Collating typos

[Hordern 2,177]

I'd like to document and pull together a list of the typos and grammar slip-ups that dot the game so that I can hand over a list to Rolf. Hopefully it would be something that's relatively easy to sit down and do in a few mins in a group rather than one at a time as and when raised. Please list any known to you, what window they appear in [i don't know how relavant that is, but more info can only be better], what's prompts it and a possible alternative.

Please don't fill up this thread with loads of alternatives (I just don't want to sift through reams of pages to find the scattered errors), only post if you have a new one to add, I will update this post with the list as we go on. If you do have suggestions for alternatives, by all means PM me.

I'll start us off with a couple, but I know there's a grooming one too.

- Local chat when converting to a follower:

Welcome to join the followers of [Deity name]!

Welcome to the ranks of [Deity name]'s followers!

- Event tab when examining a log:

A log cleared from branches

A log cleared of branches

- Event tab when examining any items that needed multiple of one item to continue:

You see a [item name] under construction. The [item name] needs 1 more [component name]s until finished.

You see a [item name] under construction. The [item name] needs 1 more [component name] until finished. - NB, removal of the s for singlar components.

- Event tab when trying to wash a cotton item with to little water:

You need more water in order to cool the [item name].

You need more water in order to wash the [item name].

- Event tab when farming:

The field is now nicely groomed. [i dunno, this one is more or less OK..?]

The field is now in good order.

I went through the meditating comments in the wiki:

- How long plans can I make and do I wish to?

How far ahead can I plan and do I wish to?

- If I give, do I do it for feeling good myself or for others?

If I give, do I do it for others, or to feel good about myself?

- Isn't most things very predictive?

Aren't most things very predictable?

Adolescent, Old and Aged animals should be prefaced with 'an' rather than 'a'.

- Event tab when queing 'continue' actions:

After continuing you will start continuing again.

After continuing, you will continue again.

- Event tab examining a pregnant animal:

She will deliver in about 8.

She will deliver in about 8 weeks.

- Can't remember which tab - local or event? when calling help from guards:

Guards from guard tower runs to the rescue!

Guards form a guard tower run to the rescue!

- Valeri XML

Walnut is home in Home Of The Treekeper.

Walnut is home in Home Of The Treekeeper.

- Event tab building an iron fence:

<Player> continues to build a iron fence.

<Player> continues to build an iron fence.

- Event tab harvesting Cherries:

You harvest a cherries from the Cherry tree.

Either 'You harvest a cherry from the Cherry tree.' or 'You harvest some cherries from the Cherry tree.'

- Event tab when examining a player:

He bears the mark of a elder of [deed name].

He bears the mark of an elder of [deed name].

-Event tab when animals are being treated:

[player name] starts tending a Adolescent fat Flintcall's wounds.

[player name] starts tending to Adolescent fat Flintcall's wound.

- Event tab when being healed (self or by others):

[player name] tries to bandage the wound with a cotton but fails.

[player name] bandages the wound with a cotton.

should be:

[player name] tries to bandage the wound with cotton but fails.

[player name] bandages the wound with cotton.

I assume this goes for rags etc too.

- Event tab when others are being healed:

[player name] starts treating a Maroonhawk's wounds.

[player name] starts treating Maroonhawk's wound.

- Event tab when examining a shortsword:

A sword with a blade the length of an underarm.

A sword with a blade the length of an forearm.

- Event tab when examining food:

a meal made from cooked meat and potato.

A meal made from cooked meat and potato.

- Event tab when examining an item with nolocate cast on it:

Nolocate has been cast on it, so it protection from locating. [power]

Nolocate has been cast on it to protect the wearer from being located. [xx]

- Event tab when imping metal altars:

You need to temper the altar of [Deity] by dipping it in water while it's hot.

The [altar of Deity] must be tempered in water in order to improve it

- Combat tab when succesfuly performing the 'Cricket' special move:

You lashes [Mob, power of hit, location, and damage].

You lash [Mob, power of hit, location, and damage].

- Combat tab when attacked:

[Player] strikes you as you approaches.

[Player] strikes you as you approach.

- Event tab when heading through the tutorial:

Your are rewarded a hatchet.

Your are rewarded a carving knife.

Your are rewarded a sickle.

Your are rewarded a shovel.

Your are rewarded a torch.

Your are rewarded a steel and flint.

Your are rewarded a pickaxe.

Your are rewarded a rock shards.

