NationStates Jolt Archive


Technical forum FAQs

Lapse
13-03-2004, 14:25
Lapses' Big in game techy guide thing

I dont know if one of these has been made before, but i checked the tech stickies, and didnt find anything so this is just an expaned FAQ guide to the questions that get asked on a daily basis in the tech forum.

EDIT: AHH crap, i did, look, but i must be blind. it was hidden right downt the bottom of the stickies... ignore me peoples :oops:

I have decided, after seeing the same questions being asked every page in the tech forum to write up a quick FAQ guide to ingame questions. as well as some out of game questions:

Q: How do i move region?
A: Whilst on your main nation page, click on the hyperlink which says "Location: [insert region here]". Once this page has loaded, above the UN ranking table, there is another hyperlink: "Tired of life in [region], move to a new region today" Follow this. Here you will be given a choice, you can either create your own region or move to a pre existing region. To create a new region click on the appropriate button, fill in the form and submit. to move to a pre existing region type in the region name, in the text box and click submit. Once you have found the region you are after, click on the hyperlink (above UN ranking table) which says "Like what you see, move [nation] to [region] today".

Q: How do i play this game, and win it?
A: Okay, This explained in the official FAQ http://www.nationstates.net/pages/faq.html

Q: Why do i keep recieving a page saying: This page could not be found?
A: Basically, the server than nationstates is on is crap. for more information see: http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=112556

Q: How does my population grow?
A: Basically, the population of your nation goes up daily.
Once the nations have been around a bit, they grow between 5 and 8 million per day. This randomization allows for nations created even seconds apart to have different populations.

Q: How do i get a custom pretitle in front of my nation like other nations have?
A: When you get a population of 500 million, you can choose your own. This is to prevent n00bs from exploiting their title.

Q: how do i buy stuff?
A: Basically, look for a storefront (it will have storfront in its title) in either the International Incidents or Nationstates forum. Choose what you want to buy, and post somthintg like:
Could i buy 3 of item X Please. Total cost: $237328.
*Money Wired*
Remember when you are buying though that you do not exceed your budget.

Q: How do i see what my budget is?
A: http://www.pipian.com/stuffforchat/gdpcalc.php

Q: So, what is a moderator?
A: Look Here (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=102087)

Q: How do i become one?
A: Look Here (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=102087)

Q: Can I change my nations name?
A: No

Q: It says when i try to get a name for a nation that the name is reserved, is there a way i can get this nation?
A: Unless you are the origional owner of that nation, and have your email in its' settings, you cant. There has been alot of debate over this and it has been decided that the nation names cannot be recycled, for more info: http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2806794#2806794

Q: So, where is forum 7?
A: Forum 7 is a moderator forum, only moderators are allowed access.

Q: I want to get rid of my nation... How?
A: You cannot delete your nation. If you dont want it too exist anymore dont login for 28 days and it will automatically be deleted.

Q: How many nations am i allowed
A: As many as you want (some people claim too have 300+). As long as only 1 is in the UN

Q: Why isnt there a keyword search in the forum search option?
A: Recently, due to server problems, it has been removed, hopefully only tempoarily

Q: What does mod/alert mean
A: This is to draw attention to a thread or post that somebody has made which is contradictory to the rules of the forum. This is not used for RP breaches but rather, flaming, spamming and other non game related material.

Q: Can i get more than 2 issues a day?
A: Unless you have the population bug, no.

Q: What is the population bug?
A: It is a flaw in the programing of the site which caused soem nations to recieve twice the number of issues and twice the population daily.

Q: What is 'BBcode'
A: BB code is a text formating feature used in a phpBB forum. http://www.nationstates.net/forum/faq.php?mode=bbcode

I think this is a pretty complete list, if there is anymore i should add, just post here and somebody will answer it for you.
Lapse
13-03-2004, 14:35
AHH crap, it was hidden right down the bottom of the list of stickies.

just ignore me.. :oops:
Emperor Matthuis
13-03-2004, 16:10
Emperor Matthuis
13-03-2004, 16:11
Lapses' Big in game techy guide thing

I dont know if one of these has been made before, but i checked the tech stickies, and didnt find anything so this is just an expaned FAQ guide to the questions that get asked on a daily basis in the tech forum.

