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Season Two Presentation Bugs
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Post bugs in this format:
Offending nav, piece of text, or other (complete URL to the page on which it appears UNLESS reporting a problem with a monster, in which case the query string won't provide any clues, so just provide the name and weapon of the monster instead) (brief description of what's wrong with it)
If you want to highlight the offending text, please enclose it in italics, and use bold for corrections. This will enable CMJ to quickly identify fixes.
Colours
This is specifically for errors in colours. Please indicate the colour used as well as the correct colour in the error report.
In Pleasantville, when under attack, the middle insult doesn't change colour for some reason. You can see the code, `8, but the text stays the same colour as the narrated text. Nice description though. Is it new?
When the Wanker wears off, it's `5You feel the effects of the `4Wanker`0 slowly fade away. Part of it is purplish, then red then black. There's also a typo, see elsewhere on the page.
Specifically for errors in the formatting of text, such as line breaks. This is also a good place to report extra \'s in text, or other improper code use.
The blank line and ~ line between Withdraw From Your Clan and Clan Buffs looks kind of rough. Perhaps there should be the
http://improbableisland.com/templates/leather/navheader-divider.png graphic between the two instead? I understand that it's good to keep a good amount of space between the two (accidentally withdrawing from my clan would be bad) but the divider graphic would look much nicer.
Vital Info: The level number is usually bold, but is not when fighting masters. Is not the case with Jungle monsters.
It's pretty common. I see it in some fight descriptions, too. It's a side-effect of using the wrong type of quote in the PHP code. If I recall, a “ doesn't evaluate tokens, where a ' does. Just need to flip-flop the quote type in the PHP file.
When the walls are breached and you're fighting for your life, there's a message. 'Before you have time to even blink, let alone call for backup or medical assistance, something rushes up from behind…' This should really go before the monster description not after.
Lazy Plurals
Although technically typos, these may be code related, rather than simple text fixes. If it's just part of flavour text, please put it in the appropriate typo section.
Sheila's Shack O' Shiny - If you already have a weapon, it reads:
However, you can only carry one weapons
at a time, so you're forced to merely look at Spork until you decide to sell your current item. Look at it shine so prettily. One
weapons at a time. Also, it tells you that 'you're forced to merely look at [weapon]'. Look at THE [weapon] would read rather better here.
Spelling and Typos
For all your speling spelling and type needs (should be typo).
In Monster Names/Messages
If possible, please post the level that the monster was encountered as well as the actual text directly from the encounter.
(Level 6) Monster name “Uranium Man”, intro text says you are “nonplussed.” In context, this appears to be being used to mean “unimpressed,” but despite what many (most?) people think, that word doesn't actually mean that. It means rather the opposite: “at a loss for words,” essentially. Change to “unimpressed” or another actual synonym.
(Level 15) Monster name “Improbable Drive”, Intro text: “Fighting down every urge to flee, you cautiously enter the cave entrance, intent on catching the great green dragon sleeping, so that you might slay it with a minimum of pain.” Sentence refers a Dragon, and should be changed to be about the Drive. (Should also be rewritten, to at least mention the improbability of the Drive actually sleeping or something else entirely.)
(Level 4) Monster name “Seven Filthy Thieving Midgets”. “Seven filthy Midgets hauling a glass coffin trundle past. Your hand immediately covers your req bag; an automatic reaction when seeing Midgets. “What are they stealing now,” you mumble to yourself. The thieving Midgets suddenly stumble all at once, and a unconscious woman tumbles out of the coffin.” Should be “an unconscious woman”
Non-Monster Improbable Events
Use this area for “Something Improbable” in the jungle or elsewhere.
The Angelic Wand of Courage: stuff You could've swarn that it sparkled at you, so you decide to dig it up a bit. .. “swarn” should be “sworn.” Edit: Daedalus offered clarification: this came up when I found it, rather than defeated it.
