I put together a Manual (280 pages) for Imperator: Rome with the Information of all the Dev Diaries

[Softload3r]

Hello everybody,

here and there I came across people who were asking if there was or will be a Manual for the game. Most people either said no or just pointed to the Dev Diaries on the Forum.

So I thought I'd put together a whole Manual with the Information of all the Dev Diaries from this page:

https://imperator.paradoxwikis.com/Developer_diaries

Having two Coffees and King of Queens to keep me entertained I started piecing together all the Diaries in one .pdf file.



What I did:
I mainly copied all of the Dev Diaries and edited them a little bit here and there to increase readability and format the stuff a little bit. Sometimes some pages seem to end in the middle; I did that so the continuation of some topics is better than just being cut off.

Every time a Dev put a link into a Diary linking to an older Dev Diary I replaced that link with a link in the Manual itself so you can "jump around" in the .pdf itself and don't have to open a Browser.
The Manual has a 'table of contents'. You can either directly search, as you would, the .pdf with Ctrl + F or take a look at the table of contents to find your topic.

Sometimes there were some code lines in the Diaries for Modding/Scripting purposes - if the Code itself was too long I just put a direct link to the dev diary. There are only 2 parts where you would've to open the browser because the Code was too long.

All the pictures are the original ones from the Forums/Dev Diaries and I didn't compress them so they are readable (99% of them), that's also why the .pdf is 40.2Mb big.

I also "designed" a little cover for the Manual in Photoshop. Really basic.



How long did it take me to put this all together?
almost 9 hours, way longer than I anticipated. But I went through the text a lot and sometimes "reorganized" and formatted the text a bit differently.
For example, I mostly deleted the "Hi Everyone, welcome back to another Dev Diary" text. If it was necessary to keep them in I kept them.

Notes:
I also always put a screenshot (of the Avatar and Username) of the Author of the Dev Diary itself on the left side at the start of every Topic/Chapter so you know directly who wrote it. If multiple Devs were writing one article or also contributed to it I also put their screenshot on the left side.

Screenshots of the Manual:

Cover, Table of Contents, First Page

https://i.imgur.com/wu4tdiU.png

Overview of 4 pages of the Manual

https://i.imgur.com/uPapVI2.png

Example of code that wasn't too long to include in the Manual

https://i.imgur.com/yP96MnK.png

Example of how I included the Authors of each Topic/Chapter with a screenshot of their Avatar & Profile

https://i.imgur.com/I2v8fVr.png

Link to the .pdf on docdroid.net (where you can view it online in your browser):

https://docdro.id/Cg8WrYF - NEW
https://docdro.id/UtEJqX0 - OLD

VirusTotal Scan Information (for the more cautious ones of you):
https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/17bfb01a9e3d5b473e76a60aaf100ca1840d30cfc0871f66c8833085b962c88d/detection

SHA-256: 17bfb01a9e3d5b473e76a60aaf100ca1840d30cfc0871f66c8833085b962c88d

File name: Imperator Rome Manual.pdf

File size: 40.23 MB

Last analysis: 2019-04-21 03:32:58 UTC



Info about the .pdf:

File Type: .pdf

Size: 40.2 Mb

Pages: 280



I really hope the Manual will be of help to anyone of you who might want to have it open on their second monitor or even iPad and be able to search it when they want to read up on something! Or even you just wanna read all the Diaries while being on the train or whatever. :)

I obviously don't hold any right to any of the information, pictures or text and codes. They were all generously provided by Paradox and belong to them.

I only used one brush (Photoshop) for the cover of the Manual which doesn't belong to Paradox. (used the brush for the stitches)

I appreciate any kind of feedback and critique!
I can also provide the original word file if needed for whatever reason.

Thank you & Kind Regards,

http://M. / SirPenetrator
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[OLD] Update:
Someone in the Paradox Forums just reminded me that I forgot to take the changes into account.
What I did:

- Chapter with Old state
- Chapter with Changes

Nonetheless you are able to view the changes they've made in the Manual itself - you'll notice in the Table of Contents they sometimes mention "Tactics Changes" for example, just jump directly to that chapter to see the "actual" state of the information rather than reading the old one first and then the changes.

