DexCisco

Join Date 11/2002

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[0.77] Typos

The XML is likely still very volatile and subject to changes, but I thought I would start the mammoth task of ridding it of typos. I'm not even going to touch sentence structure and the rampant use of commas, but there are some fairly obvious mistakes that need to be fixed.

In general, the use of plurals and plural possessives need some work. Here are some examples:

spiders den/lair - spider's den (singular) or spiders' den (plural)
You interrupted the creatures last meal. - creature's or creatures'
bandit's - fine if there is only one bandit, bandits' if more than one
Merchants Guild - If the merchants own the guild, it should be Merchant's Guild, otherwise it could be OK.
the statues weapon - one statue = statue's weapon

See use of plural possessive nouns: link

Apart from that, here are some specific errors in the CoreGoodieHuts.xml. More to follow.

Canvas Lean-to Champion_Empire2

A canvas lean-yo stretches across a fallen tree limb. Two skinned animals - rabbits? Dogs? Infant wargs? - hang from a nearby branch. And from the other side of the hill comes the sound of footsteps rapidly approaching.

Hut Champion_Empire4

A simple hut of stark, unnaturally white wood stands alone in the center of an immense, lifeless clearing... footsteps lead to the hut's door, and alongside them is a dark-colored smear that may be blood.

Footprints?

The Spider's Lair Lair_AlbinoRockSpider

Found Item There is a single hand in the spiders den. It still wears a golg ring set with small rubies.

Darkling Camp Lair_DarklingWarrior

Found Item The darkling had a small puch of items he had collected, a squirrel tail, teeth and a smooth black stone.

Pavillion Champion_Kingdom3

A pavillon of richly-colored

Pavilion has one "l"

Bhinadmi Fissure Lair_Abeix

A crack in the earth reveals an unfathomably deep hole... a world beneath the one we know, haunted by creatures more horrible and magnificant than anything that wanders on the world's surface.

magnificent?

Lair of the Air Shrills Lair_AirShrill

Here stand the ruins of an ancient temple... the runes long since worn off the explosed pillars and stone

The Demon's Lair Lair_AssassinDemon

Found Item You interrupted the creatures last meal. Blood, bones and flesh are scattered like the toys of a demented child. Most of the victims possesions are destroyed, but you do find one item of value.

Widow Lair Lair_BlackWidow

Spun between two dead oaks in a field of ash, a web with threads as thick as rope holds the dessicated corpse of an unfortunate traveler.

desiccated

Rock Spider's Lair Lair_GiantRockSpider

Found Item Within the spider's caveran you find an item.

Lair of Savages Lair_TrollWarrior

Primitive Campground Lair_Troll

Found Item An enchanted shield is braced clumbsily against a nearby tree. The troll was using it as a target when pitching apple cores.

clumsily

Wilding Camp Lair_WildingWarrior

Found Item The Wilding Warrior had a small collection of bottles of mead. Amoung them you find a potion with a dim glow.

Found Item The Wilding Warrior had a collection of small objects, a knucklebone, some beads and a letter.

Ancient Battlefield Treasure_AncientBattlefield

Found Item Amoungst the debris you find a pair of boots, untouched by the years they have spent here.

Found Item Though most of the remnants of armor and weapons is (SB are) ruined, you do find a pair of chainmail gloves that are still serviceable.

Sun-Bleached Bones Treasure_BeastCarcass

Found Item A prior traveler tanned a section of hide from the beast and used it to craft a pair of gloves. Unfortunatly they didn't live enough to try them out.

Abandoned Caravan Treasure_Caravan

Found Item A green skullcap lies within the wreckage, unnotable except for the faint aura of magic about it.

Is this a word? Unnoticeable? Hardly notable?

Shattered Statue Treasure_CrumbledStatue

Found Item A runed token is inset in the statue, the one who owns the token can command the statue.

New sentence.

Equipment Cache Treasure_EquipmentCache

Found Item A case holds an old spear, a veteran of many battles. Despite it's age and the countless battles it has been used in, it is still a formidable weapon.

its

An ancient graveyard Treasure_Graveyard

Found Item A small enchanted tablet is set upon the gravestones. You don't know who left it here or for what purpose. But you have more need of it than the dead.

Found Item Someone brewed a potion here, using ingrediants both foul and unholy. The remains of the potion still remain.

Abandoned House Treasure_RuinedHouse

Found Item This was once a laborers house and it is full of ruined tools and equipmnet. You are about to give up the search when you find a backpack so light it nearly floats in the air.

