LumaSMS
LumaSMS (a.k.a. MFGG3 or galaxySMS) was the proposed third iteration of MFGG's mainsite. It was being developed by Guinea and HylianDev as an extension of phpBB, so that it will use the skins and the accounts from the forum, while having all of the content from the old mainsite. It was intended to replace the old mainsite software, TCSMS, which was developed by Retriever II.
Concept
MFGG3 was designed not only as a replacement for the outdated and sometimes-buggy TCSMS software, but also to integrate the mainsite and the forums. Users will be required to have a forum account to submit content to MFGG, or to comment on or review submissions, but their old mainsite accounts can be linked to forum accounts, allowing them to keep their old submissions and comments.
All of the current submissions will be kept. They will be accessible from the new software just as they are from the current software.
Future
LumaSMS is unlikely to be completed. While several different MFGG staff members have produced impressive prototypes of an updated mainsite system over the years, these prototypes were far from complete. While they often included basic features like news posts or searching for games, they lacked important but complex features like submitting/modifying games for users and the Admin CP for staff, which are important but time-consuming features to build. Creating new features such as a bespoke forum system would be especially time-consuming.
In recent years, instead of rebuilding TCSMS, MFGG staff has slowly added updates and upgrades to the existing software, including improved comment moderation tools, support for submitting ROM hacks/mods and HTML5 games, improved account security, a refactored template system, a new "Hall of Fame" system, improved accessibility, performance improvements, a responsive design, and support for PHP 8.2.
