Re: The Strategy Index
 

I don't want to sound impatient but it has been almost a month since your post about planned update, is there any news ? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

Thanks again for this thread

Re: The Strategy Index
 

I've written a Lanka Strategy guide to be added to the list. link

Re: The Strategy Index
 

MA Atlantis guide:
Guide to MA Atlantis

Re: The Strategy Index
 

Tir Na N\'OG ?
 

Does anyone know of a guide for the Irish?

MA Pangaea
 

It's still having some fine detail put in, but the basics are all there.

MA Pangaea strategy guide

Re: MA Pangaea
 

Guide to MA Eriu

Build Me an MA Ulm Thug
 

Here's two more useful looking posts to add:
*Build Me an MA Ulm Thug
*Thug Advice needed

Re: Build Me an MA Ulm Thug
 

This thread by dedas isn't here, I think it should.

http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/thr...amp;PHPSESSID=

Re: Build Me an MA Ulm Thug
 

The Strategy Index is about to get an overhaul in the near future.

Lazy Perfectionist has been inactive on the forums for some time and thus the Index has not been updated in a fair while. Valerius has taken an interest in it and asked me if we could do something and currently the plan is that he will recompile the Strategy Index using this thread as a basis and post a new thread with a link to this one. Once that is done, the thread will be unstickied and his thread will be stickied.

It might be worthwhile to retain this thread as the Strategy Index Discussion Thread much the same way the FAQ and Bug Shortlist are sticky threads and both have their own discussion threads. Helps keep things organized and uncluttered.

The precise timing of this coming overhaul has not been set, so it will happen in its own good time. For my part, I would just like to say that it is nice to see new people volunteering and stepping up to keep projects alive that have been suffering neglect due to the original person going temporarily MIA. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Re: Build Me an MA Ulm Thug
 

Valerius, I have 2 more guides (in my signature). Thanks for doing this!

Re: Build Me an MA Ulm Thug
 

All right, the new Strategy Index thread has been stickified and this one is thus relegated to the status of a discussion thread. I locked the sticky thread to prevent inadvertent posting in there.

Valerius, you should be able to edit your post there, since it's yours. If you can't, PM me or let me know here and I'll unlock it. I'm not sure if non-moderators can edit their own posts in locked threads. If they can't, I'll reopen the thread and any out of place comments that belong in this thread will be oppressed and their contents quoted here.

Re: Build Me an MA Ulm Thug
 

I'm not going to look for it by I once asked questions about midgard and got some nice answers, same for patala more recently.

you judge if it's sufficient to get a thread

Re: Build Me an MA Ulm Thug
 

Thanks, sector24! I'll add your guides to the index.

Aezeal, I'll check for the posts you mentioned.

Edi, it looks like we'll have to unlock the thread since I can no longer edit it. Thanks.

Re: Build Me an MA Ulm Thug
 

You might want to add this:
http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/thr...art=1&vc=1

Re: Build Me an MA Ulm Thug
 

Sticky thread unlocked. I'll keep it clean of clutter for you.

Here\'s an MA Arco thread I found
 

MA Arco thread:

http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/thr...;Number=540542

Re: Here\'s an MA Arco thread I found
 

http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/thr...o=&fpart=1

This one too. EA questions about pangaea VS archery, and a bit about rainbow pretender.

Re: Here\'s an MA Arco thread I found
 

Thanks, both of the above have been added.

Re: Build Me an MA Ulm Thug
 

You still haven't added this. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Re: Build Me an MA Ulm Thug
 

Ok, this one is now in as well.

Re: Build Me an MA Ulm Thug
 

You might want to add this nice MA Arco Strategy Guide made by Twan:

http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/thr...o=&fpart=1

Re: Build Me an MA Ulm Thug
 

Arco guide has been added.

New Guides
 

Hey its me again! There are 2 new guides which are really nice which have just been added by Baalz and triqui respectively:

Guide to Marverni
http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/thr...o=&fpart=1

Royal Guide to Marignon, Conquerors of the Sea
http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/thr...o=&fpart=1

Re: New Guides
 

Although they are included, you did not modify the main post to include Marverni and LA Marignon.

Re: New Guides
 

Thanks, I've got these two added as well.

Re: New Guides
 

Had quite the disagreement over those lyrics years back. Someone argued they were just subliminal babble words like Charlie Brown's teachers make... Don't think he believed me even after I finally pointed him to a lyrics site. Great tune though.. awesome bass.

-SSJ

Re: New Guides
 

I've updated the Dom3 DB and UORMM links in the Strategy index to point to the 3.17 versions.

Re: New Guides
 

Submitted for your perusal pleasures, see signature.

The sticky strategy index thread has been split into separate posts because the character limit per post is 10k characters and the index was nearly twice that, which meant it could not be edited. I have updated the link to this thread as well as some of the reference links to my own stuff, site searching threads and some other threads at the top of the list. The link to the HINNOM EATS EVERYTHING thread has also been updated, as well as those threads I noticed on the first few pages of the forum.

The editing restrictions on the forum also pose something of a major problem wrt maintaining the strategy index in its current form, since Valerius is not a mod and cannot edit his posts anymore after 30 minutes. So I and the other moderators must maintain the strategy index as a joint effort and also update the links to reflect the new forum format. I would REALLY appreciate it if one of the others took a larger role with the strategy index, as I have my work cut out for me just putting the bug shortlist back in shape.

