Online Manual - Page 2

Stian · #1 June 26th, 2005, 01:19 PM

I found the manual for SPWAW online here:
http://www.spwaw.com/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=55

Hope this helps some people out

Stian

FJ_MD · #2 June 26th, 2005, 01:23 PM

Well, WinSPMBT is a different game so don't know how this link you posted will help...

PDF · #3 June 27th, 2005, 05:13 AM

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DRG said:

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PDF said:
What manual are you talking about ? I did expect a pdf (obviously for me

)but only found some html pages.. That's the manual ? I hate html manuals 'cause you can't print them properly...

I have heard exactly the same thing said about PDF ( i.e. they hate it ) The manual is in HTML becasue virtually everyone has the capability to view HTML.

We attempt to make everyone happy but it's simply not possible. I can assure you if we had made the manual PDF we'd have complaints about that too.

Don Goodbrand

To make everyone happy just make both

!
Manual is not a big point for me anyway, now I play SP games since 10 years

...

And the game is really good, I remember many frustrations with the original SP2 (lack of realism, engine not-that-good for modern combat), it's all gone with SPWinMBT, kudos guys !

PDF · #4 June 29th, 2005, 09:17 AM

Andy,
It's really no problem printing an US Legal formatted doc on European A4 paper-.
US Legal is just a tad smaller than A4 so you only get a little more blank space. The other way round you have to resize at 98% or so to print but Acrobat softwar manages that all by itself.
I do that all the time with 90% of game documentation now being in PDF format... (so the argument about "it's not usable by anyone" doesn't stand much).

RVPERTVS · #5 July 8th, 2005, 01:53 AM

Hey guys...what's the big deal about it..

I just copy the html gg text and paste it to a word document...it fits good, and from there you can either print it (about 180 letter pages if I recall well) or study from the monitor...

dita · #6 July 26th, 2005, 05:01 PM

I`ve converted the manual to word format. It is the complete manual,less the part about the CD extras (haven`t got round to that bit yet!)

If I`ve got the permission of the developers I`m willing to put it on the web space I`ve got for other people to download. Currently a 6.6mb rar file. (using rar as I was told some time back that the compression is better than zip format? though I`ll take their word for it!)

Obviously, any errors in the manual would be mine, and not the fault of anyone else. I`ve just copied and pasted the text and pics (converted to bmp) and adjusted the formating if required. I`ve made no alterations to the content, other than a note saying that it is my fault if there any errors in the the manual, due to the "copying and pasting" procedure.

If this is a "no-go" then thats not a problem.

I`d be happy to keep this updated on a as and when basis.

Mobhack · #7 July 26th, 2005, 10:21 PM

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dita said:
I`ve converted the manual to word format. It is the complete manual,less the part about the CD extras (haven`t got round to that bit yet!)

If I`ve got the permission of the developers I`m willing to put it on the web space I`ve got for other people to download. Currently a 6.6mb rar file. (using rar as I was told some time back that the compression is better than zip format? though I`ll take their word for it!)

Obviously, any errors in the manual would be mine, and not the fault of anyone else. I`ve just copied and pasted the text and pics (converted to bmp) and adjusted the formating if required. I`ve made no alterations to the content, other than a note saying that it is my fault if there any errors in the the manual, due to the "copying and pasting" procedure.

If this is a "no-go" then thats not a problem.

I`d be happy to keep this updated on a as and when basis.

Sorry, but the manual is copyright.

If folks want to read the manual, they can download the free game, which contains the game documentation.

Cheers
Andy

dita · #8 July 27th, 2005, 03:28 PM

Ok not a problem, I was thinking along the idea of complementing the Html version, for those people who wish to see/have it in word format, once they have the game.

Of course, making it freely available on the net would make that idea redundant! Ooops, didn`t think this one through

Sorry if caused any offence.

wstraka · #9 August 2nd, 2005, 04:16 PM

I'm in the process of converting the manual to a pdf format (with letter-sized width). Since my doing this is primarily for my own use and I'm in the US, I'm doing some converting to American English and also to US letter-sized format. I expect to be finished within the next day or two (at the most). If it is okay with Shrapnel Games, I'll be more than happy to post it somewhere for free download when it is complete. If anyone--particularly from Shrapnel--has any thoughts on this let me know.

Bill

wstraka · #10 August 2nd, 2005, 04:21 PM

Ooops!!

Just noticed the post about the manual being copyrighted. Nevermind about posting/distributing it.

Sorry,
Bill