BrawlVault: v2.0 beta released + Massive Resources Page up 4/14

[PND]

Wow, now I feel like an idiot. >_>

Well, I'll get on uploading my stuff right away!

 

[Jiiprah]

I believe you missed my post JackHarvest.

 

[ThatGuyYouMightKnow]

Ah, good to hear.

 

[jackharvest]

What is "Type=Stage%Menu%" for? What goes there?

How will we know if a CSP is included? Maybe a checkbox/dropdown for weather or not a CSP is included, while submitting? Or even an area for people to add there custom CSPs?

Should "Type=Misc%WiFi%20Room" simply be under stages?

You have Strap Menu, why not Custom Main Menu?

Stage Menu is for modifications to the main menu (when selecting brawl, 1-player mode, etc). We initially had hopes for it to be used for the main title screen, the results screen, as well as the character selection screen - but this wasn't well documented. We'll redo the image, and add mouse-over text to make it more clear, and then probably move it to the misc section, since those three things aren't "technically" considered playable stages.

Good question about the CSPs! We're developing a checkmark system that will allow you to indicate whether or not the CSP is included in the download. For now, please just mention it in your comments.

Misc Wifi Room is temporarily in the Misc section, since we ran out of space in the stages selection screen. Fear not, go ahead and submit Wifi Waiting room mods to the misc wifi room section -- after we add wifi waiting room to the main stages page, we'll move it over for you.

The Strap menu is most likely in the correct location. As I mentioned, we'll move the Menu icon to the misc section for less confusion.

Good finds.

 

[amount18]

This is truly revolutionary! Congratulations on such a successful project!

One idea: I think it would be nice for there to be a sort by color (or intended/primary color) of the texture, for people who want to swap out the brawl outfits for similarly colored textures.

 

[jackharvest]

This is truly revolutionary! Congratulations on such a successful project!

One idea: I think it would be nice for there to be a sort by color (or intended/primary color) of the texture, for people who want to swap out the brawl outfits for similarly colored textures.

Hmm, not a bad idea. We'll look into it.

UPDATE:

As the front page now indicates, we've incorporated the following:

Suggested Ideas that have been Implemented

• Accomodations for "Character Imports," and "Stage Imports" on the visual navigation system and submission process. [Thanks Matteron]
• All submissions are now sortable by download count for easy sifting for the popular items. [Popular Request]
• KC:MM Forums now have a "BrawlVault" icon under your avatar for easy linking to that person's hacks within the Vault. [Bonus]
• Audio section now auto-sorts by Source, and then by Name. [Thanks Vyse]
• Mouse-over text has been added to the image navigation icons. [Thanks Moosehunter]
• Pokemon Stadium 1 and 2 are now separate links. [Thanks The_Guide]

 

[Jiiprah]

Yet another suggestion :]

A hover effect is greatly needed, I think(For the menu). Here's a simple one: (change color as needed)

<style type="text/css">

.borderit img{
border: 1px solid #ccc;
}

.borderit:hover img{
border: 1px solid navy;
}

.borderit:hover{
color: red; /* irrelevant definition to overcome IE bug */
}

</style>

<a> tag needs class="borderit" and <img> tage needs border="0"

<a href="[URL]http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Type=Stage[/URL]" class="borderit"><img border="0" src="[URL]http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/images/stages.png[/URL]" /></a>

 

[picano]

Yet another suggestion :]

A hover effect is greatly needed, I think(For the menu). Here's a simple one: (change color as needed)

Thanks for the code but I don't believe I'll be adding that any time soon --- lest I display how badly put together the imagemaps actually are. Once I get some free time, I'll see what I can do. (In the mean time, I'm only doing high priority and really fast fixes)

 

[ThatGuyYouMightKnow]

Hm. Is it just me, or is searching audio by letter not working? Each letter shows a blank result.

 

[picano]

Hm. Is it just me, or is searching audio by letter not working? Each letter shows a blank result.

Not just you.

I redid the search code and apparently the alphabet search doesn't like it. (Forgot to add the wildcards)

Fixing. Thanks for the note!

EDIT: And fixed. Just had to throw in a %.

 

[jackharvest]

Update: The homepage to brawlvault is now 10x more homely; displays statistics regarding the entire Vault.
+ Other minor bug fixes have now been performed.

 

[hotdogturtle]

Awesome, one of my hacks is in the top 10 :D

 

[Kei_Takaro]

Hey, just a suggestion on the BRSTM Section,
IMO the box per Song is too big, we all kinda know how much BRSTMs we've already made, maybe you should have it listed in a style like the "Statistics"

The details next to the songs should be expandable instead similar to the style of Youtube's more button (only in BRSTM section)

If you can, the BRSTM should be sortable either by Game, by Artist or by Song Title. (Hope that isn't too hard)

 

[picano]

Hey, just a suggestion on the BRSTM Section,
IMO the box per Song is too big, we all kinda know how much BRSTMs we've already made, maybe you should have it listed in a style like the "Statistics"

The details next to the songs should be expandable instead similar to the style of Youtube's more button (only in BRSTM section)

If you can, the BRSTM should be sortable either by Game, by Artist or by Song Title. (Hope that isn't too hard)

Eh... not a bad idea with the variable size. I'll get around to that when I have some free time.

