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Guide / Tutorial Elite: Dangerous Pilot's Guide/Manual/Tutorial/Help
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need more info about bounty board page as i have no clue what information you want to write there
so just write here the table's header and explain what will be typed in so i can leave enough space.
why would you want template pages apart from all? if you have adobe acrobat pro (not sure if regular versions does that) you can delete all pages you don't need, but i never thought to separate template from guide, unless template section will grow bigger than 15-20 pages, those 4 pages are pure text (~250kb in size)
need more info about bounty board page as i have no clue what information you want to write there
so just write here the table's header and explain what will be typed in so i can leave enough space.
why would you want template pages apart from all? if you have adobe acrobat pro (not sure if regular versions does that) you can delete all pages you don't need, but i never thought to separate template from guide, unless template section will grow bigger than 15-20 pages, those 4 pages are pure text (~250kb in size)
Like the first row will have the player pirate name
second row will be at space station / space zone and the
third row will have bounty earned / acquired.
hope that helps
First of all - thanks for such an amazing manual. Being new to the game (but familiar with the original!) this has been an invaluable guide to get me up to speed with what's going on.
One minor improvement I can suggest;
I have been reading your great work since version 1.02 and often only want to read the new material when an update comes out. For those of us who have read a previous version, could you alter the contents page so that new pages appear in bold and any altered pages appear in italics. That way, we can see what's new and only need to read those bits.
Just an idea...
One minor improvement I can suggest;
I have been reading your great work since version 1.02 and often only want to read the new material when an update comes out. For those of us who have read a previous version, could you alter the contents page so that new pages appear in bold and any altered pages appear in italics. That way, we can see what's new and only need to read those bits.
Just an idea...
that's a good idea and i was already thinking about that but as usually 90% of pages were edited i have thrown that idea out of my mind.
but now it makes sense, because i am usually not editing too many pages at once, so i will look into displaying all new changes more user friendly under table of contents, don't promise with the next update to do that though
Great manual. Thanks for all the hard work! I only managed to get a new PC and start playing the beta yesterday and what a great help this was. I played Elite and Frontier loads in the past, but there is enough new stuff to really make a manual necessary.
I work in Technical Writing and was really impressed with the document. Excellent work. Much appreciated.
I work in Technical Writing and was really impressed with the document.
Excellent work. Much appreciated.Great manual. Thanks for all the hard work! I only managed to get a new PC and start playing the beta yesterday and what a great help this was. I played Elite and Frontier loads in the past, but there is enough new stuff to really make a manual necessary.
I work in Technical Writing and was really impressed with the document.
Thank you, in the beginning i was afraid a little that i will not be up to the task because it's actually first thing, that i not only created but had also to fill with relevant information. But i had a great help from other commanders on forum so i can't take all the credit and seeing that many of pilot's found it useful keeps me going
Make sure you read early game designs or design discussion archive forum, i have played previous games too but technology now really makes all of the difference and those things that Frontier is aiming at in full release are insane
Brilliant compilation of information forger!
I've only skimmed through it but what I've read so far has been very informative.
Being a veteran of the Elite series it's quite brilliant that with todays technology it might now be possible to fulfil the vision that FD has for Elite, like you say.
I've had a look through the Design Discussion archive forum and if most, if not all, of those features are incorporated into the game it might floor me.
I've only skimmed through it but what I've read so far has been very informative.
Being a veteran of the Elite series it's quite brilliant that with todays technology it might now be possible to fulfil the vision that FD has for Elite, like you say.
I've had a look through the Design Discussion archive forum and if most, if not all, of those features are incorporated into the game it might floor me.
I've had a look through the Design Discussion archive forum and if most, if not all, of those features are incorporated into the game it might floor me.
yeah, i already canceled all plans for next 10 years
and the things that frontier is most criticized about (landing and fps only as expansions) will make this game a killer for very long period of time, because those expansions will not be like regular DLC but more like completely new game - with new unique game mechanic, mission system, new assets and completely different experience than initial game, so right when we should start getting a little bored Frontier will throw that on us
This manual is amazing good!!! Never seen a game manual with so much interesting facts about the game. The manual reads like a good scifi book.
I was looking for a manual to be able to start flying, as starting ED is not that easy.
First thoughts about the manual, was oh no, this is only about the history and background of the game, not a noobie starter tutorial. But after looking more in depth to the manual found everything I needed and more.
Thanks for creating this nice manual.
ES
I was looking for a manual to be able to start flying, as starting ED is not that easy.
First thoughts about the manual, was oh no, this is only about the history and background of the game, not a noobie starter tutorial. But after looking more in depth to the manual found everything I needed and more.
Thanks for creating this nice manual.
ES
more advanced stats and in depth topics would only appear after gamma starts - when all balancing by devs will be finished and players will have some experience with how things actually work in game, as now we can only take a wild guesses about most weapons/modules/ships, but that's the idea in future
so yes, if i find any relevant and interesting information about elite i will definitely include it in guide and try to keep all stats up to date, i also have plans to create a weapon's catalog, but need to wait until gamma again and see how that will increase the file size, maybe it should be made as a separate document
yeap, that's the idea - to keep as much up to date as possible
i just will need to see how it will look before i can tell how many images will be changed but probably most of the HUD section will be revisited.
can't promise that it will be very soon, except maybe the visual things (like HUD etc.) that i will change even next week, but i need to play some time before i can start to change or delete anything, as well as adding more quality stuff to the guide, and that will take time
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