Chapter Codes

[Bjorn]

Hi

Just curious

Do the codes (i.e. for chaos, for harmony, etc) go in the posts themselves or in the signatures?

If we put them in the signatures does that mean every post in IC tilts that way (i.e. I post something non-related in solo)??

I never really understood how these worked.

Please advise.

[Nishaa]

I’d like to know too!

I put the harmony in Mora’s sig cos she’s always a peacemaker - so it would make sense for her character - assuming this was the case!

[Every]

From what I can see, if they’re not posted in the posts specifically, the tags will not count towards the chapter. Anything posted in your signature will just show your support.

[Alexandrea]

I'm 99.99% positive that having a tag in your sig does NOT count and does need to also be included in the body of the text. I asked David and Josh about it ages ago and although I can't remember exactly what was said, after that I knew that just having a tag in a sig wouldn't get counted.

[Caligrace]

From what I can see, if they’re not posted in the posts specifically, the tags will not count towards the chapter. Anything posted in your signature will just show your support.

This is correct. Thanks for checking the code to be sure. I know you hate it, lol.

[Hamlet]

Good to know! I also needed to know this, so thank you staff! I'm assuming it doesn't matter if the tag is in the beginning or end, correct? Just somewhere in the post? And where are the tags, how do I make one? Are they already made?

[Bjorn]

Thank you for the clarification, folks!

I'm assuming it doesn't matter if the tag is in the beginning or end, correct? Just somewhere in the post? And where are the tags, how do I make one? Are they already made?

Tags are created by the developers because of implications for the game code itself when used. Chapter announcements will include the tags and what they represent (Chapter 9 tags here), though when in in full-reply mode you should have the tag option buttons within the styles section (between the subject and message body boxes.)

I can't answer for placement, but in previous chapters I have seen the tag included either at the beginning or end of the post. (Though I have also seen them in signatures which is how I got confused -- hence this thread.)

[Every]

Before or after is how they’re effective. You don’t want to break the tag either so just click the buttons for it.

[Levi DAmico]

Just to clarify as the person who spent ages trying to figure these out to code them...

The tags only apply in the text body of a post and are triggered only on the RP forums.

There's also an extra caveat that they are also only triggered by word length within the post (166 words). This is to ensure that we are really considering the content of our RP that will affect the Campaign, and for the story of Path.

[Every]

Oh, I didn’t know about the word count. That’s brilliant.