Game Manual in HTML Format ??????

Georg Korch · #1 December 29th, 2000, 04:21 PM

Sire,
i really love this game. I paid 60$ to get it to Germany. I will pay for a well printed manual again a lot of bucks. Why not by Primagames ? No Pirate would like to buy a printed Strategy Guide and Game Manual, only YOUR CUSTOMERS. (Read the Mails carefully, we love the Company, the Game, YOUR WORK. But HELP us with a Solution.)
Thanks, Georg Korch.

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Originally posted by Richard:
Guys,

Okay here goes...

The problem is posting a PDF or the html manual just encourages pirates. I spend a large segment of my time hunting down and trying to take down sites that pirate our games. In fact, more than larger publishers, pirating is something that kills us small fish publishers.

That being said if you wish to make a pdf for your personal use by all means do so. But posting it is a violation of copywirght law.

We wish it didn't have to be that way, but to do otherwise will just encourage pirates and take money out of Malfador's and our pockets. If it were up to us we would allow this, but because some folks seem to think stealing sofwtare is legitimate we cannot do that currently.

We could not originally include the large manual, simply because we had a set price and adding the manual would have meant the price going up (which isn't fair to the pre-order folks) or cutting our profits and Malfador's in half.

One other option we are considering is printing the full manual and offering it for 7.95 from our website. This cost would ONLY cover our printing costs and would not represent profit to us, but it might be an option for some of you. If we here enough support for that we might just do it.

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thorfrog · #2 December 29th, 2000, 06:46 PM

I understand Tim's point but I think it is wrong. You are obliged to have a deceint instruction manual. Why do I have to play the game several times just to figure out how make star bases? Claiming pirating is the reason why you can't put out a decent rules manual is a lame excuse. I have no problem paying extra for a manual. The game is great but it needs a manual like those found on BotF, Civilization, MOO2,ect...

Nyx · #3 December 29th, 2000, 06:59 PM

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I understand Tim's point but I think it is wrong. You are obliged to have a deceint instruction manual. Why do I have to play the game several times just to figure out how make star bases?

Nah, I think that a good tutorial can do far more for a game than a thick manual. And SE4 has an above average tutorial.

Adding in some advanced tutorials, like building ringworlds, and designing ships with large selections of equipment, and detecting cloaked ships might be handy, but I think tutorials are far more useful than a thick manual.

[This message has been edited by Nyx (edited 29 December 2000).]

thorfrog · #4 December 29th, 2000, 08:43 PM

Sure a tutorial helps but you still need a manual. A tutorials are very limited in what they can show. And if you want to look something up its a pain. I for one like to read over the rules before goingto bed. That my point.

Georg Korch · #5 January 1st, 2001, 04:01 PM

Please, can anybody help me ?
How can i print the HTML Manual with one command ? (IE 5).

Psitticine · #6 January 2nd, 2001, 12:16 AM

Start at the top page and select "Print . . . " from the File menu. There's a place at the bottom of the window that'll pop up for turning on "Print all linked documents" and, if I'm not mistaken, using that option should print out everything for you. I've not tried it myself but I'm pretty sure it works.

Georg Korch · #7 January 3rd, 2001, 02:23 AM

Thank you, works fine !