[!!] Downloads, Testing & Feedback sticky discussion

Post by **Gnomey** » Fri Aug 28, 2015 7:26 pm

I've updated the sticky. This is finished as far as I'm concerned; feedback would be very welcome.

Post by **Gnomey** » Fri Aug 28, 2015 8:10 pm

Swiftoak has updated the sticky. This is finished as far as I'm concerned; feedback would be very welcome.

Post by **Gnomey** » Fri Aug 28, 2015 10:45 pm

I've updated this sticky as well, and as far as I'm concerned it's done. It's really short, but I can't think of anything else that needs to be said.

Post by **Gnomey** » Fri Aug 28, 2015 10:47 pm

I've also updated this sticky, and consider it done as well. Feedback would be appreciated.

I still need to test out some things with the BetaComment function, as for some reason it doesn't work for me.

Miraclestone · Post by **Miraclestone** » Fri Aug 28, 2015 11:38 pm

Thanks for taking the time to help clean up and optimize the forum!

The only feedback I can think of is it might be a good idea to have the first post just be edited every time there is an update rather than making a new post. Have the first post contain the list of updated assets and fixes, a quick guide for installing the BSA and a link to an archive including the older files; every other would just be for discussion. This might be what you are already planning in which case I think its an improvement over having a messy thread that members needed to fish through for the right data files they need. I'm sure whatever you settle on will work fine though

Post by **Gnomey** » Fri Aug 28, 2015 11:42 pm

Yes, that is being planned. Updates might be announced in new posts to bump the thread, but they should always be linked in the first post. I do think our not doing so in previous threads, especially section file threads, has lead to a lot of needless confusion.

Post by **Gnomey** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 1:58 am

Swiftoak brought up a good point on Skype: it might be best if we update all four major files every 90 days. Specifically we update TR_Data first, then TR_in-Dev, then merge TR_Preview and also update TR_Mainland.

For one thing, that assures that the downloads are all dependent on the correct version of TR_Data. For another, it would probably be less confusing to announce any updates (such as splitting off some cells from TR_in-Dev to make a new section or merging a finished section into TR_Mainland) in a unified update post rather than scattering updates to disparate files in disparate posts.
That's not to say we should necessarily avoid updating the files more frequently than every 90 days; I'm not sure on that count, as especially for TR_Data that may prove impractical.

Miraclestone · Post by **Miraclestone** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 3:30 pm

Glad to hear that's what is planned; I was one of those confused towards the beginning about where to find the most recent version of the file and it should be a lot easier to know the first post will always be the right version.

Rats · Post by **Rats** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 7:17 pm

I'm fairly sure that the first link is wrong. The Data 1508b file's here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxtf3P ... view?pli=1

edit: ...or is it?

Post by **Gnomey** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 7:28 pm

Looks like it was the wrong link. I've updated it.

Post by **Gnomey** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 11:22 pm

Not sure if this is the best way to go about it, but, as discussion of the download stickies was fairly limited, I decided to simply merge the discussions into this one thread.

This thread can further be used for discussion of the following stickies:

[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=25016]TR_Data Download[/url]
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=25017]TR Landmass Downloads[/url]
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=25015]TR Public Feedback[/url]
[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=25014]TR Bug & Error Reporting[/url]

The old stickies those have replaced can still easily be found through the [url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=25005]Provisional Sticky Thread Links[/url], and they are also linked to by their respective replacements.