User talk:Equazcion

French replacements

 * continued from archive

Hey, have "Minerai d'or" by "Minerai d'Or", "Bloc de sable" by "Bloc de Sable" and "Bloc de pierre/Stone Block" by "Bloc de Pierre" --  Dinoxel  discussion  01:17, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Done Equazcion  ( talk ) 02:41, 29 Dec 2014 (UTC)

Thank you, have "Silt Block/Bloc de limon" by "Bloc de Limon", "Slush Block/Bloc de gadoue" by "Bloc de Gadoue", "Mud Block/Bloc de boue" by "Bloc de Boue", "Spike" by "Pique" and "Wooden Spike" by "Pique en Bois". The new face of the Wiki is really awesome! Did you finish to modify it, to know when I can copy/paste it? (To avoid modifying a thing to an other thing, ...) --  Dinoxel  discussion  10:14, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Done. I think I'm done with the major changes to the main page, at least for a while. And thanks, glad you like it :) Equazcion  ( talk ) 12:09, 30 Dec 2014 (UTC)

Note
Sorry I thought the website was glitching and the submit ion wasn't submitting.
 * No problem :)  Equazcion ( talk ) 19:19, 7 Dec 2014 (UTC)

Deleting Anomaly and Bug pages?
In the recent changes, I see that you effectively removed every bug and anomaly template. Any specific reason? --JosephChor (talk) 20:21, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
 * See this discussion for an explanation.  Equazcion ( talk ) 20:23, 7 Dec 2014 (UTC)
 * Since I'm about to go through the pages the bot just edited, I was thinking that I would add any lost information that may be interesting back to the article. For example, in Iron Pickaxe, this was an anomaly: "Unlike the other base metal pickaxes (Copper, Silver, and Gold), the Iron Pickaxe requires only 3 Wood to craft." Should I add something like that to the trivia section since it isn't a bug? Chrisf1020 (talk) 21:37, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Trivia sounds like a good idea for that one. There may be some anomalies that affect gameplay more substantially than that (for which the Notes section might be better in some cases). Use your judgment, I would say :)  Equazcion ( talk ) 22:20, 7 Dec 2014 (UTC)
 * Alright, thanks. Chrisf1020 (talk) 22:27, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

Signatures
Are we allowed to change the color of our username in our signature to something like this or this? It's oh so tempting, I figured I would ask first though.  Chrisf1020 ( talk ) 04:12, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Yup, you're allowed to style your signature any way you like, within reason -- as long as it's reasonably-sized, not too painful for others to look at, doesn't produce too much code on the page (255 character limit), and doesn't use a transcluded template.  Equazcion ( talk ) 09:39, 9 Dec 2014 (UTC)
 * Very interesting, thank you.  Chrisf1020 ( talk ) 19:16, 9 December 2014 (UTC)

Files
Alright, I can't help but notice that whenever someone needs a file, you find it within minutes. Out of curiosity, where do you get all of these? For example, all of those updated console sprites or the Santa Zombie you just uploaded.  Chrisf1020  (talk)  01:39, 16 December 2014 (UTC)
 * I got the console sprites from the mobile game files. You can download the mobile (android) version's APK file (free) from several websites and decompress it as a ZIP file. You won't have the source code but you can get at the images.


 * The PC sprites are a little trickier -- they're in the Terraria content/images folder as XNB files. You can get images out of the XNB files using this, however they're only labeled according to ID, so unless you know the ID you're looking for, there's some time and guesswork involved.


 * Hope that helps :)  Equazcion ( talk ) 01:55, 16 Dec 2014 (UTC)

Thanks so much! It took a little while to get to this point, but the 6,392 xnb files are being converted as I type! Of course, I had to, you know, make a Steam account, buy Terraria, install it, find another .xnb to .png converter, as the one on the forums no longer works, and then watch a video tutorial on how to do it. ;)  Chrisf1020  (talk)  03:15, 16 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Hehe ok no problem. Sounds like you got a complicated one but as long as it worked out :)  Equazcion ( talk ) 03:46, 16 Dec 2014 (UTC)

"Developer Blogs" link
The link to the developer blogs on the front page still links to TerrariaOnline even though it would make more sense to change the link to the Developer Blogs on the Terraria Community Forums because the developers don't use TO anymore. --109.91.37.175 17:52, 17 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Fixed now. Thanks for pointing that out :)  Equazcion ( talk ) 17:56, 17 Dec 2014 (UTC)

Hey their
Hey their my name is Fuddlercrafter AKA Fuddler I'm new here and I was wondering if you could help me with something I noticed you talk to someone named Gearzein recently and just a while ago he/she delete my message in the pirate captain this is what my post said “their may be a glitch in terraria iOS where the Pirate captians death animation drops multiple pirate captian heads" can you see what is wrong with this please message this back? Sincerely: Fuddlercrafter P.S I have a picture of it happening
 * It looks like you got an answer to this already, but just to confirm: The wiki doesn't list bugs/glitches anymore, which is why your edit was reverted. You can report iOS bugs via the forum: Mobile Bug Reports.  Equazcion ( talk ) 06:49, 19 Dec 2014 (UTC)

