NPC Profiles

[Xesna]

Mar 20, 2018 10:12:14 GMT -8 Brian said:

Xesna , can you provide the link to the forum you're having this issue on?

Of course, here you go, good sir: Nindao.

[Brian]

Mar 20, 2018 10:14:22 GMT -8 Xesna said:

Mar 20, 2018 10:12:14 GMT -8 Brian said:

Xesna , can you provide the link to the forum you're having this issue on?

Of course, here you go, good sir: Nindao.

According to your plugin settings you don't have permission to use any of the NPCs within the plugin, so the button isn't appearing.

Follow the setup instructions in the very first post of this thread and the button should appear.

[Xesna]

Mar 20, 2018 10:31:53 GMT -8 Brian said:

Mar 20, 2018 10:14:22 GMT -8 Xesna said:

Of course, here you go, good sir: Nindao.

According to your plugin settings you don't have permission to use any of the NPCs within the plugin, so the button isn't appearing.

Follow the setup instructions in the very first post of this thread and the button should appear.

Currently, it's disabled and I removed the permissions. Let me add it back in, so you can verify it once more.

EDIT: Additionally, I do apologize for the late response. In any case, the NPC Profile is white listed in Library under Database and Ninja World (including Out of Character, Non-Canon).

EDIT: Oddly enough, it is now visible. Previously, I had it set for all Members & Staff for Example NPC, however, the melee icon didn't reveal. Whatever the case maybe, it is reading it now. Thank you.

[SoraX2]

Sorry if this has already been brought up, before, but I'm having an issue. suddenly, the drop-down menu to choose/change an NPC has vanished. I'm not sure what caused it, but I can still select the NPCs from the PBN bar, but that doesn't help for changing them. I'm not sure if I did something to mess with it. the last thing I tried to do before saving it was add another NPC. I have since removed that NPC, but it didn't fix the problem. Has this happened before? and if so, how do I fix it?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

[Brian]

SoraX2, since you're still using 1.1.3 I can only assume it's the same issue described on the previous page.

The way that plugin data for certain types of fields is saved got changed so I had to update the plugin to read them correctly. Installing the latest version of the plugin should fix this issue for you.

[SoraX2]

Thanks for the reply, Brian! Much appreciated!

[Brian]

Plugin updated to 1.2.0. I put a bunch of work into this version to make the plugin function much better than it did previously.

Menu Category
There's a new field in the NPC List tab called Menu Category. The name you specify here is the name of the submenu that your NPC will appear under. You can use this to categorize your NPCs and make the dropdown menus a lot less chaotic. Thanks to manglash for this idea from all the way back in 2016.

data-default
Similar to how elements with data-item attributes only appear when the item you specify is filled out there is now another attribute called data-default. This element will only appear when the item you specify as its value is not filled out. Check the first page of this thread for a more detailed explanation.

Main admin overrides
There's now another feature that allows the main admin to use any NPC regardless of its permissions. Hopefully this solves the issue I see in some of the reviews I get where "I installed the plugin and it doesn't work" because it wasn't customized first.

PBN Bar
I always found this feature's appearance kind of ugly so I opted to change it. Instead of bringing up a dialog the PBN bar now uses a menu for NPC selection just like everything else. I also removed the ability to click and drag the micro-profile around, but the sword icon in the PBN bar can be clicked again to toggle the micro-profile so that it's not blocking your view.

Adding new fields
You no longer have to edit the plugin's Javascript to do this. Any new fields you add to the NPC List tab in Plugins > Build > NPC Profiles will work right away!

[Sparrow]

Hello!

I have a quick question about this plugin, Brian .

Will it be allowed to use NPC Profiles in PMs in the next update for this plugin?
I tried to set it up myself but it didn't exactly work.


However, I did get it to be completely anonymous for threads:



For it, I just set the .mini-profile-divide to display: none; in the CSS part of the Build for the plugin if you were curious so it would remove the part that is circled in this image:




Code:

.has-npc .mini-proflie-divide {
display: none;
}


~Sparrow

[Brian]

Apr 12, 2018 15:33:33 GMT -8 Sparrow said:

Hello!

