Typos

[Tage7]

System:
Demo and patch version (i.e. RC1 Patch v.1.0.1): RC1 Patch v.2.0
Operating system: Windows XP Professional
RAM: 1GHz
Video Card Manufacturer (i.e. NVidia or ATI): ATI
Video Card Model: Radeon 9200 SE AGP - 64MB

Location: Main Hall
Chapter: One
Isle: Not sure
Scene: Not Applicable?
Cursor used (if applicable): Eye
Action performed (if applicable): Look Room

Result (pick one):
- Mistake [text, visual or audio error]

"ithe" should be "the"



Is there a main thread specifically for random typos?

[Tage7]

System:
Demo and patch version (i.e. RC1 Patch v.1.0.1): RC1 Patch v.2.0
Operating system: Windows XP Professional
RAM: 1GHz
Video Card Manufacturer (i.e. NVidia or ATI): ATI
Video Card Model: Radeon 9200 SE AGP - 64MB

Location: Main Hall
Chapter: One
Isle: Not sure
Scene: Not Applicable?
Cursor used (if applicable): Eye
Action performed (if applicable): Look Basement Door

Result (pick one):
- Mistake [text, visual or audio error]

"basement" should be "basement."



Is there any better place to put these, or do you guys not care if I keep posting them individually?  Because your "READ ME!" says one issue per post.  =X  I don't know if I'll find more, just wondering.

[Tage7]

Location: Graham's Room
Chapter: One
Isle: Not sure
Scene: Not Applicable?
Cursor used (if applicable): Eye
Action performed (if applicable): Look Second Dresser

Result (pick one):
- Mistake [text, visual or audio error]

"A second, empty, dresser..." should read "A second, empty dresser..."

[Tage7]

Location: Inventory Screen
Chapter: One
Isle: Not sure
Scene: Not Applicable?
Cursor used (if applicable): Eye
Action performed (if applicable): Look Coin

Result (pick one):
- Mistake [text, visual or audio error]

The pause caused by the comma makes the sentence not read well.

[koko_99_2001]

Interesting...though...not necessarily. Especially if "empty" was added into the sentence "by the narrator" as an afterthought. Almost like saying "a second dresser, which is empty." And, the first dresser (more of a wardrobe) does not stand empty, so saying a "second, empty dresser" would be inaccurate, wouldn't it?

[Tage7]

Well, true.  I agree.  If it was added as an afterthought, the use would be correct.  However, I think to put something inside commas to further explain a word, it has to be a short phrase such as: "the second dresser, which is empty, blah blah blah".

Well, this is the way I saw it when I read it: "second" and "empty" were being used as adjectives which would then only require one comma as far as grammatical rules go.

But your point is valid.  =)

[Tage7]

Location: Gardens
Chapter: One
Isle: Not sure
Scene: Not Applicable?
Cursor used (if applicable): Talk
Action performed (if applicable): Talk to Oberon second time around

Result (pick one):
- Mistake [text, visual or audio error]

After you're done talking to Oberon and Titania, talk to them again.  Titania audially says "help to soothe" when your dialogue says "help soothe".  I know it's a LESS THAN minor issue, but I figured, "Eh, why not post it anyway?  It can't hurt."

[koko_99_2001]

Neil...we're going to have Tage beta test any other RCs and the official game, aren't we?

[Delling]

except "which is empty" is a clause

Interesting...though...not necessarily. Especially if "empty" was added into the sentence "by the narrator" as an afterthought. Almost like saying "a second dresser, which is empty." And, the first dresser (more of a wardrobe) does not stand empty, so saying a "second, empty dresser" would be inaccurate, wouldn't it?

Purely theoretically speaking, grammatically, a single comma between two adjectives denotes that the adjectives belong to two seperate levels of modification and the second is not attributive to the noun being modified. A single comma would imply that "empty" was not attributive and thus has no bearing on the state of the first dresser. The general test for whether or not a comma is needed is if an and "fits." "A second and empty dresser" would imply that the two are independent.

