Problems With Manual

Wile_E_Coyote

<div class="IPBDescription">Emergency beacon</div> Okay sorry if this is a stupid question

I have noticed that in the tech tree right after motion traking there is a distress beacon thing. This is what the manual says:

<i><span style='color:blue'>Distress Beacon
The observatory punches through the nano-gridlock, sending an emergency signal to the neighboring dropship. The dropship immediately sends reinforcements, homing in on the signal's location, and spending large amounts of energy to create temporary "subject fields" out of the construction nanos in the ceiling-based command network. The squad immediately returns to full deployment. The reinforcements get there every time, but it is incredibly stressful and dangerous for the dropship's engines (not to mention the dropship's commander). See phase technology for more information on phase travel.</span>
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Okay so I was a good little boy, I read the manual first. Now could anyone please tell me what the hell it actually does, without the cute storyline added in? LOL I don't care how the imaginary nano technology works, or about dropships that don't exist,I don't want an explanation. I just want to know what it actually does and why it would be important to me in a game.

Same thing goes for blink. The manual nevers tells you HOW to use it. Gee, thanks guys! Has anyone else had this frustration with the manual? I know how difficult it is to write those things, hell just wrting a "readme" for a simple mod install can take quite awhile, but the manual does leave a LOT of unanswered questions.

I have been searching the forums for a straightforward explanation of the game but haven't found it yet. Can anyone guide me in the right direction?

<span style='color:red'> Sorry, my apologies. I will repost in the proper forum. Please disregard / remove this post</span>

n00b101

A Commander can activate a distress beacon in the Observatory. Once he does so, you'll see the Observatory «Beaping» and flash red. The effect ? It brings back all dead marines back at once in the START LOCATION. That means if you established your main base in a hive and left the satrt location, the marines will not appear in the hive !

As for blink, there's an explication why it isnt written in the manual ( in my opinion ). Its that the manual is written by the TSA, and they dont have a clue how the aliens use their abilities. Its to follow the «story». Maybe with future patches they'll add more info as they research on the Kharaa. But fear not, there are a lot of posts about How To Blink successfully on this forum. Just search for Blink and you'll probably find the answer.

Hope it helped.

Naughty_Brembo

<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->The squad immediately returns to full deployment.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Now read that line until you get it.

Orcrist

Yeah, I share(d) your pain. I had to ask many many times ingame how to build the special chambers, and other things... <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->

There is a quick start / presentation, big manual, but how about a little something in between?

Ollj

<!--QuoteBegin--Wile E Coyote+Feb 15 2003, 09:12 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Wile E Coyote @ Feb 15 2003, 09:12 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> LOL I don't care how the imaginary nano technology works, or about dropships that don't exist, <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Imaginary?
ot existing?

Orcrist

Nano technology doesn't exist yet <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo--> It's all theory.