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12-07-2008, 20:56
Hey mods, I was just reading the Tech FAQ (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=382519), and it could use some updating.
Before I being, I don't mean to come off as a perfectionist, or whatever else you think, I'm just bored and looking for something to do. The FAQ uses UN instead of WA, and there are a handful of typos that I just wanted to correct
for you:
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Tech Forum Frequently Asked Questions
Tech Forum Frequently Asked Questions About Gameplay (Game Play?
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My nations description is saying contradictory things!
The nation description is broken down into primarily 3 paragraphs. Your first paragraph contains some information about your population, a key feature of your government (these are usually very hard to loose once you get them), and a description based entirely on your UN (WA) type (which can cause a lot of problems). The second paragraph starts off describing your government with some adjectives (similar to the population paragraph) and lists your prioraties (priorities?) and major industries, as well as tax rate. The third paragraph contains some strings directly based on your last four issue choices and some info about your national animal and curency (currency?)[/i].
In the next paragraph you state:
This was because the player had met the requirements to become an anarchy (none of which have to do with government size), but had done so through masive (massive?) government intervention.
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You say:
I have two nations and whenever I am logged into one it logs me into the other. Turn off auto login and delete your "Autologin" (Auto Login?cookie if it still happens.
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When do the updates run? What do they do? How long do they take to complete?
There are two update times, which (regardless of any official terms) I call the "major update" and the "minor update". During both updates, any issue choices made by your nation are processed and for nations set to two issues per day (or per weekday), an issue is placed in there issue box. Extra things happen only during only the major update. First off, the Delegacy of a region can only change hands during this time. Also, the UN (WA) rankings are updated during the update (as it cycles through the regions) and the new list is posted at the very end of the update.
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Update times:
Major: Between 2 to 4 AM EST in my experiance (experience) - Exact ending time is variable, but can be verified by the new UN (WA) Rankings being published.
Minor: I haven't figured out when this has been ever since the Jolt move, but I'd guesstimate between 2 to 4 PM EST.
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My flag isn't updating after I upload a new one/It says I have outstanding issues, but I've answered them/1000 other problems about pages not looking like what they are supposed to.
This is a problem with caching. The pages/flag/whatever is updating fine, but your browser is using an older version of the page when it is displayed. Caching is something your browser does to save bandwidth (especially for 56k users, who need all the bandwith (bandwidth) they can get) by not re-downloading the same files every time it visits a page. Users with slower connections can use ctrl+f5 (force full refresh) to re-download the page just this once while keeping caching enabled if they want.
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Tech Forum Frequently Asked Questions About The UN. (WA)
The FAQ says that I can have only one UN. (WA) nation. How many non UN. (WA) nations may I have?
As many as you want. Nations that are not your main nation are reffered (referred)to as "puppets" If your main nation is not in the UN. (WA) then the nation that you have in the UN. (WA) is called a "UN. (WA) Puppet"
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I have the most endorsements in my region, so how come I am not the delegate?
You have to wait for the UN (WA) server update (the main one, there is one around six in the afternoon, which only deletes old nations, proposals, and regions) around 2-4 in the morning EST.
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I've got a new e-mail address. Will my UN (WA) status be affected if I put it in my settings page?
Nope.
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What happens when there is a tie for the UN (WA) delegate position?
Depending on the situation, the game uses one of two proccesses (processes) to determine who the new UN (WA) delegate will be.
1) If the current UN (WA) delegate is one of the people involved in the tie, then they retain delegateship. You have to beat the current delegate to become delegate of a region.
2) If the current UN (WA) delegate is not involved in the tie (or there is no current delegate) then whichever nation has been in the region longest will win the tie.
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Is UN (WA)status retained when my nation is resurrected?
No, all nations resurrected are automatically resigned from the UN (WA). However, you can re-apply your nation as long as you don't have any other UN (WA) nations.
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How long is the e-mail accepting me into the UN (WA) valid for?
It's good until it gets bumped out of the queue. The UN (WA) only keeps track of some number of applications at a time, and then it drops the old ones. So, if you wait until N nations apply after you, the email expires.
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Hey I have a great Idea! Lets split International Incidents into past/present/future (and possibly fantasy) timelines forums.
No. This has been discusssed (discussed) in depth and it will not happen in the near future as it would require too much moderation. If they decide that it is a possibility then Salusa will announce it.
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How can I change my position on an issue?
All of the issues can eventually be repeated (although some choices can make it so you won't get the issue untill (until)you undo them in another issue - like banning elections).
Your decisions on past issues are not recorded. When you make a decision, your nations stats are changed based on that decision and the game forgets what your choice was. When issues start repeating, if you choose the same option the stats will move even farther in the direction that choice pushes them. If you choose a different option, then your stats will change according to that option.
(note: With a new proccess (process)[/bcalled "issue treeing" the choices on past issues can be directly recorded, but I don't think any issues in the game [b]acctually (actually) use this yet)
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What happens when there is a tie for the UN (WA) delegate position?
Depending on the situation, the game uses one of two proccesses [i](processes)[/ito determine who the new UN (WA) delegate will be.
1) If the current UN (WA) delegate is one of the people involved in the tie, then they retain delegateship. You have to beat the current delegate to become delegate of a region.
2) If the current UN (WA) delegate is not involved in the tie (or there is no current delegate) then whichever nation has been in the region longest will win the tie.
