LWAMI4 Mod Poll #13: Readme Preference for Upcoming Release

Kazuaki Shimazaki II · 06-17-06, 10:48 AM

Give us the manual, but don't delay the release for it. The day when the database and doctrines are to your satisfaction, just throw it out and let us play with it without any help.

Then, every day, send up whatever piece of manual you have done onto this BBS. You might want to give priority to answering the questions that would undoubtedly be asked on this board - it might just give you a clue as to what players think is important in a manual - what they need to know.

There is little point in writing the detailed changes immediately. With the new renovation in doctrines, the database will become much harder to change for the casual self-modder. For example, before we can change the range or speed of a torpedo just by putting in new numbers on the DB Editor, but now we have to poke around in the doctrine to make sure all the new cleverness you've put in does not get ruined. And if no one is going to easily change the database, a listing of the changes (so we can find them in the DB) becomes less necessary.

View Poll Results: What type of readme do you want for LWAMI4?
A comprehensive list of changes that reads like a traditional mod/patch readme	6	37.50%
A practical guide to gameplay with the mod that reads like a thorough manual	10	62.50%
Voters: 16. You may not vote on this poll

06-17-06, 10:48 AM	#1
Kazuaki Shimazaki II Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,140 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Give us the manual, but don't delay the release for it. The day when the database and doctrines are to your satisfaction, just throw it out and let us play with it without any help. Then, every day, send up whatever piece of manual you have done onto this BBS. You might want to give priority to answering the questions that would undoubtedly be asked on this board - it might just give you a clue as to what players think is important in a manual - what they need to know. There is little point in writing the detailed changes immediately. With the new renovation in doctrines, the database will become much harder to change for the casual self-modder. For example, before we can change the range or speed of a torpedo just by putting in new numbers on the DB Editor, but now we have to poke around in the doctrine to make sure all the new cleverness you've put in does not get ruined. And if no one is going to easily change the database, a listing of the changes (so we can find them in the DB) becomes less necessary.