@EA_Cade Thanks for doing all the checking about everything, including the "like system," and just setting up this whole thing to go smoothly with great posts and information on this thread and behind the scenes !
I do my best! Thank you all for being open to change, and for the trust you've placed in us.
A lot of us have been here for years and you and the rest of the team have given us every reason over that time to place our trust in you, that you will always do your best. It isn't always easy, pretty, or popular, but that's true of everything in life. Thank you @EA_Cade, @EA_Solaire, @EA_Cath, and all the rest that I didn't name! You all make this place special and fun.
@EA_Cade Thanks for doing all the checking about everything, including the "like system," and just setting up this whole thing to go smoothly with great posts and information on this thread and behind the scenes !
I do my best! Thank you all for being open to change, and for the trust you've placed in us.
Thankyou for all that you and all the EA people are doing to make this move to the new forums go as smoothly as can be @EA_Cade You have been reassuring everyone, providing lots of informative information, and been very helpful with the questions that simmers have had. Thankyou
I think I've checked...I'll double-check again to make sure that my e-mail at AHQ matches with the one that I use here. But I'm getting up there and turning into a troglodyte so I'm not sure if everything is going to go smoothly (at least for me...)
Always "River McIrish" ...and maybe some Bebe Hart. ~innocent expression~
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My user name on AHQ is an old one I haven't used in years (Jayel-1) I went in to change it to February11 it told me February11 was already registered. Rosemow mentioned that maybe another poster has used February11 but in the bottom part where it says "game specific identities" it says The Sims - February 11
So I can't understand why I can't change it there.
But, the question is, when the new EA forum gets up and running and everything is transferred, will I be Jayel-1 or February11?
Looks like February11 is already in use as an EA ID by another user I'm afraid, so assuming you have both the AHQ and Forums.TheSims logins as the same email address your content would migrate under the name Jayel-1.
Just a couple of follow up questions pertaining to one’s username already being in use by someone else on AHQ:
1) If linking the account here and the one on AHQ, will our username on any posts we have originally made here that get transferred to the new forum then appear with the username we have on AHQ?
2) If we, due to the fact that we are unable to change the username on AHQ to the one we have here, choose not to link the accounts, will any posts we have made on threads that carry over to the new forums then be deleted or will the posts themselves appear but with the “user deleted” instead of a username?
3) Will the new forums be completely connected to AHQ and our login there or will we be able to create a new account just on the new forums when they’re up without linking it with our AHQ account, thereby enabling us to continue using our current username?
1. The one at AHQ. AHQ uses your EA-ID and so does the new forum. The new forum will use your EA-ID
2. From what I've read here and at the German forum, they will be deleted (but things might change, who knows)
3. I'm guessing you could just make a new EA account with no games (or download some free ones on that) and then use that at the new forum.
Thank you for trying to answer my questions, however, in relation to #3 it doesn’t quite seem to have been answered in full. So attempting to rephrase: Will we only be able to login to the new forums with an EA account or will they have a separate option like the current forums? Because I know that my username here on these forums is already being used by someone else on AHQ, but seeing as it has been my go to handle for nearly 20 years, I care a lot more about being able to preserve that than I do about transferring any posts I’ve made here.
Oh, and no need to suggest that I simply add a suffix 😉
Only EA would know for sure but from what I understand, the new forum is tied to an EA-ID from just like AHQ is. If someone at AHQ already has your username, you most probably won't be able to make a new account with that specific name. .. but I let Cade answer that for sure (but maybe he doesn't know yet either)
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My user name on AHQ is an old one I haven't used in years (Jayel-1) I went in to change it to February11 it told me February11 was already registered. Rosemow mentioned that maybe another poster has used February11 but in the bottom part where it says "game specific identities" it says The Sims - February 11
So I can't understand why I can't change it there.
But, the question is, when the new EA forum gets up and running and everything is transferred, will I be Jayel-1 or February11?
Looks like February11 is already in use as an EA ID by another user I'm afraid, so assuming you have both the AHQ and Forums.TheSims logins as the same email address your content would migrate under the name Jayel-1.
Just a couple of follow up questions pertaining to one’s username already being in use by someone else on AHQ:
1) If linking the account here and the one on AHQ, will our username on any posts we have originally made here that get transferred to the new forum then appear with the username we have on AHQ?
2) If we, due to the fact that we are unable to change the username on AHQ to the one we have here, choose not to link the accounts, will any posts we have made on threads that carry over to the new forums then be deleted or will the posts themselves appear but with the “user deleted” instead of a username?
3) Will the new forums be completely connected to AHQ and our login there or will we be able to create a new account just on the new forums when they’re up without linking it with our AHQ account, thereby enabling us to continue using our current username?
1. The one at AHQ. AHQ uses your EA-ID and so does the new forum. The new forum will use your EA-ID
2. From what I've read here and at the German forum, they will be deleted (but things might change, who knows)
3. I'm guessing you could just make a new EA account with no games (or download some free ones on that) and then use that at the new forum.
Thank you for trying to answer my questions, however, in relation to #3 it doesn’t quite seem to have been answered in full. So attempting to rephrase: Will we only be able to login to the new forums with an EA account or will they have a separate option like the current forums? Because I know that my username here on these forums is already being used by someone else on AHQ, but seeing as it has been my go to handle for nearly 20 years, I care a lot more about being able to preserve that than I do about transferring any posts I’ve made here.
