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Help & Guidance => Game Help => Topic started by: peete on March 28, 2014, 02:46:29 am

Title: Preset won't show after uploading to Preset Sync?
Post by: peete on March 28, 2014, 02:46:29 am

A few months ago AlphaEclipse made a preset for me (it was bootiful), but when I uploaded it to the preset sync, no one could see it. I tried redownloading it but I kept getting the same problem. It says "Upload Successful" on the preset uploader, but when I go into BTSync, I don't get a notification that it's been downloaded. I even asked Alpha, but she said I was doing everything right. Should I just make a new preset, and try that again, or is it something with my BTSync or account?


Oh, and another thing: I left the preset alone for a while, but up until yesterday I had made a new body for the same preset (with a left and right side), and I replaced them into the original. Re-exported it, reuploaded it, and put it on my character. Still doesn't work. I don't think adding stuff to it would mess it up, but idk.

Title: Re: Preset won't show after uploading to Preset Sync?
Post by: Bawfle on March 28, 2014, 04:15:41 pm

The preset sync seems to do this to a lot of people, but it's mainly because you need to do some sort of pattern to refresh the sync a little. Example; You relaunch, then your friend relaunch. You log on first, then your friend. It seems to work like a dream for me, I'm not sure who else noticed the refresh pattern ;o

About your double-sided preset, could I see the coding? It's possible you could have made an un-noticeable mistake x3

Title: Re: Preset won't show after uploading to Preset Sync?
Post by: peete on March 29, 2014, 01:13:51 am

That doesn't make any sense. If me and someone else has to go through the "pattern", then how come I can see everyone else's presets without having to do it as well? Like I saw the Mods presets, but I didn't have to relaunch or anything.

Title: Re: Preset won't show after uploading to Preset Sync?
Post by: SL138197 on April 02, 2014, 04:26:47 am

To make everything clear to what Buffy said-

Basically it might be a glitch that happens to most people (Like Buffy) and all you need to do is refresh it, sometimes things happen and nobody knows why, I'm sure eventually when this preset sync gets more improved or edited things wont glitch as much.  In Te mean time, you can send Buffy a message with your coding or you can try the refresh thing.

Hope it cleared things up!
~River~

Title: Re: Preset won't show after uploading to Preset Sync?
Post by: Redlinelies on April 02, 2014, 10:09:44 pm

Some very good things to keep in mind regarding presets and preset sync:

-Wrongly named exported preset can show for you, but no one else
A very common thing that people have made mistakes on in the past, and still can happen when using preset sync is that people export their presets with certain capital letters, while their username only consists of small or other way around. As an example, if your true username is "waffle" and you sign into the game and export it as the user "Waffle" it will only show for you, no one else. Other users and their game will recognize you from what username and capitalization the server provides, not what you write when logging in. Double check and make sure your preset is exported correctly with big and small letters as it should.

-Just because you upload the preset to the server, it will not mean everyone has it instantly
The preset sync does pretty much what the name says, it syncs in real time with the server and what sort of preset is on there. It can take some time, several minutes or even longer for some. The presets needs to be downloaded by each and everyone using preset sync, some people might not even run it 24/7 which means they might need to actually start it up bittorrent sync first before anything. So not only does another user need to have sync installed, but they need to have run it recently if you just uploaded a new preset to the server, not everyone does this.

-If game is running it might need a restart
Other people might also need to restart their game if they kept it running for a longer while, to my understanding the presets will not show unless you re-log at least, and with this newer preset sync thing a whole game restart might be needed, so taking for granted that people actually have bit torrent sync running and that they have your working preset downloaded, they might need to restart their game too if they kept it running before your upload and the changes done to the presets on the server.

-Making sure that preset sync is properly installed
Lastly, make sure you actually have your preset sync installed correctly. Some people have told me in the past they can see my preset but I cannot see theirs. One reason could be that I include my preset in my custom mods and their installers since a over a year back now which can be misleading for some.

Here's a video explaining how to properly set up preset sync:
[youtube]www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3QjreQWuKg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3QjreQWuKg)

This should sort out whatever issue you're having as long as it's done correctly.

Title: Re: Preset won't show after uploading to Preset Sync?
Post by: peete on April 02, 2014, 10:28:41 pm

Thanks for all the help guys. I double checked everything Red told me about, but I still can't seem to find the problem. I tried the restart thing Buffy suggested, and it still wouldn't work ._. I was told that you could refresh/restart the BTSync, is that true?
I also followed the video tutorial when I first downloaded BTSync, so I know there's nothing wrong with that...I'll keep trying though.