FAQ Truncation?!

Pooka · #1 August 9th, 2004, 11:41 PM

I went to re-read the FAQ since I'm hoping to introduce nearly a dozen new players to the wonderful PBW. Lo, the FAQ seems to cut off in mid discussion around item 4.something! It was extremely helpful to me Last year during my own introduction to the game. I'd like to know if anyone knows how to get one's hands on a complete copy of the FAQ so that I can direct the Horde of Newbs(tm) towards it.

Apologies if this has been covered, but when I searched I couldn't come up with anything useful.

-Pooka

Fyron · #2 August 10th, 2004, 01:03 AM

You can find a somewhat older Version of the FAQ that has had hyperlinks added to it by Ragnarok at this location:

http://newbiefaq.spaceempires.net/

Slick · #3 August 10th, 2004, 02:55 AM

I'm working with the Moderators to fix this. I have the latest Version safely saved at home. Stay tuned.

Slick.

Ragnarok · #4 August 10th, 2004, 10:18 AM

One of these days I will update that Version of the FAQ to the latest.

I also have an idea to set it up using a MySQL database content management system so that anyone (or those with proper permissions) can go in and add to the FAQ and it will automatically insert the data into the correct catagories. But that will be a while before I can get it that advanced with all I have to do at work and home right now.

Atrocities · #5 August 10th, 2004, 11:29 AM

I am also working on a Game Guide update that will hopefully help new players gain a better understanding of the game. I finsihed the Game Guide Part 1 demo, (Pending revisions) www.astmod.com/GGD.zip in PDF format.

And I am hard at work on Part 2: Game Set Up and Walk Thru.

Also direct all new players to play the Tutorial in SEIV. This is one of the better ways to gain an understanding of the game and how things work.

Loser · #6 August 10th, 2004, 01:18 PM

My technobabble thread got it's first post truncated as well. I look forward to hearing how this will be worked out.

Gandalf Parker · #7 August 10th, 2004, 01:38 PM

Loser said:

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My technobabble thread got it's first post truncated as well. I look forward to hearing how this will be worked out.

This may be a limit of having the threads in a MySQL database. There are probably some settings that can be changed but Im not sure if that wouldnt affect things like the fast search we have now.

It might be best to shift to linking to a web-based file for really long things like FAQ's. I havent looked at the upload/download we got with this new forum software but if it allows overwriting a previously uploaded Version then that might work best.

Or I can offer a home for things like FAQ files so they can be easily uploaded/changed/linked-to

Loser · #8 August 10th, 2004, 01:51 PM

Well, if the limit is not lifted, in the case of my own truncation, I'll just be editing the later Posts to include the mising information, cramming as much as can be crammed into each one and moving the rest down to the next.

I just want to know what to expect.

Mephisto · #9 August 10th, 2004, 05:26 PM

How about making the FAQ into a HTML-File, upload it in the scenario section and link to the download? When you click the link wouldn't it open a new browser window with the FAQ?

Richard · #10 August 10th, 2004, 05:39 PM

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How about making the FAQ into a HTML-File, upload it in the scenario section and link to the download? When you click the link wouldn't it open a new browser window with the FAQ?

That could work. Here is the gist of the problem. I checked the database and the post is in the database exactly how it appears, cut off. I can re-import some of the Posts from the old system to see if that would work. My guess is either a strange character cut off the import or there was a timeout on a specific post.

My goal would be to get the post back to normal, I hate having lose ends like that.