New theme: Rift

[Bears Armed]

Has anyone manged to get the banners "faces of (nation name)" because even though I have the excellent civil rights it says are required I still don't have the banners.

I've got them, but I can't really use them because all of the people shown are Humans rather than Ursines...

[United Confederation of states]

Has anyone manged to get the banners "faces of (nation name)" because even though I have the excellent civil rights it says are required I still don't have the banners.

Yeah, I have all of them.

You've got high civil rights (70/100), but you're still a fair distance from the top.

Do you know how high they need to be?

[The Emperor Fenix]

Banner suggestion
Would you consider adding some kind of scroll/skip function to the banner section? The whole point of the banners, I assume, is to look at others' and to show off your own. But considering how many banners people actually have, getting through all of a nation's banners can be a lengthy experience, seeing as you have no way of skipping forward - or back, if you didn't finish examining a specific one (then you'll just have to wait forever for it to reappear). This can make it a bit discouraging to even bother looking at them, which kind of defeats the purpose. What I'm proposing is very simple and could look something like this:
(Image)
Let the banners change automatically as they currently are, but add a function (an arrow on each side) that lets you skip back and forth between the banners manually.

It's a practical idea that I wouldn't hate to see implemented, but the current setup forces you to choose banners sparingly and only shows off those that are most important to you if you want to make sure they're seen.

That's my argument for the other side at least.

[Alleniana]

Banner suggestion
Would you consider adding some kind of scroll/skip function to the banner section? The whole point of the banners, I assume, is to look at others' and to show off your own. But considering how many banners people actually have, getting through all of a nation's banners can be a lengthy experience, seeing as you have no way of skipping forward - or back, if you didn't finish examining a specific one (then you'll just have to wait forever for it to reappear). This can make it a bit discouraging to even bother looking at them, which kind of defeats the purpose. What I'm proposing is very simple and could look something like this:
(Image)
Let the banners change automatically as they currently are, but add a function (an arrow on each side) that lets you skip back and forth between the banners manually.

It's a practical idea that I wouldn't hate to see implemented, but the current setup forces you to choose banners sparingly and only shows off those that are most important to you if you want to make sure they're seen.

That's my argument for the other side at least.

See

Banner suggestion
Would you consider adding some kind of scroll/skip function to the banner section? The whole point of the banners, I assume, is to look at others' and to show off your own. But considering how many banners people actually have, getting through all of a nation's banners can be a lengthy experience, seeing as you have no way of skipping forward - or back, if you didn't finish examining a specific one (then you'll just have to wait forever for it to reappear). This can make it a bit discouraging to even bother looking at them, which kind of defeats the purpose. What I'm proposing is very simple and could look something like this:

(Image)

Let the banners change automatically as they currently are, but add a function (an arrow on each side) that lets you skip back and forth between the banners manually.

If you click on the flag (the big one on top of the banner) it goes to a random banner instantly.

Perhaps it should be made clearer, but it certainly functions that way.

[Jute]

It's a practical idea that I wouldn't hate to see implemented, but the current setup forces you to choose banners sparingly and only shows off those that are most important to you if you want to make sure they're seen.

That's my argument for the other side at least.

See

If you click on the flag (the big one on top of the banner) it goes to a random banner instantly.

Perhaps it should be made clearer, but it certainly functions that way.

That's just because it reloads the entire page. It's not that useful, and I still would like to have a page where I can see all the banners listed at a glance.

[Jute]

Yeah, I have all of them.

You've got high civil rights (70/100), but you're still a fair distance from the top.

Do you know how high they need to be?

Slightly above 70. I rarely have had it above 80 and have them all unlocked.

[Alleniana]

See


Perhaps it should be made clearer, but it certainly functions that way.

That's just because it reloads the entire page. It's not that useful, and I still would like to have a page where I can see all the banners listed at a glance.

Oh, that's what you mean. I've heard that brought up, but I'm not sure if it's being looked at. It would be a good idea if the intended nature of banners fits.

[Bears Armed]

Presumably not named after this 'Rift'?

^_^

[Copenhagen Metropolis]

Banner suggestion
Would you consider adding some kind of scroll/skip function to the banner section? The whole point of the banners, I assume, is to look at others' and to show off your own. But considering how many banners people actually have, getting through all of a nation's banners can be a lengthy experience, seeing as you have no way of skipping forward - or back, if you didn't finish examining a specific one (then you'll just have to wait forever for it to reappear). This can make it a bit discouraging to even bother looking at them, which kind of defeats the purpose. What I'm proposing is very simple and could look something like this:

(Image)

Let the banners change automatically as they currently are, but add a function (an arrow on each side) that lets you skip back and forth between the banners manually.

If you click on the flag (the big one on top of the banner) it goes to a random banner instantly.

That's just refreshing the page basically. It literally solves none of the problems I pointed out that my idea could solve. But thanks anyway.

[The Republic of Lanos]

Question: When would the NS forums, whether old or new, be able to support Rift?

[Alleniana]

If you click on the flag (the big one on top of the banner) it goes to a random banner instantly.

That's just refreshing the page basically. It literally solves none of the problems I pointed out that my idea could solve. But thanks anyway.

It solves it being a lengthy experience, surely? It skips forward, but not back, so to speak.

