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Fleet Name Fix Up Tomorrow

SystemSystem Member, NoReporting Posts: 178,019 Arc User
edited December 2011 in Galactic News Network [PC]
Hi gang!

Last week during our maintenance we fixed a bug which was allowing people to create fleets using names which were already taken. Now that this bug has been fixed, we'll be running script tomorrow (Friday, November 11, 2011) to remove duplicate fleet names from the game.

What this means:

If you belong to a fleet which currently has a "shared" fleet name, your fleet name may be changed tomorrow when this script is ran.

If your fleet was the first one created using a given name, your fleet name will remain unchanged.

If your fleet was created using the same name as another fleet, after the original fleet using that name was created, your fleet name will be changed. As an example:
  • The First instance of [Fleet] will remain unchanged.
  • The second instance of [Fleet] will become [Fleet] B.
  • The third instance would become [Fleet] C, etc.

Fleet leaders, should your fleets name be changed during this fix up, and you are not happy with the new name provided, you may change your fleet name. Doing so is both easy, and free. To do so:
  1. Open the fleet window
  2. Click on the information tab
  3. Find your fleet's name in the top left, and click Edit
  4. Type in your desired new name, and then click save
  5. As long as your new fleet name is unique, and conforms to the TOS, it will be permitted.

Should you have any questions regarding this, or should you experience any difficulties renaming your fleet, please respond to this thread, and I will do my best to assist you.

Thanks,

Stormshade
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2011
    Will this also fix Fleets locked out from showing up in the Fleet Finder?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2011
    Firix wrote:
    Will this also fix Fleets locked out from showing up in the Fleet Finder?

    Same question.

    We have been locked out for 6 months while waiting for a fix on this.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2011
    Same question.

    We have been locked out for 6 months while waiting for a fix on this.

    Same with my own. Any word on a fix for this, Shade?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2011
    If the script is done running through the database by now then it didn't fix the "being locked out" issue :(:(
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2011
    Glad I'm not in one:D
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2011
    It looks like this fix didn't go out on Friday as planned gang. It should be happening today. I'll update the thread once it is done.

    Thanks,

    Stormshade
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2011
    StormShade wrote:
    It looks like this fix didn't go out on Friday as planned gang. It should be happening today. I'll update the thread once it is done.

    Thanks,

    Stormshade

    Ok thanks for the update
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2011
    This has now been performed. If any fleets are still experiencing any lockout issues, please let us know.

    Thanks,

    Shaun
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2011
    StormShade wrote:
    This has now been performed. If any fleets are still experiencing any lockout issues, please let us know.

    Thanks,

    Shaun

    My fleet "12th Fleet" that is ran by me is still locked out and still displays this message:
    "This fleet has been blocked from appearing in Fleet Searches - contact a GM"
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2011
    Hmm my fleet got a B put on the end, yet to my fleets knowledge there is no other 'United Federation of Planets', I have seen a 'United Federation of Planets.' (with a full stop on the end).

    Also a fleet search shows no other fleet with our name, so why did we get changed when we are the only fleet with that name :confused:
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2011
    Could it be that we are all a part of the UFP? Maybe thats why?

    Just guessin, yet it probably has something to do with what Stormy mentioned.....
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2011
    StormShade wrote:
    This has now been performed. If any fleets are still experiencing any lockout issues, please let us know.

    Thanks,

    Shaun

    My fleet "12th Fleet" that is ran by me is still locked out and still displays this message:
    "This fleet has been blocked from appearing in Fleet Searches - contact a GM"

    Any status update about this or will we have to wait another 6 months?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2011
    Pretty sure my fleet has this issue as well. We have a B beside our name, but have been a fleet for well over six months now.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2011
    Any update on this matter or are we forgotten again?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2011
    Two of the biggest fleets in the game being ignored. Fleets that at least try to bring people to STO and keep them interested. Fleets that stick with STO.

    Sort out the issue Cryptic.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2011
    Why should always have 5 man your own fleet wants to make why not with a man
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2011
    Maziken wrote:
    Pretty sure my fleet has this issue as well. We have a B beside our name, but have been a fleet for well over six months now.