Should I go ahead?
On this page, we were discussing possible solutions to the distinction between grappling hook, hooks, and "hook". Should I just go ahead and try my solution?
 * oops, didn't sign that. date is going to be off...--Macks2008 (talk) 05:07, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

Consle & Mobile Version history articles
Hey, I just wanted to let you know that I'm impressed with the changes lately that you've done to the Mobile Version history article. Nicely done! The patch history for each version would probably be best to be put in spoilers to decrease the "scroll-rate" (how big the article is which could get harder to find the version the person may want to see and the mouse wheel will be used too much) of the article. Oh and just to mention, the Console Version history will also need to be done the same way, or it would look great like that. Terraria from what I know is available for Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3 & 4 (console wise). And again, nice work! 08:29, 26 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Nice to get feedback, especially when it's favorable :) The mobile history was more pressing due to all the separate update paths but I'll get on the console history too, if only to collapse those long lists.  Equazcion ( talk ) 08:40, 26 Dec 2014 (UTC)

Little problems
I found this page and this page. They are both about Signatures. --  Dinoxel  discussion  16:35, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
 * And the link of the logo of Windows 8 on the main page doesn't work. --  Dinoxel  discussion  16:37, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks for pointing those out. Should be all fixed now :) Equazcion  ( talk ) 01:25, 31 Dec 2014 (UTC)
 * Hey, I don't understand why the English link in this French page redirect to Item Infobox. Do you know where it comes from ? --  Dinoxel  discussion  14:11, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
 * fr:Template:Item infobox had its language link outside the . I just fixed it. Equazcion  ( talk ) 15:02, 3 Jan 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you, but why only "Coins" redirect to "Item infobox" and not to an other page ? --  Dinoxel  discussion  16:21, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
 * I don't know, I only checked that one page before I fixed it. Are you sure other pages didn't also do that? We could experiment and figure it out, but as long as everything is working now, it's sort of academic :) Equazcion  ( talk ) 16:38, 3 Jan 2015 (UTC)
 * Nah it's okay. I found a new thing, I can't take the pictures from Android, Xbox 360 and Xbox One. They are the only one who finished by .svg. --  Dinoxel  discussion  17:46, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Seems to work for me. I just uploaded fr:Fichier:Android logo large.svg. What happens when you try? Equazcion  ( talk ) 17:59, 3 Jan 2015 (UTC)
 * I just uploaded the others. Equazcion  ( talk ) 18:03, 3 Jan 2015 (UTC)
 * Yeah, it's working. Thank you :D --  Dinoxel  discussion  18:17, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
 * No problem :) Equazcion  ( talk ) 18:38, 3 Jan 2015 (UTC)

Bot for the french wiki
Hey! I'm helping Dinoxel with the French wiki. Do you think it could be possible to give us a copy of the bot if you don't mind. I am also making studies in IT and I have a lot of background in programming in general.--PatateauChou (talk) 16:19, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
 * It's true. He just wants some help to know how the bot can work. --  Dinoxel  discussion  16:21, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
 * I've downloaded it and I'll try to make it work on my own but if you could provide a TL;DR on how to make it work, it would be great. --PatateauChou (talk) 16:25, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
 * I use a pre-compiled program: AutoWikiBrowser. It's somewhat easy to figure out and you won't need to do any programming, but most operations will require regex.
 * Use file->login/profiles to add your login info, and go to options->preferences->site to set http://terraria-fr.gamepedia.com/.
 * Under "Make list" on the left, choose "Category (recursive)" and enter "Terraria" in the line, then click "Make list". Wait til the list appears, then right-click it and choose remove->non-mainspace and then again remove->duplicates. Then file->save settings. Now you have a list of all pages on french wiki.
 * Check "Find and replace", and use normal for ordinary text replacements, or advanced for regex.
 * When you have those set up, choose the "start" tab and enter an edit summary. Click start, check the edit, click save.
 * Once you tested and think you're ready to have it proceed automatically, click the "bot" tab and click "auto-save", then click "start" again.
 * That's my crash course. Hope that helps :) Equazcion  ( talk ) 16:36, 3 Jan 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot. Everything seems to be working after Dinoxel gave me the right password to the bot account. I just need to understand the rest now :)--PatateauChou (talk) 17:46, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
 * No problem :) Play with it a bit, you'll get the hang of it. Equazcion  ( talk ) 17:55, 3 Jan 2015 (UTC)
 * Well, do you know how the bot can modify words in Templates ? --  Dinoxel  discussion  17:50, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
 * If you want to include templates (and all other pages), just skip the part where I said to "remove->non-mainspace". Equazcion  ( talk ) 17:55, 3 Jan 2015 (UTC)
 * What would be the procedure to rename a page? I guess you would have to first move the content to the new page then make the bot change all the tags to the name of the new page and finally make the old page redirect to the new page. Is that it? --PatateauChou (talk) 02:00, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure if it's possible to rename pages automatically with AWB. It operates on one page at a time, and doesn't have a method of auto-moving pages, or copying content between two pages. Something like that might need to be done manually, or with a custom-written bot, to my knowledge. Equazcion  ( talk ) 02:11, 4 Jan 2015 (UTC)

