question related to moderation: (how to avoid the deletion of runs by modifying the game categories)
2 years ago
Somalia

I have to make,in a subcategory,two other subcategories,but doing so,manually,will lose all the runs of the players. Do you know how to avoid this? That is, put these 2 subcategories in one and automatically add the runs in each of the 2.

YUMmy_Bacon5 likes this

My solution for this kind of situation (not recommended)

  1. change the category back to normal
  2. open a tab in the browser with the link of each run
  3. edit the category
  4. edit the variable of the run in the tab
  5. done I hope you can understand what I say XD
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Somalia

not really, better to give an example (unfortunately I'm new to doing this stuff): In this game, and especially in these categories https://www.speedrun.com/sbtya#Man_Ray_RTA https://www.speedrun.com/sbtya#Sinister_Slug_RTA https://www.speedrun.com/sbtya#Jumbo_Shrimp_RTA I want to add mainly two sub-categories: %only and %all BUT only in these 3 categories and then transfer the runs from one of these above categories. Ah, of course respecting the consoles from which you made the run (PSP,NDS)

Edited by the author 2 years ago
YUMmy_Bacon5 likes this

Maybe we can wait another experienced leaderboard moderator to answer your question 😅

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Iowa, USA

What I did was I took all the runs submitted, put them in a google doc with the video link, time, and player. I then deleted the category and made a new run. I then transferred all the runs to the new category.

YUMmy_Bacon5 likes this
Minnesota, USA

you don't have to edit any runs to do this. simply create a new variable for the category and add the two new values, make it a subcategory, then click the three dots and select "set the default for all runs without a value". this will assign all runs in that category the default value of your new subcategory. repeat for all categories you want to add the new subcategory to.

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