Feature Request/Lost Features

[Rawhide]

Think you have an uber l33t mod/hack you would like added, you could post it here. Understand thatwe may not add it and if we do it might be a long time before we do.


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[InaVegt]

I would like the dice mod I heard about, being able to roll dice without needing outside sources would be great.

[Rawhide]

You can list any missing features since the changeover if you would like here.

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[IonizedChicken]

Seconded. The dice thing is awesome.

Also, I noticed that my Firefox 2 built-in spellchecker doesn't pick up the reply textboxes. Is it possible to change it so it would?

Edit: Well, it does pick them up, just not by default. I have to right click and V 'spell check this field' to get it working. Still, a change would be awesome.

[Shhalahr Windrider]

Well, I certainly would appreciate having mutable Display Names back. The couple of modified Avatars I used carried with them appropriate minor changes to the display name that I felt appropriate ("Shhalahr Windrider, DM" for my DM avatar (currently in my signature) and "Shhalahr the Phantom" for my Halloween costume avatar).

I understand that this feature was liable to cause some confusion, but I think most people recognized the danger in a complete avatar/name makeover and used it responsibly and only when thematically appropriate.

I think the only other things I'd request right now (tables, strike-through text, etc.) have already been mentioned as being on the to-do list in other threads, so no problem there.

Oh, just realized there's no Horizontal Rule tag either. I've found that useful in dividing sections of a post on a complicated topic as well as the occasional addition of post footnotes. I'd like to see that back.

[Flabbicus]

Couldn't you just use the underscore for that?

[Shhalahr Windrider]

Horizontal Rule looks classier. ;)

[The Demented One]

I'll second that. Horizontal rule was damned spiffy.

[HempRope]

I've seen people using it and not noticing that it doesn't exist, leaving [hr] tags all over the place. If they get included, will these be created or whatever retroactively?

And support their addition, too.

[Were-Sandwich]

Most of the formatting we had on the old boards, like superscript and such.

The dice rolling thing, I have never heard of, but think would be Damn Spiffy.

Would it be possible for you to list all the features V-Bulletin offers that aren't implemented yet and we give feedback on which ones we want?

[Emperor Tippy]

The Spoiler tag that WoTC has is quite nice. I would love that feature.

[Were-Sandwich]

The Spoiler tag that WoTC has is quite nice. I would love that feature.

Seconded. Its very useful for long sigs (Im looking at you Archonic Energy), or just for long posts that take up a lot of space, or, you know, spoilers.

[Shhalahr Windrider]

When the Avatars are re-enabled, will the little descriptive text under them be available, too? If not, consider that a request.

(Gee, I'm really eatin' that "only other things I want have already been mentioned" comment above. :rolleyes:)

[Om]

How about a list of smilies on the post screen? All I have now are icons for the post title.

Edit: Scratch that. I've just discovered that can be changed via an option in my user cp.

[Rawhide]

Adding Horizontal Rule, Superscript and Subscript BBCode to the list of things to re-add, if you continue to use them they will just start working when they are added.

Spoiler BBCode is scheduled for inclusion at some point.

[Captain Tal]

On the WotC board they have under the Thread Tools they have the option to Download This Thread that lets you save a text version of the thread so they can catch up on a game, or just to have the ability to save a cool topic.

[Jack Mann]

On the WotC board they have under the Thread Tools they have the option to Download This Thread that lets you save a text version of the thread so they can catch up on a game, or just to have the ability to save a cool topic.

On ours, it's Show Printable Thread. Try that for size.

[Lucky]

This is a small one, but what about strike-out? That doesn't work anymore, that was a handy but simple one.

[Rawhide]

This is a small one, but what about strike-out? That doesn't work anymore, that was a handy but simple one.

Take a look at the known bugs/issues thread.

[Lucky]

Take a look at the known bugs/issues thread.

Sorry about that, there's a lot of threads to keep track of at the moment.

[iamkoolerthanu]

The striker thing. You know like:

Striker

[Bookman]

I dunno how possible this is but could we get more smilies? I know Wizards has TONS and a cookie one would be SO AWESOME. :D

[Death, your friend the Reaper]

I reckon if we could install a little banner at the top to show if Death is on or not would be a good idea. It will give people more of an incentive to log on if it states that Death is in the building.

On a different note, maybe we could have a mood thing. Not sure if that is possible, but I have seen them on blogs or are they called live journals/myspace?

Not really needed, just not sure exactly what the limitations this forums have.

[HempRope]

...if you continue to use them they will just start working when they are added.

I'm sorry... could you rephrase that?

[Lucky]

I'm sorry... could you rephrase that?

He means that we just go ahead and use the tags now, and when the feature is re-added, all the posts will change accordingly.

[HempRope]

Ah. Good. Is it possible to somehow do this for quotation marks, or am I pressing my luck?

Also a feature: Some visual thingy, besides those nifty new rankings y'all have, to denote Mods. Like the stars on the old board, I feel there should be something to make y'all instantly recognizeable.

[LordOfNarf]

I would like buttons like on the old post reply screen so you could just highlight the text and click the button and it would instert formatting tags, hitting bracket really thoughs off my typing rythm.
And a thread with message board codes for smileyies and stuff would be helpful, I can't seem how to figure out how to do them on the new software.
And I love the Muliquote and quickreply

[Lucky]

You can get the interface for coding. You just need to go into your profile, it's an option somewhere in there.

[Ravyn]

The ability to check off and delete multiple PMs at the same time--the check boxes are there, but I'm not seeing a delete option.

And are color text and similar formatting gone, or is there just not a code insertion shortcut menu anymore?--heh, never mind, found it. Bit of an odd place to hide the option, though--wouldn't it make more sense for the more complicated version to be the default for us poor confused technophobes?

Oh, and "Mark all posts as read." On the old forum, I was pretty much dependent on that feature.

[Seren]

You can mark all posts read...it's under 'forum tools' at the top of the page.

You can also delete multiple pms at a time. It's an option at the bottom once you've selected them.