User Manual

TDK1044 · 11-25-09, 07:53 AM

Please Ubisoft, don't underestimate the importance of producing a very good user manual for Silent Hunter5.

The book for Silent Hunter 4 was useless and a total joke. It seemed to have been created by people who had never actually seen the game.

Silent Hunter 5 feels like an exciting new venture into the ice cold waters of the Atlantic U Boat campaign, please give us a user manual that reflects the excellent work of your Devs, and not some useless book that's full of pretty pictures.

Thank you in anticipation....

Reece · 11-25-09, 08:18 AM

Yes, I will always gladly pay more for a good printed manual,

I hate pdf manuals!!

The General · 11-25-09, 08:37 AM

I'm gonna counter this by saying that PDF's are fine. If you want a printed manual, print your own. Enough with the cutting down trees already!

Dread Knot · 11-25-09, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by The General

I'm gonna counter this by saying that PDF's are fine. If you want a printed manual, print your own. Enough with the cutting down trees already!

A lot of people print out their PDF files or take them in to be professionally printed and bound. The ones that print them themselves usually use the typical 8.5 by 11 inch paper which is larger than most printed game manuals. So the trees die anyway.

TDK1044 · 11-25-09, 10:10 AM

If I'm paying $49.99 for a game, I want a nice, glossy, well thought out, informative user manual. Keep the pens and the cheesy gimmicks....just give me a decent user manual.

Ducimus · 11-25-09, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by TDK1044

If I'm paying $49.99 for a game, I want a nice, glossy, well thought out, informative user manual. Keep the pens and the cheesy gimmicks....just give me a decent user manual.

Considering this is supposed to be a simulation, i'd say your god damn right. For a simulation, Id expect a manual on par with Aces of the Deep, or Silent Hunter 1. Anything less is a crock of excrement.

ichso · 11-25-09, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Dread Knot

A lot of people print out their PDF files or take them in to be professionally printed and bound. The ones that print them themselves usually use the typical 8.5 by 11 inch paper which is larger than most printed game manuals. So the trees die anyway.

The idea is valid. Even if some enthusiasts print out a manual, this will use up much less paper than when each buyer gets a copy on his/her own.

Also, after so many titles of SH and similiar games, there is nothing left to be learned from manuals anyways...
The few new controls and such are figured out quickly - they are supposed to be rather intuitive. The most helpful (or at least interesting) manuals come either with GWX or are posted here as time goes

Reece · 11-25-09, 07:14 PM

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Snestorm said:
The print should also be large enough for easy reading!

Yes I agree with that, I don't like having to use the magnifying glass all the time!

11-25-09, 07:53 AM	#1
TDK1044 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 2,674 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	User Manual Please Ubisoft, don't underestimate the importance of producing a very good user manual for Silent Hunter5. The book for Silent Hunter 4 was useless and a total joke. It seemed to have been created by people who had never actually seen the game. Silent Hunter 5 feels like an exciting new venture into the ice cold waters of the Atlantic U Boat campaign, please give us a user manual that reflects the excellent work of your Devs, and not some useless book that's full of pretty pictures. Thank you in anticipation....

11-25-09, 08:18 AM	#2
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,709 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	Yes, I will always gladly pay more for a good printed manual, I hate pdf manuals!! __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

11-25-09, 08:37 AM	#3
The General The Old Man Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Mountain Ash, Wales, U.K. Posts: 1,548 Downloads: 179 Uploads: 3	I'm gonna counter this by saying that PDF's are fine. If you want a printed manual, print your own. Enough with the cutting down trees already! __________________ *THE GENERAL*

11-25-09, 10:10 AM	#5
TDK1044 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 2,674 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	If I'm paying $49.99 for a game, I want a nice, glossy, well thought out, informative user manual. Keep the pens and the cheesy gimmicks....just give me a decent user manual.