Entropedia.info official thread

[Witte]

This thread is meant for all questions, issues and suggestions about entropedia.info. I will also use it to inform about updates or changes.

Here is a bit of background info about the site:

The site was originally created and developed by Minder in 2005. The name back then was PE-Wikicharts and the URL was pe-wiki.info. I became involved with the site in a later stage and mainly helped Minder with the design, although I also did some developing. Minder quit EU in 2006, at which point I took over all the development. Since then the site has changed host from a Swedish host, to an American host, to currently being hosted by EntopiaForum. The name was changed to Entropedia in 2007.

The site is based on the wiki format, which a name that is often used to refer to it. This means the contents is created and maintained by its users. The site contains charts about almost any item, creature and location found in Entropia Universe. There is also information about avatars and societies.

For suggestions you can leave a message in the Wishlist. For bug reports you can leave a message on the Bugs page. You can also just post a message in this thread. Any comments are welcome.

Cheers,

Entropedia Admin, Witte

[Witte]

I have a request to the community to create a banner for Entropedia to be used on EF. If anyone has the skill, time, and will to create one, please contact me in PM. You will be rewarded in EFD

[endermigne]

Ok, so I'm the first to complain, erm, post...

Is it possible that some mob locations are gone? I remember looking for Cornundacaudas once and I'm sure that they were listed NE of Akmuul (which in fact they are, or at least were).

[Witte]

Originally Posted by endermigne

Ok, so I'm the first to complain, erm, post...

Is it possible that some mob locations are gone? I remember looking for Cornundacaudas once and I'm sure that they were listed NE of Akmuul (which in fact they are, or at least were).

Hmm not that I know of. But feel free to add them .

[onyx oZ Zombie]

don't really have any complaints or suggestions - searches are now nice and quick, and i have yet to not find what i was looking for

thanks for you hard work, Witte

[andyzammy]

just a question..

is WikiTools here to stay or is it still in beta? also, does it use exactly the same formula as the chipping optimiser and carebears site?

[Witte]

Originally Posted by andyzammy

just a question..

is WikiTools here to stay or is it still in beta? also, does it use exactly the same formula as the chipping optimiser and carebears site?

Wikitools is being developed by doer. I am not that sure what his plans are, but it might indeed be an idea to remove the beta tags. I will contact him about it.

[Vedder]

Entropedia rulez

Great work, Witte. +Rep sent.

[wizzszz]

Entropedia rocks!

[Doer]

Originally Posted by andyzammy

just a question..

is WikiTools here to stay or is it still in beta? also, does it use exactly the same formula as the chipping optimiser and carebears site?

WikiTools originated as a separate site, where I intended to allow uploading of multiple skill sets and a log of some sort, with plots and all that. When Witte offered to let me host with Entropedia, I moved it over and it became much more a part of Entropedia than it was initially going to be. The "beta" at this point is there because I still intend to add more functionality. The skill calculator and avatar skill calculator are fully functional and (I hope) useful.

Jdegre and I were working on matching a reasonable fitting function to the new skill level to volume curve after the skill nerf of January 07. We have the same data but I'm not sure how similar his function (chipping optimizer) is to the one WikiTools uses. Carebear used my fit to update his for EntropiaTools, so I imagine those two will give similar results.

I have a fully capable chipping calculator (multitarget), hunting/skill log and other goodies developed in the same code that runs WikiTools, but due to Entropedia using C# and ASP.NET and me using Python, and me generally not being good at UIs, I haven't added gotten around to adding that. I'd like to simply make it part of the wiki charts of Entropedia, rather than a separate page.

What would be helpful is feedback on what aspects of skill calculations and logging are missing that people would find useful, so that I can prioritize what I add.