adsii1970 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 52 minutes ago, Deddly said: Too close to call. Snails, naw... banana slugs are so much more cool... Kinda reminds me of @Vanamonde... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Kerman Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Greetings guys, I was wondering if it would be possible to add a Linux sub forum to support. I am not a user however I have seen a few requests for assistance, both general and game related, and there is no good place to direct people to who are experiencing issues. The result I have seen is that while we have a group of highly knowledgeable and helpful members, linux help requests are spread across the forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geonovast Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 (edited) I think that would introduce a segregation that wouldn't be needed. Most issues with KSP are OS agnostic - they apply to everyone. And someone who's on Linux, posting an issue in the Linux subforum, could easily post an issue that's not OS-related. Then they may not get noticed by Windows or Mac users who may know the answer. Also Linux specific issues are generally (from what I've seen) installation or joystick related, and get answered. The Console subforum makes sense, since this game on consoles is a completely different world than on computers. I imagine this would also increase workload for the moderators in moving threads. If you have some examples of Linux-specific issues that aren't being answered, I'd like to see them! What would help most is if the topic titles started with operating system - similar to the convention in the mod release threads for KSP version. Edited September 17, 2018 by Geonovast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanamonde Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Direct those Linux folks to the PC modded/unmodded support subforums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_v Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 (edited) 7 hours ago, Geonovast said: What would help most is if the topic titles started with operating system - similar to the convention in the mod release threads for KSP version. Unless there's a way to enforce it, it won't happen. Nobody reads the support stickies. How about a form to fill out when posting a topic in the support subs, with a menu for OS, mandatory log upload, etc? The number of variations I've seen on "Halp it donst work" is depressing, and the first reply is almost always a request for information. While we're at it, a remote shock delivery system for people who don't use capitalisation or linebreaks would be nice too... With a lethal variant for users of comic sans of course. As for GNU/Linux specifically, I don't really see a need to segregate support requests by OS. You can spot a support request from a Linux user by the presence of useful information. Edited September 18, 2018 by steve_v overrule spilling checker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deddly Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 (edited) 8 minutes ago, steve_v said: How about a form to fill out when posting a topic in the support subs, with a menu for OS, mandatory log upload, etc? The number of variations I've seen on "Halp it donst work" is depressing, and the first reply is almost always a request for information. thats actually a really good idea. i dont know if it is technically possible though. certainly worth looking into, thanks for the suggestion! EDIT: I just got an electric shock, where did that come from?!? Edited September 18, 2018 by Deddly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Just now, Deddly said: thats actoually a really good idea. i dont know if it is technically possible though. certainly worth looking into, thanks for the suggestion! Speaking of such, how about a fix so Comic Sans doesn’t show up as, like, cursive on iOS devices? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deddly Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Just now, CatastrophicFailure said: Speaking of such, how about a fix so Comic Sans doesn’t show up as, like, cursive on iOS devices? Wow, I've always been an Android guy myself, but now I just might consider a change! In all seriousness, it sounds like an issue with iOS, but there is a way to "fix" it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_v Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 13 minutes ago, Deddly said: EDIT: I just got an electric shock, where did that come from?!? Regardless, you have just motivated me to replace that horrific font. All further attempts at communication via crayon will be rendered (more) unintelligible... wingdings unintelligible. Hooray for userContent.css Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAL59 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 (edited) I noticed that new emotijs were added to the forums a few months ago, so why not re add :hailprobe:? Everyone wants it! Edited September 19, 2018 by DAL59 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HansonKerman Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 On 9/18/2018 at 2:45 AM, Deddly said: EDIT: I just got an electric shock, where did that come from?!? ??? What does that mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snark Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 20 hours ago, HansonKerman said: ??? What does that mean? He was making a joke about deliberately writing a response in Comic Sans font. There's a whole Internet-meme-culture thing about how Comic Sans is an evil font and using it makes you a terrible person. So the joke is that "if you use it, you get a shock." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceception Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 6 hours ago, Snark said: evil font and using it makes you a terrible person. Does getting the urge to write something serious in that font to screw with people fall under that umbrella? To keep on topic: What forum (Sci/Space, KSP discussions, etc) seems to require the more moderation than usual? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanamonde Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 1 minute ago, Spaceception said: Does getting the urge to write something serious in that font to screw with people fall under that umbrella? To keep on topic: What forum (Sci/Space, KSP discussions, etc) seems to require the more moderation than usual? We're not going to stigmatize a subforum by labelling it as the problem child. Jeez. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceception Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Oh, sorry. it was one of the first questions I could think of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randazzo Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 What's it like moderating without Sal and RIC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanamonde Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HansonKerman Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Does the lengths of posts in a page count toward how many posts it takes to move to the next page? Also, how is page-adding programmed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adsii1970 Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 3 hours ago, Vanamonde said: Sad. And I miss getting 2.2 warning messages from both of them. Ok, one of you "young'un" moderators need to step up... No, seriously, they were also good cyber friends to me. I miss them both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanamonde Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 3 hours ago, HansonKerman said: Does the lengths of posts in a page count toward how many posts it takes to move to the next page? Also, how is page-adding programmed? No, and what? respectively. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 4 hours ago, HansonKerman said: Also, how is page-adding programmed? Probably... When already 25 posts in page Put new post in a new page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanamonde Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Oh. I have no idea. I didn't write the code. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HansonKerman Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Okay. Thanks anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Is there something you want to be asked about but never get asked about and want to share? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanamonde Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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