User talk:WindPower

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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 Portal Companion Cube.png · (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 Om nom nom! (talk | contribs) 02:46, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

Benjineer is Benjineery.
Also... Couches... — Wind 16:12, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
Wotsit- RJUser RJackson Pixelturret.png 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:

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

Cake? Cake!

Portal Cake.png 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. —MUser Moussekateer signature portal.pngussekateer·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)

Test chambers

Russian video walkthroughs was made. Why are they not used in russian articles? - Alexander 19:46, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

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