Wurmpedia - User contributions [en]

Tile

2006-05-15T17:17:34Z

EgalsTest: Added links

The squares on the ground, pretty much what the world of Wurm is made of.

Can be [[rock]], [[grass]], [[water]], [[sand]], [[dirt]], [[packed dirt]], [[paved]], [[mycelium]] and [[clay]] tiles.<br/>

Refer to [[:Category:Tile Types]]
[[Category:Misc]]

Livestock

2006-05-15T16:44:56Z

EgalsTest: Added link to Animals

[[Animals]].
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Moderator

2006-05-15T16:43:21Z

EgalsTest: Added links

=== A Chat moderator is a person who can mute you for the following reasons: ===

*Talk about drugs.

*Swear excessively.

*Discuss R rated themes, please keep chat PG*13.

*Use racial slurs.

*If you say something that is offensive to a large group of people and are asked to shut up, please do.

==== <ins>Procedure for mutes:</ins> ====
*You the player have said something from the list above.

*Moderator tells you that is unacceptable. ([[Devs and GMs|GMs]] can skip this step if they feel the need)

*You continue;

*Mute, length of mute determined by moderator.

==== <ins>Things they may not do:</ins> ====

*Vendetta mutes. They don't like you, so they mute you.

*Mutes for things they find personally offensive. (eg wintersolstice doesn't like the word armhair so he mutes you)

*Casual muting (just for the hell of it)

*Mute a GM, or attempt to, or even think about it.

*Mute you because you PKd them and they are angry.

*Mute you because of something you said in local.

*Mute you because you insulted them (eg. "lex is a big poopy head)([[Devs and GMs|GMs]] can mute you for this however)(rule does not apply if insult involved something listed above in things not to talk about)

*Mute you permanently, [[Devs and GMs|GMs]] alone reserve the right to mute for more than 24 hours, I'd ask them to refer any cases where they feel an extended mute is needed to a GM.

''Note: mutes are now timed, so it's ok to log out if you've been muted.''

See also [[Devs and GMs|Developers and Game Masters]]

Mayor

2006-05-15T16:34:14Z

EgalsTest: Added links to village and homestead

The chosen leader of a [[village]] or founder of a [[homestead]].
[[Category:Misc]]

Homestead

2006-05-15T16:33:49Z

EgalsTest: Redirect to Homestead deeds

#REDIRECT [[Homestead deeds]]

Lump

2006-05-15T16:30:44Z

EgalsTest: Added links.

==Description==

The melted form of a metal resource usually made by melting the [[Ore]] form, but in the case of [[metallurgy]] resources the combined form of two materials.

[[Category:Resources]][[Category:Metallurgy Items]]

Fence

2006-05-15T16:08:12Z

EgalsTest: Redirect to Wooden Fence

#REDIRECT [[Wooden Fence]]

Combine

2006-05-15T16:01:48Z

EgalsTest: Added links

Some things can be combined to gain more mass, for example [[Wood scrap]], [[Iron Lump]]s, [[Rye]], and others.

To [[Combine]]: Activate the first item (double click when it's in your inventory), then right click the second (identical) item and select [[Combine]].

You can also combine more than two items at once. For this to work, activate the last item in a pile of identical things, then right click the first entry (the one with a -/+ sign) and select combine.

Copper Scrap

2006-05-15T16:00:38Z

EgalsTest: Added link to Copper

The fault of making a [[copper]] item.
[[category:items]]

Climbing

2006-05-15T15:59:43Z

EgalsTest: Added link to stamina

Climbing is the skill of climbing slopes that are too steep for you to walk normally. Climbing is activated by the button in the bottom of your screen, but beware - some slopes are just too steep and once you've low stamina you'll stop climbing - possibly falling to your death. Climbing consumes much more [[stamina]] than walking.

Your skill at climbing will increase the more you climb, and the better you are, the longer and steeper slopes you can climb.

[[Category:Skills]]

Baking

2006-05-15T15:56:51Z

EgalsTest: Added link to bread

This skill is used to make [[bread]].

[[Category:Skills]]

Client Configuration

2006-05-15T15:56:07Z

EgalsTest: Added some links

==Introduction==

This page will explain the configuration options available in the Wurm Client login screen. Ideally the screenshots should be annotated; let me (Egal) know if you have some suitably annotaed screenshots and I can upload them.

Click on the Options button on the Wurm Client Login screen to display the configuration options screens. Thanks to Taiho for the performance recomendations.