EDIT: AHH crap, i did, look, but i must be blind. it was hidden right downt the bottom of the stickies... ignore me peoples :oops:

I have decided, after seeing the same questions being asked every page in the tech forum to write up a quick FAQ guide to ingame questions. as well as some out of game questions:

Q: How do i move region?
A: Whilst on your main nation page, click on the hyperlink which says "Location: [insert region here]". Once this page has loaded, above the UN ranking table, there is another hyperlink: "Tired of life in [region], move to a new region today" Follow this. Here you will be given a choice, you can either create your own region or move to a pre existing region. To create a new region click on the appropriate button, fill in the form and submit. to move to a pre existing region type in the region name, in the text box and click submit. Once you have found the region you are after, click on the hyperlink (above UN ranking table) which says "Like what you see, move [nation] to [region] today".

Q: How do i play this game, and win it?
A: Okay, This explained in the official FAQ http://www.nationstates.net/pages/faq.html

Q: Why do i keep recieving a page saying: This page could not be found?
A: Basically, the server than nationstates is on is crap. for more information see:
http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=112556

Q: How does my population grow?
A: Basically, the population of your nation goes up daily.
Once the nations have been around a bit, they grow between 5 and 8 million per day. This randomization allows for nations created even seconds apart to have different populations.

Q: How do i get a custom pretitle in front of my nation like other nations have?
A: When you get a population of 500 million, you can choose your own. This is to prevent n00bs from exploiting their title.

Q: how do i buy stuff?
A: Basically, look for a storefront (it will have storfront in its title) in either the International Incidents or Nationstates forum. Choose what you want to buy, and post somthintg like:
Could i buy 3 of item X Please. Total cost: $237328.
*Money Wired*
Remember when you are buying though that you do not exceed your budget.

Q: How do i see what my budget is?
A: http://www.pipian.com/stuffforchat/gdpcalc.php

Q: So, what is a moderator?
A:http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=102087

Q: How do i become one?
A: http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=102087

Q: Can I change my nations name?
A: No

Q: It says when i try to get a name for a nation that the name is reserved, is there a way i can get this nation?
A: Unless you are the origional owner of that nation, and have your email in its' settings, you cant. There has been alot of debate over this and it has been decided that the nation names cannot be recycled, for more info:
http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2806794#2806794

Q: I want to get rid of my nation... How?
A: You cannot delete your nation. If you dont want it too exist anymore dont login for 28 days and it will automatically be deleted.

Q: How many nations am i allowed
A: As many as you want (some people claim too have 300+). As long as only 1 is in the UN
http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20105

Q: Why isnt there a keyword search in the forum search option?
A: Recently, due to server problems, it has been removed, hopefully only tempoarily

Q: What does mod/alert mean
A: This is to draw attention to a thread or post that somebody has made which is contradictory to the rules of the forum. This is not used for RP breaches but rather, flaming, spamming and other non game related material.

Q: Can i get more than 2 issues a day?
A: Unless you have the population bug, no.

Q: What is the population bug?
A: It is a flaw in the programing of the site which caused soem nations to recieve twice the number of issues and twice the population daily.

Q: What is 'BBcode'
A: BB code is a text formating feature used in a phpBB forum. http://www.nationstates.net/forum/faq.php?mode=bbcode

I think this is a pretty complete list, if there is anymore i should add, just post here and somebody will answer it for you.




Just edited it that little bit, got the links working, good thread good luck at getting it stickied
Naleth
13-03-2004, 23:01
AHH crap, it was hidden right down the bottom of the list of stickies.

just ignore me.. :oops:
Alot of these aren't on the existing tech faq, though. Maybe you could edit them into the bold/blue title and (By [linkto]Lapse) format and gtet them added.
Qaaolchoura
14-03-2004, 00:44
AHH crap, it was hidden right down the bottom of the list of stickies.

just ignore me.. :oops:
Alot of these aren't on the existing tech faq, though. Maybe you could edit them into the bold/blue title and (By [linkto]Lapse) format and gtet them added.

And the "NEW! " part.

Here, do it like this:


[code:1:084c84e34a][color=red][i]NEW![/i][/color] [color=blue][b][question here][/b][/color]
[Answer here] (by [url=http://www.nationstates.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi/target=display_nation/nation=Lapse]Lapse[/url])[/code:1:084c84e34a]

I'll start on adding thes, although it would help if you can do some too. If not, I'll get to it eventually though (Although as Naleth knows, you may have to telegram me a remeinder after a coupla months).
Qaaolchoura
14-03-2004, 01:07
Lapse, I'm going to paraphrase and/or expand some of these, since some of them are too wordy and some are lackig nformation. I'll post the paraphrases when I'm done.

I have most of them already, but there are several good ones which I don't have yet.
Qaaolchoura
14-03-2004, 01:09
Lapse, I'm going to paraphrase and/or expand some of these, since some of them are too wordy and some are lacking information. I'll post the paraphrases when I'm done.

I have most of them already, but there are several good ones which I don't have yet.