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Community => Council Room => Topic started by: Geo on July 12, 2015, 10:20:21 PM

Title: gift testing in pictures
Post by: Geo on July 12, 2015, 10:20:21 PM

Here you see what I see when I try to gift something, BUncle.

I click on 'sent a gift', select the beer, and then all I get is this test message in the upper left corner.

Title: Re: gift testing in pictures
Post by: Buster's Uncle on July 13, 2015, 12:05:08 AM

I do not understand why this is happening.  I wonder if it's a re-gifting effect; I bought a Beer with my DL busted to plain member, no problem, and gifted it to Green1, no problem.  It's in his inventory now.  Yours was in your inventory when I checked.

Hmm. I can't imagine how it could be your Librarian PC rank.  I guess I'll send Uno a beer and have him gift it to you and see what happens.

Tech d00dz?

Title: Re: gift testing in pictures
Post by: Buster's Uncle on July 13, 2015, 01:41:37 PM

I see Uno was able to gift you the beer, Geo, so that tends to eliminate re-gifting as the problem.  Sumpin's wrong with YOU, fellah.

Clarify something for me - I thought at first you were unable to even buy a beer, but I take it that was never the problem?  The error message you screnshotted looked like it was something to do with the Test Item in the Shop, and I deleted that as part of a cleanup yesterday to get all the useful items on the same page.  I wonder if the deletion will affect anything.

(I bet it would be minimally difficult to create a flower for similar purpose for when you now the recipient doesn't drink.  Beer is no different than Rock -it does nothing- in that it's only good for giving away...)

Title: Re: gift testing in pictures
Post by: Geo on July 13, 2015, 02:20:06 PM

Well, I received the beer from UnO just fine. But the moment I try to use the item, I have this test message again.
It seems I can put it up for trade though. At least the initial screen for that comes up.

I'll just stop trying then. It's not that important to me.

Title: Re: gift testing in pictures
Post by: Buster's Uncle on July 13, 2015, 02:26:40 PM

I'll gift you one of my Rocks - try with that.  I'd like to track this down.

Title: Re: gift testing in pictures
Post by: Geo on July 13, 2015, 02:35:38 PM

Ouch. I put it up for sale. Let's see if I can retrieve it...

Title: Re: gift testing in pictures
Post by: Geo on July 13, 2015, 02:39:03 PM

That's what I see when I try to use it.

Title: Re: gift testing in pictures
Post by: Buster's Uncle on July 13, 2015, 02:43:35 PM

Crap.

Nobody else is Librarian - all your PC peers are in membergroups.  I'll put you in something and then gift you another Rock to track down if it's that.

Title: Re: gift testing in pictures
Post by: Geo on July 13, 2015, 02:45:11 PM

I still have the rock, you know. ;)

Title: Re: gift testing in pictures
Post by: Buster's Uncle on July 13, 2015, 02:49:14 PM

Well now you have the 500ec Rock Eadee sold me, too.

Hey!  Your Custom Title gag still works with the new membergroup!  ;lol; I'll leave that on for at least a while if you don't mind.

Title: Re: gift testing in pictures
Post by: Geo on July 13, 2015, 02:50:05 PM

Same as before. I get the "unusable" screen when I try to use the rock. Even as a chic geek lady.

'kay, can you give me back my stacked librarian now please?

Title: Re: gift testing in pictures
Post by: Geo on July 13, 2015, 02:53:22 PM

Also, I can't even buy things put in the trade center by someone else.

And can you give me back my stacked librarian please?

Title: Re: gift testing in pictures
Post by: Buster's Uncle on July 13, 2015, 02:56:46 PM

Here.

(http://40.media.tumblr.com/38034fb39ee2f89b5f02037930186f7b/tumblr_nnj0uuwxJk1r4j3sgo1_500.jpg)

I already knew about Trade being broken -and that the Rock does nothing- so try to gift me a Rock and I'll change you back.

Title: Re: gift testing in pictures
Post by: Geo on July 13, 2015, 02:58:39 PM

You know well enough where I want my librarian back. :P
So, will you put me out of the geek lady group again, or not?

Title: Re: gift testing in pictures
Post by: Buster's Uncle on July 13, 2015, 02:59:55 PM

Sure, but I need you to test the gifting one more time first.

Title: Re: gift testing in pictures
Post by: Buster's Uncle on July 13, 2015, 03:12:23 PM

Fer pete's sake, Geo - is that better?  Gift me a Rock and I'm outta ideas to test.

Title: Re: gift testing in pictures
Post by: Eadee on July 13, 2015, 03:36:18 PM

Quote from: BUncle on July 13, 2015, 02:49:14 PM

Well now you have the 500ec Rock Eadee sold me, too.

