cat on Sat 05/04/2025 14:51:53Wouldn't the blue background alse work for the dark mode?
If you have dark mode in your OS too, your browser tabs can also be dark (black for unfocused, grey for focused on Firefox for instance). The blue clashes a bit then, but transparent looks really nice on both black and grey in my opinion.
Quote from: trevbot on Sun 06/04/2025 18:13:56Hi not sure if this is the right place to mention this, but when I'm on the site www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/play/search/ any of the games I click on bring me to a blank page (each with a path like /play/game/1234/).
I'm not sure if this is the "new site" or if I'm looking in the wrong place.
Anyway seems to be a 100% reproduction rate. I'm using Edge, haven't tested with other browsers.
Fixed, thanks!
On the front game page, https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/play/ , Under Most recent games, it looks like games without working thumbnails are not listed. (Rosewater is most recent game, and it does not show up here.)
Quote from: AGA on Sun 06/04/2025 18:50:52If you have dark mode in your OS too, your browser tabs can also be dark (black for unfocused, grey for focused on Firefox for instance). The blue clashes a bit then, but transparent looks really nice on both black and grey in my opinion.
I have standard mode for my OS. When I now view the page in light mode, I get a blue background on a white tab. When I switch to dark mode on the page using the moon icon, I now only see the innards of the cup on a white tab (because I don't see the outline), both Chrome and Firefox. Only when I open either FF or Chrome in private mode I get dark tab background. I think using the blue background for all is the safer bet.
Not really related to the new site specifically, I think, but apparently the AGS awards are currently underway.
... And Mittens planning, optimistically.
Right,
@AGA could you please remove the banner for the AGS awards? (I knew I forgot something)