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Rachel Mae Creature of Chaos Level: 141      Posts: 4119/5929 EXP: 33605645 For next: 514369 Since: 07-03-07 Pronouns: she/her From: Foxglen Since last post: 21 days Last activity: 13 hours
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Xkeeper Level: 263  Posts: 19058/25353 EXP: 297156030 For next: 1804423 Since: 07-03-07 Pronouns: they/them/???????? Since last post: 3 days Last activity: 13 hours
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| I think the only exception to the "always leave it together" guideline is that it should be cropped if it's nothing but a solid color (e.g. black, white). |
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Aoi Member Level: 30  Posts: 158/181 EXP: 159823 For next: 6046 Since: 07-18-10 Since last post: 9.9 years Last activity: 9.9 years
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| In most cases, I'd probably leave it alone (and use both screens). It's the few instances where the touch-screen part of the title screen is little more than a basic (scrolling or not) background, maybe a few sprites, and a "Touch"-type message, that I start to wonder if those should be cropped.
However, I have no real problem with leaving the screens as-is, so... About the cropping - I wasn't worrying about that, so much as someone who might (accidentally) degrade the quality of the image more than expected between cropping it and saving the result. |
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Liliana "A horrible person". That's what it says. "A horrible person." We weren't even testing for that. Level: NaN Posts: 2904/-3841 EXP: NaN For next: 0 Since: 07-23-07 Since last post: 10.3 years Last activity: 10.1 years
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Oh! I just noticed our image guidelines recommend cutting out the bottom screen.
Should I change that, since everyone seems to disagree with that? ____________________ |
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Rachel Mae Creature of Chaos Level: 141 Posts: 4133/5929 EXP: 33605645 For next: 514369 Since: 07-03-07 Pronouns: she/her From: Foxglen Since last post: 21 days Last activity: 13 hours
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Nicole Disk-kun Level: 146  Posts: 4226/6469 EXP: 38286707 For next: 226587 Since: 07-07-07 Pronouns: she/her From: Boston, MA Since last post: 78 days Last activity: 1 day
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Originally posted by Waffle Ryebread Xk's suggestion makes the most sense, but... are there actually any DS games that do that? ____________________ |
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Aoi Member Level: 30 Posts: 159/181 EXP: 159823 For next: 6046 Since: 07-18-10 Since last post: 9.9 years Last activity: 9.9 years
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Out of the games I have (actual carts, and the only camera I have is the crappy one in my phone, so no pictures  ), the ones that come close to that description are...
Children of Mana: Touch screen is black, with just a medium-sized "Press START" line of text in the middle, and a smaller line of text at the bottom of the screen: "Press [START] or tap the Touch Screen" Hoshigami Remix: The touch screen has a somewhat uneven (top to bottom) blue gradient. The only other feature is the words "Touch Screen" in a standard thin white font, inside a thin white rectangle (with black blackground). Has anyone taken a screenshot or two from those games that require you to turn the DS on its side (probably should keep this in mind for the Wonderswan, too), like Hotel Dusk and CrossworDS, and tested those to see how they'll look in the bob? |
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Liliana "A horrible person". That's what it says. "A horrible person." We weren't even testing for that. Level: NaN Posts: 2907/-3841 EXP: NaN For next: 0 Since: 07-23-07 Since last post: 10.3 years Last activity: 10.1 years
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Ok, I've changed it on the image guidelines page.
Games which require the DS to be held sideways could prove interesting. However, they wouldn't look very bad in my opinion (try flipping a DS screenshot by 90 degrees and you'll see), so I don't think they need any kind of special treatment. ____________________ |
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Aoi Member Level: 30 Posts: 160/181 EXP: 159823 For next: 6046 Since: 07-18-10 Since last post: 9.9 years Last activity: 9.9 years
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Yeah, I was primarily wondering how it'd look, since we haven't had any pages for those types of games, yet. But as I was also blanking on the DS' screens' resolution and the resolution of the DS emus' double-screencaps, I wondered how far it might extend the bob to the left, or whether or not forcing 320px would squeeze the image noticeably. 
