Zen store product placement is the way to leverage the foundry to generate more revenue. Movies and television figured that out decades ago. Cryptic/PWE is just apparently slow in the marketing department.
Actually, that's a pretty good idea.
It will generate indirect revenue for PWE, which will encourage PWE to work towards encouraging people to take up authoring and use the foundry, by improving the foundry.
Indeed, we have... I am able to access all of my campaigns/quests in the game so at least people can play my campaigns. Still don't have the editor, though . It probably won't be fixed until Tuesdays sweep depressing, I know .
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apocrs1980Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, SilverstarsPosts: 0Arc User
Foundry down FOUR days.
(Well, really SIX since devs have all gone home for weekend and Foundry authors will have now lost entire weekend.)
I think we've now beaten the Module 1 release Foundry downtime.
It will be brought back up next month. :P
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orangefireeMember, NW M9 PlaytestPosts: 1,148Arc User
edited May 2014
Uh, they said nothing about connecting the zen market to the foundry. That was a player's idea. Also, this downtime only happens with modules which we get like 3 or so per year of.
Neverwinter players are stubborn things....until you strip them down to bone. (Cursed players, my flowers, MINE!) Oh how I plotted their demise.
And now they're talking about connecting the Foundry system with the overpriced Zen market? If that's true,
NO, that is absolutely NOT true. It was a "request" that *I* posted to place Zen story items into their foundry quests. Similar to "product placement" on television/movies. Read the actual Zen product placement request.
Cryptic/PWE could then provide a "more information" button on the review dialog window.
... or a "show me a list of Zen items used and their prices that I can then click on to take me to that item in the Zen store for details, or to purchase" button.
NOT connecting Zen store to Foundry. As I and others have mentioned, that would very likely completely kill the Foundry.
Whether people believe it is an "untapped source of revenue" for PWE/Cryptic, it has never been their business model to paygate any sort of content in any of their games behind paid DLC. All content that PWE provides is, and will always be, 100% free. Haven't seen it in STO and it's had Foundry content available for a LOT longer than Neverwinter has.
Furthermore, I think WotC may or may not have something to say about that.
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Hello I been working on my foundry for about two weeks now. and when that update it came out it has mess foundry.
I been checking everyday to make sure foundry is back, but it still down when will foundry will be back up again?
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apocrs1980Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, SilverstarsPosts: 0Arc User
edited May 2014
That's the big question that no one can seem to answer.
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Hmm, while we're on topic of fixing bugs and adding stuff, anyone knows if the costume creator stayed the same or do we have to use the 'plastic face' models they forced on us?
Sooo.... I use foundry editor to have an 'insight' on the details of the costume of separate characters.
In this manner my little elvish project is hurt by editor's unavailability as much as by my currently dead scanner T_T
I trully am together with eldarth, klkcahboy90 and all other of you dear foundry peeps which I still did not had luck to talk with yet. We can only hope it ends soon and we get our PRRREEEEEEEECIIOUUUSSSSSSSSSSSS... ehem...soon enough.
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apocrs1980Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, SilverstarsPosts: 0Arc User
Hmm, while we're on topic of fixing bugs and adding stuff, anyone knows if the costume creator stayed the same or do we have to use the 'plastic face' models they forced on us?
They already changed all the faces to the plastic looking ones. I noticed all of my characters in my foundries look different now
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They already changed all the faces to the plastic looking ones. I noticed all of my characters in my foundries look different now
...Awesome.
But I played through some of my own quest and I don't see any/much difference?
So I'm guessing all the pre-module 3 quests will keep their faces and the new ones will get the plastic ones? That puts a serious dent in my campaign, since I have characters that appear in both quests :x
Ah well, I guess the first thing I will do when editor goes back up is to see how much damage was done to my models
lysendrosMember, Neverwinter Beta UsersPosts: 8Arc User
edited May 2014
Guys...There's a Foundry update in about two days. From past experience, what they try to do is bring the Foundry up on a day where they do a Foundry update, so my guess is that it'll be up in two days...
Don't take my word for it, though; I don't have any insight into how Cryptic/PWE works...
Guys...There's a Foundry update in about two days. From past experience, what they try to do is bring the Foundry up on a day where they do a Foundry update, so my guess is that it'll be up in two days...
Don't take my word for it, though; I don't have any insight into how Cryptic/PWE works...
Though, it still might be good guess in this often panicked world good sir . Let us hope
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imaginaerum1Member, NW M9 PlaytestPosts: 378Arc User
Guys...There's a Foundry update in about two days. From past experience, what they try to do is bring the Foundry up on a day where they do a Foundry update, so my guess is that it'll be up in two days...
Don't take my word for it, though; I don't have any insight into how Cryptic/PWE works...
No problem. I can wait another two days for it to maybe be back up.
Really, I can. I... can... AARGH! MUST HAVE EDITOR BACK!
