February 2nd

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Hello and welcome!

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Items

Long, long time ago when the Cash Shop was still young, you guys released the Mint Frilled Hat through an item generator. I'm curious if we're ever going to see the other items in mint that are part of that set, such as the Sweet Lace dresses and skirts. I wouldn't mind seeing the set in either Loyal's or even Mecha Neko considering that the Mint Frilled Hat came from a RIG.

We can look into the possibility of including mint recolors in a future Gold Shop grab bag, but at the moment we don't have plans to recolor the rest of the set in mint.

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Events/Items

Could we have a CrosStitch contest for accessories? The theme would be left open, or could be simply "your dream accessories", and would prevent people from actually making clothes: which means no shirts, no dresses, no coats, no pants, no shoes.... just items which are considered as accessories which are there to add more personality to outfits.

It could be brooches or pins, jewelry (like necklaces, earrings, rings, bracelets, anklets, tiaras -- maybe?), shoe clips, ties, glasses (on head or in the face)...

Edit: On a second thought, maybe leaving shoes could be nice since there's a few fun possibilities which could be done. It's all suggestions anyway, so what's allowed or not would be left to you to decide

We currently don't have any plans for a CrossStitch contest. When we're ready to host another contest, we'll put 'accessories' on our idea list. Thanks for the suggestion!

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Features/Items
??? I don't know where this falls.

I would like clarification on Verge's SDPlus box rules. The rules state that for the second pose, we cannot make our doll be a pet or an animal and that it must be our avatar. Does this mean we cannot have one pose our human avatar and the other pose our animal avatar?

Also, can we make SDPlus dolls for Paws? Or are they only for human use?

This means that you cannot design a pet, akin to what is granted by a Ruby ticket, using your Custom Verge SDPlus Box. You can (and are encouraged to!) create a secondary pose using your paw avatar.

Additionally, yes, you can make your SDPlus for paws but it will not have a human counterpart if you choose to make the doll for the animal base. Please choose carefully!

tems/Features

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Can we maybe get the ability to wishlist game items? For example being able to wishlist the rare fish needed for wing crafting, or inks needing for body dye crafting would be immensely helpful.

So many times I've gone to wishlist a game item only to remember with dismay I'm unable to.


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In the shop Prize & Joy it shows how much Gold you have and how many Tickets you have at the bottom, would it be possible to get a total Token amount down there too?


We should be able to do these, we'll need to do a bit more investigation first.


milkbun
sodium
Items

Are the other March items and Social items ever going to be converted to the Paw base? emo


We'd love to convert more of them one day, yes!


milkbun
Nyota_Spock
Items

Can we updates the Items Glitch thread because there's still a problem with the hair color in Counterfeit Consort?


I'm not seeing an issue but if you'd like to PM me personally I can look into it ^_^


milkbun
sup-qt
Items - Grab bags in shops.
Hello! I just wanted to say that I love when you do recolour grab bags for the gold shops.
HOWEVER it is very very tedious to buy them one at a time.
Next time we have one would you please think about making bundles as well? So we could buy them in maybe 10, 25 or 100 amounts at a time?


Sure! I will keep this in mind next time we do a Grab Bag.


Narumi Misuhara
Platonix
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Okay, now that the shameless plug is out of the way...


Features

Has any progress been made on fixing the glitch where we can't use the new Achievement Titles "Rina's", "Moira's", "Devin's" or "Carl's" because the apostrophes screw up the code?


Yeah, we have the replacement copy we just need to get it added in! Next day or so it should be done.


Narumi Misuhara
Happy _Tropical_Flower
Features/Games

Hello Gaia Staff!

I have a question/request about Booty Grab. This is not about asking for new fish or anything like that.

As you know, Booty Grab is a game on Gaia. Since it is a game, why not have Booty Grab featured in 'Games' on Gaia? Booty Grab would get a lot more attention that way and having Booty Grab featured in 'Games' would really benefit tank owners a whole lot!

That's all I wanted to ask! Thank you! C:


The reason we have not done this is because for the other games it takes you straight to that particular game, but with a Booty Grab, though the gameplay is the same for each game, the game is unique to each tank owner.


milkbun
Twisted Lady
Items
Will Cardbot ever get his own SDPlus doll?


Probably not unless he gets an NPC!


Narumi Misuhara
Nenanah
Features

Would you consider increasing the number of characters allowed in our signatures? I'd like to be able to display banners for all my BG guilds I am in, and even with tinyurl it's not possible.

Question is originally by Furbish Lousewort


Sadly no, the limit is in place to help keep forum loading to a minimum. To get an idea of just how much signatures affect forum loading, try forums lite from Gaia Labs...the difference is like a car vs the Millennium Falcon ... or the Starship Enterprise.


milkbun
Tall Dark and Snarky
Items

A previous ATS, my questions regarding the existence of the previews of the Black/White & Gold/Black SDPlus White Bishop Mage dolls previewed in the announcement for Checkmate Dominion were answered with: "they were leaked" and "we can look into releasing them."

