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Drakos

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Manual build system
« on: October 20, 2006, 09:16:53 am »
Hello!

I have found in credits chapter in PS manual (http://www.planeshift.it/guide/en/credits.html)this line:

4.1.10. Manual

Chris "KL" Kings-Lynne, for writing the manual and creating the manual build system.


Is this mean that the manual which comes with PS game is somehow generated? Or maybe this is some other manual. I ask this question because I want to translate it.

Drakos

PS. I write here because this topic cannot match other forums.
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Re: Manual build system
« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2006, 04:30:32 pm »
Yes, there is a build system to the manual.  The text is in various .xml files and the manual is built from this.   What language do you wish to translate it to.  I should be able to provide you with the xml files for you to translate.
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Re: Manual build system
« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2006, 07:59:45 pm »
my money says polish :p
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Re: Manual build system
« Reply #3 on: October 20, 2006, 09:37:35 pm »
Yay! a polish PS site !

If there is already topic about it somehere i can move blow comments to it.

Ojaveda is not Ovajeda (typo)
Gooble is not gobli AFAIK ;) also i doubt it evolved from elf ;P In Tolkien world yes, but it is PS, and it's not even goblin ;)
Interesting concept about the origin of PS rat size.

Ways of magic...
Basically, the idea about magic in PS is that you find out spells by combining different glyphs. Noone knows the combinations, except those who were successfull. This info should be allowed only in-game and never outside, for example on public websites. Now, you don't do it ;)
But, you listed existing spells. These should be only known to those who was told about it in game, or found it out by combining glyphs. It's only my opinion.

FAQ
"1.Where are the sewers?" It is in game information and should be accessible only in game, although it is again only my opinnion.

For beginners,
there are few minor "tiny spoilers", but otherwise its very good job, especially about explaining about the RP aspect.

Bestiary.
You shouldnt write how many PP you get from different mobs and what loot you can expect. I'm also not sure if you should list them down at all ;P

EDIT: The funny thing with all this is it was orginally wrote by Karyuu, and only translated ;) so its really my opinion what should stay only in game and what shouldn't. Genereally there is a thing called common knowledge, the question is how far it reach ;)

Really interesting site and good luck with translating PS to polish. Although i won't use it, mabe otherw ill ;)
« Last Edit: October 20, 2006, 09:43:04 pm by Nikodemus »



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Re: Manual build system
« Reply #4 on: October 20, 2006, 11:42:51 pm »
Gooble is not gobli AFAIK ;)

Gobble is not Gooble either.  ;)

@Drakos:
Although I can't read Polish, the site seems to have a nice layout and you have obviously put some work into it.  Nice job.

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Re: Manual build system
« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2006, 02:17:26 am »
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I wasn't in sewers for so long, that appearently the only thing i remember is there are no goblins, but how to spell the other creature is another matter :P



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Re: Manual build system
« Reply #6 on: October 22, 2006, 02:07:17 pm »
Hi again!

Thank you all for replies to my post. I'm trying to build polish Planeshift site but I still consider it rather in alpha stage (since I dont have much time RL). Currently I'm working on polish translation of PS Guide. My next aim will be probably in game translations.

Thank you for all words of encouragement. All sugestions and ideas are more than welcom and will be taken into consideration.

@acraig:
Maybe you could post some links to files (i.e. to sourceforge cvs repository) here. I'll send you email via PM just in case.

Drakos

Edited:
Since I can't send PMs for some reason please send xml files to planeshift.prv.platgmail.com. Thanks.
« Last Edit: October 22, 2006, 02:18:20 pm by Drakos »
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