Obsidian Portal Launch Feedback

GamingMegaverse

Given up using forums right now- sorry Plot Club, but until this gets fixed I am not participating.

GamingMegaverse

Officially been 3 weeks since someone that actually works for Obsidian Portal stated that there would be more regular updates..... Maybe we will hear from on High before the New Year.
Been very supportive until now- but it is now 5 days short of 2 months since the Reforge was rolled out- 58 days, and all we have heard are maybes, that is a good idea, and be positive. Well, I just want the list of what is going to be fixed, and what will not. A timeline would be nice, but I could just live with what is going to be addressed and what won't.....
Sorry, but now you all have to put me in the Anti-Reforge group- at least until you tell me what is going on!!!!!

Leonidas300

If turning killervp sour on things isn't a glaring clue that you people need to start actually communicating things; I don't know what is. I am not a fan of the Reforge at all... and could righteously be accused of allowing my frustration with things to show through in many posts but a great deal of the frustration (after the initial shock and anger of the first couple weeks wore off) is that NOTHING is being communicated. For instance I spent 4 hours trying to fix my master campaign map, only to find out in another thread after the fact, that the resizing of the Reforge is not reversible and I will have to re-upload a new map using the new size parameters, then recreate all of the markers and links. I looked and could not find a single admin post that outlined this. The map is just the cherry on the feces sundae of un- addressed problems and poorly communicated changes that affect thousands of users since the implementation of the Reforge.

I'm sorry if this comes off as being a jerk but You the developers OWE your supporters better than this, You asked for our support for the Kickstarter and we gave it, we are asking that YOU communicate and keep us in the loop as to what is going on.

"Leonidas300":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaign/metzger/wikis/leonidas300
"A Manifestation of Chaos":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaign/metzger/wikis/main-page
COTM - Sept. 2012

Leonidas300

I put in this "Customer Service Suggestion":http://help.obsidianportal.com/discussions/suggestions/906-customer-service last night anyone who would like to add their voice to it, please feel free to do so.

SkidAce

I am also disturbed by the lack of communication, when originally I was forgiving, patient, and hopefully able to provide positive feedback.

But without reciprocal feedback...it feels pointless.

Leonidas300

@ saethone,

I don't think there is a way to do it from the dashboard. The Dashboard seems to default to the last two topics/posts as well as the last two adventure log teasers.

Someone whose CSS-Fu is mightier may have a way but insofar as simple and easy way I don't think there is one.

twiggyleaf

I have added my voice to your ticket, Leo!

twigs

ethomas340

Heck, I'd just be happy that my $40 that was charged to my account on November 5th would actually elevate my account to the Ascendant level.

Basileus

@ethomas340: Your account shows up as Ascendant. Are you not getting access to advanced features?

twiggyleaf

I just state that I am here. Watching. Listening. Hoping (perhaps even AGAINST hope) but HERE!, making my presence felt. No more for now.... I am listening with the ears of those who hear nothing until the SOUND of communication tickles the ear with information......

twigs

Basileus

twiggyleaf, that was phrased abstractly enough that I feel like it needs to be put in haiku form...

I watch and listen
The silence is deafening
Lone ears, untickled

I was thinking of "I hope for tickling" for the last line, but that sounded too much like it was being said while waggling my eyebrows and leering.

GamingMegaverse

There is a brief reply on Leonidas300's "ticket":http://help.obsidianportal.com/discussions/suggestions/906-customer-service

twiggyleaf

@Basileus

LOL! "...Lone ears, untickled." is probably a WISER choice!

twigs

Teak_Dhara

I don't know if anyone else has this issue, but when I log in via Internet Explorer, I can access 5 of my 6 campaigns however, one of the campaigns thinks I am not logged into obsidianportal.com. I can access all of the campaigns through firefox or Google Chrome. I don't understand why one campaign doesn't work.

Also, there is every going to be the "edit" button added to adventure post comments? How about the ability to insert images into Adventure Log comments? Those are very important features that I have been asking for since WAY before the stupid reforge.

As for alternatives to this site (which I am still looking for), does anyone know about realmworks campaign management product that is coming out in 2014? The features look amazing but I can't tell if it will support play by post.

Montana

Basileus

As far as I know, Realmworks is an application that runs on your computer, not a web-based product. So it will "support" Play by Post as far as it is designed to, but it isn't going to host anything online for you (so you'd still need some online medium for actual gameplay).

Wildhunt78

@Montana @Basileus I have Realmworks as I was a KS backer but have had not much time to play with it as it is quite daunting due to its complexity.

