Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-15636815-20131111185541/@comment-15529092-20131119224048

Pella.

Thank you for reply and considering my ideas above. Well, I was commenting quite lot before your page came live BUT on different topics. I was particularly interested in data sources as I wished to ensure myself that I am doing best I can (e.g. if I am not missing something important or if they are any other alternative data sources about extensions).

But concerning this themes template, I didn't have a chance to say a word before going live (I was only focusing on extensions content update to have it finally completed and I just promised that I will write my feed-back, but the page went live wihout it)... So this is how this happened, sorry once more. I understand that it must have been quite a coincidence that my thorough feed-back came just a few moments after the page went live :(.

As I read your message, I concluded that I should explain more about that extensions content update I was working on. What I was focusing on?

• 1. To 'fill the gaps' => to have the database completed which means to get it into state that EVERY particular extension which exists in-game, exists in our database as well (at least with it's material cost price & level requirement).

• 2. Update extensions level requirements which changed during Sep 2013 game update (which was more than a major change).

• 3. To contribute with complete extensions data from my own game status (i purchased quite a lot of extensions during previous weeks).

(+ some extras like: major improvements on introduction texts, adding slots gained from purchasing something else, adding information from last game update, checks & verifications and finally introducing further tables improvement ideas)

Every condition from that 3 above apply only for extensions with level requirement starting somewhere between 200-250 and more. That means that I didn't pay much of attention to low-level extensions (I made some checks, but only brief ones). If I have ever made same changes in low-level entries, it were only in these following 3 cases: a) adding missing discounted price, b) adding slots included in new rail (or Maglev Era) purchase, c) information about Themes (but this was very long ago - I guess 2 weeks or so).

About errors you have found in TSED. Personally, I had absolutely great experience with database. I have found just 1 difference between wiki vs. TSED data input (with exception of missing records and outdated level requirements on wiki). In this specific case it seemed obivous that wiki's data is wrong (missing 1 type of material in cost value while everything else was ok). That means that TSED worked absolutely reliable for me and I haven't been able to discover ANY error there so far.

BUT: we were focusing on something completely different (my attention sticked on ext. above lvl 200-250 while you were focusing on these with lower level requirements). I have one possible explanation how your negative experience with TSED could originate? What about September 2013 game update? It changed level requirements (into regular 15 level steps system), but only from starting from level range 200-250 AND with absolutely no changes in costs (in these higher level extensions).

However, I would guess that extensions under lvl 200-250 are completely different story? I haven't noticed any required level changes there, however I would guess that there might happened cost changes...? And these are much more harder to update than just changed level requirements (with regular level steps system)... So this is where could be TSED possibly outdated and isn't fitting with your own game status. What do you think?