SE:V Manual Released

[Aiken]

Modding section fills only 3 of 298 pages
There ought to be the separate Modder Guide released! please...

[Baron Munchausen]

Aiken said:
Modding section fills only 3 of 298 pages
There ought to be the separate Modder Guide released! please...

Oh, there will be. Have faith in the player community. But it will require a few months of testing after release to compile this information.

And when it's ready (this will require a few cycles of testing triggering patches for bugs, and then the patches requiring more testing) maybe we can make a deal with a POD publisher to make a printed version available.

I have already emailed MM suggesting he make a deal with a POD publisher to offer a printed version of the PDF manual for cheap. Anyone interested in this might also email him to add weight to my suggestion.

[Fyron]

SE Wiki is raring to go, awaiting your contributions to fill it with all sorts of useful modding info!

http://wiki.spaceempires.net/index.php/Space_Empires_V

[Aiken]

I know that community is almighty. But I woudn't mind an official guide, though it will remove half of a joy.

[Annette]

In reply to no particular member but to the thread in general. OMG. We (Shrapnel Games) have tried to stick to our resolve to take the high road on this release. But this is ridiculous, and I cannot refrain from pointing it out.

Has anyone read the Warranty Disclaimer from the SEV manual? Please know, Strategy First, the "publisher", is located in Canada; Malfador Machinations is located in California. Shrapnel Games, when SEIV and SEIV Gold were published, was located in Wake County, North Carolina:

THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA AND SHALL INURE
TO THE BENEFIT OF STRATEGY FIRST INC., MALFADOR MACHINATIONS AND ANY SUCCESSORS,
ADMINISTRATORS, HEIRS, AND ASSIGNS. ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT BY EITHER PARTY AGAINST
THE OTHER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE BROUGHT ONLY IN A STATE OR
FEDERAL COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION LOCATED IN WAKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. THE PARTIES
HEREBY CONSENT TO IN PERSONAM JURISDICTION OF SAID COURTS.

I'm sorry. I care very much about Aaron Hall, and I can't believe they couldn't even take the time to do this right.

[StarShadow]

I think Strategy First botched things from beginning to end. Practically no marketing, bad website, worse forum, very bad release (instead of releasing it everywhere at once, it's dribbling out haphazardly). I hope Aaron dumps them.

[Phoenix-D]

heh.

The demo had it right, so that's just bizzare.

[Tampa_Gamer]

Annette - maybe their attorneys are forum shopping and prefer the laws in NC and particularly Wake County! (j/k of course). This is malpractice if their attorneys actually charged them a review fee on this one. Any action now arising from SE5 can only be brought in that County unless both parties consent to forum change. What a mess!

[Atrocities]

I love shrapnel games and think they are one of the best publisher of the games they shell on the net or in the world.

[Suicide Junkie]

Annette said:
Has anyone read the Warranty Disclaimer from the SEV manual?

Sounds like a pretty obvious case of plagiarism unless Aaron is the author.

PS:
I hate all-caps. Think of the baby Eees!