Anyone who wishes to help with the strat index should use the search function to find the threads and then post an updated, formatted link in this thread so that we can simply replace it in the sticky thread. The number of links to go through is massive and finding them all is going to be fairly time-consuming if only one person is going to do it.

Re: The Strategy Index
 

I'm going to use this evening to try and update the strategy index sticky, after which I will delete excess posts from it. I have a fair few threads known alredy, but due to the nature of the board's autolog-off, I'll be working on a text file for the time being. I will also fix the tags to use BB code, instead of HTML.

Please be patient. Restoring the Strategy index is currently the top priority for this forum, followed by the bug shortlist and modding wishes shortlist.

Re: The Strategy Index
 

Ha!

Now I have used my power to thank!

Re: The Strategy Index
 

Thanks for that! Now that I found the feature, I started going through various stickies (shortlists, server lists) and projects (llamaserver, conceptual balance, dom3database) and ticking the thank you -button. I think there also was a developer appreciation thread, I'll see if I can find that. :D

Re: The Strategy Index
 

All Strategy Index links except one have been updated. The single link that has not been updated is marked as such and the reason is that it only had three letter words in the title, which means the search function won't find them because they are too short. If someone finds the "Any Man Advice" thread on the forum, kindly post the link here so it can be added.

I also added several new threads to the index that I found during my digging for the listed threads. Those are marked as new threads on August 12th.

You may now commence worshipping me. ;)

Re: The Strategy Index
 

Are you ready for your foot-bath, master Edi?

Re: The Strategy Index
 

Nevermind...

Re: The Strategy Index
 

Nevermind me as well... :)

Re: The Strategy Index
 

Edi, have you looked at the shortlist? It is in a sad state. I mentioned it briefly in the thread on forum discussion, but I'm not sure if Mindi has noticed. It would be good if the formating could be redone automatically, without you going through everything. I imagine I would not use it as it looks atm.

Re: The Strategy Index
 

I have searched for exactly that and instantly found it: http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showthread.php?t=34294
Remember, use quotes if you are searching for a specific phrase.

Re: The Strategy Index
 

I did that with several threads, but it kept giving me flaky results or no results at all, so I lost interest in checking for things if I couldn't find them with some other keywords. That one was the only one I didn't eventually find. It took four and a half hours to find everything in any case.

Yes, I have. Both the bug shortlist and the modding wishes shortlist are next up for rehabilitation. It looks like the forum conversion just converted straight HTML and didn't do a good job of it either. So it probably needs a manual edit to add the list and color tags. The color tags are easy, they can be done with a straight find and replace, but I need to look at the list item issues first.

I'll do the unresolved sections first and then fix the resolved sections at a more leisurely pace. I just gave the strategy index a more immediate priority because it is widely used by almost everyone in the community. The FAQ formatting is on the list of things to do once the shortlists are good.

Re: The Strategy Index
 

Good news on the bug shortlist: It's going to be a simple find & replace operation to fix it, since the only thing that did not transfer well was the beginning list tag. Those and color tags are just find and replace stuff, but we need a new color scheme so things are visible on this forum. I'll think one up.

Re: The Strategy Index
 

That might be because the old forum software just placed HTML in some cases, or similar unusual constructs. Quotes got replaced by a combination of two or three tags which carried the visual representation on screen, for example, instead one sensible tag like the forum does now, which is only replaced in the rendering step of the page.

That you convert all the broken links by hand, yeah, crazy, I wouldn't lift a finger unless it can be done in a unified way with all the links simultaneously. Hopefully searching for text with quotation marks helps you a bit.

Re: The Strategy Index
 

Yes, I did do everything by hand for the Strategy Index and the FAQ. As I said, I got flaky results with the strings in quotes. The individual shortlist entry links I'm not going to bother with because many of the threads are hard to find. They were not named in the links by thread title, as was the case with the strategy index. The index was important enough to go to the trouble, as was the FAQ. Cleaning up the shortlists will be a piece of cake to do by comparison.

Re: The Strategy Index
 

Edi asked that I post this link here for possible inclusion in the strat index: http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showt...+rulebook+told

Link is to the manual errata thread I posted a while back, should be useful for newer players.

Re: Strategy Index Discussion
 

Sorry about being such a slowpoke about adding that, but it's there now, Micah. I also added Gregstrom's Beginner's Guyide to Lanka.

Remember people, if something needs to be added to the Strategy Index, post about it here and the mods will see to it.

It may be worth trying if the index fits in one post, so Valerius can once more take the whole thing in hand.

Re: Strategy Index Discussion
 

After the fifth person labeled my prophet transformation breakdown as helpful, I decided to label the thread as a Guide. Enjoy the hard work of Edi and I.

Link: http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showthread.php?t=40553

Re: Strategy Index Discussion
 

Edi, thanks for keeping the index updated. I'd be happy to take it over again if you think it makes sense.

It looks like the maximum characters per post if 25,000 so if we put all the links in one post we'll be able to add about 50% more links before reaching the character limit. Let me know if you think it worthwhile to do this.

Re: Strategy Index Discussion
 

Certainly it's worthwhile. I and all of the other mods would be most grateful to you if you took over it again. I'll go and put everything in the top post again and then let you have a free run of it.

As a suggestion, having the new tags be bolded will make them a bit more visible.

Re: Strategy Index Discussion
 

All yours again, Valerius! :D

Re: Strategy Index Discussion
 

Great, thanks! Just added some links Tifone sent over. I'll follow your suggestion of bolding new tags.