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atul · #1 March 26th, 2006, 05:46 AM

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Nerfix said:
My only problem with the price is that the I'm not sure if I have any way to pay it.

I had that problem with Dom2. However, at least back then it was possible to pay the game by sending a cheque to them. The actual process was a quite weird experience and involved a lot more unnecessary paper prints than a printed manuals ever will, but unless you're too green-minded it does work. What I did was to go to my local bank, had them transfer money to a collaborating bank in US, which in turn mailed the cheque to the store's bank. It costed about 10 euros extra, at least in Osuuspankki.

On the matter of manual, I like mine printed. Reading from a screen gets tedious after a while, there's no lag for page refresh on paper and finding a correct spot from a book is a learned skill (we didn't need no Ctrl-F when I was young, well fossilized at the ripe age of 24). And Dom2 manual is in active use when I play, assuming I find it. But, to each their own, other people are accustomed to different things.

Gandalf Parker · #2 March 26th, 2006, 10:48 AM

My complaint on manuals goes like this...

A) I dont tend to use a printed one unless Im going to the dentist or somewhere I have to wait

B) I dont like PDF because it always feels like Im using a giant truck to deliver a small box. Its long and eats CPU and Memory to let me look up some piddly little thing. PDF is a ton of special options that the manual never uses.

C)I will use local copies of manuals in HTML form or something else that my browser can pop right up. Especially if its multiple files that are named in ways that tell me how to jump to what I want. Besides, most html manuals do a better job of keyword linking to different sections than any pdf Ive ever gotten.

D) most file forms of manuals I just convert to .txt files. Thats what I did with all the pdf files I got from Dom2.

I'd get more use from a Dom3 hot-coffee mug that has all the keypresses on it for those late night sessions Im going to be plagued with (and if someone else doesnt CafePress it then I will)