An ATS before that, another staff member also mentioned that "they were leaked," but were said that "they would be released soon." This question, however, was answered before the year of 2015.

How soon could it be looked to for these dolls to be released, and are they going to be released at all considering they did exist in Checkmate Dominion's announcement?


They'll still be released soon! Should be late February/early March~

We haven't forgotten biggrin


milkbun
Rotchu
items

Question: How long should it take to get email for approval on Rainbow tickets? ninja

Also to Milk and Finni and the other artists; keep up the good work! The items released recently have been so pretty! emotion_kirakira


I'm going through them as fast as I can! We've had a lot of Doll emails lately. I should get to yours soon~


Narumi Misuhara
Nenanah
Features

Can you please add a youtube video converter to Gaia?
We have a guide for how to mess with the code to make it compatible with putting it on our profiles.
Bu for those of us that cant code anything to save our lives it's very hard and confusing.
We used to have one on TekTek but it was taken down.

Question is originally by ( Nenanah )


Sure we can take a look.


milkbun
Nenanah
Items

Is there any chance that SDPlus #196 Ladyhands could be rereleased in some way? It is extremely hard to find, and it has the only over the nose scar like that on the site (that I am aware of). I suppose making a different item with a scar like that would be another solution.

Question is originally by ( rimedragona )


We don't plan on directly re-releasing dolls but they're still available to be won through the SDPlus Blind Box in every CI.


Narumi Misuhara
Drazelic
Features (I guess?):

Are you guys still working on the serial_not_in_owner_location error? There are still many, including me, who are suffering with this problem. I still have a gift and trade that can't be removed due to this exact error.


The issue was addressed but not for people already stuck with the problem. I'll send your user_id over the appropriate person to get fixed.


milkbun
Strideer
Features?
Would it be possible for there to be a contest to give admin a makeover? She's been wearing the same thing for an awfully long time now. It would be tons of fun!


Sure that sounds like a fun idea! I passed it along yum_puddi


milkbun
Druddigon
Misc

Question: I wanted to thank you guys for finally updating Dernier cri, please keep it up in the future.

I also LOVE the lion armor piece whoever made it, it's amazing! Could we please get more items with this color of the armor? We sort of lack the copper like trim. Considering adding a helmet for it. surprised


I'm glad you enjoyed the update! I'll pass all that along~


Jak Bauer
Sullen ForeverAngel
Misc.

How do you get a job on the staff???


Hi there,
Check out here: Jobs at Gaia


milkbun
vii-Lucky
Features

May i ask for a more accurate approval time for the Approval of CV Custom Gaian Box? The 5-8 days seems isn't accurate anymore, But this is highly understandable. 3nodding


Please note this is business days! I'm working as fast as I can to approve them all biggrin . There is just a lot so I apologize if I cannot give a more accurate time however I did receive your order on the 28th and will get to it soon biggrin .


Narumi Misuhara
Sinfulcraft
Games/Features

Would it at all be possible to change the saving mechanic in Fishing?

I'm asking this because it becomes a pain when I'm fishing and my net goes out, or the game randomly disconnects.This is really irritating when I have an almost complete bucket.
I was thinking that the mechanic could be changed to like Towns' saving mechanic for instance. Pretty much once you catch the fish, it goes straight to your inventory. You could still keep the bucket system and have the captcha just be put in to use a new bucket.
I'm sure I'm not the only user that fishes and feels this way about the saving system. It's really disheartening, especially if you're after the Angelic Rod as a goal.


The game as is will remain as is. We do have plans to upgrade it and at the time, saving will definitely be fixed!.


Narumi Misuhara
iCubie
FEATURES

When will the marriage system come out?


...who says it isn't already...?


milkbun
Nenanah
Items

Since we have regular gold shop updates for avatar items. Do you think that with these updates you could start including a few items for Gaia Houses? It doesn't have to be a lot, but I think that if there were more regular updates for house items the feature might be more popular. Maybe with future RIG's you could put in new house items as rare drops too.

Question is originally asked by Nenanah


We'd love to make more housing items but there doesn't seem to be a lot of interest in them in the past when we put out furniture. I will certainly bring it up again as more stuff for housing would be great!


Narumi Misuhara
Sinfulcraft
Features

(Posting this for a friend, who couldn't make it today)

Update gold shop trades for bugs/inks/tattoos? When exchanging these things I often bring a multitude and exchange in bulk, but after every single exchange (which only makes 1 product) I'm redirected to the starting page. It would help questing for certain things, especially the elusive body dyes go by much faster if we could enter in say 50 of each red, blue and green inks and trade for 10 white inks rather than have to go through the process 10 times.


