User talk:Mr Zurkon

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Hi, welcome to Mercs Wiki! Thanks for your edit to the Russian Mafia page. Please leave a message on my talk page if I can help with anything! -- patx

Badges
From looking at how you achieved your badges has me understand now "bandit" and "highwayman" finalizingly. I've been editing to not get lost in books alone, but to continue muscling up correctly instead of like a brute and to synch my heart with the Republic of which I yearn to keep straight.

A "bandit" move I see now is just editing your Profile Page.

A "highwayman" move is editing one page on the wiki exponentially. Accounting spaces and deletions as edits for example to just put in a single word. And then publish the page- to then return to the editing section and repeat.

I've been trying to be a ranger, to steadily make knight or mercenary. But I've probably been making champion.

Thanks for the welcome, I'll get the key to the wiki at your pace SpecialOperationsTrooper (talk) 20:03, May 27, 2019 (UTC)

Dear Mr Zurkon,Have you ever experienced the bug described on the UH-60 page? Please let me know if you have or have not.

(Atomic Centurion (talk) 14:09, May 30, 2019 (UTC)Atomic CenturionAtomic Centurion (talk) 14:09, May 30, 2019 (UTC))

Dear Mr Zurkon, Have you experienced any other glitches in mercenaries playground of destruction before? Please note any glitches you can specificly name what happens in the glitch if you have experienced it.

(~Atomic Centurion~)

Here are some notable glitches i have run into that are worth mentioning EX: Civilians will have the civilian symbol above them.
 * Officer glitch: When all in-game NPC's have the officer insignia above there head even if they are not in an officer uniform,and they don't class as an officer as you do not loose your disguise if you go near an "unoffical officer"

Mercenaries Speedrunningtion
If anybody is interested in Speedrunning mercenaries playground of destruction you can join our discord server here https://discord.gg/wJFETVe 19:06, October 14, 2019 (UTC)

Names
Hello, Mr. Zurkon! I'm a Venezuelan from the city of Maracaibo who wants to ask you if you could give me the permission to move some pages, such as the ones for Mérida and Cumaná, proper names in Spanish which must bear an accent mark. 04:57, July 27, 2020 (UTC)

Cross-game vehicle lists.
I wanted to ask before I did it, would it be alright to add to the Related Pages section vehicles of the same type from either game? For example the Sungri Scout, Iguana, Corales Scout, and Brigante (PS2) are all extremely similar in appearance and role. This is already done on some pages, the M1025 and Messenger are already linked to each other, as are the Iguana and Sungri Scout on the Brigante's page; but the Sungri Scout isn't linked on the Iguana's page. Mr. Someguy (talk) 03:21, 21 August 2021 (UTC)

Cargo Truck, Transport Truck, and Fuel Truck articles.
Hello again, I've got questions about some of the articles I've seen. The Cargo Truck and Transport Truck articles don't confine to the standards of the vehicle overhaul project, additionally they heavily overlap with each other with both articles covering the Cargo Truck (AN, CN, and NK), Transport Truck, and Fuel Truck; the only difference is one is a lot more wordy and is exclusive to the Ural Cargo Truck. The Fuel Truck article is covering the wrong vehicle entirely, the Fuel Truck in-game refers to the Chinese variant of the Cargo Truck with the fuel container, while a NK does technically exist it is simply a Ural Cargo Truck with a fuel container prop in the back and is referred to as Cargo Truck when driven. PS: Just found there is also an article for the Chinese Fuel Truck.

I was considering fixing these up when I have the time, but decided to ask about the best way to do so. Should each version (AN Cargo Truck, CN Cargo Truck, CN Fuel Truck, NK Cargo Truck, and NK Transport Truck) have it's own article? Should only vehicles referred to as Cargo Truck (AN, CN, and NK Cargo Trucks) share an article? Or should they all be under one article with appropriate redirects, and just categorized? Typically each vehicle has it's own article, but there might not be enough to say about each one individually, especially since the AN and CN Cargo Truck are identical (just different paintjobs and disguises) and the AN Cargo Truck appears once in the game.

As a side note I can supply high quality pictures of the vehicles if needed, but since I am using an emulator there is a render bug that causes a wireframe around the shadows, so I don't know if that would disqualify them. Mr. Someguy (talk) 20:45, 3 September 2021 (UTC)

In my opinion, there should be a page for each truck and for each factions, kinda like the north korean and the chinese mi-17s have different pages, but that's just me, i leave the choice to Mr.Zurkon. Also yes, the NK fuel truck doesn't exist, that info is wrong, it is just a cargo truck with a fuel tank above it. The chinese fuel truck is a real vehicle instead. Anyway, I would gladly help you with the truck pages since there's a lot to do. Dung Hwangbo (talk) 22:07, 3 September 2021 (UTC)

Yeah, this has been an issue I've been thinking about for a while. I think having separate pages for the faction's cargo trucks makes sense, similarly to the Mi-17 pages. Along with separate pages for unique variants such as the NK transport truck, which is common and distinct enough to have its own page. As for images, I'd suggest looking up some tutorials or seeing what other settings people are using to hopefully fix the wired shadows bug. I haven't encountered that personally but I do know what you're referring to. For me vehicle images are pretty good, the only issue with my emulator settings is the headlights don't work most of them time but I don't think it's too big of a deal.