The Jungle - Something Improbable - Old Man with sack of rocks/ANoN (
http://www.improbableisland.com/forest.php?op=search&type=thrill) Original text: “As you search the jungle for
somthing to kill, you hear a scream. After following the sound, you see an old man being attacked by a lesser creature. He seems to be trying to run, but for some odd reason he won't drop the bag of rocks he's carrying on his back. You know that the lesser creature would be no problem for you to
handel, but you were already doing
somthing. What should you do?”
somthing should be
something, and
handel should be
handle.
One of the Old Man outcomes in the Jungle is that he shouts that your mama should have taught you not to talk with strangers, and shoots you with a stun gun, doot doot doot! However, the message that shows up in the newsfeed is that you were found in the jungle with arcane symbols drawn upon your corpse. While it's possible the old man could have drawn weird symbols on you after he shot you, there's no indication in the actual event that he did: I think the arcane symbols reference is a holdover from an earlier (read: LotGD) version of this outcome.
The old man wants a ciggy from you. If you keep your ciggies, he hurts you. If you give him a ciggie, he gives you favour with The Watcher. I got favour with ramius, instead. Feeling sorry for the old man, you reach into your pack and extract a cigarette which he snatches eagerly from your hand. “I'll be puttin' in a good word for y' with m' ol' friend The Watcher.”
The Joker pulls out a black wand, raps you thrice on the head, and runs off into the jungle.
You gain 13 favor with Ramius.” Ramius is in the red Watcher colour, and is in the place of her name, too.
Raven Inn:
On finding: Spaces missing after full stops
On entering: Spaces again
On talking to old man: Spaces again
On talking to bartender: Spaces again
Actually, all of the text in there seems to be missing its spaces after sentences.
Stonehenge:
On finding: Spaces missing after full stops
Actually, all of the text in there seems to be missing its spaces after sentences.
Broth Joker - The broth warms your body and gives your skin a healthy glow.You gain 2 charm! Spaces again
Crazy Audrey - on meeting, on playing, and on all four kitten options, spaces after full stops yet again.
Ferryman - “The ferryman starts moving towards you.You start to edge away from him and he swings his ferry pole at you!Not having much room to maneuver, he delivers a painful blow!
You were struck for 58 points of damage!
You let out a yelp of pain and ready yourself to block another blow.Seemingly satisfied, the ferryman turns back and resumes poling.Rubbing the painful welt, you reach the other shore and decide to quickly get away from the ferryman.” More spaces, or rather less spaces than there should be.
“Stupid, stupid, stupid!” Gryphon chants, clonking his head against the deck of the FailBoat.” This is in error because you aren't sent to the Failboat when you challenge your master! … And now you're immortal, Gryphon. :P
Other Places with Errors
Any spelling or grammar errors from any place not covered above.
At
Basic Training, there is an extra space between the first quotation mark and what the Corporal shouts at you.
Jacara reports: In the “Grandchildren of Budget Horse” mount, reigns appears instead of “reins”, both in the new day text [“into the reigns of your mighty chariot.”] and the combat text [“released from their reigns”].
In the Stamina popup, it reads “99%% of the time you needn't worry about the statistics and mechanics... Which means, one superfluous percent sign. Fixed.
In Doctor Paprika's office, in Pleasantville, the text reads, “Dr Paprika stares at your blankly. 'I am sorry madam, but you do not have the proper funds for this operation.” Dr Paprika points to a sign, stating 'Gender Operations cost 5000 Requisition and 10 Cigarettes.'” Here, “stares at your blankly” should be “stares at you blankly.” Edit: this line is also missing some spaces between words. And my funds are 'proper' (Req and Cigs), even though they are 'insufficient' or 'inadequate'. (The amount is not the proper one, rather than the funds).
When you first enter Dr Paprika's Office, the description beginning with “Subtle tunes ..” has a number of spaces missing between words, an incorrect semi-colon, &c.
