FAQ: Technical Forum

by **Sedgistan** » Sat Feb 12, 2011 4:44 am

I'd recommend adding in this bit to the endorsements section:

What if there are two WA nations with the same number of endorsements?
If there is a tie in endorsement count involving the current delegate, the delegacy will not change over.

The Warzone section could be updated like this:

These regions are specifically setup to allow for invasion-style gameplay. The normal influence costs for ejecting and banning nations apply for the WA delegate. However, bans expire with each update, so nations can keep coming back and trying to overtake the delegacy again. Passwords are also not allowed. These regions are often used as a "practice ground" for invaders and defenders.

by **Mousebumples** » Sat Feb 12, 2011 6:31 am

Sedgistan wrote:I'd recommend adding in this bit to the endorsements section:
What if there are two WA nations with the same number of endorsements?
If there is a tie in endorsement count involving the current delegate, the delegacy will not change over.

The Warzone section could be updated like this:
These regions are specifically setup to allow for invasion-style gameplay. The normal influence costs for ejecting and banning nations apply for the WA delegate. However, bans expire with each update, so nations can keep coming back and trying to overtake the delegacy again. Passwords are also not allowed. These regions are often used as a "practice ground" for invaders and defenders.

Done and done. That is definitely clearer on the endorsements mention. And, so far as Warzones go - like I've said before - I'm hardly the expert, so I'm happy to listen to your expertise.

Thanks, Sedge!

by **Zwangzug** » Sat Feb 12, 2011 12:29 pm

Mousebumples wrote:As such, if you have a typo in your nation name, you have 2 (obvious) options:
(1) Scrap the (hopefully newly-created) nation and fix the typo.

Maybe "create a new nation without the typo and use that instead"? This way sort of makes it look like nations can be easily deleted.

by **Mousebumples** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 2:30 pm

Zwangzug wrote:
Mousebumples wrote:As such, if you have a typo in your nation name, you have 2 (obvious) options:
(1) Scrap the (hopefully newly-created) nation and fix the typo.
Maybe "create a new nation without the typo and use that instead"? This way sort of makes it look like nations can be easily deleted.

Amended - along the lines of your suggestion.

I also added in another question regarding the fact that millions of former nation names are currently reserved.

by **New Spartzerina** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 3:08 pm

Mousebumples wrote:My flag is below 10 KB, but it will not upload.
If your flag is 9.9KB, sometimes that can cause issues with how the server determines file size. If you can, try to shrink the file size a bit further – change the image quality or file extension.

The limit for flags was changed to 12 KB a while ago.

by **Mousebumples** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 6:35 pm

New Spartzerina wrote:
Mousebumples wrote:My flag is below 10 KB, but it will not upload.
If your flag is 9.9KB, sometimes that can cause issues with how the server determines file size. If you can, try to shrink the file size a bit further – change the image quality or file extension.

The limit for flags was changed to 12 KB a while ago.

Fixed, thanks. I've had my same flag for ... going on 8 years now? I haven't visited that page in ages, so, yes. Thanks again.

by **Mousebumples** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 3:48 pm

ADMINISTRATIVE NOTE: I've added a few more codes into the "coding" section (prompted by a TG request for the alignment code) and increased the font size of the questions to make them stand apart more from the answers.

If there are further codes that people would like included in the Coding section, please let me know. However, I think I have the most-frequently used codes included.

by **Farfel the Dog** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 11:57 am

My countries "religion" is still "locked" even though I have 6 Billion citizens( for 3 months now.. How am I to bring the word of the Flying Spagetti Monster to my people ???)

by **Sedgistan** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 12:04 pm

Farfel the Dog wrote:My countries "religion" is still "locked" even though I have 6 Billion citizens( for 3 months now.. How am I to bring the word of the Flying Spagetti Monster to my people ???)

viewtopic.php?f=15&t=57842

by **Naivetry** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 7:09 am

Great job.

Just a minor typo that jumped out at me as I was skimming through at the top of the Trophies section:

It's long, so it's I have it behind a spoiler tag.

Mousebumples wrote:(3) For all you Gameplayers out there - is there an 'average' duration that the WA email lasts? (I've only ever had one nation in the WA, so I have no idea.)

