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It's funny to see familiar names mentioned in the recent addition by Siegemaster, but I agree with it's removal. Quietmartialartist ( talk) 18:19, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
I was looking up Vienna when I came across some useful information on combining pictures into the same "box."
I'm not happy with the way it would look though, compared to the current layout. Does anyone know how to combine the two pictures and keep it on the right as it is currently? Quietmartialartist ( talk) 03:33, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
It would seem I've included the current community that still plays JKA, all die-hards, and the more immature people seem to have taken to vandalizing the page. Is there anyway we can get this locked so that unregistered users cannot make edits?
As for the multi-player screenshot, sorry Diamondback, but the previous image displayed more game play elements and did not included modifications to the original game; i.e. Ninja model or whatever that is you're using. Quietmartialartist ( talk) 14:39, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
What happened?? When I added the multi-player screenshot back in November, the page was looking great. Now it would seem it's been vandalized so many times that all quality has diminished. When I search back through page history it's like I can't find how it once was. Someone must have edited a page in the page's history. Where have you been, Una Laguna? Quietmartialartist ( talk) 14:55, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
Diamondback, please refrain from reverting the current multi-player picture. As I have already mentioned, the current image displays more game play elements and does not included modifications to the original game; i.e. the skin you're using. Furthermore, the current image has English text. If you would like to post a JKA multi-player screenshot with Polish, please do so on the Polish JKA page. Quietmartialartist ( talk) 14:17, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
This material is unsubstantiated gameguide trivia. I am deleting it, but it's in the history if anyone can find third-party sources to substantiate the claims. -- EEMIV ( talk) 00:36, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
I just thought I'd preview this before making the edit to get some feedback. I think a lot of the features included in "Changes from Jedi Outcast to Jedi Academy" are, at least, potentially encyclopedic bits of information that should be included. Maybe not in the previous format, but the two new weapons (DL-44 Blaster Pistol and Stouker Concussion Rifle) should be mentioned, perhaps along with all of the other available weapons. The species you can choose from should be included and not worded in such a way that it sounds as if you can actually choose your species and gender, because, quite frankly, I was crushed when I found out I couldn't have a male Zabrak as my character. A description of force powers and a list of saber colors would be a nice addition as well.
How would I go about using the "sandbox" like you're doing, Una?
Single player
The player initially chooses the character's species, which can be any of the following:
Human (male or female),
Kel Dor (male),
Rodian (male),
Twi'lek (female), or
Zabrak (female). Numerous lightsaber hilts with five different colors are available to choose from: Blue, Green, Purple, Orange, Yellow and later on one of the three available fighting styles (fast, or strong with medium being your default style from the beginning). New Force powers in single player include Force Absorb (protects you from the force or otherwise weakens harmful effects), Force Protect (weakens the harmful effects of gunfire and explosions), Force Sense (allows the player to see enemies through walls), Force Drain (transfers health from an enemy to the player), and Force Rage (makes the player faster and temporarily invulnerable at the expense of force power and drainage of health points). The game also introduces player-controllable vehicles and vehicle-based levels. As players progress, they will be allowed the option of continuing to use a single saber with all three styles or opting for duel sabers, one in each hand, or a "staff" styled saber with a blade on each end of the hilt, identical to
Darth Maul's.
Instead of moving linearly from one level to the next, the player chooses from a selection of different missions. Not all missions need to be completed to finish the game. Quietmartialartist ( talk) 03:08, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
Or we could simply make it easy for the reader and include the information here... And before you start quoting Wiki-policies (not-game guide, etc), let's take a look at a random popular game I thought to look up: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_Effect
Examine the depth of detail it goes into. Substitute Force Powers for "Tech Abilities", and then compare those, weapons and character classes with what we've got on this article. A lot more detail and information than the six, give or take, available options I'm suggesting including. That article, may I point out, is rated B class. A notch above this one, so let's go by example, shall we? Quietmartialartist ( talk) 13:36, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
It's better to have too much information than too little, yes? That way it can be slimmed down. As it is, I'm just trying to think of important info to add to the article. Quietmartialartist ( talk) 01:24, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
Great works on these sections, guys. The article is looking much better. Quietmartialartist ( talk) 17:14, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
Should another slot be added so that the very eager Diamondback may have have a screenshot of his own in said section? Quietmartialartist ( talk) 19:32, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
The present lede suggests that That game added third-person viewing to the Quake III engine, but this was in the original engine. Quake III's intro-demo shows in-game footage from a third person perspective. This can be enabled by setting the variable cg_thirdPerson [1].
