Scarform’s Blog

Oct 14, 20070
Star Wars Galaxies: / Commands

A full list of // commands can be found by typeing “//” and pressing enter, although a) the list cuts of at a certain point and b) not all of these commands will work for your chosen profession. And as a side note, it would appear that the // command is more for the devs than anybody else as it includes commands like /setGodmode, /renamePlayer, and other commands that a normal user would most definitely never have access to. Also keep in mind that some of the slash commands that used to work if you either typed in the target manually or had the target pre-selected, now need you to physically hover your mouse over the target. They are not all like this, but some of them have been changed within the last year with the NGE.

/bug
Typing this will open a window that will allow you to report a bug anywhere in the game. Includes several options to check off so that you can be specific with the information you are sending.

/unstick
If your toon becomes “stuck” this will attempt to put you elsewhere on the map (usually within 15m) of the spot that you became stuck in.

/t (playername) (message)
This will send a private message to a specific user.

/r (message)
When using the private message function, this will send a response to the last person to send you a private message.

/g (message)
When in a group, this will drop your message into your group-chat tab.

/rot (left/right) (1-180)
When placing items in a house, this will rotate the item to the left or right the degree amount you specify. To angle them (as in trying to place items in corners, rotating by 15 or 45 degrees works best.)

/mov (up/down) (1-???)
When placing items in a house, this move the item up or down the amount you specify. Best integers to use are 1, 5, 10, 15, 25, 50 and 200.

/target (name)
Targets the item, person, or whatever you specify. Works best when you are in a multi-level structure and are not sure of where something is. Say that you’re looking for Ackbar and have no clue where he or she or it is. Type /target Ackbar and press enter. Then, move the camera around until you see Ackbar being targeted. Works on different levels of a structure and even targets through walls.

Also remember the pressing alt and y (separately) will take you into free target mode and out of “over-the-shoulder-annoying-NGE-mode”.

/notepad
Opens a notepad like text feature that you can (you guessed it) write notes in.

/report (player name)
The player must have entered text in the chat session for this to work.

/getv
Tells you how many days you have logged.

/claim
Claims any rewards you may have earned. If none, a window will pop up stating so.

/follow
Hover your mouse over a player or npc, and type /follow and press enter. You will now follow that person or npc wherever they go.

/forage
You will search the surrounding area for random things. Will more than likely turn up enzymes, but has a possibility of turning up a treasure map (one out of every 100 is what has been reported on this one.)

Macro name: Forage

/forage;
/pause 5;
/macro forage;

Fire the macro, forage, walk forward for about a second, forage again, and then repeat from step 2.

/way (coords)
Replacing coords with the first and third set of coords (the middle is not necessary) will create a waypoint in your datapad to that specific location. Typing /way and pressing enter without entering coords will create a waypoint at your immediate and current coords.

/pvp
When Rebel or Imperial, /pvp will turn you combatant and typing it a second time and pressing enter will turn you Special Forces. You have to visit a recruiter of your faction to go on leave.

Going combatant is usually almost instantaneous, and going from combatant to SF usually takes 30 seconds. Going from SF to combatant or on leave will take 5 minutes.

/paymaint (amount)
When in a building you own, this command will pay maintenance fees of however much you place in the amount. (Increments of up to 100k). Players with a Mustafarian Bunker or Guildhall can place any amount into the structure and be able to withdraw from the treasury menu option. Regular houses do not allow for maintenance withdrawal.

/guildr
Will remove you from your current guild.

Known bugged commands
A bug with /watch is that it will give you the message “You have stopped watching…” and you actually have to radial menu the player and select “watch” from the menu.

While you can no longer /burstrun, you can still /gallop while on a mount.

Typing /unstick in front of a pvp line will not dump you on the other side as on-leave or combatant since when entering a PVP-zone your status is, in fact, LOCKED as Special Forces. If you are on-leave, it will continue to push you back, and if you are combatant, you will be locked in as Special Forces.

