Question for Dev's but community too

Zeikko · #1 April 18th, 2004, 07:52 PM

Is it impossible to make a small manual and publish those programs?

Kristoffer O · #2 April 18th, 2004, 10:25 PM

Probably.

Norfleet · #3 April 18th, 2004, 10:28 PM

Well, there's always option of allowing them to be downloaded and used freely, and not offering any support whatsoever. That would just make it the user's problem, and it'd be his fault for using an unsupported program with no documentation.

Spacepain · #4 April 19th, 2004, 03:50 AM

Please make them accessible to the community.

Quiet frankly, its fun to play the "What does this button" do game occasionally.

Sides, a lack of support means no use of the over-use RTFM phrase.

And, I'm perfectly capably of learning on the fly.

Just release it to the community with out any support.

Gateway103 · #5 April 19th, 2004, 06:25 AM

Personally, I think between all the fans, we should be able to figure those programs collaboratively. So, to Illwinter, don't worry about us, please just release them and let us fans give some tries. We'll figure them out, or drive ourselves crazy, at our own risk, while we are at it ^_^

-Gateway103

Gandalf Parker · #6 April 19th, 2004, 03:35 PM

You cannot make software available for use "at your own risk". You see it alot but ask a lawyer, disclaimers are generally worthless.

We might get it but its not quite responsibility free. I also wonder if everyone realizes that this is unlikely to be a Windows program.

[ April 19, 2004, 14:36: Message edited by: Gandalf Parker ]

Kristoffer O · #7 April 19th, 2004, 09:54 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Spacepain:
Please make them accessible to the community.

Quiet frankly, its fun to play the "What does this button" do game occasionally.

Sides, a lack of support means no use of the over-use RTFM phrase.

And, I'm perfectly capably of learning on the fly.

Just release it to the community with out any support.

There are no buttons. You have a keyboard. You won't notice if something happens when you press a key, unless you press the right key. Every step on the way means that you have to guess what functions could be available and guess what key you think would be used to activate that specific function.

Even mouse scrolling is unintuitive (not according to JK).

Other stats can't be changed in the program and textediting must be used (something like mapediting, but not comprehensible).

It is also a linux program so if you are a windows user you can't even se the uninspiring landscape you have to watch unless you remake the world.