READ THE GODDAMN MANUAL

Acidd_UK · Post by **Acidd_UK** » 10 Jul 2006, 12:14

Maybe there should be a subforum for AA. I mean, the AA2.11 thread has over 1000 posts in it now - it would be nice to be able to search/sort the posts/subthreads in there in a sane way. It might also make Cadyr's life easier if each issue had it's own thread.

SwiftSpear · Post by **SwiftSpear** » 10 Jul 2006, 13:10

IIRC caydr has his own website with a forum...

Min3mat · Post by **Min3mat** » 10 Jul 2006, 13:30

exactly, now i just read the changelog

Zenka · Post by **Zenka** » 10 Jul 2006, 13:34

Min3mat wrote:exactly, now i just read the changelog

Yup, ppl should do this

KDR_11k · Post by **KDR_11k** » 10 Jul 2006, 14:50

I wish there was a way to RTFM for Spring itself because it has so many undocumented features it's not funny.

Vassago · Post by **Vassago** » 10 Jul 2006, 15:41

A readme isn't a manual. A readme is a readme. It never contains more than legal info, copyright info and on occasion, install instructions.

How about you actually create a MANUAL for the game then? A PDF, or even a simple *.doc file. It's not hard. You CAN obviously type......

Pxtl · Post by **Pxtl** » 10 Jul 2006, 16:07

Vassago wrote:A readme isn't a manual. A readme is a readme. It never contains more than legal info, copyright info and on occasion, install instructions.

How about you actually create a MANUAL for the game then? A PDF, or even a simple *.doc file. It's not hard. You CAN obviously type......

http://taspring.clan-sy.com/wiki/Absolu ... tion/Units

Feed the Wiki.

SinbadEV · Post by **SinbadEV** » 10 Jul 2006, 16:13

KDR_11k wrote:I wish there was a way to RTFM for Spring itself because it has so many undocumented features it's not funny.

RTFM... and then update it with any undocumented features you know of.

EDIT:

I've been concidering taking what we have on that page and making it more manually and on separate pages... I have the next 2 days off and the only plans I have are to make a new metal map... so that should take like 10 minutes... maybe I'll get around to making a nice illustrated manual.

unpossible · Post by **unpossible** » 10 Jul 2006, 16:38

i don't get it...i've installed AA into my TA directory and it's giving me some hoohah about missing HPIfiles or summit
helpmeplzthx

Forboding Angel · Post by **Forboding Angel** » 10 Jul 2006, 18:11

ROFL!!!
Excellent post!

It's hilarious when mod developers become unhinged! I don't blame them either for that matter.

I have read the readme btw. Long time back, version 1.12 I think.

KDR_11k · Post by **KDR_11k** » 10 Jul 2006, 18:30

Vassago: HTML is better than PDF or DOC because it's meant for screen display.

Caydr · Post by **Caydr** » 10 Jul 2006, 19:12

Slamoid wrote:Have people really installed the Spring AA to their TA directory? omg.... make somthing idiot-proof and they make a better idiot.

Thus far, I have received 37 emails on the subject.

Felix the Cat · Post by **Felix the Cat** » 10 Jul 2006, 19:14

Vassago does have a point, readme.txt is a waste of hard drive space with most programs, so people don't read them.

Drone_Fragger · Post by **Drone_Fragger** » 10 Jul 2006, 19:29

So? Read it anyways. I do.

KDR_11k · Post by **KDR_11k** » 10 Jul 2006, 20:00

If the readme is the only bit of text that comes with a mod it's obviously the manual (and if it isn't you can still complain about it).

unpossible · Post by **unpossible** » 10 Jul 2006, 20:28

KDR_11k wrote:If the readme is the only bit of text that comes with a mod it's obviously the manual (and if it isn't you can still complain about it).

yes, it's blatantly obvious to anyone with any common sense.

Hunter0000 · Post by **Hunter0000** » 10 Jul 2006, 22:43

unpossible wrote:yes, it's blatantly obvious to anyone with any common sense.

Unfortunetly thats the problem.

Maybe you should leave the readme, copy it and name the other one 'cheats.txt' and include both. I bet more people would read it hehe

Forboding Angel · Post by **Forboding Angel** » 10 Jul 2006, 23:12

Hunter0000 wrote:
unpossible wrote:yes, it's blatantly obvious to anyone with any common sense.
Unfortunetly thats the problem.

Maybe you should leave the readme, copy it and name the other one 'cheats.txt' and include both. I bet more people would read it hehe

Quoted for truth.

Dragon45 · Post by **Dragon45** » 10 Jul 2006, 23:31

That is a brilliant idea.

Put a small header at the top too: "Secret Tips and Informatino about Every Unit."

Lindir The Green · Post by **Lindir The Green** » 10 Jul 2006, 23:38

Just call it:

"neverunderanycircumstancesconsideraboutreadingme.txt"

Or something along those lines, and I'm sure the number of readers will double.

Spring RTS Engine

READ THE GODDAMN MANUAL