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Previewing Maps

captainraven81captainraven81 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
edited October 2012 in The Foundry for Star Trek Online - Discussion & Feedback
Is there anyway to allow someone to preview your map before publishing it?
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  • hippiejonhippiejon Member Posts: 1,581 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    None that I have seen. But publishing so you can see how it plays in a live environment is part of the process I have found.
  • zorbanezorbane Member Posts: 1,617 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    hippiejon wrote: »
    None that I have seen. But publishing so you can see how it plays in a live environment is part of the process I have found.

    You can also withdraw it once your testers have picked the mission up. They won't lose it.
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  • hippiejonhippiejon Member Posts: 1,581 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    zorbane wrote: »
    You can also withdraw it once your testers have picked the mission up. They won't lose it.

    That is really great to know !
    Zorbane , you are the cause of me learning at least 2 things about being a foundry author today :D

    Thanks
  • captainraven81captainraven81 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    LoL. Ok, that works for Me. Thanks for the advice.
  • crypticarmsmancrypticarmsman Member Posts: 4,115 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    They need to add a 'Preview Publish' option where the author can publish a mission for his own playtesting (or playtesting with friends); but NOT have it appear on the Public reviewer or main mission list until it's 'Published Normally' (or whatever Cryptic chooses to call it.)

    And if they want to prevent possible abuse as they (Cryptic) might see it; they could make it so only one mission in the author's list can be in 'Preview Publish' status.

    The way it is now - it's too easy to get 1 starred in the review process because another reviewer decides to play a mission while an author is still in effect play testing to find out if the mission plays as intended AFTER publishing.
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  • zorbanezorbane Member Posts: 1,617 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    hippiejon wrote: »
    That is really great to know !
    Zorbane , you are the cause of me learning at least 2 things about being a foundry author today :D

    Thanks

    Lol you're welcome! What was the second thing?
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  • hippiejonhippiejon Member Posts: 1,581 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    zorbane wrote: »
    Lol you're welcome! What was the second thing?

    That it takes 5 reviews for your mission to get actually "Live" and not "in review"
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