But, I think that it is designed to be used as a bit of a campaign page for your players. It will not be as graphic based as Obsidian Portal but the Cloud storage is a big feature they are pushing and you can choose which content players can see. They don't need to own the program (as far as I can remember) but you can invite them to the page to see the maps, npcs, places and other content you allow them to.

I will look into my program more and will give a more updated and fact based answer when I can. Unfortunately I am at work now.

twiggyleaf

Forum Notifications STILL NOT WORKING it seems.......

(i.e. Private Site Forums - Ascendant Only feature - not THIS Forum)

P.S: Does anyone know if a ticket has been started for this. It is such a major issue concerning an ASCENDANT feature that I thought it would have been quickly addressed. (I should say that this issue seemed to have started well AFTER the reforge. I was using my forums effectively for quite a while before I noticed that at sometime afterwards email notifications were not being generated).


twigs

GamingMegaverse

Is "this":http://help.obsidianportal.com/discussions/problems/11569-old-forumsub-forum-posts-not-accessible what you are looking for Twiggy?
Or is it more like "this":http://help.obsidianportal.com/discussions/questions/1135-deletingediting-posts-on-campaign-forum

twiggyleaf

Thanks KVP

It is actually NEITHER of those issues.

It is more as Leonidas300 describes on 22 December after I first queried this issue on the 20th.
(and also the reason why THE NEW PLOT CLUB cannot function properly either - nobody gets any notifications)

twigs

twiggyleaf

EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS FROM CAMPAIGN FORUMS WORKING AGAIN.

This function seems to be working once again, so thanks to those responsible for getting it fixed.

twigs

ruleslawyermark

Am i missing something, or are you no longer to easily custom date your adventure log entries? For one of our campaigns I write them as the journal of my character, so they get dated x/y/1890. Now it seems I have to toggle back over a hundred years a month at a time.
If this is gone, I officially request this fix.
Is this something I should create a ticket for?.

Dungeon_Master_Loki

I'll be forced to move, even though I don't really want to, if the white text on grey edit screen doesn't go away. Can't implement the simple fixes I need without getting a migraine.

Leonidas300

@ Loki'


The code here should make almost all of your pages black text on white background.


input[type=“text”], input[type=“email”], input[type=“password”], input[type=“tel”], textarea, textarea:focus, .campaign-settings #style-settings #custom-css-field {color:black !important;background-color:white !important;}



We can't let you leave until we see how Crisis on Infinite Oerths turns out

Leonidas300

@ Ruleslawerymark

It does appear that there is no easy way to enter a date that is far in the past. I'd create a ticket.

I don't use earth dates as my campaign takes place on Oerth but I do a teaser banner for each log, that also includes the date. Then a link to an expanded wiki page for the whole log. This approach could work around the issue until the developers can bring back an easier way to date the adventure logs.

I am posting a link to mine so you can check it out and see if it might work for you.

"Adventure Log":https://metzger.obsidianportal.com/adventure-log



"Leonidas300":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaign/metzger/wikis/leonidas300
"A Manifestation of Chaos":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaign/metzger/wikis/main-page
COTM - Sept. 2012

schiann

@ruleslawyermark,

tortiekat found a workaround using your Web browser's debugging tools:
http://forums.obsidianportal.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=3481&page=1

If you'd rather this feature be added back to the GUI, you can create a ticket, but be forewarned that the previous tickets opened about this issue have been unceremoniously closed without comment:
http://help.obsidianportal.com/discussions/problems/10930-setting-an-adventure-log-date-time
http://help.obsidianportal.com/discussions/suggestions/880-reinstate-ability-to-set-pastfuturecustom-adventure-log-dates

I'm now considering Obsidian Portal an unsupported legacy system, but I'll continue using it until the servers are taken offline.

GamingMegaverse

Bringing comments back on the logs is a great help! Bringing comments on the campaigns themselves, while I wish it had been the old way (I have to edit 1000 pages now), is also a big help! Hats off to OP for that.

ruleslawyermark

@schiann

Whoa that worked perfectly for chrome. Boo ya thanks so much, to you AND tortiekat!!!!

It's sometimes funny the little things that they seem bound and determined not to fix. Like the white on gray. I realize how much hard work goes into OP but after all this time? What seems to be THE #1 gripe is not fixed? I know the gray gets much darker when you begin to edit in a box but I'm sure there are still many having a difficult time with this.

SkidAce

Manage favorites appears to be working now.

I appreciate the improvements, I just wish I didn't have to "discover" them.

GamingMegaverse

Really SkidAce? Will have to check that out.
I agree- would have been nice to know...

Praesi

You guys should all get paid for extended beta-testing and finding and sharing all those improvements!
And also for spreading word about the dev's fixes as no one else does!