User talk:WindPower

It's true

I glad to see you too! --Romalien 07:00, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Green names

Yo son --Piemanmoo 04:03, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Awrightythen — Wind 04:05, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Backpack

Hello. I had a mistake: I created 2 incorrect pages about my backpack. Please, delete all incorrect pages. I put link to my backpack on "automaticly-updated Item checklists". Hope, it is OK.

P.S. The ithems in my backpack on that page are incorrect. Help, please.--Shimku  · (Talk) 17:58, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

I already deleted it. The backpack updater doesn't work on the Portal Wiki at the moment, I'm too lazy to set it up really >.> Might do it later when there's more items in Portal 2~ — Wind 18:02, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

Video walkthroughs

Could I make some for portal :3 — The preceding unsigned comment was added by Medibee (talk) • (contribs)

There are very high video-quality requirements for walkthroughs so not everyone can render them quite properly. In fact, since Portal and Portal 2 are relatively small games, I was hoping to do both, and yes, Portal as well. I just did Portal 2 first because more people are interested in a Portal 2 walkthrough than a Portal 1 right now, but once that is done I'll get on Portal 1. Anyway, join IRC if you want more — Wind 18:01, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

Stuff to do

Please make File:Wiki_logo_highres.png protected from editing and File:Background_Portal_guy.png a member of the Category:Main page images category. Thanks. i-ghost 11:20, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

First one is not necessary, logo is File:Wiki logo.png. Second one is done~ — Wind 15:36, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

Of the two, make one

http://theportalwiki.com/wiki/Portal_2_Chapter_1_Test_Chambers_3_%26_4

Look. 3 and 4 there are different signs. I think we should make one, because that looks not nice

Added: and why chambers 7 and 8? That's just 7 chamber!

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CakeJohnson 09:13, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

Because both the 3/4 and 7/8 are in the same map file. Check the wall in the room where Wheatley is in the 7/8th map — Wind 23:08, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

So, maybe we can create ONE sign, not two. Two looks not nice. CakeJohnson 08:53, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

True, maybe if it said "7/8" right there on the infobox, but to do that, we need a picture of the "/" in the same style as the numbers. Would you be able to create that? o: — Wind 16:12, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

Oh, I can't... I'm translator. Not artist :CC CakeJohnson 13:33, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

Oh hey!

Wind is WindPowery.

Also... Carpet... -- Benjamoose (talk | contribs) 02:46, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

Benjineer is Benjineery.

Also... Couches... — Wind 16:12, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

Wotsit- RJ ^talk 16:22, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

I'm here now

It's me ,~www~ in TF2 official wiki.

I'll try to help zh-hant in here, see ya!

~www~ 05:38, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Whee :3 Welcome~ — Wind 11:46, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

BTW, can you disabled italic at Portal Wiki, just like you did in TF2Wiki? It's hard to read Chinese words in Wikipedia if the words are italic. Thanks.~www~ 05:35, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Done. seb 05:37, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! :D ~www~ 05:46, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

hai

wdup seb 03:24, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

IS THIS THING ON? seb 03:28, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

Тестовые камеры | Test chambers

Почему удалены страницы с информацией про тестовые камеры Portal?

Why pages about test chambers of Portal are deleted?

Alexander 10:16, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

Test chamber articles should not be published until they have a video released for them. I'm currently doing the videos for the Portal 2 walkthrough, but I will do the one for Portal 1 after Portal 2 is done. In the meantime, there are some almost-ready versions of the Portal chambers here that you can edit. Thanks~ — Wind 15:24, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for reply Alexander 18:26, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

about month names

I just want to thank you for help :) -- Szumin (talk • contrib) 12:28, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Test chambers

How can I make walkthrough videos for Portal Test Chambers in Russian language? Alexander 19:41, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

If you mean Portal 1, then hold on, let them be created in English first. The Portal 2 videos, however, are almost done in English, so I'd start there.

