Oh and by the way; as I might have mentioned in the SBUGC chat, I don't mind doing detailed playthroughs for the next series (before you officially publish it) if you guys want to.
I tried playing Part V, but had to drop it after two attempts. Once I finish taking control of the Barrington engine room, I'm told to go see Captain Shrall, but I can't find him anywhere inside the green circle area.
Is he not spawning, or do I just not know where to find him?
It seems like occasionally he gets killed during the ground battle. Try to avoid using grenades, see if that helps.
If you're getting reports that NPCs are still getting killed by splash damage, or it's happening again, then please report it as a bug. This is one of those problems that just seems to keep coming back, and breaking missions.
Just wanted to take the time to round out my commentary since my last post.
The final episode did, indeed, help to tie up some of the loose ends that were bothering me.
Maybe it could have spent more time and detail on certain aspects of the storyline, but that would have been at the cost of the flow of action and increasing the play time of the mission. I have to say these are quite long to play as it is.
Overall, it was a huge accomplishment. I would love to see discussion about the process of creating the series and the challenges of a team approach to Foundry design. I would like it even more if it resulted in Foundry improvements to make the process easier and add QoL enhancements for authors.
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Check out the latest episode of The Foundry Roundtable that I posted last night. We brought the project coordinator RogueEnterprise in for just such a discussion, and of course several of the Roundtable hosts (such as yours truly) are involved. Several of us are also guesting on Foundry Files. Scheduled to record that Friday, not sure when it'll be posted. I think the PrimetimeUGC guys are also planning a special episode for it.
We could definitely use some more tools for effective cooperation.
No. 1 - Obviously we need the Costume Import/Export back. We had the bad luck to begin the project right after that was taken out. As it is probably all of the recurring characters look slightly different episode to episode cause we were trying to recreate them from screenshots of the sliders.
No. 2 - Some sort of map import/export that works along the same lines as the costume one. It's rather tedious trying to build from a spreadsheet.
No. 3 - Maybe a way to publish privately, so that only those you invite specifically can see the mission. This would help with test publishing, when you don't want anyone else to see the work. This is a long shot cause it seems like it could help exploiters.
Check out the latest episode of The Foundry Roundtable that I posted last night. We brought the project coordinator RogueEnterprise in for just such a discussion, and of course several of the Roundtable hosts (such as yours truly) are involved. Several of us are also guesting on Foundry Files. Scheduled to record that Friday, not sure when it'll be posted. I think the PrimetimeUGC guys are also planning a special episode for it.
RogueEnterprise also drops a tidbit that goes a long way toward explaining "Purity II". (I won't spoil it here, except to say it confirms what some here had suspected all along.)
Check out the latest episode of The Foundry Roundtable that I posted last night. We brought the project coordinator RogueEnterprise in for just such a discussion, and of course several of the Roundtable hosts (such as yours truly) are involved. Several of us are also guesting on Foundry Files. Scheduled to record that Friday, not sure when it'll be posted. I think the PrimetimeUGC guys are also planning a special episode for it.
We could definitely use some more tools for effective cooperation.
No. 1 - Obviously we need the Costume Import/Export back. We had the bad luck to begin the project right after that was taken out. As it is probably all of the recurring characters look slightly different episode to episode cause we were trying to recreate them from screenshots of the sliders.
No. 2 - Some sort of map import/export that works along the same lines as the costume one. It's rather tedious trying to build from a spreadsheet.
No. 3 - Maybe a way to publish privately, so that only those you invite specifically can see the mission. This would help with test publishing, when you don't want anyone else to see the work. This is a long shot cause it seems like it could help exploiters.
Foundry Missions published in 'Test mode' give no rewards, loot, skill points or anything else. Problem solved
Foundry Missions published in 'Test mode' give no rewards, loot, skill points or anything else. Problem solved
I think the concerns with the current system are:
People can still rate a mission that is in development;
Anyone who plays a test mission to completion adds to the timing statistics that will keep it in "Red Text Hell"; If that test is only five minutes long, it kills the "average mission time" stat. (Missions will not qualify for Foundry rewards if the average play time is under twenty minutes.)
SPOILERS! You don't want people talking about your mission outside of your test group while the mission is in flux.
Now, if you are proposing that Cryptic add the ability to publish in a "Test Mode", where ratings are disabled and mission time statistics aren't counted, yes, that would greatly help. But we don't have anything like that today. Or at least we didn't before Season 8.
Purity VI has bugged reach marker right now. The reach marker is where it should be, but the circle on the minimap is not. This was a bug introduced last week with Season 8, I have reported it, beyond that there's not much I can do right now.
In the meantime, here's a screenshot that will show you where you need to be to trigger it.
Not sure if this would be the right place to ask this. And, maybe it was even covered earlier in the thread, but it's 11 pages and I don't want to spoil anything by reading through it looking for info.
I noticed this series in the foundry and was looking to check it out. But, I can't find Purity I. I've done a custom search in the foundry and don't see it. I see Purity II - VI and Of the Day. Any idea how I find Purity I? Thanks!
Not sure if this would be the right place to ask this. And, maybe it was even covered earlier in the thread, but it's 11 pages and I don't want to spoil anything by reading through it looking for info.
I noticed this series in the foundry and was looking to check it out. But, I can't find Purity I. I've done a custom search in the foundry and don't see it. I see Purity II - VI and Of the Day. Any idea how I find Purity I? Thanks!
It's currently not republishsed yet No idea why, could be just its later in the line or a technical issue with it.
Reach markers aren't working properly right now in any case so you'll run into issues anyways
I am @Rellimtime82, author of "Purity V: Of Leadership", I am posting on this thread asking the STO Community to after this post on this thread to help me fix the type-o's and grammar errors in the episode.
