Crim 0 Posted February 4, 2013 #21 Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 ~Unlocked topic I see it being more confusing because then you have to remember all the accounts you have made with the site, remember if it was closed because you died or what not. Also that would clutter the site with a lot of accounts. Idk, thats just me though Quote Report Link to post Share on other sites
Mythee 0 Posted February 4, 2013 #22 Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 I thought it would be more practical to simply have one account and RP all characters from there, but if the avatar system assigns avatars to our forum account rather than to character profiles themselves, it may be a case of win some and lose some in terms of complexity. o3o Quote Report Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 4, 2013 #23 Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 Based on everything we're running across that has a slight problem, I'm beginning to think that the "1 account for 1 character/player only" seems to be the best solution. IE: Avatar, levels, titles ect Quote Report Link to post Share on other sites
Namine 0 Posted February 4, 2013 #24 Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 1 Account Multiple Characters, just keep yourself to playing one active character maybe? That way if that char dies, you make a new one and continue on. Especially if since now the levels for ranks seems to have been removed (I haven't been here tonight so I don't know why that happened). Quote Report Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 4, 2013 #25 Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 Username though? The start of this site was that your username you picked was to be your IG name... so that doesn't apply anymore? Quote Report Link to post Share on other sites
Crim 0 Posted February 4, 2013 #26 Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 I changed my vote as i have to agree with Sara that some of our idea's all run into the same snag, with 1 account/muti char's it will be harder to use the simple stuff to manage players (Guilds, levels, states ext) without having to jump back and forth between character sheets. So i see that it would be more practical to use this method and members will have to keep track of there login's, though we can suggest to start off with one and work your way up to more if you feel comfortable. Also, we could simply change the username to match a new character name if your old one dies. Seen it done before and as far as i can remember, it never changes your initial login stuff. Quote Report Link to post Share on other sites
Mythee 0 Posted February 4, 2013 #27 Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 I like Namine's idea. OuO 1 account, multiple characters, but only one at a time. Quote Report Link to post Share on other sites
Namine 0 Posted February 4, 2013 #28 Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 Username though? The start of this site was that your username you picked was to be your IG name... so that doesn't apply anymore? I'd be ok with the multiple accounts per user thing if we could find a way to group each account so that we knew what user has which accounts. It's more on the administrative side if we have to ban or suspend someone for breaking the rules. Ok I found a display name mod: https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/mod/ ... user_name/ That could solve our user name issue and leave the accounts for one account per person, and just change the display name when you're playing a new character. WHY Phpbb doesn't have this bult-in is beyond me. Quote Report Link to post Share on other sites
Erroneous 0 Posted February 4, 2013 Author #29 Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 Mod is way out of date. Won't work. WHY Phpbb doesn't have this bult-in is beyond me. I give up then. I'll figure something out until then I guess there's no other way around it. gotta do one character per account. PHPBB3 lacks several in-stock features needed. For example I have to download the language file each time I want to change a word, I can't do that in the ACP; there's a mock version but even then you still need to upload the saved changes via FTP, lame. No portal, and all the current portals suck. Quote Report Link to post Share on other sites
Crim 0 Posted February 4, 2013 #30 Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 We could use this mod to help with one character-one account https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtop ... 0&t=575613 Also, is there anyway to upgrade to a better forum service to support the stuff we need? I have a re-enlistment check coming to me soon and i wouldn't mind upgrading/switching services. I noticed that some sites also make it so you can transfer over topics/posts/members so we dont have to bother with it. Quote Report Link to post Share on other sites
Erroneous 0 Posted February 4, 2013 Author #31 Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 Also, is there anyway to upgrade to a better forum service to support the stuff we need? I have a re-enlistment check coming to me soon and i wouldn't mind upgrading/switching services. I noticed that some sites also make it so you can transfer over topics/posts/members so we dont have to bother with it. If you have the cash to pony up for something like vBulletin or Invision Suite for the initial purchase of a license and the constant renewal fees, then by all means yes! Both of which have PHPBB3 to their software converters. Quote Report Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 4, 2013 #32 Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 Again, no matter what ideas are tossed out for the 1 account / multiple characters, theres always a bump in the road. Also, we could simply change the username to match a new character name if your old one dies. Seen it done before and as far as i can remember, it never changes your initial login stuff. I'm all for name changing, up to a certain amount of times and then your done. Quote Report Link to post Share on other sites
Erroneous 0 Posted February 4, 2013 Author #33 Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 We could use this mod to help with one character-one account https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtop ... 0&t=575613 Installed. You'll find it in the User Control Panel sub-section Managed Linked Accounts ucp.php?i=account_link&mode=manage You'll have to create a second account, and enter that username/password on your master account. A drop menu should appear beside the logout button in the header to switch back and forth. For the record, I don't like adding too many mods as it opens up vulnerabilities and exploits waiting to happen. This was a prevalent issue at the original .hack//Integral with the massive RPG system we had and had to abandon because everyone was hacking the system to gain any item, gold, administrator access, and sprites as they liked. Quote Report Link to post Share on other sites
Namine 0 Posted February 4, 2013 #34 Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 Ok then for now we shall do the separate account for each character and see how it goes. If it gets out of hand, we can figure something out. Seems to be what most people want. Quote Report Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 4, 2013 #35 Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 Ok then for now we shall do the separate account for each character and see how it goes. If it gets out of hand, we can figure something out. Seems to be what most people want. This I can agree on. At least we tried. Quote Report Link to post Share on other sites
Crim 0 Posted February 5, 2013 #36 Report Share Posted February 5, 2013 Agreed, So that its settled for the time being, relock the topic? Quote Report Link to post Share on other sites
Namine 0 Posted February 5, 2013 #37 Report Share Posted February 5, 2013 That linked account mod would be handy for this as well IMO. Also I'd like to say for users: they would have to pick a main account at some point for AFO. It doesn't have to be the one they signed up with. So there'll be plenty of time for them to decide. Edit: Never Mind I forgot Edan went a head and installed it already. I'm not a morning person XD. Quote Report Link to post Share on other sites
Erroneous 0 Posted February 5, 2013 Author #38 Report Share Posted February 5, 2013 That linked account mod would be handy for this as well IMO. Also I'd like to say for users: they would have to pick a main account at some point for AFO. It doesn't have to be the one they signed up with. So there'll be plenty of time for them to decide. Edit: Never Mind I forgot Edan went a head and installed it already. I'm not a morning person XD. Main account for wha now? Quote Report Link to post Share on other sites
Namine 0 Posted February 5, 2013 #39 Report Share Posted February 5, 2013 I'm just thinking ahead farfar a head. Ignore that lol. Quote Report Link to post Share on other sites
Crim 0 Posted February 8, 2013 #40 Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 lol so are we good on this topic? All i can think of is that main accounts shouldn't go and use Hard Core mode if they plan to have accounts linked to it. Besides that, i think we are good to go on accounts/deaths Quote Report Link to post Share on other sites
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