Fountain of Morian Treasure_SwampFountain

Found Item Deep within the tangle of vines you find a discarded magcial item.

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P.S. Thanks for using XML. It makes splitting out the relevant text easy to do with XSLT and I can include the internal names of the offending nodes.

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Publius of NV

Join Date 08/2002

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I'm not sure what file it's in, but the text you get when you "Retire" from the game contains "retireing" which shouldn't contain the second 'e'.

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Here are some from CoreQuests.xml:

The Heirloom - Quest_Heirloom

QuestObjectiveDef = 0

... his neck, stifiling his cries ...

Bandits on the loose! - Quest_Bandits

QuestObjectiveDef = 0

...taxing my citzens any more...

Eclipse - Quest_Eclipse

The moon has leapt across the sky...

Meteor Storm - Quest_MeteorStorm

...Fire Elementals worshipped in the House..

Escort Noblewoman - Quest_TheRaidersBribe

QuestObjectiveDef = 0

There's no reason for unpleasentness. Simply give the girl to us and we will pay you twice what that undeor merchant will offer."

Pallbearers - Quest_Pallbearers

...sounds from the masoleum. As you watch horse-sized maggot white spiders crawl out of the masoleum and come ...

The Capstone - Quest_Capstone

QuestObjectiveDef = 0

...For long minutes there is only dakrness and quiet,...

Cloak of Stars - Quest_CloakOfStars

QuestObjectiveDef = 0

...shattered by enourmous claws...

Slavers - Quest_Slavers

QuestObjectiveDef = 0

...But the slavemaster is an urxen giant named Daxus

The Abandoned Dig - Quest_AbandonedDig

This digsite look abandoned, perhaps there's something to be found inside.

filled with the staues of ancient heroes

The Path of Wind and Woe - Quest_Dragon1

as do the elementals they worshipped.

The Lost Eye - Quest_Dragon2

...An armored senty yells to you...

Also, technically, gray is the color, Grey is a surname, but they often get mixed up to the point where they are practically interchangeable. Fix it if you like.

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Here are some from CoreItems.xml

Band of the Stalwart - BandOfTheStalwart

This golden ring blazes with a warm crimson light. Its wearer will see their defence increased.

Cloak of Shadows - CloakOfShadows

The wearers body seems to dissapear into this midnight black cloak.

Spider Venom Sack - Loot_SpiderVenom

These are easily sold in any markplace to merchant and traders. Though they claim to sell them to healers and sages nearly all of them are sold to assassins and those interested in making poison.

Mushroom - Mushroom

A rare type of mushroom that works wonders for the world-weary traveller.

Dark Concoction - Potion_DarkConcoction

The dark liquid inside smells like it has been filtered through an Ogre's loincloth. It tases even worse.

Procipinee's Crown - ProcipineesCrown

Fashioned of silver and amethyst the crown radiates magic, enough to maintain any enchanments on the wearer.

Ward of Health - WardOfHealth

This enchanted token is made of Irulian Crystaline. It increases the hit points of the wearer by 10.

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Here are some from the CoreUnits.xml

Champion - Champion_Arissa

Backstory: ... But afterwards... I was never ... (SB afterward)

Champion - Champion_Bacco

Backstory: ... he was a councillor for the Serrane, ...

Champion - Champion_Baylur

Backstory: ... if the Baron's wife hadn't've put her nose in it. (creative contractions? might be OK)

Champion - Champion_Cynryk

Backstory: ... remnants of that great civlization out there... it.Since ...

Champion - Champion_Flurlinn

Backstory: ...He came to the longhouse we all shared, afterwards... he called my father out.

Champion - Champion_Gairell

Recruit Text: I am a learned and capable adminstrator. ... (irony?)

Champion - Champion_Leadanna

Recruit Text: ... A merchant, yes, but a skilled adminstrator as well. ...

Champion - Champion_Ragaldo

Backstory: ... Ragaldo goes forth boldy where others fear to step.

Champion - Champion_Tann

Backstory: ...This was ten years ago; in thefifth year of my command ...

Champion - Champion_Thannata

Quote: I enjoy battles, when the screams of my enemies join in symphany with those in my mind.'

Free Rider Archer - Quest_Archer_FreeRider

Description: Archers are lightly equiped and skilled at picking off their opponents at a distance.

Emperor Karavox - Sovereign_Karavox

Backstory: Karavox claims linneage from Warlord Kraxis, ...

Archer - Unit_Archer_Altarian

Description: Archers are lightly equiped and skilled at picking off their opponents at a distance.

