Documenting Builds & Areas

Basics:

• Documentation should be primarily done as lists but feel free to break format!
• Builds are player creations, Areas are clusters of builds
• Builds:
  • World x, y, z; ex: "100, 200, 150"
  • The area it is in; ex: "In 2010-2011 - Alpha Prospect"
  • Who built it (could be many people); ex: "By folkhack"
  • Transportation network info; ex: "Rail line to 2010-2011 Alpha Spawn"
  • ...then the history!
• Areas:
  • Simply a list of links to builds
  • Optionally any history for the area that doesn't fit with a build

Linking to "Entities"

The wiki software we use calls pages that you can link to "entities" - ie: books or pages.

• Place your cursor where you want to add the link or select text that you would like to turn into a link
• Click the chain icon in the editor toolbar
• Click the up-arrow to the right of the URL field and search for the book or page you would like to link
• When selected it will fill in all of the fields for you (URL, etc)

Uploading Images:

• Use F1 to hide your UI if you're taking a screenshot!
• Use a reasonable landscape resolution - the upload limit is 10Mb but we'd like to cap images at 1-4Mb if possible
• Feel free to use shaders!
• Get creative =)
• Tips:
  • Use freecam for good angles
  • Use zoom to modify your FOV as you would with a camera lens: Tweakeroo zoom, Optifine zoom etc.
  • Try unique shots; here's some ideas:
    • Fully top-down
    • Showing how a build blends into it's environment
    • Composition, rule of 2/3rds, unique placement of subject