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This user has been on Mabinogi World Wiki for  15 years, 2 months, and 14 days.

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(Inactive) This user plays on the Mari Server.

Self Notes

• http://wiki.mabinogiworld.com/index.php?title=User:Aramet/Talk_Archive#Question_:D

Objectives for Mabinogi World Wiki

These are ideas for anyone (including myself) who wishes to contribute more.

• Wiki Format and Stylize. Wikipedia is a good format and style example to follow (for minor edits) because it has already been decided by consensus. This includes the format, language, spelling, and grammar styles. Another words, make pages look more professional and encyclopedic.
• Import data from .PACK files.
• Take pictures of various item and places and upload it to the wiki.
• Make skill icons for non-existant or question mark skills so that they can be used in Template:StyleMonster as a GUI link to the skill (see below).
• Update the Patches page client versions, and dates by looking at the game update main page (or by hovering over the patch download buttons) for each version of mabinogi. Links: NA, CN, TW, JP, KR, EU.
• Embed good youtube videos for every skill page.

How to Download Manual Patches Ahead of Time

1. Type http://download2.nexon.net/Game/Mabinogi/Patch/ManualPatchXXR.exe into your browser, where XX is the revision number.

Ex. http://download2.nexon.net/Game/Mabinogi/Patch/ManualPatch65R.exe

• You can get the patch even faster here, but it requires you to put the files together manually: ftp://mabipatch.nexon.net

How to Link Flash Media Files on to Mabinogi World Wiki

1. Convert the file into to SWF or FLV.
2. Upload the file on a good web hosting site (NOT file hosting).
3. Go to the download page and copy the download URL (Right Click>Copy Link), which should always end in .SWF (or .FLV), otherwise it will not work.
4. Type or copy this onto anywhere in the wiki to add a file: <oflash file=" " thumb="true" width="225" height="179"/>
5. Paste the URL inside quotation marks of file=" ".

How to Start Mabinogi Faster

1. You must be in administrator mode.
2. Find the shortcut for Mabinogi.
3. Right click and click "Properties"
4. In "Target" Box highlight all the words in there.
5. Type/CopyPaste: C:\Nexon\Mabinogi\Client.exe code:1622 ver:48 logip:8.31.99.11 logport:11000 chatip:8.31.99.12 chatport:8002 setting:"file://data/features.xml=Regular, USA"
6. Press "Ok"

• Note: Currently you do not need to update the {Ver:#} for this to work.
• The only thing this does is allow you to go on Mabinogi faster after a maintenance (bypasses maintenance and patch checking). It does not change the fact that you still must download a patch after an update (if you don't you will not be able to play). It has the exact same effect as leaving the client on for faster re-login after the server shuts down. Especially useful on Windows Vista where the "Game Start" loads awfully slow.

How to Get 100% Quality Perfect Pictures in Accordance with Wiki Policy

1. Make Mabinogi go into Window mode
2. Open another small application, (Ex. Notepad) and resize the window to the smallest area possible.
3. Make sure the part of the client that you want to make a screenshot of shows.
4. Click on the title bar of the other application.
5. Press Print Screen (Prt Scrn).
6. File>Paste (Ctrl+V) into a photo editor (paint works too).
7. Crop your image to desired size.
8. Save as .PNG to maintain 100% quality (uncompressed).
9. Rename to .png (not capitalized) when you upload the file to Mabinogi World Wiki.

How to Get Accurate Information for the Wiki

Using mabiunpack, extract the .pack files in the package folder of mabinogi. There is a lot of information in the .Xml files, such as monster's skills, hidden skills, descriptions, real names, and even Game Master (GM) skills. You may also want to verify the wiki information with the files in the package. However, half the descriptions are still untranslated or mistranslated.

• Note: You may want to extract all the files to some place and make your system index it so you can search it very fast.

