CF 4.661 release notes

by Exc1te • 27 Jan 2013, 15:53 • Journals
And here is the next update:

- Improves table metadata caching, enhancing the overall performance of the website
- Added a Download ET button using ET-Pack 2011 till some better installer becomes available ( ET-Pack 2011 has horrible configs and set ups, like overwriting autoexec [ which is stupid ] etc. )


Next focus areas ( if time permits ):

- Fix bb-code issues related to user profiles
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DrLagAlot 27 Jan 2013, 15:59
nice, any idea how to learn creating .exe files? I'd love to make a new ETPack
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Kenzi 27 Jan 2013, 16:06
justfuckkinggoogleitdotcom
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Exc1te 27 Jan 2013, 16:17
As an exe ( afaik ) is simply an archive with binaries and static files inside, I'd guess you would need to get some tools to A) build an exe ( I guess Visual Studio express can do this, but I'm not a Windows Developer nor never developed on Windows so I don't know ) or some other tools like installerBuilder or whatever they call them and B) to write installer scripts, the installer needs to know what to do with the files you just unpacked..

The need for a new installer is high though, new users won't understand about r_mode -1 and how to get FullHD support. And why would they have to.. its ridiculous that the installer doesn't do this by itself ( and by that I do not mean asking, just detecting and doing ).
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Kenzi 27 Jan 2013, 16:06
Good job Excite, keep it up!
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potty 27 Jan 2013, 16:09
I actually like the Download ET button. The only thing I would say about it though, it doesn't stand out much. I know most of us have ET but it took me a while to notice it was there.
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Woooooo 27 Jan 2013, 16:11
Nothing really stands out on this website, and something standing out is not in the mind of the design I think xD GG
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Exc1te 27 Jan 2013, 16:12
This is true, but I do not think changing this will be a good idea at this time.

Even though it is fairly obvious that Crossfire is mostly an ET only community, we do not really offer anything in the form of starting guides and such nor are we actually advertising ET on the homepage of some sort. This means that I do not believe that something like moving the Download ET button to the header and making it bigger would suffice, I think Crossfire can be of a greater help than that and maybe we will have some kind of way of doing so in the future.

One suggestion I have is removing some rotator items and really showing the ET logo and getting started or something.. Igor was working on some ET related things but the development on that stopped for some reason I don't know.
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montage 27 Jan 2013, 16:44
:O
thanks,feels better now.
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ag0n 27 Jan 2013, 16:50
Since you are working on few updates, i would like to suggest some stuff:

- Fix bb-code, specially when it comes to TABLE usage
- At Profile, it says "Lives in <<Country Flag>>". I would suggest to replace it with the geolocation of the user. Old CF allowed us to know where the user was living. So any user could use the flag they want, but the "Live in" would allow us to know the real flag.
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fumble 27 Jan 2013, 17:48
Good job!
One suggestion: Add recent visitors on profiles!
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Exc1te 27 Jan 2013, 18:10
The code is there, just whether we should or not is still uncertain.
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quebratolas 27 Jan 2013, 18:50
last seen in: 27/01/2013 @ profile - so we dont private message zombie users
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Exc1te 27 Jan 2013, 18:51
what?
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quebratolas 27 Jan 2013, 18:53
feature at profile: "last seen in #DATE"

...so we dont private message zombie users
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