Mr Zurkon (talk) 01:44, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

Alright, a page for each one it is then. I've already got images of the PLA Cargo and Fuel trucks, I switched to an alternate renderer which doesn't run as well and has it's own issue with headlights rendering through vehicles, but that's no issue for screenshots; and with some clever editing have even eliminated the crosshairs for a clear image! I'm not in a position right now to photograph the AN Cargo Truck, but there's an image of it on the Wikia already that isn't being used on the Cargo Truck page, but is on the page for the mission is appears in. I'm going to do the KPA "Fuel Truck" and Transport Truck next, and the regular Cargo Truck if that needs done. Then I'll figure out how to rewrite the articles, though I hadn't 'claimed' any yet so if someone else wants to take the lead on one go ahead. I'll see if I can get the images uploaded properly so they're ready for use. Mr. Someguy (talk) 04:01, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

Update: The first article (Cargo Truck (PLA)) is complete, I'm going to use it as a template for the NK and AN versions as well as the rework fo the Fuel Truck article which I am currently doing now and will likely be complete by the time this message is scene. As for the existing Cargo Truck article, I intend to use it for the North Korean version, since that is by-far the most common. Mr. Someguy (talk) 07:50, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

When creating faction specific pages, I think it's better to use the country's name, rather than the military abbreviation, like what we've done with the Mi-17 articles.

Mr Zurkon (talk) 07:56, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

Fair enough, I didn't know there was a standard way to do it. Since the Allied Nations are only a military, should I format it as Cargo Truck (AN), Cargo Truck (Allied Nations), or Cargo Truck (Allies)? Mr. Someguy (talk) 08:38, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

Update: the 2 north korean variants and the fuel truck pages are complete i think, i moved the Cargo Truck page to Cargo Truck (North Korea) and i fixed all the links, also there was a duplicate page of the chinese fuel truck for some reason so i changed it into a redirect to Fuel Truck. Only Cargo Truck (South Korea) and Cargo Truck (Allied Nations) are left to do, but i have no more time now so i'll leave that to you guys! Dung Hwangbo (talk) 21:58, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

Covert SMG pages
Do these weapons really needs two separate pages for each game? The Assault Rifle or Carbine pages are for both games, and there are many other examples. But there are also pages like the SMGs'. I also saw a lot of wrong links redirecting to the second one, but i'm waiting your instructions before editing.

Dung Hwangbo (talk) 13:20, 24 September 2021 (UTC)

Yeah it was more of a stop-gap fix due to there already being two pages with both game's information, but after looking at other weapon pages it's probably better to just have one page with info of both weapons if they're basically the same weapon.

Mr Zurkon (talk) 01:37, 25 September 2021 (UTC)

Ok, I understand. I'd say lets just leave the pages as they are now as a temporary solution and we'll fix them later.

Dung Hwangbo (talk) 12:23, 25 September 2021 (UTC)

Custom names for page actions
Go to a page on your watchlist and hover the cursor over the verticle ellipsis (⋮). Notice how the last item is 'Drop  's trail' with an extra space between the  and 's? Do you know what needs to be editted to change this? It's been bothering me. LêgêndFPŠ  talk edits  11:15, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

I honestly don't but I would love to know. For a while I've wanted to change a lot of those dop down options to make them more user friendly (most people probably won't think "injuries" means "history"). Those changes to the edit drop down were done by someone before I came here, but i can't remember who it was.

Mr Zurkon (talk) 07:57, 14 December 2021 (UTC)


 * I asked and received a response on the Fandom Discord server. The changes are made to certain MediaWiki pages. Example: MediaWiki:Unwatch for Drop 's trail. These pages can no longer be edited. I was suggested to ask staff as we don't have a wiki representative. --

Duplicate n of suit images
As I was going through the unused files, I noticed a bunch of unused Deck of 52 images of mine that I'm going to delete. But I also noticed duplicate images for the cards. For example, 5 of spades.jpg is used on Spades and Five of spades.png is used on Five of Spades. I wanted your opinion on which images should be deleted. Images like the 5 of spades.jpg have a smaller file size but are soft; images like Five of spades.png are sharper, but larger and the dithering is more pronounced. --

Yeah, the older images were taken while playing the game on PCSX2 in software mode, while the sharper ones (and most of the later images I've uploaded) were taken with hardware mode, hence being more sharp. However, like you said they're a bit too sharp and the dithering is really obvious. Honestly I'm not sure which I prefer, though I'm leaning more towards the sharper ones.

Mr Zurkon (talk) 14:57, 18 December 2021 (UTC)