Stephen4Louise
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Personally the only reason I like to see an updated hold is if it is for a major issue such as hold is not finishable, but I am interested to hear other peoples views on the subject.

The reason I ask is that in http://forum.caravelgames.com/viewtopic.php?TopicID=9589 Ezlo found a small bug in the scripting in one of the rooms of my hold. In a perfect world that and any other bugs would have been picked up during testing, but we all know that is impossible.

eytanz
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Well, I think it sort of depends on other aspects of the issue in addition to its severity.

Basically, I'd think the answer is as follows:

- If it's a critical issue (hold is unsolvable), you must update.
- If it's a major issue but not a critical one (a room is broken in a way that it's still solvable but maybe it's much harder than intended, or much easier; a non-required room is not solvable, etc.), you can either update or not.
- If it's a minor issue (a cosmetic/dialogue issue, a trivial solution that's hard to find, etc.) only update if you can do it without affecting the high scores of people who legitimately already solved the rooms in question.

Also, in general, it's better to have fewer updates than many so unless the hold is unsolvable I'd sit on an issue for a while and see if others come up before updating.



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Pilchard VIII
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In my opinion, I think that an architect of a hold should have the right to edit their own work at any time. This as a result, adds more gameplay to their hold which they never would have got if they hadn't updated the hold in the first place. And if a holds got more bugs than a jam picnic, then fixing these bugs makes it better for the architect in knowing that they've got a bug-free hold and for the delver for knowing that the hold runs smoothly and not like my King Pilchard VIII's dungeon. In conclusion, I think that it is a good thing to freely edit, because if it means that it's more fun, then the architect would have done his job.

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Banjooie
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Largely, don't screw over people that have high scores, unless a trivial solution is really, really trivial. If it's some room that's unscorable, go for it.

Blondbeard
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I said any time, but I agree with others that you should try to not mess with others highscores.