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OFPEC The Editing Center => Comments & Suggestions => Topic started by: snYpir on 21 Aug 2002, 08:42:08
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Please post forum bugs here. I will get round to fixing them all eventually ::)
Keep your description short, concise and to the point.
Bugs:
- Any more than 270 characters in signature will not be visible
- Clicking on 'send email' icon under username in messages does not send an email
- Weird semicolons in signatures
- Report to moderator not working (forum emailing broken)
Mods yet to be installed:
- View all option for boards/topics
- Customisable # of topics/messages per page
- Gmod/admin listing at bottom of page
Weird forum errors:
- If you are using the forum and suddenly receive a 'HTTP NOT FOUND' error, try simply refreshing the page (F5). Sometimes PHP skips a beat.
- If you are using the forum and a page seems to stop loading halfway, with weird PHP error messages, wait a couple of seconds and refresh (F5). Chances are that you tried to load a PHP page that I was editing right at that moment. PHP loads what it can but then crashes when the document is incomplete. After a few seconds the upload will be complete and the page will work.
- If you are having trouble staying logged in, try upgrading your browser to IE 6.0. This fixed all of my log in problems ;)
Feel free to reply with bug reports. Please, don't start discussions in this thread! The number of things i have to do is growing exponentially, and it is confusing when people are posting bug reports all over the place :-\
Cheers! :-*
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Hey all,
I appear to have a hit and miss bug goin on here. Sometimes when I log in it will let me no problem. Then other times when I log in it will say hello Yankeetanker and then when I try to access anything it will go to the 'log in screen again' and say hello guest. I will log in again and it will let me to the appropriate link and then I will try another link and will have to log in again with the same results...most of the time it will not access the link and that is when I am trying to access something that I actually have access to.... any ideas.
It's a really frustrating thing and has kept me from posting anything for the last few days.
I need back up here... I feel obliged to try and help but I am not being allowed to....whats the deal.
Yankeetanker.
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Hey Yank... I had that problem after I registered. The best solution is to, when you login in, select the box to keep you logged in. The close the browser and come back to the site. You should find yourself now permanently logged in, and wont have to enter your details after every page change.
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Try upgrading to IE 6.0. That seems to fix most of the log-in problems.
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hmmmmm
didnt seem to help for me - i have XP and it still logs out (XP is 6.0 as standard)
but its seems to have stopped now.... hopefully ::)
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Change your security settings, lower them to get IE to accept cookies.
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I am posting this for hiddnfox:
is anyone else experiencing problems with the new OFPEC.com forums?
everytime i click on a topic or even to get to the forums and it makes me re-log in as a member, i cant get in to even read the topics because it makes me log in again then takes me back out to the forum topics page.
anyone else having these problems?
He couldn't make this post due to log in problem.
I will tell him about the IE6.0 fix.
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<Problem Solved>
well.... same problem as last time - Myself and other peeps cant see the problem solved button anywhere - ive looked everywhere in every pos ive started and i cant see it...
this is gonna need to be addressed since we need it for flagging posts that are done (Editors Depot stuff ;D )
cheers snYpir :P
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"Warning: Page has Expired "
I get this, in my face sometimes when I hit the Back button.
[RT]SuperTron
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Well, the local time in below the time change box differs from the forum time to the right top, without any changes.
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"Warning: Page has Expired "
I get this, in my face sometimes when I hit the Back button.
[RT]SuperTron
This is normal, because sometimes PHP needs certain information from your browser. If you hit the back button sometimes the information can't be sent, and you get that screen.
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<Problem Solved>
well.... same problem as last time - Myself and other peeps cant see the problem solved button anywhere - ive looked everywhere in every pos ive started and i cant see it...
this is gonna need to be addressed since we need it for flagging posts that are done (Editors Depot stuff ;D )
cheers snYpir :P
If you look at the following image:
(http://www.cs.adfa.edu.au/~z9197362/mods/topicsolved/solved2.gif)
you can see the 'solve' button at the top right hand corner of the message. If you start a thread, you should see that button. If you don't then there is a problem....
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i withdraw my original bug report :P
hmmmm - my quote of 'ive looked everywhere' looks kinda dumb now :-[
cheers
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Messiah and co,
Another thought would be to see where your security levels in IE are set, in particular the cookies level.
If you don't allow cookies to be created, you don't stay logged into the forums.
Failing that, reinstate all the defaults for your browser and see if that helps as well.
And as snYpir so wisely states "Upgrade to IE6.0!"
Enjoy. :)
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oooh Noony u old dog - good to see ya back...
hmmm - its on low as it is and i dont want it on open since thats how ya get shitty stuff - the old site cookie worked fine so why not anymore?
doesnt really matter.