(Tune Up) - (When tuning up a weapon) 'The Watcher looks over the puny weapon you hand him and comments, “I am impressed that you make any progress at all.” Closing his eyes, he waves his hand over the weapon and quietly speaks a few words you cannot make out. Dave appears shortly afterwards, and takes the armour away. (. . .)Dave reappears with your armour, which looks a little shinier than before, and now features some extra welding spots and duct tape.' Watcher's gender is wrong. I was getting a tune up on my weapon, not my armor. Watcher's speech is the wrong color as well- DkWhite in the page source, not LtWhite.
Buff: The Watcher' Blessed Weapon- should be “The Watcher's Blessed Weapon” or, possibly, “Watcher-Blessed Weapon”.2) Misspellings dismissed: Could not reproduce.
Squat Hole: Julia's Midget Massage-“As you walk into a large house hidden behind a thick wall of nettles, you are greeted by Julia. Julia is a midget of above-average beauty, clean-shaven and close to almost being attractive. Behind her a number of Men and Women bustle about.” Should just be 'men and women', no capitalization. Or, alternatively, 'a number of humans of both genders bustle about' if that's what was meant.
Are the men and women supposed to refer to employees or patrons? - Snicker
The employees are midgets, so…
There's a missing verb in one of the returns. “You the happiest that you have been in a long time.” Caveman thoughts may occur naturally, but should be a quick fix.
Item: Tasty Meat- “Juicy, tender cuts of the finest meat that Improbable Island has to offer. High in protein, low in fat, lean and very tasty.” 'low in fat' and 'lean' are synonyms.
In this case, there should probably be a semi-colon between low in fat and lean, as there are two statements being made here: “High in protein, low in fat” and “Lean and very tasty.” It reinforces the visual. - Snicker
Also at Cuthbert's Academy in Pleasantville, Rookie Pain in the Ass reports that the tenth paragraph, about halfway through, has a typo: “. . .You piston your leading leg upwards. . .” Should this be “position.”
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It says “The clock on the mantle reads (whatever time)”. Should say “mantel”.
Single line break under the header and between the first two paragraphs - should be double.
Spaces after full stops missing
At the Spiderkitty, I flirted with Emily, but being married I got told off. However, I got slapped by “
Violet” even though I was flirting with Emily?
3)
One of the new taunts: The ellipsis in the second sentence is missing one of its dots and there is a missing end quote after “That” in the last phrase. (Name) peeks from behind (his/her) fingers as a (monster) viciously shakes (his/her) (armor). “That's.. that's new - no! No, don't do -” The (monster) drops the (armor) and snatches for (name)'s (weapon). There's an audible crunch as the (weapon) disappears into the (monster)'s Improbable maw. “That, (s/he) says, slumping.
Teh Dave: The Head Laser is apparently “a very, very powerful combat-orientated Implant,” Unless this is intentional and the implant doctor is a descendant of a former US president who shall not be named.
Mike's Chop Shop. “You hand over your mount to your Partially-Decomposed Zombie Donkey, along with the purchase price of your new ride, and Mike leads out a fine new Haiks TR-25 Scrambler for you!” I handed my Zombie Donkey to my Zombie Donkey, and Mike gave me the Haiks Scrambler. Hmm.
“While you lie broken and bruised on the ground, a pack of ` Midget Bastards stroll by and help themselves to all the Requistion tokens you have in your pockets! 10 % of your Experience Points are lost due to head injuries! ` you slip into unconsciousness, a pair of Retraining Personnel turn up, tutting and shaking their heads.” Requistion should be spelled Requisition. And the ` shouldn't be there in front of Midget Bastards (shouldn't that be Thieving?), and in front of “you slip. . .”
“You and (your spouse name here) spend the night in the inn together, and you both emerge positively glowing!Because Improbable Island's players have been especially generous, today is a Special Extended Play day - you gain some Stamina!” After the term “glowing!” there ought be a space (or two – debate continues) after the bang and before the because. And no, there's nothing about this sentence that should be interpreted as a double entendre. Perverts.