Oct 12, 20070
Star Wars Galaxies: Quests Forgotten Part 2

In Quests Forgotten: Part 1, we talked about getting the Fibertech Steel Plating, Protecto-Net Shield, Quantum Ion Drive, and Corellian Beamrail Gauss Cannon by doing Nym’s Starmap. Now we’re covering getting 2 sets of Clone Wars Paintings, getting the complete set of Katarn Armor (you will need 10 slots free in your inventory or you won’t get it all), getting the RIS Armor Schematic (Master Armosmith), the 2 Warren Badges (Compassion, Imperial Hero), and one quest you should avoid because it does absolutely nothing.

I would also like to point out that Swg.allakhazam.com is probably the best resource on the internet that is free and openly available to anyone who finds themselves stuck on a quest in the Star Wars Galaxies.

I would also like to point out that of course we did not write the guides we are linking to - merely pointing to them as a quick reference for those who either didn’t do them, forgot about them, or never knew about them.

Two Sets of Clone Wars Paintings
The Clone Relics: The Hunter Quests on Tatooine for both paintings.
Collecting Survey Data on Kashyyk for the Clone Trooper painting.
The Big Cover-up on Kashyyk (quest line gives General Greivous painting on Second part.)

Katarn Armor
Neutral (no faction)
Imperial
Rebel

RIS Armor Schematic (Master Armosmith)
Save you some reading:

I just went to see Mol today for my first time, and this is what he has to say…if your a Master Armorsmith.

Mol-”You believe you have learned all there is to know about being an armorsmith? You haven’t! I know far more than you ever will, but still there are a few lessons I could teach you. Learning these things will not be easy for someone such as you. It will be expensive in both time and in credits. Furthermore, I have no patience for insolent students. You do as I say and don’t bother me with stupid questions! Give me 50,000 credits and we’ll get started. Be quick about it! I’m very busy.”

You-”I am ready to begin. Here are the credits.”

Mol-”I suspected you would agree to my terms. Let’s get started. I’m going to teach you how to construct my masterpiece invention: R.I.S. armor. This armor has no equal in battle. Everything else is junk compared to this! Of course, it is exceedingly difficult to create, especially for a fledgling armorsmith such as you. But, no matter. We’ll take it slow so you can comprehend. Are you with me so far?”

You-”Yes”

Mol-”As you know, creating armor starts with the armor segment. That is where we shall start as well. Like all armor segments, R.I.S. segment require resources which I’m sure you already know how to acquire. They also, however, require some special components. For strength, they require bone fragments from a Woolamander Harrower. For flexibility, they require the hide of a Recluse Gurk King. Use this schematic to create the armor segment and bring it back to me. I don’t care how you get the materials, but you must construct the segment yourself. You can only learn by doing it yourself! Now go busy yourself with making the armor segment and come back to me when you are done.”

Now you have the draft schematic for the R.I.S. segment. Required resources follow:
-160 units of Titanium Aluminum
-160 units of Chanlon Intrusive Ore
-75 units of Rori Fiberplast
-1 Woolamander Harrower Bone Fragment
-1 Gurk King Hide
-2 layers and 1 segment enhancement are optional

The Warren Badges
(as of October 12th, 2007 the Warren has been infested with ALOT of high level high agro creatures. You have been warned.)
Getting into the Warren
Compassion
Imperial Hero

A quest to avoid
(no experience, no faction, no items. Does nothing.)
Battle of the Witches

Oct 12, 20070
/Obey

/obey

Oct 11, 20071
Star Wars Galaxies: Quests Forgotten, Part 1

So in the spirit of having nothing to do (or maybe needing a couple of quests to get your levels up) let’s take a look at the quests that you may have forgotten about (or didn’t know existed).

First up: Nym’s Starmap

Part I
Starting Location: Narmle, Rori @ coords -5725 -2492
The starter map is on a timer - if it’s not there, wait 30 minutes.
Once it is in your inventory, use it. This will start a quest.
Go to -5306, -2317 and talk to Nym.
He’ll send you to Fort Tusken on Tatooine.
Go to Fort Tusken, go to the very bottom of the inside of Fort Tusken.
Click on “Ornate Box”. Return to Nym.

