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They use completely different code.

 

Items and objects are different.

Items are things like armor that can't be placed, objects are things like decorations that are placeable. They're split up the same way in the game files.

 

That makes sense, otherwise everything has two entries in every category. I see you've changed some already, looks good!

 

http://starbounder.org/Tech_Base
Seems to be a disaster page

 

Oh god...I'm just going to delete that completely. It's beyond redemption.

 

Sorry about the delayed reply, I actually removed the __NOEDITSECTION__ tags on those pages. Not sure why they were there, but that resolved that issue. Good catch.

I made the spoiler page at your suggestion as well!! That was a great one. Haven't tested it though, was going to make sure it worked before I published it to the world!! Great feedback, keep it coming!!

 

I think Dungeons and Villages can be combined.

Dungeons have 2 meanings.
The classical meaning of Dungeons is the whole go underground fight monsters and loot. - Which it is currently defined as.

The Starbound syntax meaning of dungeons is - a predefined terrain feature which may or may not include buildings.
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With that said considering villages is just a tiny stub and really sort of an unnecessary tack on. It is easier to have dungeons + villlages all indexed on the same page then to indivdual pages on specific "Dungeon Sets"
Then dividing them up.

At least in my opinion.
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Another issue the Apex Facility dungeon it self is wrong.
There are 2 types of research dungeons Apex Research Lab and Apex Test Chamber

The Apex Facility is a mix and match of both in the screen shots.
The Lore specific for the Test Chamber is

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Also for the Apex Research lab - I got it to move to the Data Assets \ Apex Research Lab -- But Don't know how to move it specifically to the Data Assets \ Dungeons \ Apex \ Apex Research Lab

I didn't fix the erroneous screen shots though. Only the ones dealing with the electric jump tests need to be deleted.

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Also is there way to add "Columns" to page sections? Like It would be nice to move that Dungeon List into 6 columns without the use of tables if possible

Never mind figured it out - now its a bit more cleaner

 

Weather would look great if its done like the biome page.
http://starbounder.org/Biome

Also Sci-Fi dungeon

All NPC's which spawn in the Sci-Fi dungeon are apex + 1 avian

Code:

 {
      "value" : [0, 0, 200, 255],
      "comment" : "apex general store merchant npc",
      "brush" : [ [ "npc",
          {
            "kind" : "npc",
            "species" : "apex",
            "typeName" : "merchant",
            "parameters" : {
              "scriptConfig" : {
                "noticePlayersRadius" : 20.0,
                "merchant" : {
                  "storeRadius" : 2,
                  "categories" : [ "apexingredients" ],
                  "priceVarianceRange" : [0.8, 1.2],
                  "numItems" : 12
                },
                "sit" : {
                  "searchRadius" : 8
                }
              }
            }
          }
        ] ]
    },

    {
      "value" : [200, 0, 0, 255],
      "comment" : "apex guard npc",
      "brush" : [ [ "npc",
          {
            "kind" : "npc",
            "species" : "apex",
            "typeName" : "villageguard"
          }
        ] ]
    },

    {
      "value" : [225, 0, 0, 255],
      "comment" : "apex guard captain npc",
      "brush" : [ [ "npc",
          {
            "kind" : "npc",
            "species" : "apex",
            "typeName" : "villageguardcaptain"
          }
        ] ]
    },

    {
      "value" : [0, 200, 200, 255],
      "comment" : "apex lab scientist npc",
      "brush" : [ [ "npc",
          {
            "kind" : "npc",
            "species" : "apex",
            "typeName" : "labscientist"
          }
        ] ]
    },

    {
      "value" : [0, 225, 225, 255],
      "comment" : "scifiguard",
      "brush" : [ [ "npc",
          {
            "kind" : "npc",
            "species" : "avian",
            "typeName" : "pyramidguard"
          }
        ] ]
    },

    {
      "value" : [0, 175, 175, 255],
      "comment" : "apex exterior lab guard npc",
      "brush" : [ [ "npc",
          {
            "kind" : "npc",
            "species" : "apex",
            "typeName" : "labguard",
            "parameters" : {
              "scriptConfig" : {
                "guard" : {
                  "patrolDistance" : 0,
                  "noticeDistance" : 30,
                  "hailDistance" : 30,
                  "stopDistance" : 10,
                  "attackDistance" : 5
                }
              }
            }
          }
        ] ]
    },

    {
      "value" : [200, 0, 200, 255],
      "comment" : "apex mutant npc",
      "brush" : [ [ "npc",
          {
            "kind" : "monster",
            "typeName" : "apexmutant"
          }
        ] ]
    },

    {
      "value" : [225, 0, 225, 255],
      "comment" : "apex brain mutant npc",
      "brush" : [ [ "npc",
          {
            "kind" : "monster",
            "typeName" : "apexbrainmutant"
          }
        ] ]
    }
  ],

Also it would be nice if people followed the naming scheme as provided by the Name ID in the dungeon files in assets.
example http://starbounder.org/Apex_Apartments

The name ID is quite available in the code it self.
"name" : "apextowerblock"

It would allow much more uniformity.

 

Totally agree @xxswatelitexx, the reason those structures were 'misnamed' in the first place is the pages were made months before the game launched and the names just weren't known. I think moving the pages to ones that match in-game names is going to work great, just make sure to leave a redirect from the old page. I'll have to fix the links that populate the 'objects found in' table, which I can do with a find/replace script. Also, the screenshots need to have their category changed (the pages pull images based on the category matching the page name).

Logistical stuff, but in the long run it'll be better.

As for the weather page....still not sure how to do that one. I think that individual pages may be overkill, we just need to structure the weather page to include the various types in a nice looking way. Based on the screens from omni's stream today there may be 'weather icons' coming. I'm looking forward to adding those to the biome pages so it's not that ugly listing.

 

Well, the difference is there have been some mockups done for human and hylotl villages, and if there was a novakid village page it would be completely empty. Until there is any info (like a comment about the style or a screenshot) it's best to not have a bunch of empty placeholder pages.

 

Is there a page of documented wiki functions?
Gropping in the dark is fun and all when you go to a blackout party.

But when writing something up - it just uses up a lot of time.

Also if you can add the link to the wiki function documentation in the OP
I am sure that will be a huge boon for everyone

 

Functions? You mean like syntax for how to make links/tables etc or stuff specific to the wiki itself like what templates are in use and stuff.

 

Good catch, I missed that change

 

Great Idea, I'll set that up this afternoon