Official Mys v1.4.0 Ideas & Suggestions Thread

[Abronsyth]

Random idea I've had the past few days for the Stats feature!

Stats based on the gender ("m" or "f") of the pets would be wonderful! As well as Class-Stats, as in stats that apply to all adopts under a specific class. For the gender-defined stats a big one is weight, different sexes within animals almost always differ in size in a noticeable manner, and it would add a more realistic element to sites that would like such a thing :) ((Yes I know there is little realism in virtual pets that grow through clicks, but I am a scientist at hear!))

[IntoRain]

Originally Posted by Abronsyth

Random idea I've had the past few days for the Stats feature!

Stats based on the gender ("m" or "f") of the pets would be wonderful! As well as Class-Stats, as in stats that apply to all adopts under a specific class. For the gender-defined stats a big one is weight, different sexes within animals almost always differ in size in a noticeable manner, and it would add a more realistic element to sites that would like such a thing :) ((Yes I know there is little realism in virtual pets that grow through clicks, but I am a scientist at hear!))

I think it's easy to add, just adding attributes to the table basically (plus their respective methods in the respective classes), like weightFemale and weightMale, minStat, maxStat for each species?

[Tequila]

Another idea, instead of letting users upload an avatar, use Gravatar to pull a PG and lower rated avatar from their Gravatar account.

Some information here: http://css-tricks.com/snippets/php/d...email-address/ and I'm sure we can tweak it to work with Mys.

[Hall of Famer]

Sounds interesting, does it involve a third party library to use?

[Tequila]

Doesn't look like it Hoffie. Just use their registered email in the gravatar image source. I'd be willing to try it. I'll see if there is a way to set only specific avatar ratings on the Gravatar site and link that information here.

Actually, after looking it over it looks really simple! http://en.gravatar.com/site/implement/ Has all the details on how to implement the Gravatar service.

[Hall of Famer]

I see, so it works on the Gravator's own server? If so, the integration will be quite similar to what facebook/twitter integration looks like for web applications. Interesting, I will take a deeper look later tonight. XD

[Tequila]

It does look neat. I found the code on css tricks and was intrigued... I figured I'd pass it on and see what others thought.

[MikiHeart]

There's a downside to using gravatar though.
I use to be really popular, but I find not a lot of sites use it anymore..

The downside is you have to have some kind of moderation system. Because what if they have an inappropriate avatar? You still need to be able to turn it off, and delete it from appearing on your site.

[Tequila]

Originally Posted by MikiHeart

There's a downside to using gravatar though.
I use to be really popular, but I find not a lot of sites use it anymore..

The downside is you have to have some kind of moderation system. Because what if they have an inappropriate avatar? You still need to be able to turn it off, and delete it from appearing on your site.

I've seen it used, some places...

Plus I found that if you use this code:

PHP Code:

http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/205e460b479e2e5b48aec07710c08d50?r=pg 


You can set the rating by changing PG to G.

[MikiHeart]

Originally Posted by Tequila

I've seen it used, some places...

Plus I found that if you use this code:

PHP Code:

http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/205e460b479e2e5b48aec07710c08d50?r=pg 


You can set the rating by changing PG to G.

Some people lie though when they upload their avatar.

You still need a moderation system.

For example, having a new permission. Like "Can user have avatar?"
If set to yes, they can have an avatar, if set to no, they've been banned from having an avatar due to misusing the feature.