@Mike Hopley , @TheDragonFire

There are instances when sectors 'locations' (Wiki template word) for events need to be checked and confirmed.

E.g.: Slug and Rock standoff.

As of 13 March 2016 only 2 sectors are listed among possible ones for event to take place: Rock Controlled Sector and Rock Homeworlds. Zrt22 had Slugs sectors removed on the basis of "This event is called "ROCK_SLUG_ARGUMENT" in the datafiles and can also be found as the "Slug and Rock Standoff in Nebula" random event in other sectors."

What I see in the "newEvents.xml" file is this comment (after a starting code line) for this event:

<event name="ROCK_SLUG_ARGUMENT" unique="true">  <!-- in slug and rock neutrals-->

Search thru game data files gives these results:

events_rock.xml

<event load="ROCK_SLUG_ARGUMENT"/> <!--DLC - newEvents-->

events_slug.xml

<event load="ROCK_SLUG_ARGUMENT_NEBULA"/> <!-- DLC - newEvents-->

newEvents.xml

has

<event name="ROCK_SLUG_ARGUMENT_NEBULA" unique="true">
	<text id="event_ROCK_SLUG_ARGUMENT_NEBULA_text"/>
	<choice>
		<text id="event_ROCK_SLUG_ARGUMENT_NEBULA_c1_choice"/>
		<event load="ROCK_SLUG_ARGUMENT"/>
	</choice>

So that event load line actually calls the "ROCK_SLUG_ARGUMENT" event, hence, these 2 are separate events or more like the slug nebula one is a slight variation of the "ROCK_SLUG_ARGUMENT", but still a separate one. I don't know for sure about this, so, if possible, clarify this to me.

The question: is it correct to leave Slug Controlled Nebula (and add Slug Home Nebula) in the 'locations' for the Slug and Rock standoff event - an edit was made by a random user and another comment as well?

@Mike Hopley, @TheDragonFire

I think we should use Discussions (https://ftl.fandom.com/f) feature instead of Talk pages - as in example of https://ftl.fandom.com/wiki/Talk:Lasers_(Weapon).

That way Wiki pages won't be cluttered with non-content info communications mixed with the actual data content.

Maybe incorporate this into one of the Rules and also disable Talk pages functionality (if that's even possible) all along?

There are instances when different phrases are used for the map reveal reward in some random events.

The most notable example of when these different phrases are used in the same exact event is - De-Activated Rebel Automated Scout. It has "the map is revealed" and "the map for the current sector is revealed" just separated by a few lines of other text.

Other events have it phrased "your map is revealed", "Your map for the current sector is revealed", "your sector map is revealed", "sector map is revealed". There are a total of 10 events.

Since there are plans to implement new, more consistent and clear, Rewards and Ship Damage templates, this reward could also be standartized.

What do you think? What phrase examples (patterns) you find most fitting?

This has been brought to mind by the recent edits on the Lasers page, but I've also thought about it before.

To what extent do we want the wiki pages to offer gameplay advice to players, as opposed to just factual information?

My view of our current approach is roughly: "prefer facts, keep advice to a minimum, and especially avoid cluttering factual sections with blocks of advice".

I think there are definitely some places where it is helpful. For example, the Flagship page has a lot of useful advice, and I think many players will benefit from it. One of the main reasons people might look up the Flagship content is "how TF do I beat this boss?"

What about the Lasers page, and similar pages listing items? We currently have brief tips on some items, giving an idea of how good or bad they are, maybe whether they are worth buying or should be sold immediately. Should we have this content?

We also have more extensive advice content on some other pages, such as system pages.

I've been inspired by @ThePlaybyPlay to open this Community post to discuss possible candidates for titles that should be modernised; that is, titles that should be moved because either the old one is unsatisfactory or a new one would bring benefits.

If you would like to propose a title be moved, reply to this post with the old and new titles as well as a rationale for moving.

