Mithrandir
07-23-2002, 23:24
Welcome to The Org, the number one fansite for both Shogun Total war&expansion pack as well as Medieval Total war.
before posting here, please read and follow the Forum Guidelines (http://www.totalwar.org/cgi-bin/ubb/Ultimate.cgi?action=agree).
In this post we'll explain some basic stuff.
A little Faq one might say.
Table of contents :
1. Abreviations
-Shogun related abbreviations
-Game abbreviations
-Commonly used online (forum) abbreviations
-Forum abbreviations
2. FAQ
1.Abbreviations :
What's all this weird talk from you ?
What does YS mean ?
here's the list :
Shogun related abbreviations
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Units
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Japanese Units :
YA =Yari Ashigiru
YS =Yari Samurai
SA =Samurai Archers
ND =No Dachi
WM =Warrior Monk
BN =Battlefield Ninja
Nag =Naganita
Musk =Musketeers
Arbusq.=Arbusqueteers
CA =Cavelry Archers
YC =Yari Cavelry
NC =Naganita cavelry men
HC =Heavy Cavelry
[/list]
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Mongol Units
MHC =Mongol Heavy Cavelry
[/list](these arent used much (or not at all http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/wink.gif) :
MLC =Mongol Light cavelry
KG =Korean Guradsmen
KS =Korean Spearmen
TB =Thunder Bombers
[/list]*note : spearchuckers, javelinmen,javelinthrowers, cool guys all refer to Skirmishers http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/wink.gif.
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Game abbreviations :
GG =Good Game (read :"Thanks for playing")
GL =Good Luck (just a nice thing to say at the start of a battle)
HF =Have Fun (or happy fragging, both said at the start of a battle).
BRB =Be Right Back[/list]
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Commonly used online (forum) abbreviations
LOL =Laughing Out Loud (very funny!)
ROFL =Roll On The Floor Laughing (even more funny!)
ROFLMA =Roll On The Floor Laughing my *ss off (even more funny!)
k =ok
Thx =Thanks
FYI =For Your Information
FAQ =Frequently Asked Questions
IMO =In My Opinion
IMHO =In My Humble Opinion
[/list]
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Forum abbreviations :
MTW =Medieval Total War
STW =Shogun Total War
STW WE =Shogun Total War Warlord Edition
MI =Mongol invasions
GD =General Discussion
OT =Off Topic
[/list]
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2.Shogun Total War FAQ
Here's a list of the questions which are asked most by newcomers :
Question :
How Do I retrain units?
Answer :Place the unit you wish to retrain in a province where there are also the facilities to train new units of the same kind.Click the unit you wish to retrain and then open the training screen (by pressing the little Icon in the lower left corner) and then while it's open, click and drag the unit you want to retrain into the training que (I'll post a picture soon).
So if you want to retrain a unit of Yari Samurai, you can only do so in a province where there's a spear dojo.However, if you only want to retrain the unit to get upgrades available in the province, any training facility will do.
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Question :
What's the use of retraining?
Retraining restores the selected unit to it's full amount of men again, it also provides the unit with all the upgrades available in the region. So if you have a unit of warrior monks with just 45 men and no upgrades ,and you retrain it in a province where there's an armoury and a swordswith (and a Temple), you'd get a unit of 60 monks, with a weapon and armour upgrade of +1 in return.
---
Question :
I try to play online but all I get is the message "logging on" or "Failed to connect", what's wrong ?
Answer : To bad, when you get that message, the server is down, the only thing you can do is wait.
---
Question :
Why do some people have other pictures than other people in front of their names?
Answer:The picture in front of your name is determined by the number of posts you make.
The more posts you have the higher your rank gets. http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/icons/icon1.gif It doesnt say anything about the quality of the posts or of the human being posting them though (to avoid another discussion http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/wink.gif).
---
Question :
What are all the ranks available?
Answer:Here's a picture to show you :
http://www.totalwar.org/images/icons.gif .
---
Question :
How do you post pictures in your posts?