[New Chilokver]

Not sure if this is restricted to a particular browser or phone, but when I click on the region tab on the forum sidebar, occassionally it'll just show a weird cut off part of the RMB instead of the sidebar. I'll see if I can do a bit more testing and narrow this down.

Oh, and occassionally the topbar (non-forum one) lags when I'm scrolling down and stays in the middle of the page, though that's probably just to do with my laggy internet.

EDIT: The first bug I was describing happens on computers as well.

[MERIZoC]

>Stubborn player still uses sidebar with forum even though they don't play nicely

>comes to report this error just in case it helps anything

http://imgur.com/edit?deletehash=20WIq6goyBi9CBt
got that while navigating quickly around. Refreshed, went away, no biggy. Just figured it can;t hurt to post it here just in case

Same thing happened to me about 20 minutes ago. Went away, just like with you.

[Copenhagen Metropolis]

That's just refreshing the page basically. It literally solves none of the problems I pointed out that my idea could solve. But thanks anyway.

It solves it being a lengthy experience, surely? It skips forward, but not back, so to speak.

No, not at all, it's random, you're just refreshing the page, not skipping forward. The 'experience' is possibly infinite in theory - I'd say infinity is quite lengthy.

[Nephmir]

Suggestion: When you hover over/right-click/hold down "Forum" a "View your posts" shortcut appears. Could a forum search shortcut also appear?

[The Soviet Union of Dictators]

I'm sure some of you may have not realized that one can have multiple banners (just click "on" for multiple banners that you like) However, when the banners transition, they fade to white. After completely fading it comes back in, but still the same banner, and then abruptly changes to the next banner. Not sure if it's timing, poor coding, or browser glitch...
PS I'm not sure if someone already posted about this but I'm not digging through pages of posts...

[Luna Amore]

I'm sure some of you may have not realized that one can have multiple banners (just click "on" for multiple banners that you like) However, when the banners transition, they fade to white. After completely fading it comes back in, but still the same banner, and then abruptly changes to the next banner. Not sure if it's timing, poor coding, or browser glitch...
PS I'm not sure if someone already posted about this but I'm not digging through pages of posts...

See this post by [v]:

Fifthly, when a banner is transitioning, it firsts fades out to complete whiteness, then the same banner fades back in. THEN it transitions to the next banner. So, it fades out, fades in, transitions. There's an unnecessary step in there.

This actually depends on your browser. Chrome supports CSS3 transitions, so one banner fades into the next one. Other browsers lack that feature, so we fade one banner out, then the next in. I agree that the former looks better, but to mimic that effect on browsers without CSS3 transition support requires a lot of CPU horsepower and can look quite jerky.

[Alleniana]

It solves it being a lengthy experience, surely? It skips forward, but not back, so to speak.

No, not at all, it's random, you're just refreshing the page, not skipping forward. The 'experience' is possibly infinite in theory - I'd say infinity is quite lengthy.

Heh? Only if you want to see all the banners an infinite number of times, surely.

[New Chilokver]

Another bug: when you press the quote button in the RMB, it goes to your nation page instead. Thusfar only encountered in Internet browser on a Samsung Galaxy II.

[The Emperor Fenix]

It solves it being a lengthy experience, surely? It skips forward, but not back, so to speak.

No, not at all, it's random, you're just refreshing the page, not skipping forward. The 'experience' is possibly infinite in theory - I'd say infinity is quite lengthy.

I've been waiting for someone else to point this out but, it also won't work if the nation in question (say for random example my fine self) has set a particular banner a "primary" refreshing the page will then merely... well... refresh the page.

[Alleniana]

No, not at all, it's random, you're just refreshing the page, not skipping forward. The 'experience' is possibly infinite in theory - I'd say infinity is quite lengthy.

I've been waiting for someone else to point this out but, it also won't work if the nation in question (say for random example my fine self) has set a particular banner a "primary" refreshing the page will then merely... well... refresh the page.

Wouldn't it be fairly obvious that that's the one banner being displayed, then?

[The Emperor Fenix]

I've been waiting for someone else to point this out but, it also won't work if the nation in question (say for random example my fine self) has set a particular banner a "primary" refreshing the page will then merely... well... refresh the page.

Wouldn't it be fairly obvious that that's the one banner being displayed, then?

Primary just means it comes up first in rotation. But yes. Just adding a nail into the coffin not startling everyone with amazing revelations.

[Alleniana]

Wouldn't it be fairly obvious that that's the one banner being displayed, then?

Primary just means it comes up first in rotation. But yes. Just adding a nail into the coffin not startling everyone with amazing revelations.

Hmm...?...
I think I may need to brush up on how it works, ignore me for now then.

[The Emperor Fenix]

Primary just means it comes up first in rotation. But yes. Just adding a nail into the coffin not startling everyone with amazing revelations.

Hmm...?...
I think I may need to brush up on how it works, ignore me for now then.

Never! I will continue to hang on your every word. Though I'll also bow back out of this thread to avoid spamming an important topic.

[Frisbeeteria]

Wouldn't it be fairly obvious that that's the one banner being displayed, then?

Primary just means it comes up first in rotation.

No, "Primary" means it always comes up first when you refresh the page. That's how my nation page is set.