Now, there's a few ways to go about this:

• Either the walkthrough is a different version of the English one, with a Russian translators playing through the game and recording videos, same way as the English one
• Either the walkthrough uses the same demos as the English one. Then, I think that the voice files will be replaced by the Russian ones. This means that the video will be exactly the same, but with Russian voices. This will be consistent and be fully translated, but it comes with the limitations of having to use Source Recorder (which is hard for some parts of the game)
• Either the English walkthrough videos are subtitled in Russian. I am currently working on a way to do that automatically, using the game's Russian subtitles files. This way, it will be very easy to have a Russian walkthrough, and the voice will be in English with Russian subtitles. This method can also be used for other languages.

So, what do you prefer? — Wind 20:12, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

I think the first way is better than other two. So video will be more like the game. The second way is rather hard. And voice lines may be replaced incorrectly. What about the third way? Hearing voice is certainly better than reading subtitles. But there's a very small disadvantage using the first or the second way. The voice that sounds in Russain language differs from original one. And some voice effects (changing voice, garbles) aren't shown.

Alexander 21:04, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

The thing with the first way is that it's the longest and hardest one, because it involves re-doing everything that was done for the English part of the wiki. You're free to do it if you want to, but I'd suggest gathering other people to help you along, because it is a very long task (took me months).

In the meantime, I've been working on a subtitling tool (you can see it here) which will allow us to make captions for sections of the video, associate them with a sound file, and from that map it to other languages. So what can be done is to use the third way (english with russian subtitles), then as the real Russian walkthrough progresses, replace videos with it. Does that sound like a good plan? — Wind 23:58, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Yes? It's good idea. I've recorded a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDayHXyy9xc . Is it good walkthrough video? Alexander 21:17, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Keep in mind that someone who needs a walkthrough of Portal 1 more than 4 years after its release is likely to be a person very new to video games. Because of that, it is important to make the walkthrough easy to understand and follow; that is why, on the Portal 2 walkthrough, all the camera movements are very slow (it makes it easier to follow). To an experienced gamer, this style of movement does look slow, but that's okay. So, in other words: Move the mouse slowly.

Another thing is pacing: it is important to move kind of slowly and give an overview of each room you enter. This is for several reasons:

• It will be easier for someone to know which room you are in (since you look around the room)
• It will be easier to follow
• YouTube's thumbnails for a video are a choice between the image at 25% of the video, 50% of the video, or 75% of the video. If you take looks around the room as yu enter them, there is a higher chance that one of youtube's video thumbnails will be one of those moments, which will make a nice video thumbnail (Just a little bonus, hehe)
• For test chambers, make sure you stare at the information panel (where it says the test chamber number) for at least 3 seconds

Last but not least is graphics quality. First, make sure to record videos with a resolution of ratio 16:9 (1280x720 preferably, or 1920x1080 if you can). This will make sure that the video occupies the entire video player, instead of having those black bars on the left and the right like this video has. Also, you can try to record at a higher graphics quality if you can, so that it looks better. If you can't, that's okay, but most importantly make sure it still looks smooth.

Thanks, and good luck :3 — Wind 21:36, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for your comments. I'll try to do better.

P.S. Uploading videos takes very much time. For exsample, this video (two minutes) was uploaded in two with a half hours.

Alexander 22:06, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Yes indeed~ It takes me from 4 to 14 hours to upload a walkthrough video, depending on the length of the video D: Slow connection + big files = long time. Don't worry about it though, take your time. No rush~ — Wind 22:07, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

I can't turn on 1280x720 resolution in the game. If 16:9 ratio resolution is needed I can enable only 856x480 or 848x480. Should I use again 1024x768 HD resolution or choose 856(or 848)x480 one? — Alexander 22:40, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

That's a shame :( I guess your monitor doesn't go to 1280x720. Do you know anyone who has such a monitor, or do you have another monitor that you could plug into your computer for that? If not, then I guess 1024x768 would be the best choice, but not very good still >: — Wind 22:42, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

No, I don't know anyone who can help me. Then I'll make not very good video. I hope less people will detect black bars. Also there is no black bar in fullscreen mode if watching people have NOT WIDESCREEN monitor. — Alexander 00:10, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Aww :( If you want, I can ask the Russian translators of the Team Fortress Wiki to come and help. Do you want me to ask? :o And yeah, they don't show in fullscreen mode but they show when you view the page normally — Wind 01:00, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Yes, I do. Let them help us to make videos If they can. It will be better. — Alexander 11:11, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Alright, asked :3 — Wind 05:36, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Do I understand correctly. need to record video in 1280x1024 format?--Nik9990 Talk | Cont 06:52, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

