Someone at Paragon hasn't been updating the launcher site properly.
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I thought that myself, but if I boot into Windows and select CoX in the launcher, I see info about the Coyote Power and Flying Carpet.
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Originally Posted by CuppaManga
Someone at Paragon hasn't been updating the launcher site properly.
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They are different locations, presumably because the Mac launcher has a different sized window.
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Let me guess, then.|
Originally Posted by CuppaManga
They are different locations, presumably because the Mac launcher has a different sized window.
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If I go post this in the bug forums I'll just be met with "BLAH BLAH THIS SHOULD BE IN THE MAC FORUM"
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This is what the NC launcher looks like on Mac
I spoke to Seattle about this. They told me it should be fixed with a publish next week, most likely late next week.
Andy Belford
Community Manager
Paragon Studios
Well I wish I'd known! I live right near the NCsoft offices.
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Looks like this update has been pushed to next week at the earliest.
That's what I get for giving an estimate. 
Andy Belford
Community Manager
Paragon Studios
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So we get a launcher announcing the Valentine's event then? ;-)|
Originally Posted by Zwillinger
Looks like this update has been pushed to next week at the earliest.
That's what I get for giving an estimate. |
Thanks for the reply.
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Hey ... not your fault Andy. You're just the messenger here (and doing a decent job of it too, I might add).
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Originally Posted by Zwillinger
Looks like this update has been pushed to next week at the earliest.
That's what I get for giving an estimate. |
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It's all that snow they're getting in Seattle. I piles up on the keyboards and stuff, and they can't get any work done.
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Originally Posted by Zwillinger
Looks like this update has been pushed to next week at the earliest.
That's what I get for giving an estimate. |
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Originally Posted by Zwillinger
Looks like this update has been pushed to next week at the earliest.
That's what I get for giving an estimate. |
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Originally Posted by Zwillinger
I spoke to Seattle about this. They told me it should be fixed with a publish next week, most likely late next week.
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Are you serious? Do I need to go down to the offices and do this myself?|
Originally Posted by Zwillinger
Looks like this update has been pushed to next week at the earliest.
That's what I get for giving an estimate. |
IT'S AN HTML ELEMENT. ALL THEY NEED TO DO IS UPDATE THE WEBPAGE.
God dang, just give me the FTP and the assets and I'll update it myself, it takes less than TEN minutes to do!
EDIT: http://goingrogue.cityofheroes.com/en/installed.html
Seriously. Give me the FTP and the info to change and I'll do it myself. My job is website maintenance. Guarantee I can get it done before next freaking week.
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No point in ranting. Be glad someone's looking into it. In large companies even simple things are complicated.
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Originally Posted by Nalrok_AthZim
Are you serious? Do I need to go down to the offices and do this myself?
IT'S AN HTML ELEMENT. ALL THEY NEED TO DO IS UPDATE THE WEBPAGE. God dang, just give me the FTP and the assets and I'll update it myself, it takes less than TEN minutes to do! EDIT: http://goingrogue.cityofheroes.com/en/installed.html Seriously. Give me the FTP and the info to change and I'll do it myself. My job is website maintenance. Guarantee I can get it done before next freaking week. |
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Except there's no way to complicate it. If I were to have the image files with correct dimensions, the correct text and links for the news section, a logon to the FTP server hosting that HTML element, and 10 minutes of time, I'd be able to update the launcher.|
Originally Posted by RogerWilco
No point in ranting. Be glad someone's looking into it. In large companies even simple things are complicated.
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My position at the company I work for is 25% webpage updates. It takes almost no time at all compared to the other things I do.
What I really want to know is this: The assets for the updated launcher are made. They show up in the Windows NCSoft Launcher. Why on EARTH has it taken them SEVEN WEEKS (and now eight, looks like) to change an HTML? Do they need more web guys? I live in Seattle, I'm great with web, I'll help!
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"Dark Armor is a complete waste as a tanking set."
I think the Mac launcher's propaganda page is a different size from the Windows version. I don't know why they did it that way, but now they're stuck resizing an entire layout each publish.
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If it was that simple, it would have been fixed ten minutes after Zwillinger talked to the guys. Usually the complications aren't on the technical side, but on the organisational side. Probably after someone messed up the website years ago, every minute change now has to go though a lot of read tape to be approved or something like that. I've seen things like that happen, especially in big companies.|
Originally Posted by Nalrok_AthZim
Except there's no way to complicate it. If I were to have the image files with correct dimensions, the correct text and links for the news section, a logon to the FTP server hosting that HTML element, and 10 minutes of time, I'd be able to update the launcher.
My position at the company I work for is 25% webpage updates. It takes almost no time at all compared to the other things I do. |
I can come up with a dozen plausible stories.
I'm not saying that I don't think it's sloppy. Any update should automatically update both, or preferably not even have separate content.
I will LMAO if my prediction comes true.
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| What I really want to know is this: The assets for the updated launcher are made. They show up in the Windows NCSoft Launcher. Why on EARTH has it taken them SEVEN WEEKS (and now eight, looks like) to change an HTML? Do they need more web guys? I live in Seattle, I'm great with web, I'll help! |
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Don't do that. IT/Software/Game companies nowadays have pretty decent building security for a reason.
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Originally Posted by RogerWilco
I you really live in Seattle, why not go and ask?
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Believe you me, I know all the possible borks a website/HTML element can go through. That doesn't mean I can't make the change myself in about 10 minutes, given I have the image assets and news articles to link. Just a matter of copy-pasting, properly href-ing, and resizing whatever needs to be resized in photoshop before uploading.|
Originally Posted by RogerWilco
If it was that simple, it would have been fixed ten minutes after Zwillinger talked to the guys. Usually the complications aren't on the technical side, but on the organisational side. Probably after someone messed up the website years ago, every minute change now has to go though a lot of read tape to be approved or something like that. I've seen things like that happen, especially in big companies.
I can come up with a dozen plausible stories. |
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Originally Posted by RogerWilco
I you really live in Seattle, why not go and ask?
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I've been to the offices before; my mother-in-law used to be the EVP of HR for NCsoft. Got some fun walkthroughs.
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"Dark Armor is a complete waste as a tanking set."
So, on my brother-in-law's computer he can see all the new bits and announcements (Coyote power, flying carpet, etc) on his NC Launcher when he clicks City of Heroes.
I'm still stuck with the Winter Event. Is there a way to refresh this? I cracked open the launcher with Xcode and found the URL for the current 'splash' HTML page shown in the launcher, but that's Winter Event too. Is the PC version getting a different page than the mac version?
I'd seriously hope not, because that's one more on the lists of oversights favoring PC users.
My guides:Dark Melee/Dark Armor/Soul Mastery, Illusion Control/Kinetics/Primal Forces Mastery, Electric Armor
"Dark Armor is a complete waste as a tanking set."