The grand hub site feedback thread

[kemenate]

Another small request:
Can the twitter handle in About of the user profile be an actual link?
I tried but it will only display the name without actually linking there...

 

[meshedvr]

Another small request:
Can the twitter handle in About of the user profile be an actual link?
I tried but it will only display the name without actually linking there...

I have this fixed. If you type in your twitter ID, it will now actually display as a link on the about page in your profile. You can also paste in the twitter identity URL https://twitter.com/[YourIdentity] and it will be able to pull your ID from that.

 

[kemenate]

Not a technical issue, but something to keep in mind before release and you are probably aware anyway:
It's probably a good idea to define the Terms and Rules more clearly before release. I know, I know, that's always controversial, but since this is going to be the official VAM-Product-Hub it's better to play it save, I guess? You probably need a lawyer -_-
As always it should be clearly stated if it's allowed to share/post:
- Celebrity Lookalikes and if yes how to name them
- IP (gaming, movie) characters content (would it be enough to label it "fanart"?)
- How to define appropriate age looks... I guess when you're based in USA you have to adhere to the "not under 18" rule, that's always hard do judge?
- renderotica is also very strict about bestiality. Just guessing, but maybe because that kind of stuff is illegal in a couple of countries and can put you into trouble, even if you just accidentally have it in your stream.
- ...

I think a quick explanation of "we are official and can't risk lawsuits that put VAM in danger, but feel free to share whatever you want on inofficial channels or your personal twitter" will make the majority of people understand and comply. While rules without context usually lead to discussions about free speech and artistic freedom and whatnot.


Personally I think it could also be beneficial to have some rules or at least a guide that encourage an inclusive community. Getting a diverse cast of content creators will boost the quality for EVERYONE. For example there is a shitton of awesome content made by females for SIMS, IMVU or DAZ in general = More professionally done make up and hair for your waifus, dudes!
Same goes for any LGBT+ or potential Kink-shame content and so on.
Now the paragraph about "don't submit defamatory stuff etc" is a bit of a catch all....
I guess it doesn't even need to be "enforced rules" (unless the community becomes really toxic), just an explanation might be enough so people second guess if they really have to name something with a derogatory term for example.

btw the neutral and male BGs are a great example Just a tiny detail that help a lot to make people feel welcome that are not attracted to tits.

 

[kemenate]

For the media Gallery:
If we get a tagging system With the tagging system active it would be great if users can put tags on a Blacklist. This of course relies on people tagging their images accordingly. But it could prevent discussions and potential drama.
Don't want to see hyberboobs? Well block them, and don't be tempted to write kink shame comments...

PornHub allows any users to tag any video, right? Helps to sort tags, but there is probably too much potential for bullshit, though...

 

[kemenate]

maybe a bug? One of my uploaded images did not generate a thumbnail:

FtM Looks

hub.virtamate.com

It is shown when in full view mode.

 

[MacGruber]

maybe a bug? One of my uploaded images did not generate a thumbnail:
[...]
It is shown when in full view mode.

I think there is some size limit. Got that when trying to upload 8k images as samples for the SuperResolution plugin. There is also a limit of 10 images per post. And these limits make sense, there is not really a point of uploading images that huge, except for the one edge case of showing the plugin that produces these images.

 

[kemenate]

I think there is some size limit. Got that when trying to upload 8k images as samples for the SuperResolution plugin. There is also a limit of 10 images per post. And these limits make sense, there is not really a point of uploading images that huge, except for the one edge case of showing the plugin that produces these images.

might be possible: The file is 7680x4320. However it was uploaded fine and it displays correctly when clicked. Just the preview thumbnail is missing.

 

[kemenate]

More nice to have comfort features for Media:
- Tagging for multiple images at the same time. Like when you upload an entire album it would be nice to have a global tag bar for all those.
- Or easier copy and pasting of tags.
- Maybe display a "Media Tag Cloud" in the Media Sidebar under the Categories. It would encourage people to tag their stuff more.
- If it's possible: Integration of tags into the Filter Dropdown.

 

[Spacedog]

Not sure if this has been mentioned but can we have scroll bars? Those buttons are fun and all but no substitute.

 

[schnazzn]

It might be a good thing to have swichable view styles for the resource pages like having a mosaic preview or a view with multiple columns and still the information. Looking at the resources landing page with only limited content at the moment is already a long scroll.

 

[kemenate]

Another thing for Media:
Is there a way to set personal albums as "unlisted"?
For example if I make a gallery just to include it in a resource description like that ⬇ , then that content should not really appear on the main page of media. It probably shouldn't even appear in the media search...

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Preview - Hairstyles

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• May 23, 2020
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All hairstyles with comparison More Volume vs Less Volume

 

[Acid Bubbles]

@kemenate couldn't you then just add them directly to your post instead of making an album? The bb code (if that's what it is) allows for tables, it's not a gallery but could work for that purpose?

