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Cecil
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Joined: 05/21/2004
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| Posted: 04/11/2008 at 11:15am | IP Logged
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OK, now that the archives have been updated and are current (at least for the fantasy section: I'll break down what I have for ISO and put that in place shortly. I don't have the modern material gathered, and probably will not do that myself), it's time to focus on the next stage: updating the CSUAC.
I have found that I use a two-tiered system for organizing the artwork. You may be familiar with the first tier: it's organized by category, and is broken down in a fairly logical manner. It is most useful when I am after a very specific piece.
The second tier is thematic. In this theme I gather all the material necessary for a specific location (for example, the alchemy shop or the blacksmithy. This allows me to have all the material I am likely to need for a map in one location, saving me time searching and going after other artwork.
Obviously, artwork will appear in both structures, but it can also appear in multiple themes.
I plan to put the material together in both structure formats. The real question is how much should I restrict the theme-use?
What other recommendations do you have?
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Phergus
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Organizing by theme is tricky. Finding the balance between too narrow and too broad of categories. I guess if you find that there are enough items for a very specific business type, such as the smithy, then you go that specific and otherwise have more generic themes. Shop, temple, residence, barracks, etc..
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I prefer a transparent structure, so having some items double doesn't bother me. And discspace is cheap enough 
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Phergus
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Cecil - Maybe you should think about setting up some torrent feeds for downloading the archives. Spread the load out to the downloaders and speed the downloads up as well.
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