Your are rewarded a shovel.

Either "You're" or "You are". provided or awarded would also work better in place of rewarded.

- Event tab planting flowers.

You start planting the a bouquet of [flower type].

You start planting the bouquet of [flower type].

- Event tab when examining something that needs tempering:

You need to temper the [item] by dipping it in water while it's hot.

The [item] must be tempered in water in order to improve it.

- Event tab when examining an item that need a pelt to imp:

You will want to polish the [item] with a pelt before you improve it.

You need to polish the [item] with a pelt to improve it.

- Event tab when examining a leather item needing stitching:

The water skin has some holes and must be tailored with an iron needle to improve.

The water skin has some holes and must be sewn with an iron needle to be improved.

- Event tab when using the awl:

You start punching the [item].

You start punching holes into the [item].

- Event tab examining a light water wound:

You see some coughing and choking at the torso.

[Player name] is coughing and choking.

- Event tab when listing items for finishing a complex item:

You see a [item] under construction. Ql: 3.236117, Dam: 0.0. The corbita needs 3 mooring rope, and 199 tenon, and 288 peg, and 1 spinnaker rig, and 7 thick rope, and 1 square rig, and 108 hull plank, and 21 deck board

Take out "and's" barring the last one, and "s's" are needed on the end of multiple items.

- Event tab when you stop destroying something:

You stop destroying [item].

You stop destroying a/an [item].

- Event tab when examining your own body:

He is strong and has a good reserve of fat.

You are strong and have a good reserve of fat [Or whatever status you currently have].

- Event tab when 'attaching' tar to boats:

You attach the tar to the [boat type].

You add some tar to the [boat type].

- Event tab, examining human meat:

Raw meat from an animal.

Raw meat from a human.

- Combat tab, special move:

You try a Sludge. ~ You hits the groin of Pedro hard in the body and hurt it. ~ Your hits the groin of affects Pedro. ~ Pedro is drained of stamina and gasps for air. ~ Pedro is stunned.

Pedro needs to be changed to Xallo, and it always hits him, wherever he is...

You try a Sludge. ~ You hit the body of [Player name] hard in the groin and hurt it. ~ Your hit to the groin affects [Player name]. ~ [Player name] is drained of stamina and gasps for air. ~ [Player name] is stunned.

- Event tab, burying tower guard:

You start to bury the corpse of aged freedom isles tower guar.

You start to bury the corpse of aged freedom isles tower guard.

- Event tab:

The Hunt of the Ancients will begin in 1 hours and 10 minutes.

The Hunt of the Ancients will begin in 1 hour and 10 minutes.

- Event tab when queuing 'stop leading' into actions:

After [action] you will start stop leading.

After [action] you will stop leading.

- Event tab when queuing up a check on meditation path leaders:

[00:48:35] After meditating you will start status.

[00:48:35] After meditating you will inquire.

-Event tab to do with rock shards or nails:

Event tab window, usually picking up/dropping items that are actually plurals:

- You get a rock shards.

You get some rock shards.

- You get a large nails.

You get some large nails.

- You get a small nails.

You get some small nails.

-Event tab when dropping dirt:

You drop eight pile of dirt.

You drop eight heaps [?] of dirt

General oddity:

a large maul head, produces an unfinished maul and becomes a large maul again.

[Aetherwalker 1,863]

This one's always bugged me, not sure if it's what you mean but here goes:

"After continuing you will start continuing again."

[Hordern 2,177]

I know what you mean, not specifically an error, but I'd prefer it to read "After continuing, you will continue again." I'll add it for now

[Wulfgar 1,127]

Here is something that has always bugged me:

[11:09:19] A log cleared from branches. Good for making planks or shafts from. It is made from pinewood.

English is not my first language, but shouldn't it maybe be cleared of branches? A log cleared from branches makes it sound like the log was attached to the branch and smaller and all, when it is in fact the other way around.

[atazs 965]

[18:51:17] You see a window under construction. The window needs 1 more stone bricks and mortar until finished.

[zadar 2]

Cloth tailoring says: You must dip the [item] in water to cool it, but you are washing not tempering.

[pierre93 63]

when u get a instead of an...

[KaiH 1,126]

[11:58:50] A piece of cloth sown with thick threads into a satchel perfect for carrying about the back or around the waist. The satchel has some stains that must be washed away.

[11:59:30] You start washing the satchel.

Looks fixed to me, even the menu option says 'wash'

[Hordern 2,177]

when u get a instead of an...

