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Bob the Hamster · Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 9:02 pm Post subject: A better FAQ on the horizon

As many of you well know, the FAQ has not been updated in quote a long time... That is mainly because it was such a pain for me to manually edit. well, I *finally* decided to do something about it. I am experimenting with converting the FAQ to a Wiki.

My main reason for this is to make it easier for me to edit and update it. Being able to edit it right through my browser is a big plus, and the ability to search and auto-categorize questions is nice.

And the other huge bonus of a Wiki is that it becomes just as easy for other people to help too.

I am still getting used to Wiki administration, and I am currently hosting my test-wiki at work (so I may have to move it later if it generates too much traffic), but for your amusement, I present: OHRRPGCE-wiki

I currently have the whole Old FAQ converted over, and a few updates made.

Future goals include:
* moving questions and answers from the old Help Me" message board
* moving the HOWTO
* moving the Plotscripting Tutorial (but NOT the plotscripting dictionary)
* Adding screenshots to FAQ questions that would benefit from them
* Adding Wiki pages that describe each different menu in CUSTOM.EXE

JSH357 · Joined: 02 Feb 2003 Posts: 1705

James, this is a great idea! Should help cut down on simple questions quite a bit. Will there be a separate section of the Wikis for plotscripting?

SDHawk · **Silent One** Joined: 06 Jan 2003 Posts: 80

This is an incredibly awesome idea, particularly with the ability for others to contribute- I for one am far more excited to consider writing OHR-related tutorials and documentation for something like this where it's mostly in one place, easily seen by all. (And easily editable)
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TMC · Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 12:32 am Post subject:

Wow! This will really be useful. I see the FAQ & other documentation expanding vastly due to this : P
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Bob the Hamster · Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 10:29 am Post subject: plotscripting category

rpgspotKahn · Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 12:12 pm Post subject:

It checks really cool! (Shadowiii, Im on an english rampage) Great Idea. Nice interface thats super easy to use. I love it.
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knight_00000 · Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 2:53 pm Post subject:

So it's alright for anyone to submit (well thought out) articles into this?

If so perhaps some plotscript tutorials can be ported over, Moogle1's site is one place I can think of with lots of good articles, also I could send over some too
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Moogle1 · Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 2:59 pm Post subject:

I am in the middle of constructing my website, onto which I will upload the tutorials and the PS Library. Come to think of it, though, I'll probably public domain them, since people generally seem to have found them useful.
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knight_00000 · Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 3:17 pm Post subject:

Will you still be using the stormpages account?

As a matter of fact I still have my stormpages account, wow, I feel like starting up my OHR page again

nothing much on it though, http://hfgaming.stormpages.com/
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Moogle1 · Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 3:36 pm Post subject:

No, it'll be here on CP. That way, if this site ever goes down, we're all screwed!
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TMC · Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 6:55 pm Post subject:

James, should we all start adding stuff to the wiki? Or is would you rather we wait until you organised everything bit?
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Bob the Hamster · Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 10:32 pm Post subject:

TMC · Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 12:35 am Post subject:

ZING. I'm there.

Earlier, I accidentally created a new user "The Mad". I hit the "create new user" button by mistake before I had finished typing in my username. Could you delete it? Sorry for the inconvience.
And I'll get a spell checker : P

First things first: repair that "max 200 npc instances" typo, I've waited a good several months since sending you an email asking about it.
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Bob the Hamster · Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 3:25 pm Post subject:

NeoTA · **Idiomatic Nomenclature** Joined: 15 Mar 2004 Posts: 165

I added info about levelmp (taken from a post you made on the helpme MB, james.) and info about preprocessing backgrounds so ohrrpgce import leaves them unchanged.

I want to add info about what locations graphics are drawn at*, but haven't figured out a non-ambiguous wording yet

* by which i mean, where the weapons are drawn relative to the player, where attack graphics hit, where the 'active hero' pointer is located...