User talk:Gta-mysteries/Archive: Difference between revisions

::::::I haven a question that has to do with the redirects. You said that some would be necessary such as the L.C.P.D to LCPD. Well would it be right to make a redirect page for the driving school, which would be Turning Tricks Advanced Motoring?--[[User:Gta-mysteries|Gta-mysteries]] 21:59, October 12, 2009 (UTC)

:::::::::This is not a really good question to ask me right now. My computer has crashed and is getting repaired and thats why I am not on much. But I agree with Gboyers. If it makes things easier then feel free to create a redirect. '''''[[User:Chimpso|Chimpso]]''''' 23:02, October 12, 2009 (UTC)

I don't know what you mean.--[[User:Gta-mysteries|Gta-mysteries]] 01:06, January 23, 2010 (UTC)

==Images==

== Images ==

:Made use of hidden features in the games. Angle and picture quality are also important. - [[User:ZS|ZS]] 09:51, October 26, 2009 (UTC)

:It might be a graphics card thing. Either your graphics card doesn't support AA (because it's old), or you need to find the newest driver for the graphics card. - [[User:ZS|ZS]] 19:18, October 28, 2009 (UTC)

:If you know the model and make of your graphics card, you have no trouble Googling it. Just search for "driver (insert graphics card name)". You can find out the GC's name by accessing the System's properties in the Control Panel. Or ask around in GTAForums. - [[User:ZS|ZS]] 10:52, October 29, 2009 (UTC)

:The higher the number, the better the AA. And it does slow down gameplay a bit, but only if you're running it on a computer that's around 3 years old or more. If it does reduce framerates, just turn on AA only when you want to take a picture; turn it off when you don't need it. - [[User:ZS|ZS]] 19:00, November 15, 2009 (UTC)

:Avoid widescreen. From what I've seen, the widescreen setting is usually meant for widescreen monitors (i.e. those that don't use [[wp:4:3|4:3]] as opposed to [[wp:16:9|16:9]]); in reality, the actual number of pixels displayed is still the same, so screencapped images of a widescreen GTA game usually results in the images appearing thinner than usual. As for visual FX, usually you might want to make the most out of the game's graphical capabilities, although lower settings also means that you don't have to deal with blades of grass obstructing the tires of certain vehicles parked on an empty plain; also, vehicle shadows in lower visual FX do look better because it's darker than those in higher visual FX. It still depends on you though. Do you want better graphics (as intended by the developers), or better presentation? - [[User:ZS|ZS]] 19:56, November 15, 2009 (UTC)

:Not sure about that, I suppose it's the resolution. If you can go up to 1600x1200, it might work. Otherwise, scale down to 1280x1024. And 1400x900 is a widescreen resolution; it's not 4:3. - [[User:ZS|ZS]] 10:02, December 7, 2009 (UTC)

:Graphics card-related issue. Depends on which GC you're using. - [[User:ZS|ZS]] 09:24, January 6, 2010 (UTC)

:Are video cards things can come with your computer? Because I can't get any updates for mine, Intel (R) Graphics Media Accelerator Driver for Mobile. So I'm going to try to switch to an Nvidia driver. --[[User:Gta-mysteries|Gta-mysteries]] 23:01, January 23, 2010 (UTC)

:And could you tell me what this is? It's those little lines or something. Is that the MIP mapping?--[[User:Gta-mysteries|Gta-mysteries]] 20:52, February 7, 2010 (UTC)

== English spelling ==

Hi. American English is not any more "correct" than British English, so please do not go around changing text [http://gta.wikia.com/index.php?title=User_talk:Gboyers&s=wldiff&diff=0&oldid=190643 from one to the other]. Especially talk pages, since those are a record of the words of the person who wrote them, not what should have been said. You can read more in the [[Grand Theft Wiki:Style Guide#Language|style guide]]. [[User:Gboyers|Gboyers]] ^{[[User_talk:Gboyers|talk]]} 23:08, March 8, 2010 (UTC)