1280x720 preferably, in order to get a 16:9 aspect ratio — Wind 06:53, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

I will try to--Nik9990 Talk | Cont 06:57, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

• So... What programm do you use to record in-game videos? What videocard are you using? --Daniil 15:26, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

For reference, for the Portal 2 walkthrough:

• All done using Source Recorder, rendered at 1920x1080 60 fps, with some exceptions detailed here: User:WindPower/WalkthroughNotes
• Graphics configuration here: File:Portal 2 walkthrough config.cfg
• Encoded with x264 lossless mode for video, uncompressed (PCM) for audio

The Russian walkthrough doesn't have to follow exactly those, but closer is better :3 — Wind 15:48, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Cake? Cake!

I have baked this cake for WindPower!--Nik9990 Talk | Cont 06:55, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

• om nom nom* Thanks :3 — Wind 06:56, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Bug

In Portal Wiki I found a bug. I want to create page was last updated game. Instead July_7, _2011_Patch/ru he wants to create Июля_7, _2011_Patch/ru. In main page--Nik9990 Talk | Cont 07:57, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Fixed. —Mussekateer·talk 08:25, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Test chambers

Russian video walkthroughs was made. Why are they not used in russian articles? - Alexander 19:45, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

Where are they? :o — Wind 19:49, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

Don't you know?! I thought you are aware of them. This is Test Chamber 00 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj6Yu_Gi_uc. And there are other ones by p2wikiru. Somebody made them and told me. — Alexander 18:13, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

Alrigh, great :3 here is how to add them, for when there's future videos. Thanks~ — Wind 01:46, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

You can remake it?

Page

Achievement

Talent Show = Шоу талантов;

Never lose a cube in Chamber 6 of the Mobility Gels co-op course = Ни разу не потеряйте куб в камере 6 из серии «Ускоряющие гели» (№5) в совместной игре - Arhimond 14:07, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

Looks like someone has done that before I could read this message — Wind 02:38, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

Broken image?

I uploaded a screenshot a day ago [1] and it doesn't seem to appear properly. It's there, but it's just not a visible picture. I was wondering what went wrong with this image? Illiterate Bilingual 10:56, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

Fixed~ — Wind 17:28, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

Missing category

Hello ! Can User:WindBOT add Category:Portal 2 chambers on the 39 test chamber's pages who don't have this category (from chapter 3 to 8) ? I don't really want to do this by hand ; i will do it if it's to complex to do for the bot, but i want to know before. Aquatikelfik 17:15, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

This is not the sort of job WindBOT is made for. It's made for things that should be applied to all pages all the time; it's not made to do just one-time jobs. It just runs continuously applying every filter it has to every page it sees. So manual it goes~ But I can help you. I'll start from the end so you can start from the beginning — Wind 17:17, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

Hey

What did you do to my page? I couldn't find out and I saw you under my edit list. 12 thief 23:14, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

You can look at the diff if you wanna know. I just fixed the "1" — Wind 23:14, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! Sorry I'm really new to this. 12 thief 20:56, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

Hey,(sorry for bugging you so much) I made the {{User Human|Template}} that needs images, but it's pretty good. (People will have to do 2 images in the one small box because I did it so it is able to said two names, but if thats too much you can take it out).--12 thief 22:26, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, but its a lil hard getting the hang of its format–¹²||_theif: Zap! 01:24, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

What, wiki format? Yeah, but IRC has nothing to do with it :3 You can ask questions about wiki code there too if you want — Wind

What I mean to say was (not format :)!) its a lil hard getting the hang of how it work. I can't even say hi. :( Help Please! –¹²||_theif: Zap! 02:35, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Ok:

1. Click here to open the web client
2. In the "nickname" box, type the username you want to use (12lightningtheif)
3. In the "reCAPTCHA" box, type the words that you see written on the image
4. Click connect

Done~ — Wind 02:57, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Dude, that doesn't help me at all! The only thing that helps with is making me feel dumber! X( I'll just put it out, I know how to get on there, but, HOW DO YOU CHAT!?!? Isn't the point of it to chat with some one? Oh, and thanks for making me feel dumber! X( –¹²||_theif: Zap! 19:56, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

