Changes between Version 4 and Version 5 of Manual_MainMenu


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Timestamp:
Sep 30, 2011, 1:27:18 AM (13 years ago)
Author:
Erik Johansson
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updated for the new main menu

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  • Manual_MainMenu

    v4 v5  
    44[[Image(http://wildfiregames.com/images/0ad_gameplay_manual/main_menu.jpg, nolink)]]
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    6 == Top right buttons ==
    7  * '''Manual''': A brief, in-game menu describing the basics for how to set up and play a game.
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     7 * '''Learn To Play''': A brief, in-game document describing the basics for how to set up and play a game.
     8 * '''Single Player''': Click this button to set up a Single Player game against a computer opponent.
     9  * '''Matches''': A single match against one or more computer opponents.
     10  * '''Campaigns''': (Currently not available)
     11 * '''Multiplayer''': Click this to setup/join a multiplayer game against human/computer opponents.
     12  * '''Join Game''': Join a game hosted by someone else.
     13  * '''Host Game''': Host a game that others can connect to.
     14 * '''Tools & Options''': Click this to set options and start the Atlas Scenario Editor.
     15  * '''Options''': (Currently not available)
     16  * '''Scenario Editor''': Closes the game and starts the Atlas Scenario Editor.
     17 * '''History''': History info about the games civilizations.
     18 * '''Exit''': Shuts down the application.
     19
     20== Version Name and Info ==
     21 * '''Version Name''': At the top of this box is the name of the current version of the game, something that is useful for making sure you and your opponents use the same version of the game and when reporting errors (for non-release versions see also the build number at the bottom of the menu).
    822 * '''Website''': Opens up the [http://wildfiregames.com/0ad/ 0 A.D. website] in your default web browser.
    923 * '''IRC''': Click to got to the web chat for the [http://webchat.quakenet.org/?channels=0ad 0 A.D. IRC channel on quakenet] in your default web browser, here you can discuss the game as well as find people to play against.
    10  * '''Quit''': Click to Quit the game (opens a confirmation dialog, click Yes to quit and No to stop the quitting process and stay in the main menu).
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    12 == Center area buttons ==
    13  * '''Single Player''': Click this button to set up a Single Player game against a computer opponent (AI is not yet implemented, but you can play in a basic sandbox mode to test the game).
    14  * '''Multiplayer''': Click this button to set up a Multi Player game against one or more human opponents.
    15  * '''Options''': Currently not implemented, see the [http://trac.wildfiregames.com/wiki/Manual_Settings Settings] page for more info about the settings you can set via an in-game dialog and config file editing.
    16  * '''Campaigns''': Not yet implemented.
    17  * '''Scenario Editor''': Click this to start the Atlas Scenario Editor, see the [http://trac.wildfiregames.com/wiki/Atlas_User%2527s_Guide Atlas User's Guide] for more info (clicking this button will shut down the game and launch Atlas in a separate new window).
    18  * '''History''': Not yet implemented, will allow you to read a multitude of history articles about the time in which 0 A.D. takes place and its different civilizations and heroes.
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    2025== Anonymous Feedback ==
    2126[[Image(http://wildfiregames.com/images/0ad_gameplay_manual/automatic_feedback.png, nolink)]]
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    23 ''When you haven't enabled it it looks like in this image, otherwise it looks like in the main image above.''
     27'' When you haven't enabled it, it looks like above but without the textbox area and the "Disable feedback" button reads enable feedback.''
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    2529As of Alpha 4 0 A.D. includes anonymous, opt-in (i.e. you have to make a choice to allow it) feedback. To get more info click the Technical details button in the game, but in short it's technical information about your CPU, graphics card, drivers etc to help the development by letting us know which hardware we should focus on supporting and other things. We'll publish lists of the information here: http://feedback.wildfiregames.com but the optional message (and perhaps other data) will not be published publicly, and it will never be linked to a specific user.
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    3034 * '''Send Message''': If you want to you can send a message to the developers (will not be published)
    3135 * '''Status''': Displays whether or not the information was actually sent to our server.
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    34 == Wildfire Games Logo ==
    35 Clicking the button displays some basic information about 0 A.D. and Wildfire Games.