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Re: Typo Fixes
« Reply #15 on: May 06, 2012, 12:23:05 pm »
We could do that, or we could make the things that typofixers shouldn't have access to require a higher level than just the trust associated with it. Editing the MOTD or IMOTD would obviously be pretty much an imp only task. Most of the others are straightforward though. Send me a PM or an email on what you'd like to restrict.

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Re: Typo Fixes
« Reply #16 on: May 07, 2012, 09:26:34 pm »
Typos Fixed today:

Acridia       - May  5 - 10002 : web page 'http://4dimensions.org/node/MedievalZones#23', Rip in Time description, last sentence, 'Wichcraft' should be 'Witchcraft'.
**Graham        - May  6 -  1167 : Descriptions make multiple references to a stone slab but there is none in the room
***Alpha         - May  6 - 44604 : You have -99 tracked kills in this zone at the moment. 
Acridia       - May  6 - 11046 : room name 'Silver Eye inn' should be 'Silver Eye Inn'.
Acridia       - May  6 - 16658 : web page 'http://4dimensions.org/page/zones-old-west-dimension#20', San Francisco Harbor section, 2nd paragraph, 1st sentence, 'read' should be 'reach'.
****Acridia       - May  6 -  7054 : in this room, object in shop 'a map over the archipelago', when I 'examine map', bottom of map shows 'Southeast Cyklades' - should be 'Southeast Cyclades'.
Acridia       - May  6 -  7054 : in this room, object in shop 'a map over the archipelago', when I 'examine map', top shows 'Cyklades' - should be ' Cyclades'.
Acridia       - May  6 - 10002 : web page 'http://4dimensions.org/page/zones-medieval-dimension#31', Town of Ta-Beneth, 5th sentence, 'seperated' should be 'separated'.
Acridia       - May  7 -  6992 : room description, 1st sentenct, 'The Earth-shaker', probably should be 'the'.

** Verified this problem and sent a note to Molly about it.  I agree with Graham, but there is a chance that I’ve missed the particulars here.
***This is how deeds were coded in.  Prometheus has now explained this in a note and on the Recall board.
**** I sent a note to Molly about this one.  I could see why the sailor may have the name spelled wrong on his map so I’m not sure it’s not supposed to be that way.

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Re: Typo Fixes
« Reply #17 on: May 08, 2012, 09:46:18 pm »
Typo fixes for today

**Acridia       - May  8 - 14759 : in this room, when I 'look elephant', last sentence, the mob description is missing a period '.' at the end of the sentence.
**Acridia       - May  8 -  4856 : in this room, program ran 'The street gets a little busier here.  A carriage drives by, with the mayors insignia on the side.  Was that a womans hand that just peeked out???' - first sentence shouldn't have a comma ',' - second sentence, "mayors" should be "mayor's" and last sentence, "womans" should be "woman's".
Acridia       - May  8 - 18017 : room description, 4th sentence 'was' should be 'were'.
Acridia       - May  8 - 18034 : in this room, when I 'look archway', 1st sentence, 'in tact' should be 'intact
'.
Acridia       - May  8 - 18034 : room description, 2nd sentence, '(or many?' - the closing parenthesis is on the next line - should be on same line with word 'many' - '(or many?)'.
Acridia       - May  8 - 18070 : web page 'http://4dimensions.org/node/MedievalZones#27' Enchanted Lands section - last sentence 'beyound' should be 'beyond'.
Acridia       - May  8 - 18079 : room description, last sentence, "Shetreleighs" should be Shetreleigh's".


