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Is the foundry coming back up after the patch?

rancidmojo#7824 rancidmojo
rancidmojo#7824
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in The Foundry for Star Trek Online - Discussion & Feedback
Any word on how long the Foundry will be down after the patch today? Its not functioning now.

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  • ambassadorkael#6946 ambassadorkael
    ambassadorkael#6946
         Member, Administrator Posts: 2,678 Community Manager
    It should be the usual couple of days after a major patch. We'll let you know. :)
  • duncanidaho11duncanidaho11 Member Posts: 7,980 Arc User
    edited July 2017
    Thanks Kael!


    BTW OP, Foundry downtime is a custom occurrence with new seasons. Short answer: it's to prevent catastrophes. Next step will be an automatic republish, during which time authors should check their missions for any anomalies. We'll have the editor but reviewing will be disabled as a safety precaution. Once things are clear, reviewing will be turned back online.
    Bipedal mammal and senior Foundry author.
    Notable missions: Apex [AEI], Gemini [SSF], Trident [AEI], Evolution's Smile [SSF], Transcendence
    Looking for something new to play? I've started building Foundry missions again in visual novel form!
  • rancidmojo#7824 rancidmojo
    rancidmojo#7824
         Member Posts: 105 Arc User
    I don't suppose I'd get lucky and they'll include the beam up animation for NPCs (so we don't have to rely on tricks to do it) and maybe a Vulcan science ship in npc space contacts? ;0
  • thay8472thay8472 Member Posts: 6,162 Arc User
    No one is that lucky :O
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    Thank you for the Typhoon!
  • duncanidaho11duncanidaho11 Member Posts: 7,980 Arc User
    edited July 2017
    rancidmojo#7824 wrote: »
    I don't suppose I'd get lucky and they'll include the beam up animation for NPCs (so we don't have to rely on tricks to do it) and maybe a Vulcan science ship in npc space contacts? ;0

    The D'kyr should be available as a custom ship costume, at least. Those can be used as NPC contacts.
    Bipedal mammal and senior Foundry author.
    Notable missions: Apex [AEI], Gemini [SSF], Trident [AEI], Evolution's Smile [SSF], Transcendence
    Looking for something new to play? I've started building Foundry missions again in visual novel form!
  • spiritbornspiritborn Member Posts: 4,369 Arc User
    I thought the typical downtime after a major patch was a few weeks, not that I mind either way, I prefer downtime and a (semi-)working foundry to no downtime and a utterly non-funtional foundry.
    duncanidaho11 wrote: »
    rancidmojo#7824 wrote: »
    I don't suppose I'd get lucky and they'll include the beam up animation for NPCs (so we don't have to rely on tricks to do it) and maybe a Vulcan science ship in npc space contacts? ;0

    The D'kyr should be available as a custom ship costume, at least. Those can be used as NPC contacts.
    D'kyr is avaible as a custom ship costume and I think I've used it in one of my WIP missions (I got quite a few of those).

    it would be nice if we got the Duelist set as a useble costume in the foundry after this downtime.
  • duncanidaho11duncanidaho11 Member Posts: 7,980 Arc User
    edited July 2017
    spiritborn wrote: »

    it would be nice if we got the Duelist set as a useble costume in the foundry after this downtime.

    Unlike the main game, Foundry downtime generally doesn't see an influx of new content. These aren't updates, just necessary technical checks to make sure the Foundry still works. It's always possible something new could show up (most likely: ships, those are added more frequently) but that would come through dev volunteer time, which can be a precious commodity in the rush of a new season or 0.5 release.

    So, the Duelist ground set would be great to have in the Foundry across all factions but that's something to bring up in the normal course of Foundry business (we have a thread for it.) :)

    https://www.arcgames.com/en/forums/startrekonline#/discussion/1214494/foundry-ground-costumes-those-missing-in-action
    Bipedal mammal and senior Foundry author.
    Notable missions: Apex [AEI], Gemini [SSF], Trident [AEI], Evolution's Smile [SSF], Transcendence
    Looking for something new to play? I've started building Foundry missions again in visual novel form!
  • rancidmojo#7824 rancidmojo
    rancidmojo#7824
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    It was just wishful thinking. ;)
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  • spiritbornspiritborn Member Posts: 4,369 Arc User
    edited July 2017
    Well I would prepare for it not being up on the 23rd, honestly the way it is I wouldn't make too strict production schedule's for the foundry, because it's not even close to a high priority for the production team.

