Category Archives: Meta

Bit of Server Tweaking.

Posted on August 5, 2014 by | Comments Off on Bit of Server Tweaking.

Hi!

We just did a bit of server tweaking to address some of the slowdowns people have been experiencing lately. If you run into any issues, please comment on this post.

Thanks!

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Posted in Bug Reports & Fixes, Meta

Weilyn – HeroMachine remembers one of its BEST!!

Posted on June 29, 2014 by | Comments Off on Weilyn – HeroMachine remembers one of its BEST!!

Today I write to honor the passing  of a member of the HeroMachine Moderation staff, Weilyn. I was saddened today to learn of her passing by a close friend of hers, our very own Stulte who created the image above in memorial to her! When HammerKnight due to health reasons had to step down as moderator for a time leaving the running of this place solely on my shoulders Weilyn was the first person I reached out to and invited to join the Moderation Team here at HeroMachine because I saw how helpful and friendly she was and KNEW she would be a wonderful moderator.

I remember how honored and excited she was to be a moderator and how eager she was to be able to give back to our community and help you all with all things HeroMachine! We private messages back and forth for several days as she grilled me on the things she needed to know to be an effective moderator and on how to posts to the blog and together with Her, Jr, and djuby I felt we had one of the finest group of Mods anywhere on the net!

I don't know any details of her passing but what I can say is the Weilyn will be missed dearly by many here on this site, and to her friends and family that many be reading this you have my most heart felt condolences! Rest In Peace My Friend!

( Below after the Jump you will find a few of Weilyn's HeroMachine Creations that I have selected as well as a Link to her Gallery on the forum )

EDIT: Added more of Weilyn's art below as suggested by Jr. 

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Posted in Meta, Open threads

Chrome Image Exporting fixed for reals this time

Posted on May 5, 2014 by | Comments Off on Chrome Image Exporting fixed for reals this time

I've thought I had the bug fixed in the past where you couldn't export an image out of Chrome, but this time I think I've actually done it. I've tested in both computers I have available here (sadly, both are Macs, so if you are running Chrome on Windows please give it a shot and let me know how it works for you) and it exports the image successfully, and then returns the character to the proper spot instead of 30 pixels off to the left.

Please let me know any issues you run into and thank you very much for your patience.

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And we're back.

Posted on May 4, 2014 by | Comments Off on And we're back.

Good evening, everyone!

I just finished fixing the bug with logging in. You should now have full access to the forums and other membership-related aspects of the site. Please comment here if you find any other issues.

Over the coming weeks, we will be making other technical changes to HeroMachine in order to give you a better, more reliable experience. This will, unfortunately, include some downtime here and there, but once we're done, we'll have a rock-solid site for the foreseeable future.

As always, keep your eyes peeled here for updates. And thanks for your patience with our site upgrade!

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META: New site updates

Posted on April 30, 2014 by | Comments Off on META: New site updates

As you've seen from the most excellent Ben Finn below, we've migrated the server over to the new host, but with some problems. Specifically, the Premium content pages and the forums aren't letting people log in.

Ben (and I, but mostly Ben) is working assiduously to figure out what the bug is. I apologize for the inconvenience and frustration, but hopefully things'll be squared away soon. In the meantime, the apps all still work so you can continue to create away.

A big THANK YOU to Ben for handling all this, too!

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HeroMachine – Site Upgrade in Progress

Posted on April 29, 2014 by | Comments Off on HeroMachine – Site Upgrade in Progress

Hey, folks!

We've moved HeroMachine.com to it's snazzy new server. Most things are up and functional, but we're still encountering a few bugs, specifically:

  • logging into the forums is problematic
  • some premium content may be unavailable

We're working overtime to correct these bugs, and we'll let you know when they're fixed.

If you're having any other issues with the site, please comment on this post.

Thanks, and sorry for any inconvenience!

- Ben

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Posted in Bug Reports & Fixes, HeroMachine 3, Meta, News & Updates

Chrome Exporting is now fixed!

Posted on April 29, 2014 by | Comments Off on Chrome Exporting is now fixed!

Over the weekend an old client called with a new bug in their HeroMachine version after the last Flash Player updated. We spent a couple of days figuring out what went wrong and now it's fine, but along the way I stumbled across a workaround for the image exporting bug Google introduced in their last Chrome updated. Using this new (actually, very old) method instead, I was able to get this important feature working again. So now if, like me, you're a Chrome user, you can once again export your HeroMachine 3 creations as a PNG or JPG. Hooray!

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Posted in HeroMachine 3, Meta

File Export in Chrome Workaround

Posted on April 20, 2014 by | Comments Off on File Export in Chrome Workaround

UPDATE 04/29/2014: Ignore this post, the core issue has been fixed and exporting from Chrome is now working again.

I've found a workaround so you can get the Image Exporter in HeroMachine 3 working again. The steps are outlined in this article but I'm reproducing them here. I tried it on my Mac install of Chrome and it worked great, taking no more than thirty seconds.

To disable the new PepperFlash:

  1. Open the Chrome Plugins page by typing this URL into the address bar: chrome://plugins
    chrome-plugins1
  2. Find the "[+] Details" button in the upper right to show the details of each installed plugin and click this button.
    chrome-plugins2
  3. Find the Flash Plugin Section in the list of Plugins.  There may be (1 file), (2 files) or (3 files) in this section.
    chrome-plugins3
  4. In the Flash section there should be 2 or 3 different versions of Flash listed.  If the Flash section only has one Flash file listed, Click Here to go to the Adobe website and download and install the Adobe Flash Plugin for Non-Internet Explorer browsers. 
  5. The first Plugin listed in the Flash section is the PepperFlash implementation.  You can tell that the first one is PepperFlash by looking for "PepperFlash" in the Location string.  See yellow highlight below.
  6. Find the "Disable" link and click that link.
    chrome-plugins4
  7. Now Close all open Chrome windows and tabs and restart Chrome and MySpeed should work as before.

Note: If no video will play or the website says that Flash is not installed after disabling PepperFlash, go back and Read Step 4 again more carefully.

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Posted in HeroMachine 3, Meta

META: Server changes

Posted on April 19, 2014 by | Comments Off on META: Server changes

Overnight tonight we'll be switching to a new host for HeroMachine.com. Hopefully this will drastically increase speed and reliability for the entire site and all the apps. You shouldn't notice any change in saved characters or your account, but I wanted to give you a heads up just in case.

I'll update you when the changeover is finished. Thank you for your patience as I continue to try and make the site as easy to use as possible!

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More Layout Changes

Posted on April 3, 2014 by | Comments Off on More Layout Changes

I apologize for how frustrating all this is, but I'm still testing various layouts and ad partners to try and get revenue where it needs to be to keep the site afloat. As a result you have probably noticed that I've returned to the old layout for HeroMachine 2 and 3, with no sidebar column and an ad unit integrated into the app itself.

I'll likely be changing the sidebar to a narrower width and putting it back in some time today, so be warned. I'm also still working on a premium membership where you can have the no-ad layout full-screen sized. I've encountered a bit of a problem on that front, though, which is delaying me.

Thank you for your patience and your support.

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