I think what lysendros meant is that in the past modules, the foundry is brought back up usually on a day when there is "Foundry Update" on the calendar which is Wednesday.
The featured foundries so far have been updated every Tuesday fortnightly.
I don't know of any updates that happen every week, even though the calendar may show "Foundry Update" as weekly on Wednesdays.
I think there is a foundry screenshot thing. Maybe that's updated weekly.
By right, there's a spotlight (video made on a selected foundry) too but that's still inactive if I'm not wrong.
I suspect nothing will happen until at least the weekly patch/server restart on Thursday.
/Toolset I use is not broken, gets new assets on a regular basis.
// just added dust and sand elementals, death giants, another gibbering mouther, and bariaurs (Yay Planescape!)
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1. The Haronomous Saga NWS-DJIKP5IWK a four part, story driven, campaign.
2. The Ruins of Xylon NWS-DC76ORA4I a two part, dungeon crawl.
3. Armor Odyssey NWS-DAUPTR46M a three part, story driven, odyssey.
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Actually, that's a pretty good idea.
It will generate indirect revenue for PWE, which will encourage PWE to work towards encouraging people to take up authoring and use the foundry, by improving the foundry.
(Well, really SIX since devs have all gone home for weekend and Foundry authors will have now lost entire weekend.)
I think we've now beaten the Module 1 release Foundry downtime.
Encounter Matrix | Advanced Foundry Topics
"...projects are never finished, only abandoned....."
HellsHot is a proud member of Scribes' Enclave.
1. The Haronomous Saga NWS-DJIKP5IWK a four part, story driven, campaign.
2. The Ruins of Xylon NWS-DC76ORA4I a two part, dungeon crawl.
3. Armor Odyssey NWS-DAUPTR46M a three part, story driven, odyssey.
It will be brought back up next month. :P
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NO, that is absolutely NOT true. It was a "request" that *I* posted to place Zen story items into their foundry quests. Similar to "product placement" on television/movies. Read the actual Zen product placement request.
Cryptic/PWE could then provide a "more information" button on the review dialog window.
... or a "show me a list of Zen items used and their prices that I can then click on to take me to that item in the Zen store for details, or to purchase" button.
NOT connecting Zen store to Foundry. As I and others have mentioned, that would very likely completely kill the Foundry.
Encounter Matrix | Advanced Foundry Topics
Furthermore, I think WotC may or may not have something to say about that.
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I been checking everyday to make sure foundry is back, but it still down when will foundry will be back up again?
Ravenloft
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The developers supposedly found some bugs with the Foundry and are fixing it, but there's probably not many working on it.
Afterall, there are also many other bugs with the main game they will prioritise fixing.
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In this manner my little elvish project is hurt by editor's unavailability as much as by my currently dead scanner T_T
I trully am together with eldarth, klkcahboy90 and all other of you dear foundry peeps which I still did not had luck to talk with yet. We can only hope it ends soon and we get our PRRREEEEEEEECIIOUUUSSSSSSSSSSSS... ehem...soon enough.
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WELCOME TO MY ART CORNER!
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They already changed all the faces to the plastic looking ones. I noticed all of my characters in my foundries look different now
Ravenloft
Look for@Apocrs1980 or visit the main page here or Ravenloft here
...Awesome.
But I played through some of my own quest and I don't see any/much difference?
So I'm guessing all the pre-module 3 quests will keep their faces and the new ones will get the plastic ones? That puts a serious dent in my campaign, since I have characters that appear in both quests :x
Ah well, I guess the first thing I will do when editor goes back up is to see how much damage was done to my models
Now featured!
'A wayward child' is currently taken down for upgrades
@Moonchips
Don't take my word for it, though; I don't have any insight into how Cryptic/PWE works...
Though, it still might be good guess in this often panicked world good sir
WELCOME TO MY ART CORNER!
"I choose You Jymaru!" ~for there are times when more than words need to do the talk
No problem. I can wait another two days for it to maybe be back up.
Really, I can. I... can... AARGH! MUST HAVE EDITOR BACK!
@Moonchips
The featured foundries so far have been updated every Tuesday fortnightly.
I don't know of any updates that happen every week, even though the calendar may show "Foundry Update" as weekly on Wednesdays.
I think there is a foundry screenshot thing. Maybe that's updated weekly.
By right, there's a spotlight (video made on a selected foundry) too but that's still inactive if I'm not wrong.
/Toolset I use is not broken, gets new assets on a regular basis.
// just added dust and sand elementals, death giants, another gibbering mouther, and bariaurs (Yay Planescape!)
"...projects are never finished, only abandoned....."
HellsHot is a proud member of Scribes' Enclave.
1. The Haronomous Saga NWS-DJIKP5IWK a four part, story driven, campaign.
2. The Ruins of Xylon NWS-DC76ORA4I a two part, dungeon crawl.
3. Armor Odyssey NWS-DAUPTR46M a three part, story driven, odyssey.