Cannot Properly Format Timeline

Cannot Properly Format Timeline

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Timelines
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Pulelehua
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ttblaze
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Description

I suppose this isn't exactly a bug as it seems to be an intentional feature that an event cannot overlap with the beginning or ending of and era in timeline, given that a notification indicates that's why I cannot arrange my timeline properly. However, I do not remember this being the case previously as I have a habit of using important historical events as the turning points in eras in most of my worlds' timelines. If I'm making a mistake I'd love to know what I'm doing wrong, but it seems to me that a historical event should not create a conflict with the beginning and ending of an era in a timeline? If this is intentional, it makes it almost impossible for me to create my timelines effectively.

Steps to Reproduce

When I try to make important historical events that explaining the transition between eras, it frequently will refuse to accept changes to dates within certain years. Sometimes the years it tells me are in conflict seem arbitrary and don't overlap with any start/end years for eras as far as I can tell.

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Comments and updates to this report

Xuroth Developer
Assigned ttblaze
ttblaze Assignee

Hi there! I am unable to reproduce what you are describing.

The "Event cannot overlap an era" message pops up in scaled mode, when you try to move an event in the same year as an era in the center lane. It is there to stop the history icon overlapping the era icon. It can be fixed by simply moving the event to another column.

I can see that you are using list mode in the timeline you gave me so this should not be a factor. If you can give me a specific event and date that triggers this I can look into it further.

Alternatively, as a workaround, when you run into this again you can try switching to scaled mode and making sure the offending event is moved to a different column.

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