Answer:To post pictures you have to use UBB Code (http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/ubbcode.html)
The code is [ img ] (remove the spaces before the i and after the g).and then type the URL of the picture (the location of the picture).If you see a funny picture (no offensive material ofcourse), you can right click it and go to properties to see the url, when you've typed the url (or copied and pasted it) you must close the tag again to make the picture work, you do this by typing [ /img ] ,and again ,remove the spaces before the / and after the g.
---
Question :
Where can I host pictures ?
Answer:Certain hosts wont allow remote hosting (letting pictures be seen on other sites then the ones they're hosting). I have very good experiences with Netfirms (http://www.netfirms.com).
Sign up and you'll get an email explaining everything. You'll need an FTP programm( a programm which allows you to send files) and I recommend FreeFTP (http://www.freeftp.com).
---
Question :
I want to play online but there are a few people who call me names and make fun off me, should I leave?
Answer: NO!
instead you can ignore them Do this by clicking the name of the person you want to ignore, and type : "#ignore" without the " ".Or you can just join another game.Do not leave because there are some pathetic individuals who make fun of you...Instead try to find out who are nice (a lot of people) and remember their names so you can play them again later.
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Missed something or did you see an error ?
please post below and I'll edit my post.
PLEASE KEEP THIS POST ON-TOPIC
this post is meant to help the newcomers, please only post messages which have a question, or something else to do with the subject of this post.
More will be added in time.
If you're new and you've got something to ask, feel free to do so, but always show respect for the fellow board members.Most people are willing to help, and dont be offended if some people joke around a bit, since that's how things are done here.
Edit: edited out some UBB errors
Edit: added the #ignore command and the abbreviations STW WE& MI.
Edit: Added the abbreviations IMO and IMHO
Note, please ignore or report repetetive spelling errors.
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Mithrandir Poster of usefull information and entertaining posts (http://www.montypython.net/cgi-bin/dl2/full.cgi?spamsong.wav)
-Patcher of the Board.
-Reuniter of patrons.
-Firefighter
[This message has been edited by Mithrandir (edited 07-23-2002).]
[This message has been edited by Mithrandir (edited 07-23-2002).]
[This message has been edited by Mithrandir (edited 07-23-2002).]
before posting here, please read and follow the Forum Guidelines (http://www.totalwar.org/cgi-bin/ubb/Ultimate.cgi?action=agree).
In this post we'll explain some basic stuff.
A little Faq one might say.
Table of contents :
1. Abreviations
-Shogun related abbreviations
-Game abbreviations
-Commonly used online (forum) abbreviations
-Forum abbreviations
2. FAQ
1.Abbreviations :
What's all this weird talk from you ?
What does YS mean ?
here's the list :
Shogun related abbreviations
-----------------------------
Units
-----------------------------
Japanese Units :
YA =Yari Ashigiru
YS =Yari Samurai
SA =Samurai Archers
ND =No Dachi
WM =Warrior Monk
BN =Battlefield Ninja
Nag =Naganita
Musk =Musketeers
Arbusq.=Arbusqueteers
CA =Cavelry Archers
YC =Yari Cavelry
NC =Naganita cavelry men
HC =Heavy Cavelry
[/list]
------------------------------
Mongol Units
MHC =Mongol Heavy Cavelry
[/list](these arent used much (or not at all http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/wink.gif) :
MLC =Mongol Light cavelry
KG =Korean Guradsmen
KS =Korean Spearmen
TB =Thunder Bombers
[/list]*note : spearchuckers, javelinmen,javelinthrowers, cool guys all refer to Skirmishers http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/wink.gif.
-------------------------------
Game abbreviations :
GG =Good Game (read :"Thanks for playing")
GL =Good Luck (just a nice thing to say at the start of a battle)
HF =Have Fun (or happy fragging, both said at the start of a battle).
BRB =Be Right Back[/list]
------------------------------
Commonly used online (forum) abbreviations
LOL =Laughing Out Loud (very funny!)
ROFL =Roll On The Floor Laughing (even more funny!)
