VH wiki

[Daim]

I noticed there are several competing VH wikis, none of them particularly fleshed out. I'd like to contribute to one of them, but I'd prefer to do so in the one where the info will serve the community best.

In this thread we'll scope out the best candidate, and I'll begin gathering quest info, demarking them based on which game or DLC they're from - that sort of thing. Uniques, hidden content, game mechanics - I'd like to get the ball rolling, so to speak.

Currently in need of information regarding:

* Perks, generic and class-specific.

* Any and all information regarding hidden content you know of. So far only act 1 has a complete hidden content list, as far as I'm aware.

[Psojed]

Mind listing the "competing VH wikis" ?

[Daim]

http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/The_Incredible_Adventures_of_Van_Helsing


http://theincredibleadventuresofvanhelsing.wikia.com/wiki/The_incredible_adventures_of_Van_Helsing_Wiki


http://orcz.com/Category:Incredible_Adventures_of_Van_Helsing

"Satisfied"?

[Psojed]

PCgaming wiki focuses on technical info for PC users and does not contain any specific information regarding game content.

Those other wikis are for Van Helsing 1 only. Could it be you wanted to post this into Van Helsing 1 forum and placed it into the Final Cut forum instead? Or did you want a Final Cut wiki and found only VH1 instead?
Either way, both those wikis you posted are open for editing, so you can start adding info whenever you feel like it.

[Daim]

Yes, I stated as much in the OP. I created this thread to find the best VH wiki to contribute to. Do you know of a better one than those I listed?

[Daim]

Here's another:

http://iavh.gamepedia.com/The_Incredible_Adventures_of_Van_Helsing_Wiki

There's a few, is what I'm saying. Anyone else want to weigh in?

[NoFoodAfterMidnight]

There's really no point in making a wiki, this community is so small and there are very few new players coming in. There's already a database for unique/set items, although it's slightly outdated now, but there's really no need for one because of how few there are and the lack of a need to know what they do. This game has already passed its peak by several months now, there's not enough people left with intimate knowledge of the game that care enough to make a wiki, and definitely not enough people who would read it.

[Daim]

You're talking about the Russian database that also has TL1/TL2 stuff, right? Great site, it's actually what reminded me about VH. Realized FC was out, bingo bango, here I am.

This is less numbers and more about contributing something for a game I dig. I still create assets for the D2 modding scene - google Daim's Assets if you're in the mood for some retro sexiness.

[76561198000784172]

Im not interested into making a wiki but for example i can offer some info (hidden content, some details about history, etc.) here and editors of wiki can use it to contribute. For example my last protector (88level, after destroying drill platform) and i found all hidden content. But currently building new one. Also tested some versions in some choices, ect.

[Daim]

I've decided that if I choose put time into this, I'll simply use the top search result. Brainstorming the general structure of the wiki atm.

[Psojed]

Originally posted by daimoth:

Yes, I stated as much in the OP.

What I wanted to point out is that you can't really use one of those wikis and contribute to it, because those are wikis about a different game. Chapters from Van Helsing 1 are but a small part of Final Cut, previously described Skills do not even exist anymore and game mechanics are also different - Defense or Spellpower as a prime example.

You'll get only few things to copy and you would have to start a completely new wiki and fill it up from scratch. I had that ambition back when the game was in the beta and I started one aswell, but I lacked the time to do so properly. Seeing as zero users actually contributed anything, I abandoned the project, so feel free to add it to the list:
http://van-helsing.wikia.com/wiki/The_Incredible_Adventures_of_Van_Helsing:_Final_Cut_Wikia

I also made a topic on the official forum back then:
http://forum.neocoregames.com/index.php?/topic/35630-we-should-start-a-wiki-about-final-cut/

Off-topic: I checked your work on phrozenkeep, those are some neat portals. Nice work.

[Daim]

Those fugly-ass portals were actually my first attempt at generating animated 2D assets with 3d modelling. Attempts after that were much more authentic in appearance.

The mechanics will likely be the squickiest thing to get right, frankly. If the VHE mod is to be believed, the devs themselves got it wrong in places. But I won't be forced to change much; the wiki I'll be attempting to convert has a grand total of 55 whole pages.

I'll start with quests. VH quests, with their fickle fail states and ambiguous logic, are what sent me looking for a wiki during my initial playthrough. I figure the need is probably greatest there.

Wish me luck, gentlemen.

[Daim]

Current iteration of the wiki outline: http://pastebin.com/mrY5SCZR

[datguy13]

Originally posted by daimoth:

I'll start with quests. VH quests, with their fickle fail states and ambiguous logic, are what sent me looking for a wiki during my initial playthrough. I figure the need is probably greatest there.

Wish me luck, gentlemen.

I can usually provide decent timelines for when to do quests, where to find requirements and such once someone tells me what they need to know. I'm not good at writing guides from scratch though; I get too wordy and have trouble with self-editing. I can provide basic instructions though, if you have questions about some of the quests. I've done the entire game through eight times now. >.>

Otherwise, best of luck.

[76561198000784172]

@datguy13
First chaper in FC shows sometimes 16/18 or 16/17 quests done. You know anything about them? Also shows 15/16 hidden content.

[datguy13]

For the Hidden Content, I think there might be a busted trigger, but I haven't gotten around to confirming it or not. For Quests, I can't say because I don't know which ones you've completed. It should be possible to get 18/18 in Chapter 1.