** Yay!  Someone else did these before I did!

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Re: Typo Fixes
« Reply #18 on: May 10, 2012, 07:47:28 pm »
Typo fixes for today (and yesterday):
*Mardo         - May  9 -  3082 : You stumble over your own feet -- There isn't a . after that
Mardo         - May  9 -  3008 : WOWOW! calm it a bit will you... you're making way too much spam for Solinar -- no . at the end
Mardo         - May  9 -  3001 : Dragons helpfile "The current clan leaders is Rynald. " CLEARLY IT SHOULD BE LEADER
Mardo         - May  9 -  3001 : DJ helpfile -- The current clan leader is Asmoday and Fiachra.  CLEARLY IT SHOULD BE LEADERS
Acridia       - May  9 - 10002 : object 'the skin of a crocodile', when I 'smell skin', I get 'It doesn't smell
 too interesting' - it needs a period '.' at the end 'It doesn't smell too interesting.' Been carrying this around for a bit - think it was from Jurassic Park zone.
*Lucrete       - May 10 -  3001 : in the command list there is a command called "qui" which doesn't really exist.
Acridia       - May 10 -  9712 : in this room, when I 'examine splinters', 2nd sentence, 'Lables,' should be 'L
abels,'.
Acridia       - May 10 - 10002 : web page 'http://4dimensions.org/page/zones-future-dimension#22' - Quixotica section - 3rd sentence "wont" should be "won't".
Acridia       - May 10 -  1182 : in this room when I 'look inscription', 1st line, "bandito 's" should be "band
ito's".
Acridia       - May 10 - 10002 : can't open bug file to report - the transport to 'cyclades' no longer works in
 this room (Dragon clan 'deed room')- think it broke when Kvetch fixed 'say' bug since this is new problem. :)
**Stile         - May 10 -  1301 : People can break the deed system by clan applying to clans and claiming deeds for them. So far I've only seen Mardo do it, but he's done it hundreds of times.

* Bug reported these.
** Bug reported and noted Molzilla and Bane with more info.

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Re: Typo Fixes
« Reply #19 on: May 10, 2012, 08:13:32 pm »
That's not really breaking the deed system. At best it's gaming personal deeds based on deeds not requiring at least clan_rank 1 to put. The real benefit of deeds is in the clan bonuses anyway.

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Re: Typo Fixes
« Reply #20 on: May 16, 2012, 09:27:24 pm »
I have actually been keeping up on these, but since there were so few, I didn't post them when I did them.  Here are the last few days fixes and notes on ones I couldn't do.

Mardo         - May 11 -  3001 : Calypso is pushed to the down by Bane. - SEEMS LIKE GOOD ENGIRSH
-  REported to coders as a bug and already fixed

Acridia       - May 11 -  3054 : room description, last sentence, 'North Cross Roads,' should be 'North Crossroads,'.
Acridia       - May 11 -  7925 : room description, last sentence - between words 'oil' and 'and their habit', t
here is a strange character.
Acridia       - May 11 -  6722 : room description, 2nd sentence, 'underpayed' should be 'underpaid'.
Mardo         - May 13 -  3001 : Summon/Nosummon helpfile -- This spell will not work in room (should be will not work in a room)
**Mardo         - May 13 -  3001 : Spellcasting helpfile (311) -- If a spell is cast without victim  (should be without a victim)
Calypso       - May 16 - 17231 : helpfile for embue says the l
***Calypso       - May 16 - 17231 : helpfile for embue says duration varies, but it is permanent. It has confused a newbie.

** I can't seem to get into the 311 spellcasting file.  It keeps wanting to take me to the first helpfile that has spellcasting in it which is not the one I want to change.  Can someone else look into a way to fix this?

*** I'm not sure why it says varies.  Does anyone else know why it does or should this be changed to permanent?

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Re: Typo Fixes
« Reply #21 on: May 18, 2012, 06:34:08 am »
** I can't seem to get into the 311 spellcasting file.  It keeps wanting to take me to the first helpfile that has spellcasting in it which is not the one I want to change.  Can someone else look into a way to fix this?

fixed

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Re: Typo Fixes
« Reply #22 on: May 28, 2012, 11:22:59 pm »
With Acridia gone there haven't been as many typos reported.  I've still been doing them when I see them, but probably won't have to post every day anymore.