I'm not sure what the problem is... D: If you follow those instructions, you should join our IRC channel, and we would see you join it. We haven't seen you join, so something went wrong while following those instructions :( As for how to chat, once you click connect, you should see a window with a list of usernames on the right, and a message box at the bottom to send messages to the channel. Can you take a screenshot of what you see after doing those instructions? — Wind 19:59, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

Sorry for my cousin 12lightningthief, he is still young and is frustrated with the whole chat thing. Don't feel bad, but he says you going hard on him... well you seem like a nice cheery person, so, Bye! –Laycay27 18:46, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

Sorry if any of this was rude >: Welcome to the Wiki, too~ — Wind 18:50, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

No, He just was frustrated... thanks for the greeting, (you seem very nice...) he is a big fan of portal. he'll problay send you that screen shot soon, if not I'll ask him. Have a nice Day! –Lay · cay · 27~~(^_^) 19:43, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

(calm down –¹²||_theif: Zap! 19:54, 20 November 2011 (UTC)) Hey Wind or Laycay27, do you know how to take a screen shot on a PC? Sorry for causing A LOT of trouble I am still learning...

On Windows Vista or 7, you can use the Snipping Tools to do that (Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Snipping Tool), which lets you select a rectangle on your screen to capture, and then lets you save it somewhere. On Windows XP, the most straightforward way is to press the "Print screen" key on your keyboard, then open Paint and press Ctrl+V. — Wind 19:57, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

The capture is this file. It seems Freenode (our chat network) doesn't like numbers as the first character in the nickname, so I tried with "lightningtheif" and worked fine. Try it, 12lightningtheif.-- 21:46, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

I'm on!!!!!(Now I need help to get help cause I don't like to interupt anyone alot, it makes me feel bad :( )–¹²||_theif: Zap! 17:16, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

Duplicate pages

Hello, I have discovered two duplicates pages on the wiki today. Can you delete Portal 2 Chapter 3 Test Chamber 09 (duplicate of Portal 2 Chapter 3 Test Chamber 9) and Portal 2 Act 1 Test Chamber 06/ru (duplicate of Portal 2 Chapter 1 Test Chamber 6/ru) ? Thanks. :) Aquatikelfik 12:43, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks i-ghost, sorry for distrubing Wind. Aquatikelfik 16:52, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Implementing TF2 Wiki-styled merchandise pricing

I've added all the needed templates (as seen here: User:Sven/Sandbox), added all the current prices of the merchandise to the pricing page (here), and am ready to update the Merchandise page itself. However, every item will reference a template (as seen in my sandbox) that needs to be created by a bot. Could you be kind enough to order WindBOT to push the changes from the pricing page to the necessary template pages? Much appreciated in advance. Sven 17:05, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

WindBOT should get around to that automatically. I think he runs on a ~10 minute interval, although he might get clogged up with some other tasks so there may be a slight delay. He should make those pages anyway. - RJ ^talk 17:09, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

Okey-dokey then. Thanks a lot RJackson for the quick answer. *goes to twiddle thumbs for about 10 minutes* Sven 17:10, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

Comics nav

I'm sorry! I didn't notice that the comics were already covered in the Community Nav! Forgive me! Sven 00:49, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

Never! You shall die into the Aperture Science Emergency Intelligence Incinerator >:3

Nah but the comics list is getting sizeable. One or two more comics and it will probably be worth it to make it into its own nav — Wind 00:51, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

hello

Hello to you too. Thanks for the welcome. --Tschumann 10:18, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome as well! Unremarkable 17:11, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

Atlas and P-body articles

Since Atlas and P-body experience through the same events in co-op, wouldn't it be a better idea to have the two characters merged into one article like the Combine Overwiki did? Though I don't mind having two different character articles, just saying that it would be simpler and sort of more effective and on the go for readers. Illiterate Bilingual 23:04, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

I wouldn't mind but I wouldn't push for it either. Do what you want or ask someone else or the central discussion~ — Wind 06:47, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