    Likewise - probably closer to a year if not more.

    Edit: In fact it has been over a year, I just checked..
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2011
    StormShade wrote:
    Hi gang!

    Last week during our maintenance we fixed a bug which was allowing people to create fleets using names which were already taken. Now that this bug has been fixed, we'll be running script tomorrow (Friday, November 11, 2011) to remove duplicate fleet names from the game.

    What this means:

    If you belong to a fleet which currently has a "shared" fleet name, your fleet name may be changed tomorrow when this script is ran.

    If your fleet was the first one created using a given name, your fleet name will remain unchanged.

    If your fleet was created using the same name as another fleet, after the original fleet using that name was created, your fleet name will be changed. As an example:
    • The First instance of [Fleet] will remain unchanged.
    • The second instance of [Fleet] will become [Fleet] B.
    • The third instance would become [Fleet] C, etc.

    Fleet leaders, should your fleets name be changed during this fix up, and you are not happy with the new name provided, you may change your fleet name. Doing so is both easy, and free. To do so:
    1. Open the fleet window
    2. Click on the information tab
    3. Find your fleet's name in the top left, and click Edit
    4. Type in your desired new name, and then click save
    5. As long as your new fleet name is unique, and conforms to the TOS, it will be permitted.

    Should you have any questions regarding this, or should you experience any difficulties renaming your fleet, please respond to this thread, and I will do my best to assist you.

    Thanks,

    Stormshade

    So how long has this error in creating fleet names been happening, Stormy? Forgive me, but I want in-game contact and I want the stardate the other fleet matching my fleet's name was created.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2011
    Perhaps old Fleets, now inactive, with the same name causing these issues?

    Look here, the list of officially registered Fleets before game launch, in 2008.
    http://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?t=9791&page=17

    Took me all of 10 seconds to see another United Federation of Planets fleet and a 12th fleet
    So, obviously, judging by your stated fleet ages, you are not the first to come up with that name, no matter how big you are now. ;)

    Just guessing, but since no one else seems to have an answer...

    I just wonder how many of those fleets listed there are still alive...?
    That would an interesting comparison.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2011
    Perhaps old Fleets, now inactive, with the same name causing these issues?

    Look here, the list of officially registered Fleets before game launch, in 2008.
    http://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?t=9791&page=17

    Took me all of 10 seconds to see another United Federation of Planets fleet and a 12th fleet
    So, obviously, judging by your stated fleet ages, you are not the first to come up with that name, no matter how big you are now. ;)

    Just guessing, but since no one else seems to have an answer...

    I just wonder how many of those fleets listed there are still alive...?
    That would an interesting comparison.

    That 12th fleet is actually us.

    We had the fleet and site up and running 6-7 months before the game went live.
    We had in game fleet in Open beta and we re-created the fleet during the 1st few minutes of headstart so I seriously doubt there is another 12th Fleet in game that is older than ours.

    I'm also pretty sure that the UFP that is currently in game is the same as the one you see on that list and share a similar story as the 12th.

    Thankfully we haven't been renamed by this and it has been confirmed that the issue where some fleets are blocked from fleet searches will get fixed soon.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2011
    fleets are blocked from fleet searches will get fixed soon.

    Soon TM you mean. I hate to say it but we get that a lot around here.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2011
    That 12th fleet is actually us.

    We had the fleet and site up and running 6-7 months before the game went live.
    We had in game fleet in Open beta and we re-created the fleet during the 1st few minutes of headstart so I seriously doubt there is another 12th Fleet in game that is older than ours.

    I'm also pretty sure that the UFP that is currently in game is the same as the one you see on that list and share a similar story as the 12th.

    Thankfully we haven't been renamed by this and it has been confirmed that the issue where some fleets are blocked from fleet searches will get fixed soon.

    lol..Ok, well, shoots that idea down...donno, then.
    It occured to me while reading the post and I offered it as a possible answer since there seems to be no other answers.
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