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400+ pages Foundry-Manual for newbies and professionals (german)
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Hello international community,
I know, the topic of this thread seems a little bit strange, 'cause it's a german manual, but I know, that some people from other countries can speak german and I think it is possible that someone - not me, my english sucks - would translate it. And if not, google-translate sucks, but it can help.
But now the real topic:
The german author "benalexander" has made a very big and heavylie(?) detailed manual to the foundry, structured in four parts:
Part 1: An introduction for new authors. From the first opening the foundry to the publishing of the first mission, you can see every step. It should help Foundry-newbies there first steps.
Part 2: An systematic explanation from all possible settings in the foundry. From missiongoals over mapdesign, dialogs and costumes within to triggers.
Part 3: Tipps, tricks and advanced Foudnry-technics: Sidemissions, custom interiors, teleport, timers, "mapchanges" without an loadscreen (space and ground) and much more
Following: An pictures list from all indoor- and outdoormap-backdrops to help with the pre-selection.
It has 472 pages (version 1.2 from 04-12-2015) and much pictures.
I think it is this good, that it would be a shame, if only we few germans would have it, so, here you have it:
>>downloadlink<< (63 MB)
>>Link to the german Thread<<
Greetings from the german forenmoderator
I know, the topic of this thread seems a little bit strange, 'cause it's a german manual, but I know, that some people from other countries can speak german and I think it is possible that someone - not me, my english sucks - would translate it. And if not, google-translate sucks, but it can help.
But now the real topic:
The german author "benalexander" has made a very big and heavylie(?) detailed manual to the foundry, structured in four parts:
Part 1: An introduction for new authors. From the first opening the foundry to the publishing of the first mission, you can see every step. It should help Foundry-newbies there first steps.
Part 2: An systematic explanation from all possible settings in the foundry. From missiongoals over mapdesign, dialogs and costumes within to triggers.
Part 3: Tipps, tricks and advanced Foudnry-technics: Sidemissions, custom interiors, teleport, timers, "mapchanges" without an loadscreen (space and ground) and much more
Following: An pictures list from all indoor- and outdoormap-backdrops to help with the pre-selection.
It has 472 pages (version 1.2 from 04-12-2015) and much pictures.
I think it is this good, that it would be a shame, if only we few germans would have it, so, here you have it:
>>downloadlink<< (63 MB)
>>Link to the german Thread<<
Greetings from the german forenmoderator
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P.S. And benalexander also explains NPC Beaming
*cower and run*
bad boy. baaad boy. *throws a meat eating tribble*
This point is more important than all the rest together! The Foundry sometimes behaves a bit
"Unruly". When loading Maps, problems with the server or it can crash bugs
the whole program come. Although this happens very rarely and there is also a
automatic recovery when you leave the foundry without saving, but it
should not rely blindly you look. So, if an important part of their own mission
has been completed, should definitely be saved. The same applies before significant
Changes to a mission carried out in which it may come to problems
could. If necessary you can simply leave the Foundry and the last save
continue the mission.
7. The second map (on the planet)
The Klingons must naturally be repulsed not only in space but also on
the planet. For this you need another card. Clicking on
leads to the known menu to select a new map:
In field (1), the card name must be entered again. Field (2) has three options:
"Space", "outdoor" and "indoor". The search screen (4) also enables a particular map
find quickly or all of the cards with a specific name element (eg "desert") to list
Space maps should already be known now. The counterpart to this is the "Ground Maps", the
strictly speaking, does not exist. There are only "indoor" and "outdoor" maps. Both have many
Similarities: There are essentially the same objects and NPCs available and the
Operation is almost identical. Unlike Space maps, on which the player in its
Spacecraft is on its way, he controls on indoor and outdoor maps but his captain.
The important difference between indoor and outdoor maps is that outdoor maps a
Represent landscape or city under the open sky. However, Indoor Maps consist of rooms,
which represent the interior of a cave, a building, a station or a ship. For the
Players it is basically impossible to leave these rooms. Also, the author can also
add new rooms.
My character Tsin'xing
My character Tsin'xing
I might....have at least an initial cleanup through page 16....
I am the author the this monstrosity of a PDF, that brings Google to its knees. Since you are thinking about a translation, I have to say, the test, johnnysnowball performed, went horribly, horribly wrong. I expected a bad translation but this... I can assure you, it sounds much better in German. It seems, Goggle even changed the meaning of some sentences to the complete opposite.
I originally wrote this manual for the German foundry community, since tutorials and guides were quite rare back then. But you guys have StarbaseUGC with more tutorials than the German community could ever dream of. And translating the manual would be quite a lot of work: 80.000 words, more than a thousand pictures and images. So, do you really want and need yet another guide?
If so, I would be willing to take care of a translation, since I still have the original documents, pictures and missions. Besides, from an author's perspective, it just feels wrong to put my baby through Google translator, seeing it torn apart and suffering from bad translation algorithms. Although English is not my native language, I can speak (and write) what some people refer to as foreign English and learned much more watching English or American TV shows than I did in school. But I would do my best. It probably would take some time and I would most likely require your help, especially with English foundry terminology. Also, it would be extremely helpful, if a native English speaker could proofread the first draft. But I think, it could be done.
Greetings and Sorry for bad English
benalexander
My character Tsin'xing
Well, I can certainly understand this (And your English was absolutely top notch). I know Cast is working on it, but if the author prefers to do that work on his 'baby', i wouldn't step on his toes myself.
Also, to Cast, i offered to do the images but... whoa. 1000+... might be a bit heavy.
Also, to benalexander: Have you considered renaming your handbook 'The Lord of the Foundry'? It's..... epic.
Here, here.
Any problems, just ask us, benalexander.
I had some time on my hands, so I started translating. Just to see, how long it would take. I still have to replace some the images and screenshots. But it went much faster than I'd expected, so I kept going. Part One, the introduction for new authors (about 50 pages) is basically done... well, let's call it an alpha version, since Open office screwed up my formatting. I let you know, as soon as there is something presentable.
Greetings
benalexander
Thank you for your efforts. Wir sind dankbar.
Oh, why do I have polandballs in my head right now? ^^
Wait, I can do that!
For a little smile while waiting for the activating of the Editor.
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Check out my Foundry missions:
Standalone - The Great Escape - The Galaxy's Fair - Purity I: Of Denial - Return to Oblivion
Untitled Series - Duritanium Man - The Improbable Bulk - Commander Rihan
I've continued translating the manual. Right now, I'm working on Part Two, but I want to show you a first draft of Part One (Introduction for Beginners). I think it wouldn't hurt to get some feedback early on. By the way: Since the editor is still offline, I couldn't replace all the images and screenshots.
If you find mistakes (you probably will) or have an idea to improve the manual, please let me know.
>> Download Link << (1,22 MB)
Greetings
benalexander
I'm really itching to get hold of some of the tips and tricks!
Good Job! And thank you.
...Thank you! I've spent the last week basically educating myself up to where the english translation ends but its so useful to have a hard copy of "how to do the simple things." It would be nice if we could get an update for the new sector block system, though. I'm still a bit worried about making sure my mission entry point's going to be at the right star system (but I don't imagine it works any differently now in practice, I'm just not absolutely certain of my settings.)
Notable missions: Apex [AEI], Gemini [SSF], Trident [AEI], Evolution's Smile [SSF], Transcendence
Looking for something new to play? I've started building Foundry missions again in visual novel form!