User:Masquerine/history

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Sandbox
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 * I noticed your question about the boxes on the one page and had to run out the door before I could answer. It depends on which brown boxes you want. Could you point out an example of what kind of formatting you are looking for? Also if you want to display wiki markup you can use &lt;nowiki&gt;wiki code&lt;/nowiki&gt;. While writing this I actually realized how to simplify { { by doing {&lt;nowiki /&gt;{... I've been doing &lt;nowiki&gt;{ {&lt;/nowiki&gt; until now lol
 * And don't worry. Mistakes aren't that horrible, I still make bloopers all the time. If you have something you want to play around with you can always make a sandbox under your user space. User:Masquerine/sandbox is a common location to put one. User:Sigilbaram/Sandbox had a version of the main page until earlier today and now has some experimenting with simplifying/cleaning up story templates, for example. -- Sigil Baram {{sup|talk}} 04:52, 2 December 2011 (UTC)


 * The sandbox could be useful, good idea. When it comes to modifying the template box thingies I've mostly just fiddled my way through it by looking at existing ones and trying to follow it till it worked. I did that on a story someone added a couple days ago. He had the information but didn't have it in the brown boxes, so I fiddled till it worked. :D Mostly just by adding { or } in different places. I kind of get the idea behind it, with { being the start and } being the end. Just need to get used to the different layouts that go with it. Not really a priority to learn it right now, as I'm mostly just focusing on fixing up the monster pages and uploading pictures.
 * Kind of screwed where that is concerned for the moment though, as my main character is currently server-locked and I am unable to access it (has all the battles unlocked and all my items/money to buy things to take pictures of). There was an issue on EAST last night that caused random hosts of parties to disconnect. They were unable to log in on that character, and anyone that was in their party suffered the same fate. It's pretty lame, been playing on my lower level alt. The only known fix for this is for them to restart the server. Hopefully they do it in the next 5 days, or my poor mail will expire :(


 * Mail expiration was the biggest issue for me in Vindictus. I'm a pack rat and my inventory was always overflowing. I probably lost several 100k to the post office repossessing my mail.... Some of it was raw money from when I posted things on the market then forgot to log in to retrieve to payments too. As far as Story pages I was vastly bored and in the same boat as you when I first started (learning by experimentation, and looking at other pages, as well as the code for the templates themselves). I wrote Help:How to Make a Story Page as a result of the endeavor in hopes of helping others. The problem is you have to know it is there and I'm not the best writer. T.T It also needs the dialogue bits added... Those can be... special, but weren't around when I wrote the help page. Our primary expert on entering dialogue is unfortunately no longer around. I will have to work on remembering how dialogue works during winter break.
 * I hope they unban your character though. It sounds like a really special bug. lol -- Sigil Baram {{sup|talk}} 05:28, 2 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Lol, it's not banned. If I try to log in to it it'll just say "You have been disconnected". This issue has happened before a couple times, though this is the first time it has happened to me. Boat delays are back too, so that's how you know it's a server issue. I sent a bunch of magic powder from my alt to my main (before I found out I couldn't log in it), so if they don't restart the server to fix this issue in the next 5 days or so I'll lose all the powders. :( Everyone that was in our guild host's party at the time is also in the same boat.
 * Kind of funny when the giant spider is the one pwning you instead of you pwning him because you're level 70 with enhanced/enchanted gear. I'm only in the 50's with a level 44 weapon and spider lord because I'm waiting for expertise finish for my armorsmithing. I'll be able to upgrade it once I get 2 more proficiency with the finishes to get me out of 190-200. Couldn't find anyone to host irukul so no ivory long hammer, skipping it for prompush gun barrel hammer at 60. I have 4 storage alts so far for extra items that I'll end up needing (I plan to have one character for each expertise). Guildy of mine lost a +9 maelstrom dreamwalker longsword because he forgot he sent it to his other character in the mail and it expired. Sucks. So as soon as I either level up enough to unlock all the battles again or get back on my main, then I can continue where I left off on the monster pages. I was working on finishing Colru the Golem (needed to take a picture of the orange and gold golems still). I want to finish the episode 9 monster pages as everyone will be flocking to see them I'm sure.

My character topped out in Hoarfrost Depths (level 51 or 52). I got to a point were I literally had to grind a few levels per dungeon in order to do anything. I will probably get back into the game at some point. Probably after school when my available free time is more predictable. It will probably be somewhat more interesting having things to work towards (story and equipment) instead of feeling like I'm grinding just to get to the level cap. Not that I ever really cared about reaching the level cap. I more just chased after equipment/skills I wanted then switched to an alt. haha Sigil Baram {{sup|talk}} 06:12, 2 December 2011 (UTC) }}

Equipment Template
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 * content= Hey, I just now noticed that you tried to implement my suggestion to the equipment template (male/female/karok). I feel bad, I said I was willing to help when I made that suggestion yeah? Since you started working on it before I resigned, and that bit of code is easy for me to edit, I went ahead and edited the code. I didn't implement it though, you can chose to implement it or leave it if you wish. Here it is:

