Changes between Version 58 and Version 59 of EnglishStyleGuide

Timestamp:

Aug 25, 2019, 12:11:20 PM (5 years ago)

Author:

Adrián Chaves

Comment:

Cover standarized phrasings implemented by Nescio and add a note on stat values that need to be reversed in user-facing text

EnglishStyleGuide

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 ||`Armour/Hack`                        ||||hack armor                        ||||hack armour                           ||
 ||`Attack/Capture/MaxRange`            ||||capture attack range              ||||capture range                         ||
-||`Attack/Capture/RepeatTime`          ||||capture attack speed              ||||capture rate, capture time            ||
+||`Attack/Capture/RepeatTime`          ||||capture attack speed¹             ||||capture rate, capture time            ||
 ||`Attack/Capture/Value`               ||||capture attack strength           ||||capture rate, capture vale            ||
 ||`Attack/Melee/Damage/Crush`          ||||melee attack crush damage         ||||crush, crush attack, crush strength   ||
 ||`Attack/Melee/MaxRange`              ||||attack range                      ||||range, melee range                    ||
+||`Attack/Melee/RepeatTime`            ||||melee attack speed¹               ||||melee attack repeat time              ||
+||`Attack/Ranged/ElevationBonus`       ||||elevation bonus                   ||||                                      ||
 ||`Attack/Ranged/MinRange`             ||||minimum attack range              ||||min attack range, minimum range       ||
-||`Attack/Ranged/ElevationBonus`       ||||elevation bonus                   ||||                                      ||
+||`Attack/Ranged/RepeatTime`           ||||ranged attack speed¹              ||||ranged attack repeat time             ||
 ||`Builder/Rate`                       ||||build rate                        ||||builder rate, building rate           ||
 ||`Capturable/CapturePoints`           ||||capture points                    ||||                                      ||
@@ -160 +162 @@
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+Notes:[[br]]
+¹ The meaning in code and display text is reversed, so values must be reversed as well. For example, if code says value × 0.5 (−50%), display text must say +100% (value ÷ 0.5).
+
 === Structures
 
@@ -197 +202 @@
 
 
+== Phrasing
+
+Use a standarized phrasing in the following contexts:
+
+||='''context'''=||='''phrasing'''=||='''examples'''=||
+||Aura description||[class] [change] [attributes] ([requirements])||Garrisoned Siege Engines +3 health regeneration rate.[[br]]Structures −10% technology resource costs and research time.[[br]]Garrisoned Soldiers +3 armor and +20 vision range.[[br]]+40 maximum population limit (requires the “Glorious Expansion” technology).||
+||Civilization bonus tooltip||[class] [change] [attributes]||Carthaginian Walls +100% build time, +100% stone cost, and +200% health.[[br]]Briton and Gaulish Structures −20% build time, −20% health, and −20% capture points.||
+||Hero aura description||[class] [change] [attributes]||Workers +15% build rate.[[br]]Temples −25% stone cost and +2 garrison heal rate.[[br]]Soldiers in his formation +3 armor and +15% movement speed.[[br]]Ship he is garrisoned in −30% batch training time and +50% movement speed.[[br]]Champions +2.0 capture attack strength, +20% melee and ranged attack damage, and +10% movement speed.[[br]]Temple of Amun +20% resource costs and build time; Amun Guards +20% resource costs and training time.||
+||Technology tooltip||[class] [change] [attributes]||Siege Engines +2 hack armor.[[br]]Siege Engines −20% metal cost.[[br]]Siege Engines −25% pack and unpack time.||
+
+
 == Typography