(I've checked at least one of the dual-screen images on the wiki, so you don't need to remind me of the resolutions.  )
Does the change (clarification) in guidelines mean that already-existing pages that only use one of the screens for the title image have to have their title screenshots replaced? A little over half of the DS game pages only use one screen (14 out of 26 pages, such as Pokemon Platinum, Super Mario 64 DS, Mario Kart DS, and New Super Mario Bros.) |
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YK Permabanned! At some point you just have to cease and de-racist. Level: NaN  Posts: 609/-665 EXP: NaN For next: 0 Since: 06-25-10 From: Oregon Since last post: 10.6 years Last activity: 9.8 years
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Originally posted by Aoi I actually disagree with this decision. I find "double screen" DS screenshots to be unwieldy and too large vertically, and should be used sparingly. Even for title screens; "double screen" screenshots just make the BOB huge, and "TOUCH TO START!" screens add little. Most of the time, only one of the two screens is necessary to illustrate something unused. There's no need, for instance, for the top screen, showing nothing but a mini-map, if you're showing off an unused object or something. If the minimap *adds* to the image (e.g. you're showing off an unused area, and a map accompanies it), that's one thing. But including the second screen when it doesn't relate to the article whatsoever just looks sloppy, and tends to leave a *lot* of white space, unless you don't mind the image bleeding into the next, entirely unrelated section... which looks no less awful. Hence why I actually *cropped out* some bottom screens on the SM64DS page... the page now looks a lot cleaner on the whole. ____________________ |
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devin Yoshi i'm mima irl Level: 112  Posts: 2210/3519 EXP: 14932749 For next: 405456 Since: 04-29-08 Pronouns: any From: FL Since last post: 306 days Last activity: 3 days
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Rick M'Lord, there's a knife in your head! Level: 152  Posts: 4593/7540 EXP: 43724515 For next: 577145 Since: 02-15-10 From: Maine Since last post: 7 days Last activity: 6 days
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| French isn't my native tongue but I know enough to get by and can use a translator for the rest, if you want me to do it. ____________________ |
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Skreeny Member I have a custom title. Level: 54  Posts: 597/636 EXP: 1172600 For next: 61270 Since: 09-15-07 Since last post: 9.3 years Last activity: 1.2 years
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| I don't want to unilaterally delete stuff in case I'm wrong, but I'm fairly certain that all of the stuff on this page is fanmade (from this page to be precise). Anyone know anything about them? |
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Liliana "A horrible person". That's what it says. "A horrible person." We weren't even testing for that. Level: NaN Posts: 3071/-3841 EXP: NaN For next: 0 Since: 07-23-07 Since last post: 10.3 years Last activity: 10.1 years
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It is a real game, check Wikipedia. It's just not terribly well known, so I can see where the confusion stems from. ____________________ |
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Rachel Mae Creature of Chaos Level: 141 Posts: 4257/5929 EXP: 33605645 For next: 514369 Since: 07-03-07 Pronouns: she/her From: Foxglen Since last post: 21 days Last activity: 13 hours
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YK Permabanned! At some point you just have to cease and de-racist. Level: NaN Posts: 616/-665 EXP: NaN For next: 0 Since: 06-25-10 From: Oregon Since last post: 10.6 years Last activity: 9.8 years
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| Well, I looked through BS Zelda in vSNES a while back. All the items in the game are loaded into VRAM when you open the menu, and I didn't see the Magic Key there... ____________________ |
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jaytheham Random nobody Level: 8  Posts: 1/9 EXP: 1694 For next: 493 Since: 07-22-11 Since last post: 8.5 years Last activity: 8.1 years
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| I can't seem to remember my password on the wiki and don't seem to have set my account up with an email address :/ Any way to recover it? |
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Xkeeper Level: 263 Posts: 19129/25353 EXP: 297156030 For next: 1804423 Since: 07-03-07 Pronouns: they/them/???????? Since last post: 3 days Last activity: 13 hours
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| Yeah, I'll get your password changed later tonight. If you're on IRC in a few hours I can probably help. |
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Afti Member Level: 25 Posts: 74/114 EXP: 80130 For next: 9490 Since: 06-21-10 Since last post: 7.2 years Last activity: 6.9 years
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Re: spambots- why not ask for the nth word of a random article to register a user? Not hard to circumvent, but we aren't high-profile enough to get custom bots; these are more likely than not generic MediaWiki ones. ____________________ |
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