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A helpful suggestion to people who use this wiki alot

Ive noticed there is no link on the front page to the "lore" page, or i am not seeing it. What will be very helpful would be a link to this page as i looked before for it on this wiki, but i never found info on it until my fleet posted the actual webpage link in the wiki for it in the mumble chat we have in the fleet i am in. I would and i imagine other people would find a link to the "lore" page very helpful for answering those lore questions. Thanks for reading in advanced!

Information about the malware warning

moved from the sitenotice:

Earlier today Curse was notified by Google that there was a script known to be malicious being served though some of our sites. Upon further inspection Curse has determined the script was being served through ad placements from a 3rd party. These ads were being served as they normally would; however, due to a security breach at the 3rd party, a malicious JS was being served that was put in their passback system.

We have managed to identify the 3rd party, who is well known to be trusted, as the source of the script. They have been contacted about the compromise and have removed the malicious script being served to not only Curse, but possibly everyone with whom they work. They are still investigating the breach.

Curse takes security extremely seriously and has removed all 3rd party ad partners until the investigation is complete. We will keep you informed of the outcome of this investigation. In the meantime, we recommend you run a malware scan on your computer. You can run a free scan at http://www.malwarebytes.org/. We sincerely apologize for this inconvenience.

— Eyes 19:28, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

   Well, I don't think I've ever been more thankful for AdBlock Plus. It blocked whatever ad had the malware. CPTNIce 18:48, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

STO Down??

Anyone else having problems getting connected to the game and the website? I am in Las Vegas and for some reason the launcher fails trying to start because it says it can't connect to the patch server. Also I cannot get www.startrekonline.com to come up either.

Ok nevermind found the problem. I finaly got connected to sto.perfectworld.com and they have a blurb saying there are patching issues right now. So apparently someone dident feed the gerbil. Ooops

Down in davenport, Iowa : 7:16pm ct time. 1/31/2013

Misformatting of sub headings

the use of the === formatting leads to headings dissppearing inside a non resizable window. I use IE9 if this makes any difference

It did make a difference. Also, when I originally tested this in IE9, I didn't see the problem. I had to use IE9's zoom and text size features before the problem showed up. Apparently, IE9 wasn't resizing the headings correctly in these modes. I've tweaked the site styles and the problem disappeared on my end; you may have to use Shift-F5 to force IE to load the new styles. Hopefully, this fix works for everyone. — Eyes 21:05, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

Main Site Link

The link to the game's main page should be changed to sto.perfectworld.com. It doesn't seem to be redirecting for me.

Main Page Banners

Somebody should replace the Season 6 banner with a new Season 7 one. The casual STOwiki user wouldn't notice the "Now Out" change unless they already knew. - Mitchz95 01:27, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

Update of the Main Page

I've updated the Main Page (expanding universe section, season 6 banner) and also fixed an unwanted line break (non-playable ships --> NPC ships): User:Akira-sensei/sandbox If an admin could please transfer these updates :) --Akira-sensei 16:58, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

Has there really been NO admin online for the past 24 hours?! :-( --Akira-sensei 15:29, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

Expand section/Empty section

I noticed that there's no template for "expand section" tag. This is something I see used often in other wikis. It probably should be added if there isn't one already that I'm not aware of. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Expand_section

--Omega X 09:49, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

Problem with certain computers

Some people (starting on post 37) are reporting problems with the graphics when loading STOwiki on certain computers. - Mitchz95 20:28, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing this out. I think we have this fixed now. — Eyes 22:28, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Factionnav/New Romulus

I was wondering...since the people of New Romulus are a distinctly different faction than the enemy Romulan Star Empire encountered during the Romulan Front, does it warrant its own Template:Factionnav? - Mitchz95 04:12, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

Season 7 banner improvements

I'd be very grateful if an Admin could copy/paste that to the Main Page :) I've uploaded two new images for the banner (the Romulan/Reman symbols look bluury and tiny) --Akira-sensei 12:23, 24 November 2012 (UTC):

That looks great, Akira! Nicely done! - Mitchz95 05:11, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

Now out! Season Seven: New Romulus

Romulan Embassy Fleet Holding and projects. Personal Reputation System.
Tau Dewa Sector Block. New Special Task Force missions.

Cache not purging in categories

I'm having problems trying to purge the cache on Category:Articles with missing icons. This category is automatically added by {{icon}} (and its redirect {{coloricon}}) if an icon is missing. Specifically, I'm looking at Assault Cruiser Refit, Chroniton Dual Beam Array, and Tholian Crystalline Sword; all used to have missing icons that have since been added.