A certain recent plot possesses a certain “psuedorandom number generator”. Unless the talker is programmed to utter particular oddities, I believe it should be
pseudorandom.
Hunter's Lodge, Picture Frame
More Details: “This item vanishes after using it, so you'll need a new Picture Frame every time you change your Avatar; if you'd like the option to change your Avatar whenever you like, buy the
Deluxe Picture Frame instead.” The actual item is referred to on the Hunter's Lodge main page as a “Fancy Picture Frame”.
Hunter's Lodge, Weapon Disguise: On the Hunter's Lodge main page, the Weapon Disguise is mislabelled as a Custom Armour Kit. These are separate items. See Custom Armour, Cunning Disguise, and Weapon Disguise.
The pint of Wanker you imbibed in Squat Hole has filled you with muderous rage! Should be murderous. Fixed. Actually not fixed the last time I ran across it. Checked again. It's fixed, I tells ya. Wanker text now reads (something like) “Fucking enraged”. As of ten minutes ago. Sure you're looking at the same drink? I didn't check the other one.
Improbable Central flavor text when the weather is “Hot and Humid” includes this sentence: “Some residents have taken shelter under the shade of a nearby tree, while hardier locals exercise in the head of the day.” Looks like that should say “heat.”
Improbable Central flavor text when the weather is “Hot and Sunny” says this: “Some of the residents congregate for cool drinks outside of the Prancing SpiderKitty” Period missing at the end of this sentence.
Upon completion of Mr. Stern's quest, there is repeated text which makes it confusing to read. Repeated lines: “My goodness!” says Mister Stern, pushing his glasses further up on his nose and examining the array of objects you've just placed on his desk. “What an excellent find! Let's see, here. . . A dead rat, some phlegm, a rusty pistol, a brain, some sort of memory card, some. . . my goodness, some Mutant poetry from the look of things. . .” and “Oh, and this must be one of those Joker coins!” He flips it into the air.
It seems like the text was changed without the old one being deleted, because you react differently the second time he flips it.
At Maiko's Cooking Academy, when you practice sufficiently to level your skill at cleaning carcasses, you receive the message “You gained a level in Cleaning Carcasses! You are now level Cleaning the Carcass!” Should probably state “You are now level x at Cleaning the Carcass!”
When you get a new armour/weapon/etc, there's a text that says “Sheila nods approvingly as you swagger around posing with your new[insert your new equipment here]”. There should be a space after the word “new”.
Terminology
This is specifically to reference cases where old terminology is still being used, such as gems, gold or turns.
At Cuthbert's: “Higher levels in Insults skills will also improve your chances of casting successful Insults, and reduce the chances of fumbling.” Maybe I'm nitpicking, but I think this should be “delivering” successful Insults, or something along those lines. “Casting” is likely a holdover term from LotGD, yes?
When traveling in the world map, on the left side of the screen, the travel sidebar is labeled “Out of Travel Points,” instead of a reference to stamina.
In the “It is a New Day” screen, I get the message: “You wake up with a slightly sore bum, thanks to The Galumphing ploamphed; as a result, you lose a jungle fight!” Should be: ”. . .as a result, you lose some stamina!“.
What the hell is that?
Argeth reports that Stonehenge sends players to “Disgrace” instead of the “Failboat”: “You realize with increasing despair that the circle of stones has transported you to Disgrace! You have been sent to Disgrace because of your foolhardy choice. Since you've been taken to Disgrace while conscious, you still have all your Requisition tokens.”
On the Daily News screen: “18h53m: The unconscious body of Loquacious Kash was found in the Jungle, stripped of all Requisition and with dark symbols drawn upon it.” This happened after Kash participated in Something Improbable! where he talked to an old man who zapped him with a stun gun, sending him to the Failboat. The “dark symbols,” I imagine, are a holdover from the magic-heavy LoGD.
A Mercenary Camp: Village is said twice, and in the orange text, there are no spaces after periods. “You step out of the gates of the village and stand for a moment to take a look around.A slight breeze in the air stirs the pennants mounted above your head before it touches your skin.Sounds of dogs barking draws your attention to the makeshift camp which is set slightly apart from the village.”
Something Improbable!
Old Man: The old man asks you to give him a cigarette; if you do, he raises your favor with the Watcher, but the text calls the watcher
Ramius. (Just got this message myself!) “Feeling sorry for the old man, you reach into your pack and extract a cigarette which he snatches eagerly from your hand. He cackles with glee.He turns to you and says, “Since y' made such a fine bargain w' me, me deary, I'll be puttin' in a good word for y' with m' ol' friend The Watcher.” The Joker pulls out a black wand, raps you thrice on the head, and runs off into the jungle. You gain 19 favor with Ramius.”
Something Improbable! Knowing that the water could yield deadly results, you decide to take your chances.Kneeling down at the edge of the stream, you take a long hard draught from the cold stream.You feel a warmth growing out from your chest. . . You feel PERCEPTIVE! You notice something glittering under one of the pebbles that line the stream. You find a Cigarette! A glittering and capitalized Cigarette, still salvageable after being submerged in water and crushed with a pebble? That's not a cigarette, that's a Gem with a funny name. Also, it's missing a space after the first full stop.
Navs, exits and hotkeys
Put all bad navigation markers here. This includes anything that has inconsistent exit messages, or should have a navigation marker, but doesn't. Also, for hotkeys that should be “fixed” (as in, always the same hotkey).
Newly Weds uses
To the Garden rather than Return to Common Ground.
Argeth reports: After you get The Watcher's armor upgrade, (
Tune-up) the link on the side to return to the Failboat doesn't say 'Failboat'. It returns to '
Disgrace'.
Daedalus reports that when encountering the Cryptic Joker, the option to exit is “Run like Hell” but the exit message is inconsistent: “you stroll away..” In a similar way, when exiting Audrey (in the jungle) you “Leave the crazy woman” (or something similar) but the exit message is “You run quickly..”.(or similar) I don't really need to “run” from Audrey.
CQJoker lacks Navs altogether. Looks odd with the two graphics stacked over each other
Otherwise wonky
Not for spelling errors. This is for things that just don't look right. Most of these probably qualify as real bugs, and should be prioritized higher.
Rookie PeeWee reported this from his fight with the Tattoo Mutant - the Mutant is defeated at the end of the round, but the description ends with “the Mutant [. . .] lunges at you,” which probably isn't accurate since he should be KO'ed:
Giant Tattoo Mutant's Hitpoints (Level 13): 38
YOUR Hitpoints: 82
Your enemy beats at the flames, but it's still on fire! 12 damage has been done in this round!
Your weapon hums to life as you swing it at Giant Tattoo Mutant!
Giant Tattoo Mutant is blinded, deafened and thoroughly confused, and flails wildly while you pummel it!
You hit Giant Tattoo Mutant for 28 points of damage!
You feel a shock course through your weapon as it heals you for 1!
Giant Tattoo Mutant feels some coherence return, and lunges at you!
End of Round:
Giant Tattoo Mutant's Hitpoints (Level 13): DEFEATED
YOUR Hitpoints: 83
If you run away from the Giant Tattoo Mutant, you end up with a blank screen titled “Something Improbable”, with the normal Jungle navigation. Same with leaving the Raven Inn, basically doubling the annoyance of a pub without booze.
Tense error in Daughter of Chance
page 6: “There
is no birdsong, or rustling of leaves.” Should be was.
When playing as a Joker, at new day page: “You appear to have discovered the secret of cellular regeneration. You will gain hitpoints in every battle.” You don't actually gain hitpoints, in as much as the number of hitpoints available doesn't change. Perhaps: “some of your hitpoints will 'heal' after each round of combat'
In Pleasantville, at max threat level and walls at zero …“as it is, the Council Offices, bank, Comms Tent and Mike's Chop Shop have all closed up in preparation for the worst.” But the Bank and Comms tent were open.