*Mardo         - May 16 - 18047 : The Ruins Of Lhoros --  The vines and plants are starting to cover the majority of the stone, even up
Mardo         - May 17 -  3001 : Clan deed for Aegean Islands by Molly isn't like the other deeds, there should be a '-
Mardo         - May 17 -  3001 : Clan deed for Aegean Islands by Molly isn't like the other deeds, there should be a '-' before By
Pix  - May 17 -  3001 : Mardo growls viciously at you! (H) hope he's had his rabies shots!
Jeslyn        - May 17 - 53508 : lapith woman is riding with the men. he is moving with unnatural speed. should be she not he.
Mardo         - May 17 -  3001 : From afar, Kvetch sniffs sadly and looks to you for comfort,
Jeslyn        - May 18 -  7819 : when you type look d it says if you go wown there you'll probably not be able to get up again. It should be down.
**Solinar       - May 24 -  3047 : when casting sense life, it reads "Your feel your awareness..." when it should read "You feel your awar...."
Bakar         - May 27 - 32877 : impassible -> impassable
Hesara        - May 27 - 15100 : taste body: ?. at the end, should only be one
Wyrling       - May 27 - 14500 : In the room going to the second midlands area, (after ven forest, in the boundary) script says temprature.  Should be temperature.

* Haven’t figured out what the typo is here.  Unless you want height that comes after this to be high…
** Sent this to the bug file since it deals with spells which is code.

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Re: Typo Fixes
« Reply #23 on: June 03, 2012, 09:27:55 pm »
Hmm... I'm thinking Rynald is trying to take Acridia's place as typo king!  Here's to ya!

Rynald        - Jun  2 -  3988 : There are a couple of blank lines in the desc of the garden warbler.
Rynald        - Jun  2 -  3990 : probably broght back
Rynald        - Jun  2 -  3996 : sorry, broght in this room
Rynald        - Jun  2 -  3996 : look up: cealing
Rynald        - Jun  2 -  3997 : look up: cealing
Rynald        - Jun  2 -  3999 : feel cubbyhole: Warch out
Rynald        - Jun  2 -  3999 : Look up: celing
Rynald        - Jun  3 -  3924 : smell: The air air
Rynald        - Jun  3 -  3924 : look east: sworling mist
Rynald        - Jun  3 -  3953 : westwards frm
Rynald        - Jun  3 -  3953 : look south: at the fot
Rynald        - Jun  3 -  3955 : say elven bread to a fairy: our ancient fairybred
Mardo         - Jun  3 - 11219 : A water sprite dances and twirls here . -- Extra space
*Fenedar       - Jun  3 -   515 : The "compare" command says "You would get less armor from (B) and (A)" but should say "(B) than (A)"

*Sent to the bug file as this is a bug and not a typo.