Ansbaradigeidfran ( talk) 19:54, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
I've recently cleaned up the Single player, Plot and Multiplayer sections and added a bunch more citations. I think we're getting closer to GA quality and we just need a push to get it there. Are there any omissions or details that deserve to be covered in more detail? Any sentences that stand out as wrong or awkward? Anything that still needs a source? Bill ( talk| contribs) 14:40, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
I removed a section about Movie Battles from the gameplay section (forgot to log in) This page is about Jedi Academy, mods and add ins can have their own pages. Lets not go back to the old page that had tens of mods listed under there.
There is a snowball effect here to watch out for: Who decides what "mod" can be added and what mod can't? If mod x can be included, why not map x? Model x?
And certainly not least, there is a high degree of immaturity among the Jedi Academy community, and placing mods in this page is a lightning rod for vandalism.
If there must be a section for third party entries, it should be a single section with no text that links to other wiki pages. Each modification has too many sides to be mentioned effectively in a small paragraph anyway, and will at least move a prime vandal target to a separate area that can be locked as needed.
I searched through the revision history and although the earlier "wall of mods" entries were lost, I see that there was a mod link section at one point. Any particular reason this was removed to return to the paragraph per mod?
Disclosure: This is my first "important" wiki update. I am a developer of a JKA game mod. My mod was added by another user, and constantly vandalised. Shortly after one of my repairs, all mod sections were removed citing reasons similar to what I have posted. I agreed with the removal.
RoboPhred (
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23:07, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
This page really needs to mention the modifications that are available. For many the game doesn't start until they have modded the hell out of it. As no one seems to be able to decide how to talk about mods then how about this. Write about the different ways that the game can be modified. Have another page that has a list of the post popular mods. Sorted! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.67.56.237 ( talk) 18:08, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
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It seems really extensive, at least in relation to other game, movie, TV, etc., articles. I feel bad asking if someone's hard work is to be edited down, but it doesn't seem in line with Wikipedia. Charlesmartin82 ( talk) 08:12, 30 March 2020 (UTC)
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It's funny to see familiar names mentioned in the recent addition by Siegemaster, but I agree with it's removal. Quietmartialartist ( talk) 18:19, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
I was looking up Vienna when I came across some useful information on combining pictures into the same "box."
I'm not happy with the way it would look though, compared to the current layout. Does anyone know how to combine the two pictures and keep it on the right as it is currently? Quietmartialartist ( talk) 03:33, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
It would seem I've included the current community that still plays JKA, all die-hards, and the more immature people seem to have taken to vandalizing the page. Is there anyway we can get this locked so that unregistered users cannot make edits?
As for the multi-player screenshot, sorry Diamondback, but the previous image displayed more game play elements and did not included modifications to the original game; i.e. Ninja model or whatever that is you're using. Quietmartialartist ( talk) 14:39, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
What happened?? When I added the multi-player screenshot back in November, the page was looking great. Now it would seem it's been vandalized so many times that all quality has diminished. When I search back through page history it's like I can't find how it once was. Someone must have edited a page in the page's history. Where have you been, Una Laguna? Quietmartialartist ( talk) 14:55, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
Diamondback, please refrain from reverting the current multi-player picture. As I have already mentioned, the current image displays more game play elements and does not included modifications to the original game; i.e. the skin you're using. Furthermore, the current image has English text. If you would like to post a JKA multi-player screenshot with Polish, please do so on the Polish JKA page. Quietmartialartist ( talk) 14:17, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
This material is unsubstantiated gameguide trivia. I am deleting it, but it's in the history if anyone can find third-party sources to substantiate the claims. -- EEMIV ( talk) 00:36, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
I just thought I'd preview this before making the edit to get some feedback. I think a lot of the features included in "Changes from Jedi Outcast to Jedi Academy" are, at least, potentially encyclopedic bits of information that should be included. Maybe not in the previous format, but the two new weapons (DL-44 Blaster Pistol and Stouker Concussion Rifle) should be mentioned, perhaps along with all of the other available weapons. The species you can choose from should be included and not worded in such a way that it sounds as if you can actually choose your species and gender, because, quite frankly, I was crushed when I found out I couldn't have a male Zabrak as my character. A description of force powers and a list of saber colors would be a nice addition as well.