You lost the Rock? YOU FOOL! :o

no replacements

Title: Re: gift testing in pictures
Post by: Buster's Uncle on July 13, 2015, 03:41:42 PM

I know, I know - it was the only Rock in my inventory not up for sale.  I wish I'd bought a fresh one, but I think it works down from the top of the list, so I'd have had to unsale one of Flux' gift rocks; I wish I had it to do over...

Title: Re: gift testing in pictures
Post by: Geo on July 13, 2015, 04:18:18 PM

Quote from: BUncle on July 13, 2015, 02:59:55 PM

Sure, but I need you to test the gifting one more time first.

What exactly?
Btw, you still seem to have a rock worth 500 ec in your inventory. At least, it can't be for trade if it isn't in your inventory, doesn't it?

Title: Re: gift testing in pictures
Post by: Buster's Uncle on July 13, 2015, 04:38:54 PM

My Rock is not worth 500ec -that's only what I put up as price on a lark- I haven't made a sales pitch to add value, proclaiming the glory of owning a Rock once owned by THE BlueFlux.

Gift me a Rock back and report, and you can go back to thinking about chasing voluptuous Librarians, whether the Gifting works fo' Supahvillains or not.

Title: Re: gift testing in pictures
Post by: Buster's Uncle on July 13, 2015, 05:08:09 PM

 ;clenchedteeth

Title: Re: gift testing in pictures
Post by: Geo on July 13, 2015, 09:51:08 PM

Thank you for waiting so patiently. :-*

I tried both with a rock which is available for trade in the trade center, and one that isn't.

Both give me a message that it's 'unusable' when I try to 'use it'.

Title: Re: gift testing in pictures
Post by: Buster's Uncle on July 13, 2015, 10:43:11 PM

[facepalm] I don't want you to 'use it'; I want you to gift me one back.

http://alphacentauri2.info/index.php?action=shop;sa=gift (http://alphacentauri2.info/index.php?action=shop;sa=gift) <-THIS.

Title: Re: gift testing in pictures
Post by: Geo on July 14, 2015, 12:07:05 AM

Well, that works.

Title: Re: gift testing in pictures
Post by: Geo on July 14, 2015, 12:08:24 AM

And a beer for all the trouble. You probably deserved it. ;cute

Title: Re: gift testing in pictures
Post by: Buster's Uncle on July 14, 2015, 12:13:54 AM

:D

Good luck with Chesty McBookish.  Would you like to be in a usergroup so you can Gift things?

Title: Re: gift testing in pictures
Post by: Geo on July 14, 2015, 05:26:15 PM

No need, thanks for the thought.

Title: Re: gift testing in pictures
Post by: Buster's Uncle on July 14, 2015, 06:19:51 PM

I could (easily) make a non-PC-based Librarian membergroup that looks exactly the same (though the making the Front Page and right sidebar visible to you would be a pain - it's seven different Blocks I have to find and edit to include every new group).  You're 531 posts from making Thinker PC anyway, and there goes the joke.

Actually, I thought of another Rock Gifting test - I didn't take you out of the Supervillains yesterday, only made it not your primary group that shows (like I still have most of my admin powers w/o showing), and I wonder if that will allow you to Gift w/o me jumping through a lot of hoops on a custom group.  I may not bother with that today, though.  Need a nap pretty bad...

Title: Re: gift testing in pictures
Post by: Geo on July 14, 2015, 06:31:46 PM

Ah. 5,000 is the next milestone? Okay.

Really, no need to put me in a usergroup.

Title: Re: gift testing in pictures
Post by: Buster's Uncle on July 15, 2015, 01:59:25 AM

Okay - Geo was able to Gift the Rock, and the problem is Officially Solved.  :danc:

Title: Re: gift testing in pictures
Post by: Eadee on July 15, 2015, 08:07:31 AM

Problem solved? Hey! I got the same bug. Can't gift an item by clicking on "use item" :P

Title: Re: gift testing in pictures
Post by: Buster's Uncle on July 15, 2015, 01:17:11 PM

Oh crap.  It took me a moment to parse the joke first thing in the morning.  I was about to get upset.

Title: Re: gift testing in pictures
Post by: Eadee on July 15, 2015, 03:17:37 PM

I warned you, better not to read my postings before your first coffee.

Well... okay, I didn't warn you at all, but you should've known by yourself by now :D

Title: Re: gift testing in pictures
Post by: Buster's Uncle on July 15, 2015, 03:34:02 PM

It's good that I created coffee for the Shop, then... ;nod

Title: Re: gift testing in pictures
Post by: Geo on July 15, 2015, 04:45:44 PM

Quote from: Eadee on July 15, 2015, 08:07:31 AM

Problem solved? Hey! I got the same bug. Can't gift an item by clicking on "use item" :P

Shhhh. He felt happy there. Now you jinxed it. :stop: