Where is the manual for this game? Does it have one?

[Enigma_TL]

Is there a manual for this game that we can print out and read off line or on a tablet? If so where can we find it?

[BlueXThunder]

Originally posted by Enigma_TL:

Is there a manual for this game that we can print out and read off line or on a tablet? If so where can we find it?

I don't believe it does, In fact I haven't seen an actual game manual in years....I wish they were still around tho.

[Poppi !!]

..." chuckles "...Hell, last time I saw a game manual it was with discs. It's a new era...

[Homer Morisson]

But... I mean... what the hell do you need a manual *for*, anyways...

Games have tutorials, and if after that you still don't understand something, that's what Youtube is for.

[Wind Lane]

Originally posted by Homer Morisson:

But... I mean... what the hell do you need a manual *for*, anyways...

Games have tutorials, and if after that you still don't understand something, that's what Youtube is for.

Sure would be nice if the game actually told you what certain things actually do.

I have a gun with the "Execute" special ability. What does that do? No idea. The game decided to hide everything in nested menus in the codex, decided not to include a search function, and decided that they just wouldn't say what that ability does which I found out after going through the entire codex.

This isn't some deep, hidden stat kind of thing where I'm asking for how the game calculates damage, it's just an ability a common gun has that isn't explained anywhere.

They could have done a lot better job covering this surface level stuff.

[Gerbino de la Rata]

Uninstall is the only command you will need.

[Enigma_TL]

I was thinking of a PDF not printed. And a manual can be used to read up on the game (I know this will shock you young people) when your NOT online nor can be online (And thus making YouTube worthless). I agree with Blue and Wind though, I wish more games would write up a PDF because most tutorials are not nearly in-depth enough to cover everything.

[[IDN/IDR] Átlās]

i guess he meant by DIGITAL ARTWORK or GAME BACKGROUND WORLD/PROCESS.
(dude been 16 years in Steam™, lol, ancient)

is there an online example of LATEST game manual you've seen ?

[magritte]

I haven't seen a lot of pdf manuals lately. But Outer Worlds could really use an in-game Cyclopedia like POE2 has .

[Wind Lane]

Originally posted by magritte:

I haven't seen a lot of pdf manuals lately. But Outer Worlds could really use an in-game Cyclopedia like POE2 has .

Shadow of the Tomb Raider has a manual, and that came out just three years ago.

[The Inept European]

Weapons and Armor
-> Special Weapons Effects

lists:
Execute

And gives an incorrect reference to
Codex
-> Debuffs

which is actually found at

Codex
-> Symbols [WTF?!]
--> Debuffs

which does not list 'Execute'.

So there is a manual, it's just wrong. :-/

[Borgkube]

I really wish the The Outer Worlds just had one of those simple PDF manuals that explained the screen and described the various menus like inventory, and maps (icons). I am really having a problem because I don't know what the bars and symbols and numbers mean on the HUD. The top red bar is health and the bottom right corner is your weapon equipped and the ammo available. Everything in between is greek to me.

I remember the good old days when manuals not only explained the game but gave you a lot of history about the event or the era if that was appropriate. I do miss that. However considering all the trees it saves it is way better that they don't print those today. I am sure most of them were hardly ever looked at. I read them because I found the information interesting and helpful. Yes, those were the days when the games came on floppy disks. Well, I still have all of those games. I long ago installed the all to a hard drive and then made an image copy. That way I can still play any of those games but I don't need a floppy drive to install them, I copy the HDD image to my drive and run them with DOSBOX. I know, I know, who wants to run those old games. But you know, if the game was well made and fun to play you forget about the graphics real fast.

Any way, come on Obsidian. How hard is it to produce a 4x4 inch 8-10 page manual describing the screen HUD and the menus etc., and then produce a PDF and put it on your web site...? Its 2024 and Obsidian still hasn't done this!

[Macdallan]

Originally posted by BlueXThunder:

Originally posted by Enigma_TL:

Is there a manual for this game that we can print out and read off line or on a tablet? If so where can we find it?

I don't believe it does, In fact I haven't seen an actual game manual in years....I wish they were still around tho.

While fairly rare these days some games still have .pdf or other digital manuals, and if they do they're usually linked on the game's library page and/or on the Steam store page in the links on the right side. Sometimes they're even stashed somewhere among the other game files.

For example the game HighFleet has a manual link on both the Steam store page and on the game's library page that brings you to a .pdf of an old-school style game manual.