How do you write on signs that you have constructed, if you can?

[lordmoneyofman]

I just built a sign and wanted to write a message on it. I was just looking for some help and info. Thanks.

[John_Candlebury]

I think you need to examine it while holding a spray can in your inventory, but I have never used signs.

[lordmoneyofman]

Thank you! I’ve been looking all day and couldn’t find anything about signs anywhere. The wiki doesn’t even have a page for them under construction.

[John_Candlebury]

Thank you! I’ve been looking all day and couldn’t find anything about signs anywhere. The wiki doesn’t even have a page for them under construction.

Yeah, finding documentation about some aspects of the game can be very tricky.

Something that I have found that helps with catching elusive info is to visit the github repository and attempt a search for the pull request that introduced the object or mechanic you have doubts about.

[LordHelmchen]

I apologise if necroing old threads is not welcome here, but I assumed this would be an appropriate thread for others useing the search function…
Is there a reason why permanent markers don’t prompt to write signs? My survivor apparently decided that writing on the ground around the sign was the safest way to leave his note…

[Litppunk]

Probably just something that was overlooked.

The wiki doesn't even have a page for them under construction.

Is there anyone in charge of the wiki? I might try to put some stuff up on it to try and make it more universally helpful. Would probably make the forums nicer too if everyone doesn’t have to ask forum same question 5 times when no one can find old topic that mentions it.

[Coolthulhu]

Is there anyone in charge of the wiki? I might try to put some stuff up on it to try and make it more universally helpful.

No one is in charge.
A good idea is to make articles that you can later link from forums instead of reposting posts.

[Kryxx]

I think the survivor marker, and the ‘magic marker’ (don’t remember the actual name), can modify the sign.

I already overwrote a land mine sign with spray paint that now reads “road destruction ahead” so that works now.

[KA101]

[quote=“Litppunk, post:6, topic:7550”]Is there anyone in charge of the wiki? I might try to put some stuff up on it to try and make it more universally helpful.

No one is in charge.
A good idea is to make articles that you can later link from forums instead of reposting posts.[/quote]

We’ve got a subforum for it in the Lab. You might take a look.

KA101 arches an eyebrow at the thought of “nobody in charge of the wiki”, news to him

[Litppunk]

looks like um… ‎JayJayForce… has been making some updates, and a few other people here and there as well. kudos to them.

[Coolthulhu]

KA101 arches an eyebrow at the thought of “nobody in charge of the wiki”, news to him

“Technically” wiki is maintained - it is working.
But one look at http://www.wiki.cataclysmdda.com/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges should be enough to get what I’m saying here.

The wiki is outdated on a lot of topics and not really usable as a guide to all things DDA.

[Pyrite]

[quote=“KA101, post:9, topic:7550”]KA101 arches an eyebrow at the thought of “nobody in charge of the wiki”, news to him

“Technically” wiki is maintained - it is working.
But one look at http://www.wiki.cataclysmdda.com/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges should be enough to get what I’m saying here.

The wiki is outdated on a lot of topics and not really usable as a guide to all things DDA.[/quote]

Agreed.

As a new player, I had a really hard time figuring out how systems like warmth work, and what static vs dynamic spawn options actually mean, and so on.

[Coolthulhu]

I think we should link the wiki more.

One important difference between wikis like DF and Factorio and DDA is that here people generally answer the questions in person rather than linking to wiki.
Well, it’s hard to link to the wiki when it lacks the relevant information (DDA actually does grow faster than DF or Factorio = wiki is outdated fast), but it would be cool if people first edited the wiki and then linked to it instead of just answering the question with a post.

Wiki editing doesn’t take much skill, but it does take time. Just making wiki the obvious first choice would help. Notice how most posts with questions don’t start with “I checked wiki but didn’t find anything about”, but just the question itself. I don’t think enough people know that wiki exists.

tl;dr Answer common questions on wiki then link it rather than just posting the answers

[Litppunk]

yea Ill try and do this more. But I fear doing so before I know the 100% correct answer.

[KA101]

yea Ill try and do this more. But I fear doing so before I know the 100% correct answer.

Worst-case scenario with the wiki is that I have to go in on the server end and un-break whatever went wrong. That’s happened once or twice, and usually I’m involved on the “cause” as well as the “solution” end. >_<

Much more realistically, someone vandalizes the wiki: we revert the vandalism, and block the vandal. Even more realistically, we fix something that was good but not perfect.

So don’t be afraid to edit the wiki.

[Litppunk]

I just like to see something validated here before I go and add it to the wiki, so that the edit is more correct. But Ill start putting in stubs and such with something like true on XX/XX/XX or something tapped on the end.

[KA101]

I just like to see something validated here before I go and add it to the wiki, so that the edit is more correct. But Ill start putting in stubs and such with something like true on XX/XX/XX or something tapped on the end.

Should be a template for “written using X version”. Check the Advanced Guides, IIRC.

[Litppunk]

true version is what the correct by should go by, not date.