Massassi Forums Logo

This is the static archive of the Massassi Forums. The forums are closed indefinitely. Thanks for all the memories!

You can also download Super Old Archived Message Boards from when Massassi first started.

"View" counts are as of the day the forums were archived, and will no longer increase.

ForumsDiscussion Forum → interesting feature on another site
interesting feature on another site
2004-01-03, 6:00 AM #1
http://www.planetquake.com/botarea51/main/default.asp

look to the left, random snippets of screenshots of Quake levels.

I'm not entirely sure where exactly you could fit this into the main site, maybe replace that "PSP 1.0" green texture on the left menu-frame

Half the coding is already there in the massassi x-mas banner business. There would be a fair amount of work in converting existing screenshots though.
There's also the problems of:
-320*200 screenshots
-"kyle" standing in the middle of a screenshot
-crosshairs
-guns/huds

could turn into a minor project re-screenshotting existing levels.

Only other major problem is space, that left bar isn't wide, but it's about the only non-scrolly free-space left, unless you shove the massassi banner over a bit. The screenshots on the Quake site all focus on pieces of archi that translate well into a skinny picture.
2004-01-03, 6:14 AM #2
Are they really random? I refreshed 6 or 7 times and saw the same one.

------------------
The Matrix: Unplugged
2004-01-03, 6:16 AM #3
I only saw one screenshot...

------------------
WARNING: THIS POST MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF PEANUT!!!
TheJkWhoSaysNiTheJkWhoSaysNiTheJkWhoSaysNiTheJkWho
SaysNiTheJkWhoSaysNiTheJkWhoSaysNiTheJkWhoSaysNiTh
eJkWhoSaysNiTheJkWhoSaysNiTheJkWhoSaysNiTheJkWhoSa
ysNiTheJkWhoSaysNiTheJkWhoSaysNiTheJkWhoSaysNiTheJ
k
WhoSaysNiTheJkWhoSaysNiTheJkWhoSaysNiTheJkWhoSays
N
iTheJkWhoSaysNiTheJkWhoSaysNiTheJkWhoSaysNiTheJkW
2004-01-03, 6:20 AM #4
http://www.qeradiant.com

Loads of sites have it in this manner, the best way to manage it (in my opinion) would be to have it so site staff have access to a "add this to feature rotation" button and just have to upload a screenshot that looks sexay.
Detty. Professional Expert.
Flickr Twitter
2004-01-03, 6:20 AM #5
Me too...

------------------
"It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity."

-Albert Einstein
2004-01-04, 6:34 AM #6
Hmm didn't notice that before, if you click along the top menu options and don't keep refreshing the current page, or clicking the link to the page you're on it changes around.

at any rate, det's link is the same thing

I just think it would be a good start to getting around the thing about the levels which begin with AAA or -+7+- which have higher post counts than they would have done, had they been in the middle of the level list.

One idea I had about that was have the level pages linked by letter, rather than having to use trial and error to get to the levels that begin with Q(as someone else suggested a couple of months ago when bri came back). But also have a random 20 levels listed on the first page you get to, give people who want to download the first JK level they see what they want, and also give some of the levels in the middle of nowhere a chance.

↑ Up to the top!