[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#7245) Freeciv Tutorial

["Raimar Falke" <i-freeciv-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=7245 >

On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 05:02:09PM -0800, Jason Short wrote:
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> <URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=7245 >
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> Raimar Falke wrote:
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> > Can you or some other describe what the purpose of a tutorial mode is? 
> > I can think of 3 reasons:
> >  - explain the basic client control components ("with this button you
> >  can control you tax rate",...)
> 
> Yes.  Explaining the basic interface is one goal.  Of course this may be 
> a problem if the interface changes (e.g., between clients).
> 
> >  - explain the basic game concepts ("now build your first city with
> >  the 'b' key",...)
> 
> Yes.  This is closely tied to the interface explanations above ("with 
> the 'b' key" is an interface explanation).
> 
> >  - explain a scenario ("attach the enemy with boats but don't forget
> >  to research",...)
> 
> No.  While this would be useful, it is much more complicated.  Also the 
> main need for tutorial mode is newbie players, while scenario 
> explanations serve a different purpose.

So this is a replacement for a manual? Or an addition?

http://www.freeciv.org/manual/client.html document the client in
enough detail.

http://www.freeciv.org/manual/trident/game.html and some other
documents explain the game concepts very
nicely. http://www.freeciv.org/tutorials/12-step.html has a
step-by-step introduction.

So I think that there exists high quality docu for the client and the
game concepts. So a tutorial will only help the people which doesn't
read the manual AND doesn't grasp the client and game by simply
playing. The largest problem for learning by doing is the startup of
the client (new connectdlg will help here). And also some icons in the
client could get an explanation/tooltip (global warming icon for
example).

So I think that the cost/benefit ratio isn't very good. For scenario
explanations it is different however. Since there are no alternatives
now.

        Raimar

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