Putting out a small update today, mostly small performance tweaks to resource lists and a couple bug fixes. Along with it though is honorary user titles. If you click on a user name to go to someones profile page, you will now see a title associated with each person based on their activity on the site. Click the profile link up top to check out your own!
Details of tweaks:
- Improved performance of some small image retrieval.
- Shortened time to populate hidden groups on resource list page.
- Fixed bug causing resource list groups to sometimes populate twice if clicked.
- Switched to smaller busy wait image graphic.
- Added total counts for current and all time spawns on home page.
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Date: 2011-05-19 06:21:26, 12 years and 355 days ago
A bunch of small tweaks have been released today, mostly related to waypoint maps. You can now verify and mark unavailable waypoints. If you use a waypoint someone posted, finding the concentration accurate when you get there, click the green checkmark in the waypoint list for it to acknowlege that it is good for others who might come across it. When a resource is marked unavailable, the waypoints for it have always automatically gone off the map, but since resources can sometimes move before they go away, we needed a way for anyone to indicate that they are not available at a location anymore. If you travel to a waypoint and find that the concentration listed is no longer there, click the X in the waypoint row for it to mark it as unavailable. The waypoint will go red on the map, eventually go away if enough people with experience mark it.
Other updates coming on today include:
- Added resource type column to resource history on stats page.
- Changed resource names to be links to resource page in waypoint lists.
- Add badge for users on their page for those who have donated to the site. (Thank you for covering costs for the first time last month!)
- Changed the information for a waypoint listed on the resource page to display how long ago it was added instead of spawn name.
- Added automatic refreshing of waypoints when making entries or changes.
For those who haven't stopped by the suggestions in a bit, I got it updated so you can comment on suggestions to help facilitate conversation around the items. Stop by and check it out!
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Date: 2011-03-03 06:21:29, 13 years and 67 days ago
First of all let me say, forums are great. For discussions that is, but not really so much for sharing a constantly changing set of x,y coordinates on planets. So, if people want to share waypoints, why not do it in a convenient place? Well, starting now you can. Check out the new Waypoint Maps feature and start sharing all those great locations (except your own top secret ones of course ;-) - but we'll have a way for you to store those too privately or with your friends at some point).
Check out the help section on waypoints for more details on how this new feature works. On a side note, if you want to get the most out of this tool, you'll want to view it using a browser that supports the graphics features needed to draw the maps. If you use Firefox, Chrome, or Safari you're probably set, but the newest Internet Explorer doesn't quite support it yet as of version 8. It sounds like Internet Explorer 9 will support it, but until then...
Any feedback on this new feature is welcome, and can be shared here, or via email using the contact link at the bottom of the page. I'm sure some great ideas on how to tweak it will come up after some of you try it out.
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Date: 2011-02-06 06:21:30, 13 years and 92 days ago
Hi Everyone,
Welcome back, and sorry we were away for a while. We should be here at http://galaxyharvester.net for a while now!
We're running in a new environment which required some adjusting, so I did some testing and fixed some things that needed fixing, but if you find anything amiss, please report it here, or to galaxyharvester@gmail.com.
As always, thanks for updating the site, and happy hunting!
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Date: 2011-01-26 06:21:24, 13 years and 103 days ago
A wave of change hit SWG Emu while I was out of touch for a week or so. Thanks to your heads up though, Galaxy Harvester was set up for the new Liberator galaxy a couple days ago. The resources have already started flowing in, so it looks like that will not be news to many. Today, a new galaxy was also added for the seventh wipe of Test Center with the object restructure code.
While things have been pretty quiet, work has been continuing on some of the larger features suggested over on the suggestions page. At least one of them is getting close to completion though, so hopefully it can be released soon. Please share any new ideas you may have as well, the suggestions page is always open. Or if you're new to the site with the Liberator server opening up, consider voting on the ideas there too.
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Date: 2011-01-13 06:21:28, 13 years and 116 days ago
The galaxy has been refreshed once again!
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Date: 2010-10-09 06:21:31, 13 years and 212 days ago
It's a fresh new galaxy again, and it's sure to happen many more times. "TC Nova O.R. 2" is the new active galaxy if you're tracking resources during testing. While Galaxy Harvester is much less utilized in an active testing, blue frog environment, we'll continue to refresh to a new galaxy for each wipe as long as people are using it. And who knows, maybe we'll even get a few new features set up in time for Suncrusher!
Happy Testing!
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Date: 2010-10-03 06:21:29, 13 years and 218 days ago
Well, the wipe party is over and it's time to get back to work with some real testing. With the complete wipe in game, we will also be starting over from scratch here at Galaxy Harvester. The old "TC Nova" galaxy will be frozen, and the new galaxy available in the galaxy drop down list at the top right of ever page named "TC Nova OR Wipe" will be open for resource reports. New visitors will default to the new galaxy, but if your a GH regular, you may need to select the new galaxy from the drop down once.
See you in the OR!
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Date: 2010-09-30 06:21:27, 13 years and 221 days ago
Well, the people have spoken and today we bring you the top voted suggestion so far. Suggested by jmatt, the new survey verify tool brings you a new easy way to check for resource changes. Just select a planet and survey tool to bring up a list of current available resources as listed on Galaxy Harvester for easy comparison to what you see in game. You can then use the verify or remove checkboxes and the buttons at the top of the list to clear out the old, or verify what is still sticking around. There is also a quick resource add box below the planet and tool selection so you can add in those new ones without leaving the screen.
Thanks again for the suggestion jmatt! If you haven't already voted or submitted your suggestions, be sure to head over and put in your 2 credits here. It looks like favorites is the current leader of the pack now, so that will most likely be the next thing to get done.
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Date: 2010-09-19 06:21:25, 13 years and 232 days ago
Really, I want to know. Head on over to the feedback page and submit a suggestion for the site, or vote on ones already there. A few suggestions that we have gotten from people by email so far have already been added. If you have a suggestion, it might be a good idea to browse or search the ones already there to see if someone else already had the same idea.
We want to use this not only as a way to find out what you want to see on the site, but also as a guide to what most people are most interested in. That way we know what features to work on first. But that will only work if you cast your votes!
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Date: 2010-09-09 18:06:12, 13 years and 242 days ago