Hi. New to the FTLW community. I think the Fandom I've been most active with prior to this was Dragon Age. I've been using the wiki primarily for Random Events, trying to make my runs as efficient as possible while unlocking ships and achievements. And it has been a struggle to find the correct event on the wiki. There is often little correlation between the page title and the event text, or the sector/faction it is related to. It has been quicker for me to do a Google search using the in-game text than it has to scroll through the category page that lists the events, even when I happen figure out which sector the event is attached to.

I know the sector categories for events is based off of data parsed from the game. I'm wondering why event page titles are similarly formatted. I believe most pages have a section of text at the bottom that lists the data file name. Why aren't these being used? I would like to suggest some sort of standardized naming convention that is user intuitive so the correct event is easier to identify if someone is scrolling through the category lists. Using the data file names could be a start. Another component to consider adding might be the primary sector/faction.

As an example, I set off a bomb on the wiki by changing Huge Rebel Shipyard to Rebel Flagship Construction. :) The original page title was based off of a three word phrase from the opening event text. That made it a bit more intuitive to find. The rename uses the data file title "FLAGSHIP_CONSTRUCTION" and adds the sector/faction "Rebel" as a prefix.

Another example that I think illustrates the frustrating lack of consistency in naming is the Merchant with Conspicuous Markings event. It's close to a phrase from the opening text, but contains significant differences, and refers to a merchant rather than a pirate ship. The data file is titled "PIRATE_SALESMAN", providing a page name convention that already includes the sector/factor.

As I mentioned to @TheDragonFire I am more than willing to implement a rename for the event pages if the community agrees on a solution to this issue. If you've read this far, thank you for your consideration.

Another example, which I think better illustrates the issue, and possible solution

Yes go hate on me in comments, whatever.

Slugs are hands down the greatest race ever. They have no weaknesses other than their helpfulness in boarding being sub par and that they don't synergize with each other very well. Their ability to see the surrounding rooms and their ability to see enemy life forms can remove the need for sensors. this is really great if you want to use things such as an anti bio beam or mind control. Slugs and Rock also make the best pilots in the game, one of the best uses of mind control is to disable the enemy pilot and drop their evasion. They are by far the most versatile race in the game, useful in almost every situation, they have a ton of great blue events. Even picking up just 1 will make your ship so much better.

I think the way that rewards are presented in events is a bit confusing. This came up on the FTL Discord in relation to the "high stuff" reward from Pirate Briber.

"You receive a high amount of resources and scrap" -- this statement is ambiguous. Is it high scrap? Is it a random amount of scrap?

In fact, it is high resources and low scrap (plus a 6% bonus item chance).

It is possible to understand this by following the link and reading about how "stuff" rewards work, but I think it's highly unintuitive.

I'd like to discuss what we think would be the best way to present the information. My current thought is this:

"You receive high resources and low scrap (high stuff reward)"

The part in brackets could be the same link that we currently have, going to the "stuff" section on the rewards page.

Here is what a standard medium scrap reward currently looks like:

"You receive a medium amount of scrap and resources" -- ambiguous, suggests medium resources. Could be replaced with:

"You receive medium scrap and low resources (medium standard reward)"

We could also discuss how to use bold text. My main concern is how easy it is to scan the important info, and therefore I favour the last option here:

"You receive medium scrap and low resources (medium standard reward)"

"You receive medium scrap and low resources (medium standard reward)"

"You receive medium scrap and low resources (medium standard reward)"

Obviously changing all of this would mean editing every single event page, so it's plenty of work. So before doing any of that, I want to get views from the community (I've asked on Discord as well).

However, it's also a task that could be carried out gradually over time. I don't think it matters if there is some formatting inconsistency between different events for a while.

One other thought: maybe we could use templates for this? So instead of typing it out, just have something like [standard-reward-high] (I can't remember the actual syntax). That would allow us to change our minds.

What is the smallest cruiser by number of tiles? (its confusing for me to count them)

I'm currently in the process of writing a brand new template for formatting ship damage (Template:ShipDamage).

With that, I would like to gauge opinions as to how we should format ship damage on this wiki.

• I think the template should emphasise the total amount of damage (i.e. the amount the game shows).

• I think our current system of listing systems individually is confusing without context. However, putting it into bulleted form would help to alleviate this.

