In which James talks about recent changes to the site, copy/pastes a change-log, and talks about upcoming coding-related things on the horizon.

Hi all, It's that time again! About time for another report from your friendly neighbourhood Seneschal with the latest ins and outs related to the site.

Deployed Code Changes

Below is a list of most of the code check-ins done to the site since my last report. This isn't an exhaustive list, and does not contain code changes that have not yet been deployed to the main website. To summarise, here's the TLDR:

1. Changes related to splitting Clusters of Fire and Earth
2. Updated SA Society requirements
3. Preparations for Traditions, Clan Alignments and Path/Order Overhaul
4. Announcement of DJB News to Telegram
5. Possessions-related things
6. Miscellaneous fixes and tweaks

James Entar (30):
      Update SA Society Promotheus rules
      Separate Member vs Environment and Members vs Non-Members in Gaming Portal
      Prepare Gaming Sage and GMRG for Clusters of Earth
      Restructure Members vs Others screen to allow for multiple platforms
      Add more info to gaming activity admin screen
      Add CE as a possible gaming activity reward in backend
      Gaming portal backend tweak
      Small Promotheus typo fix
      One more Promotheus title clarification
      Ease House/Path restrictions
      Library updates
      Rework Requirements UI; Implement Traditions; Prep Order changes
      Disable Tradition Changes for now
      Upstream library updates
      Allow Multi-Path Clans; update Join Assignment to match; add ACC Assets Group
      CC CM on various e-mails. Fixes #21
      Allow CM to edit ACC battle weapons. Fixes #22
      Allow tagging Fiction Activities as Official Unit Fiction
      Telegram Bot Stuff
      Move Languages/Lore into their own box
      Update CF/CE values in Gaming Sage and GMRG formulas
      Prototype Items, Slots, Items, Creation of Item Prototypes, Stores
      Add gaussian support functions
      Item Aspect Slots, Item Stocking Rules, Misc Possessions Stuff
      Streamline Prototype Management, Finalize Grant/Stock UI/functionality
      Allow disabling Gaming Platforms; hide CFs from Recent Awards on frontpage
      Actually add toggle to form
      Update Kallisto to account for people using an email address tied to a Google account with a different address
      Add mapping to Kallisto
      Stores, Buying/Selling items, Inventories, Misc Stuff

On the Horizon

This section provides some sneak previews of upcoming site changes and the larger things on my todo-list in various stages of completion.

1. Clan Alignments and Path Changes Most of the coding for this is done, and we're now waiting on the administrative stuff. Clans need to declare alignments, rank names need to be created, etc. More from Mav soon.
2. Possessions Possessions is making good progress lately. Most of the functionality for phase 2 and 3 has been completed, and I expect the focus of Possessions to change from coding to data entry soon.
3. Test of Lore Revamp/Join Process Overhaul An ongoing project to replace the Test of Lore with something less... wall-of-texty, and less like an exam/test. Currently on hold until the Path/Order changes have been completed
4. Gaming Nights Bot This new bot will facilitate matchmaking, match reporting and score calculation on the new Gaming Nights. Coding on this is done, and some preliminary testing has been performed, thanks to Andrelious and Frosty. Valhavoc's next report should explain everything in detail
5. Fiction Society Initial coding on this has been completed offline, after which data was gathered and sent off to Evant and his team to ensure the ranks, requirements and rewards are well balanced
6. Badges/Achievements Work towards achievements by doing things (or not doing things) on the site. This is low-priority project at the moment due to other projects having precedence, but I will expect to pick it up again in the future.
7. Random Bugfixes and Things That Come Up™ A wild Dark Council member appeared. It uses Feature Request! [FIGHT][ITEM][PKMN][RUN]

Ask the Seneschal

Atra asks: As we come across various issues such as resolution related formatting and such, what is the preferred medium for delivering bug reports and such?
The Seneschal Office is using an internal issue tracking tool. The easiest way to report bugs is to send me an e-mail describing the issue and how we can reproduce it. I will then submit the bug to the tracker, after which the bug is fair game to any coder with access to the site's source :)

Malik asks: Will the path change also see the long needed change where members aren't assigned to a clan before passing the ToL?
This is something that we have in the pipeline, but depends on some other changes that are separate from the path change, so it won't necessarily coincide with it.

Closing/TLDR

Again, lots of fixes and additions to the site, and even more interesting things to come. As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to either e-mail me or throw in a comment.

James L. Entar
Seneschal of the Brotherhood