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[ete]

Made a backup, download if you want.

[ete]

About the scenario repository, continuing from other thread: Forum threads may be nice for comments, but maybe a news item for each is excessive, and the wiki is a better place for the main info since it can be updated by non-staff and is much more easily sortable. Perhaps just do threads here for now and maybe have specific threads for featured tested scenarios once per week or something so people can keep up? And BU, to be clear, are you offering to help with the wiki repository? I've got time to set up the structure and categories+teach someone how to do the rest, but in the near future I do not have time to commit to actually inputting the data so unless you are offering or someone else steps up on that, building the templates is not going to be high on my to-do list.

[Buster's Uncle]

Hmm.  Public discussion it is...

I might find time when I've got everything posted.  Altera Centauri's a large, but finite scenario collection.

I'm interested in a Wiki component happening for all the reasons you posit, but first things first.

If I just go ahead and get it all this week, the news item flood will be over shortly and we can bump the important items from previously.  Those are automatic thread posts that happen when you post a file to Downloads.

Trust that I do know what I'm doing, man; this is part of getting our house in order before BE, and it's been put off for far too long.

[ete]

ah, right, that explains it. Perhaps worth temporarily turning that feature off if it's easy to switch on the admin CP though, save the news from being too buried. And yea, is good to be getting the scenarios moving over.

And fair enough on getting it on the forum first. Let me know if/when you're ready to do wiki stuff and I'll make templates/talk you through the bits you'l need.

[Buster's Uncle]

Okydoke.  Volunteers very welcome to step in, BTW.  My plate is never empty of things I don't have time to do when I'm feeling productive.  No refunds.

Please go ahead and get those template ready, if you like; volunteers may really happen.  Please, my people?

[ete]

Alright, I'll move it up my to-do list somewhat. We're moving to a new city tomorrow which may not have internet, so no promises about activity.

[ete]

I've used this as an example for adding scenarios to the wiki: http://alphacentauri2.info/wiki/October_2003_CGN_Challenge

Upload workflow:
1. Copy name of the scenario into the url after /wiki/, go to that page, click "edit this page"
2. Copy the scenarioinfobox template to the top of your edit box from http://alphacentauri2.info/wiki/Template:ScenarioInfoBox
3. Fill in the fields (leaving a field blank is okay)
4. Copy over the scenario description text and add linebreaks (wiki removes single linebreaks), make lists so each line starts with * or #.
5. Save page.

BU, could you make a page as an example so that if there's anything you'll get stuck on I can explain it now while I have internet?

[Buster's Uncle]

Okay.

Do not take too seriously when I say Jeeze; people will not let me get a head of steam up when I'm trying to get some tedious work done today.

[Buster's Uncle]

First I need to take a minute to make the folder publically visible, so that discussion thread link will work for everyone.

Edit: Done.

[Buster's Uncle]

Okydoke: http://alphacentauri2.info/wiki/Apocalypse_Scenario  Looks the same to me...

[ete]

Excellent . Let me know if you want more parameters in the template (one to indicate alpha(x) changes or custom factions could be cool?) or something's confusing/broken.

[Buster's Uncle]

I didn't get it on the very first try, but it isn't brain surgery.  The three sisko posted all had difficulty levels added, but I don't know where he got that.  Possibly add an optional field for extra box-worthy comments?  I know a lot of custom factions and .txt modding is going to come up as we draw closer to the present.  sisko may have more ideas, and I may when I've got everything migrated.

[ete]

I've added alpha, customfactions, and difficulty for now. Two possible extras: a param for player faction and for other factions included? They could possibly be used for cool things like a list of scenarios involving/from the point of view of each faction being automatically added to faction pages.

[Buster's Uncle]

I think that's an excellent idea.

There's also going to be a few with custom terrain graphics and the like - I was in on some.  Possibly a field for associated fanfic, if there's more than what's in the introduction/blurb - I was in on a good deal of that, too, and Darsnan increasingly liked to write a story to go along with as the years passed.  Pretty good stuff, too.

[ete]

Okay, I'll make the params now. The clever stuff with factions will have to wait for another day, but should be totally doable when I have a while to play with it.