{{#ifeq: {{{screenshot}}} | no | | {{H|2|inline=yes|border=no|Appearance}} {{#if:{{{tab source|}}}| - Note: Appearance Tabs shared with {{{:tab source|template=Name varpull}}}}}}.|}} {{#if:{{{tab source|}}}|{{#vardefine:name|{{{tab source}}}}}|{{#vardefine:name|{{PAGENAME}}}} }}{{#if: {{#pos:{{lc:{{{restriction}}}}}|vella}}|{{#vardefine:female|true}}| }}{{#if: {{#pos:{{lc:{{{restriction}}}}}|kai}}|{{#vardefine:male|true}}| }}{{#if: {{#pos:{{lc:{{{restriction}}}}}|karok}}|{{#vardefine:karok|true}}{{#vardefine:tabs|{{#expr:{{#var:tabs}}+1}}}}| }}{{#if: {{#pos:{{lc:{{{restriction}}}}}|evie}}|{{#vardefine:female|true}}| }}{{#if: {{#pos:{{lc:{{{restriction}}}}}|fiona}}|{{#vardefine:female|true}}| }}{{#if: {{#pos:{{lc:{{{restriction}}}}}|lann}}|{{#vardefine:male|true}}| }}{{#ifeq: {{#var:male}}|true|{{#vardefine:tabs|{{#expr:{{#var:tabs}}+1}}}}}}{{#ifeq: {{#var:female}}|true|{{#vardefine:tabs|{{#expr:{{#var:tabs}}+1}}}} }}{{#ifexpr: {{#var:tabs|0}} = 0|{{#vardefine:tabs|2}}{{#vardefine:male|true}}{{#vardefine:karok|true}}{{#vardefine:female|true}}| }}{{#if: {{#var:male}} | {{#ifexist: File:{{#var:name}}_(Male 1).png |{{#vardefine:default|Male}} |{{#vardefine:malemissing|true}}}}| }}{{#if: {{#var:female}} | {{#ifexist: File:{{#var:name}}_(Female 1).png |{{#vardefine:default|Female}} |{{#vardefine:femalemissing|true}}}}| }}{{#if: {{#var:karok}} | {{#ifexist: File:{{#var:name}}_(Karok 1).png |{{#vardefine:default|Karok}} |{{#vardefine:karokmissing|true}}}}|}} {{#ifexpr: {{#var:tabs}} = 1 | {{ScreenshotTab|tabname=Screenshot|tab1=true|name={{#var:name}} }}{{#if:{{{concept|}}}|{{ScreenshotTab|tabname=Concept Art|images={{{concept|}}}}}| }}{{ScreenshotTab|tabname=Gallery|pagename={{#var:name}}}} | {{#if:{{#var:default|}}|*{{#var:default}} }}{{#if:{{#var:male|}}|{{#ifeq: {{#var:default}} |Male| |{{#if:{{#var:malemissing|}}| |*Male}}|}} }}{{#if:{{#var:female|}}|{{#ifeq: {{#var:default}} |Female| |{{#if:{{#var:femalemissing|}}| |*Female}}|}} }}{{#if:{{#var:karok|}}|{{#ifeq: {{#var:default}} |Karok| |{{#if:{{#var:karokmissing|}}| |*Karok}}|}} }}{{#if:{{#var:malemissing|}}|*Male  No Image | }}{{#if:{{#var:femalemissing|}}|*Female  No Image | }}{{#if:{{#var:karokmissing|}}|*Karok  No Image |}} {{#if:{{#var:default|}}|{{ScreenshotTab|tabname={{#var:default}}|tab1=true|name={{#var:name}}}} }}{{#ifeq:{{#var:default}}|Male||{{#if:{{#var:male|}}|{{ScreenshotTab|tabname=Male|name={{#var:name}}}}|}} }}{{#ifeq:{{#var:default}}|Female||{{#if:{{#var:female|}}|{{ScreenshotTab|tabname=Female|name={{#var:name}}}}|}} }}{{#ifeq:{{#var:default}}|Karok||{{#if:{{#var:karok|}}|{{ScreenshotTab|tabname=Karok|name={{#var:name}}}}|}} }}{{ScreenshotTab|tabname=Gallery|pagename={{#var:name}}}}{{#if:{{{concept|}}} }} }} }} Also, here's some explanation of the code, so that you can edit it easier in the future.
 * Screenshot
 * Gallery{{#if:{{{concept|}}}
 * Concept Art|}}
 * Gallery{{#if:{{{concept|}}}|
 * Concept Art|}}
 * {{ScreenshotTab|tabname=Concept Art|images={{{concept|}}}}}|}}
 * {{lc:TERM}} makes the TERM lowercase. So if you stick "My name is Doug" in there, it outputs "my name is doug".
 * I use {{#pos:}} to search for things. {{#pos:SEARCH STRING|SEARCH TERM}} . If the search term is found, it outputs a number, but if the output is not found, it outputs nothing. This makes it work inside #if: functions well.
 * So, {{#pos:{{lc:{{{restriction}}}}}|vella}} is searching the restriction parameter for vella, after converting the restriction parameter to lower case. Check out http : // www. mediawiki .org/wiki/Extension:StringFunctions the string function extension info page for better help (sorry for the weird url, I cannot get the stupid captcha to work).
 * var:tabs is just a variable I use to check how many tabs will be needed. If no characters are found in the restriction parameter, that means all the characters can equip the item, and so the maximum amount of tabs is needed. that's what this line of code is for: {{#ifexpr: {{#var:tabs|0}} = 0|{{#vardefine:tabs|2}}{{#vardefine:male|true}}{{#vardefine:karok|true}}{{#vardefine:female|true}} The number that var:tabs is set to just needs to be higher than 1 to trigger the multiple tab setup.

I hope some of that helped a little. Best of luck to you! Basdeth 06:43, 20 October 2012 (UTC)}}