Fiery Greatsword
What is the source of your information that an unmodified fiery greatsword is 36 damage? According to my game, as well as a screenshot I can provide of my game, and of my Terraria.exe file attributes, it's 42 in Terraria 1.2.4.1.--Macks2008 (talk) 05:21, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

basically, I challenge your version of my edit--Macks2008 (talk) 05:22, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
 * My source is the game code, which I just double-checked. The Fiery Greatsword's damage is listed at 36. You might have a modifier or armor bonus in effect -- try un-equipping all items and deactivating all buffs; that might drop the damage back down to normal. Equazcion  ( talk ) 05:26, 9 Jan 2015 (UTC)
 * Oh! How about that, you're right. I was not counting on the Molten armor set's melee damage bonus. I switched my Molten Greaves into a social slot and the damage went back down. Curiously, I remembered taking a screenshot of a hacked character that I made for testing this who also had a 42 damage Fiery Greatsword, but after checking my screenshot, I notice he also had the Molten set. Seeing as the armor set and the sword are at the same tier of equipment (Hellstone Bar), should there maybe be a note on the page about the set bonus?--Macks2008 (talk) 04:49, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
 * I don't think it's necessary to state the end result of stat bonuses on item pages. It doesn't really add much useful information, and although you might associate this particular bonus with this item due to the crafting material, it's a slippery slope to everyone posting stat bonuses they associate with items for whatever reason. Equazcion  ( talk ) 05:48, 10 Jan 2015 (UTC)
 * I suppose, but I'm inclined to inquire for better logical explanation, in order to safeguard against the "slippry slope fallacy". While I understand the concern people could start adding things willy-nilly (this so called slippery slope), I'm more concerned people might repeat my edit for the same reason I made it (they might equip the entire hellstone set and think the Fiery Greatsword damage went up), which would be around as bad as adding things due to a distant relationship. Maybe a routine check of that damage value is in order (possibly by a bot) at least? Also, where could I go to see the source code? I always like seeing the nuts and bolts of a good program, and I've been considering making a mod or two.
 * People edit stats and other things for all sorts of reasons often, and the changes are often inaccurate. As long as we have active editors watching Recent Changes, it's generally caught quickly. Instead of a bot, we could just keep stats on protected subpages, but this isn't enough of a problem currently to make that kind of move. It's best to keep as much as possible freely editable. You can download the source code here (you may need to register at that site first). Equazcion  ( talk ) 18:07, 11 Jan 2015 (UTC)

Remember
So remember that time in August of last year when I tried to create that article of the list of console items, you just deleted it... Beforehand you were on my side and saw the use for an article like that. 0icke0 and FyreNWater kept fighting me on the article to attempt to delete the article and in the end YOU DID. And then whenever i attempt to edit a stub article, my changes get deleted such as in the Tungsten Hammer article. What i'm saying is that I do not know how to write or edit a proper article or use complex expressions properly (0icke0 said to use a "regex" expression once and I had no clue what that was). Please help me and can you give me some articles that i could possibly try to work on. I don't want to be banned because i don't know what i'm doing...

Here's the link to how I found out an edit war was supposedly going on between us: Terraria Wiki:Admin noticeboard/Issues August 2014 I'm also curious why whenever i look at the history of pages that i previously edited my name appears red... ~User: DXOS3 15:44, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Someone else came and nominated the article for deletion again, and I myself had a change of heart. The page also wasn't anywhere near completion and you hadn't seemed to be active in a while. I've been thinking of better ways to achieve what you were doing through categories and may yet implement something.


 * Your additions to the Tungsten Hammer article consisted of a lot of general information that was best left to other articles (such as general Hammer and Ore information), or text that duplicated information already contained in the article's infobox (the upper-right box containing the item statistics). In the future, it's best to look over some similar articles for clues on what is and isn't appropriate to include, as well as style and format cues. Keep in mind, though, there isn't always something useful to add, and simply adding "filler material" purely for the sake of making the article longer will probably be reverted. Equazcion  ( talk ) 18:51, 10 Jan 2015 (UTC)


 * Offhand I don't know of articles that need work, but I'll keep an eye out. You won't get banned for sincerely trying to improve an article, as long as you communicate, and aren't adamant in reinstating your edits if several other experienced editors correct or revert them. Equazcion  ( talk ) 19:06, 10 Jan 2015 (UTC)