==Observatory image==

==Businesses==

I've always thought that each business should have their own article, but I know that others, including [[User:Gboyers|Gboyers]], have in the past disagreed with this. However, the idea for the wiki is to be inclusionist and there should be no reason for this not to extend to businesses. There should, however, also be the lists included on the main pages ([[Businesses in GTA III]]), similar to [[Characters in GTA San Andreas]], giving information and links to the main article. [[User:A-Dust|A-Dust]] 02:45, March 10, 2010 (UTC)

:Yes but without the businesses with articles section. If all businesses have an article there is no need for that section. There is also the option of a table format, such as [[Characters in GTA San Andreas]]. [[User:A-Dust|A-Dust]] 03:06, March 10, 2010 (UTC)

::Sorry for the late reply. Yes that's fine, although another column stating the locations of each store could be a useful addition to a table. [[User:A-Dust|A-Dust]] 02:27, March 11, 2010 (UTC)

:::Yes they should. [[User:A-Dust|A-Dust]] 02:38, March 11, 2010 (UTC)

Preferrably alphabetised. I've had a look at your sandbox and you could condense the information into two columns. One with the image and name of the company and the other for information (for example, location, what type of business, owners (if known), etc.). [[User:A-Dust|A-Dust]] 02:08, March 12, 2010 (UTC)

==Brotherhood of the PS3==

:You play on the PS3?-[[User:Black Artist|Black Artist]] 01:16, March 12, 2010 (UTC)

:I was gonna ask for your PSN.--[[User:Black Artist|Black Artist]] 21:39, March 22, 2010 (UTC)

== Nomination for Promotion ==

Hi. You have been nominated by [[User:A-Dust]] to become [[Staff]] on Grand Theft Wiki. Please visit your [[Grand Theft Wiki:Promotion/Gta-mysteries|promotion page]] to accept/reject the nomination and answer the provided questions. A decision will be made once users have had a chance to ask further questions and issue their opinion. Thanks - [[User:Gboyers|Gboyers]] ^{[[User_talk:Gboyers|talk]]} 15:32, March 14, 2010 (UTC)

==Mule==

:Besides the emulators, I do need help with something else. I'm trying to get a full panorama shot of Upstate in GTA III. But I don't know how. Could you help me with this too? This is what I have so far.--[[User:Gta-mysteries|Gta-mysteries]] 06:42, March 16, 2010 (UTC)

:See "[http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/takeit/panorama.mspx Creating great panoramas]" and "[http://www.ehow.com/how_4700306_photo-panorama-free-using-autostitch.html How to Create Photo Panorama For Free Using Autostitch]". Search engines are your friends. - [[User:ZS|ZS]] 08:14, March 16, 2010 (UTC)

==Emulators==

:I need to ask you, which emulator did you use for GTA LCS, and GTA VCS? Is it PCXS2? And to get images of cars do you use FPV of one vehicle for another with the HUD, and radar turned off? --[[User:Gta-mysteries|Gta-mysteries]] 23:24, March 7, 2010 (UTC)

::PCXS2. It's the only stable emulator available (although the poor frame rate management makes it very unusable for actual gameplay in these games). And yes, that's the only way I was able to achieve this look. FPV on motorcycles tend to work best because of their compact size; I tend to use a [[Faggio]] because its FPV height is the most optimum, allows me to lean forward and backward, is the smallest available vehicle. Any vehicle that is larger will require a [[Sanchez]]. Otherwise, I'll opt for trucks with a higher FPV camera position. - [[User:ZS|ZS]] 07:57, March 8, 2010 (UTC)

:The installation of the bios, and the plugins. Could you tell me which files you need to have?--[[User:Gta-mysteries|Gta-mysteries]] 21:15, March 12, 2010 (UTC)

:You'll need the BIOS from the actual console. It's a bit complicated considering you need to "dump" the BIOS using specialized tools (I happen to have a PS2 to do this legally). See [http://forums.pcsx2.net/thread-2298.html#Bios here]. - [[User:ZS|ZS]] 17:00, March 13, 2010 (UTC)

