PDF Modding Guide and Map Edit Guide

NTJedi · #1 October 5th, 2007, 03:49 AM

With the patch soon to be released... any chance the PDF guides will be updated??

These PDF files are getting outdated.

Endoperez · #2 October 5th, 2007, 09:33 AM

How so? I don't remember any commands that are broken that aren't fixed by the patch.

Zylithan · #3 October 5th, 2007, 11:36 AM

I don't know if they are outdated, but they could be improved. For mapmaking at least, there's no mention of needing white dots, of how to create neighbors, using red lines, etc. Also, more examples would help. This is something that perhaps the community could take on if the devs don't.

Kristoffer O · #4 October 5th, 2007, 12:07 PM

> This is something that perhaps the community could take on if the devs don't.

That would be appreciated

llamabeast · #5 October 5th, 2007, 12:23 PM

Maybe I'm just lacking the technical knowhow, but I don't believe pdfs can be directly edited. Could you provide the source for the documents KO? Then I'm sure we can update them as a community.

Kristoffer O · #6 October 5th, 2007, 12:46 PM

Oh! I guess JK has them. I havn't looked at them in ages.

Zylithan · #7 October 5th, 2007, 12:49 PM

PDFs can be edited, but most people don't have the software. (Adober Distiller?) But I think things like word can change themselves into a PDF (can write PDF, but not edit). So if we could wordify the original PDF, then have a working word doc (and PDF it for pretty release).

I'm up for working on this, but my knowledge right now is very minor. But maybe in a few months..

NTJedi · #8 October 5th, 2007, 02:03 PM

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Endoperez said:
How so? I don't remember any commands that are broken that aren't fixed by the patch.

Check the bug thread, there are even red(major) commands which are still broken.

New commands and the new nations should be included within the PDFs. Typos in the old PDFs should be corrected(such as Johtunheim listed in the late age when that slot is actually Jomon). Broken commands should be marked as broken so new gamers don't lose several hours trying to get commands like #startspell working. Reviewing the progress page shows lots of information which can be added into the PDFs.

I'm mainly suggesting the update because new gamers which bought the game and install the patch shouldn't be discouraged or confused after reading outdated PDF guides.