Oh, and no need to suggest that I simply add a suffix 😉
Only EA would know for sure but from what I understand, the new forum is tied to an EA-ID from just like AHQ is. If someone at AHQ already has your username, you most probably won't be able to make a new account with that specific name. .. but I let Cade answer that for sure (but maybe he doesn't know yet either)
EA forums will use the same system that Answers HQ uses currently, when you post there you're logged in as the account you play on.
Having multiple forum accounts is against our rules for obvious reasons. Also if you were to take part in any playtesting or closed beta feedback sessions the feedback forums for those are limited to the account with access to the game, so you wouldn't be able to share any feedback to the teams.
Short answer: Change your name on Answers HQ to something you like, having more than one forum account will get tricky quickly.
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@EA_Cade I have another question about the new forum and the layout. Will text display in a narrow window in the center of the page like AHQ or will it be laid out like here where it takes up more of screen side to side?
@EA_Cade I have another question about the new forum and the layout. Will text display in a narrow window in the center of the page like AHQ or will it be laid out like here where it takes up more of screen side to side?
I haven't seen the full mock ups yet, stay tuned
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@EgonVM that must have either been mega long post or then theres typo somewhere in your formatting although i tend to get "body is too short" with my typos
Welp, today I discovered that these forums have a character limit. Yup, I got this message.
Body is 129474 characters too long.
That's astonishing.
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Very well, after splitting up the posts and waiting behind 3 spam blocks, I finally got it done before the No-Transfer line!
Here it is: My Ultimate NPC Guide
It took a lot of work and one discovery on the character limit, but I got it done! Oeh, that was a lot, but yeah, I got it done...
@EgonVM that must have either been mega long post or then theres typo somewhere in your formatting although i tend to get "body is too short" with my typos
It's a mega long post. A meeeeeega long post. I had to split it up due to this.
Though it turns out that you must include things outside spoilers. So for example:
This is a valid post:
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A lot of us have been here for years and you and the rest of the team have given us every reason over that time to place our trust in you, that you will always do your best. It isn't always easy, pretty, or popular, but that's true of everything in life. Thank you @EA_Cade, @EA_Solaire, @EA_Cath, and all the rest that I didn't name! You all make this place special and fun.
Thankyou for all that you and all the EA people are doing to make this move to the new forums go as smoothly as can be @EA_Cade
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/817478/hello-come-and-introduce-yourself
http://tinyurl.com/OneRoomOneWeek
http://tinyurl.com/rosemow
My Showcase thread https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/948861/rosemow-s-rooms-showcase
I think I'll be happy now to revert to my old username when we go!
Always "River McIrish" ...and maybe some Bebe Hart. ~innocent expression~
Yes. If we can have signatures on the new forum, I'll do it in reverse so people know who I was.
You gave me a good laugh with your comment!
Thank you for trying to answer my questions, however, in relation to #3 it doesn’t quite seem to have been answered in full. So attempting to rephrase: Will we only be able to login to the new forums with an EA account or will they have a separate option like the current forums? Because I know that my username here on these forums is already being used by someone else on AHQ, but seeing as it has been my go to handle for nearly 20 years, I care a lot more about being able to preserve that than I do about transferring any posts I’ve made here.
Oh, and no need to suggest that I simply add a suffix 😉
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EA forums will use the same system that Answers HQ uses currently, when you post there you're logged in as the account you play on.
Having multiple forum accounts is against our rules for obvious reasons. Also if you were to take part in any playtesting or closed beta feedback sessions the feedback forums for those are limited to the account with access to the game, so you wouldn't be able to share any feedback to the teams.
Short answer: Change your name on Answers HQ to something you like, having more than one forum account will get tricky quickly.
I haven't seen the full mock ups yet, stay tuned
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Oh boy... So that's the end of this saga. A disappointing one at that...
Well, maybe I'd try splitting it up into separate posts or something...
What will be the character limit on the new forums?
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Did you try and post War and Peace??!
I'll look into the post limit.
That's astonishing.
Here it is: My Ultimate NPC Guide
It took a lot of work and one discovery on the character limit, but I got it done! Oeh, that was a lot, but yeah, I got it done...
No, but nice alternative name to it!
It's a mega long post. A meeeeeega long post. I had to split it up due to this.
Though it turns out that you must include things outside spoilers. So for example:
This is a valid post: And this isn't a valid post:
So yeah...
I see what you mean...
It seems like robotically repeating info and a lot of spoilers and quotes can accelerate it...
I have an odd feeling that this "silly little prank" might have slowed down the forums (at least for me). If you are affected by it, sorry.
Great. It might be on my internet connection though or after all those Spam Block attacks I had...
Don't make more than 3 posts in less than 120 seconds... That's the lesson from Spam Blocks.
Guilty!😆
Noooooo!!!!!
Anyway, another question on formating in the new forums.
Do we have HTML formatting <thing> or BBCode formatting [thing] in the new forums?
No BBCode, Farewell my love BBCode
New forums will have Rich Text Markdown
and possibly HTML option (?)
unless thats just something my brain conjured out of thin air summoning @EA_Cade to confirm
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