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==== Content: Logbook ==== | ==== Content: Logbook ==== | ||
* Add logbook images! Always! | * Add logbook images! Always! | ||
+ | * If the logbook text is too long, as as many screenshots as needed | ||
+ | ** This should mean two screenshots, needing three of them would be strange | ||
+ | ** If more than three are needed, ask first in the forum!! | ||
==== Content: Notes ==== | ==== Content: Notes ==== | ||
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==== Categories ==== | ==== Categories ==== | ||
* Use the proper category tags that match your quest | * Use the proper category tags that match your quest | ||
+ | ** General quests should be categorized as ''quests'' as well as ''side quests'' | ||
+ | ** Chain quests should be categorized only as ''chain quests'' | ||
+ | ** Individual quests in chain quests should be categorized only as ''quests'' | ||
+ | ** Class specific quests should be categorized only as ''class quests'' | ||
+ | ** Main campaign quests should be categorized either as ''light campaign quests'' or ''shadows campaign quests'' | ||
+ | ** Ice and blood quests should be categorized as ''ice and blood quests'' | ||
+ | ** CM quests should be categorized as ''community patch quests'' | ||
==== Images ==== | ==== Images ==== | ||
+ | * Use frames according to the template | ||
+ | ** Single screenshots should be framed | ||
+ | ** Related ''map'' and ''tabmap'' screenshots should be framed toghether (see template!) | ||
* Use 1280x1024 resolution if possible | * Use 1280x1024 resolution if possible | ||
− | * | + | ** Try to keep when possible the same aspect ratio |
+ | ** Do not use portrait clipping, will cause half of te page to be empty! | ||
* Do NOT change the shown size specified in the quest template | * Do NOT change the shown size specified in the quest template | ||
+ | ** You should '''remove''' the size tag '''only''' if the size is exactly the same | ||
* You can clip your images down, but don't clip too much | * You can clip your images down, but don't clip too much | ||
− | ** | + | ** 800x600 is ok for map and tabmap images |
** 1024x768 is ok for general camera images | ** 1024x768 is ok for general camera images | ||
** dialogs must be clipped to their exact size (like [[:Image:MadButcher_Kragik1Dialog.jpg|this one]]) | ** dialogs must be clipped to their exact size (like [[:Image:MadButcher_Kragik1Dialog.jpg|this one]]) | ||
* Images must be saved in JPG format (65-75% quality) | * Images must be saved in JPG format (65-75% quality) | ||
− | * Images should not be bigger than 200 Kb | + | ** This can vary depending on the image, apply common sense |
+ | ** Images should not be bigger than 200 Kb | ||
+ | ** Images can be GIF for dialogs | ||
+ | ** GIF means max.256 colors: use it wisely! |
Revision as of 19:00, 30 May 2011
This is Zeno
- Yes, I'm Zeno
- I'm from Barcelona (that's Spain)
- I play Sacred Fallen Angel :)
Projects
- I think I can manage to spend some hours a week here... I have to admit I missed it! :P
- I'll be working in two projects: Sacred 2 Quests and NPCs in Sacred 2 Fallen Angel.
- Current status is:
- Quests: I feel like writing one here and another there...
- NPCs: I keep adding new random NPC pages
Sacred 2 Places
Current status: Well... this looks like done, uh?! D:
Sacred 2 Quests
Current status: STOPPED
NPCs
Current status: Adding more and more NPCs to the wiki.
- Sacred 2 NPC pages not matching template layout:
Archaeologist's Sister (very similar though)
Frustrated Archaeologist (very similar though) |
Hunter Apprentice Tiraen | Nimantus the Lumberjack | Tybosso |
- Sacred 2 NPC pages which should be somehow [i]special[/i]/moved/removed/whatever:
Notes
Template listing:
- Template:Quest: This is the base template to help creating new pages for Quests.
- Template:Place: This is the base template to help creating new pages for Places.
- Template:Icons: This is a parser function that creates a table of icons (used in Template:Place).
- Template:Icon: This is a parser function that prints an icon from the icons table (used in Template:Icons).
- Template:ChainQuest: This is the base template to help creating new pages for Chain Quests.
- Template:NPC: This is the base template to help creating new pages for NPCs.
Contributions Quick Guide
Contributing Quest Writeups
Template
- Use the quest template as a guide
- Take a look to a finished quest page and use it as reference
Content: Header
- For difficulty, use the following text to describe the difficulty stars: "1 star", "2 stars", "3 stars", "4 stars"
- For quest giver add the NPC link
- For location, specify place and region using links for both
- For next/previous quest, use the quest link or the "None" text if doesn't apply
Content: Quick Walkthrough
- Use list format this way:
- * step 1
- * step 2
- * ...
- * step N
Content: Detailed Walkthrough
- Describe the full quest with detail
- Use your writing skills to entertain the reader
- Add images to show where to go, who to talk or what to do
- Add screenshots of the dialogs
Content: Enemies
- Add templates of the main quest enemies
- Add links to other possible enemies as additional information
Content: Logbook
- Add logbook images! Always!
- If the logbook text is too long, as as many screenshots as needed
- This should mean two screenshots, needing three of them would be strange
- If more than three are needed, ask first in the forum!!
Content: Notes
- Write any notes here if there's any additional information to be mentioned
Categories
- Use the proper category tags that match your quest
- General quests should be categorized as quests as well as side quests
- Chain quests should be categorized only as chain quests
- Individual quests in chain quests should be categorized only as quests
- Class specific quests should be categorized only as class quests
- Main campaign quests should be categorized either as light campaign quests or shadows campaign quests
- Ice and blood quests should be categorized as ice and blood quests
- CM quests should be categorized as community patch quests
Images
- Use frames according to the template
- Single screenshots should be framed
- Related map and tabmap screenshots should be framed toghether (see template!)
- Use 1280x1024 resolution if possible
- Try to keep when possible the same aspect ratio
- Do not use portrait clipping, will cause half of te page to be empty!
- Do NOT change the shown size specified in the quest template
- You should remove the size tag only if the size is exactly the same
- You can clip your images down, but don't clip too much
- 800x600 is ok for map and tabmap images
- 1024x768 is ok for general camera images
- dialogs must be clipped to their exact size (like this one)
- Images must be saved in JPG format (65-75% quality)
- This can vary depending on the image, apply common sense
- Images should not be bigger than 200 Kb
- Images can be GIF for dialogs
- GIF means max.256 colors: use it wisely!