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octalblack Trustee  Level 9 
VigilantePosts: 151 |
Tried to use a lightpost that I put up earlier on Wikipedia in one of my missions, and was confused as to why it was failing. I figured it out. When the lightpost was put down, the system was thinking the light post was on:
Even thought it was really on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-M... So, when I was taken to the latter page, the page still loaded, but no mission pop-up appeared. Need to get the lightpost system re-done so it doesn't do that... obviously... lol. |
ross Level 12 
SeerPosts: 42 |
It's because of Wikipedia's dual interpretation of symbols as both Unicode and standard. i.e., the system thinks %28 is (, and ( is (, but PMOG recognizes them both as separate addresses. Dunno how this could be fixed. Maybe dual interpretation for PMOG's system as well? *shrugs* It is a big glitch though, considering how valuable a resource Wikipedia is to the Net (and thereby the PMOG) community. |
mauipotiki Level 9 
PathmakerPosts: 22 |
Ae! I use wikipedia almost religiously during my own missions. They are good for summary texts. |
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pixielo Steward  Level 20
VigilantePosts: 3659 |
To avoid wasted lightposts (I've wasted like 2 dozen at this point,) I just keep the links I want bookmarked, or to use an even more old-school method, just pasted into a word processing program. This way I don't waste a lightpost, and I can leave a little note to myself as WHY I wanted it in the first place.
Note: For the wiki entrys--I just 'fix' the addresses that contain the % vs. ) problem.
Cheers! |
allyson Level 13
PathmakerPosts: 73 |
Yeah, I've adopted pixielo's approach as well. I've got a bunch of pointless lightposts right now...anyway to get rid of those? |
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pixielo Steward Level 20
VigilantePosts: 3659 |
Yeah...the pointless lightposts...I would love to get rid of a few of mine.
Cheers! |
evil-jim Level 7
SeerPosts: 159 |
I cannot find the G-man Lightpost. |
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