User Created Manual

[JeBuS27]

I just had an idea. What if we, the veteran players of MoO3 created a manual? We put only the information that we are certain of in it. It could include simple tips for gameplay, yadda, yadda, yadda.

Anyhow, I was just wondering if anybody was interested in helping.

Progress can be seen here.

www.jebus27.kicks-ass.net

The project is tentatively named "Manual Override"

Checklist:

Race Setup --------------Taken
Galactic Setup-----------Taken
Sitrep
Main/Galaxy View -------Taken
Encyclopedia
Technology
Finance
Empire
Personnel ----------------Taken
Foreign Office
Planets
Shipyard -Ship Design---Taken
Shipyard-Fleet
Victory
System View--------------Taken
Combat
Planet Screen

If you decide you would like to help, post up here and tell me which screen you'd like to do. I need to know who's doing what so I can check it off the list.

All I really ask for is a description of what every button in the screen does, what the sliders do, etc.

If you need to do screen shots, be my guest. I can include them easily. The information can all be in plain .txt format. I don't need anything fancy. Just keep it organized, clear, and concise.

This discussion is currently going on in 5 forums, so forgive me if I forget to bring some info over here.

[Vince278]

Great idea. Wouldn't it be better to allow multiple inputs per subject area? It would allow for more and better tips, yadda, yadda.

[JeBuS27]

Oh yes, please team up, or take one that's already taken if you like.

I just wanted to put taken on there for those people who say, "Yeah I'll help, what can I do?"

[benstandby]

progress

Has this gone anywhere or did the game community dry up and blow away like so much used tissue paper?

I wrote a huge paper for my applied anthropology class on how badly this game tanked. I hear you can get it free now. My stupid ass bought it at $50. I'll never do that again.

No one else should either...

[JeBuS27]

No, hasn't gone too much further than what you see at my site. The help I had asked for never came, so all that was done was done by me alone, which isn't very much at all.

[BenRipped]

The problem here is that you are trying to ride a horse that has passed through the cat food factory.

There are a very few fans that are willing to commit their resources to this for no real gain. New games are coming and MoO3 lost its footing at the starting block and has been face down in the mud for so long the authorities have called the medical examiner.

[Admiral PJ]

I was thinking a Fan built manual would be a good idea, I could help if you are still interested, or I could take over the project if no one is working on it anymore.

The new patch appears to have helped Moo3 .. and the game overall seems like a good strategy game. If we can fully understand how to play it, perhaps it will be able to fulfill its potential.

There appear to be some clever sections in MOO3 that people overlook, like startrade and terraforming species & habitability bands.

I would like to know more about the technology system, how much being a Creative race gives you more techs than a unimaginative race. Creatives seem to get good techs earlier as well as more frequent. Can we make a list of techs, or do they randomise too much.. it would help planning.
The patches seemed to have moved a lot of techs around too.. would be nice to know where to find all the building techs for instance, or terraform techs.

[Stormhound]

You can make a list of the techs' base levels; just expect that the randomization will make things a little more iffy.

The creative thing boosts your chance of having any given tech (each is checked for individually, except that those with a KEEPTHIS modifier in the text file are ALWAYS available to every race).

[player1]

Well, I'm MOO3 newbie and I can say that encylopedia MOD (donwloaded from official forums), contains several very good threads in encylopedia format. And they realy helped me in learning the game.

[Awsric Armitage]

If you guys are really serious about compiling a game manual I will work on it. I have linked several discussion threads over at Atari's site and can glean that information into a more strategy guide rather than actual manual. If its a manual you want for defining the game GUI interface and what each aspect generally does I think we could easily accomplish that. Just have to draw the line at generalization and not stratgey. BTW I here the actual startegy guide is also a lump of poo. And people actually get paid to publish these things is what urks me. I guess its all caveat emptor to the nth.

But if anyones interested or thinks this would actually work I can start a format unless Jebus27 wants to share what he has compiled so far.

The discusion at Ataris boards is here http://www.ina-community.com/forums/...51#post4642851 not to say that the discussions need to be moves their but the ideas of collaborative efforts will speed completion of such a task.

[JeBuS27]

There never was much work done on it. I actually didn't recieve a single piece of information from anyone else. Good luck with this new run at it.

I suppose I should remove that link up there since it really doesn't lead to anything worth while.

[Awsric Armitage]

Just what you have done is more than nothing. I just hope this effort does not peter out like the ones before.

[Awsric Armitage]

Discussions are actively underway at the Atari site so I will cross link them here for the Apolyton guys to get involved for a more collaborative approach.
Once again here is the link:

http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=4654341#post4654341post4654341