Also, it wouldn't be that hard to sort by title as well just for music... right now it already sorted by source (game/artist), shouldn't be too hard to modify. (Just need jack to make me another button)

 

[OizenX]

I've been meaning to suggest this, maybe you could add Portraits, but my idea is a bit hard to explain. So bear with me.

Why not put a small sub section under a displayed texture that says Portrait by _ _ _ _ _, with a preview link, or resized image of the portrait.

 

[jackharvest]

I've been meaning to suggest this, maybe you could add Portraits, but my idea is a bit hard to explain. So bear with me.

Why not put a small sub section under a displayed texture that says Portrait by _ _ _ _ _, with a preview link, or resized image of the portrait.

Where on earth would that image go? XD We've used up every inch of space for textures within the Vault. heh

 

[jackharvest]

New: BrawlVault Resources Repository

Well, we've added a few major updates to BrawlVault, most of them being requests from the users. It's at version 1.9a at this point. V2.0 is being released later this week, and can be beta tested if users which to bug hunt.

V2.0 includes in-line page loading so that when browsing, the entire page doesn't reload, but only the content area that you're surfing your hacks inside of. Cuts page loading down, as well as makes browsing much, much quicker and more efficient. Not to mention it saves Dantarion his self-proclaimed awesome bandwidth.

Also added to the Vault, is a "Resources" repository, which neatly consists of all the major programs required for hacking any brawl task. See below for an example image.



Click the image to go to the BrawlVault Resources repository yourself and take a look. If you notice anything outdated, or think there's a fully functioning program that's missing from the mix, report it via the link at the bottom.

-Jack H.

 

[ASF1nk]

I think the results should go on stages instead of in misc, since you do put them in the same folder as stages.

 

[Jiiprah]

I've been meaning to suggest this, maybe you could add Portraits, but my idea is a bit hard to explain. So bear with me.

Why not put a small sub section under a displayed texture that says Portrait by _ _ _ _ _, with a preview link, or resized image of the portrait.

Instead, maybe a separate section? It would make finding portraits much easier. Maybe on the Character Section, under Giga Bowser.

I think the results should go on stages instead of in misc, since you do put them in the same folder as stages.

It's done that way bc they want to keep it clean and there's not anymore room without adding another row.

 

[Suic]

Very nice! It took me quite a bit of browsing to find this stuff when I was getting into things, so I'm sure it will be appreciated by all newcomers to the hacking scene (though by comparison I am obviously newer than most).

 

[ASF1nk]

It's done that way bc they want to keep it clean and there's not anymore room without adding another row.

Well why do they have Bosses textures under stages? i think that should go under characters if not under misc instead of result.

 

[Jiiprah]

Bosses are stage texture hacks.

 

[ASF1nk]

Result screens are stage texture hacks.

 

[picano]

It's done that way bc they want to keep it clean and there's not anymore room without adding another row.

That. Bosses seemed more likely to get hacks than the results screen.

Though, location may change in the future... afterall --- we did recently divide custom into import & 2D.

 

[Jiiprah]

Well what about WifiTraining Room? :D

 

[(wfge7)]

Yay! They have my pal file system .
I may do an update to allow users to download files individually .
Depends on the responses .

 

[DVDV28]

Could it be made so that you can choose what the default view is?

What I mean is, say you click on (for example) Bowser's texture hacks. You don't want to see the latest ons, you want to see the most popular ones. You choose one to fill you last Bowser slot and then you move onto another character, (for example) Pikachu. When you choose Pikachu, it resorts to showing the newest ones first. Could this be remedied?

 

[Jiiprah]

An Idea: For the Character Textures, sort by color?

 

[Mr.Chuy]

An Idea: For the Character Textures, sort by color?

Picano said he won't do this

 

[(wfge7)]

An Idea: For the Character Textures, sort by color?

Why would you want this ?
All you have to do for different colours is rename the number of the file .
eg. FitMario00.pcs (Original mario)
If you wanted that texture on say for example fire Mario you would only have to rename it to

FitMario06.pcs

If you are having trouble with the numbers and need help you may want to look this way .

http://brawlhacks.wikia.com/wiki/The_File_Placing_and_Naming_Guide

So really there is no need to have a sort by colour tab on Brawl Vault.

I think there is only one exception to the rename the number rule and its on Captain Falcon
When you download a texture called fitcaptain00.pcs and you want to replace it with the blood hawk slot.

If you are using riivolution you call it Fitcaptain01_xx (replace xx with your games language
en=english
it=italion
de=german
es=spanish
fr=french)

If you are using file patch code (doesnt matter if it's 3.5.1 ntsc or 2.1a pal this will still work)
you just simply rename it to FitCaptain01.pcs

Hope this helps .

 

[Jiiprah]

i would use it to look through just the red textures or just the blue textures. It would be just for convenience. I have no need for them to be renamed for me