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Xeevis

Max Kahuna
Max Kahuna
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#16
Awesome work.

Out of curiosity, would it be possible to add these features to the forums by changing the forums source-code instead of using an addon?
The thing is, more you customize something, the more work it is to update it. Both XenForo and theme are being updated regularly by their respective creators and we can get those updates for free* and with no time invested. If we were to start making changes to them, then every update would need to be merged in manually (so edits aren't overwritten). This becomes hard to maintain as theme needs to be updated to work with recent versions of XenForo and many edits eventually lead to deadlock (being stuck at certain version because upgrade path is too complex and prone to errors).

As far as functionality is concerned, Ember forums are fine the way they are. This is really just cosmetic stuff and this is what user scripts were designed for, give every user full power to make all the changes he wants. You can change any style on these forums with 1 line of code. Any server-side implementation would be incredibly limited in comparison.
 

Xeevis

Max Kahuna
Max Kahuna
Forum Tech
Jul 26, 2016
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93
www.emberbot.com
#15
Update 1.2
  • Improved signature collapsing, will now display 3 rows with rest gradually faded to hidden. Clicking the faded area will reveal the entire signature. Short signatures are exempted from collapsing.
 
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Grummz

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#56
I really like where the new concept is going. It seems The Kaiju type battles would be fun. Especially, if we have abilities as players that would work with the THMPR's abilities. Like we can distract the monster, with risk to our safety, so the THMPR can setup a devastating attack. Give the THMPR abilities that we can issue commands for it to use.

Just brainstorming stuff here, I had my creative hat on.
I think you are onto something with the player/THMPR interaction here like setting up an attack.