Regarding the recent "The Underground" addition, I'd like a precedent

The addition of the Machinima series makes me wonder how each "non-canon" article (such as The Underground, gameplay mods if they have unique characters, minor characters in Lab Rat) should/will be handled in the future. I'd normally take some examples from the TF2 Wiki, but as the TF2 Wiki doesn't seem to have this issue (no Machinima articles that I'm aware of) and the additional fact that we're a bit starved for content (I mean, Portal and P2 aren't exactly updated weekly...), I have no idea what to do. I don't want this place to get that "most of the page is pictures" feel that the OverWiki has.... Any advice? Would a "Non-Canon Character Nav" or something similar be enough? Or even help? ~Sven~ 19:22, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

This should alleviate such concerns :3 — Wind 19:42, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

DANKE MY HARD HATTED FRIEND! ~Sven~ 19:47, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

Image from a Portal 2 dev

If I were to, say, get a HUGE image of a character from a Portal 2 developer (say.... Richard Lord, for instance), what would I upload that as? What license? ~Sven~ 07:32, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

Stop teasing and upload it already! — Wind 15:23, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

Top shelf — Wind 19:40, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

And we got Mr Lord's seal of approval. :D ~Sven~ 20:27, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

RJ wonders how you even got a reply — Wind 20:30, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

Something like that. - RJ ^talk 20:31, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

<RJackson> hnnnnnnng
<RJackson> how dus he talk to Richard Lord
<RJackson> godfackit
<RJackson> I want to muse about Hoopy with him, in bed, wearing skin-coloured speedos.
<WindPower> I dunno, you should as khim
<WindPower> *ask him
<Epic_Eric> RJackson: HOW DID YOU FIND OUT ABOUT ONE OF EPISODE 3'S ALTERNATE ENDINGS
<RJackson> Epic_Eric: I wore Speedos with Richard Lord.
<Epic_Eric> Why skin-coloured and not team-colored?
<Epic_Eric> *colourde
<Epic_Eric> *coloured
<RJackson> so to outside observers, we appear nekkid.
<RJackson> but we know we're not.... we know.
<Epic_Eric> Is that supposed to be scary?

- RJ ^talk 20:31, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

We have a mutual friend on Facebook. Got a reply within a few day's time. I originally was asking for an in-modelviewer image of the Animal King turret, but apparently there is no in-game model. So instead, I get a very high-res image of the turret that I uploaded here. ~Sven~ 21:00, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

How do you make a bot and/or be a Content Moderator?

I want to be one, and I am very experinced on this wiki

How do you make a bot and/or be a Content Moderator?

Thank you

--Secondhand Work 14:25, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Well first you join and lurk on the IRC channel, and then eventually it happens. You've made about 20 edits so far so I wouldn't say you're "very experinced" yet...

As for bot, you need a good reason to use a bot that, such as wanting to do something that the current bots cannot do — Wind 18:25, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Requesting permission to borrow (ie: Steal) select images from this wiki

Due to the generally HQ of the images provided by this Wiki, I humbly request permission to make use of some of them on my community's mapping Wiki (Example page here: Right here). I realize I technically don't *have* to ask for the images, but as an act of good faith, I'd like to. ~Sven~ (talk) 21:20, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

That's fine as long as you respect the license on each image, and the license of the content (CC-BY-3.0, which basically just means you should mention where the stuff is from). But you do know there's quite a large section for that at the VDC, right?) — Wind 21:24, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

I *personally* am aware of that. It would seem that the other members of the (admittedly small) community (around 10 or so right now [the forum isn't done, itself]) want to venture into BIGGER things, and that apparently includes a wiki as well. Majority rules in favor of the wiki, and as such, we (apparently) are doing that. Thank you Wind. :D ~Sven~ (talk) 21:30, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

May I suggest the option of creating a mapping section on this wiki then? Would solve the hassle of copying stuff around (but I'm probably making this suggestion too late) — Wind 21:33, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

I'll mention it to everyone. :) And it's not too late; our host has said that we have infinite space as long as we pay the monthly fee, but since our wiki is still very much in infancy (hell, it's a ZYGOTE right now), we'd lose next to nothing I suppose. I'll mention it to them and see what they say. You sir, deserve all the science awards for your kindness. ~Sven~ (talk) 22:54, 17 May 2012 (UTC)