I can purge the pages themselves (and they clearly don't have that category), but Category:Articles with missing icons still lists them. When I try to purge the category itself, I get a "the connection to the server was reset while the page was loading" error. After a minute, the category reloads, but with the pages unchanged. This is on Firefox 15; Chrome has the same problems, but skips the error message. Karika^Communicator 15:15, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

I don't know the details, but purge does not actually do all of the same things saving the page does. When it fails, you should try a "null edit;" just open the page for editing and save it with no changes. Doing this on the affected pages is working for me. — Eyes 22:01, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

Suggest Page

I suggest someone make the following page:

Known in-game issues

This would benefit many people! Ender Wiggin13 02:02, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

I personally put bugs i find in certain missions on the page of the mission or daily i find, then i add that a fix was found for it and stuff.

weak and no help

i just wanted to lern how to aquire white security or tactical officersand couldnt find no help who made this and where can i find someone who really knows how to play why bisnt vtherec a guide book sad

The official forums are probably the best place to ask questions. - Mitchz95 21:00, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

User Signatures

Hi guys,

I've made my own personal Sig for talk pages and here is how-to if you want to make one also.

• Short Version:

Make a page called http://www.stowiki.org/User:YourUserName/Sig

• On that page you put this for example (replace all "YourUserName"):

<span style="color: #999999;">—</span> [[User:YourUserName|<small>'''YourUserName'''</small>]] [[Image:User-FED-Sig.png|link=User talk:YourUserName]] [[Image:User-Mail-01-Sig.png|link=Special:EmailUser/YourUserName|Send an e-mail to this user]]

You can alter it as you want ofcourse, but please read through the whole original Signature guide linked below.

• Go to your Preferences, and look at the "User Profile" tab.

In the "Signature" edit box, put {{SUBST:User:YourUserName/Sig}} and tick "Custom signature".

• Now you can use your custom signature as usual with ~~~~.

I made mine using Eyes sig as basic (because it looks good).
If this idea is liked I can make other/more icons like perhaps an Admin icon, please let me know what you guys think. :)

Look here for some icons already made (was more of an experiment, and those icons might get changed bit):

User_talk:Idrona

Note that if you wish to use the mail icon you would also have to Enable e-mail from other users under your Preferences, E-mail options.

• Extended Version: STOW:SIG

Cheers — Idrona 23:55, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

213.191.224.3 13:07, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

Credits Conversion

(From site notice) Effective Thursday, July 12th, 2012, Cryptic Points are being converted to ZEN. If you enter an outstanding code for Cryptic Points (CP) or STO Promotional Points, these redeemed points will automatically be converted to ZEN at a rate of 80 CP:100 ZEN and will show up in your in-game balance as such. More information about this change can be found at https://support.perfectworld.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4136

Xean 11:05, 03 February 2013 (ET)

Support Cruiser Retrofit from Temporal Ambassador

This may seem like a simple question to ask, but would like confirmation anyway. Currently, I am a level 16 LT. Commander, and have completed the Temporal Ambassador mission. I received my award of ships, but do I have to wait until I obtain Level 20 to use it?

Thanks for the help!

Randytwood 20:24, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

You will be able to open the boxes once you reach the appropriate rank (level 20 for the standard Support Cruiser; level 40 for the limited time Support Cruiser Retrofit). You can open the boxes anytime after that; they won't disappear after the event ends. - Mitchz95 20:47, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

Thank you, Mitch! Answered evrything I was thinking about~

Randytwood 21:24, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

Really wish they would change the 'bound to character' property of the tier 3 Support Cruiser. At least make it transferable between characters on an account, otherwise it's worthless to players who are already at Captain or Admiral ranks. Same goes for the Kamarag battlecruiser on the KDF side. Orca19904 21:30, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

Questions about the number of ships per character

Hi again,

I was wondering how many ships can be assigned to a character for a Silver account? I would like to buy a ship, but I believe they need to be placed in a "slot", and a character has only 5 levels, so does this mean only five ships per character? Does the type of account (Gold vs Silver) affect this?

I tried the search function for this one, but maybe I am trying to be too specific with the request for it to work.

Thanks for the help!

Randytwood 22:24, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

See Ship slot. I believe it could an additional ship slot for gold but don't quote me on that. Which reminds me if some would be kind enough to check the price of buying 2 additional ship slots, I believe it could be 300 but you may want to check. Thanks in advance ≡Hello191 (Talk) 16:55, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

Thank you. Yes there is a fixed number of ship slots per character, but additional slots can be added by buying slots from the C-Store, or converting dilithium to Zen from the Exchange. This is allowed to Silver Memners, as I am one and now have 8 ships for my Tactical character. Again, Thank you for the answer!