Can't answer this at the moment, we'll have to take a look at the code and see how feasible this is with it's current design.


milkbun
Kazoukei
Items

Question:
Would you be able to create a window with breezy curtains item?
(Not necessary to be an astra..but maybe the ability to be an astra, would be amazing!)

With a look similar to this:

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With the same sort of idea and layering as the floating book in this item?
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The ability to have whatever background you wanted to see through it, would be amazing.
Like for instance I have a ocean background.. I think this would be a beautiful idea to be able to layer with it..and see the scene through the pale window~! heart
I REALLY wish for this. So much...

Anyway, uhm. I was just wondering if there was an thoughts as to ever creating an item such as this?
Thank you!


A breezy window would be great but as an astra we can't currently layer it above background items as astras are currently confined to being all the way on top or bottom. It's a great idea as as a still item though!


Narumi Misuhara
Angels Alibi
Shops

I'd looooove to see a cart feature added to the shops
It seems like the start is already there, it shows quantity
Is there any way to add this?
That way I don't have to buy antenna one at a time Dx


For a while now our plan has been to move towards this. Though I can't say exactly when we would have this, I can say it is something we plan to get in.


milkbun
Th0tday
Items

Malt the Elephant was a bundle exclusive cash shop item--is there any chance it will be re-released at any point? Does this item follow the same rules as other limited quantity items?


We don't have any plans on releasing this item as it was a tier exclusive. However we can certainly recolor this item.


Narumi Misuhara
Shilshadu
Features!

Hi there thanks for the rather recent changes to the MP! I was wondering if there was any way for items that you already own ( in your inventory) Could be bolded in MP searches?

my reason for asking is that i'm a frequent peruser of teh mp and i frequently look for items in colors i don't have them in. when it comes down to it, it would save time when i'm looking through a set with items that have similar names to one another or other colors to simply have the ones in your inventory be bolded so you don't have to click through each one to see if you already have it.

(coughgodinarecolorscough)


Though this is a good idea, I'm not confident in the feasibility of it because to do this would mean we would need to load your inventory to view the marketplace. That operation would get costly very quickly.


Narumi Misuhara
Nenanah
Features

I have been voting in polls and the most gold that I have earned from one is 100 gold. Can you increase the gold earned from polling? The current earnings do not match the current state of the economy at all.

Question is originally asked by Nenanah


Yes.


milkbun
x1thegirl411
Items

emotion_kirakira will you please make a layered t shirts items like this? ^_^ heart

http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2014/310/6/3/gaiaonline_awesome_anime_shirt_by_x1thegirl-d85je2g.png


We also have some undershirts available in Gold Shops that can layer under t-shirts!


milkbun
The Iron Magus
Shops

It's been some time since the shopkeeper art has been updated. Are we about due for a change?


We love to change the NPC art when there is a reason like if they're featured in an EI or are part of an event. Basically, we need a reason why their art would change and what the changes would be! But yes, we love updating them and hope to do so in the future. yum_puddi


Narumi Misuhara
Shilshadu
Narumi Misuhara
vii-Lucky
Features

The lowest buy now price of some items in the marketplace are stuck in some numbers. For example the Hell's Mistress. Is there a fix coming soon?

Can you elaborate a bit more on the issue? Do you mean the lowest buy now price never changes?

as in lets say the lmp is 20 bil, and someone lists it for 12 bil... it never changes to say the lmp is 12 bil.

...oh interesting. Ok we'll have a closer look at this.


milkbun
Purplesnoopy
Manga
We know Gino got long hair again after powering up, but were there any changes in coloration? One can't tell in B&W but it'll be important for those doing Dark Moon covers— they'll want to get it right.


We won't disqualify you for any color inaccuracies but his hair has not changed color.


Narumi Misuhara
Ceeshnia
Question Category Features

Question: Can we please be able to view up to 600 items per
page instead of the 600 items period. This makes it a hassle,
especially in the "special" tab since caches can take up an
entire page themselves.
Perhaps an option to have the ability to view 600 items or
600 icons.


We can try to address this in the next big update. Will require some reworking of how items are displayed.


Narumi Misuhara
Nenanah
Shops

This has been grinding my gears for awhile...
The D*C shop is under the Luxury tag.
Why isn't Loyals shop?

