User talk:Dr. Clayton Forrestor


 * exerpt from forum re:dlc

"maybe not a whole planet . . .id settle for a forest moon . . . with ewoks to shoot (heh, heh)Dr. Clayton Forrestor 10:41, December 2, 2009 (UTC)" =Welcome= Hi, my screen name is Dr. Clayton Forrestor. you can call me Dr. F. i am a sysop (administrator) for this wikia. if i can be of service in any way please contact me. enjoy.

Minions of Dr. F
Darkseide

The Chatting Sysops
DR. F available for chat on aim/google user = DrCForrestor - and on xfire = drclaytonforrestor

is available as thedarkestmeepit on google

is available as Fenrakk101 on google
 * I prefer MSN over AIM =P 18:50, February 20, 2010 (UTC)

=Glossary of (un)familiar terms= drop your term here and someone will define it.

shotty: shotgun

DPS: damage per second

proc: Proc is a common term used primarily in game programming to refer to an event - a "procedure" - triggered under particular circumstances.

stack: end result is additive (+150% critical damage from sniper rifle stacks with mordecai's +6% critical damage from deadly skill)

RB: Right Bumper

DOT: damage over time

area of effect: "splash damage" non-point focal damage over area

FPRPG: first person role playing game

Flinch: is when you shoot an enemy and they temporarily stop, like how shooting a charging Badass Psycho enough can make it stop for a moment.

Non-Trigger Damage: bullet and rocket damage only, not elemental (proc:see above) damage. directed damage not involving DOT or area of effect.

Accuracy Recovery: this is the time it takes your sights to stop wavering and give you an _accurate_ sight picture.

construct: a weapon/item put together in WT so that it is legit however it has all parts geared for a purpose (damage, tech, ROF, recharge, regen, power)

namespace: user namespace

mainspace: main namespace

speedloader: the half/full moon clips depicted in the game, used to load revolver, shotgun and sniper cylinders.

The Fudd: the seeming dance performed by players sorting through craw or loot-n-the-box drops. slowly moving, weapon in hand, looking down or directly ahead. "be vewy kwyette, im hunting ___"

aggro: short for aggravate, is an internal measurement for how much of a threat the AI considers an individual player to be. The more aggro a player holds, the more highly that player will be prioritized for attacks and skill usage by the AI. Commonly misused instead of the term "pull" (i.e. aggro that enemy = pull that enemy).

=Conversations=

DR.
A, Dr.F, are you a real Dr., or is that just your screen name?
 * i am in fact not a doctor of any kind. dr clayton forester was a character from war of the worlds and on mystery science theater 3000, a tv show on comedy central and the sci-fi channel. 17:47, February 27, 2010 (UTC)
 * Dr F you just sent me a message, i cannot sign up for an account, i use my work computer and they block the hell out of the things we can do, so in advance i am sorry if i messed up something, i am well behaved so you should not have any problems, and if i posted this in the wrong spot i am very sorry thank you XBOX GT SinsterNobody PS i am about to leave work so i wont have access for long, if you need to let me know anything
 * Dr F you just sent me a message, i cannot sign up for an account, i use my work computer and they block the hell out of the things we can do, so in advance i am sorry if i messed up something, i am well behaved so you should not have any problems, and if i posted this in the wrong spot i am very sorry thank you XBOX GT SinsterNobody PS i am about to leave work so i wont have access for long, if you need to let me know anything

doh! hope i didnt set off any firewall alarms;0) just wanted to know why you could not get an account.  "the boss is watching" is the best one i can think of.   Dr. F

Signatures
Do only sysops,moderators or admins get unique custom signatures? ☻BLObOrt☻ 16:18, March 17, 2010 (UTC)

No, Any user can have a custom signature if they wish, there is a section on my talk page which tells you how, look for Claptraps post< 16:58, March 17, 2010 (UTC)

j-nox is correct. anyone can have a custom sig. make a page with your sig. then make a page refering to the first. enter the second page into your preferences pane for signature. it is preferable to have these pages under your user:namespace (such as user:blobort/sig & user:blobort/sig/prefs)  20:20, March 17, 2010 (UTC)

Just a little help with mine a min, i think i'm getting there just need a push. IDave Ja Vu
 * been there. done that.   07:35, April 10, 2010 (UTC)

Re: migration :common
Why list it common if it's name is in blue? Fen
 * it _could_ be green or purple. its variable, this would avoid color confusion. or thats the idea anyway. -dr. f

I see, its for guns with multiple possible rarities in the wild. What if "(Common)" then linked to an article describing that, so any visitor that isn't sure what it meant could easily find out. And then all the "(Orange)"'s could be changed to "(Rare)" or "(Legendary)". Just thinking out loud. Thanks. --31stCenturyMatt 12:41, July 10, 2010 (UTC)
 * while your thinking why not add some o' that to page? 14:12, July 10, 2010 (UTC) my thinking is explain it where the link leads. editing that page will not affect the categorization.

