[Forum Suggestion] "Resources" forum under "Projects"

[tsukiyomaru0]

Well, either that or a thread just for that. The basic idea of this is so people can share sprite sheets, individual sprites, sound packs and tilesets. Of course, this is just an idea that could help cut down the need of a thread in Map only for tilesets, for example.

[Ivory]

If I hear enough demand for this, then okay.

[Kapus]

Sounds like a very handy thing to have.

[MusashiAA]

I like this. It kinda makes art and music topics in Anything Goes go somewhere where they're needed. Put up a poll, I'll vote YES.

[tsukiyomaru0]

Poll's up, just for easier counting of demand.

[Colonel ServBot]

i think that the resources thing could hve a bit more than tiles. like skin templates,coding templates. anything. this thing would make cutstuff so much easier and simpler. any one agree?

[Hallan Parva]

we needed one of these yesterday

[LlamaHombre]

I think this is a rather spiffy idea and it might motivate me a little more.

[JaxOf7]

Would enjoy a spot for repositories of ACS script numbers, translation numbers, and Skulltag/Zandronum quirks.

[CarThief]

If these are kept in appropiate catagories, either by manually entered tags such as [Script] (or maybe [ACS]), [Sprites], [Audio], etc... Or by subforum, then why not? Though tags do allow for topics with multiple types of content of the same resource. Or other ways of sorting it, whatever works really.

So yeah, there'd be use for it i'd imagine. I wonder though, if its going to be a subforum of projects, does ALL of the submitted content have to be MM8BDM-related or can it be plain anything?

[tsukiyomaru0]

If these are kept in appropiate catagories, either by manually entered tags such as [Script] (or maybe [ACS]), [Sprites], [Audio], etc... Or by subforum, then why not? Though tags do allow for topics with multiple types of content of the same resource. Or other ways of sorting it, whatever works really.

So yeah, there'd be use for it i'd imagine. I wonder though, if its going to be a subforum of projects, does ALL of the submitted content have to be MM8BDM-related or can it be plain anything?

Agreed. That would help to kee it tidy. But also needs some rules, for example:
* Aside from the basic tags, you can also use "[Archive]" for the case you want to make and maintain only one thread for your stuff.
* Please only publish Music after you either assured it won't cause copyright issues or after having a staff member confirm it is safe.

[CarThief]

Well i'm very bored right now, perhaps a system of the following tags might work out for such a forum?

[ACS] - Anything script based that can be implemented for extra effect. Could be something as simple as a death counter, even.
[DECORATE] - Anything decorate-based that doesnt fall in the sub catagories listed below. Think: Special effects, decorational items, and such).
-[ITEM] - Pickups, health and such things. These do have a gameplay effect.
-[WEAPON] - Should speak for itself.
-[NPC] - Meaning Non-Playable Character, these could be friendly, they could be enemies, or they could just roam around. If they dont do anything it is best catagorized as [DECORATE] instead.

[AUDIO] - Sound and music.
[SPRITES] - Resources to create enemies, items, and players/classes with. Just not textures, thats its own catagory below.
[TEXTURES] - Same as above but only for textures that is placed on walls, floors and ceilings.
(I would have combined them, but i dont think there's a word to cover for both textures and sprites. Unless you want the tag to be something crazy and long that uses both words. :P)
[OTHER] - Anything not covered in the above catagories, like bots, campaigns or other lump files.
[ARCHIVE] - A total collection of a person's resources in one topic. Preferabaly well-organized.

For anything other then [ARCHIVE] multiple tags could be applied to the same topic if need be, or it could be tagged accordingly to the main subject of the topic, for example: Someone posted a topic for the new enemy they made for MM8BDM, enemies consist of sounds, DECORATE, sometimes ACS and sprites, but that would be too many tags and the main topic subject is that enemy creature they made, so [NPC] will do.

[tsukiyomaru0]

25 in favor, one against... I guess people have spoken...

[Ivory]

It exists now, in projects under user content.

Enjoy.