Manual Addendum?

[Ratqueen]

Originally posted by Gryphin:
[QB]“Who is going to bell the cat?”
A more complete manual?
My questions:
What would you include?
How long will it take?
How much will it cost?
How much should be added to the cost of the game to cover the expense?
How much would you be willing to pay?
QB]

The Manual Addendum will include:

1. The entire Shrapnel HTML Manual, WITH an extensive keyword Index, corrections and additions.

2. Added newbie and advanced "how to" information and tips (i.e. Retroffiting, Repairing, Building Ringworlds/Sphereworlds, Moving Population, Using Ministers, Rescuing a Stranded Ship, Changing a Planet's Atmosphere, etc...) with complete reference to the required technologies and costs involved to perform those actions.

3. Malfador Machination's FAQ (searchable.)

4. Added strategies and tactics.

5. Full tech tree.

And the whole thing will be all in one place on your hard disk (a single file,) FULLY INDEXED and SEARCHABLE!

The Manual Addendum will cost nothing. I'm making it because I want it, and I'll make it available to SE4 players.

I don't know how long it's going to take me to finish it, but I'd say I'm about half way through at the moment. I can upload a "preview" so you guys can tell me what you think about it so far and whether I'm on the right track?