NKF Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 For wiki articles, I meant, but it would be fun to have them as mini-smily-type icons on this forum too! It shouldn't require 36 unique icons. Just the 15 base modules + 1 dirt icons used by the game (twice that if you want the lower-level floorpans). You probably wouldn't even need to use a table. Just display a row of six on the first line, line break, the next line, and so on. - NKF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomb Bloke Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 Sorry, I worked out what you meant and chopped out some of the content of my post. At first I thought you meant displaying all the icons making up your map in a forum post, meaning you'd need to display 36 images there (which the forum is configured to disallow). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimnoch Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 I made a short page for the Abductor. I didn't know how to link to a certain part of a page for the Alien Missions, since they're all listed on one page. Either way, its there now. I didn't have the official description given by engineers in game, will add that later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azrael Strife Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 Do you guys mind if I add some parts about Apocalypse? I noticed that it's completely empty (except someone who has apparently added random pieces of information scattered around). I don't think I can be as creative or informative as NKF or any of you, but just help make the section a bit useful for us Apoc lovers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NKF Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 I originally populated the Apocalypse listing with bits and pieces to get the ball rolling, but it was meant to be a draft and I never intended for them to actually be used as-is. Rather, I was expecting them to be reorganized or at least streamlined before articles were actually created. But of course, feel free to add or completely re-do any of the sections as you see fit. The wiki is an ever growing beast, and the more contributors, the better. Sometimes it's a bit awkward when you realise there's only handful of us that regularly add to it... - NKF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azrael Strife Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 I'll see if I can be helpful there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azrael Strife Posted October 14, 2005 Report Share Posted October 14, 2005 Oops, apparently I deleted your comments, NKF I changed some names in the main page in the Apocalypse entries, and I really didn't realise that the whole content was deleted when the name was changed, I'm terribly sorry. I promise I'll try to work on the Apocalypse part as much as possible to repair the damage and to give the wiki a decent Apocalypse source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomb Bloke Posted October 14, 2005 Report Share Posted October 14, 2005 The content wasn't deleted. You just pointed the Wiki away from where the content was. If it's any help, if you go to the 'recent changes' page, you can see all the notes where any user has done something. If you click the 'diff' link for a given edit, it will show you the exact changes made. Thus if you want to know what it was previously, you can use this information to change it back. Given this, I'll attempt to track down the old pages, and move their content onto the new pages you have created. *BB goes and checks on what was done* Woah, that's a lot of pages to shift! 'Scuse me if I mess the main page up a bit while I work. Edit: Actually, turns out that there's a built in function to change the name of a Wiki-page, so that'll simplify things a bit. What I wouldn't mind is a button to remove pages. Can't seem to find one. Even 'renaming' a page leaves a re-direct, you can't wipe out all trace. Must have to manually remove the info from the server, as a security measure or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loupgris Posted October 14, 2005 Report Share Posted October 14, 2005 https://www.strategycore.co.uk/forums/index...?showtopic=4339 It may interest peoples about wikipedia article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimnoch Posted October 14, 2005 Report Share Posted October 14, 2005 I think the scoring system for captured aliens is mistaken. I've never gotten many points for captured aliens, especially soldiers and terrorists. I'm pretty sure I've even gotten 0 points before on reapers or chryssalids. To check, I let a muton terror ship land, and captured 4 live aliens. I got 36 points for them...thats less than 10 each. This is on the playstation version, but I think its the same elsewhere(been a long time since I played it on pc). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NKF Posted October 14, 2005 Report Share Posted October 14, 2005 If I'm not mistaken, the scores you get for capturing aliens vary. I think one of the influencing factors may be their ufopaedia entries. It seems you get better points the first time you capture them, but after you've researched them, capturing more of them is just redundant. But that's just a theory. I've never really paid it much attention - except whether it was negative or positive. Loupgris: Diane Duane's novel is a fair read by itself, and presents an interesting insight and fleshes out a possible setting for X-Com to be in, but it's not necessarily canon with the games despite being the official novel. Actually, that's true with almost every game-to-novel novellas out there. The novel however does not help players better understand how the game works. It may provide players with a richer imagination of what's happening (in their minds) with its what-if scenario. At the moment, much of the wiki is devoted to helping players understand the game better (often to unnecessarily nauseating detail), but that's not to say that a niche cannot be found somewhere on the wiki for information in the novel. I mean, it contains all sorts of bits and pieces - some of which I have absolutely no idea why they're there, but they are. So there you go. - NKF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loupgris Posted October 15, 2005 Report Share Posted October 15, 2005 The novel however does not help players better understand how the game works. It may provide players with a richer imagination of what's happening (in their minds) with its what-if scenario. At the moment, much of the wiki is devoted to helping players understand the game better (often to unnecessarily nauseating detail), but that's not to say that a niche cannot be found somewhere on the wiki for information in the novel. I mean, it contains all sorts of bits and pieces - some of which I have absolutely no idea why they're there, but they are. So there you go. - NKF<{POST_SNAPBACK}> I was thinking about just a little page in a corner : X-com a novel and the list of informations I have written, who may interest peoples, like those willing to do an rpg based on the X-com world. As i say my english writing need some corrections, and I have not understand how to put something on wiki (I never understand anything about computers). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted October 15, 2005 Report Share Posted October 15, 2005 On a slightly related topic, is there any reason why StrategyCore is just listed in the Wiki links section as a forum? We do have a whole site y'know. It is ever-expanding (albeit slowly) as well *sniff* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JellyfishGreen Posted October 17, 2005 Report Share Posted October 17, 2005 I could say two reasons:The first is that nobody's edited that page yet, how about you?The second is that it's my fault, I mostly come here for the forums, as I only play XCOM and the Altair games aren't out for Mac.JFG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 Hehe, I didn't want to stick my oar in with something someone had put that way for a reason I shall change it when I get a minute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomb Bloke Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 Er, guys, I changed it already. A few days ago, in fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JellyfishGreen Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 I'm learning how to make a redirect page, so HWP redirects to Heavy Weapon Platform, make "HWP" a category, and also chop out the (UFO Defense) tag. Hope there are no objections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loupgris Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 No problem with me. Sorry for the double-post, I get a problem with my computer. [Edit by Zombie: Don't worry about it Loupgris, it happens. Posts merged.] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbes Posted November 5, 2005 Report Share Posted November 5, 2005 Hmmm...how does one create a new page? I want to write an article concerning Scott T Jones XComUtil program but there's no button on the Main Page to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie Posted November 5, 2005 Report Share Posted November 5, 2005 Try this link Hobbes: Help:Starting a new page. And here is a link to all the help articles: Help:Contents. - Zombie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbes Posted November 5, 2005 Report Share Posted November 5, 2005 Err.. OK, I think I've uploaded it but it doesn't show yet on main page. Can anyone check if I did it correctly? Thanks for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie Posted November 5, 2005 Report Share Posted November 5, 2005 It's all there Hobbes. The XcomUtil link is located at the bottom of the Supplementary Reference on the main page. Nice job! - Zombie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbes Posted November 5, 2005 Report Share Posted November 5, 2005 Great! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbes Posted November 6, 2005 Report Share Posted November 6, 2005 Hmmm....this is weird, when I open the Ufopedia I can't see the new page I've added but when I check my contributions or the page history it appears there. Oh well. I am going to write also a section concerning designing new terrains, based on what I've already written for UFO2000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NKF Posted November 6, 2005 Report Share Posted November 6, 2005 If it helps, it seems to have been moved from Supplimentary Reference to Misc, or you might be looking at an older cache copy of the page, in which case a refresh should help. - NKF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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