Should I add borders then? Black or white?
I'll experiment with it later on.

I'd experiment with it. I think something darker would be better. Black may work best, as long as there's some distinction between the screenshots.

Also:

Update: uploading the same file twice is now no longer possible.

I will IM you my feedback as well, but I think the category page is too much.

There's a lot going on with all of the images and it's a bit confusing as to how X image relates to Y category. Maybe do simple icons or more separation between the categories to clear it up a bit better. Take a look at Curse's category list and how the icons visually represent what you're clicking. You dont need to read the text even

Also take Curse's with a grain of salt, as half of their images dont make much sense (Combat vs PvP), the class ones definitely do though.

Post has been edited 1 time(s), last time on Apr 4 2010, 1:01 am by zeeg.

I got an erection from those pic

I agree with Devlin on the categories, I thought they were two different categories that weren't named or something.
Black wont do, because, most of those images have lots of black, so I would go for some white outline.

I guess I'll just have 1 screen/category. Size: 900 width x 100 height in pixels.

Categories:
Arena, Assault, Others, Melee, Melee like, Melee others, mods, grps, terrain, unfinished, bounds, campaign, sounds, programs, puzzle, defense, offense, RPG, RP, Impossible, Board Game, Classic, Movie, Experimental

Action images:
Submit, Search, Recent.

Hint: if possible: always take ingame screenshots except for sounds and programs and either try to give them all a striking border or do them all with a different color/tileset.
Thanks in advance. The faster they are submit, the faster the new DLDB will be online.

Melee like should be removed. All maps covered by it are covered by Melee other.

Isn't assault the same as offense?

Also, what does the classic category mean? Is it like good old maps? If so, who decides what becoems a classic?

I don't know, I mainly took the categories of MapLantis.
Also, I need a third melee category else the design fucks up.

One question: when uploading a campaign, will I be able to upload all of the maps at once (as a single DLDDB entry) in .zip format or will I need to do a completely different DLDDB entry for each map?

Like before, you will be able to upload .zip files as well. It also got a "File Contents" tab which displays all the files being inside of the archive.

Gogo, I really need your help with the images, I cannot do anything else than waiting for you.

...no new images = no new DLDB.
Come on guys, I helped you, now help me

Dialup users are gonna suffer with this new dldb.

Ie: Me.

Please code an optional "disable pictures" bit.

Post has been edited 1 time(s), last time on Apr 9 2010, 7:07 pm by TiKels.

A small preview of what I've done today.
Almost done with this part.
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/2064/progressa.png

Thanks to david for the template.
And yea, there will be image-titles... finally

Looks much nicer. Good improvement both of you.

Seems that the dldb is coming along very nicely.

Hehe thanks
Image-Titles done, I like the system, hehe
Thanks for the idea, david. It's nearing completion.

I only see a different layout and a warning notice. Is there other things I am missing or...?

What did you expect? To see raw php code?...

Ciara, it takes a lot of work coding wise to produce rather small effects (to an ignorant eye). Why do you think it takes hundreds of people a span of years to develop a video game?

- Make the title "Underwater RPG" clickable for a download.
- Please set outlines to every category on the left (Units, Strings, Locations, Triggers, etc.).
- Make "More Images" reducible (with the little "+" / "-" to the right).
- Make the left cadre larger (I hate seeing things like a single "pm" on its own line just because it didn't have enough space to fit the cadre).
- Increase the 'Force names limit' by 3 characters.
- Where is the rating system? I liked the stars at the top right of the main cadre.
- Seriously fix that "reload page" (when we click on anything inside the NB)... at any cost!
- Make the two lines (the one shown right under) that contain main and sub-categories have larger boxes. They just look retardedly small and people will wonder why the NB is so large if only 20% of it is being used by the most important part of it.

EDIT: Btw, you are wondering about the NB fitting the skin... That "Warning" message is in red, nothing much fitting the green-themed skin