If "empty" were added as an afterthought, it would require either ellipses or brackets. Otherwise, if it were added unobtrusively (as it would be here) as if it were part of the original sentence, it must grammatically fit into the context as neatly as it would if it weren't an afterthought. (In other words, it wouldn't be set off from the rest of the sentence by ellipses, dashes, brackets, etc.)

The point is that the presence of a comma means that the first dresser is not necessarily empty and that the lack of a comma would imply that the first dresser is empty.


I just hope you weren't being rhetorical again.

[Tage7]

Location: Gardens
Chapter: One
Isle: Not sure
Scene: Not Applicable?
Cursor used (if applicable): Eye
Action performed (if applicable): Look Black Cloak

Result (pick one):
- Mistake [text, visual or audio error]

Okay, last one for the night.  I don't want to clutter the forum too much.  n.n;  Graham audially says "cloak that that dark" when your written text says "cloak that dark".  Another LESS THAN MINOR issue.  >.<

[Tage7]

Hahaha, I was hoping that no one would take the "phrase" word technically because I honestly don't remember what denotes a phrase and what denotes a clause.  =X

But yeah, I was talking about the second comma not being necessary.

And as far as the below goes:

A second, empty dresser

as opposed to

A second empty dresser

Yeah, if the first dresser was empty, no comma is needed.  However, if the first dresser was not empty, you'd need that comma to denote that they are not both empty.

I'm not quite sure what your opinion on the original issue is though, but I don't mind.  n.n;

[Yonkey]

Is there a main thread specifically for random typos?

There is now!   I've now added these as an issue.  Also, you don't need to specify your system stats for typos.  

[Tage7]

Is there a main thread specifically for random typos?

There is now!   I've now added these as an issue.  Also, you don't need to specify your system stats for typos.  

Hehe, thanks!  Yeah, I've made my system stats my signature now; so I won't have to bother adding it when it's needed.

[Tage7]

Location: Town Square
Chapter: One
Isle: Not sure
Scene: Not Applicable?
Cursor used (if applicable): Eye
Action performed (if applicable): Look at Ali's bookstore's sign

Result (pick one):
- Mistake [text, visual or audio error]

The narrator audially says "located in the basement" when the text writes "located on the basement".

And may I respectfully note that it may seem a little confusing calling the base floor the basement?  I don't know about other places, but from personal experiences, to me a basement generally means a floor underground.

[Tage7]

Location: Town Square
Chapter: One
Isle: Isle of the Crown
Scene: Not Applicable?
Cursor used (if applicable): Eye
Action performed (if applicable): Look at Pawn Shoppe

Result (pick one):
- Mistake [text, visual or audio error]

Here, it says, "A nice small garden welcomes the visitors."  But I do not see a small garden in front of the building.

In my eyes, the plants across from the building are not connected to it in any sort of way.  I hope this doesn't seem rude. 

[Tage7]

Location: Docks
Chapter: One
Isle: Isle of the Crown
Scene: Not Applicable?
Cursor used (if applicable): Talk
Action performed (if applicable): Talk to Hassan

Result (pick one):
- Mistake [text, visual or audio error]

Graham audially says "I really need that ferry." when the text reads "I really need the ferry.".

[Tage7]

Althroughout the conversation with Hassan, the word "King" is uppercased in some places and lowercased in other places.

I do not know if it was intentional because I haven't gone back and payed close attention to the conversation.  But if it wasn't, it's slightly inconsistent.

[Yonkey]

Yeah, I noticed that King/king thing too.  I think it's a bug.

Also, all the places where you wrote Location, are actually the Scene.  "Location:" is just the heading I gave for all that info.

Oh yeah, none of your pics are showing up either.  Could you attach them instead of hotlinking them?

[Tage7]

WHOOPS, Lol, I was wondering what scene was for.  >.<  That makes sense now.

About the pics, you can click them to get the full image anyway.  I didn't attach them because each screenshot is about 400kb.

[Yonkey]

Yeah, I know I can click them, but it's easier if I can see them directly.  Also, I think you mean 40KB, which is under the max.