Hmmm ... what improvement does it provide to change from "White/Green/Blue/Purple" to "Common"? What's the goal? -- MeMadeIt 17:12, July 10, 2010 (UTC)
 * intended goal is relief of perceived color requirements for (multicolourarity) items. your example of White/Green/Blue/Purple yields Category:White/Green/Blue/Purple which just gets silly.  the rarity color is still available for personal pages as i will soon show.  possibly only for those pages if this is followed by 3.1kmatt's idea.   02:22, July 11, 2010 (UTC)

Re: Common

Sounds like a good idea, could add some more order - perhaps the category could state that they are, of course, common, and can drop from bandits, lance, etc or something of that nature. -- 23:36, July 10, 2010 (UTC)

rakk question
In the in game loading screen it says there is a type of rakk called "fledgling rakk" I think there is another one that doesn't show up either. Were these just removed from the game? Helpme19 02:20, July 25, 2010 (UTC)
 * a very good question. look for fledgling rakk around fyrestone PT1 and i will look as well.  some content did not make the final cut, notice your proficiency lowers the level of weapons once equipped.   02:23, July 25, 2010 (UTC)

Just want to say thanks
You and everyone else who have taken so much time to make this what it is. I hope they put you in borderlands 2 pref as villian so we can all shoot you :p

Big hugs. big kate

X-mass 20:10, August 13, 2010 (UTC)
 * ty kate. oh and moo hoo ha ha, ill make it myself if i can figure out the editor. - Chemicalweapon.png The Evil Dr. F

Item Trading Bitch Fest
Think setting up a disclaimer discouraging mod requests, or maybe a separate trading forum for mods might help reduce the ragey conflicts around here? WhackyGordon 20:19, August 18, 2010 (UTC)

ty for calling me out on this issue WhackG. _i_ do not want to discourage mod requests because: _i_ do not want to open a new forum because: i say _i_ because this is only my opinion. you are welcome to broach the subject with the other sysops, warblade and claptrap are available. 20:46, August 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) it gives modders something social to do
 * 2) modded content is only disallowed in the mainspace (main namespace) of the wiki
 * 3) it gives the opportunity for the community to decline such requests (unlikely, but its there)
 * 1) _i_ want to keep the forums neat
 * 2) putting up an artificial wall between opposing sides is futile when each can still troll the other sides forums
 * 3) ragers _will_ rage even if its about how DLC4 should have had a better name.

Thanks, that answers my question quite nicely. I just wish people would relax and be constructive more.. WhackyGordon 21:03, August 18, 2010 (UTC)

Re:Uberorb's needs to be The Destroyer!
I started making his splash screen by modifying Sledge's Splash Screen (changing background to toxic lime colors, modifying Sledges mask to have this picture instead of mouth, etc. ). If you can find me a Destroyer's Splash Screen (NOT screenshots), I will manage to make it as you wanted/suggested. Unless you make/find very very HQ screenshot of Destroyer, in some... nice pose, so I can "cartoonify" it and put on Predefined Splash Screen Background (c). Next time; please use discussion page, as I patrol recent changes every 20 mins, I would see that, thank you! Approved by 12:09, August 28, 2010 (UTC)
 * do as you like. i got the whole 'uberorb as in eye ' so therefore the destroyer' thing out of my system with the Sysorb image.  are you copyrighting your background process or the term Predefined Splash Screen Background?  just curious.   13:48, August 29, 2010 (UTC)

Bountiful Board
Sounds like a good idea, a place for the stuff that needs doing on the wiki. I'll keep an eye on it and try to help where I can! -- 20:20, August 29, 2010 (UTC) =New Conversations=

File uploads are disabled on this wiki
Just got that message while trying to upload and add new pictures to some of my pages, is this just server bug? Is this temporary or permanent, and why is it disblad!? 18:26, August 30, 2010 (UTC)

The main wiki is doing some sort of update. a message popped up about it when I first opened the wiki this morning. You should be able to upload pictures in a couple of hours.

New Wiki News
Hey there Mr. CF. I had a quick observation/question/quandry that has been nagging at me all day. The newest wiki news on BL announces that the GOTY version is set to to be out soon. In the bundle is BL, fold-out maps, and all FOUR DLCs? Is this a typo of some kind, or will the Hyperion expansion release with the version? Thanks for your help ahead of time. Majin Odin 23:36, August 30, 2010 (UTC)

thank you for asking MO. Dr. F has been awaiting this announcement since it started looking like dlc4 would be the last. dlc4 will be ~$10 in sept for those who have the game (and, i assume, dlc3). for those who dont mind waiting the all-in-one GOTY ed will be released in october (followed a week later by the inevitable torrent which will allow everyone in the world to play for free). the GOTY ed will be for new purchasers (purchasers with new girl/boyfriends), collectors, a schmucks like Dr. F who just have to have such things. 00:08, August 31, 2010 (UTC)

erp, what is this?
"chaos." troll or pre-1.30 material? 01:54, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * that is a name hack that is likely lvl61 & equipped with stocklike characteristics or prefpatch mod w/ name hack. Mr. Zaph knows how to do this (naming anyway) if youd like to ask. 02:04, September 1, 2010 (UTC) unless there is a chaos title/prefix unknown to me

the op states as such: "Bloody Unforgiven with the material changed to the unused "Chaos" material." dated march of this year. however, unless all of the techies missed something as big as a whole new material, it is, most likely, a creative haxx. go ahead and beat yourself soundly about the head with a blunt object and forget everything about this conversation. thanks. :) 02:13, September 1, 2010 (UTC)


