Physical manual

[dainbramaged13]

I know this has been discussed before, and i was one of the sheep under the beliefe that firaxis woud not let us down with a pdf file, but take a look at this, from civfans, oriinally from CGO...

I played my first actual game of Civ III last night, though I wasn't able to print out the 250 page manual, so I don't have a great grasp on all the rules yet. Got my butt kicked on the lowest difficulty level .

HIGHLIGHT - I WASN' ABLE TO PRINT OUT THIE 250 page MANUAL.
now, i don't know if this is just because it is an advance copy, but it seems ominous to me. does this always happen in advance copy games?

and dont tell me this is a stupid thread (cough*fufu*cough) i know it is, i just wanted to see what people think

[Skanky Burns]

Dans already confirmed that both the SE and the LE contain a PAPER manual... not a pdf Yay

[Lorizael]

Yah, I'm guessing it's just because it's an advance order. I'm betting as person got was the games and teh PDF.

Relax, Civ III in a little more than 16 days, game's gone gold, and I'm finally unbanned. Everything will be OK!

[Asesino_Virtual]

Why had u been banned?

[Lorizael]

Originally posted by Asesino_Virtual
Why had u been banned?

For this, my very first thread ever. Six pages of terrible, terrible spam...

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=28161

But those days are over.

Anyway, I hope it's a real manual, or I'll be anrgy...

[Mister Pleasant]

HIGHLIGHT - I WASN' ABLE TO PRINT OUT THIE 250 page MANUAL.
now, i don't know if this is just because it is an advance copy, but it seems ominous to me. does this always happen in advance copy games?

Someone better tell Harlan to hang on to that $50 a little longer. Hehehehehehehehehe!

[SteveJH]

Somebody already confirmed the game comes with a paper manual, not a .pdf file. It wasn't Dan, but it was somebody from Firaxis..

[Skanky Burns]

Originally posted by Mister Pleasant
Someone better tell Harlan to hang on to that $50 a little longer. Hehehehehehehehehe!

Dont get your hopes up

[Provost Harrison]

Yeah, I would expect that if it is an advance order, they would not be equipped with manuals yet. And another thing. I have seen fatter DVD boxes that could accommodate a manual in them as well, it would just be the same size as a normal DVD box, but an inch thicker. I have seen one of these for the most recent version of Myst, and I would expect something similar would be done with Civ3.

[tishco]

wot about in uk, i fink its dvd box!

[Provost Harrison]

I am from the UK and that is what I am referring to. Sheesh.

[Executor]

Could Firaxis be kind enough to release the PDF manual? Give us something to read while we suffer, counting down the seconds till Civ3 arrives.

Please! I'm begging you Firaxis! What's the harm?

[Stuie]

I'm sure all the idiots who pirate the game would love that!

Seriously, the way games are ripped off no company is going to release a .pdf manual of a new release.

[Executor]

Originally posted by Stuie
I'm sure all the idiots who pirate the game would love that!

Seriously, the way games are ripped off no company is going to release a .pdf manual of a new release.

Pirates don't usually care about the manuals, it's kind of hard to play with only the manual.

[Döbeln_2001]

>>Pirates don't usually care about the manuals, it's kind of hard to play with only the manual.<<

Eh, a pirate benefits quite a lot from a manual - for instance he can play his pirated game a lot easier...