app/models/alt_style.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require "addressable/template"
-
 class AltStyle < ApplicationRecord
   belongs_to :species
   belongs_to :color
@@ -8,10 +6,6 @@ class AltStyle < ApplicationRecord
   has_many :swf_assets, through: :parent_swf_asset_relationships
   has_many :contributions, as: :contributed, inverse_of: :contributed
 
-  validates :body_id, presence: true
-
-  before_create :infer_series_name
-
   scope :matching_name, ->(series_name, color_name, species_name) {
     color = Color.find_by_name!(color_name)
     species = Species.find_by_name!(species_name)
@@ -41,20 +35,11 @@ class AltStyle < ApplicationRecord
     "#{series_name} #{color.human_name}"
   end
 
-  THUMBNAIL_URL_TEMPLATE = Addressable::Template.new(
-    "https://images.neopets.com/items/{series}_{color}_{species}.gif"
-  )
-  DEFAULT_THUMBNAIL_URL = "https://images.neopets.com/items/mall_bg_circle.gif"
   def thumbnail_url
-    return DEFAULT_THUMBNAIL_URL unless has_real_series_name?
-
-    # HACK: We're assuming this is the format long-term! But if it changes, we
-    # may need to add it as a database field instead.
-    THUMBNAIL_URL_TEMPLATE.expand(
-      series: series_name.gsub(/\s+/, '').downcase,
-      color: color.name.gsub(/\s+/, '').downcase,
-      species: species.name.gsub(/\s+/, '').downcase,
-    ).to_s
+    # HACK: Just assume this is a Nostalgic Alt Style, and that the thumbnail
+    # is named reliably!
+    "https://images.neopets.com/items/nostalgic_" +
+      "#{color.name.gsub(/\s+/, '').downcase}_#{species.name.downcase}.gif"
   end
 
   def preview_image_url
@@ -78,19 +63,6 @@ class AltStyle < ApplicationRecord
     end
   end
 
-  # Until the end of 2024, assume new alt styles are from the "Nostalgic"
-  # series. That way, we can stop having to manually label them all as they
-  # come out and get modeled (TNT is prolific rn!), but we aren't gonna get too
-  # greedy and forget about this and use Nostalgic for some far-future thing,
-  # in ways that will certainly be fixable but would also be confusing and
-  # embarrassing.
-  NOSTALGIC_FINAL_DAY = Date.new(2024, 12, 31)
-  def infer_series_name
-    if !has_real_series_name? && Date.today <= NOSTALGIC_FINAL_DAY
-      self.series_name = "Nostalgic"
-    end
-  end
-
   # For convenience in the console!
   def self.find_by_name(color_name, species_name)
     color = Color.find_by_name(color_name)

app/models/swf_asset.rb

@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ class SwfAsset < ApplicationRecord
     end
 
     SwfAsset.transaction do
-      swf_assets.select(&:changed?).each(&:save!)
+      swf_assets.each(&:save!)
     end
   end
 

app/views/alt_styles/index.html.haml

@@ -9,9 +9,14 @@
 	name on the homepage! Thank you! 💖
 
 %p
-	Also, heads-up: Because our system can only collect "item data" for normal
-	wearable items, there's not a great way for us to get style tokens onto
-	tradelists… this may change someday, but probably not soon, sorry!
+	Also, heads-up: Style tokens are pretty different from normal wearables, so
+	we haven't decided how to bring them into the customizer yet! Whatever we do,
+	it'll be a bit tricky and new 😅❗️
+
+%p
+	Also, second heads-up: Because our system can only collect "item data" for
+	normal wearable items, there's not a great way for us to get style tokens
+	onto tradelists… this may change someday, but probably not soon, sorry!
 
 - @alt_styles.group_by(&:species).each do |species, species_styles|
 	%h2.alt-styles-header= species.human_name