Online Manual

PDF · #1 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 · #2 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 · #3 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 · #4 July 26th, 2005, 10:21 PM

Quote:

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 · #5 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 · #6 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 · #7 August 2nd, 2005, 04:21 PM

Ooops!!

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

Sorry,
Bill