Question is originally by ( Nenanah )


I believe because not all items in Loyals are luxury.
milkbun
Loyal's is first and foremost a shop for loyal Gaians as opposed to a luxury shop. We have cheap items in there too!


milkbun
SilverFoxThief
Items

Will the new Tiamat green recolor of fafnir ever be released in a future bundle instead of a rig? surprised


It's a user recolor that was made with a Rainbow Ticket so we will not be releasing it in a bundle however it may be rerelased in other CIs in the future.


milkbun
lilloulou
Items

The recent update in Dernier Cri was a pleasant surprise. That said, would it be possible to have another version of "Pouf A La Reine" which would be hairless? Those ribbons would be fun to play with other hairstyles smile If needed, they could be placed a little lower on the head or simply include 2 versions; one at the same position and another a little lower.


Glad you liked the update! I will pass that suggestion along biggrin


milkbun
vii-Lucky
Features

Can we recolor a doll made via Club Verge Custom Gaian SDPlus?


Yup! You can use a Rainbow Ticket to recolor your dolls.


Narumi Misuhara
Lady Saxophone
Features

Have you guys ever considered looking into the issue where some site features break if you own over 20,000 items?
carbonphyber seemed to be aware of this, but since he isn't employed at the moment, I wasn't sure if anyone else knew of this bug.
I understand that it has never really been a problem you would think about looking into, but with 1,000-pack philosopher caches and item-hoarding, the frequency of people hitting this cap has increased recently.
You raised the gold cap a few months back... so you might have to raise the item cap some time soon as well.


Actually this is a problem we are quite aware of as it does come up fairly frequently with those who use alchemy and caches often. It's an ongoing thing we're looking into because we have not yet identified what is breaking (we know the cause is the large number of items, but not what in the system is actually breaking.)


Narumi Misuhara
UnicornCommando
Features or Shops

I believe this would be under this title, if I am not mistaken. I understand that you increased the item limit in a trade from 20 items to 30, could you by chance increase the limit inside the shops as well? When we sell items, instead of just 20, increase it to 30 also?


Yeah when we have some time, we'll do this.


milkbun
Xashowd
Items

Is there a limit to how many handheld poses a Golden Ticket item can have? For example, if I ever got a Golden Ticket, Could I make all 6 poses different handheld Scythes with different themes and such, or would I be limited to a certain number of Scythes?


No limit on handhelds! You can choose to make all 6 poses scythes if you wanted to.


milkbun
vii-Lucky
Items

Can we recolor sponsored items like Scott Pilgrim: Ramona Flowers (Any) ?


No sorry, we cannot recolor sponsor items.


milkbun
Alice is Madness
Items

Any more plans for more items having blood added to them?


There are always plans for more blood!!


Narumi Misuhara
Pie
Items

So I had that "General Error: cache_bust_failed" pop up when I was opening Golden Scissors. It's not the first time I've seen it, and there's no indication of it being a harmful error... but, um, there's not much indication of anything else, either! It's a pretty undescriptive error message.

I think I've only seen it when I'm opening Project Custom CIs, which worries me a little... but that's probably just the symptom of a biased sample, since I open way more of those than anything else.

So, i was just curious: What does this error indicate? Is it just a hiccup in the servers talking, or a function trying to divide by zero, or what?


cache is a form of temporary storage on web servers. It's used so that a lot of requests don't hit the database. Generally when an operation happens that requires a database update, at the same time you 'bust' or update the cache so that the value it has reflects what is in the database. Sometimes however the cache can fail to update, usually because for whatever reason the system could not access the server that has the cache data.

The side affects of this completely depend on how the programmer programmed the system. A more elegant design will catch these sorts of things and simply try to update it correctly the next time the data is needed. Issues that may arise in not so elegantly designed systems include, mismatch values in what the system thinks you have vs what is in the database, and worse case corrupted data.


milkbun
Shicala
items

Its possible that this has already been said but facial hair for paws isnt working properly. .. either not at all or layed behind the head. It has been said to be visible from behind.

Also there is no "girls face" for paws to remove the hair. And all the paw facial hair has no little paw on the icon to show its for paws


We're aware of all the issues with paw beards and are working on fixing them!


Narumi Misuhara
Prince World
trades

ads in trades

the ads that show in trade are keeping use from moving items to others can you keep ads out of trade area?


I can propose this, but no promises.


Narumi Misuhara
sup-qt
FEATURES/Housing

Please be aware that if you don't have a house in towns 1 you cannot enter the housing arena.
because housing in towns 1 is now closed, new people (or people that didnt care at the time) cannot use their towns 2 house to enter into the housing arena.

If you could change it so you only need a towns 2 house to enter the housing arena that would be AWESOME
(my mule has a really cute house I want to enter)


Sure I can pass this along to the team.


Narumi Misuhara
Asexual Sex Goddess
Events

Is there going to be a Community Spotlight coming anytime soon? Like what you did in December. *reposting*


Yes, I know we're behind on this sweatdrop


Narumi Misuhara
MultimediaPanda
Features

Can we get the ability to @ tag people in the forums?


Possibly, I'll pass this along to the team to take a look.