    I only hope that Foundry missions (as well as top 3 system) will be back up when the endevour systems has "play a random foundry mission" on it.
  • duncanidaho11duncanidaho11 Member Posts: 7,980 Arc User
    spiritborn wrote: »
    I only hope that Foundry missions (as well as top 3 system) will be back up when the endevour systems has "play a random foundry mission" on it.

    That's the hope, I think. We'll see how everything works out. :)
    Bipedal mammal and senior Foundry author.
    Notable missions: Apex [AEI], Gemini [SSF], Trident [AEI], Evolution's Smile [SSF], Transcendence
    Looking for something new to play? I've started building Foundry missions again in visual novel form!
  • thay8472thay8472 Member Posts: 6,162 Arc User
    *twiddles thumbs*

    we back yet? :confused:
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  • thay8472thay8472 Member Posts: 6,162 Arc User
    *Twiddles thumbs*

    What about now?

    Brain On: I'd guess it will take a few more days ... maybe sunday?

    Brain Off: @duncanidaho11 do you ... like ... marmite?
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    Thank you for the Typhoon!
  • duncanidaho11duncanidaho11 Member Posts: 7,980 Arc User
    thay8472 wrote: »
    *Twiddles thumbs*

    What about now?

    Brain On: I'd guess it will take a few more days ... maybe sunday?

    Brain Off: @duncanidaho11 do you ... like ... marmite?

    I haven't had marmite, though I have my doubts about it...
    Bipedal mammal and senior Foundry author.
    Notable missions: Apex [AEI], Gemini [SSF], Trident [AEI], Evolution's Smile [SSF], Transcendence
    Looking for something new to play? I've started building Foundry missions again in visual novel form!
  • uncle2fireuncle2fire Member Posts: 68 Arc User
    Looks like it's back up now!
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
  • zebgodwinzebgodwin Member Posts: 53 Arc User
    Not only that, but Top 3 is back up with it.
    Foundry Missions by @zebgodwin
    Trouble in Trimble: An illicit Reman colony is under attack by Orion pirates. Will you defend the colony or arrest its only defender?
    Paying the Price: You must protect an uncontacted pre-warp civilization from Orion slavers, without violating the Prime Directive.
    The Mirror of Infinity: To save your ship, you must convince the descendants of the crew of the long-lost USS Infinity to work with their mortal enemies - their Mirror Universe counterparts. Part of the USS Infinity Foundry Roundtable Challenge.
    The Tholian Tempest: A rescue mission on a Y-class world leaves the away team stranded inside a Shakespeare play while under attack by Tholians and Gorn.
    The Trafalgar Paradox: A mission to locate a missing Starfleet vessel leads the away team into a mind-bending temporal paradox.
  • rancidmojo#7824 rancidmojo
    rancidmojo#7824
         Member Posts: 105 Arc User
    Whew...I was afraid I might have to actually go outside this weekend. (That's less of a joke than I meant it to be...it's ridicu-hot and humid out there)
  • zebgodwinzebgodwin Member Posts: 53 Arc User
    And because we can't get something without losing something else: Searching for Foundry missions by author wasn't working for me this morning. I was trying to see if all my missions had been republished and so searched on my name and nothing came up, but searching by title worked. Couldn't search by any other author's name either.

    Maybe it will be fixed after maintenance - we'll see. Hopefully it's something as simple as a database index that didn't update properly.
    Foundry Missions by @zebgodwin
    Trouble in Trimble: An illicit Reman colony is under attack by Orion pirates. Will you defend the colony or arrest its only defender?
    Paying the Price: You must protect an uncontacted pre-warp civilization from Orion slavers, without violating the Prime Directive.
    The Mirror of Infinity: To save your ship, you must convince the descendants of the crew of the long-lost USS Infinity to work with their mortal enemies - their Mirror Universe counterparts. Part of the USS Infinity Foundry Roundtable Challenge.
    The Tholian Tempest: A rescue mission on a Y-class world leaves the away team stranded inside a Shakespeare play while under attack by Tholians and Gorn.
    The Trafalgar Paradox: A mission to locate a missing Starfleet vessel leads the away team into a mind-bending temporal paradox.
  • duncanidaho11duncanidaho11 Member Posts: 7,980 Arc User
    I was able to search by an author's name last night but I'll check it again when the servers come back online today. That said, I searched for an author just by typing their handle into the general search bar. I didn't use a more specific filter (I've found those to be quite buggy.)
    Bipedal mammal and senior Foundry author.
    Notable missions: Apex [AEI], Gemini [SSF], Trident [AEI], Evolution's Smile [SSF], Transcendence
    Looking for something new to play? I've started building Foundry missions again in visual novel form!
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