Updated the FAQ - Page 8

Slick · #71 August 15th, 2003, 06:18 PM

Ruatha, I enjoy doing the updates and am proud to be able to contribute to the community - although the real credit goes to the contributors. I am glad that you allow me to help with this project. My work situation is really getting busy and will stay busy for the near term of 6-8 months, so I might need some help during this time. I think between the 2 of us, and the upcoming Starfury and SE5 we can manage. In the next revision, I will start sections for Starfury and SE5, and when the respective games are released, I will break out those sections as separate FAQ's.

Slick.

sheridangreen · #72 August 15th, 2003, 07:08 PM

Hello all,

Long time lurker, first time poster. First of all, thank you _so_ much for the FAQ. I think just reading it and the rest of the info on this forum has bumped me from "newbie" to "novice". Not much of a difference, but it sounds better.

Anyways, would it be possible to post all of the updates separately from the FAQ? I mean, still put the updates in the FAQ, but also post all of the updates you did somewhere else? Like in this thread, or the now "Old FAQ" thread? That way there would still be a place for the "new" newbies to read the FAQ, and a place for the "old" newbies to get new information that was added to the FAQ, without having to scan through the whole thing to find out what was added. I know that some of the updates are discussed in this thread, but sometimes one of you will find some random piece of info and stick it in the FAQ. If it's too much extra work, nevermind, but it would be nice. Thanks!

Slick · #73 August 15th, 2003, 07:56 PM

That's a good point and I have been resisting doing it because it adds to the amount of work, but what I'll do is make a revision synopsis which lists just the section numbers that were added or modified. That should't be too much extra work. The readers can then just read those sections to see new info.

Slick.

Fyron · #74 August 15th, 2003, 10:33 PM

Mephisto, you added the header part twice in the new thread... it is important info, but having to read it twice is annoying.

Mephisto · #75 August 16th, 2003, 12:13 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Mephisto, you added the header part twice in the new thread... it is important info, but having to read it twice is annoying.

Actually, I did it on purpose and out of laziness.

I didn't want to alter Slicks original post (the lower part of my post) but then again I wanted to make clear that people should not post in the sticky thread. Slick had already posted it and I just copied it. I will not do this double post next time the FAQ is updated, I promise!

eorg · #76 August 19th, 2003, 07:56 PM

1.5.3 In Simultaneous games, you will lose your remaining movement points when moving into an
unexplored system. Your ship will also stop and lose movement when encountering an enemy, but this can be changed under Empire Options.

you can order your ship to jump and after that to move in the new system - you can nearly always tell where your ship will jump

Rich · #77 August 22nd, 2003, 12:44 AM

Is there a way to download the newbie faq?
Thanks.

Slick · #78 August 22nd, 2003, 01:02 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Rich:
Is there a way to download the newbie faq?
Thanks.

It is located in the topmost sticky thread. You can save it as a text file. Although the links won't work, they can be saved separately.

Slick.

Rich · #79 August 22nd, 2003, 04:44 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Rich:
Is there a way to download the newbie faq?
Thanks.

How do you save it as a text file? I tried copy/paste and that included the background.

Slick · #80 August 22nd, 2003, 06:31 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Rich:

quote:
Originally posted by Rich:
Is there a way to download the newbie faq?
Thanks.

How do you save it as a text file? I tried copy/paste and that included the background.

The easiest way (but not the nicest):

Click on the link, then Click on File/Save As, select txt as the file type.

This method will save all the unnecessary text on the screen and might need to be "cleaned up"

A better way:

Click on the link, select only the FAQ text, copy, paste into notepad or similar text editor, then save the file from there.

Slick.