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Re: Typo Fixes
« Reply #24 on: June 30, 2012, 07:18:53 pm »
Rynald        - Jun  4 -  3907 : when you shift the boulder, it says: You are not strong enough to shift that b
oulder. without a lever.
Rynald        - Jun  4 -  3945 : it says Gwyn Ap Nudd here, the mob's called Gwyn Ap Nupp
Mardo         - Jun  5 -  3001 : Stile gets a Loyalty ring  from a Sicilian brief case. -- extra space between
loyalty and ring
Rynald        - Jun  6 -  3964 : Gwyn Ap Nupp is called Gwyn App Nupp here
- Also changed the pack of dogs that followed Qwyn instead of Gwyn that was also here.
Mardo         - Jun  8 -  3001 : Acid hold helpfile -- No period at the end of the sentence
- Seems to have been fixed by someone other than me.
Rynald        - Jun  8 - 44699 : Actaea says: You have provide the raw material yourself of course - 25 matching pearls.
Mardo         - Jun  8 - 53187 : (-Day1.33x) multiplier isn't like the others -- (-Day1.33x) how it should be is (+Underwater 2.60x) 
- sent to bug file, since this is a bug.
Pix           - Jun  8 - 25821 : I suppose when you type 'thrust' without any syntax and when there's no enemy, it says: 'thrust needs an argument to work.' Capitalize it maybe....
- sent to bug file, since this is a bug.
-- have been told that this is the way the skills work if you do not have an argument.  Also told it’s not high priority to fix.  So, please do not typo report the other skills.
Rynald        - Jun  9 - 15043 : the royal garden is to the east, should be to the west
Rynald        - Jun  9 - 15024 : say galahad to mordred: Everybody seems to think that Galahd
Rynald        - Jun  9 - 15025 : look cache: The cache is not much mor
Rynald        - Jun 11 - 15030 : upon login: A piece of expired equipment disintegates into nothingness.
- sent to bug file since this is a bug.
Rynald        - Jun 11 - 38359 : look at doctor Nathanson: ... somehow less so for adults then children
Mardo         - Jun 12 -  3064 : (-Day+Raining 1.50x) -- Cone of Cold -- Not like the others (+Animal +VictLowWis 3.15x)
- sent to bug file since this is a bug and not a typo.
Mardo         - Jun 12 -  3001 : Colour Spray help file -- This spell is more powerful than the lightning bolt
spell. <---Not correct.
- I don’t know what is wrong with this so can’t fix it.  Someone else will have to look into it.
Rynald        - Jun 12 -  2618 : upon login: A piece of expired equipment disintegates -> disintegrates
- sent to bug file (as stated before, thanks for the clearing up though).
Rynald        - Jun 15 -  6228 : 8th line: this library is a gifr -> gift
Rynald        - Jun 16 - 15073 : when you say king to queen Guenevere she stops talking after "And now they say there"
Calypso       - Jun 16 - 14559 : spirit house in midlands, look up... "Roof leeks" should be "rook leaks"
 - fixed, then fixed the typo of the fix. ;)
Calypso       - Jun 17 - 23220 : In Midlands Ven Forest there is a snake vine around a maple-object. When  i was there with mardo and he picked it up, the script read wierd. instead of using his name, it used numbers.  it did not do that to me when i picked it up, when i was by myself.
- It’s a) the difference between what’s being sent to the player (you) and what’s being sent to the room (others), so it only seemed like it worked fine when you were by yourself.  The %echoaround%’s were using %actor% instead of %actor.name% which is why the numbers and not the name.    So, builder’s remember that difference.
Mardo         - Jun 20 -  3001 : Clan deed for Sutter Mill and Mines, Coloma River Valley -- It's not named like others.  For example, Clan deed for Mirkheim Castle - By Lanseril
- that would be because Solona didn’t put her name in the name of the zone.  There are a few other zones like this as well.
Mardo         - Jun 23 - 38447 : Players in your Zone [The Land Of Kush - By Molly Alabastor] should be Molly and Alabastor.  I assume this also applies to the deed.
Mardo         - Jun 25 - 53377 : A ship lies at the quay, ready ro receive the reinforcement troops for Troy.
Rynald        - Jun 25 - 25800 : look at cheese and onion pastie: ... to hold the contents safetly -> safely
Mardo         - Jun 27 -  2303 : when looking at the stone in this room
"June 5th 1199", is that supposed to be  1999?
Rynald        - Jun 30 - 25817 : Tad shispersn 'Good luck stranger, may your gods protect you...'

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Re: Typo Fixes
« Reply #25 on: July 12, 2012, 03:05:36 pm »
Magnifi       - Jul  2 -   539 : It says to go west, but it should be east. There is no west exit.</td></tr></t
able>
Magnifi       - Jul  2 -   540 : On the note, it says to read help specialize, but there is no help specialize.
 
*Rynald        - Jul  4 - 21907 : there's a blank line in the desc here
*Rynald        - Jul  4 - 21967 : there's a blank line in the desc here
*Rynald        - Jul  4 - 21973 : there's an almost blank line in the desc of an owlbear! oh no!</td></tr></tabl
e>
Rynald        - Jul  5 - 21924 : look down: Luckily there were not -> no
Rynald        - Jul  7 -  3599 : in Mac's desc: ... routine taskss -> task, ... common task that meats -> meets
?, the last sentence is broken off
Rynald        - Jul  7 -  3599 : Professor Mac Neil gives you two silver tokend -> tokens
Rynald        - Jul  7 -  3599 : Professor Mac Neil gives you a copuple of bronze tokens. -> couple</td></tr></
table>

* I don’t get these blank lines, so it may be your client but I did go back in and reformat them again, so maybe that corrected whatever it was.

