Mr Byte Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 is there anyway to lose the awful background to the manual that makes the thing pretty unprintable? looks nice on screen but completely black A4 pages when printed will just eat up the ink... why would you do that :eek: , or at least not give a printer friendly version 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joblue Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 Please 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahger Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 Good Lord, now that really is a dumbell move if it's true. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Byte Posted July 28, 2007 Author Share Posted July 28, 2007 BUMP! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 We'll see what we can do! I've got a printout here and it looks great. However, it wasn't printed on the typical end user $35 inkjet printer and I didn't pay for it, so that's a bit different. Steve 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Byte Posted July 28, 2007 Author Share Posted July 28, 2007 sorry I didn't mean to imply it didn't look good on screen or even printed just a bit pricey to print was my concern Thanks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finkster Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 The real question is why anyone would pay a penny to design and present such a manual. For some reason all the game purveyors think that a dark paged manual with small white letters is useful. This probably arises because they never read the manual. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoNuckah Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 A printer friendly version, pictures intact, no back ground color, would be very much appreciated! Thanks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven482 Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 Who came up with the stupid idea to have a colored background in the manual. :-( We really need a printable version with the next patch. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barleyman Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 You can in fact make a printable version with Acrobat (full) if you feel like and have about an hour or 2 to burn. I once did it with X3 manual. Tricky bit is getting rid of the background pictures as you're more or less reduced to wiping them out one-by-one. Dunno how BFC and/or Paradox would feel about someone posting such a PDF, thought. ("Lawyers, Lawyers, this is not a drill!" ) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barleyman Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 Speaking of the manual.. Is the printed manual in the BFC standard edition the full 196 page manual or the 40-page travesty like in the EU release? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerMike Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 I would really really like to have the PDF with the real manual. I only have the paradox manual and that is, well... Where can I get the real manual? Maybe someone can send it to me? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junk2drive Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 Combat Mission: Shock Force Demo Filesize: 327 Megabytes The Combat Mission: Shock Force demo includes two scenarios playable from either the US or Syrian side. The first is a a tutorial to help get your feet wet with the game system and the other is a combined arms battle with Stryker's, Abrams against some tough Syrian Mechanized infantry. All multiplayer modes are active (TCP-IP, PBEM, Hotseat) and you can even access and play with the full Game Editor, but the save function is disabled. In addition to all of that, the pdf version of the full 200+ page manual is also included. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerMike Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Thanks junk2drive. I will get it from the demo. Just curious, what junk do you drive 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonm Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Well I suspect this is part of the incentive to buy the slightly dearer Deluxe version that comes with a printed manual. If you buy the cheaper version you have to expect to miss out on something? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerMike Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Hmmm. I knew I would not get a printed manual with the 'cheaper' version. I am fine with that. But I think BFC meant the manual PDF to be on the Paradox cd. As far as I know, Paradox goofed on this one. The manual included in the Paradox box is just VERY skimpy... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerMike Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Originally posted by PanzerMike: Hmmm. I knew I would not get a printed manual with the 'cheaper' version. I am fine with that. But I think BFC meant the manual PDF to be on the Paradox cd, but it is not. As far as I know, Paradox goofed on this one. The manual included in the Paradox box is just VERY skimpy and can hardly pass for a manualEdit: Oops, meant to edit not to add another reply. Oh well, you get the picture 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barleyman Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 At least according to the front page info, "standard" BFC shock force does in fact include full printed manual: Choose from the Standard Edition version which includes the game and 200 page printed manual or a special Deluxe Collectors Edition which includes the game, printed manual plus a full color Combat Mission Mouse Pad with helpful game commands and interface info as well as a 14" x 14" inch color Operational Map of Syria detailing the hypothetical invasion of Syria featured in the game! That actually makes the BFC edition somewhat attractive, you get printed manual with S&H for 43,60€ or about 15€ more than the cheapest deal online (play.com) However, Paradox claims the US retail version has leaflet so unless the BFC "standard" is not the same as US boxed version ... ? [ July 30, 2007, 03:34 AM: Message edited by: Barleyman ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonm Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Ah my mistake, I thought it was the difference between Deluxe and Standard (but that's the poster and mouse pad). It must be the benefit of buying the physical package as opposed to the download only option. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Letsbe Ave. Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 Originally posted by Battlefront.com: We'll see what we can do! I've got a printout here and it looks great. However, it wasn't printed on the typical end user $35 inkjet printer and I didn't pay for it, so that's a bit different. Steve Yes, it looks great - but the legibility in greyscale is not-so-great - and my toner bill is 'great', too, btw. I didn't realise it would take weeks to remove the background graphic, and post a printable PDF on the Download Links page. Sorry to be such a bother, but this is very eco-unfriendly, bordering on a terrorist/hostage scenario.(/sarcasm) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Mike Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 You can load the pdf manual into acrobat reader 8 & then save it as plain tabbed text, losing all the graphics including the background. It will still be a lot of pages to print but will cut down on ink/toner. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barleyman Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 It took me about half an hour to go thru process of mouseclick - delete - pagedown 196 times in acrobat (full) to kill the background pictures. After that I used foxit pdf reader to print the manual with black font. I suspect to do that would take the guy who used pagemaker to make the original manual about 30 seconds. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Other Means Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 You can save a TXT version from the "File" menu. Loses all the images but what the hey, it only takes a second. And this manual is FUGLY. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Other Means Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 This tool, with a free no-registration 7 day trial, converts PDF's to Word. http://www.investintech.com/prod_downloadsa2e.htm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Other Means Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 Originally posted by Other Means: This tool, with a free no-registration 7 day trial, converts PDF's to Word. http://www.investintech.com/prod_downloadsa2e.htm This guy doesn't know what he's on about. That only does 3 pages at a time and it seems to save as one big image. Wanker. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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