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News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 12:31 pm

Elcor wrote:By the way, about alts - it had been said that there is about 300+ alts now. Why then can't I see more than 255 alts in database?

http://www.seibertron.com/heavymetalwar/help/altmodes.php

For some reason the info from the new alts didn't get added. Methinks that someone needs to do it manually. I'd volunteer for the job if only I had the access.

by **Elcor** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 12:54 pm

Sharpwing wrote:You had the wrong link.

http://www.seibertron.com/heavymetalwar/images is the link to the database.

It's not me who has the wrong link - it's what specified in Help section. Shouldn't somebody correct it?

News Credits: 33 · by **Glyph** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 2:22 pm

http://www.seibertron.com/heavymetalwar/images
^ That's the full list of alts in the game, and always has been.

http://www.seibertron.com/heavymetalwar ... tmodes.php
^ That's the ID and other miscellaneous stuff, an old project that I'll revisit when I have time. (And probably give the rest of the HMW staff access to as well.) In this case, I was rushed enough just getting the alts into the DB for the tourney prize and didn't have time to go searching for source images and the like.

News Credits: 1 · by **Absolute Zero** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 2:43 pm

Elcor wrote:By the way, about alts - it had been said that there is about 300+ alts now. Why then can't I see more than 255 alts in database?

http://www.seibertron.com/heavymetalwar/help/altmodes.php

Maybe because several of the alts both sides had access to from the tournament?

by **chrisjbrandon** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 4:24 pm

Ok Question time, will the rotation run tomorrow? If so are any of the old alts that had the problem being chosen last Tuesday available now?

by **Gargle Blaster** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 7:07 pm

I think I've just learnt about the rotaton system the hard way - was sooooo happy with Moony's lovely new wolf alt, and got a bit carried away and reset him to give him a better weapon, and now the I'm not allowed the wolf anymore. :sad:

So, time for silly questions...
-Roughly what time period are the alts rotating in - specifically, how long 'til I can get the wolf back??!!!

Or does the random element mean that it all comes down to luck...
-Are the dates displayed under the alts the times at which they go away again? (sorry if this is really obvious stuff....)

by **Mime** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 7:13 pm

I did the same thing too. I'm hanging out for the fox and wolf alt mode. And I too would really like to know when the next alt mode rotation will be.

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 7:13 pm

Gargle Blaster wrote:Or does the random element mean that it all comes down to luck.

Pretty much.

But Core will be rotated in more often than Common which will be rotated in more often than Rare.

News Credits: 7 · by **Chaoslock** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 6:15 am

Burn wrote:
Gargle Blaster wrote:Or does the random element mean that it all comes down to luck.

Pretty much.

But Core will be rotated in more often than Common which will be rotated in more often than Rare.

Wasn't the plan that the 'Core' alts are the permanent ones, and only the common and rare ones get rotated?

As I saw, there are some interesting alt. numbers right now, for example there are only three transformers with the WW Grimlock alt...

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 6:29 am

eh, you could be right. But I was under the impression the core ones were the original alts and that they would make up the majority of alts with common and rare filling up the list.

by **chrisjbrandon** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 11:03 am

OK we got Bumblebee, and that's it. Is that our rotation?
everything else is core...

News Credits: 42 · by **Psychout** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 11:23 am

I doubt that will be right, but im not resetting anyone to check.

News Credits: 1 · by **Symbiote Spiderman14** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 12:51 pm

I don't think he did the rotation yet everything looks the same on our side but one of our alts was labled common instead of core

by **chrisjbrandon** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 1:19 pm

I wanta see some new alts. i need to change some guys, completly, or back... :-?

by **Tusk** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 1:36 pm

Bumblebee has been labeled rare for a while now. I don't know which alts are rare on the Con list.

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 1:56 pm

has been changed to common, but that's the only change I noticed

by **Blackmoon** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 7:05 pm

So has the alt rotation idea been scrapped for now since nothing's happened since Jan 29th.

by **Carnosaur** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 7:16 pm

it take time it not that easy

News Credits: 3 · by **LuckytheWonderLlama** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 8:34 pm

Blackmoon wrote:So has the alt rotation idea been scrapped for now since nothing's happened since Jan 29th.

Par for the course? :roll:

by **Carnosaur** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 9:42 pm

nope dont think so

by **Mime** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 12:27 am

So, do we get a heads up when the next alt mode rotation happens? (If someone has always posted this question, feel free to hit me over the head.)

by **Carnosaur** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 1:43 am

ok i will

by **Mime** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 5:22 pm

Darn Carnasaur, always obliged to hit you over the head before answering your question.

by **Naval Strike** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 11:36 am

Is there any kind of progress on the alt rotation system?? It has been three weeks now... and still nothing. I know Glyph is real busy, but a little status update would be nice...