Couldn't you save your current arc on Live to your local folder then copy it over to your Beta & upload that?
I agree, it'd be better if they updated for us but copy/pasting would be a quicker solution than manually changing it all. Unless there's something I'm missing...
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Originally Posted by BackFire
Couldn't you save your current arc on Live to your local folder then copy it over to your Beta & upload that?
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It's not as easy as you think. You would need to log on to live and then:
1) Edit the live arc
2) Save it locally
3) Edit and then save every custom group used in the arc locally
4) Edit and then save every custom character in the arc locally
5) Copy these all over to each of the proper folders in test
6) Log on to test and run them in test mode, but really they need to be published to check rewards so...
7) Unpublish the current version on test
8) Publish the current version from live hoping you didn't forget to edit/save anything
9) Test the arc for errors
10) Repeat steps 1-9 for each of your other arcs (that's 7 more times in my case)
Far from ideal, labor/time intensive and still not foolproof. If they just copy the current set of arcs over we could test them skipping steps 1-8.
Maybe there is a technical reason why this can't be done, but if it can, it would make things a lot easier and more people might test their arcs prior to a patch/update going live preventing problems.
WN
Check out one of my most recent arcs:
457506 - A Very Special Episode - An abandoned TV, a missing kid's TV show host and more
416951 - The Ms. Manners Task Force - More wacky villains, Wannabes. things in poor taste
or one of my other arcs including two 2010 Player's Choice Winners and an2009 Official AE Awards Nominee for Best Original Story
I was just suggesting the copy/paste method as opposed to manually trying to edit each.
I'm surprised you don't keep a local copy of your arcs' current assets just in case.
Oh, and why are you concerned with unpubbing arcs on Test? o.O Tix & Rates don't matter there...
Craft your inventions in AE!!
Play "Crafter's Cafe" - Arc #487283. A 1 mission, NON-COMBAT AE arc with workable invention tables!
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Originally Posted by BackFire
I was just suggesting the copy/paste method as opposed to manually trying to edit each.
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WN
Check out one of my most recent arcs:
457506 - A Very Special Episode - An abandoned TV, a missing kid's TV show host and more
416951 - The Ms. Manners Task Force - More wacky villains, Wannabes. things in poor taste
or one of my other arcs including two 2010 Player's Choice Winners and an2009 Official AE Awards Nominee for Best Original Story
I just logged on to the test server to make sure my arcs will not break when I21 goes live. I was surprised to see several broken and them all in the state they were just after the profanity filter was added. I had to manually fix all of my arcs again (an hour plus process) though there is no way to be 100% sure they exactly match what is on the live server. It would be extremely helpful if the "snapshot" of the arcs was updated to reflect them as they currently are on live before I21 hits. This would be a useful thing to do before every new patch or issue.
WN
Check out one of my most recent arcs:
457506 - A Very Special Episode - An abandoned TV, a missing kid's TV show host and more
416951 - The Ms. Manners Task Force - More wacky villains, Wannabes. things in poor taste
or one of my other arcs including two 2010 Player's Choice Winners and an2009 Official AE Awards Nominee for Best Original Story