ROFLMA =Roll On The Floor Laughing my *ss off (even more funny!)
k =ok
Thx =Thanks
FYI =For Your Information
FAQ =Frequently Asked Questions
IMO =In My Opinion
IMHO =In My Humble Opinion
[/list]
------------------------------
Forum abbreviations :
MTW =Medieval Total War
STW =Shogun Total War
STW WE =Shogun Total War Warlord Edition
MI =Mongol invasions
GD =General Discussion
OT =Off Topic
[/list]
------------------------------
==============================
------------------------------
2.Shogun Total War FAQ
Here's a list of the questions which are asked most by newcomers :
Question :
How Do I retrain units?
Answer :Place the unit you wish to retrain in a province where there are also the facilities to train new units of the same kind.Click the unit you wish to retrain and then open the training screen (by pressing the little Icon in the lower left corner) and then while it's open, click and drag the unit you want to retrain into the training que (I'll post a picture soon).
So if you want to retrain a unit of Yari Samurai, you can only do so in a province where there's a spear dojo.However, if you only want to retrain the unit to get upgrades available in the province, any training facility will do.
---
Question :
What's the use of retraining?
Retraining restores the selected unit to it's full amount of men again, it also provides the unit with all the upgrades available in the region. So if you have a unit of warrior monks with just 45 men and no upgrades ,and you retrain it in a province where there's an armoury and a swordswith (and a Temple), you'd get a unit of 60 monks, with a weapon and armour upgrade of +1 in return.
---
Question :
I try to play online but all I get is the message "logging on" or "Failed to connect", what's wrong ?
Answer : To bad, when you get that message, the server is down, the only thing you can do is wait.
---
Question :
Why do some people have other pictures than other people in front of their names?
Answer:The picture in front of your name is determined by the number of posts you make.
The more posts you have the higher your rank gets. http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/icons/icon1.gif It doesnt say anything about the quality of the posts or of the human being posting them though (to avoid another discussion http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/wink.gif).
---
Question :
What are all the ranks available?
Answer:Here's a picture to show you :
http://www.totalwar.org/images/icons.gif .
---
Question :
How do you post pictures in your posts?
Answer:To post pictures you have to use UBB Code (http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/ubbcode.html)
The code is [ img ] (remove the spaces before the i and after the g).and then type the URL of the picture (the location of the picture).If you see a funny picture (no offensive material ofcourse), you can right click it and go to properties to see the url, when you've typed the url (or copied and pasted it) you must close the tag again to make the picture work, you do this by typing [ /img ] ,and again ,remove the spaces before the / and after the g.
---
Question :
Where can I host pictures ?
Answer:Certain hosts wont allow remote hosting (letting pictures be seen on other sites then the ones they're hosting). I have very good experiences with Netfirms (http://www.netfirms.com).
Sign up and you'll get an email explaining everything. You'll need an FTP programm( a programm which allows you to send files) and I recommend FreeFTP (http://www.freeftp.com).
---
Question :
I want to play online but there are a few people who call me names and make fun off me, should I leave?
Answer: NO!
instead you can ignore them Do this by clicking the name of the person you want to ignore, and type : "#ignore" without the " ".Or you can just join another game.Do not leave because there are some pathetic individuals who make fun of you...Instead try to find out who are nice (a lot of people) and remember their names so you can play them again later.
-------------------------------------------
===========================================
-------------------------------------------
Missed something or did you see an error ?
please post below and I'll edit my post.
PLEASE KEEP THIS POST ON-TOPIC
this post is meant to help the newcomers, please only post messages which have a question, or something else to do with the subject of this post.
More will be added in time.
If you're new and you've got something to ask, feel free to do so, but always show respect for the fellow board members.Most people are willing to help, and dont be offended if some people joke around a bit, since that's how things are done here.
Edit: edited out some UBB errors
Edit: added the #ignore command and the abbreviations STW WE& MI.
Edit: Added the abbreviations IMO and IMHO
Note, please ignore or report repetetive spelling errors.
------------------
Just aded another post http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/biggrin.gif
Mithrandir Poster of usefull information and entertaining posts (http://www.montypython.net/cgi-bin/dl2/full.cgi?spamsong.wav)
-Patcher of the Board.
-Reuniter of patrons.
-Firefighter
[This message has been edited by Mithrandir (edited 07-23-2002).]
[This message has been edited by Mithrandir (edited 07-23-2002).]
[This message has been edited by Mithrandir (edited 07-23-2002).]