Here's what needs to change.

[Jacob__mybb_import1]

Yesterday, I considered shutting down Buildism. I was talked out of it, but there are still some things that you guys (I'm talking to the veteran members here) need to do if you want this to be a positive community.

• Report bugs if you find them. Yesterday I discovered a bug that made it impossible to save games that had been unreported for FIVE DAYS. And I just restarted the multiplayer server, apparently it's been broken for who knows how long and nobody even bothered to tell me about it. I fix game-breaking bugs like that as soon as I hear about them, but I won't know unless someone tells me!
  
• Be constructive. I'm not going to force everyone to make games or skins or character accessories, but if your sole purpose on Buildism is to post spam on the forums all day, then I hate you. I don't have a problem with you only using the forums, but if all of your posts aren't helpful, then it isn't any better than someone uploading worthless skins and games every day and making it harder for new people to find the good stuff.
  

I don't care if you're not interested in helping a new website develop, though I don't know why you're here if you're not. But it is a problem if you're going to ruin it for the new people as well.

[jman]

When I try to play a game I get this error:
Java Plug-in 1.6.0_31
Using JRE version 1.6.0_31-b05 Java HotSpot™ Client VM
User home directory = C:\Users\secret
----------------------------------------------------
c: clear console window
f: finalize objects on finalization queue
g: garbage collect
h: display this help message
l: dump classloader list
m: print memory usage
o: trigger logging
q: hide console
r: reload policy configuration
s: dump system and deployment properties
t: dump thread list
v: dump thread stack
x: clear classloader cache
0-5: set trace level to <n>
----------------------------------------------------


Ignored exception: java.io.IOException: Invalid keystore format
Ignored exception: java.io.IOException: Invalid keystore format
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at com.sun.deploy.util.DeployAWTUtil.invokeAndWait(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2Manager.runOnEDT(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2Manager.createApplet(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2Manager$AppletExecutionRunnable.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.security.AccessControlException: access denied (java.util.PropertyPermission deployment.user.cachedir read)
at java.security.AccessControlContext.checkPermission(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.checkPermission(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkPermission(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkPropertyAccess(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.System.getProperty(Unknown Source)
at net.buildism.launcher.UpdaterApplet.<init>(UpdaterApplet.java:78)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2Manager$12.run(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue.access$000(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.security.AccessControlContext$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)
Exception: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException

[Jacob__mybb_import1]

The first error looks really rare, based on the number of Google hits. You might have to reinstall Java (make sure you get rid of all traces of it before installing it again.)

[Kieron]

We've posted hundreds which you haven't even acknowledged -.-

[Jacob__mybb_import1]

We've posted hundreds which you haven't even acknowledged -.-

Sometimes I fix bugs and announce them in news posts, without replying to the original thread. And usually when I code an update, I look through the first few pages of the forum in case there are any that haven't been fixed yet.

I might not fix minor bugs right away if I'm busy, but that isn't a reason not to tell me about the worse ones.

[Hippo]

Do I count as a veteran?

[Qwertygiy]

"Posts: 1,505
Joined: Apr 2011"

I'd say so.

[Franco30557]

Does any active user that's been here for a long time count as a veteran?

[Emperor]

Franco, if you are in something for a year, then yes, it will count as a Veteran.

[Duck]

Franco, if you are in something for a year, then yes, it will count as a Veteran.

there's no set amount of time, it just means you've done something for a long time