Comment mandatory for a 0/5 star rating

erei1 · December 2012

I just took a 1/5 rating and no explanations. That's my first one. I already took a 2/5 before, with no explanations either. My mission have an average 3.8/5 rating for 50 people, which probably mean it's a good mission. Especially considering it's a french mission, and there isn't a lot of french player.
I suppose this bad rating comes from someone who didn't like something specific, or found a random bug (lots of bugs with s7). Or maybe it's a mistake. In any case I want to know why, see if I can improve my mission.

We spend hours to make those missions. Taking a 1 is not fun and I guess we all want to know why such a harsh criticism.

With many "new" people playing foundry mission, because of the "Investigate officer report" revamp, it will happen more than before.

That's why I suggest you can't earn a 1/5 rating with no comment. It will stop many mistakes, or at least show it was a mistake, and the comment may help us to improve our mission.

zahinder · December 2012

You aren't allowed to comment on a 'na' or 0 star rating. I've had to drop missions because I found them too confusing or bugged. In some cases I take the mission a second time to get to the right place.

nagorak · December 2012

Since when can you get zero stars? It used to be that 1 star was the lowest. Does a zero actually count toward the average rating?

zahinder · December 2012

I assumes he means 'doesn't leave a comment' and just canceling out. Maybe I'm wrong.

dareau · December 2012

Is the mission in French?

Sadly, there are all too many English speakers who automatically assume that the world is "English or bust" and anything not English is too hard to comprehend (and an automatic 0/5)...

Sadly, I don't understand French, so I can't try the mission to see how good it really is. However, I hope you the best in your endeavors...

erei1 · December 2012

nagorak wrote: »

Since when can you get zero stars? It used to be that 1 star was the lowest. Does a zero actually count toward the average rating?

Yes, sorry about the confusion. It's a 1/5, IE the lowest rating. Editing my first post.
See, it's so new to me, I though it was a 0 !

dareau wrote: »

Is the mission in French?

Sadly, there are all too many English speakers who automatically assume that the world is "English or bust" and anything not English is too hard to comprehend (and an automatic 0/5)...

Sadly, I don't understand French, so I can't try the mission to see how good it really is. However, I hope you the best in your endeavors...

Yes it is. I've check the "french mission" in the foundry. You can see it using the "custom" and "Fran?ais" filter, but you shouldn't be able to see it if you look for english/any missions. Also, the description and the title are in french.

It's more about the lack of explanation than a whine or rage about the rating. 1 bad rating is no big deal, but I think we all want to know why we take such a bad rating, when we take one, and a comment should be mandatory for the lowest rating.

beerstickman · December 2012

Dont get to frustrated. When people search or browse the mission there is a language tab. If they are not using that, its their fault. Of course it wouldnt hurt to make sure you put what language the mission is in on the description. That would be another safeguard.

markhawkman · December 2012

Hmm.... Where is the actual starting point for your mission?

I talked to Linnea and Ford, but when "De l'art de la patience" I couldn't figure out where to go.

No I don't actually speak french. That might have soemthing to do with it... heh...

erei1 · December 2012

markhawkman wrote: »

Hmm.... Where is the actual starting point for your mission?

I talked to Linnea and Ford, but when "De l'art de la patience" I couldn't figure out where to go.

No I don't actually speak french. That might have soemthing to do with it... heh...

For some reason it doesn't show on the map (never did), so I tell people where to go. In french, that's it^^
It's in front of the transporter room, in the corridor to the middle of ESD. There are 2 doors in front of each other, it's one of them (the one on your right if you are coming from the transporter room). If you use the "v"key or the scan button it should work. It did when I released the mission^^

I've translated the mission in english months ago, but not published it. My english is not really good, and I need to be sure everything is fine before releasing it, or I'll probably get bashed.

I've tested the mission several time, even yesterday, and everything is working. Yesterday some loading time were really long, and some ships vanish in the end (same bug than with the ships in the narendra patrol mission, probably because it's the same ships), but it's working. For some reason the vanishing ship count as "dead".

Thanks for trying anyway, that was nice of you

beerstickman wrote: »

Dont get to frustrated. When people search or browse the mission there is a language tab. If they are not using that, its their fault. Of course it wouldnt hurt to make sure you put what language the mission is in on the description. That would be another safeguard.

I didn't put it was a french mission in the description. I use the "french" option in the editor however, and the french description should make it quite obvious^^
I checked yesterday, and the mission doesn't show up using "custom + english" or just "custom" filter. you really need to use "custom + french" filter.

markhawkman · December 2012

erei1 wrote: »

For some reason it doesn't show on the map (never did), so I tell people where to go. In french, that's it^^
It's in front of the transporter room, in the corridor to the middle of ESD. There are 2 doors in front of each other, it's one of them (the one on your right if you are coming from the transporter room). If you use the "v"key or the scan button it should work. It did when I released the mission^^

I've translated the mission in english months ago, but not published it. My english is not really good, and I need to be sure everything is fine before releasing it, or I'll probably get bashed.

I've tested the mission several time, even yesterday, and everything is working. Yesterday some loading time were really long, and some ships vanish in the end (same bug than with the ships in the narendra patrol mission, probably because it's the same ships), but it's working. For some reason the vanishing ship count as "dead".

Thanks for trying anyway, that was nice of you

I didn't put it was a french mission in the description. I use the "french" option in the editor however, and the french description should make it quite obvious^^
I checked yesterday, and the mission doesn't show up using "custom + english" or just "custom" filter. you really need to use "custom + french" filter.

Yeah I forgot to mention that I had to use custom + french to find it.

Oh and I found the entry point. It's a door in the hallway near the transporter.

markhawkman · December 2012

Well I finished the mission. I like it.

Not sure what was going on sometimes, but it was fun overall.

planete inconnue: you have the wrong Undine labeled Captain.

I know Soldat means Soldier in German, what does it mean in French? (most of the Hirogen enemies are lebeled 'Soldat Hirogene')

erei1 · December 2012

markhawkman wrote: »

Well I finished the mission. I like it. Not sure what was going on sometimes, but it was fun overall.

planete inconnue: you have the wrong Undine labeled Captain.

I know Soldat means Soldier in German, what does it mean in French? (most of the Hirogen enemies are lebeled 'Soldat Hirogene')

Soldat mean the same in French

When I created the mission I didn't know what was the default name for the Hirogens. During the story you learn those Hirogens where Hunters, but became Soldiers because of a third faction who are using them. You suspect it's the Iconians (there was that Iconian gate, so I had to include them somewhere^^).
I'll check the captain. It's not easy to see who's the officer in a group, usually he stand away from the others by default, but not every time.
Thank you for playing and leaving a comment

ajstoner · December 2012

erei1 wrote: »

It's not easy to see who's the officer in a group, usually he stand away from the others by default, but not every time.

That IS a major annoyance in the Foundry. The only way to be sure which character is which in a mob is to do a test play and check their names on the map before you enter the area to see how they are arranged. If the characters were always in decending order of rank (i.e. player 1 is always the high level) they would be much easier to work with.

markhawkman · December 2012

I don't think you need to type in names for each enemy. the game should automatically fill in names if you don't.

ajstoner · December 2012

Yes but sometimes you want to reskin them or assign character names.

erei1 · December 2012

markhawkman wrote: »

I don't think you need to type in names for each enemy. the game should automatically fill in names if you don't.

Didn't know that ! Thank you !

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