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Re: Typo Fixes
« Reply #26 on: July 24, 2012, 08:52:21 am »
Mardo         - Jul 13 -  7774 : Mrs Monkton is washing the dishes while humming a tune.  Should be Mrs. Monkton
Rynald        - Jul 14 -  9247 : say mother to Anette: I just wanted to BORROW her diamond tiara, nd -> and
Mardo         - Jul 14 -  2859 : The Chicken coop should be Coop
Rynald        - Jul 16 - 27004 : there's an almost blank line in Kreshnaw's desc, it looks like a hard return?
Rynald        - Jul 16 - 27004 : desc of piece of meat: This is a bloody piece of meant -> meat
Rynald        - Jul 16 - 27004 : smell goblin head on a stick: it smells lick -> like
Rynald        - Jul 17 - 20300 : 6th line: the east was though -> thought
Rynald        - Jul 17 - 20368 : recipe for the Egyptian Potency Potion: In case finding these simple ingredients is to -> too
Rynald        - Jul 17 - 20385 : And the thick, heavy stone even -> evens
Rynald        - Jul 17 - 20369 : at the end: theses -> these
Rynald        - Jul 18 - 20386 : there's a blank line in the desc of the drunk merchant
Rynald        - Jul 18 - 20371 : there's a blank line in the desc of the interpreter
Rynald        - Jul 19 -  3858 : The desert of Wawat stretches wide to the east -> west
Rynald        - Jul 21 -  3869 : 7th line: princes -> princess
*Rynald        - Jul 21 -  3869 : look wall: 7 poles of mry wood -> ?
Allecander    - Jul 22 - 21894 : "The floor sloops slightly downwards to the north."

*Sent this “typo” to Molly.  Not sure if it is a typo or if there was once something that someone called mry wood.  I couldn’t think of what it should be changed to.

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Re: Typo Fixes
« Reply #27 on: July 28, 2012, 01:14:47 am »
I'd let it ride.

It is actually a quote from some old Egyptian inscription, and the typo - if it is a typo - is also in the source.

My guess is that it might mean "ebony wood",  since that's the only thing I can think of that makes any sense in the context.
Although it's a weird typo.


Perhaps there was some tree called mry in those days, who knows?

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Re: Typo Fixes
« Reply #28 on: August 02, 2012, 04:14:58 pm »
Mardo         - Jul 24 -  3001 : a turquoise ankle bracelet with dolphins.  There is a '.' at the end of it for
 some reason.
Butch         - Jul 24 -  6639 : "...judging from the many footprints and tyre tracks in the dust."
Butch         - Jul 28 - 20503 : Last line. "There is a brass sign bside the door."
Mardo         - Jul 29 - 23065 : this room is called Deep water, instead of Deep Water, like the others


Must be running out of typos to fix.  Not as many as normal.

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Re: Typo Fixes
« Reply #29 on: August 30, 2012, 10:05:09 pm »
I took a month off and it seems Rynald decided he had to prove me wrong on the "not many typos left" statement. He had a bit of help, but was mostly him.  Didn't have time to do many today, but will continue to work on them until they (and the ones you're currently doing) are done.  Here's what I got.

Rynald        - Aug  3 - 38460 : the spaces is filled -> space or spaces are
Rynald        - Aug  3 - 38452 : feel wall: lose stones -> loose
Rynald        - Aug  3 - 38448 : say greetings to Qurumba: Only place where the -> they
Rynald        - Aug  3 - 38459 : dig: You'll just break your fingernails digging in the  deep -> 2 spaces betwe
en the and deep
Rynald        - Aug  4 -  3887 : in the trading with the Egyptian -> Egyptians
Rynald        - Aug  4 -  3836 : look down: footrints
Rynald        - Aug  4 -  3837 : desc of shady man: But the nomads. -> nomads,
Rynald        - Aug  4 - 38413 : desc of the nomad chief: giving good advise -> advice
Rynald        - Aug  4 - 38413 : say egypt to nomad chief: but the Egyptian are like the Locust -> Egyptians
Rynald        - Aug  4 - 38413 : say nomad to nomad chief -> misses a period at the end

* I couldn't find this error.  Saw it ending in ... as in he stopped talking.

Rynald        - Aug  4 -  3863 : a bottle of scented oil doesn't cast anything according to its id

* You're right.  It doesn't.  Possibly meant to be that way, though it does mention healing properties.  Would have to talk to Molly about that.

Rynald        - Aug  5 -  3735 : look north looks weird
Rynald        - Aug  5 -  3772 : look north looks weird here