== Promotion ==

Congratulations. Due to the overwhelming [[Grand Theft Wiki:Promotion/Gta-mysteries|support]] for your promotion, I have promoted you to [[Administrator]] directly. This means you can now protect/move/delete/undelete pages; suspend/block users; patrol and revert edits. Please go carefully at first, until you are familiar with the tools and processes, and please ask me if you have any questions about anything. Check out the staff section of [[Grand Theft Wiki:Tasks|Tasks]] to see what sort of things you can now help with, and keep your eye on the [[SN|Staff Noticeboard]] for updates. [[User:Gboyers|Gboyers]] ^{[[User_talk:Gboyers|talk]]} 10:06, March 23, 2010 (UTC)

== Re: Help ==

If there are two pages with the same information, you should only keep one. Keep the biggest/oldest one, because that will have the most accurate edit history (showing who added what). You can copy the information from the new/small page in, delete that page, then move the original to whatever name is best. Do NOT ever move a page by copying & pasting the contents, because it gets rid of all the edit history. With images, you can upload over the top of an existing image - replacing the image without having to delete it and then upload a new one. This is the best way, because it lets us see what has changed. If there are two images with the same content, delete one. If you ever delete an image, remember to go to every page that [[Special:Whatlinkshere|links to it]], and change them to use the correct image (or remove the image code entirely). As for image names, try and follow the convention of <code>File:SubjectName-GAME-description.jpg</code> - the description is only where multiple images have the same subject+game, such as different views/colours/types (ie [[:File:Comet-GTA4-rear.jpg]]). And please don't change the default site skin :) [[User:Gboyers|Gboyers]] ^{[[User_talk:Gboyers|talk]]} 01:42, March 24, 2010 (UTC)

:If you have a better image, you just click "[http://gta.wikia.com/index.php?title=Special:Upload&wpDestFile=Armed_Land_Roamer.jpg&wpForReUpload=1 Upload a new version of this file]" which is on that page. That will upload a new image to <code>File:Armed Land Roamer.jpg</code>. You should then [[Special:MovePage/File:Armed_Land_Roamer.jpg|move]] the image page to the correct file name (to match our new naming rules), which should be <code>File:ArmedLandRoamer-GTA2.jpg</code> - Make sense? [[User:Gboyers|Gboyers]] ^{[[User_talk:Gboyers|talk]]} 01:54, March 24, 2010 (UTC)

::We should always try to have the best-looking images that best show the vehicle, what it looks like, and what is unique about it. If you have a PC version and can take better screenshots than we already have from a console, then it might be good to get some better images. We do NOT need to go through and change everything to the PC version just because it's newer, and we don't need a different image for every PC/PS2 version, because usually there is no difference. If there ''is'' a difference which you want to show on the page, then by all means upload a second image (name one <code>-PS2.jpg</code> and one <code>-PC.jpg</code>). If there is only one, we don't need to say whether it's PC or PS2 in the name (but a comment on the image page would be good). Also, pages like [http://gta.wikia.com/index.php?title=Special:Undelete&target=GTA_Sanandreas_Myths%2C_Bigsmokes_Ghost.&timestamp=20100323220426 GTA Sanandreas Myths, Bigsmokes Ghost] might not be useful articles, but if people have put effort into writing essays/opinion like that, you can move it to the [[Forum]], and just add <code><nowiki>{{forumheader|GTA}}</nowiki></code> at the top. [[User:Gboyers|Gboyers]] ^{[[User_talk:Gboyers|talk]]} 02:02, March 24, 2010 (UTC)

:Just to add with image names, try and keep it simple. Usually you only need a subject and game - for example <code>File:Diablos-GTAIV.jpg</code>. If you need multiple images of the Diablos gang in GTA IV, then you can distinguish between them by adding an extra word - such as <code>File:Diablos-GTAIV-man.jpg</code>, <code>File:Diablos-GTAIV-woman.jpg</code>, <code>File:Diablos-GTAIV-group.jpg</code>, <code>File:Diablos-GTAIV-hideout.jpg</code>. [[User:Gboyers|Gboyers]] ^{[[User_talk:Gboyers|talk]]} 02:04, March 24, 2010 (UTC)