Archer - Unit_Archer_Ironeer

Description: Archers are lightly equiped and skilled at picking off their opponents at a distance.

Archer - Unit_Archer_Krax

Description: Archers are lightly equiped and skilled at picking off their opponents at a distance.

Featherwyn Archer - Unit_Archer_Mancer

Description: Featherwyn Archers are lightly equiped and skilled at picking off...

Dross Archer - Unit_Archer_Quendar

Description: Dross Archers are lightly equiped and skilled at picking off...

Clan of the Crow - Unit_Archer_Tarth

Description: The Clan of the Crow are lightly equiped and ... the Clan is the most reknown for their skill.

Archer - Unit_Archer_Trog

Description: Archers are lightly equiped and skilled at picking off their opponents at a distance.

Archer - Unit_Archer_Urxen

Description: Archers are lightly equiped and skilled at picking off their opponents at a distance.

Archer - Unit_Archer_Wraith

Description: Archers are lightly equiped and skilled at picking off their opponents at a distance.

Archer - Unit_Quest_Archer

Description: Archers are lightly equiped and skilled at picking off their opponents at a distance.

Catapult - Unit_Catapult

Description: ... Their attacks damage all units within aa 1 tile radius.

Tide of Teeth - Unit_Horseman_Wraith

Description: ... The Tide is reknown for nipping at the heels (SB renown)

Blades of Athica - Unit_Medium_Altarian

Magebane - Unit_Medium_Amarian

Umberguard - Unit_Medium_Ironeer

Karavox's Honorguard - Unit_Medium_Krax

Silver Swordsmen - Unit_Medium_Mancer

Scourge - Unit_Medium_Quendar

Oak Guard - Unit_Medium_Tarth

Battleborn - Unit_Medium_Trog

Soldier - Unit_Medium_Urxen

Soldier - Unit_Medium_Wraith

Description: ... are good midgame (SB mid-game) units for your armies.

Scourge - Unit_Medium_Quendar

Description: ... as other faction's soliders they can be trained ...

Karavox's Honorguard - Unit_Medium_Krax

Description: ... They are reknown for their resilience ...

Order of the Cenotaph - Unit_Spearman_Ironeer

Description: ...Originally used as tomb guards they are reknown for their endurance ...

Spikes of Krax - Unit_Spearman_Krax

Description: ...well armored enemies and reknown for their ...

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I'll add in some from CoreAbilities.xml

Bell Tower

Bell Towers provide additional militia for the city's defense and increase the cities Influence by 1

Apothecary

Apothecary's provide 3 Research per Material and produce healing and growth potions your champions can purchase

Amethyst Vault

Amethyst Vault's provide +1 Crystal per season

Training Yard

[add A] Training yard provides all units trained in this city with +3 to Accuracy

Tower of the Magi

The Tower of the Magi increases the spell resistence of all units produced in this city by 3 and protects the city from the spells of enemy casters

Ereog's Tower

+1 Air power and no maintenance on enchantments on the city "Also inconsistent with other descriptions by not including the name of the improvement"

The Great Arena

The Great Arena increases your growth by 25%. All units trained [insert in] this city will be +3 to Strength and +3 to Constitution

The Onyx Throne

The Onyx Throne reduces Unrest in all [insert of] your cities by 20%

Tenfell University

Tenfell University keeps the cities Unrest from effecting Research

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CoreImprovements.xml

Bell Tower - BellTower
Bell Towers provide additional militia for the city's defence and increase the cities Influence by 1.

Guild Tribunal - GuildTribunal
The Guild Tribunal manages all your craftsmen. Giving your city +1 Gildar per Material and +5 Production per Material. You can only have 1 Guild tribunal per faction.

Infirmary - Infirmary
Infirmarys provide +0.5 Growth

Tower of Dominion - TowerOfDominion
The Tower of Dominon reduces your…

Tower of the Magi - TowerOfTheMagi
… increases the spell resistence of all units…

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CoreConversations.xml

Topic: Talk_FirstContact - KingdomOfCapitar -> EmpireOfKraxis
...a message for you, [L_LeaderName], sovereign of Kraxis, from [S_LeaderName], leader of Capitar, and from those who in the past have traded most profitably with your peoples. We trust your intentions are peaceful; we look forward to future tradings [trades or trading] with your Empire

Topic: Talk_Greeting_Generic - KingdomOfGilden ->
We greet you in the name of the Lord Enil Markinn, conquerer of Zad-Zabril, Monarch of all Gilden.

