Paulverisor64 Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 I would think it would help people acclimate to the game if the PDF manual was available online to brouse. Would there be a chance that this might be available prior to the game's release? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destraex1 Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 I agree. They have done this in the past. However because it was able to be read online only instead of a .pdf it was harder to read. I normally like putting manuals on the kindle in .pdf format personally. Makes for a nice read if you are stuck with some time somewhere waiting. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulverisor64 Posted February 20, 2011 Author Share Posted February 20, 2011 Perhaps there isn't a great interest in seeing the game's manual prior to the game's release. I personally would enjoy this even if it is in the format where it is somewhat hard to read and not downloadable. I do remember going through the Theatre Of War II manual prior to it's release so I'm thinking this isn't an unreasonable question, but if there isn't very much interest in this I could not be upset if the CMBN manual wasn't available for review prior to the game's release. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
para Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Yeah would be good to have something to read over and over again whilst i'm on the throne. So make it downloadable please 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Yes, we will publish the manual online before the release. But it is not ready yet. Martin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
para Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Yes, we will publish the manual online before the release. But it is not ready yet. Martin Good news :-) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulverisor64 Posted February 20, 2011 Author Share Posted February 20, 2011 Yes, we will publish the manual online before the release. But it is not ready yet. Martin That is very good to hear. Thank you! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
76mm Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Excellent, thanks!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveyJJ Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 I will carry the CMBN PDF on my iPad with pride among all of my other (board) game manuals. Awesome news. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Will it be available for the Kindle? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 To my knowledge, and I may be wrong, the "online manual" will not be a downloadable PDF. You will have to be online at this website in order to read it. Once you have purchased the product, then you will have access (with the install of the product) to a PDF manual you can access off-line. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Schrullenhaft is correct (as usual) No downloadable PDF, but an online viewer version like we have up for most of our games (e.g. here is the v.1.21 manual for CMSF). Martin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
76mm Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Ooops, I retract my thanks, an online version is not super helpful, I spend more than enough time at my computer as it is. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZPB II Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 I hope it's still viewable on the iPad's Safari. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Is the CMSF manual I linked to above viewable on your iPad? If it is, then the Normandy manual will be, too. (I know it works in Safari, not sure if there is anything specific to the iPad that would get in the way, though...) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Ooops, I retract my thanks, an online version is not super helpful, I spend more than enough time at my computer as it is. It's not meant to be helpful as such, to be honest. It's more like a teaser (and a way for us to update the manual, if needed; can't do that with a printed version ) - the useful one will be the manual included with the game (both as PDF and a printed version, if you purchase one of the delivery options including mail). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulverisor64 Posted February 21, 2011 Author Share Posted February 21, 2011 It's not meant to be helpful as such, to be honest. It's more like a teaser (and a way for us to update the manual, if needed; can't do that with a printed version ) - the useful one will be the manual included with the game (both as PDF and a printed version, if you purchase one of the delivery options including mail). Of course it would be nice to have downloadable content to print and review at one's leisure, but regardless I look forward to the teaser. This will help in understanding the upcoming game more prior to it's release. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
76mm Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 It's not meant to be helpful as such, to be honest. It's more like a teaser (and a way for us to update the manual, if needed; can't do that with a printed version ) - the useful one will be the manual included with the game (both as PDF and a printed version, if you purchase one of the delivery options including mail). Understood, I just know that I won't take more than a quick look at it if it is only available online. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveyJJ Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Schrullenhaft is correct (as usual) No downloadable PDF, but an online viewer version like we have up for most of our games (e.g. here is the v.1.21 manual for CMSF). Martin No, Martin, it's not. Fliipingbook are Flash files and the iPad can not view Flash (cue criticism of iPad in 3...2...1 ). There's no reason not to use jQuery and make the pages viewable via a slide show type format, however. Once the manual is finished I'd be happy to convert the manual and provide the HTML code and images for you if you'd like (I do that as my day-job so it'd be fast). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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