Map
Speaker
Error and Corrections
If you can provide me with these information ASAP; I will see what can be done to fix these problems. Also If you know any map issues please also post them here.
Thank you for playing and helping me with "Purity V: Of Leadership"
Loved every episode except Part 2. Every time I tried to play it My team would beam into a wall when we exited the underground. I'm glad this didn't stop me from playing the other parts. A real nightmare.
Thanks for letting us know. Sometimes things get shifted around in big updates, and there have been several in the year since we made that series. I'll make sure the author knows and can test it to see what's wrong, and if its something he can fix, then he can start the process.
Loved every episode except Part 2. Every time I tried to play it My team would beam into a wall when we exited the underground. I'm glad this didn't stop me from playing the other parts. A real nightmare.
Thanks for playing, I'll try and figure out what's going on.
EDIT: I just ran it and everything seemed to go smoothly.
Can you provide any more information about what happened, where you were and what you were doing at the time when your team was stuck inside the wall?
Thanks for playing, I'll try and figure out what's going on.
EDIT: I just ran it and everything seemed to go smoothly.
Can you provide any more information about what happened, where you were and what you were doing at the time when your team was stuck inside the wall?
I was at my computer in the retirement home playing through all the Purity Episodes back to back in one sitting. Every time I played Chapter 2 (Three Times) my away team would get to the end of the underground and transport to the cit\y and end up in a wall or more to the point inside a building without an egress. I play on an Alienware X18 with wifi to a Zoom modem which is hooked into Cox Cable internet.
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Oh and by the way; as I might have mentioned in the SBUGC chat, I don't mind doing detailed playthroughs for the next series (before you officially publish it) if you guys want to.
Is he not spawning, or do I just not know where to find him?
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Check out my Foundry missions:
Standalone - The Great Escape - The Galaxy's Fair - Purity I: Of Denial - Return to Oblivion
Untitled Series - Duritanium Man - The Improbable Bulk - Commander Rihan
If you're getting reports that NPCs are still getting killed by splash damage, or it's happening again, then please report it as a bug. This is one of those problems that just seems to keep coming back, and breaking missions.
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The final episode did, indeed, help to tie up some of the loose ends that were bothering me.
Maybe it could have spent more time and detail on certain aspects of the storyline, but that would have been at the cost of the flow of action and increasing the play time of the mission. I have to say these are quite long to play as it is.
Overall, it was a huge accomplishment. I would love to see discussion about the process of creating the series and the challenges of a team approach to Foundry design. I would like it even more if it resulted in Foundry improvements to make the process easier and add QoL enhancements for authors.
Link: How to PM - Twitter @STOMod_Bluegeek
We could definitely use some more tools for effective cooperation.
No. 1 - Obviously we need the Costume Import/Export back. We had the bad luck to begin the project right after that was taken out. As it is probably all of the recurring characters look slightly different episode to episode cause we were trying to recreate them from screenshots of the sliders.
No. 2 - Some sort of map import/export that works along the same lines as the costume one. It's rather tedious trying to build from a spreadsheet.
No. 3 - Maybe a way to publish privately, so that only those you invite specifically can see the mission. This would help with test publishing, when you don't want anyone else to see the work. This is a long shot cause it seems like it could help exploiters.
RogueEnterprise also drops a tidbit that goes a long way toward explaining "Purity II". (I won't spoil it here, except to say it confirms what some here had suspected all along.)
My Foundry missions | My STO Wiki page | My Twitter home page
Foundry Missions published in 'Test mode' give no rewards, loot, skill points or anything else. Problem solved
I think the concerns with the current system are:
Now, if you are proposing that Cryptic add the ability to publish in a "Test Mode", where ratings are disabled and mission time statistics aren't counted, yes, that would greatly help. But we don't have anything like that today. Or at least we didn't before Season 8.
Map import would be very useful.
If you want private testing just don't list where the mission starts in the description.
Parallels: my second mission for Fed aligned Romulans.
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In the meantime, here's a screenshot that will show you where you need to be to trigger it.
http://starbaseugc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/purityvi.jpg
I noticed this series in the foundry and was looking to check it out. But, I can't find Purity I. I've done a custom search in the foundry and don't see it. I see Purity II - VI and Of the Day. Any idea how I find Purity I? Thanks!
It's currently not republishsed yet
Reach markers aren't working properly right now in any case so you'll run into issues anyways
Foundry Mission Database
Check out my Foundry missions:
Standalone - The Great Escape - The Galaxy's Fair - Purity I: Of Denial - Return to Oblivion
Untitled Series - Duritanium Man - The Improbable Bulk - Commander Rihan
I am @Rellimtime82, author of "Purity V: Of Leadership", I am posting on this thread asking the STO Community to after this post on this thread to help me fix the type-o's and grammar errors in the episode.
- Map
- Speaker
- Error and Corrections
If you can provide me with these information ASAP; I will see what can be done to fix these problems. Also If you know any map issues please also post them here.Thank you for playing and helping me with "Purity V: Of Leadership"
@Rellimtime82 - Foundry Author
Thanks for playing, I'll try and figure out what's going on.
EDIT: I just ran it and everything seemed to go smoothly.
Can you provide any more information about what happened, where you were and what you were doing at the time when your team was stuck inside the wall?
I was at my computer in the retirement home playing through all the Purity Episodes back to back in one sitting. Every time I played Chapter 2 (Three Times) my away team would get to the end of the underground and transport to the cit\y and end up in a wall or more to the point inside a building without an egress. I play on an Alienware X18 with wifi to a Zoom modem which is hooked into Cox Cable internet.
All I can suggest is drop the mission and pick it up again. You may have been given a dodgy version of the mission.
By dropping it and picking it up again it will force the game to load up a new copy and hopefully that should resolve your issues.
Once again, thanks for playing.