Important Files to Look at

• Itemdb.xml - regulates the function of each in-game item, client-side
• Skillinfo.xml - the attributes of each skill, server-side/client-side
• Skill_leveldetail.xml - the description of each rank of any skill, server-side
• Race.xml - the attributes of each monster, server-side
• Optionset.xml - the attributes of enchants, server-side

Additionally, for Nexon American names, descriptions and text see:

• Itemdb.english.txt
• Skillinfo.english.txt
• Skill_leveldetail.english.txt
• Race.english.txt
• Optionset.english.txt

Exceptions

• Arrow Revolver has a different stamina consumption than the Skillinfo.xml descriptions after G7.
• Mind of Chaos does not show bonus critical correctly.
• Shock does not show the damage correctly.
• (Feel free to add more)

Regarding Uncompressed Skill Icons

The uncompressed versions of the icons (you see on wiki) comes from Beta-G3S4 clients. After they used a different rendering format (after G7), some icons have compression artifacts even in the .dds file directly from the client. The only way is to use photo editing software to eliminate it.

Making Skill Icons

These background colors are directly taken from other skill icons. Some skill icons are compressed due to the .dds file. Use these to make uncompressed versions or non-existant skill icons:

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FAQs

Q: How do I obtain a lagless connection even with a high ping?
A: Set your MTU to 386 [or lower if you have very fast internet] (This helps the most! In Mabinogi it makes a 100ms connection act like 50ms, but it will lower your download speed). Disable nagle (see hidden questions). Open port 11020 on your router. Use google for help on how to do any of the above.

Latency

• For additional information see Lag.

Q: My skills do not respond fast enough to my clicks, it feels like it takes more time than said for the skill to go up. This happens all the time. (I am located in the Continental United States.)
A: Make sure your computer is FAR above the recommended requirements by Nexon. Although not necessary, it is best to make sure (that the dialogue that says you don't meet the requirements don't go up) that you get a decent, dedicated video card, not just an integrated one. These apply especially in crowded settings such as Guild Battle or Arena.

Q: I heal slower than everybody, I have to wait for the heal animation in order to click heal again.
A: Make sure you have 'disabled nagle' algorithm.

Q: My Human's Ranged Attack is not as fast as other people's. I cannot Zero Shot at all. I miss a lot. I cannot SOG (even with a fast connection).
A: See First Answer & Question, and also try setting Reserved Attack to 'Multiple' or 'Once'. Reserved Attacks can help a lot if you have a fast connection and a slow computer.

Q: My character doesn't move or responds too slowly when I target and click a monster out of range with a charged basic magic bolt.
A: Try setting Reserved Attack to 'Multiple'.

Q: When my character tries to Smash, it "rubberbands".
A: See First Answer & Question, and try to not target & click till you are very close to the monster.

Q: My Elf's Ranged Attack and character is sometimes stuck, it lags abruptly. I can sometimes use it properly.
A: That is what is known as 'Elf Lag', seems to happen server side. Analysis has shown if you press the ranged attack button manually during 'Elf lag' it "grays out"*. Move closer to Los Angeles and the lag is minimized.

Q: How come some people can heal like 4 times a second?
A: They have (See First Answer & Question), and live closer than you towards Los Angeles. They may also have a faster connection than you. They may be clicking faster than you.

Q: My skills "grays out" all the time when I try to spam a skill faster than someone else can.
A: See above. Also make sure you live closer than that someone else to Los Angeles, or make sure you have a very fast connection.

Q: My skills "grays out" sometimes when it's not supposed to. My skills load for a very long time (Even after 'disabled nagle').
A: Make sure you are using wired connection. Make sure no one else is using your connection. Make sure your softwares are not downloading anything. Check with your friends to see if the server is lagging. You cannot do anything about server lag. (Except moving closer to Los Angeles and the lag is minimized.)

Q: How does Mabinogi compensate for client-side lag?
A: It doesn't. You will stop moving at all if you did not click a predetermined pathway. Your position will revert back even if you see yourself moving via a uncoordinated path. Your skills will stop working or miss.

Q: What is the optimal 'ping' for playing Mabinogi?
A: Below 60~80ms is considered fast, as long as you have (See First Answer & Question). However there are people that have less 'ping' and can react faster than you.

*"Grays out" means the regular bubble turns into a half-sized semi-transparent bubble.

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