ED Launcher: Manuals

[StrongHarm]

There should be links to the aircraft manuals in the ED Launcher.

[buur]

good idea. Easy to implement but a huge help for the pilots.

[Tom P]

+1. Guarantee a majority of players don't know there's manuals let along the process of accessing the manual. 

[Kang]

That would make that whole launcher about 725% more useful.

[MAXsenna]

Yup! And not only for the modules you own, but all. So users can make better educated choices.

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[SharpeXB]

It’s a fine idea but anyone savvy enough to digest a 600 page manual will be able to find it in the directory

Edited 20 hours ago by SharpeXB

[MAXsenna]

9 minutes ago, SharpeXB said:

It’s a fine idea but anyone smart enough to digest a 600 page manual will be able to find it in the directory

Why are you always so bloody negative about things that doesn't concern you or affect you at all? In my country we call it mouth diarrhea. 

I wasn't aware there were manuals two years into this game. And as you may have noticed, quite often people are asking for them. It's not like they're practically in your face. And to be honest the user interface leaves a lot to be desired! Yes, you can click the icons, while they doesn't actually scream "Pick me! Pick me!" The Launcher is quite the step in the right direction, and has been asked for many times over the years, in which each and every post you have opposed the idea. Why do you care if the user experience for new and existing users is better and more intuitive?  

[SharpeXB]

24 minutes ago, MAXsenna said:

I wasn't aware there were manuals two years into this game.

How is that possible?

[MAXsenna]

How is that possible?

Yeah, that really begs the question. Maybe because the game was free, there were interactive training missions, I didn't even think of it because nowhere was the mention of manuals when i Installed the game or started it. I'm not alone.

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[SharpeXB]

11 hours ago, MAXsenna said:

I didn't even think of it because nowhere was the mention of manuals when i Installed the game or started it.

A manual is listed in the features of the modules. Although that seems to be missing on the Steam Store descriptions. It’s also rather obvious a game this complex would have them.

Edited 8 hours ago by SharpeXB

[MAXsenna]

19 minutes ago, SharpeXB said:

A manual is listed in the features of the modules. Although that seems to be missing on the Steam Store descriptions. It’s also rather obvious a game this complex would have them.

You read descriptions? Good for you!

Back in 2016, I Googled free flightsims. Got a hit. Watch some Su-25T video on YT.  Hmmm... Strange plane, while it's free. Let's go! Installed. Now, tell me where in that process it would be bad for ED to place links to manuals, both for the Su-25T AND the main game manual. There was nothing in that process that even suggested or even made me think there was manuals. The game was free.  

Now, please! Please do tell me why it's bad to have better links to manuals? You can't give me one good reason, except that it is unnecessary for you, and then you don't like it. That's your MO in the wishlist section.

[SharpeXB]

15 minutes ago, MAXsenna said:

Please do tell me why it's bad to have better links to manuals?

I did say I thought it was a fine idea.

15 minutes ago, MAXsenna said:

You read descriptions?

Well sure, when I discovered DCS I didn’t know what it was so of course I’d have read that. That was the A-10C on Steam and I can’t recall how I knew about the manual. 

Edited 7 hours ago by SharpeXB