Toribash
Original Post
couple of forum features
can we have thing like "status" icons avaible to paste in posts showing if player is ingame or on forum,

example how it may look

[status]snake[/status]

which will return something like this:

snake

where green is online on forum and blue one is online ingame, clicking on blue will launch client and let you join, clicking on green will open new pm window

it will let you check if person you are looking for is avaiable and to get to him in mere click.
tell me about aikido
~referencing Dark Souls in suicidal threads since 13/01/15
but for that you need to open each profile, while if this will be implemented the way described in OP you will be able to do it having a whole list of people infront of you.

for example clan page or org page, so you don't have to find each post / profile to check
tell me about aikido
~referencing Dark Souls in suicidal threads since 13/01/15
Originally Posted by Lightningkid View Post
Just going to point this out... That's not what you wrote in your original post.

in OP i was describing feature that returns picture with 2 lights, which can be used for org or clan lists.

for example having post with this code

[status]snake[/status]
[status]gastank999[/status]
[status]Lightning[/status]

will result in

snake

gastank999

Lightning


on the OP post of [GW] German Watersports toribash org or (scrubs)scrubs clan page

this is what i ment
tell me about aikido
~referencing Dark Souls in suicidal threads since 13/01/15
Originally Posted by snake View Post
but for that you need to open each profile, while if this will be implemented the way described in OP you will be able to do it having a whole list of people infront of you.

for example clan page or org page, so you don't have to find each post / profile to check

Do you mean; Below a thread title where the thread maker's name is written, your 'available' icons should appear?
Well, technically it's not a bad idea but it's already there once you see a user's post :O.

The availability is delayed to turn off 10 minutes after the user's last activity. Shortening this length should pretty much solve your problem although I'm not sure if this will be an actual eye-catcher.
i mean:

i have OP with list of names
i add [status] tags in OP
i get list of names with pictures in result.

like if i was adding a smile code like this

:dito:
tell me about aikido
~referencing Dark Souls in suicidal threads since 13/01/15
Originally Posted by Lightningkid View Post
That is way more work than searching for the player and seeing if they are online. For that, you will have to make a post, add the tags, and have a working script for an emoticon that can actively refresh itself to find if a player is in game. "Smile codes" are static figures that don't have to pull constantly changing information from somewhere.

obviously.
tell me about aikido
~referencing Dark Souls in suicidal threads since 13/01/15
snake, you do know you could just use this: http://forum.toribash.com/member.php?username=

Although it wouldn't be a bad idea, since you want everyone to see your thread and know who is/isn't online. This would require the devs to work but it isn't that hard since it's only some CSS and some JS to attach it. Nevertheless, I shouldn't judge since I'm not a dev.

Originally Posted by Hacks View Post
In the long run, wouldn't it prove to be more useful? I mean, right now we have too find that persons post; or we have to go to your own profile and type in manually at the top "username=Ligthningkid"

I mean, if any org/clan can just edit the 'member page' with [status]Lightningkid[/status] and it would prove to be more useful since you know where you can go to see if they are active.


Am I mistaking something?

The idea of it being too 'hard' shouldn't slow it down seeing how far this games progressed, especially with all the cool things Fish has been doing to the forums, a few tweaks to the current format, making it so [status][/status] lines up with the current code that tells users that someone is in-game or last seen here; should be right up the ally to having a green/grey light that could show up next to a name if they are active currently or not.


Although, I do see why you're saying it's 'practically impossible', when it's just a little extra effort from our forum developers. But it would be easier for members to find out if they are currently active just by checking their clan or organization.


And even with that, you can just ctrl + f on most browsers on the main section of toribash forums and type in there name, if they are active it would show. But lets be honest, who's going to take the time to do that? Or rather, really want to do it in the first place?
Not saying I don't do it, because that's currently a fast way. But if they are just in-game and not using the forums, they don't show up online at all on the bottom page of the forums.

And sorry if I'm out of place by posting, just putting in my opinion.

I think I do agree with you and snake, it wouldn't be a bad idea. I mean, if you could put something such as, [status=Cake][/status] and to the right of my name would appear a button notifying I'm online, another green button confirming I'm ingame and perhaps another button of some sort confirming I'm on IRC.

Although there might be some slight difficulties linking the IRC and forum accounts since you can change your nickname at any time. suomynona would have to look into this.
I was considering something like this with the room list that we have. But people seem to be more interested in finding other people rather than rooms. So I might see if I can't get this one done. Everything needed is more or less there. Though it's a little awkward to get it into a post. Not sure how well that'll work out. Might have to try a few different things before I get something good enough.