Woodtrandy 16:51, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

bridge officer deleted

i would like to know why the bridge officers get deleted everytime someone changes to a new screen and can't put them back on unless they go into there bridge and add them back to there stations. this has been very annoying when you enter combat and your boff's are not in there stations and you are running a standard ship with no help from the officers you put on in there stations. if you can email me back a way to get rid of this BUG it would be very much appreciated.

your friend michael-john mcaulay

p.s. i enjoy the game and hope you come up with new ships and items for ships asap.

Hello,

This is a terribly annoying situation to have,and you are not alone, myself (and many others) have had this same problem. However, most recently after completing the mission Temporal Ambassador. STO have yet to release a fix but in the mean time I advise you to check your bridge officer stations before and after completing missions, changing screens etc including changing ships. Hope this helps, sorry for no true fix.≡Hello191 (Talk) 16:32, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

I do not know if this helps, but have noticed that BOFFS ability levels and there current rank CAN affect whether or not they show up in a bridge slot. For instance, when I get a new ship, I need to add the BOFFS again. And is the new ship requires a higher rank in the slot than is currently available, I cannot add them until i promote them. Is this the case you are describing? Or is it that they were in the slots on a ship and the disappeared from the same ship when you chnged your screen?

Woodtrandy 16:59, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

How do I create a new template?

I proposed a new template for Abilities over in the Suggestion box. It doesn't seem to be getting noticed, but I think it's a good idea. So, I want to make the template myself. How would I proceed? CPTNIce 07:15, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

I didn't studied your suggestion nor the ability pages to see if needs improvments (just came back after 2 months break from Wiki to practice my hobby with 3D Art and a small vacation:)).Now since im back i need to remember how to work with wiki and continue my started projects and i might not have yet plenty time to involve into a new big project to stowiki but at least i can tell you that on my user page you can find some very useful links to the Mediawiki.Also if you get lost into advanced coding , you should visit my contribution page and select from the drop down box , "Template" and you will see lots of template edits/improvements, creating new templates by me.On the wiki there are lots of templates already created for different purposes , you should create your own testing page, Username/Sandbox or use the Sandbox page from wiki (there you might have higher chances to get improved your tested template) and feel free to follow my work , copy a template and paste it on your sandbox page and edit that to change values or titles/words.Easiest template is to make a text as a template to be displayed on multiple pages such as item info (example : my holo emitter template).Templates are very useful and if used on more than 2 pages then definitly will save storage space on wiki server also your spent time to retype the text again.Don't forget to use Show preview button if you edit a page to see how it looks or to save your work if you work on your sandbox page.From what i saw on suggestion box about how should look like your template for ability page i think the ships vs. another ship templates (example: see breen chel grett ship vs. similar ships comparison) or infoboxes will fit (for vertical tables) but its just a suggestion.

See also http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:Help and if you got stuck on your progress ,leave a message/post so we can help Cris333 12:31, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

Report of STOwiki blocked by antivirus program

It was brought to my attention that at least one user was being intermittently blocked on Firefox (and the Raptr browser) from visiting STOwiki due to the ads on the website being classified as malware by his Avast antivirus program. He was able to use a workaround by disabling javascript and images in his browser settings. This issue is not unique to STOwiki. Perhaps our friends at Curse can offer some suggestions? --MatthewM 14:32, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

I've sent word up to get the issue investigated. Meanwhile, if anyone else is experiencing any malware warnings, please pass on as much information as you can. It'll be hard to track down any issue from a single report. — Eyes 02:42, 16 March 2013 (UTC)

Definition of a Critical Hit

Hi again,

I was wondering if someone could explain what is meant by a critical hit? I am looking for a mathamatical description. For instance, i know that Antiproton bema array have a natural +20 Critical Severity bounus, but it is only applied if a critical hit is made. So what are the cahnces that a Critical Hit is made? Is is like the Proc for other types of Beam Arrays @ 2.5%?

Thank you

Woodtrandy 16:54, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

Hi Woodtrandy.While hitting/slaying a monster/boss/ship/car on any games offline or online there is a chance (if the game devs. created one) to critically hit. I don't know exactly ,also this may vary from game to game, but a critical hit may be the multiplied value with 2 or 3 of a normal hit (Example : normal hit=2000 then a critical hit value may be ~6000 or even 7000).Yes, the antiproton proc adds additional +2% chance to deal the critical hit 7000.On STO for space there are consoles which helps with critical chance (assimilated console, the temporal console from lobi store,...), for ground (ferasan grass, gambling device from lobi store,..). Critical Severity increases that Critical Hit value ,let's say +30% Critical Severity,the value from 7000 turns into 9100 (7000*30%=2,100 and 7000+2100=9100) if a booster is used such as a console/weapon adds(procs)/potions/foods.Hope i'm not wrong :) Cris333 16:21, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

Energy Damage Types Template needs to be updated

http://www.stowiki.org/Template:Energy_damage_types

Antiproton description is wrong