==Game Tab==
[[Image:WurmClient-Options-Game-Tab.png|right]]
[[Image:WurmClient-Options-Resolution-Picker.png|right]]
;Resolution
: Choose from the resolutions that are supported by your graphics card, which may include: 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x960. A setting of 800x600 is best for performance, most newer graphics cards have that as the optimal resolution, setting to 640x480 will sometimes decrese performance. Wurm looks much better at higher resolutions so compare the performance at different settings.
;Fullscreen
:Play Wurm in a window or use all of the screen. Windowed and Fullscreen does not have much difference, fullscreen yields alittle more performance, not really noticable unless on an old computer; this may depend on your graphics card.
;Bob viewport when walking
:Checked tickbox means that camera will bob up and down to simulate walking. This has been said to annoy you as you cannot click objects while walking at the cost of performance, nothing good coming from it, turn it OFF.
;Outline hovered objects
:Make the ouline of objects under the cursor glow. Outline hovered objects: Minimal, if any negative effect on performance, have it on so you will have it easier to see what you are actually having under your mouse (sometimes you actually don't know without reading the text). Have it ON.
;Censor bad language
:Will censor bad language in a chat message. Turn it OFF unless you are really sensitive to swearing. No effect on performance.
;Timestamps in chat
:Checked tickbox means that any chat windows will have the time printed next to a message. Turn it ON, it helps keep track of when someone said something in the chat window. Minimal or no effect on performance.
;Loglevel
:set to Console only unless you want to log what people say, then choose the apropriate option to what you need. Setting to Everything will have effect on performance because there are more writes to the harddrive.

==Graphics Tab==
[[Image:WurmClient-Options-Graphics-Tab.png|right]]
;Terrain Polygon Count
:Choose from Low, Medium, High, or Extreme. Set to Low. This has some effect on performance and affects the quality. More means more detailed landscape far away from you. If you appreciate a good view then use overkill unless your computer can't handle it.
;Water reflection
:Choose from None, "Sky only", "Sky and terrain", "Sky, terrain, and trees", "Almost everything". Have set to NONE unless you have a semi-old card (FX5600 or better atleast) and a good CPU (AMD athlon 2000+, 2GHZ P4). It has a great effect on performance, turning it on will use alot, but with a good comp it only gives a small drop in performance and it does make the water look nice.
;Tile Decoration
:Choose from None, Sparse, Normal, Dense, or Extreme. Have this set to NONE. It makes it much prettier, but you also have a harder time finding anything on the ground, unless it is on/in Dirt, road, water, rock or sand. Large performance drop if used.
;Trees
:Choose from Singles, Sparse, Normal, Dense, or Extreme. The amount of trees you can see. Have set to Single to have best performance and ability to see stuff farther away in a forest ;) But Sparse or Normal are optimal for quality versus performance. Only use the better options if using a good computer.
;Cave Detail
:Choose from Very Low, Low, Normal, High. Set to normal, the difference in performance from Low to Normal is minimal, and in a Cave you don't need great performance mostly. Even set to the highest does not drop your performance too much.
;Pretty trees (models near player)
:Have it ON unless it really makes the game unplayable. Performance versus Quality is worth it here.
;Render Distant Terrain
:Have ON unless it really makes the game unplayable. Great effect on performance, but good for spotting things early (like enemies).
;Render tile transition
:ON is prettier but it isn't essential as it only makes the Tile Border between tiles blend between the tiles. Turn it OFF to increase performance slightly.
;Fullscreen glow/haze
:Set to OFF. Very pretty, makes the game look great, but has a large effect on performance. Makes the game look...well, more lifelike, look at the sun and you will not see much :P
;Pretty weather
:Have OFF. Performance will drop a great deal when it starts to rain, but on will make weather look nicer, but weather is really nice anyway so it´s up to you.
==Sound Tab==

[[Image:WurmClient-Options-Sound-Tab.png|right|]]
;Sound Engine
:Choose from None (silent) and Software. This will cause sounds to be played for certain actions. The base.jar includes only sounds for walking and water but there are some custom sound packs available and the number of sounds is continually being increased. Your own preferance. ON and you will hear when someone is walking near, water running and alot of other noises.

==Advanced Tab==
[[Image:WurmClient-Options-Advanced-Tab.png|right]]
;Use Large Textures
:looks nicer but takes more video ram if enabled. Turn it OFF for a performance gain, but on if you want it prettier. If you have a lot of videoram use it! The gain in quality is great.
;Use PBuffers
:Use OpenGL (http://www.opengl.org/) hardware pixel buffers (http://oss.sgi.com/projects/ogl-sample/registry/ARB/wgl_pbuffer.txt) when rendering the display. Using PBuffers should give better performance as there is less data to be transferred between the CPU and graphics card. However, some graphics cards implement PBuffers in such a way that Wurm can crash. If this happens try disabling PBuffer support. Look in your console.log and check the "PBuffer support" and "PBuffer inited" lines. Refer to [[Client Log Messages]] for details of other console.log messages.
;Terrain bumpmapping
:Gives the [[:Category:Terrain|terrain tiles]] a slight 3D look. Compare the performance with this turned ON and OFF! The performance drop may be so large that it may not be worth it for you.
;Use occlusion culling
:Will give a performance boost on some computers, mainly if you're inside buildings or behind larger objects. It spares the rendering of objects you can't see. On computers where it doesn't work, turn it OFF for a small performance gain.
;Use GLSL shaders if available
:With newer graphics card that supports it, this will make waves on water and make it look much more real and nice. If this gives you problems or you have a very slow computer, turn it off for a small performance gain.
;Fast Yield
:If turned on you can get a performance gain, but you can also have trouble writing and moving your mouse in-game, if no keyboard or mouse lag, have it on.

[[Category:Technical Details]]