Topic: Talk_WeHaveNewTechs - ->
We want to let you know that we have just uncovered the secret ot [S_LastResearchedTech]. The secrets of the lost Magi are now ours.

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conversations_withplayer.xml

Topic: Talk_NoTech - Rule
... on proper royal ettiquette.

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conversations_ai.xml

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Techs_Amarian.xml

Blacksmithing
... as well as craft Maces and Round Shields.You ...

Entertainment
Research in this area allows Kingdom players to construct the Theater [Theatre]improvement and Empire ...

Legendary Armor
Research these techniques to craft Leather Armor. A properly-armored [hyphen not necessary] military...

Masterwork Weapons
...far more deadly then [than] their normal counterparts...

Mercenaries
... Thieves do not lack for bravery; instill [instil] them with the proper discipline

Refined Arcana
... those contained in the codexes [codices] which survived the cataclysm

Refined Channeling
... those contained in the codexes which survived the cataclysm

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CoreAbilities.xml

Bloodthirsty - Bloodthirsty

Bloodthirsty - Bloodthirsty_Level

Brute - Brute

Brute - Brute_Level

Deflect Missiles - DeflectMissiles

Enmity - Enmity

Enmity - Enmity_Level

Finesse - Finesse

Finesse - Finesse_Level

Underdog - Underdog

Hunter - Hunter
+25% Attack vs. damaged enemies

Builders - BuilderTech
... to build Apiarys [Apiaries], Orchards and Gardens

Tis ['Tis] But a Scratch - TisButAScratch

Master of Arms - MasterOfArms
Army gets +1 to crits

Endless Legion - EndlessLegion

Guardian I - Guardian1

Guardian II - Guardian2

Guardian III - Guardian3
Tactician II - Tactician2

Tactician III - Tactician3

Tactician - Tactician

True Strike - TrueStrike

Evoker II - Evoker2
Evoker III - Evoker3
Evoker - Evoker

Overpower - Overpower
... units [unit's] ...

Diplomat - Diplomat
+20% to the percieved [perceived] value of trades

Tower of the Magi - UnlockTowerOfTheMagi
The Tower of the Magi increases the spell resistence [resistance] of all units produced

General - General

Typhoid Fever - TyphoidFever

Healer - Medic
... armies [army's] ...

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CoreArmor.xml

Warding Chain Coif - ChainHelmet_Warding
The aura of protective energy eminating from...

Masterwork Chain Vambraces - ChainVambraces_Masterwork
... woven together in a patten that reinforces their strength.

Kite Shield - KiteShield
A mid sized [mid-sized or midsized] shield ...

Leather Cuirass - LeatherBreastpiece
A cuirass made from molded leather. It's [It] will provide the wearer with minor protection from all types of damage

Impenetrable Tower Shield - TowerShield_Impenetrable

...refined crystal. Its is unrivaled in its ability...

Mage Robes - Robe_Mage
... arcane energy is channeled [channelled] through them and into the caster.

Reinforced Tower Shield - TowerShield_Reinforced
... aided in its contruction, weaving strengthening spells into its base materials.

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CoreFlavorText.xml

Topic: EndGameWnd_Retire
... but to lead was too tireing [tiring].

Topic: EndGameWnd_RetireFromEndlessGame
..., the excitement of warring [with] the unworthy channelers of the world...

Topic: MiniCutscene_Wedding_FemaleLeader
... [SovereignName] and her suiter [suitor], [UnitName], ...

Topic: MiniCutscene_EncounterRuinsOfTheImperium_Text
...Before you is a crumbling stone arch. There are words chiseled [chiselled] into the rock,...

Topic: MiniCutscene_TheShroud_Text
... someone cries out, fear tinging [tingeing] his voice. ...

Topic: Msg_PlayerDefeated_KnownToLocalPlayer
... pitiful [KilledFactionName], and its lands are now controled [controlled] by [OtherFactionShortName].

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CoreInfoCardBackgrounds.xml

<InfoCardBackground InternalName="BG40_Airshrine">
<Image>gfx/backgrounds/BG40_Airshrine.png</Image> s [???]
</InfoCardBackground>

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CoreRaceConfigs.xml

KingdomOfAltar
Lore: ... farmers struggle to eak [eke] out existence ...

KingdomOfTarth
...Tarth was granted indepenence [independence] after its slaves revolted....