::[[Ghost]] is a good example of when you'd want two images (since there is a big difference). So just like the article has now, you would have one ending in -PC and one ending in -PS2 (the "recreation" part is unnecessary). Since that article had just been copied, you can leave it. But if someone has written about their opinion or asked a question, it's easier to move it to the forum than argue about it. Don't forget to ALWAYS explain why you delete something - at the very least leave an edit summary. If someone has put a lot of effort in, it's polite to leave a message on their talk page. If you don't, then they will often scream at you and leave abusive messages everywhere and maybe even go on a rampage and start vandalising things. It happens quite a lot, so try and just be friendly and explain that the content already existed on page X (and say they can edit that page), or that it's not really relevant enough for the wiki, so they should post it on the Forum, in a sub-page of their user page, or on a different wiki. [[User:Gboyers|Gboyers]] ^{[[User_talk:Gboyers|talk]]} 02:20, March 24, 2010 (UTC)

:Blocking is at your discretion - there is no precise rule. You need to make a judgement based on the seriousness of what they did, the likelihood of them doing it again (immediately, frequently, or in the long-term), and the benefit of removing them from the wiki (temporarily or permanently). Swearing on its own is not usually worthy of a block, unless they ignore staff requests to stop, or if they do it LOTS . If someone has been in a fight, then a short block (1-3 days) can stop the fight without causing them to leave the wiki completely. If someone has been ignoring staff, getting in big/multiple edit wars, or has general bad behaviour, a medium-length block (1 week - 3 months) might be appropriate. If they are a regular misbehaver who has repeatedly ignored or abused staff, or if they are a real user who has vandalised etc, then a long block (1 year) is enough to keep them away, but allow them to return in the future when they have maybe calmed down and matured. If they are a spammer, proven to be abusing multiple accounts, then an infinite block is necessary. Remember that if you block their IP address, you might be blocking an entire school, not just one person. That is good for short blocks, or to block spam/ad bots, but not good for long blocks of vandals (who are likely to be in a school). These are just guidelines - make your own decision, but seriously don't be afraid to ask Staff for their input into any decision. I'm very pleased that you are asking questions as well as trying to work out the answer, rather than just getting it wrong. You can see [[Special:BlockList]] if you want to see some examples. [[User:Gboyers|Gboyers]] ^{[[User_talk:Gboyers|talk]]} 03:07, March 24, 2010 (UTC)

:With regards to wanted files, you ''can'' edit people's talk pages/messages to remove dead links. However, you should be careful to only remove the link syntax - you should never alter the text or meaning of their comment. Either change the link into plain text or wrap it in <nowiki><code></nowiki> tags, such as <code>File:Charactersfromgta4.jpg</code> - [[User:Gboyers|Gboyers]] ^{[[User_talk:Gboyers|talk]]} 01:43, March 28, 2010 (UTC)

== Walkthroughs ==

Good question. Videos should be embedded into the main article, unless there are lots of them. Text walkthroughs should be big sub-pages with a summary/overview on the main article, unless they are short. Walkthroughs should have images and even edited maps (to show race/chase routes, enemy locations, escape routes etc). Transcripts should be sub-pages, unless they are really short. Every mission page should have a one-paragraph overview, even if it has walkthroughs/videos/transcripts. [[User:Gboyers|Gboyers]] ^{[[User_talk:Gboyers|talk]]} 23:58, April 10, 2010 (UTC)

== LATD VS Gay Tony ==

== QUESTION: ==

==[[Baillie Station]]==

Is Baillie Station really correct instead of Baille Station?--[[User:Gta-mysteries|Gta-mysteries]] 21:04, March 24, 2010 (UTC)

: Nope. Station names were only given while riding the train in LCS. [[User:Bluesboyjr|Bluesboyjr]] 22:57, March 24, 2010 (UTC)