Part II
This time, he’ll send you to Kashyyk. Go to the Trandoshan Slaver’s Camp. (It’s a POI.)
Kill Trandoshan slavers until you get a mission update.
Continue killing until you get all 7 pieces.
Return to Nym.

Part III
This time, he’ll send you to Dathomir. Shuttle into the Trade Outpost.
Go to the Nightspider Cult Cave (it’s a POI).
Goto coords -1086 6128.
Open skeleton. Grab contents. Return to Nym.

Part IV
This time you’ll be going back and forth between Nym and Han Solo in the Lucky Despot in Mos Eisley, Tatooine. Coords 3406, -4579.
Pay him for the map.
Return to Nym.
Done.

Rewards:
Quest XP
148,805

Items
Fibertech Steel Plating
Protecto-Net Shield
Quantum Ion Drive
Corellian Beamrail Gauss Cannon

Oct 10, 20071
Socially inept since 1988

Socially inept since 1988

Oct 10, 20070
Star Wars Galaxies: Rant #1

“Base Busts aren’t ruining the game - you are”
[follow this thread]

[] The Good
I got challenged to a duel by a random combat Entertainer credit grinder. (You know the score - big group of randomly generated names following one guy, run to flag of spawned MOB, destroy flag, run to next, all follow.) First I drew agro, and then watched him get incap, then I watched him destroy the flag and he walked over, challenged me, and died.

I walked over to the guys that were in the skiff and asked them if I could help them as they were just sitting there. A few seconds later, they drove back in the direction of Theed.

[] The Confusing
I don’t do a lot of pvp. This last week has seen a big change in that as I finally went to Restuss just to see what all the fuss was about. I’ve gone on my combat ent -Kidd- and then I made an appearance on the Jedi that I am leveling.

As I was running into the center of the city, or ruins, or whatever they are, an SF rebel jedi began running to the center. As I began attacking him, he began running. So I ran after and continued to attack him. I didn’t really think anything of this as this was standard for most of the Jedi I’ve seen in pvp. Attack, see lots of people, and then run. After killing him, the few imps standing around began laying into me about he had said to “Please stop” and that he was a returning player and whatnot.

I was pretty confused as I had just gotten finished with dealing with a cloaked spy who was doing nothing but cloak+venomous ploy and other sneak attacks. So I spoke my mind and began to leave. The same Jedi started to make a run back and I stopped, said “I’m sorry - if you were saying stop, I didn’t see it. Go ahead and get your kill.”

One of the SAME people who was getting upset with me for killing him began fighting him! I was confused.

What the hell is up with this? Everytime I go to Restuss, the only thing I see is people inside the PVP zone and then the opposite faction standing outside of the PVP zone. Every time.

I also remember that a long time ago, when a member of the same faction was attacking an NPC of the same faction, they’d jump right in and enjoy the killing. Now, people just stand around and either laugh at you when you are incapped or laugh when you die.

Am I the only person helping out when I see somebody attacking the opposite faction? I’ve jumped to SF to help people out, and I’ve jumped combatant to help out (even if I knew I was going to die or actually did die). I didn’t get mad - I just enjoyed the gameplay.

Some people have noticed the sig on my ent toon which is “This is just a game, and I play it.” That’s pretty much my motto when I play. However, it seems like more and more people are just “going through the motions” or just doing certain things to be asses.

Gone is the commradery (no, I can’t spell. I just woke up.) and the factional brotherhood.

I attended a bb the other day (not naming names, not saying what toon, not saying where.) I didn’t stay to see the bases go up in flames, but I did stay long enough to see the biggest gathering of toons on Ahazi that I’ve seen in months. Hell, since I’ve seen since the NGE hit. There were people standing around and watching entertainers, running in and out of the bases, talking amongst themselves and having a GOOD time.

