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| gameplay:guides:places:placei [2023/11/21 20:50] – created kuhsodas | gameplay:guides:places:placei [2023/11/21 20:54] (current) – [Step Five: Decorating the outside.] kuhsodas |
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| ====Step Two: Buy a land stake.==== | ====Step Two: Buy a land stake.==== |
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| This will cost you 100 [[:cigs|cigarettes]]. If you don't have a 100 cigs, either adventure in the jungle, or [[:donating|donate]], until you do.((No one said this was going to be cheap!)) | This will cost you 100 cigarettes. If you don't have a 100 cigs, either adventure in the jungle, or donate, until you do.((No one said this was going to be cheap!)) |
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| ====Step Three: Decide where you want your Place!==== | ====Step Three: Decide where you want your Place!==== |
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| **Hint:** Seeing as the box for the description isn't //that// big, it's a good idea to type it out in a text editor first, then copy and paste. That way, when you make mistakes, they're a lot easier to find and correct, and there's much less chance of accidentally losing them. | **Hint:** Seeing as the box for the description isn't //that// big, it's a good idea to type it out in a text editor first, then copy and paste. That way, when you make mistakes, they're a lot easier to find and correct, and there's much less chance of accidentally losing them. |
| <note important>**BLOODY BIG WARNING:** Notice that I said //text editors// ((such as Notepad or Notepad++)) not //word processors// ((such as Word or WordPad or TextEdit)). There's a very good reason for this. Word processors use clever tricks for things like ellipses and other special symbols. These tricks aren't known to the game engine which looks after all the different Place descriptions. Funny things will happen, ranging from getting strange symbols in the middle of your writing up to //totally shafting// your Place. ((This last did in fact happen on one memorable occasion, to every Place (Or Dwellings as they were back then) on the Island that had a single strange symbol in it. See the [[http://enquirer.improbableisland.com/forum/viewtopic.php?showtopic=17086|Cataclysm thread]]!))</note> | |
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| **Pro tip:** If you'd like to display out the player's name or weapon, type in, instead of a name or name of a weapon, "[pcName]"((Pay careful attention to the capital 'N'. This is case sensitive.)) or "`w"((That's a grave mark, like in [[:text_color_list|color codes]])), respectively. Those phrases should turn into the name and weapon of the contestant who views them. | <WRAP center round alert 60%>**BLOODY BIG WARNING:** Notice that I said //text editors// ((such as Notepad or Notepad++)) not //word processors// ((such as Word or WordPad or TextEdit)). There's a very good reason for this. Word processors use clever tricks for things like ellipses and other special symbols. These tricks aren't known to the game engine which looks after all the different Place descriptions. Funny things will happen, ranging from getting strange symbols in the middle of your writing up to //totally shafting// your Place. ((This last did in fact happen on one memorable occasion, to every Place (Or Dwellings as they were back then) on the Island that had a single strange symbol in it. See the Cataclysm thread!))((CSODAS SEE IF THIS IS RECOVERABLE))</WRAP> |
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| | **Pro tip:** If you'd like to display out the player's name or weapon, type in, instead of a name or name of a weapon, "[pcName]"((Pay careful attention to the capital 'N'. This is case sensitive.)) or "`w"((That's a grave mark, like in color codes)), respectively. Those phrases should turn into the name and weapon of the contestant who views them. |
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| Your place is not actually //decorated// yet. You've just set the job up so far. This is where the third of Suzie's kits come in. | Your place is not actually //decorated// yet. You've just set the job up so far. This is where the third of Suzie's kits come in. |
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| ==WARNING:== | ==WARNING:== |
| It's very easy to get carried away with the building, "I want a library here, and a kitchen there..." but without the descriptions fully written down. Then ending up with a whole bunch of undecorated rooms and finding it hard going to write anything for them. Writing a good description can take some time and effort. It may be worth it to write the descriptions first, and //then// build rooms to put them in. See [[places:decorating|this page]] for decorating ideas and tips. | It's very easy to get carried away with the building, "I want a library here, and a kitchen there..." but without the descriptions fully written down. Then ending up with a whole bunch of undecorated rooms and finding it hard going to write anything for them. Writing a good description can take some time and effort. It may be worth it to write the descriptions first, and //then// build rooms to put them in. See [[gameplay:guides:places:decorating|this page]] for decorating ideas and tips. |
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| ====That's it!==== | ====That's it!==== |