Foundry down for an undetermined amount of time.

zachariah92

Remember, it's a new module, so the Foundry should be out of commission for an undetermined amount of time.


It happens in every new module.

mindache

Could we at least be informed about its progress?

myrkolith

It all depends on how long it takes them to re-upload all the Foundry Quests. It usually takes a week after each new Module, however it was longer with Mod 6 because of all the bugs and issues etc.

So here's hoping that it will only be a week since I was nearly done the final map of Chapter 3 of my new campaign.

Basically the Foundry quests don't get patched and updated with the patcher, so they have to back them up, take them down and then re-upload them all to make sure they are the same version as the current Neverwinter...

torontodave

Hmm.. I hope it goes up soon. I still have a bunch of details to fix on my finale. =X =X

zachariah92

Now you must pray that all your quests will be not affected by the last patch.

aepoch

This explains it, thank you.

myrkolith

Who knows maybe now that they are re-uploading everything they'll realize that teleporter bug is there and actually fix it after 5 months...

dragoness10

Hooray! More cleaning of exploit quests! More getting rid of those not actually using Foundry for anything other than "get a Book Imp" or some such.

I can wait before reposting mine.

mrgiggles65

I don't think it's possible to get the book imp via authoring exploit quests, doesn't the book imp level require being featured?

eldarth

myrkolith wrote: »

Who knows maybe now that they are re-uploading everything they'll realize that teleporter bug is there and actually fix it after 5 months...

myrkolith

Hey a man can dream Eldarth

zachariah92

Mmm, I don't like it.

Foundry still down, and only around 200 featured quests published for several days.

torontodave

Hmmm.. =/ And the community competition close date is approaching rapidly. =/ I really hope it's up soon.

It's like a storefront with boarded up windows, you really hope they're doing renovations and building something that will be a nice addition to the neighbourhood. ;D

eldarth

torontodave wrote: »

Hmmm.. =/ And the community competition close date is approaching rapidly. =/ I really hope it's up soon.

I'll extend the close date to be at least a week after foundry comes back up if needed.​​

torontodave

torontodave wrote: »

It's like a storefront with boarded up windows, you really hope they're doing renovations and building something that will be a nice addition to the neighbourhood. ;D

The hammering of a Dwarf woke me thismorning.. ;D

I got a buncha stale Foundry quest achievements pop today.. So something is being worked on in the Foundry.. ;D
(Play and review at least 1 quest for 14 days in a row? I think?)

valcontar73

No, I've got the same achievements a while ago.

I guess people are playing and reviewing our foundries, because nowadays I'm not reviewing any of them and I've got the achievement.

The tooltip of this achievement is wrong I think, is not that you need to play and review, is someone else who needs to play and review your published foundries.

And there are the same 155 foundries published, for several days, even after the last patch.

richarddalamir

I'm just glad I managed to get one of my quests through before the foundry went down. Looks like it's getting some attention in the Featured category, so that's good. Let's hope it comes back up soon.

myrkolith

Well there are 2 sets of feats, Foundry building and Foundry playing, you need both sets of feats in order to keep ranking up. So some feats are related to people playing your foundry, but then the other category is related to you playing other people's stuff.

I got that feat popping up as well, perhaps they gave it to us as a bonus for it being down so long this time. I'm working on the do that 4-8 times in a row one, I forget which it is.

guitarzan698

Come on... how long has the foundry been down now? A week? Two?... longer? Can we have some word on how long the expected down time is going to be, please?

richarddalamir

Okay, I know Cryptic must have a lot to do, but this is ridiculous.

myrkolith

It has taken longer with each new Module released, because we continue to create more Foundry quests, so the number they have to re-upload and such goes up also. It took about 2-3 weeks last Module for all the quests to return, so the fact that the Foundry itself hasn't come back and only some of the Featured quests have returned so far, means they are definately behind this time.

valcontar73

It keeps stuck (for several days) at 155 published "Featured" foundries.

I'm a bit afraid of why they can't continue to upload the other "regular" foundries.

It's like the process that uploads the foundries finds an error just after the 155 published foundries and then stops.

torontodave

I'm REALLY hoping it means work's being done. ;D

eldarth

torontodave wrote: »

I'm REALLY hoping it means work's being done. ;D

Not a snowballs chance in hell -- they've still got Rage of Demons module to get done.​​

elatha

Soooo, the foundry has been down since July 24th?
It is now August 29th....
Is there even a slight indication that it will be up sooner OR later?
~_~

valcontar73

elatha said:

Soooo, the foundry has been down since July 24th?
It is now August 29th....
Is there even a slight indication that it will be up sooner OR later?
~_~

As soon as the "regular non-featured" foundries begin to pop up in the catalog.

elatha

valcontar73 said:

elatha said:

Soooo, the foundry has been down since July 24th?
It is now August 29th....
Is there even a slight indication that it will be up sooner OR later?
~_~

As soon as the "regular non-featured" foundries begin to pop up in the catalog.

So, no: no indication from the powers that be of an eta. Just keep an eye on the forums and game....
(~_~) {{... sips his [__]D }}

valcontar73

Enraged PvP players ask for some dumb question: Devs give an answer.
Enraged PvE players ask for some dumb question: Devs give an answer.
Enraged Foundry authors ask for something politely: The answer is... silence.

reiwulf

I don't know if we're supposed to be used to being ignored by now. but I don't think we should just calmly wait for it to come back. if we don't explain our concerns it'll take longer for it to come back I think...

edgarjoseph

The issue with the foundry is that it has not been monetized. There is no pay to win element to it. If they were to add options for the whales in foundry so that you could access better assets, sound bites, larger map files, etc. Then we would see more support... As it stands, it's simply a fun little side project. It doesn't generate revenue so it is not important... Good luck!

guitarzan698

WOW. Edgarjoseph... you are exactly correct! DING! DING! ... not monetized.

Ok.. HEY CRYPTIC: Either monetize it.. and turn it back on... or give up on it and say so.
I'm gonna go play RIFT... and wait for Sword Coast Legends....