 

[kemenate]

@kemenate couldn't you then just add them directly to your post instead of making an album? The bb code (if that's what it is) allows for tables, it's not a gallery but could work for that purpose?

I'm not sure.
You can only add 10 attachments.

Ideally I'd like to spam all the VAM icons in a grid in the description. I'm right now combining them in Photoshop into one tall image. But that's an additional step and not flexible, if I need to add more later...
Using a media album would be more comfortable. But I also don't need to flood the Media page with them...
For those hair shots I needed bigger images, so one Photoshop grid wasn't an option. Media Albums are a great solution.

 

[meshedvr]

I'm not sure.
You can only add 10 attachments.

Ideally I'd like to spam all the VAM icons in a grid in the description. I'm right now combining them in Photoshop into one tall image. But that's an additional step and not flexible, if I need to add more later...
Using a media album would be more comfortable. But I also don't need to flood the Media page with them...
For those hair shots I needed bigger images, so one Photoshop grid wasn't an option. Media Albums are a great solution.

I'm going to see if I can make it so private albums do not appear when you have just hit media tab that browses all albums. This would then work as "unlisted", but items could still be viewable based on the permissions you set.

 

[meshedvr]

@Acid Bubbles @kemenate I have created an addon that makes it so personal albums are no longer shown on the top media page or the what's new media pages. Users can still browse the albums (if public) on the Browse Albums section, and you can use them elsewhere on the site.

 

[DJ]

When clicking "go to download" for resources on patreon pages, it opens in the same tab, taking me away from the hub. Any chance it could open the download page in a new tab instead? I think that would be generally preferable, but maybe that's just me.

 

[CitizenX]

When clicking "go to download" for resources on patreon pages, it opens in the same tab, taking me away from the hub. Any chance it could open the download page in a new tab instead? I think that would be generally preferable, but maybe that's just me.

Had the exact same thought and was actually going to mention that as well.

 

[meshedvr]

@DJ I have rolled out a fix @CitizenX put in to open external URLs in a new tab

 

[Maxman3D]

Loving the new Hub and the forums. My biggest concern is the one between community freeware and patreon paid aspects. I am already seeing a big patreon presence in the users sigs, banners and posts here already which concerns me. I am not anti patreon in any aspect, but feel that is not what VAM is about and in the sense of fostering community and creativity, they should be left out of the equation as much as possible and that the new hub not become an advertising hub for them, which seems to be plausible at the moment from what I am seeing.

When I click on what's new, is there a away to just see free assets unless I select another category?

 

[DJ]

When I click on what's new, is there a away to just see free assets unless I select another category?

What you want to do is click on "resources". You can then choose between the Free, Early Access, and Paid categories.

Paid content is welcome on the hub. That isn't going to change. If you don't want to see paid content, stick to the free category.

 

[meshedvr]

Signatures are disabled. Paid content has to only be posted in specific places and advertising around elsewhere (forums) is disallowed.

The Hub will be friendly to people who post Patreon content. VaM was founded on Patreon after all. I think you will find it is easy to ignore paid content here if you don't care about it.

 

[Maxman3D]

Appreciate the replies

 

[kemenate]

Small feature suggestion for the Resources:

Put in Checkboxes for "Female Person based" and "Male Person based" on those type of resources that are bound to the person atom. Like Clothing, Hair, Looks, Skin/Textures...
For all I care you can already pre-set the "female" checkbox, because that is the majority of content anyway. But it should also be possible to check BOTH for packs that contain multiple items.

The idea is to have a RELIABLE filter (since not everyone uses tags) to display only content that for example works on a penis-having-person-atom. So it's probably better to not just name the checkboxes "female" vs "male" because that get's easily confused with masculine/feminine and we all know that for example Futa is very much "female" despite certain details.

 

[kemenate]

Another:
Is there a button somewhere to view a media image in full resolution / zoom? Maybe I'm missing something, but when I tried too look at a 5000px image I could not find a way except copying the direct link to the image into a new browser tab.

Edit: I just noticed that images in the Resource Description that are scaled down do have a nice fullscreen zoom view. Is there any way to activate this for Media images?

 

[meshedvr]

@kemenate I can see if I can add some additional checkboxes to resources, but I seem to remember custom data doesn't work with filters. I think having a checkbox for each and not making them exclusive would be better. Some people might include both male/female hair version in a single var. So perhaps "Works on female" and "Work on male" checkboxes.

Re: images. I looked at this a while back, and the forum software I'm using decided not to use lightbox for displaying media gallery images because they wanted to instead be able to show all the meta info/ratings/etc. stuff per-image. The threads and resources, however, show attachments in the lightbox system, which IMO is way better as it supports a smooth slideshow, fullscreen, download, etc. I looked around and others were similarly frustrated with this, but the developer has said this was intentional. They say to see full image, you should just right click on the image, and choose "View image" or "Open image in a new tab" to see the full image in another tab.