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Hey there snYpir and all! ;D
I've noticed that often the "new posts" gif doesn't load for all of the new posts..
http://www.ofpec.com/yabbse/YaBBImages/on.gif
was the link or address attached to the missing pic, I think.
Anyone else see this? A simple refresh fixes it, but these don't load for me often enough to notice it a lot.. :P
BTW, excellent changes to the forum! I miss my Avatar, but understand why they are gone! ;) :D
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Hey there snYpir and all! ;D
I've noticed that often the "new posts" gif doesn't load for all of the new posts..
http://www.ofpec.com/yabbse/YaBBImages/on.gif
was the link or address attached to the missing pic, I think.
Anyone else see this? A simple refresh fixes it, but these don't load for me often enough to notice it a lot.. :P
BTW, excellent changes to the forum! I miss my Avatar, but understand why they are gone! ;) :D
i get that sometimes as well mate. the pic is always there, I don't know why sometimes it does not load :-\
i guess for now 'F5' it is :'(
thanks for the compliment, and don't worry, i miss avatars too. they added colour to the forum. once the other board changes are finished, perhaps i'll see what i can do ;)
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campaign forums - posting a reply
Parse error: parse error in /usr/local/www/html/yabbse/english.lng on line 1479
basically fucks up how the whole page looks and the buttons dissapear
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'heloooooo..... im lost..... im not sure where i am.... or how to get back'
well.... my impression of homer simpson when he gets lost in that 3d place...
basically the profile section - as soon as u eneter it you cant get out - as in theres no link to the forums (or not that i can see) - and if you have changed your profile then pressing 'BACK' isnt the best solution.
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Hey! Thanks snYpir!
****crosses fingers and toes and hopes for the avatars*****
(really, look over there < by my name < it's all empty and blank and stuff..) ;)
;D
I just wanted to let you know that the same thing is happening for various other gif's around the forum... ie the pics that show if it's a hot topic, sticky topic and so on..
Also, the reply buttons for the PM's or IM's or whatever they are called. ;)
Hope this helps, I work in tech support and know that the first step of fixing computer probs is identifying them! :thumbsup:
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campaign forums - posting a reply
Parse error: parse error in /usr/local/www/html/yabbse/english.lng on line 1479
basically fucks up how the whole page looks and the buttons dissapear
this is what i meant in my first post, about 'wird forum errors' ;) i was uploading a new version of english.lng at the exact moment you tried to access a page. Don't worry, as soon as it finished uploading it'll work.
Asmodeus - thanks mate! :) i'll get there eventually.
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snYpir - have u made a door fort poor old homer yet? need to find a way out of the profile page
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I got a good one. Can someone tickthe box that says "Show message you are replying to" in the Private mEssager options?
For the PM addicts amoung us, I liked being able to read the PM I was replying to below my message I was typing. Now I have to open a second window and have the old message in one, and the new message in the other so I can properly referance it.
So please, show the message uinder the PMs. :-*
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snYpir - have u made a door fort poor old homer yet? need to find a way out of the profile page
you could always click on the 'home' button on the top nav bar for the time being :-*
icarus - noted, will fix it eventually
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Also. The option to have an email sent to you when you recieve a new PM. 8)
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@icarus - you already can get an email sent to you when you get new PM's
Go into the Instant Messaging section, you know, the link you click on where it says:
Hey, icarus, you have X messages (http://X messages), Y are new
then click on the Preferences button
Then scroll down and theres a drop down list, saying something like "Notify by email". Just change it from No, to Yes, and save.
Works perfectly for me
Marksman
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Hey there snYpir ... I placed an ad in the training depot couple a days ago.. and went to edit it today when I thought of some new info.... tried to load my edit and got this message:
Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /usr/local/www/html/training/index.php on line 17
Warning: Bad arguments to implode() in /usr/local/www/html/training/index.php on line 21
Warning: Cannot add header information - headers already sent by (output started at /usr/local/www/html/training/index.php:17) in /usr/local/www/html/training/index.php on line 54
and it deleted my ad also.. tried a couple of times to just post another... and came up with the same error
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Not really a bug, but what about post counts?
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Arent being recorded. Live with it.
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Kaliyuga, we're on it. Cheers for that one mate :D
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ARgh... bug in the POLWAR forum:
Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in /usr/local/www/html/yabbse/Sources/Subs.php on line 929
http://www.ofpec.com/yabbse/index.php?board=44;action=display;threadid=842;start=15
hope it's not just me... ;D
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Hmm... another bug while trying to post this!!
