Dude! Since When Have The Been Working On It?

That_Annoying_KidThat_Annoying_Kid Sire of Titles Join Date: 2003-03-01 Member: 14175Members, Constellation
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<div class="IPBDescription">manual_version_2</div> <a href='http://www.natural-selection.org/manual_version_2/Natural_Selection_Manual_Framed.html' target='_blank'>wewt</a>, new manual in the works!


who is working on it? It's a step in the right direction, as fantastic as the old manual was this new version has an ton of promise, and looks nice in my humble oppinion.


thanks to whoever is doing it! [my guess is Fam]

anyone know?
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  • PaladinPaladin Join Date: 2002-10-06 Member: 1455Members, Constellation
    edited April 2004
    Xp-Cagey (although i think i read somewhere that Fam has helped him a bit)

    And to stop this post from being a one liner I just want to congratulate the makers for doing such a great job ! It's informative, comprehensive and shows all aspects of the game in a very detailed manner. Good work !
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  • TyrainTyrain Join Date: 2003-01-03 Member: 11746Members
    edited April 2004
    Nice one. But I bet no new players will read that... its just too much <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • ANeMANeM Join Date: 2003-05-13 Member: 16267Members, Constellation
    Yeah.. it is quite nice.. maybe not as atmospheric as the old one, but nice. Covers pretty much everything that needs to be said about the game.. and a bit more.
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  • EEKEEK Join Date: 2004-02-25 Member: 26898Banned
    Yay! Now I can tell CS kiddies to RTFM, because we now actually have a manual that tells you something USEFUL!
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  • AaronAaron vroom vroom der party startah Join Date: 2002-11-05 Member: 7020Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Extra cumulative experience is awarded when friendly players are nearby. For each friend that's nearby when a kill is made, the experience awarded is increased by 10. The total experience is then split among all the players. For example, if a marine kills a level 3 alien, and there are four friendly marines nearby at the time, the experience given is
    (80 [Level 3 kill] + 40 [4 x crowd award]) / 5 [number of players] = 24 for each marine regardless of who killed the alien.

    Another way to look at it: a group of five players making five level 1 kills (one per person), would have 100 experience apiece, whereas one player making one level 1 kill would have 60 experience.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    WOW. I had no idea teamwork had such an effect on XP. I'm going to totally mooch^H I mean team up to gain XP. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • SolarisSolaris Join Date: 2003-05-11 Member: 16213Members
    Now all we need is the Devs to get NS to have a HTML Motd (like DoD has) and admins can link to the manual directly! If I was a server-admin, I'd definitivly do that and I guess some admins were talking about that in the Server Support forum, too.

    Sonja / Solaris
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  • brute_forcebrute_force Join Date: 2003-10-04 Member: 21433Members, Constellation
    edited April 2004
    Jeez, you guys are slow. I read this thing when I was downloading the first public beta. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    edit: I sound like a moron sometimes.
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  • RSMemphisRSMemphis Join Date: 2003-08-19 Member: 19953Members
    edited April 2004
    In the weapon/armor description, it does not say that HA protects from spores - in case anyone affiliated with the writing of the manual reads this. (It does say where it talks about spores, though).

    Edit: Also -
    <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->FOCUS :: Each level slows rate of fire by 33%, but damage is increased by 0.50. Only affects the slot 1 weapon (bite, spit, spore, swipe, gore).<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    This should be (bite, spit, bite, swipe, gore)
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  • Salvation_r2Salvation_r2 Join Date: 2003-11-26 Member: 23606Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Tyrain+Apr 1 2004, 12:32 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Tyrain @ Apr 1 2004, 12:32 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Nice one. But I bet no new players will read that... its just too much <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    dout they all will

    but still good <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • Jean_Luc_PicardJean_Luc_Picard Join Date: 2003-02-03 Member: 13051Members
    Lol, it says spore is the lerks slot 1 weapon and thus is affected by Focus!
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  • Swift_IdiotSwift_Idiot Join Date: 2003-01-05 Member: 11883Members
    <span style='font-size:8pt;line-height:100%'>I could have sworn Focus was a double-double trade off. 33% extra damage and 33% extra cool down time per level, up to 100% extra damage (two times normal) and 100% slowdown (twice as long).

    WFT??

    Also: Cool, a new manual, I'm gonna go read it in it's entirety.</span>
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  • DragonMechDragonMech Join Date: 2003-09-19 Member: 21023Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    XP-Cagey is the one working on the new manual. He is also the one you send comments to if you see something wrong, so he can fix it. There is a link to his e-mail adress at the top of the manual.
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  • panda_de_malheureuxpanda_de_malheureux Join Date: 2003-12-26 Member: 24775Members
    edited April 2004
    well to get newcomers to READ THE WHOLE THING, we could:

    1) slap this on the front

    <img src='http://www.myownbook.com.au/images/books/wallie_sm.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />

    > then the manual

    2) then wally himself
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  • ZekZek Join Date: 2002-11-10 Member: 7962Members, NS1 Playtester, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    They could also make it an interesting read like the first one was instead of just a list of facts.
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  • MantridMantrid Lockpick Join Date: 2003-12-07 Member: 24109Members
    Who the hell is Wally? Did he kill Waldo and steal his clothes?
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  • EEKEEK Join Date: 2004-02-25 Member: 26898Banned
    <!--QuoteBegin-Mantrid+Apr 1 2004, 11:54 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Mantrid @ Apr 1 2004, 11:54 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Who the hell is Wally? Did he kill Waldo and steal his clothes? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Poor Waldo :/
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  • That_Annoying_KidThat_Annoying_Kid Sire of Titles Join Date: 2003-03-01 Member: 14175Members, Constellation
    edited April 2004
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    XP-Cagey huh?

    I will have to thank him
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  • CxwfCxwf Join Date: 2003-02-05 Member: 13168Members, Constellation
    Theres a variety of numerical errors in there though. For example, each level of Focus provides +33% damage and -20% rate of fire. The rates of fire listed for most weapons are off by quite a bit. It lists LMGs as firing 10 bullets per second when I time it at 16. I could maybe be off by 1 or 2, but not by 6. Likewise, I time skulkbite as firing 2.4 times per second, compared to the listed 1.25. HMGs also fire at about 16 bullets per second, not 9. I haven't timed any of the other attacks, but I would be very suprised if this manual got any of them right.
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  • RabidWeaselRabidWeasel Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5337Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Mantrid+Apr 2 2004, 04:54 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Mantrid @ Apr 2 2004, 04:54 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Who the hell is Wally? Did he kill Waldo and steal his clothes? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Wally = european version of Waldo, since Waldo is possibly the worst name ever devised.
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