Modding
Altera Centauri (Released mods and resources)
Bug reporting and patch development
Command Nexus
GotM Archives
Planet Tales
After Action Reports
Theory of Everything
Planetary Datalinks {Should probably be scrapped entirely and content moved to wiki}
{Foreign forums}
Not sure - sisko has always put GotMs in CN, not least because MPlayers love scenarios when they're between MP games. The GotM collection is probably far more mod-heavy than the usual range of scenarios in Altera, and the scenarios really all ought to be grouped together.Code: [Select]Modding
Altera Centauri (Released mods and resources)
Bug reporting and patch development
Command Nexus
GotM Archives
Planet Tales
After Action Reports
Theory of Everything
Planetary Datalinks {Should probably be scrapped entirely and content moved to wiki}
{Foreign forums}
Would be my suggestion. In general, I think we have too many subforums for the level of activity we attract and should consider merging e.g all the modding forums (and then maintaining a stickied index of released mods or a link to a good index of resources on the wiki) and probably merging the planet tales and AARs.
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I'm very interested in your input in this, ete, organizing info efficiently being a special interest of yours.
Theory of Everything
Planet Tales - With TPD and bug/patch gone, it's not crowded here for sure
Modding
Bug reporting and patch development - borderline make it a top level forum in this position, but probably sub for now, see how activity goes with projects
After Action Reports
Command Nexus
Altera Centauri
GotM Archives - Maybe straight subforum of CN, more accessible
{Foreign forums} - Feels uncomfortable having two super low activity forums on top level.. but I don't really like the idea of subforuming them anywhere.
Planetary Datalinks - Moved to a long term (possibly staff-only) archive, the wiki has much better info in general but there
may be a couple of things not moved over yet so best not actually delete.
BE - tales moved to sub&moved to Other games soon.
I don't think it matters where the discussions are, but it would probably be a good idea to give patch releases more visibility that a post in a sub-forum.Usually Yitzi and the others post in Chiron News Network when they release a patch, probably worth doing that for yours?
Do I have a way to post to downloads?...
I will make the patches more visible to everyone sometime this week.We have links to the patches on every page of the forum now (right column under the 'User' box).
No, the core 'business' of the forum is either the Rec Commons or multiplayer, with modding a strong second.Beg to differ. OT is the heart of what's in it for me - this forum is my scam to get interesting people to talk to, as I've freely owned before. But OT is a tail that always tries to wag the dog of gaming, if a robust OT like I still hope for, and that way lies 'poly and the Troll Pit w/ no on-topic worth mentioning besides a fairly healthy Spanish language sub - and that includes their BE, which self biased hasn't given up on, and is a little healthier than our BE - you ought to check it; it's actually moderated.
Yitzi, I'd really like your feedback on the recent thoughts about forum structure and all, as you're the one I most need to please, currently.
-Also, the following:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Meier%27s_Alpha_Centauri
Check the last paragraph. Someone has noticed y'all's work and done some (somewhat sloppy) updating. I'll definitely take it as-is, but there's much room for improvement if we can talk a Wikipedia editor into doing it w/ a suggested text...
-Everyone else can chip in, too.