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General John McGrew page

Why is there no page on General John McGrew? I feel like he's an essential character.

From platezombie

General John McGrew is actually one of the wanted pages - as in it is linked to multiple times but the page has not yet been created. Not much is known about the character, aside from his 3 statements, so I guess there's not a high priority to create the page. Anyone is welcome to make pages, so feel free to do so! Also, you can use four tildes ~~~~ to leave a timestamped signature!
-Thing II (talk) 15:42, 27 May 2021 (BST)

Thanks Platezombie (talk) 23:18, 27 May 2021 (BST)

Instructions/advice how to play the game in general information pages?

i.e. the following change: https://pzwiki.net/w/index.php?title=First_Aid&diff=0&oldid=63267 I don't think it's appropriate to have recommendations how to act ("do this, then do that"). It's a matter of opinion whether an action makes sense or not based upon game mechanics, which should be explained. I would rather rework this and remove the workflow concept completely and just explain different wound types similar to the Items sections.

I think the dev's are being scummy with previous versions.

Just before they announced the removal of all previous versions of the game (which is like being kicked in the face for liking b40 and its different aesthetic.) Upon a play through on b40 I noticed it has artificially generated lag, its as if the Dev's are intentionally trying to boot people off of b40.

Ill have a further look into the weird oscillating type lag that occurs with combat animations and walking in previous versions of b40. F the devs for not appreciating people who just want the original game. NiskelisPhilli (talk) 01:06, 14 May 2022 (BST)

UPDATE: after fiddling around in debug mode it seems very dependent on zombie pop, noise generation causing zeds to move, and it affects melee swings heavily.

The community portal on the wiki is not the right place to complain about dev actions. Recommend posting on the forums https://theindiestone.com Kirrus (talk) 14:42, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

Does mediawiki have a visual editor like Wikipedia does?

The current editor is hard for me to use because I don’t know how to use all the little symbols and stuff. It all just looks like jumbled code to me and it’s difficult for me to read User:Svelk929

There are visual editors available to MediaWiki, but currently PZwiki doesn't have one, but it may be added in the future, however there's no ETA, you have to keep eye on it or use the text editor till then. —Faalagorn/ 21:59, 1 July 2023 (BST)

Adding Trauma Bag

I recently came across a Trauma Bag that's not listed here. I didn't see it in the variation of the Duffel Bag either but it has different stats as well. I found it in the back on an ambulance.

Trauma Bag.png
  • Encumbrance: 1.0
  • Capacity: 23
  • Encumbrance Reduction: 65

Items it came with:

  • Surgical Gloves
  • Suture Needle Holder
  • Tweezers


Katsuxmusubi85 (talk) 23:16, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

Late reply, but yeah, these are relatively new and not yet on the wiki, these (and some other items) are listed in PZwiki:Item list, but if anyone wants, they are free to add them early! —Faalagorn/ 22:00, 1 July 2023 (BST)

bad link

Hi, I noticed by chance that the Help:Contents/no page was probably not in the right place, I think the Help:Editing for beginners section would be more suitable. I don't really know how to modify this so I'll let you see it on your side. Tatoz_53 (talk) 12:59, 7 June 2023 (BST)

Good catch, thanks! I just moved the page :) —Faalagorn/ 21:28, 7 June 2023 (BST)

Permission to use your "icons"

I wanted to know if they give me permission to use their icons and others from the main page in the English version and use them in the Spanish version? Thanks in advance User:Texaliuz

Hey! Not sure which icons you mean, but all icons uploaded to the wiki are free to use elsewhere on any of its pages! —Faalagorn/ 21:56, 1 July 2023 (BST)

Correct Step 4 of the Carpentry Wiki Page

The Step 4: Level up section in the Carpentry wiki page makes no reference to using VHS tapes or Life and Living TV to gain experience for the Carpentry skill, which may be slightly misleading.

Thanks, CCTV4569 (talk) 20:02, 1 July 2023 (BST)

I added it now, thanks! It was probably like that since before the addition of those :). If you spot any such inconsistencies though, feel free to straight fix it! —Faalagorn/ 21:54, 1 July 2023 (BST)

Carrot seeds page lists information for Cabbage seeds

From GwTWoD

The page for carrot seeds has multiple instances where it uses cabbage seeds instead of carrot seeds. It also has a few links to "cabbage seeds" that just send you to the same page.

-GwtWoD 10:21(8 Sept 2023)(PST)

Thanks for noticing thanks! The IDs were probably copy pasted, so I changed that tot the right ones. :) —Faalagorn/ 08:05, 9 September 2023 (BST)