Team Fortress Wiki talk:Polycount
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WindBOT spamming RC in IRC channel
Sadly this is not something WindBOT can do. :( It would require keeping a connection to the IRC server constantly open, which would be possible for a bot that runs constantly, but that isn't WindBOT's case; it simply re-runs every 10 minutes (when all goes well and when I don't forget to re-activate it after code-change like I just did right now), giving the kinda-illusion that it runs constantly. Why does it not run all the time? Because it lives on my shared hosting account, which luckily gives me shell access, but forbids long-running processes. Now, this is only a soft restriction; I can still run long-running processes if needed, it's just that I don't know what will happen if I get caught. I can still try though, but if I do, it'll be something else from WindBOT. In fact, that sounds a lot better this way, since those two things don't fulfill the same purpose. I'll try to get that done in time for the Polycount Update (still no release date though? D:), it'll run only during that hectic time, and things should be fine. — Wind 07:14, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
- Yeah a constant RC feed seems kind of silly now that I think about it again, and it wouldn't be possible if we go with Steam group chat instead of IRC (which I suspect we will). seb26 [talk] 07:19, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
- Aww, why not? >: It sounded like a cool challenge from a technical standpoint. Not sure about the practicality of it though... And yes it would have to be done through IRC, until Steam chat finally gets ported to XMPP or something. Regardless, wouldn't a TF Wiki channel be cool? :3 Go to #tfwiki on irc.freenode.net — Wind 07:22, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
- Definitely, but it seems somewhat infeasible, given that some of the links I posted say you need to add a few lines to LocalSettings.php, and "Currently, anyone can "hack" your bot by sending packets to the port you specify" D: [1] Valve ain't gonna make it happen. But this might work? Could even just run off a local machine? I don't know anything about bots or servers so just feel free to ignore me. seb26 [talk] 07:27, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
- The LocalSettings.php thing would make it work by "push", meaning the wiki's web server itself sending out notifications about RCs to the bot, which would be ideal. But obviously this isn't possible for the reasons you mentioned, so it needs to do it by "fetch": just grab the RCs over and over again, spam new things in channel. Of course it has a delay, but it would be a matter of 15~30 seconds or whatever the refresh rate would be. As for the local machine thing, that's the good thing about it: I already have a (custom-made like WindBOT :3) IRC bot on freenode, idling constantly and with bazillions of commands, including an "external message" one where non-IRC users can give the bot messages to send out on IRC using a plain HTTP request. So there could be a script running somewhere refreshing the RC page, and every time it sees something new, it notifies the bot. Very low-bandwidth on my end because I don't need to fetch the RC log. On top of that, the refreshing script could be distributed to run on your local machines or something, and then the refresh rate could be decreased because everyone's contributing to notifying the bot and stuff. KABOOM — Wind 07:32, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
- Yeah, I dunno if that made sense to anyone else than me but it doesn't matter because it sounds so epic to me that I'll do it anyway even if it's not useful/used. Need to sleep now, got a TF2 practice match tomorrow and stuff. Poke me about the bot thingy on Steam... Or on the IRC channel I mentioned — Wind 07:44, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
- If we can make it happen without any bugging of Jeff, etc, then I'm sure no one would say no to having it at all. Plus I like the idea of commands. If WindBOT wants to be really awesome he could post comments to discussion pages on command - like I could say
!comment Team Fortress Wiki:Discussion#Section_name Message hereand WindBOT could post "Message here –Seb26 (via IRC) 07:55, 29 August 2010 (UTC)". Kind of stupid and unworkable, though. I can't really think of many things that wouldn't be easier to do than to just open up a new tab in your browser or whatever. But still, omfgircchannel. seb26 [talk] 07:55, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
- If we can make it happen without any bugging of Jeff, etc, then I'm sure no one would say no to having it at all. Plus I like the idea of commands. If WindBOT wants to be really awesome he could post comments to discussion pages on command - like I could say
- Yeah, I dunno if that made sense to anyone else than me but it doesn't matter because it sounds so epic to me that I'll do it anyway even if it's not useful/used. Need to sleep now, got a TF2 practice match tomorrow and stuff. Poke me about the bot thingy on Steam... Or on the IRC channel I mentioned — Wind 07:44, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
