Gold Version - First Look

[Richard]

No the manual was not cut down, in fact we inflated it with several things to reach the 120 page margin. The index appears to have some incorrect info in it however.

[Elmo]

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Originally posted by Richard:
No the manual was not cut down, in fact we inflated it with several things to reach the 120 page margin. The index appears to have some incorrect info in it however.

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Richard

Fair enough. I stand corrected. Sorry for the negative comments on the manual but as a long time player of SE IV it was a disappointment to me. However many other aspects of the package, such as the additional bug fixes and Mods were welcome.

Elmo

[Arak Koba]

I found the manual to be satisfactory. But having already played the Gold demo, and done the tutorial there, I really didn't need the manual for much of anything. But I do know what you mean: some things weren't covered in the paper manual, but are covered in the Online game manual, which I am finding more useful.

I think I will learn a lot more about the game just reading through the .txt files than from any manual anyhow.

[BoomStick]

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Originally posted by Elmo:


It's OK for newbies but worthless for veterans which I would think are mostly the people buying Gold.

Elmo

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Nah. I'm a newbie and don't find the paper manual useful. I refer to the html based manual from in game far more often, though at times I'm left wanting with that as well.

Great game though, so it makes up for it.

[capnq]

As a veteran, I think the new printed manual is a HUGE improvement over the original; my only complaint is a dislike for the overly "chatty" writing style in spots. [ I cut my gaming teeth on some of the most opaque wargame rules that Avalon Hill and SPI ever produced; that's probably warping my judgement. ] I don't think I've even looked at the Online manual for Gold yet.

[ Edit ] Forgot to mention the Mods; I've installed Matryx's Mod Launcher, the two I contributed, and the TDM-ModPack so far. There are several others I intend to try that I probably wouldn't have downloaded otherwise. I expect the modding tools and guides will prove quite useful when I start working on another mod.

[ 18 March 2002: Message edited by: capnq ]

[Atilla the Pun]

Originally posted by BoomStick:
I refer to the html based manual from in game far more often, though at times I'm left wanting with that as well.

Is this HTML manual available for download somewhere? I've got the demo and I'm trying to figure out some things but the Online help is all but useless.

This looks like a fun and interesting game, the different races use different strategies in their ship design, so I can't just design a single killer ship and "whup" them. But I sure would like to know what I'm doing (other than by experimentation) as I figure this stuff out.
Thanks,

AtP

[oleg]

IMO, the best feature of SEIV-Gold, which alone makes it worth a price, is an added ability to
mod population growth and size. Without it Proportions mod and new Derek mod will be impossible.