So, I got kind of burrowed in questions about it on IRC after the mission post, so prepare for
Dino's expanded guide to writing a formatted post
Step 1: write your post like you would without formatting. Make sure :
* actions are underlined and
* commands are underlined and between ""
* things that are not actions are not underlined. Formatting should not restrict roleplay. Play all the roles. Everything that isn't underlined is simply ignored by the program.
"I think I'm fine. Payback, Francis, Andrew, you guys okay?
Francis, THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO NAP.
And yes Cha0zz, we might as well check them out now we're here."
Well, that went worse than expected.
I'll land my ship on its new treads, give my casket a quick lookover to check for damage, drive to the entrance of the canyon and have a peek towards the wrecks there.
When enemies are spotted, I'll get in cover, shoot one with my electrolaser and shoot one with my quantum cannon. If there's a group of them, fire a flechette bomb at them.
If I'm hungry, eat a battery.
Step 2: put a return after each action. An action is a thing you do. shooting, getting out of your ship, scanning, whatever.
Also put a return after each condition. Conditions in my example are "when enemies are spotted", "if there"s a group of them", "if I'm hungry".
"I think I'm fine. Payback, Francis, Andrew, you guys okay?
Francis, THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO NAP.
And yes Cha0zz, we might as well check them out now we're here."
Well, that went worse than expected.
I'll land my ship on its new treads,
give my casket a quick lookover to check for damage,
drive to the entrance of the canyon
and have a peek towards the wrecks there.
When enemies are spotted,
I'll get in cover,
shoot one with my electrolaser
and shoot one with my quantum cannon.
If there's a group of them,
fire a flechette bomb at them.
If I'm hungry,
eat a battery.
Step 3: Everything that depends on our first condition gets a dash.
"I think I'm fine. Payback, Francis, Andrew, you guys okay?
Francis, THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO NAP.
And yes Cha0zz, we might as well check them out now we're here."
Well, that went worse than expected.
I'll land my ship on its new treads,
give my casket a quick lookover to check for damage,
drive to the entrance of the canyon
and have a peek towards the wrecks there.
When enemies are spotted,
-I'll get in cover,
-shoot one with my electrolaser
-and shoot one with my quantum cannon.
-If there's a group of them,
-fire a flechette bomb at them.
If I'm hungry,
eat a battery
Step 4: Everything that depends on our second condition also gets a dash. In this case, the second condition depended on the first, so that means two dashes.
"I think I'm fine. Payback, Francis, Andrew, you guys okay?
Francis, THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO NAP.
And yes Cha0zz, we might as well check them out now we're here."
Well, that went worse than expected.
I'll land my ship on its new treads,
give my casket a quick lookover to check for damage,
drive to the entrance of the canyon
and have a peek towards the wrecks there.
When enemies are spotted,
-I'll get in cover,
-shoot one with my electrolaser
-and shoot one with my quantum cannon.
-If there's a group of them,
--fire a flechette bomb at them.
If I'm hungry,
eat a battery
Step 5: repeat for the next action, etc.
"I think I'm fine. Payback, Francis, Andrew, you guys okay?
Francis, THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO NAP.
And yes Cha0zz, we might as well check them out now we're here."
Well, that went worse than expected.
I'll land my ship on its new treads,
give my casket a quick lookover to check for damage,
drive to the entrance of the canyon
and have a peek towards the wrecks there.
When enemies are spotted,
-I'll get in cover,
-shoot one with my electrolaser
-and shoot one with my quantum cannon.
-If there's a group of them,
--fire a flechette bomb at them.
If I'm hungry,
-eat a battery
Congratulations, you now have a properly formatted post!