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CoreResources.xml

<ResourceType InternalName="Unrest01">
<DisplayName>Unrest</DisplayName>
<Description>Percentage penalty to a city's production and research due to its [it's] disgruntled citizens.</Description>

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LOL! Does Stardock not have a spell checker?

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CoreUnitStats.xml

Level - UnitStat_Level
The units [unit's] level.

Enchantment Maintenance Cost - UnitStat_EnchantmentMaintenanceMultiplier
Multiplier value to how much this units spell maintanence costs.

Dodge vs. Ranged attacks - UnitStat_DodgeAgainstRanged

% Strength Bonus - UnitStat_StrengthMod
Multiplies the units strength bonus to attack.

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CoreWeapons.xml

Crude Club - Club_Crude
Calling it a club my be to kind. It's the branch of a tree.

Balanced Axe - Axe_Balanced
This axe was never intended to chop wood. It is a beautifully crafted weapon, its almost a shame to use it to split skulls.

Ignys Axe - Axe_Ignys
Formed of the sharpened carapace of an Ignys. The material strengthens the enchanters fire rune and burns brightly.

Hunter's Axe - Axe_Hunters
Favored by hunters these versitile axes are...

Winter's Spear - Spear_Winters
In order to enchant these spears they must lay in the artic for nearly a century. ...

Burning Battle Axe - BattleAxe_Burning
The blade of this great axe is fixed with twin citrine's [citrines]. ... It's more likely that [your enemy's] enemies thoughts are going to be more occupied by the axe's flames...

Masterwork Battle Axe - BattleAxe_Masterwork
"The sythe [scythe] of men, ...

Masterwork Short Sword - Shortsword_Masterwork
... Most have a distinctive sepentine etching on the blade. ...

Toxic Short Sword - Shortsword_Toxic
... The poison paralyzes the victims [victim's] lungs,

Sharp Broadsword - Broadsword_Sharp
... The blade is so so sharp...

Masterwork Broadsword - Broadsword_Masterwork
... Many attacked lone Ironeer soldier's [soldiers] just to get their sword.

Brutal Broadsword - Broadsword_Brutal
... But when Verga touched it he became calm[, which]. Which made us even more afraid."...

Champion's Lance - Pike_Champions
... powerful symbol of a champions [champion's] strength, and ...

Boreal Blade - Longsword_Freezing
... and it insessently [incessantly] whispers ...

Heartseeker - Longsword_Razor
...they are likely to cut of [off] their own arm.

Sword of the Sun and Moon - Longsword_SwordOfTheSunAndMoon
... It has a symbol of constelations [constellations] on its crossguard...

Sythe [Scythe] of the Void - Greatsword_Void

Brutal Trog Scimitar - TrogScimitar_Brutal
... Usless [Useless] for non-military pursuits,...

Sword of Wrath - Greatsword_SwordOfWrath
..., the ritual was uncomplete [incomplete]. ... but it was to [too] late. ...

Ram's Horn Longbow - YewLongbow_Strength
One of the tests of Tarth adolesents [adolescents] is to see ...

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CoreWorldResources.xml

Iron Ore - Resource_IronOre
Long: ...to forge powerful weaopns and armor.

Wild Game - Resource_WildGame
Long: ... in a land devasted by the cataclysm.

Naja Lair - Wild_Naja
Long: Here is a hidden snakepit [snake pit], ...

Ogre Lair - Wild_Ogres
Long: ... little more than a firepit [fire pit] and a privy ...

Ophidian Lair - Wild_Ophidian
Long: ... related to pythons, who [which] have developed an immunity to all magics.

Wilding Village - Wild_Wildings

Long: ...of its inhabitants. Wildings; diminuitive [diminutive] , man-like creatures

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elemental.str

[TABLEALIAS CannotAccessSpellScreenMessageBox]

[Title] No Spells

[Message] You have no lore masters persuing [pursuing] spells! Research and construct arcane laboratories.

[SpellChannelingCanceled_Title] Spell Channeling Canceled

[UnitBestiaryTitle] Beastiary [Bestiary]

[CannotCastWhileChanneling] Must cancel channeling [channelling] of current spell to cast a different spell

[BattleInitVS] VS.

[RacesSpokeOnTopicBefore] Races have spoke [spoken] on topic %lu times before

[BuildPioneer_Msg] It will take several seasons for your Pioneer unit to be trained.\n\nUse this time to expore the East and see what other mysteries lay beneith the fog.

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I don't know if there are any more mistakes, but I'm done.

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Lord Reliant

Join Date 03/2006

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Good job, Dex. Stardock needs to hire you as their copy editor!

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