AppleGamingWiki:Sample article

Quick links to the base templates of PCGamingWiki

• Game (singleplayer) (source)
• Game (multiplayer) (source)
• Game (unknown) (source)
• Series (source)
• Series (source)

Instructions

• Code sections can be copied either from the sample articles above, the relevant section of the editing guide, or from the source of this page.
• The Fallout series of articles is an excellent reference point for example of good articles.

Bullet point icons

• The purpose of the bullet point graphics is to provide more brevity and clarity to article content.
• All icons automatically indent onto a new line.
• Virtually all sentences in all game fix pages should use these codes:

- {{ii}} - information.

- {{++}} - positive / advantage / recommend.

- {{--}} - negative / disadvantage / dissuade.

Style crib sheet

Reference where the fixes come from using <ref> tags and templates {{refurl}}, {{refcheck}}, {{refsnip}}.

All headers and page names to use sentence case. This means capital letter at the beginning of a sentence, with no other capitals unless it is a proper noun or acryonym.

Use the fixbox template to boxout fixes and instructions.

Sample article

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Sample article

Developers
	Developer
Publishers
	Publisher
Engines
	Engine
Release dates
	Month dd, yyyy
	Month dd, yyyy
	Month dd, yyyy
Reception
Metacritic	83
OpenCritic	81
IGDB	83
Taxonomy
Series	PCGW Templates

Game was first released on platform on date. Pre-release information including early access, crowdfunding, closed beta, etc. Platform changes with platform (Steam, EGS, GOG etc.) including delays, technical issues. Launch was successful/had issues with player number milestones if noteworthy. History with a focus on technical issues: e.g. major bugs, inability to access the game, DRM, missing advertised features, features missing from console counterpart, missing endings, etc. and whether any of these problems were fixed.

Current major issues that have not been resolved yet. Updates/support is the game regularly updated technically (patches etc.) or content (DLC, expansions, microtransactions or free content updates). Roadmap of future content or features. Multiplayer describe the scene, give an update on number of current players, is it possible for players find games? Modding are there official tools, how are mods distributed. Improvements mentions of essential mods or quality of life improvements, link to anchors further below. Major community additions ONLY INCLUDE if there are major communities outside of 'General information' links such as already linked Steam, GOG, fan forums, e.g. substantial modding communities, Discord communities, alternative servers, hacked multiplayer etc.

General information

Official Forum - this is a very active official forum

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

If still relevant, state where bugs can be reported.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Example notes: SecuROM ∞ activations.
Amazon.com		Example: Amazon.
Developer website		Example: game released directly from website.
GOG.com		Example: GOG.com.
Origin
Steam		Example: Steam.

Which is the 'best' version of the game to get?

Version differences

What are the differences between each edition of the game?

Demo/free trial

Name the header either Demo, Free trial, or name of the edition, e.g. ===Starter Edition===

If a demo exists, break down the limitations.

Do progress/achievements carry over to the main game?

Monetization

Name	Notes
Some DLC name	Example: Only available in Japan
Some other DLC

Essential improvements

One can use subheaders as below, or simply list individual improvements as 3rd level headers.

Patches

Include If

There is a benefit in using an older patch. For example, Diablo II's latest patch is 1.13, but the high-res mod only supports 1.12.

There is a community or fan patch which is superior to the latest developer patch.

Patch install instructions
How to apply this complex patch installation.

Utilities

Very important launchers, reputable save game editors, etc.

Modifications

List mods that are very important and would be detrimental if played without the mod, e.g. DSFix, TSLRCM. Balance mods and aesthetic mods can also be included if they are stable, mature and popular.

Game data

(Linux only) State whether XDG is being followed (partially, completely, not at all)

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
	\Vessel\
	~/Library/Application Support/Vessel/
	~/.config/Vessel/

Save game data location

System	Location
	\.minecraft\saves
	~/Library/Application Support/minecraft/saves
	~/.minecraft/saves

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Origin
Steam Cloud		Syncs save games and settings.

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor		See Multi-monitor.
Ultra-widescreen		See Ultra-widescreen.
4K Ultra HD		See 4K Ultra HD.
Field of view (FOV)		See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed		See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See Borderless fullscreen windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See Anisotropic filtering (AF).
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See Anti-aliasing (AA).
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See Vertical sync (Vsync).
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Ray tracing		Only on Nvidia hardware.
Color blind mode		See Color blind mode.

Color blind mode

Delete unnecessary headers and links.

Input

Touchscreen

Delete unnecessary headers and links.

Network

Do not include this section in games without Multiplayer modes.

Issues fixed

Issue

Fixbox header here
How to apply this fix.

Other information

Miscellaneous information, e.g.:

• Visual enhancements.
• Enabling minor performance increases.
• Useful, but not essential utilities.

System requirements

Avoid adding any prefixes and suffixes* to the OS parameter such as "Windows 7", "OS X Lion 10.7" and "7 64-bit". These do not apply to Linux as many distros are available. *For windows, service packs are the only suffix permitted.

64/32-bit only/recommended mention is noted in the notes parameter as a point.

The separator for more than one operating system is a comma (,) - nothing else.