Manual Update Project

[Anlysia Gregoire]

So I've taken it 'pon myself to update the manuals for all the TI gear, couple of you may have seen me ask for people to help me test stuff and/or glance at them...so I figured I should just make a forum post about the status on this miniproject.

Currently complete (ish)*:

Warhammer 40k:

Bolter Mk.2

Storm Bolter

Heavy Bolter

Bolt Pistol

Plasma Rifle

Plasma Pistol

Modern Military:

MP5 Navy

M3 Benelli

M4A1 AXE

Mk.1 Raptor

H&K USP

MTAR21 Tavor

FN P90

Barrett REC7 / M468

Not done:

Modern Military:

Beretta 92FS

Assassin Knife (Sorry Ethan!)

SIG 552

Mossberg 500

Star Wars:

DL-18

E-11 Carbine

SFOR Carbine

Elite Carbine

The Silencer

Not doing:

Bolter Mk.1 (Phased Out)

I'm looking for people who can look over these manuals, actually _read_ them, and report to me any mistakes they find. As well, to run through the commands and make sure everything works as advertised. I'm using a lot of copypasta on these (at least, so far) so I keep flubbing up simple things like forgetting to change the name of a weapon here or there, or confusing "sling" and "holster" when I go from a rifle to a pistol.

And really, if the _new_ manuals have errors in them, that kind of defeats the purpose of this whole concept, doesn't it?

So, anyway, looking for volunteer proofreaders. This is the point where I hope Gulliver is TI staff, and if he isn't I just co-opt him anyway. Post below if you want to help.

(*: Why "complete (ish)"? Because I keep re-reading them and making minor copy edits to things I don't like, or finding things I missed. For example, I wrote the Heavy Bolter first, then the Storm Bolter, then the Bolt Pistol...then it occured to me that I'd completely forgotten the sling/draw commands for the Storm Bolter (because you can't sling the Heavy Bolter), and had to go back and re-add them.)

VV See that down there? That's me editing this post. That's exactly what I'm talking about. I'm never happy!

Edited April 12, 2009 by Anlysia Gregoire

[Jester Spearmann]

try using MS word or something similar when writing the manuals that way you can spellcheck etc as you go along >.>

[Anlysia Gregoire]

I can't use Word because the manuals are written in format to fit SL notecards, including a lot (A LOT) of hand-done spacing. Which I simply can't-do in Word.

I'm also opening two notecards at once (or three, or four, or five, depending) and using them to cross-write different notations to keep them consistent between them.

All that, plus the various people chatting me up in IMs whilst I'm trying to get this done.

[Agares Tretiak]

Welcome to my world, Anylsia.

[Anlysia Gregoire]

Now I understand why you stomp around in a big robot and shoot people, Agares.