We really should have a progress bar BBCode.

[HeroLinik]

This came to my mind when I was reading over project topics.
The thing is, right now, progress is currently being shown as text, and this is due to the lack of a progress bar BBCode. I feel as though a progress bar will be a lot more appropriate to denote this, in my opinion, because it's progress over something, right? It's much easier on the eye when you're looking at it in the form of an actual bar instead of it being represented as text. As well as this, there's been progress bars on other SMBX forums such as NSMBX, and so it's strange how there isn't one here. What do you think? Should we add a progress bar?

[Shadow Yoshi]

I see no reason to add progress bars when projects generally don't get finished. Also, there's no reason to set an arbitrary number for where you think you are in your project's development - just work on getting your project finished.

[Mable]

I think it's fine as of now by using text. Also a lot of people probably don't know how they would use it anyway. And the same reason as Joey said when they don't get finished anyway.

[MECHDRAGON777]

You can easily make a picture and upload it flti Ingur or as an attachment.

[HeroLinik]

OK, I've given this a bit more thought reading the project replies, and it's probably best that this get locked if no-one wants to reply anymore, because the general consensus is no.

[Zeldamaster12]

OK, I've given this a bit more thought reading the project replies, and it's probably best that this get locked if no-one wants to reply anymore, because the general consensus is no.

Or rather than bumping it, you could've just let the thread die.

[MECHDRAGON777]

OK, I've given this a bit more thought reading the project replies, and it's probably best that this get locked if no-one wants to reply anymore, because the general consensus is no.

Honesty, I like the idea. My suggestion was made for those who want to do it without a bbc.

[Shadow Yoshi]

No, users are supposed to let threads die so that the staff doesn't have to go around and unnecessarily lock a bunch of threads.

Threads are only supposed to be locked if discussion needs to end for whatever reason (e.g. a useless argument, GIF topic, etc.) or if the thread's creation breaks a rule (e.g. no screenshots, harassment toward another user, etc.). The problem is that no SMBX forum until now has really operated like that, so everybody is used to "I REQUEST A LOCK" and "THE QUESTION IS ANSWERED LOCK LOCK LOCK THIS CAN BE LOCKED". If a question is answered, that's fine. That's not a reason to lock the thread.

Also, old threads that sit in a forum aren't "clutter". It's perfectly natural for threads to die off and become chronologically buried in the back of the forum. If you want a thread that hasn't been posted in recently, you go through the pages of the forum to look for it. That's exactly how it's supposed to work. Locking threads instead of letting them die normally means the staff has to go through the extra work of locking the thread and if somebody has the same question/idea then they have to create a new thread (this means multiple threads for the same purpose, and in most cases that's actual clutter).