Some testcases are stored on Template:ShipDamage/doc. My current format for the template is as follows:

Your ship takes 15 hull damage.

• 1 random room ignites.

• 1 random room is breached.

• Engines take 3 system damage.

Note the separation of hull and system damage. This should help to make the list less confusing to readers.

Pinging @Outryder and @Mike Hopley for opinions.

@TheDragonFire

Hello!

Notepad++ finds only 2 files for this event:

\data\dlcEvents_anaerobic.xml

and

\data\text_events.xml

(1.6.12 game version)

The file contents matches the page content.

P.S. Recently, I was somewhat 'forced' to play thru an Abandoned Sector (Sector 2) with Mantis B. Got a Lanius crew for a (rebel ship) crew kill, - also had hacking at that moment, - and there were no additional blue options to leave in this event for me - just those what Wiki and game file say. (I kinda wanted to fight, since their ships are weak in early sectors, and chose the 'Ask if they require assistance' option)

Game files, just in case:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lIJ9NUo8x4OuIvAmV7arkUkBLQXLU8Zd/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ek0Nm-cf3PbvVf8xBTU9NyTLCjpOSSOl/view?usp=sharing

At the moment, we're currently storing quite a few non-article pages in what is called mainspace; the namespace where articles are stored.

There are a few problems with this, however:

• They pollute Special:Random, meaning that readers who wanted to visit a random event may find themselves at a template page instead, which is a tad confused.

• They also may mess up statistics, adding pages that aren't actually articles to the number of articles we've written.

• It means that when we want to transclude them, we need a prefixing : in the template call {{:Crew rarity (table)}}, when that is not required in Template namespace.

• It means we need to disambiguate them with (table) in many cases, which may be dropped if in Template namespace.

I propose that I move all structural article pages to the Template: namespace. For example, Crew rarity (table) will become Template:Crew rarity. I'm willing to hear whether this is a good idea, and what the new titles should look like.

Pinging @Outryder and @Mike Hopley , our administrators of the wiki.

@Mike Hopley, @TheDragonFire

Hello and how are you doing!

Recently I made some changes to the main page. Notably, placed soundtrack album images with links and added the Welcome Wiki-Corner.

Fandom functionality allows incorporating music players from some services like Soundcloud, though Bandcamp is not supported (or I haven't found how to make it work). There is FTL music available from Soundcloud, but it is not from Ben Prunty's page, so not sure about adding from those other users.

If you know how to implement a better solution for music availability for the Wiki visitors, please do so. If you think the main page shouldn't be 'cluttered' with what it has now - regarding music, - then maybe images resize or another variant could work. Or revert my edit to return the main page to a previous state.

I also added the 'Welcoming Corner' as the Wiki community introduction. Feel free to edit and adjust it or make something up in this regard. Or, otherwise, revert the edit.

There is a To-Do List page: it is fairly empty, but can (and probably should) be implemented.

There should also be Guidelines and Rules for the Wiki, which effectively outline what is appropriate and what should be avoided. This could serve well in improving and, eventually, conserving the Wiki (limiting edits on most/many pages).

So let me know what you think about it. (we can have separate Discussions regarding any of these topics for convenience of communication)

Blog post https://ftl.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:ZeMan/Scary_Encounter_with_Slugs has categories

which automatically put it into Events pages.

Alas, there is no option to edit (that) user's blog to removed these Categories (by a regular user).

Perhaps, a privileged user/admin can clean this.

2 chain Vulcans. Nothing will stop you now.

It seems this wiki has no admin users. That makes it difficult (impossible?) to delete some pages that are entirely useless (like the old Flagship Strategies page), and to update pages that are locked (such as fixing a broken link on the home page).

Given the amount of work and improvement that I've put in, I'd suggest I should be one. But the main thing would be to at least have them, and know who they are. It would probably be best to have more than one.

I'm not sure how seriously this discussion area is used, but let's try having a conversation here about it. We could also talk about it on the FTL Discord.

Kind of a weird question, but it just popped into my head for no reason. Obviously you have to repair breaches before you can repair systems, but it there a way to breach the hull without damaging a system? Or perhaps install a system into a room with a breach?