Guild of Writers

Ok so here's my idea for solving the sequence prefix issue (if there is one, it may just be my pet peeve). The issue (in my view) is this: the fact that everyone takes out-of-order numbers. Perhaps when submitting an age (thats another part, see below), it tells you (thru the magic of a db and php) what the prefix # should be (it picks the next unused number). Then we have someone who reviews the file and makes sure the prefix is right. Once it passes screening, it is then made public.

My idea for UAM is to actually make a website (uam.agebuilder.org?) for uploading the files to the uam server. It would have 3-7 boxes where you would put the locations of the prps on your computer, as well as the fni, sum, and python files plus the automatically-generated prefix #. The site would get an ftp connection to the server, and the age would be checked by a human (I'd do it, if nobody else wants to) for the right prefix, and to make sure it isn't spam, I guess.

Yes, the prefix fix (ha ha) would require all old fan ages to be reinstalled to avoid prefix clashes, and the site would have to be written, but I can see it working... :huh:

Of course, it's just an idea. :rolleyes:

That would be more pain than it's worth really. You'd have to delete all saved games that you visited fan ages on. And shards that have fans ages on them would have to have their vaults trashed. And don't say none of the important shards with big vaults run fan made ages BECAUSE my shard and TDS run fan made ages and they have huge vaults.

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Might I add that the prefixes are ticking time bombs? If you screw with them, they're gonna explode on you. And if they do, don't come crying to me. I'll laugh at you if they do.

So why'd you screw with them?

With this reasoning you only have two options really. Leave it be, get chaos (basically, what happened with weapon IDs in Total Annihilation) or have one central list. The second is in place, somewhat, but the only real organisation of them can be done by Cyan, I think.