User talk:Swiers

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am i properly set up for the sim map ?

i "registered" with you, but it doesn't seem my reports are getting fed to the map. is it alt specific? if so, contact me and i'll give you info for the alts i'm using the map with. thanks. --WanYao 08:36, 7 July 2008 (BST)

You are set up. It tracks users only by their "registration phrase", so it is not alt specific. If you have the udSIMsniff script installed, just click the "submit data" button after you've used scent death, and it will ask for that phrase. It only asks the first time you do this on any machine- after that, its stored on the machine, in the about:config file. If your submission is going through at all and it recognizes you as a user, there should be a lag in the page opening after you click that button, and you will get a message saying your submission is accepted (or, in rare cases, rejected).
If you are not getting that message and the page is opening rather quickly after your submission, then sim.urbandead.com does probably not recognize you as a user. I have you registered; your phrase MD5 (which is all I actually store) works out to be 15b29ffdce66e10527a65bc6d71ad94d. You can find out what passphrase you are actually using by typing about:config as your browsers url, and searching for greasemonkey.scriptvals.http://iwitnesniffSend.urbandead.info /udSimSniff.SIMregistration. You may want to visit http://www.adamek.biz/md5-generator.php and see if we have the same phrase. If not, I'll need to update my file to reflect the pass phrase you are actually using (unless you can figure out the one that actually gives that MD5 result- then you can just update about:config.)  Swiers 17:28, 7 July 2008 (BST)

Well, as far as I can tell, we're on the same page with my passphrase. However, when I try to send a report, I get no message saying it was successfully submitted and, yes, the map opens quite quickly. So, I'm not sure what's up... --WanYao 02:17, 10 July 2008 (BST)

New registration

Just checking to see if I'm registered. --JikWaffleson 16:06, 8 July 2008 (BST)

Not if you haven't previously contacted me privately to provide a registration phrase. Entering your registration phrase on your computer simply stores it there; I also need to enter it on the sites server. I do this manually because anonymous registration (such as allowed on most forums, etc) isn't really any better than no registration at all, in terms of preventing abuse.  Swiers 18:26, 8 July 2008 (BST)

Saving time.

I've finally got an answer to your how does this save time question on Talk/suburb. Once the cat, tells you what groups are being checked for activivty, you simply click from the talk page to the main page of the group and click what links here. That would list all suburbs the group was listed on. --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 21:00, 9 July 2008 (BST)

What you think? The Great Suburb Group Massacre --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 21:31, 11 July 2008 (BST)

Alt-logos

Marven and Giddings already had alt logos, Marven, Giddings.--Karek^maps?! 09:05, 18 July 2008 (BST)

So I found; I used the one for Giddings, iirc. I don't like they way the imnage's work on the pages though; the mall logos all have white backgrounds so that, when used on a white page, they seem "borderless". The alts all have very clear borders, and look like... well, jpg images slapped into code, rather than bloodstains that got dripped on the page. The ones I did avoid that problem, but aren't nearly as nice in other ways.  Swiers 19:52, 18 July 2008 (BST)

Sig

Your sig doesn't seem to have a link to your user page (unless it's very well hidden) -- boxy ^{talk • i} 03:56 22 July 2008 (BST)

Check the external link symbol. But if its making it hard to tell who I am, I'll change it soon.  Swiers 04:23, 22 July 2008 (BST)

Your external link doesn't show up here. What symbol is it supposed to display? -- boxy ^{talk • i} 06:34 22 July 2008 (BST)

The same one as is after any external link. The text for the link is a zero length joiner HTML entity, which means only the "arrow" shows up (or maybe doesn't show for your browser). Just look at http://wiki.urbandead.com/index.php?title=User:Swiers/Sig&action=edit -- Swiers 08:05, 22 July 2008 (BST)

It's a skin thing, I'm not seeing it in Cologne Blue either, but I see it fine in monobook.--Karek^maps?! 10:34, 22 July 2008 (BST)

Hmm, doesn't seem a good way around that. Ah well.  Swiers 18:07, 22 July 2008 (BST)

Old files

http://wiki.urbandead.com/index.php/Image:August5Attack.jpg
http://wiki.urbandead.com/index.php/Image:August6thAttack.JPG

I'm pretty sure I uploaded these files a long time ago, but they seem to have been removed. I couldn't find them in the speedy deletions page, so is there anyway to recover those files from the site if you have special access?--Insomniac By Choice 10:57, 22 July 2008 (BST)

I don't think so. I can restore the deleted image page, but that does not restore the associated uploaded images.  Swiers 17:48, 22 July 2008 (BST)

Alright. Thanks anyway.--Insomniac By Choice 20:45, 22 July 2008 (BST)

SIM

Karen Arlette, an MCI agent, brought a suggestion to the group not long ago about contributing to your scent map while dead. Interested in an extra nose or two? I'd be glad to register, and can recommend it to other members of my group. --FT ^MCI 03:13, 28 July 2008 (BST)

Sure. I just need a contact link and passcode (anything that only you and I would know) for each user (person, not character). Using the "e-mail this user" link at left to send me a pass-code of your choosing works for that. If you like, you could have one contact link (say, a group wiki page) & passcode for your entire group, so that people don't need to do this individually. The only drawback there is if somebody uses that passcode to vanadalize the map (submit bad data) I'd have to cut off the whole group.  Swiers 03:53, 28 July 2008 (BST)