It kept not showing up... so I hit back a few times to repost it.. then ended up with two of the same post... go figure?
/me hits the 56k modem
Probably at my end... I don't know how you guys that are always on 56k survive ;D
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wow, thats a funky error. haven't seen that one before. let me know (via IM plz) if u see it again. 8)
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This bug is probably IE5.5 releated but I thought I should report it.
When logging in using IE5.5 browser I get Username doesn't exist and it shows the unsername and password I typed in, but I can access it on aol's browser okay.
2nd bug (not sure if it's a bug with the forum or not) I was on one of those fancy sites which use the dissolve effects when you click on a link, the then brought up ofpec forums after veiwing that page and it kept the same dissolve effects when clicking on links in the forum. (looked pretty cool though :) )
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Not a serious Bug, but something noteworthy I thought...
there used to be a cap on the number of IMs you could have in the in/out boxes.. seems this is non existent after the remodel... I let mine get to around 50 something before deleting them :o ... (which is another thing... can you bring back the ability to delete individual IM's, not just all or nothing)
The thing that happened to me that was sort of buggy was that after a few lengthy IM's to my fellow mod members, my outbox is too full for me to look at now... I always time out .. thanks to my 56k modem ... so .. there should be a cap again to make a long post short.. LOL ;D
Plus If everyone had 50+ IM's in their in/out boxes I'd imagine that's a nice chunk of storage space there
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Intruder - This new board seems to like IE 6.0, so perhaps u could try upgrading?
Kaliyuga - Yes, i know the current IM system sucks :-\
There is no replacement for the standard YaBB SE messaging system out yet... i'll go have another look though.
Bear with it for the moment, eventually it'll be modded to something better. Thanks for the feedback though.
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After I've removed all my cookies and temporary files the 'always logged' thingy doesn't work. So
YaBB still sends cookies, right?
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clarifying cookies:
a 'cookie' is a file that is stored on your computer, just like any other file, that this site uses to store information about you.
the whole site uses a single cookie, or a single file in other words, and the forum simply writes a number of values to that file.
It writes your username, your password (heavily encrypted of course) and the time that the cookie expires.
When you log onto the board, the code checks to makes sure the username and password match a username and password on the database, and that the current time is smaller than the expire time.
If all this checks out, you are allowed to access the board. If not, you need to log in again.
If you click the 'never expire' checkbox, the cookie's expire time is set to about a year in advance.
My point here is that cookie problems are not the fault of the board. The code is sound - i have checked it. Make sure that your browser does not have really high security settings set (that is clearing cookies or something).
There is really nothing else I can suggest :-\ Cookies are really the only way to save information on your computer, to prevent you from having to re-log in every time you reload a page.
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I've got the cookie here right beside me. Don't know what's wrong. My security *cough* settings are *mumble* really small. ::)
Oh well. I'm sure this will be sorted out by a quick reinstall of Windows :P ;D
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Hey snYpir!!
I was posting on my beta thread, Op F.T.F. and it posted it, but didn't load the page completely and gave me this error:
Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in /usr/local/www/html/yabbse/Sources/Subs.php on line 929
Now, this thread has very large replies... So does that cause this error or is it something else??
I can't view that thread still, it times out when I try to go there... (I'm on a 56K connection.. :'()
http://www.ofpec.com/yabbse/index.php?board=23;action=display;threadid=1790;start=0;boardseen=1
Thanks for any help/suggestions you can provide! :-* ;D
P.S. Another thing I just noticed...
On any news post, if you click on it to read the details, the date shows up as so:
01.01.1970 12:59:59 am Missions Depot - Missions Upload Facility Goes Live in One Hour!
LOL!! We're back in the 70's! :o Oh no! Disco and bell-bottoms! :o ::) :P
But yeah, I wasn't sure if you knew about that one too.. ;)
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Hey snYpir!!
I was posting on my beta thread, Op F.T.F. and it posted it, but didn't load the page completely and gave me this error:
Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in /usr/local/www/html/yabbse/Sources/Subs.php on line 929
Now, this thread has very large replies... So does that cause this error or is it something else??
I can't view that thread still, it times out when I try to go there... (I'm on a 56K connection.. :'()
http://www.ofpec.com/yabbse/index.php?board=23;action=display;threadid=1790;start=0;boardseen=1
Thanks for any help/suggestions you can provide! :-* ;D
This means that PHP cannot execute the commands on that page within the given maximum time period (30 secs). This will happen if the server is getting swamped, which is happening more and more often.
New server hardware is in the mail right now, and it will improve server speed so it is capable of handling every request. so wait out for that.