I have a quick question about this plugin, Brian .

Will it be allowed to use NPC Profiles in PMs in the next update for this plugin?
I tried to set it up myself but it didn't exactly work.

This would require the plugin to use another plugin key, so I've not implemented this as a feature.

ProBoards v6 will have unlimited plugin keys so I'll consider implementing this as an option when that's available.

Apr 12, 2018 15:33:33 GMT -8 Sparrow said:

However, I did get it to be completely anonymous for threads:

Please note that this plugin is only executing Javascript after the page has already loaded. It does not actually make the original author of the post anonymous. There's a brief period before the page has finished loading where the original author of the post will be visible on the page. Also, the original author is always visible in the page's source and you can see NPC posts in their account's recent posts.

[burneh]

Brian , we just recently installed your plugin and we've run into a snag. It seems that when the NPC is posted, it shows the account of the admin posting it and then the NPC account directly below it. Have we done something wrong?

We do have other plugins but I tried moving them around to make sure they weren't interfering, but it seems to not have worked.

Here is a thread where you can view for yourself just what is going on.

Thanks for your help in advance!

[Brian]

Apr 25, 2018 22:59:58 GMT -8 burneh said:

Brian , we just recently installed your plugin and we've run into a snag. It seems that when the NPC is posted, it shows the account of the admin posting it and then the NPC account directly below it. Have we done something wrong?

We do have other plugins but I tried moving them around to make sure they weren't interfering, but it seems to not have worked.

Here is a thread where you can view for yourself just what is going on.

Thanks for your help in advance!

Hi, burneh.

That's a common problem with that particular theme due to the author changing the mini-profile classes.

Have a look at my response here: support.proboards.com/post/6029880

[wingstrike]

Hi, we're having a problem with this plugin. Only our main admin can flip posts to NPC profiles, the icon won't appear to anyone else.

I've even tested by setting the Write group to "Everything" and whitelisting the test boards, and yet it won't kick in. (I updated to v1.2.3)

[Brian]

May 8, 2018 19:51:11 GMT -8 wingstrike said:

Hi, we're having a problem with this plugin. Only our main admin can flip posts to NPC profiles, the icon won't appear to anyone else.

I've even tested by setting the Write group to "Everything" and whitelisting the test boards, and yet it won't kick in. (I updated to v1.2.3)

The most recent version of the plugin has a setting that allows the main admin to use any NPC regardless of its permissions which is likely why they can see it and you can't. Changing who can write to the plugin key doesn't determine whether or not the button shows up, so I would recommend changing this back to its previous setting. What does determine whether or not the button appears is which groups you've allowed to use each NPC in the Who can use this NPC? column of the NPC List tab.

If you still have any issues despite this please specify the URL of the forum this affects.

[wingstrike]

May 9, 2018 8:05:15 GMT -8 Brian said:

May 8, 2018 19:51:11 GMT -8 wingstrike said:

Hi, we're having a problem with this plugin. Only our main admin can flip posts to NPC profiles, the icon won't appear to anyone else.

I've even tested by setting the Write group to "Everything" and whitelisting the test boards, and yet it won't kick in. (I updated to v1.2.3)

The most recent version of the plugin has a setting that allows the main admin to use any NPC regardless of its permissions which is likely why they can see it and you can't. Changing who can write to the plugin key doesn't determine whether or not the button shows up, so I would recommend changing this back to its previous setting. What does determine whether or not the button appears is which groups you've allowed to use each NPC in the Who can use this NPC? column of the NPC List tab.

If you still have any issues despite this please specify the URL of the forum this affects.

Ah fantastic, completely forgot about Who can use this NPC?, it works a charm once that part's set up. Thanks!

[Gene Hunt]

Hi Brian

I've been using this plugin for some time now and love it. I have run into an issue though. As time has gone on, I have created a number of NPC Profiles and all have worked perfectly, until I recently added a few more. I now have 18 profiles in place but only the most recent 12 are available in the drop down list when posting.

Any ideas? Probably something simple that I'm overlooking.

Thanks again Brian.

GH.