User talk:Zombie Lord/sandbox1

This looks amazing ZL. The only thing you may want to consider is outlining the lightbulb symbols so they show up better. Like this:

Cell Icon	Level	EMR Rating
	lights are on across the suburb	A
	several buildings with power	B-C
	no lights on down there	D-F

Cell Icon	Level
	Mobile phone mast powered on.
	Mobile phone mast powered off.

10-

Dakerstown

100+

Dakerstown

~50

Dakerstown

-MHSstaff 17:52, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

Agreed, this is amazing. I'd be 100% behind a suburb level change like this. Incidentally, I believe EMRP does account for Ghost Towns. A EMRP of a ghost town would be something like "...flying over Dakerstown...it's a wasteland down there...can't see any signs of life...". ~ 18:48, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

Actually, here's a pretty good indicator of a ghost town from EMRP: Reports to Process - 25.96 MHz: "... crossing Ridleybank now, can see maybe a dozen down there ... all stragglers, no groups ... can't see any signs of life ... it's a wasteland down there ... the Blackmore Building has fallen - repeat, the Blackmore Building has fallen ..." (4 hours and 30 minutes ago)

Except that the zombies are inside to hold ruins...-MHSstaff 18:59, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

Anyways, I'd also think about dumping the old radio transmission ones (where it is hard to tell if they are on or off) and just use something simple (like in the example).

-MHSstaff 19:01, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

As MHSstaff, these look great, but the radio transmitters are looking hard to see.--Yonnua Koponen ^{Talk ! Contribs} 19:04, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

Yeah. The Helicopters don't see inside buildings SFHNAS once had 40+ zombies inside buildings and the EMRP said it was zombie free. Happy times. --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 19:04, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

Right, well I don't think this system will fix the problem of people inacurately updating suburb status based on EMRs. Those on the ground will still be the most reliable resource if a burb is a ghost town. Ghost Towns on the suburb map add value and IMO should be left. ~ 19:34, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

One problem though is the ghost-town status is population-based, which this is getting away from. IMO, I think most ghost-towns are pulled from EMRs and are probably wrong. -MHSstaff 19:49, 20 February 2011 (UTC)