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Again, you could just ignore this, or whatever. I didn't mean anything by it, I'm just really bored, and I wanted to better enhance the forum :)
Before I being, I don't mean to come off as a perfectionist, or whatever else you think, I'm just bored and looking for something to do. The FAQ uses UN instead of WA, and there are a handful of typos that I just wanted to correct
for you:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tech Forum Frequently Asked Questions
Tech Forum Frequently Asked Questions About Gameplay (Game Play?
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
My nations description is saying contradictory things!
The nation description is broken down into primarily 3 paragraphs. Your first paragraph contains some information about your population, a key feature of your government (these are usually very hard to loose once you get them), and a description based entirely on your UN (WA) type (which can cause a lot of problems). The second paragraph starts off describing your government with some adjectives (similar to the population paragraph) and lists your prioraties (priorities?) and major industries, as well as tax rate. The third paragraph contains some strings directly based on your last four issue choices and some info about your national animal and curency (currency?)[/i].
In the next paragraph you state:
This was because the player had met the requirements to become an anarchy (none of which have to do with government size), but had done so through masive (massive?) government intervention.
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You say:
I have two nations and whenever I am logged into one it logs me into the other. Turn off auto login and delete your "Autologin" (Auto Login?cookie if it still happens.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
When do the updates run? What do they do? How long do they take to complete?
There are two update times, which (regardless of any official terms) I call the "major update" and the "minor update". During both updates, any issue choices made by your nation are processed and for nations set to two issues per day (or per weekday), an issue is placed in there issue box. Extra things happen only during only the major update. First off, the Delegacy of a region can only change hands during this time. Also, the UN (WA) rankings are updated during the update (as it cycles through the regions) and the new list is posted at the very end of the update.
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Update times:
Major: Between 2 to 4 AM EST in my experiance (experience) - Exact ending time is variable, but can be verified by the new UN (WA) Rankings being published.
Minor: I haven't figured out when this has been ever since the Jolt move, but I'd guesstimate between 2 to 4 PM EST.
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My flag isn't updating after I upload a new one/It says I have outstanding issues, but I've answered them/1000 other problems about pages not looking like what they are supposed to.
This is a problem with caching. The pages/flag/whatever is updating fine, but your browser is using an older version of the page when it is displayed. Caching is something your browser does to save bandwidth (especially for 56k users, who need all the bandwith (bandwidth) they can get) by not re-downloading the same files every time it visits a page. Users with slower connections can use ctrl+f5 (force full refresh) to re-download the page just this once while keeping caching enabled if they want.
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Tech Forum Frequently Asked Questions About The UN. (WA)
The FAQ says that I can have only one UN. (WA) nation. How many non UN. (WA) nations may I have?
As many as you want. Nations that are not your main nation are reffered (referred)to as "puppets" If your main nation is not in the UN. (WA) then the nation that you have in the UN. (WA) is called a "UN. (WA) Puppet"
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I have the most endorsements in my region, so how come I am not the delegate?
You have to wait for the UN (WA) server update (the main one, there is one around six in the afternoon, which only deletes old nations, proposals, and regions) around 2-4 in the morning EST.
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I've got a new e-mail address. Will my UN (WA) status be affected if I put it in my settings page?
Nope.
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What happens when there is a tie for the UN (WA) delegate position?
Depending on the situation, the game uses one of two proccesses (processes) to determine who the new UN (WA) delegate will be.
1) If the current UN (WA) delegate is one of the people involved in the tie, then they retain delegateship. You have to beat the current delegate to become delegate of a region.
2) If the current UN (WA) delegate is not involved in the tie (or there is no current delegate) then whichever nation has been in the region longest will win the tie.
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Is UN (WA)status retained when my nation is resurrected?
No, all nations resurrected are automatically resigned from the UN (WA). However, you can re-apply your nation as long as you don't have any other UN (WA) nations.
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How long is the e-mail accepting me into the UN (WA) valid for?
It's good until it gets bumped out of the queue. The UN (WA) only keeps track of some number of applications at a time, and then it drops the old ones. So, if you wait until N nations apply after you, the email expires.
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Hey I have a great Idea! Lets split International Incidents into past/present/future (and possibly fantasy) timelines forums.
No. This has been discusssed (discussed) in depth and it will not happen in the near future as it would require too much moderation. If they decide that it is a possibility then Salusa will announce it.
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How can I change my position on an issue?
All of the issues can eventually be repeated (although some choices can make it so you won't get the issue untill (until)you undo them in another issue - like banning elections).
Your decisions on past issues are not recorded. When you make a decision, your nations stats are changed based on that decision and the game forgets what your choice was. When issues start repeating, if you choose the same option the stats will move even farther in the direction that choice pushes them. If you choose a different option, then your stats will change according to that option.
(note: With a new proccess (process)[/bcalled "issue treeing" the choices on past issues can be directly recorded, but I don't think any issues in the game [b]acctually (actually) use this yet)
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What happens when there is a tie for the UN (WA) delegate position?
Depending on the situation, the game uses one of two proccesses [i](processes)[/ito determine who the new UN (WA) delegate will be.
1) If the current UN (WA) delegate is one of the people involved in the tie, then they retain delegateship. You have to beat the current delegate to become delegate of a region.
2) If the current UN (WA) delegate is not involved in the tie (or there is no current delegate) then whichever nation has been in the region longest will win the tie.
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Again, you could just ignore this, or whatever. I didn't mean anything by it, I'm just really bored, and I wanted to better enhance the forum :)