- The LocalSettings.php thing would make it work by "push", meaning the wiki's web server itself sending out notifications about RCs to the bot, which would be ideal. But obviously this isn't possible for the reasons you mentioned, so it needs to do it by "fetch": just grab the RCs over and over again, spam new things in channel. Of course it has a delay, but it would be a matter of 15~30 seconds or whatever the refresh rate would be. As for the local machine thing, that's the good thing about it: I already have a (custom-made like WindBOT :3) IRC bot on freenode, idling constantly and with bazillions of commands, including an "external message" one where non-IRC users can give the bot messages to send out on IRC using a plain HTTP request. So there could be a script running somewhere refreshing the RC page, and every time it sees something new, it notifies the bot. Very low-bandwidth on my end because I don't need to fetch the RC log. On top of that, the refreshing script could be distributed to run on your local machines or something, and then the refresh rate could be decreased because everyone's contributing to notifying the bot and stuff. KABOOM — Wind 07:32, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
- Definitely, but it seems somewhat infeasible, given that some of the links I posted say you need to add a few lines to LocalSettings.php, and "Currently, anyone can "hack" your bot by sending packets to the port you specify" D: [1] Valve ain't gonna make it happen. But this might work? Could even just run off a local machine? I don't know anything about bots or servers so just feel free to ignore me. seb26 [talk] 07:27, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
- Aww, why not? >: It sounded like a cool challenge from a technical standpoint. Not sure about the practicality of it though... And yes it would have to be done through IRC, until Steam chat finally gets ported to XMPP or something. Regardless, wouldn't a TF Wiki channel be cool? :3 Go to #tfwiki on irc.freenode.net — Wind 07:22, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
Contacting Robin about early info, Shugo icons
- We will not get early info about this update. It just won't happen.
- Shugo's icons should happen relatively shortly after. I read the emporium thread and FPSB where he releases them so I'm keeping the entire set up to date. -- Pilk (talk) 13:42, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
- I can't believe you even thought we'd even potentially get info. Also, I'll speak to Shugo about getting the icons asap. -- Smashman... (t • s) 13:56, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
- I know it wasn't you. I was speaking generally to all. And Shugo likes me more than you so, nyah. -- Smashman... (t • s) 14:33, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
- I'm sure this speaks for itself. No coercion involved at all. :>
- I know it wasn't you. I was speaking generally to all. And Shugo likes me more than you so, nyah. -- Smashman... (t • s) 14:33, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
12:46 AM - Pilk: I'm sure you don't care 12:46 AM - Pilk: But who do you like more? :3 12:46 AM - Shugo: :0 12:47 AM - Shugo: well I have known smash longer 12:47 AM - Shugo: AND he's played borderlands with me 12:47 AM - Shugo: hmmm 12:47 AM - Pilk: so basically you like me more? pretty much 12:47 AM - Shugo: pretty much
1st person images
Yeah I'll get em done as quick as possible after the pack drops. --Org 19:58, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
- Ok finished them, let me know if there are any issues with any of them --Org 22:22, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
Job Distribution
I wanna help with the new game mode. -- OluapPlayer (t) 
20:56, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
Protection
I think we should also protect the pack names or at least redirect them to the Polycount page. --Picard lm(de) 22:10, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
Done. The spy's knife
During the Live stream for the golden wrench destruction, a user by the name RobinWalker joined the stream. Of course, everyone (including me) thought he was fake. However, near the end of the stream, he said he would answer the first question about the polycount update. The first was the knife. After a long pause, he replied. I don't have the exact quote, but the bacic gist of it is below.
Can still backstab 10% more fire damage Can "failstab" 3 times before loosing your disguise
Obviously, this is not the most reliable source ever, but it seemed pretty legit to me. --Stevoisiak 13:27, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
- Fake. Robin uses the name 'Robin' – Smashman (talk) 13:49, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
- Click. --Picard lm(de) 19:17, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks for linking to the forum. It did seem legit at the time. I should have known it was just some random troll. It's still a decent idea. Though, it WOULD cause alot of rage if it was real. It would be like the new backburner. XD --Stevoisiak 01:54, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
Obtaining the models
See User talk:Shine#Polycount idea. I don't see why we couldn't do this and it would give us a massive head-start. – Smashman (talk) 15:00, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
Item names
I've created 2 sets of item name images based on the existing names, with and without the "the" prefix. Even if the names are changed later, we will still have saved at least some time. seb26 [talk] 05:55, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
Item images.
Anyone mind if I upload item images? like file:milkhat.png OllyTheMann 18:19, 12 September 2010 (UTC)
Weapon page layout
Just a heads up for everyone working on the Pack weapons; take a moment to look at this short weapons page layout and construct the Polycount weapon articles in a similar structure. You don't have to, but it will save me editing them all to fit this in the long run. --Focusknock 07:46, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
