Petition for tutorials forum

joegrundman · 08-01-07, 07:22 PM

Instead of petitioning UBI for something, this is a petition to the splendid folks of SUBSIM management.

Despite the overwhelmingly fantastic experience that visiting Subsim provides (the best forum i've yet encountered in terms of informativeness, helpfulness and attitude) there is one area i feel could possibly be made even better.

I find searching for posts difficult, you get the terminology wrong and you fail to find it. It can be like looking for a needle in a haystack.

I think a seperate forum where each aspect of the game gets its own thread would be a great help and promote development of sustained ideas and less repetition.

This could include modding tutorials too.

It would mean that everything would be more easily findable and less likely to be lost in the depths of time.

If you agree, why not post an Aye, aye underneath?

Canovaro · 08-02-07, 01:32 AM

Aye,

Either this or a thread with links to the tutorials.
I myself am working on a printable handbook with all the tables and charts that are to be found or made of the tuts on this forum.

Joe is right, sometimes it's hard to find an old tutorial.

SmokinTep · 08-02-07, 05:32 AM

You are right about the search function. You better get it right or you'll be weeding thru a bunch of stuff.

Kingcobra24 · 08-02-07, 08:15 AM

I take it you don't think the Community Manual is worth using?

http://www.mysh3.info/shiii/index.php?title=Main_Page

joegrundman · 08-02-07, 09:09 AM

The community manual is worth using, but is very limited.

danurve · 08-02-07, 10:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joegrundman

The community manual is worth using, but is very limited.

In what way do you see the CM as being very limited?
Explain that if you would please.

joegrundman · 08-06-07, 08:54 PM

Well, I didn't think this would be so contraversial!

I seemed to have stepped on Danurve's toes as he seemed to imagine that this is some anti-CM rant or that a tutorial forum would be in some kind of opposition to the CM. Lighten up, pal! The CM is wonderful.

I think a sticky would be some help, but not the same thing at all. For one thing, you have to convince the appropriate mod to link to it, but i dare say that would be some improvement.

I think such a forum would also be popular, not unpopular, and would be constructive not argumentative. As internet forums go, this one is characterised by an uncommonly helpful and cooperative nature.

Also, so what if it isn't a super popular forum? As you say, you have lots of others, you can always close it down and transfer the existing threads to this and the sh4 forum.

In this I am inspired principally by the example of my previous gaming obsession, the TW series. The websites devoted to that do in fact have a thriving and exceedingly useful tutorials section for both gameplay and modding and as this game is at least as complex (and i think much more so in fact) such a forum would be just as useful here, if not more so.

But clearly there is some inertia against the whole idea. Does it cost a lot of time or money to open a new forum? If so, then I retract the whole petition!

08-01-07, 07:22 PM	#1
joegrundman Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2,689 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	Petition for tutorials forum Instead of petitioning UBI for something, this is a petition to the splendid folks of SUBSIM management. Despite the overwhelmingly fantastic experience that visiting Subsim provides (the best forum i've yet encountered in terms of informativeness, helpfulness and attitude) there is one area i feel could possibly be made even better. I find searching for posts difficult, you get the terminology wrong and you fail to find it. It can be like looking for a needle in a haystack. I think a seperate forum where each aspect of the game gets its own thread would be a great help and promote development of sustained ideas and less repetition. This could include modding tutorials too. It would mean that everything would be more easily findable and less likely to be lost in the depths of time. If you agree, why not post an Aye, aye underneath? __________________ "Enemy submarines are to be called U-Boats. The term submarine is to be reserved for Allied under water vessels. U-Boats are those dastardly villains who sink our ships, while submarines are those gallant and noble craft which sink theirs." Winston Churchill

08-02-07, 08:15 AM	#4
Kingcobra24 Soundman Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Maine, USA Posts: 142 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I take it you don't think the Community Manual is worth using? http://www.mysh3.info/shiii/index.php?title=Main_Page __________________

08-02-07, 09:09 AM	#5
joegrundman Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2,689 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	The community manual is worth using, but is very limited. __________________ "Enemy submarines are to be called U-Boats. The term submarine is to be reserved for Allied under water vessels. U-Boats are those dastardly villains who sink our ships, while submarines are those gallant and noble craft which sink theirs." Winston Churchill

08-06-07, 08:54 PM	#7
joegrundman Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2,689 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	Well, I didn't think this would be so contraversial! I seemed to have stepped on Danurve's toes as he seemed to imagine that this is some anti-CM rant or that a tutorial forum would be in some kind of opposition to the CM. Lighten up, pal! The CM is wonderful. I think a sticky would be some help, but not the same thing at all. For one thing, you have to convince the appropriate mod to link to it, but i dare say that would be some improvement. I think such a forum would also be popular, not unpopular, and would be constructive not argumentative. As internet forums go, this one is characterised by an uncommonly helpful and cooperative nature. Also, so what if it isn't a super popular forum? As you say, you have lots of others, you can always close it down and transfer the existing threads to this and the sh4 forum. In this I am inspired principally by the example of my previous gaming obsession, the TW series. The websites devoted to that do in fact have a thriving and exceedingly useful tutorials section for both gameplay and modding and as this game is at least as complex (and i think much more so in fact) such a forum would be just as useful here, if not more so. But clearly there is some inertia against the whole idea. Does it cost a lot of time or money to open a new forum? If so, then I retract the whole petition! __________________ "Enemy submarines are to be called U-Boats. The term submarine is to be reserved for Allied under water vessels. U-Boats are those dastardly villains who sink our ships, while submarines are those gallant and noble craft which sink theirs." Winston Churchill

08-02-07, 01:32 AM	#2
Canovaro Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,062 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	Aye, Either this or a thread with links to the tutorials. I myself am working on a printable handbook with all the tables and charts that are to be found or made of the tuts on this forum. Joe is right, sometimes it's hard to find an old tutorial.

08-02-07, 05:32 AM	#3
SmokinTep Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Suffolk, Virginia Posts: 1,027 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	You are right about the search function. You better get it right or you'll be weeding thru a bunch of stuff.