 * There is a chaos material, but only accessible pre-1.3.0 I believe, which is probably the case since the gun is lv48. 04:10, September 1, 2010 (UTC)

Few weeks ago I did a research on how to make (post 1.30 patch) guns with materials such as chaos, chrome_red, red_black, chameleon, black_tan, etc... And (similar to what Nagy said above) they are only "visible" in game prior to the 1.30 patch (I said visible because 1.30+ Game does not delete them upon loading character, they are there, but they aren't usable and they can't be seen in inventory, but they do take up space in it). And, as per gd_weap_shared_materialparts, there IS prefix for chaos material:

[Material.chaos WeaponPartDefinition]

PartName="Chaos"

So, it's not "name hack", but that  is  a modded gun. P.S: Chaos material adds additional shots fired, while sacrificing accuracy. Approved by 11:04, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * ty. i never got further than red_black and chameleon myself. you are limited to how many words with "your" method of renaming? 11:14, September 1, 2010 (UTC)


 * You're welcome. I rename weapons by changing .dll, .upk & .int files, so, I'm not limited to anything (except size of the Title Bar on Itemcard, as some longer Titles do not appear due to Itemcard's Title Bar size). Although, I am not completely able to "custom name" my guns, as I can't remove or modify mag/stock numbers (i.e.  300  in the AX 300  Pearl Aries title), weapons like "Blue Rose" & "UO-13 Uberob's Monster" use lowest possible stock and mag as they don't give any numbers to the title (depends on type of weapon, as some weapons have higher grade stocks and mags that do not add any numbers to the title).Approved by 11:28, September 1, 2010 (UTC)

again, nicely done. it would seem a lot of work and worth the effort. for you listeners at home the weapons will only show mod/hax title when viewer has changed .dll, .upk, and .int files to match each weapon so named. is that not so zaph? 11:50, September 1, 2010 (UTC)

That is correct Doctor, so if you have "HX550 Desert Wildcat" and you change parts of those .dll/.upk/.int files from "HX" to "WTF" and from "Wildcat" to "Sneaky Kitty", your weapon's name will be changed to "WTF550 Desert Sneaky Kitty".

Note:
 * This is only client-wide, so, if you play online, other people will  still see  that weapon as default weapon name (i.e. HX550 Desert Wildcat).
 * Weapon Titles changed will apply to every weapon with that name (i.e. if you changed "Wildcat" to "Kitty", all Wildcats in your game will be named Kitty).
 * If not done properly, you might experience game crashes and/or Save File corruptions!
 *  Do not edit .dll/.upk/.int files on your own, and even if you try to edit/modify them, remember: you are doing that on your own risk, none of this Wikia's Personnel are responsible for what you did with your game files.

Thank you for understanding this message. Approved by 12:32, September 1, 2010 (UTC)

orion mechanics
S&S Orion/Mechanics. Workable? 05:18, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * yes. i like that youve added accessories.   05:32, September 1, 2010 (UTC)

Bring out the JCBs.
I've started digging through the Helpdesk forum to mark old stuff for archival. Maybe an idea to update the bounty board, in the interest of avoiding edit conflicts? (or just to ask someone else to do the Watercooler forum) 15:31, September 1, 2010 (UTC)

I'm on it, Watercooler is mine! 16:45, September 1, 2010 (UTC)

What's with all the reposts?
What's with all the reposts and "Candidates for Deletion"?

I understand that Bukkithead and Dr Zaph have been given this task but, seriously, are you going to repost 1,000 ... 10,000 ... 100,000 threads just to ask if it's okay to delete them?

GEEZ!

Surely there's an intelligent way to determine if an old thread is just chit-chat or contains information worth retaining.

Or please give us an option to mark all this nonsense as "READ" so I don't have to bother opening them to see if there is any REAL content worth my time!

Can't wait to see the reposts of the reposts asking if it's okay to delete the asking of if it's okay to delete.

-- MeMadeIt 16:37, September 1, 2010 (UTC)

He he, sorry MeMadeIt, I will try and use minor edit if that helps you, on the other hand, there will be no "reposts of the reposts asking if it's okay to delete the asking of if it's okay to delete", we are marking for deletion/archive so Dr. F/Admins can delete/archive asap, so are "cleaning the way" before real thing comes. Approved by 16:42, September 1, 2010 (UTC)

P.S: If you don't like so much "spam" in your Home Page, take a Wiki Break, go have a drink, play some BDL's, update your Userpages, and return in couple of hours, Thank You!