Reworking the Newcomer Help

[ColonelSheppard]

hey,

i recently noticed that the Newbie help in FAF is not ever good, so i reworked a few things and would like to have some additional feedback:

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greetings Sheppard

[ttsolo]

According to a friend of mine, that used to play Starcraft 2, Forged Alliance is missing a pleasant Solo campaign to attract new players and also tough enough to teach him (e.g. with a tutorial) the mecanisms and tricks of the game.
If we could remake the solo campaign, we would have a real tool to efficiently attract and initiate new players.

I don't know anything in programing, but I already worked on a Neverwinter Nights mod, I can make maps for FA, and I have to say that I would be very excited to work on a such project.

[Ze_PilOt]

Yeah, sure, redoing a solo campaign. I don't think you realize the work needed for that.

Also, what's wrong with the current one ?

[ColonelSheppard]

According to a friend of mine, that used to play Starcraft 2, Forged Alliance is missing a pleasant Solo campaign to attract new players and also tough enough to teach him (e.g. with a tutorial) the mecanisms and tricks of the game.
If we could remake the solo campaign, we would have a real tool to efficiently attract and initiate new players.

I don't know anything in programing, but I already worked on a Neverwinter Nights mod, I can make maps for FA, and I have to say that I would be very excited to work on a such project.

iasked for feedback not for suggestion that might take months or even years

[ttsolo]

I spoke of NWN. It tooks us 8 hours/day during 6 month for 3 guys, to realize the alpha of a persistent world. And I don't speak of the animation of this, after the release...
The waiting can be shorten by releasing campaign map by map, as soon as it's done. Of course, it's not a job for one guy and I don't know the way to integrate this to faf.

[ColonelSheppard]

I spoke of NWN. It tooks us 8 hours/day during 6 month for 3 guys, to realize the alpha of a persistent world. And I don't speak of the animation of this, after the release...
The waiting can be shorten by releasing campaign map by map, as soon as it's done. Of course, it's not a job for one guy and I don't know the way to integrate this to faf.

you're so heavily off topic pls open a new thread if you want to to what you said before


now back to the Thread: any critism/contructive feedback?

[ttsolo]

Sorry Sheppard, I misunderstood your topic by reading it to fast ! I'm speaking english like a spanish cow !

[drdeath]

Great vids, thanks for those. One suggestions: the air micro could also explain t1 micro. E.g. bomber micro.
Though they could have been in other vids I have not yet watched them all.

[ColonelSheppard]

Great vids, thanks for those. One suggestions: the air micro could also explain t1 micro. E.g. bomber micro.
Though they could have been in other vids I have not yet watched them all.

i included it somewhere but i think it's just like one sentence 'cause is really only click, stop, click, stop, click, stop every 0.5 seconds

[Eukanuba]

According to a friend of mine, that used to play Starcraft 2, Forged Alliance is missing a pleasant Solo campaign to attract new players and also tough enough to teach him (e.g. with a tutorial) the mecanisms and tricks of the game.

What's wrong with playing the original Supreme Commander campaign? There are plenty of balance changes and a few new units in FA, but the SupCom campaign is very useful to learn unit interactions and economy concepts.