Alerts & Raffle Changes

Xen 2025-12-06 General 16 views
As a way to possibly patch issues where raffle prizes are forgotten about, I've updated raffles to require the creator to set the prizes after they're drawn before they can make a new raffle. Along with this is the alerts system, which are notifications that cannot be removed and stay at the top of the list until whatever they're alerting you about is done - some examples include claiming a pawception turn, a pawzzle tile, or having a raffle with no set prizes. They won't show a count though, as that would even annoy me -w-

I know this might be annoying for people who have had several raffles, and to make it up each submitted prize gives you +20 XP, which is actually a decent chunk compared to what other things on the site gives you. It should work the same way as setting the parent while drawing - except it will only show you valid pawprints (ones drawn after the raffle started, by you, for the winner). You can also put in the pawprint ID directly if it's not in the most recent list.

Once set, the pawprint's page will show that it was a raffle prize and link to the raffle it came from.

This still needs to be tested fully, so please let me know if anything breaks. Hopefully the raffle alerts all group together, but if not, some of you might have a ton of them until they're finished!
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