When I was actively involved in using switchers, there were times when I was able to use a link that was well over a month old, but I think that was pushing it. In busier times, three weeks was the greatest generally safe margin, and two weeks was preferred. It's so dependent on other activity in the WA (especially how many other people are applying and dropping using switchers, etc.) that I think it's probably best to just leave that section as-is.

by **New Acardia** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 9:25 am

How do I post a thread/topic of my own?

by **Mid Lothian** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 9:33 am

One thing I'd like to know about the trophies:

There are a few trophies that I've been awarded for being in the top 10% of the world. I haven't recieved one for being in my region's 10%. My question is this: How can you be in the world's top 10% but not your region's?

by **Ballotonia** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 10:24 am

Mid Lothian wrote:One thing I'd like to know about the trophies:

There are a few trophies that I've been awarded for being in the top 10% of the world. I haven't recieved one for being in my region's 10%. My question is this: How can you be in the world's top 10% but not your region's?

If a bunch of the other nations in the region do well, above the average worldwide, then the bar to reach 10% in your region will be above that of the 10% worldwide bar. If your nation then falls in between those two you'll get the worldwide 10% without getting the 10% regional trophy.

Extreme example: imagine a region of 100 nations, which are ranked 1-100 worldwide. Only the top 10 of those will get a regional badge, but considering the number of nations in NS as a whole they will all receive a Worldwide badge.

Ballotonia

by **Ballotonia** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 12:49 am

Addendum to the trophy list:

Largest Public Sector
World #1:

1%:

5%:

10%:

Region #1:

1%:

5%:

10%:

Turns out this one is cute little pyramids

Ballotonia

by **Mousebumples** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 7:29 am

Ballotonia wrote:Addendum to the trophy list:

Largest Public Sector
World #1:(Image) 1%:(Image) 5%:(Image) 10%:(Image) Region #1:(Image) 1%:(Image) 5%:(Image) 10%:(Image)

Turns out this one is cute little pyramids

I'm glad you're keeping track of this! I had noticed a new one today and made a mental note to add it later - when I get home after work.

Thanks for the update!

by **Ballotonia** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 12:22 am

Update for the flag portion of the FAQ:
viewtopic.php?p=4968912#p4968912

Ballotonia

by **Ballotonia** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 12:35 am

And today's census means yet another update:

Most Armed
World #1:

1%:

5%:

10%:

Region #1:

1%:

5%:

10%:

Ballotonia

by **Ballotonia** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 1:02 am

And another addendum:

Shortest Average Lifespan
World #1:

1%:

5%:

10%:

Region #1:

1%:

5%:

10%:

Ballotonia

by **Flibbleites** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 8:12 am

You might want to add how to make a poll in here since that question seems to pop up occasionally.

by **Mousebumples** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:35 pm

Thanks for the suggestions, guys! I'm hoping to have time to edit/update this thread tomorrow - or else this weekend sometime. (It's on the to-do list.)

by **Mousebumples** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 4:33 pm

I'm working on adding in the suggestions, and - in the meantime - I figured out another one of the new categories based off of one that Ballotonia had listed here for me.

Longest Average Lifespans
World #1:

1%:

5%:

10%:

Region #1:

1%:

5%:

10%:

This one will also be added into the file shortly ...

by **Mousebumples** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 5:52 pm

Everything has been updated - details on how to create a poll have been added, the new flag restrictions have been updated, the WA proposal coding has been edited in, etc.

I don't have anything added in yet on RMB Post Suppression or Embassies. I think both are fairly straight forward for now - and Embassies are still so new that further developments/changes may be forthcoming.

I also want to re-categorize/re-arrange some of the Q&A at some point. Some of them are grouped a bit clunkily, upon further review. I keep changing my mind over what order/groupings would be the best understandable, though, so that's on hold until I can make up my mind.

If further suggestions or questions arise, I can certainly try to answer them and/or add them in here as needed.

by **Mousebumples** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 7:27 am

New badges that I'll add in at a later date:

Most Pacifist
World #1: 1%: 5%: 10%: Regional #1: 1%: 5%: 10%

I'm also planning to add in a section on what "Non-Executive" means for WA Delegate since I've seen a few questions for that around the past few days. If there are any further questions or suggestions for inclusion on this list, please do let me know.

by **Le Nediva** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 7:13 am

Laxest Drug Laws
World #1: 1%: 5%: 10%: Regional #1: 1%: 5%: 10%:

by **Ballotonia** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 6:12 am

In the coding section, a link to the forum's own tag page might be helpful: faq.php?mode=bbcode
Note that page should actually be used anyway by the administrator to describe all tags available. it is linked to from the page where one types up a reply or new post.

I'm also missing the [size] tag.

Ballotonia

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