The Projects System |
Excellent idea! It is similar to the bug reporting and feedback on SourceForge, and gives a nice way to categorize and classify.
Needs Feedback
The statistics section generalizes counts of what is in progress, but gives no specific information on what is going on with any given bug/feature request. This two-way communication is what will make the system succeed It requires a bit of effort in exchange for effort, so reducing the task of posting replies and status updates to a few checkboxes/edit boxes could be quite beneficial.
Request
Add to the top of the bug/feature post a status row indicating what is/will/won't be done, just as it exists in the statistics window. This will motivate people to use the system.
Make it easy for betas/assistants to post updates on the status of bugs/feature requests.
Blogs/Projects temporarily restricted?
I think Blogs/Projects are currently restricted to the admins/betas - but I think that's just for testing purposes. Perhaps someone from SFI could comment on that...?
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No need, - I recall
No need, - I recall Warmaster posting to that effect about Blogs so I'm quite happy to assume the same for Projects.
Just remember admins - if the framework is there, we'll use it!
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The (now official?) Space Empires 4 Mod Launcher V2.26
I am able to post blogs and
I am able to post blogs and projects now... maybe it has something to do with post count, if it isn't just something that was recently enabled...
What I want to know is, will the projects be "censored" in any way? What I mean by censored is, suppose I create a Master of Orion Mod for SE5, or Atrocities creates a Star Trek Mod for SE5 - will those be deleted from the project list because they're not original and SFI doesn't want to get sued??? A lot of mods will be based on other material and it would be a shame if no one used the project system because only some projects were allowed... 
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It was recently enabled
It was recently enabled 
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The (now official?) Space Empires 4 Mod Launcher V2.26
I you are part of any of the
I you are part of any of the groups (at the moment), you have access to projects, blogs and books.
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Will we be able to add our
Will we be able to add our own projects as well?
Currently, there is a link to "My Projects" but no way to start a new one... "Create Content" just allows issues to be added to existing projects or forum posts, and also with books/blogs there seems to be no-way to make your own (this might be related to usergroups actually - I recall Kwok could make a blog.... I think)
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The (now official?) Space Empires 4 Mod Launcher V2.26