10k Society

Membership for two characters approved. Strike Boy is now an Emerald member and rot1 a Gold Member. Congratulations! You are now, as far as I know, the player with the most members in the 10k Society. --CannibalX 15:32, 4 August 2008 (BST)

SIM, plz

Hey I wanna help out with the map updates. I've downloaded all the stuff - just need to register. Can you set me up?--Nallan (Talk) 11:27, 5 August 2008 (BST)

I'll need a private registration code for you as a user. It can be any word or phrase you like, but don't post it here- use the "e-mail this user" link to the left, in the toolbox section. Or, you can just use the registration code "anonymous".  Swiers 19:20, 5 August 2008 (BST)

Done!--Nallan (Talk) 07:59, 6 August 2008 (BST)

OK, your registered.  Swiers 22:42, 6 August 2008 (BST)

User SIM map

nice work on the contributors sim map, very groovy. Although i'm noticing a bit of a glitch there atm. I've waited a few hours since posting a new shot and while the area where i uploaded is solid (as in in the last 24 hrs) it's showing up as part my colour and part yours. Check my main section down SW to see what i mean. Not really an issue at all but it's bugging me....--xoxo 14:06, 7 August 2008 (BST)

It probably was because your browser cached the image, rather than loading a fresh version for each view. I fixed that issue with the same cache-blocking trick I used on the main map page. I also changed thins so that the user color map is re-drawn when you view the stats page, rather than as a chronjob. It adds a fair bit of lag to viewing the page (though only when re-drawing is needed) but ensure views of the user color map on the stats page are are always up to date with the database.  Swiers 22:37, 7 August 2008 (BST)

Template:PrickSuburb

I show it to be unused. Can it go up for Crit 10 Speedy Deletion? --Pedentic 14:27, 7 August 2008 (BST)

Suggestions Page

I think its your vote, and you forgot to sign it, on the "Excess Ap List" suggestion. I didn't strike it or anything. - Tylerisfat 05:35, 8 August 2008 (BST)

Never mind, something was goofed with the formatting, and its there now. - tylerisfat 06:11, 8 August 2008 (BST)

That's because I fixed it. Thanks for letting me know.  Swiers 06:13, 8 August 2008 (BST)

'Current Suggestions'

? Are you reverting? I'm archiving the stuff that's over a year old, and there's several sections that fall under the guidelines of deleting a pre-suggestion discussion, although they are in the wrong place. Am I doing something wrong? - tylerisfat 19:10, 8 August 2008 (BST)

Haven't touched it in days.  Swiers 19:12, 8 August 2008 (BST)

weird. never mind then. - tylerisfat 19:13, 8 August 2008 (BST)

Is it true?

You've seen a 77ap ruin? Any chance i could get the iwit/screenshot of it if you have?--xoxo 09:07, 12 August 2008 (BST)

I didn't see it personally. Nubis posted a screenshot here. Apparently the building is in Dunnell Hills.  Swiers 19:10, 12 August 2008 (BST)

Only suburb where it'll ever happen probably. Well that and Eastonwood. Neither one has seen people trying to clean it up since the update. There might be some other places in the NW. The DHPD kinda gave up on Dunnell Hills and as far as I know that's the only suburb in the game where zombies are actively trying to hold territory(the whole Something Awful thing). 2 and a half months of zombies holding it is insane though, it's not like it's hard to empty the buildings, I mean COMBAT REVIVE did do it.--Karek^maps?! 22:44, 12 August 2008 (BST)

Its hard if there's a rotter or two in there, and if you have to cross 15+ blocks of ruins to get there, very few folks are even gonna consider it. Survivors are very short sighted; they'll let a whole area go to hell before they respond just because there's an invisible line (suburb border) / free run gap between them and the ruins. Also, to their defense, with zombies inside, you can't tell how many AP it will take to repair, because you don't have that option. The condition descriptions are a relatively new thing.  Swiers 04:33, 13 August 2008 (BST)

2 rot zombies in a dark building requires a handy slab of coordination to repair. Plus everyone hates DH so why would anyone bother? Considering the amount of zombies there i find it weird (tho easily explainable) that it's the suburb that suffers from a lack of SIM data the most.--xoxo 09:35, 13 August 2008 (BST)

Im glad someone else has realised the impossible to cross suburb border mentality out there. Say what you like about trenchies, At least they cross the border between Pennville and Whittenside.--Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 10:04, 13 August 2008 (BST)

Ha, I chuckled.--Nallan (Talk) 06:11, 14 August 2008 (BST)

Understand that for strategic reasons I don't post more specifics, but there are well over a dozen buildings at 60 - 70 AP to repair. We are very actively holding the Hills. (and many of us are rotters) That was one of the things we pushed when we formed the Dead. Karek, we have been holding the Hills since November, but it only started mattering after the update. J3D, we will never contribute SIM data because we are jerks like that. :P --– Nubis ^NWO 06:54, 14 August 2008 (BST)

hence the tho ;) maybe i'll wander into your midst sometime...--xoxo 07:17, 14 August 2008 (BST)