This does happen a few times, please cite each occurance

[whykillme 1,621]

- Local chat when converting to a follower:

Welcome to join the followers of Vynora!

Welcome, you have joined the followers of Vynora! [Not sure I like this, I'd prefer to find something that sounds a little more 'culty' ;D Could potentially just take out the 'join' of the original]

You have become a follower of Vynora!

You are now a follower of Vynora!

Add either welcome at the beginning or end, imo it's not needed.

[zadar 2]

Ah yeah, that wasn't it. Misquoted myself:

http://wurmonline.com/forum/index.php?topic=68560.0

[Touchmee 380]

farming

[12:09:18] You start removing weeds and otherwise put the field in good order.

[12:09:29] The field is now nicely groomed.

[12:09:18] You tend to the field.

[12:09:29] Teh field is nicely tended.

[polan 5]

When you build fence gate and make quee of action it will say

"After planning palisade..."

[Balmore 261]

- Event tab when carrying near maximum capacity:

You are encumbered and move extremely slow.

You are encumbered and move extremely slowly.

I am pretty sure the first one here is correct, "extremely slowly" just sounds awkward.

But here is one:

"[13:44:50] A adolescent pig eats a stew."

Kinda with every adol creature, that there's the "An" missing.

[atazs 965]

[13:00:29] A old coppersad grazes.

Should be An old

[Hordern 2,177]

- Event tab when carrying near maximum capacity:

You are encumbered and move extremely slow.

You are encumbered and move extremely slowly.

I am pretty sure the first one here is correct, "extremely slowly" just sounds awkward.

You could be right, it's never quite sounded right to me in the past, but saying it over and over now, it does get better. I guess my alteration should probably have been "You are encumbered and will move extremely slowly." because you're not neccesarily moving when you get the message, so it could potentially be future as opposed to present tense. "You are encumbered and move extremely slowly." kind of mixes the two.

I'll take it out again

[Affinity 0]

[09:42:53] Blazinasian starts tending a Adolescent fat Flintcall's wounds.

Should be

[09:42:53] Blazinasian starts tending an Adolescent fat Flintcall's wounds.

[Balmore 261]

- Event tab when carrying near maximum capacity:

You are encumbered and move extremely slow.

You are encumbered and move extremely slowly.

I am pretty sure the first one here is correct, "extremely slowly" just sounds awkward.

You could be right, it's never quite sounded right to me in the past, but saying it over and over now, it does get better. I guess my alteration should probably have been "You are encumbered and will move extremely slowly." because you're not neccesarily moving when you get the message, so it could potentially be future as opposed to present tense. "You are encumbered and move extremely slowly." kind of mixes the two.

I'll take it out again

I guess "You are encumbered and will move extremely slow." would be the most appropriate, if you want to take the tense into account. Though, you could always pick something up while you're moving, making the current form more appropriate again.

[whykillme 1,621]

[09:42:53] Blazinasian starts tending a Adolescent fat Flintcall's wounds.

Should be

[09:42:53] Blazinasian starts tending an Adolescent fat Flintcall's wounds.

-S @ Wounds, you are only tending one wound at the same time?

[thorgot 465]

When examining pregnant creatures:

[19:38:45] She will deliver in about 8.

It should say "8 weeks."

[Makarus 458]

While not a typo, this bugs me.

some items show up weird in crafting menus.

for instance, long short and medium bows. they're not misc, they're weapons.

[Jekev 7]

On Valrei the tile where 'Walnut' lives is named:

"<location>Walnut is home in Home Of The Treekeper.</location>"

When it should be Treekeeper

It should also be pointed out that Nogump lives in a tile called "Nogump the dirty" oppose to something that would make more sense such as "Nogump's dirty lair".

[Wulfgar 1,127]

[12:35:12] Guards from guard tower runs to the rescue!

the missing before guard tower.

[atazs 965]

[12:35:12] Guards from guard tower runs to the rescue!

the missing before guard tower.

Should be a instead of the tbh

[Hordern 2,177]

Should also be 'run'

I think I'll start a new thread for this when I'm done with the typos as it's a whole topic on its own:

While not a typo, this bugs me.

some items show up weird in crafting menus.

for instance, long short and medium bows. they're not misc, they're weapons.

Where does this appear Jekev?

On Valrei the tile where 'Walnut' lives is named:

"<location>Walnut is home in Home Of The Treekeper.</location>"