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Updating Documentation vis a vis Game News

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marshal.ney

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09 Oct 2016 12:46Link
This is an ongoing issue I've had with SimCountry every time I've played. When game changes are implemented it really needs to be reflected in the Documentation.

I was about to report losing game levels as a problem.

From the Game Documentation:

6. Game levels change when a country is added to the empire

excerpt:

To prevent the sudden decline in the game level, we are now ignoring newly acquired or conquered countries in the first week after their inclusion in the empire. The game level is computed without taking the new countries into account and it will not decline after the war ended or after the country was acquired.

The delay will give everyone the opportunity to improve the new country and start bringing it up to the level of the other countries. One week later, the country will be part of the average and if nothing is done, the game level may drop. If the country was improved to the av
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Andy

All worlds
10 Feb 2017 14:06Link
We have a backlog on the documentation and we intend to improve.
We had a round of improvements last year but more is needed.

keep shouting at us please.
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Michael

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14 Feb 2017 23:51Link
Do you need any help in updating documentation?
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Andy

All worlds
15 Feb 2017 13:06Link
We probably do.
What do you have in mind?
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Michael

All worlds
15 Feb 2017 17:14Link
That's great. You tell me. I am willing to help out any way I can.
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Aries

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15 Feb 2017 17:44Link
I am very knowledgeable of game updates found in game news and could find discrepancies with current docs quickly. I am willing to write a series of recommended changes to current docs for modest compensation to my paypal account. I have written for textbroker.com in the past and still have my 4 star author account with them.
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Andy

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21 Feb 2017 17:04Link
Thank you Aries.
we are very interested.

We just need to discuss here the format of files we exchange.

We have a format that translates during "compilation" into HTML.

What do you think of it?
you cannot update pages live on the site so we need to agree on a format.
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Aries

All worlds
21 Feb 2017 21:53Link
I am open. What are my options?

Game docs are currently organized under one or two headers. I plan to work within the current layout and update or add to the needed sections.

Would a simple text document work where I specify the location of the addition? Such as:

"War Documents

Building the Army

7. The economic effect of having a large army

(new text...)"

Could I simply email the gm email account with the subject "Documentation Update" and attach the text document?
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Andy

All worlds
27 Feb 2017 16:37Link
Aries,

Lets try your suggestion first.
Yoy can mail the gamemaster a new text and we will add to the documentation.

As you have seen, the documents are kept structurally simple. We use when writing:

[text]
Paragraph


[text]
Paragraph

and very little html in between.
During compilation, it is translated into HTML.

If you want to use more HTML, or you want to integrate pictures, I will have to mail you more details.
Any pictures you may want to add must be added to our cloud setting at Amazon. We have a secured site and it causes some limitations as to where materials come from.

I hope this is clear, we can move this conversation to mail.

The weapons document is automatically generated. Changes there must be discussed ahead of time.

We are working on a generated version of a corporations document that will contain info on each product, ta