[~19% Resolve Rate] Why is this forum so unhelpful?

Are you happy now? I just answered the Upgrade [5.2 -> 5.3]: warning C4305: 'initializing': truncation from 'size_t' to 'uint16'

Ivan3z is on the right track. Although there’s quite a lot more to it that make it more or less likely to be a successful question. Some of these may apply only for myself but some may apply for others too

  • you cannot expect an answer earlier than a minimum of 24 hours, not everyone is awake at the same time and not everyone takes the time to read the forum frequently or regularly (once or twice a day for me for example)
  • sometimes questions get lost, in that case bump them as suggested if enough time has passed already
  • sometimes you need to learn how to help yourself, so if you don’t get a response don’t just bump but instead write a follow up with things you have tried and why they have failed or why they didn’t satisfy you
  • learning yourself includes learning more about the engine if possible so dig into its documentation and ideally the source code as well, they are there for a reason
  • if you can find the answer with a search on the forum (or your favorite search engine/ai) that’s a bad sign since you obviously didn’t invest time to search for an answer yourself
  • if I have to go through a lengthy process of downloading some log file or zip or project that makes it unlikely I’m going to invest the time unless I’m really interested in the question myself
  • the same applies when I feel like I’m wasting my time while reading the question

There’s a number of guides on how to best write forum threads. If you’re looking for more suggestions I’d recommend reading some of those.

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