Imagine that - a good time can still be had on a game (that I’ve talked to various Vets who still log on) that is only being logged on to because “they’re waiting for their account to expire”.

Playing with the mechanics of the game is not ruining the game itself. The many bitchers, moaners, gankers, and other *ers are ruining this game. Your bitter, angry, infantile and sometimes questionable ways of playing this game are ruining this game.

I’ve stood by and watched. And watched. And watched. I’ve talked to many people who enjoy this game and play it fairly, honorably, and well. And I’ve seen people who play this game like it’s some new game for the SNES that they’d just rather pop in the Gamegenie and cheat their way to victory.

Nobody is going to stop you from continuing to do that. But with the amount of people I haven’t seen logged into Ahazi, you’d think the more friends you can get on your side, the better it will be. Because I bet I can name at least 5 guilds with 100+ members and only 5 of them are active.

I bet I can fly to any city on any planet and 5 out of 7 of those cities will be filled with houses that are owned by toons that no longer play, or are ghost towns thanks to the Demolition Program.

There are a lot of great things coming to SWG - no, the CU or pre-NGE is not coming back and we should focus on what’s ahead, not behind.

I know not a lot of people are actually going to read this, and will probably comment with something like “First” or “/flame” or “Shut up whiner, bla bla bla.” Which is half of what I expect from this server.

And that right there is the sad part.

I speak my mind on many issues that affect us all (or at least the ones who are still trying to enjoy this game) and for what its worth, I’ll probably get flamed back to the stone age.

Flame away, mother fuckers, flame away. I don’t give a shit.

Oct 8, 20070
Tinnitus

For as long as I can remember, I’ve always had spells (very rarely) wherein I could hear a very high-pitched whining noise in my left ear. Never in my right, always in my left. The sounds coming into my ear would drop dramatically in level, almost as if ceasing to exist at all, and then the whining noise would replace them, almost un-noticeably.

Sound, another sound like going underwater (without the splash) and then the whining.

I did some looking around (because if it’s happening to me, then it more than likely is happening to others) and came across an article that listed Tinnitus as being a possible cause for this.

One of the possible causes of Tinnitus was listed as “low levels of serotonin”, which is believed to play a part in mood, and is believed to be associated with many disorders, one of them being clinical depression.

Since I have already been diagnosed with this, I can only conclude that a possible cause for the ringing is tinnitus. However, being the diagnostician that I certainly am not, and being an American without health care (and no possibility of it unless we (ha!) get Universal Healthcare like so many of the counties that are smart enough to do this instead of just watching their citizens die in the street (more or less)), I can only say that this is a good guess and can not actually diagnose or confirm it.

The more you know…

Oct 8, 20070
Home Improvement

Now I’d like to talk about Home Improvement (no, not the delightful show we all remember from the 90’s but actual home improvement.) If you’re going to buy resale homes or are just planning on improving the home you already rent or own, then this can be a big task to undertake without the proper knowledge and preparation.

It’s one that I’ve been through on a countless number of occasions. I’ve been volunteered (either by myself or by my friends) to help fix up a house, or an apartment, or a shed. Anything that needed help fixing, I was usually the one that somebody would come to. (My inability to ever say no to a friend was probably got me into a lot of these situations, but that’s another story.)

We would eventually get it done, but the point is, we would eventually get it done. We never planned, we never really prepared or really thought about how big the project was we were taking on, we just knew what we wanted the end result to be.

They say that “Knowledge is power“. (We definitely needed a little more power.)

When taking on projects like this, it’s always important to plan and know what you are doing. Knowing what you want the end result to be is a helping hand, but it will not make things happen. Only your ability to do the tasks required will do this.

Doityourself.com is a free community, filled with loads of resources for just this kind of undertaking. A place to find helping hands in your projects. It even offers dvds to help, which would come as a great visual aid to any project!

With over 100 topics and forums on Do It Yourself projects, there really is no excuse to let the project you start fall apart before you can even finish.

This has been a sponsored post.

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