01.01.1970 12:59:59 am Missions Depot - Missions Upload Facility Goes Live in One Hour!
LOL!! We're back in the 70's! :o Oh no! Disco and bell-bottoms! :o ::) :P
:D hehe yeah, timings have been an issue. we'll sort it out eventually.
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I got this bug in the bug forum while posting the message I put underneath:
An Error Has Occurred!
The Subject field was not filled out. It is required.
Strange thing is, I did fill in the subject field..
And here's the message i was trying to post:
It aint really a bug, but more something i noticed.. It is wrong, so I thought to post it here..
You remember the pic of the resistance cover (left under of site), wich functions as a link to codemasters, so you can buy res? Well, now there's a pic of the playstation2 game POW..
Havent tried clicking it, for I dont want pow, and res I already have
Grokk
p.s. I sent this in a pm too, but got no awnser, so tried posting it again. And if you can read this, I succeeded
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Something must've gotten screwed up in the style sheets for the Editors Depot section. When I visit your site with Mozilla, all other sections look good except for this one:
(http://www.contrex-us.com/games/ofp/OFPECed.gif)
(http://www.contrex-us.com/games/ofp/OFPECbuttons.gif) Also, the little link buttons in the Addons & Intelligence Depot still point to the old site (ofpeditingcenter.com)
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Hi,
I just saw there is a bug rthread so I am re posting here hoping to get an asnwer.
I just purchased Resistance. Since installing it something annoying is happeneing. Every time I shoot one of the enemy soldiers , he goes bouncing in the air like a basketball!! Even when he is dead on the ground. If I shoot him again, he goes sliding on the ground?? Is this a common bug in Res? Is there a fix to it?
Another question is: do I need to install the patches 1.30 and 1.46 before installing Res? Because I installed it clean right after Coldwar without any patches. except for 1.86
I thank you all for your help.
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CaptBravo i didnt know any better I'd think you were using the M73 gauss gun addon, but when I realize that thats not the matter, I must say that this is a verry wierd bug.. could you post a picture so we can understand better?`thanks.
Kronzy: that's the way it's displayed though browsers wich the forums/side arent spesifically meant to be viewed in.. It is also displayed in a similar way in my viersion of the Opera browser (http://www.opera.com).
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Hey Jahve,
at the risk of sounding not so bright .. could you tell me how I can take a pic?
I never had that problem with OFP coldwar.
Thanks
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Hey Jahve,
at the risk of sounding not so bright .. could you tell me how I can take a pic of the screen? ???
I never had that problem with OFP coldwar.
Thanks
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Your post made me wonder if my SAS snyper add on had anything to do with it?? And sure enough it did. Although it worked perfect in Coldwar here for some reason when I use it it makes enemy soldiers go flying in the air. SO I guess the problem is with certain add ons. Which is a shame because I liked my SAS guy!! :(
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Hi guys, I hoppe someone can hel me in here.
I think I founded two bugs in the training depot
First one:
I been trying to post a few recritment ads in the training depot but after I hit the submit button I get this herror message on top and nothing happand
Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /usr/local/www/html/training/index.php on line 18
Warning: Bad arguments to implode() in /usr/local/www/html/training/index.php on line 22
Warning: Cannot add header information - headers already sent by (output started at /usr/local/www/html/training/index.php:18) in /usr/local/www/html/training/index.php on line 55
Them submisions are there cos I can edit them all, so they are in the training depot , but when I loock for them I can not find them at all. Here is where the second bug comes.
Second bug:
I been loocking at the ads in the training depot searching for the ones I posted, the first one I posted was for an addon maker, so I got to the addon maker section, is two pages for addon maker with 28 ads, I loock to the first page, when I finish I hit the number 2 on top that supose to take you to the second page, instead it takes you to the page 2 of the section where all the jobs are listed, something like 5 or 6 pages of it instead of 2.
I hoppe to be able to submit the job ads cos I need them going ;D as far as I know I could be doing something whrong, but I very much doubt it. ;)
Thanks
@CERO.
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@cero, your submision is listed in the pending list. It won't be public until a staff member see and 'release' it. Then it will be displayed in the training depot.
Anyway, i'll take a look on this page number bug asap.
Thanks for your comments
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;Dsee, I told you that it probably was me, I don't got enough information :P
Anyway, thanks for that, I'm glad is like that.
Later.
@cero.
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hi!
The only problem I have is for people who do code snippets in the editors depot:
Only use official addons in your scripts please,it's a pain to find some...like this one :
Updated Version of Direct Fire Mission Simulator
By Foster (foster_fc@yahoo.com)
he uses "soldierreconRG" or something ???
Ciao!