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Foundry hand book?

SystemSystem Member, NoReporting Posts: 178,019 Arc User
edited December 2010 in The Foundry for Star Trek Online - Discussion & Feedback
This is more directed to dstahl or the dev in charge of the foundry development.

First I'd like to thank you for creating a intuitive tool to allow us trek fans to be able to create and share our own mini episodes. i look forward to trying out and rating the contents others created. I hope they also will enjoy mine once i get the hang of the foundry better.

My question is. Are there plans to have a help system integrated in the foundry or possible a down loadable pdf file that we can print to sort of have as a reference manual at our side to aid in our creative endeavors?

I'm reasonable sure I'm not the only one that would like something like this.
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    To be completely honest, I doubt your going to get an official guide that is much better than these:

    http://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?t=191472

    http://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?t=191580
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    hobieone wrote:
    This is more directed to dstahl or the dev in charge of the foundry development.

    First I'd like to thank you for creating a intuitive tool to allow us trek fans to be able to create and share our own mini episodes. i look forward to trying out and rating the contents others created. I hope they also will enjoy mine once i get the hang of the foundry better.

    My question is. Are there plans to have a help system integrated in the foundry or possible a down loadable pdf file that we can print to sort of have as a reference manual at our side to aid in our creative endeavors?

    I'm reasonable sure I'm not the only one that would like something like this.

    http://www.startrekonline.com/foundrywalkthrough
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    i saw the one on this site. I was actually thinking of something more in depth.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Seeing how Champions Online had a guidebook, which launched with the game, and STO still has... well, nothing really, I wouldn't be surprised if all we would ever see for guides, tutorials and handbooks would come from the community itself.

    It actually makes me sad because I love these guides and try to obtain a guidebook for every game I love enough to care about. I guess I'm too old. ;)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    LordOfPit wrote: »
    Seeing how Champions Online had a guidebook, which launched with the game, and STO still has... well, nothing really, I wouldn't be surprised if all we would ever see for guides, tutorials and handbooks would come from the community itself.

    It actually makes me sad because I love these guides and try to obtain a guidebook for every game I love enough to care about. I guess I'm too old. ;)

    Their kind of coolf or nostalgia's sake, but unfortunately they become oudated pretty quick for MMOs :o
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    LordOfPit wrote: »
    Seeing how Champions Online had a guidebook, which launched with the game, and STO still has... well, nothing really, I wouldn't be surprised if all we would ever see for guides, tutorials and handbooks would come from the community itself.

    It actually makes me sad because I love these guides and try to obtain a guidebook for every game I love enough to care about. I guess I'm too old. ;)

    Considering that the game has changed significantly over the last 10 months, such a guide would have been a waste of money. Champions Online is about to change a lot too.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Galactrix wrote: »
    Considering that the game has changed significantly over the last 10 months, such a guide would have been a waste of money. Champions Online is about to change a lot too.
    The.Grand.Nagus wrote: »
    Their kind of coolf or nostalgia's sake, but unfortunately they become oudated pretty quick for MMOs :o

    I know that guys. I know MMO's change, but I still look fondly at my CoH/V (yes, I have both blue and red binders) and CO guides, and I would've loved an STO guide as well, even if it wouldn't have any informational value above nostalgia.

    To me, guidebooks show the developer/publisher care enough about their game to go to the expense of having one published. I don't mean to imply though that Cryptic doesn't care about STO, they've shown me they do care in other ways, it's just that I love turning the pages, reading the flavor text and looking at the colorful pictures whenever the server's down for maintenance... ;)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    I wouldn't expect a paid for guidebook at this time. However, I am planning on doing some updates to the STO Online Manual early next year.

    I'll make sure to include as much information on The Foundry Beta for Star Trek Online as I can in the updates.

    Thanks,

    Stormshade
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    StormShade wrote: »
    I wouldn't expect a paid for guidebook at this time. However, I am planning on doing some updates to the STO Online Manual early next year.

    I'll make sure to include as much information on The Foundry Beta for Star Trek Online as I can in the updates.
    You'd seriously rock, StormShade, if you'd do that! :D
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