CopMike Posted November 29, 2017 Posted November 29, 2017 From TLG: Quote Hi LAN Ambassadors, I received an update from the LDD development team. They have been working on the gallery feature and from this week the new gallery will be launched. The new gallery will be empty when launched and moving forwards users of LDD will be saving their model to the hard drive and then uploading it to the gallery. This means that if you have any content stored in the LDD Gallery that you wish to save please save the content to your hard drive immediately! Edit: If you are working on a model right now, you need to finish that model because it is not possible to upload the .lxf format to the new gallery and continue building on a model from the old gallery! You can upload your creation again on the new gallery in a .png (image) format, but your creation will not be moved to the new gallery automatically. Sorry, for the inconvenience. Quote
kokkie20 Posted November 29, 2017 Posted November 29, 2017 Let them rather update LDD with new stuff and then focus on the gallery to be honest :/ Quote
StarWars8Spoiler Posted November 29, 2017 Posted November 29, 2017 48 minutes ago, kokkie20 said: Let them rather update LDD with new stuff and then focus on the gallery to be honest :/ Agreed. Redoing the gallery isn't necessary compared to fixing program bugs and adding new parts. Quote
SylvainLS Posted November 29, 2017 Posted November 29, 2017 I never used the gallery but am I right that they are saying they’re going from an LXF+PNG gallery to a PNG-only gallery? Last nail in LDD’s coffin? Quote
PicnicBasketSam Posted November 30, 2017 Posted November 30, 2017 THIS is what we get an update from the LDD Development Team after a year?! I do appreciate this news though, so I don't waste a couple days generating instructions for 75192 so I can upload it. Quote
Jason C. Hand Posted December 1, 2017 Posted December 1, 2017 On 11/29/2017 at 3:38 PM, SylvainLS said: I never used the gallery but am I right that they are saying they’re going from an LXF+PNG gallery to a PNG-only gallery? Last nail in LDD’s coffin? I really, really hope not. On 11/29/2017 at 3:28 PM, ChristopherLee said: Agreed. Redoing the gallery isn't necessary compared to fixing program bugs and adding new parts. Yep. The bad boy needs some new stuff stat! Quote
MatthewRC Posted December 1, 2017 Posted December 1, 2017 Well, at least The LEGO Group is working on a new LDD feature. When is this supposed to come out? Quote
Lyichir Posted December 1, 2017 Posted December 1, 2017 Yeah, while it's easy to be cynical about a new, less funcitonal LDD gallery, to be honest the fact that the LDD team is still working on public-facing content at all feels reassuring. After all, it would be even easier for Lego to take down the LDD gallery without replacing it. Quote
MatthewRC Posted December 3, 2017 Posted December 3, 2017 On 12/1/2017 at 5:27 PM, Lyichir said: Yeah, while it's easy to be cynical about a new, less functional LDD gallery, to be honest the fact that the LDD team is still working on public-facing content at all feels reassuring. After all, it would be even easier for Lego to take down the LDD gallery without replacing it. I hope this means LDD will get more parts added when the new gallery is released! Quote
BrickWild Posted December 3, 2017 Posted December 3, 2017 8 hours ago, MatthewRC said: I hope this means LDD will get more parts added when the new gallery is released! I hope so too. Quote
PicnicBasketSam Posted December 3, 2017 Posted December 3, 2017 Won't they have to actually update LDD for this, for the purpose of rerouting the "send to LEGO.com" button? It stands to reason they would add at least a few new parts with that... Quote
MatthewRC Posted December 3, 2017 Posted December 3, 2017 4 minutes ago, PicnicBasketSam said: Won't they have to actually update LDD for this, for the purpose of rerouting the "send to LEGO.com" button? It stands to reason they would add at least a few new parts with that... I'm pretty sure they would have to update LDD. The "Send to LEGO.com" button is currently deactivated and has been that way for a long time. I'm pretty sure an LDD update is coming fairly soon, but to function with the new online LDD Gallery. Quote
PicnicBasketSam Posted December 4, 2017 Posted December 4, 2017 It's only deactivated in Extended Mode or if LDD itself isn't Internet-connected. I upload stuff to the gallery all the time. But this gallery will function totally differently, so they will have to update both program and website. Quote
MatthewRC Posted December 6, 2017 Posted December 6, 2017 @CopMike A week has passed since this thread was made. When will we get to see the new online LDD Gallery? Quote
BrickWild Posted December 7, 2017 Posted December 7, 2017 11 hours ago, MatthewRC said: @CopMike A week has passed since this thread was made. When will we get to see the new online LDD Gallery? Very Soon! Possibly late January. Quote
PicnicBasketSam Posted December 7, 2017 Posted December 7, 2017 This same message posted at the top of the thread is on the front page of LDD's own official microsite. It says these changes will be put in place "in a few days." Quote
PicnicBasketSam Posted December 17, 2017 Posted December 17, 2017 Three weeks later, the notice is still on the microsite saying it's coming in a few days, the old gallery still exists and stuff is being posted, and LDD has not been updated at all. What gives? Quote
BrickWild Posted December 18, 2017 Posted December 18, 2017 7 hours ago, PicnicBasketSam said: Three weeks later, the notice is still on the microsite saying it's coming in a few days, the old gallery still exists and stuff is being posted, and LDD has not been updated at all. What gives? Please be patient folks! Quote
MatthewRC Posted December 28, 2017 Posted December 28, 2017 (edited) I'm still being patient and also looking forward to this! What's the word on the new gallery, @CopMike? Edited December 28, 2017 by MatthewRC Fixed a typo Quote
Dilvish Posted December 29, 2017 Posted December 29, 2017 Sorry to hear they are removing a feature, as LDD seems more popular than LDraw. (I am an LDraw user.) Quote
MatthewRC Posted December 29, 2017 Posted December 29, 2017 7 hours ago, Dilvish said: Sorry to hear they are removing a feature, as LDD seems more popular than LDraw. (I am an LDraw user.) Actually, they’re not removing the gallery. Instead, they’re upgrading it! Quote
BrickWild Posted December 30, 2017 Posted December 30, 2017 17 hours ago, MatthewRC said: Actually, they’re not removing the gallery. Instead, they’re upgrading it! Hopefully a week after the new year starts, it'll be back online. You know, we do have to take Christmas Breaks! Quote
PicnicBasketSam Posted January 8, 2018 Posted January 8, 2018 Should we still be expecting this thing to drop in the next week? Quote
MatthewRC Posted January 10, 2018 Posted January 10, 2018 (edited) Now that LDD has received new parts to its inventory in Version 4.3.11, when will the new gallery go live? Edited January 10, 2018 by MatthewRC Quote
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