How would I go about using the "sandbox" like you're doing, Una?
Single player
The player initially chooses the character's species, which can be any of the following:
Human (male or female),
Kel Dor (male),
Rodian (male),
Twi'lek (female), or
Zabrak (female). Numerous lightsaber hilts with five different colors are available to choose from: Blue, Green, Purple, Orange, Yellow and later on one of the three available fighting styles (fast, or strong with medium being your default style from the beginning). New Force powers in single player include Force Absorb (protects you from the force or otherwise weakens harmful effects), Force Protect (weakens the harmful effects of gunfire and explosions), Force Sense (allows the player to see enemies through walls), Force Drain (transfers health from an enemy to the player), and Force Rage (makes the player faster and temporarily invulnerable at the expense of force power and drainage of health points). The game also introduces player-controllable vehicles and vehicle-based levels. As players progress, they will be allowed the option of continuing to use a single saber with all three styles or opting for duel sabers, one in each hand, or a "staff" styled saber with a blade on each end of the hilt, identical to
Darth Maul's.
Instead of moving linearly from one level to the next, the player chooses from a selection of different missions. Not all missions need to be completed to finish the game. Quietmartialartist ( talk) 03:08, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
Or we could simply make it easy for the reader and include the information here... And before you start quoting Wiki-policies (not-game guide, etc), let's take a look at a random popular game I thought to look up: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_Effect
Examine the depth of detail it goes into. Substitute Force Powers for "Tech Abilities", and then compare those, weapons and character classes with what we've got on this article. A lot more detail and information than the six, give or take, available options I'm suggesting including. That article, may I point out, is rated B class. A notch above this one, so let's go by example, shall we? Quietmartialartist ( talk) 13:36, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
It's better to have too much information than too little, yes? That way it can be slimmed down. As it is, I'm just trying to think of important info to add to the article. Quietmartialartist ( talk) 01:24, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
Great works on these sections, guys. The article is looking much better. Quietmartialartist ( talk) 17:14, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
Should another slot be added so that the very eager Diamondback may have have a screenshot of his own in said section? Quietmartialartist ( talk) 19:32, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
The present lede suggests that That game added third-person viewing to the Quake III engine, but this was in the original engine. Quake III's intro-demo shows in-game footage from a third person perspective. This can be enabled by setting the variable cg_thirdPerson [1].
Ansbaradigeidfran ( talk) 19:54, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
I've recently cleaned up the Single player, Plot and Multiplayer sections and added a bunch more citations. I think we're getting closer to GA quality and we just need a push to get it there. Are there any omissions or details that deserve to be covered in more detail? Any sentences that stand out as wrong or awkward? Anything that still needs a source? Bill ( talk| contribs) 14:40, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
I removed a section about Movie Battles from the gameplay section (forgot to log in) This page is about Jedi Academy, mods and add ins can have their own pages. Lets not go back to the old page that had tens of mods listed under there.
There is a snowball effect here to watch out for: Who decides what "mod" can be added and what mod can't? If mod x can be included, why not map x? Model x?
And certainly not least, there is a high degree of immaturity among the Jedi Academy community, and placing mods in this page is a lightning rod for vandalism.
If there must be a section for third party entries, it should be a single section with no text that links to other wiki pages. Each modification has too many sides to be mentioned effectively in a small paragraph anyway, and will at least move a prime vandal target to a separate area that can be locked as needed.
I searched through the revision history and although the earlier "wall of mods" entries were lost, I see that there was a mod link section at one point. Any particular reason this was removed to return to the paragraph per mod?
Disclosure: This is my first "important" wiki update. I am a developer of a JKA game mod. My mod was added by another user, and constantly vandalised. Shortly after one of my repairs, all mod sections were removed citing reasons similar to what I have posted. I agreed with the removal.
RoboPhred (
talk)
23:07, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
This page really needs to mention the modifications that are available. For many the game doesn't start until they have modded the hell out of it. As no one seems to be able to decide how to talk about mods then how about this. Write about the different ways that the game can be modified. Have another page that has a list of the post popular mods. Sorted! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.67.56.237 ( talk) 18:08, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
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It seems really extensive, at least in relation to other game, movie, TV, etc., articles. I feel bad asking if someone's hard work is to be edited down, but it doesn't seem in line with Wikipedia. Charlesmartin82 ( talk) 08:12, 30 March 2020 (UTC)