I actually was thinking about that but forgot about it when I continued with importing everything.

I'll rework my .pdf and either place a link in the document (at the old state) and link it to the changes (new), so if you would read it you can instantly jump to the changes being done or completely get rid of the old info and just leave the new ones in.

Sorry!

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[NEW] Update:

Update to Imperator: Rome Manual V.2

I did the necessary changes to the .pdf File concerning the mentioning of the changes the Devs made to mechanics and systems. I made a new page at the beginning and included it in the 'table of contents' and marked it so everyone will see and read it. I also put a little note on all the topics I could find that are affected by the changes.

Examples:

Table of Contents updated with a new entry 'Read First: Changes Of Mechanics etc.': https://imgur.com/EgdmyHE



'Read First: Changes Of Mechanics etc.' Page:
https://imgur.com/hYrT6UH



Example of a note at a topic that was changed so you'll see it when going through it and maybe missed the first page:
https://imgur.com/sBVy4X6



Uploaded and added new .pdf file/link


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[NEW] Update:

Update to Imperator: Rome Manual V.2.1


https://www.docdroid.net/bJF736C/imperator-rome-manual-v21.pdf

Changes can be viewed here:
Reddit Post

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[NEW] Update:

Update to Imperator: Rome Manual V.2.1.1

https://docdro.id/Xd4m6pc

- Rework of the Cover

- added and made a Ribbon with the quote "Veni, Vidi, Vici", I think it fits perfectly to the game (even though the time period isn't right)
I replaced the preview pictures so you can see the changes and decide for yourself if you want to download the Manual

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[NEW] Update:

Update to Imperator: Rome Manual V.2.1.3

https://docdro.id/OqXpw5x

- made minor changes to Chapter 'Trade System' as provided and pointed out by User /u/Agamidae [Reddit]: "Hey, I noticed another change. The Trade System dev diary said you get +1 trade good for every 30 population, but now it's for every 15 slaves. (page 14 in your manual)" - Thank you for pointing this out

[KHRO 100 HCHA]

This should be pinned, dude. Really, awesome job!

[-=Maure=-]

thank

[pmpdadypenguinmn]

This is amazing. Thank you very much

[gmsh1964]

This should be stickied with five stars! Wonderful job, I was about 80% sure I was buying this down the road because it would take forever to get up to speed by studying the Paradox forums. But now that you summarized all this, I am on page 60 and I am 100% buying this right now. THANKS AGAIN!!

[gmsh1964]

I imported this into Word, removed the specifics about nations (put the NATIONS in a separate WORD doc) and also removed other historical stuff and comments not game related. I was able to pare it down to 43 pages . This is a fantastic document!!! You have saved me (and I hope many others) about 100 hours of painstaking forum research. I cannot thank you enough for this.

[gmsh1964]

PS - WarLeaders, combat modifiers, and country rank changed a lot, so I deleted the original versions.

[premitive1]

reading Dev diaries is a great way to kill time, seems like a terrible way to learn the game if you specifically just want to learn the game

[BenTheBozer]

Cheers, will read later today

[Softload3r]

Originally posted by gmsh1964:

I imported this into Word, removed the specifics about nations (put the NATIONS in a separate WORD doc) and also removed other historical stuff and comments not game related. I was able to pare it down to 43 pages . This is a fantastic document!!! You have saved me (and I hope many others) about 100 hours of painstaking forum research. I cannot thank you enough for this.

Thanks for your kind words. You're right! Nations etc. takes up so much more space/pages. I still felt I leave it in for everyone who wants to read up on it. I just put up V.2.1.3 but left out V.2.1.2 because I do most of my "Updating" on Reddit & Paradox Forums.

In V.2.1.2 I reworked the Table of Contents a bit but also left out the Nation Stuff etc. in it as it would take up too much space in the ToC.

Originally posted by gmsh1964:

PS - WarLeaders, combat modifiers, and country rank changed a lot, so I deleted the original versions.

You're right! Some people on Reddit help me to point out stuff though that has changed etc.
The only way for me to notice changes is by watching either youtube videos or streams which is way too much work for me. If someone points out any changes though or I come across them in a Forum 'Announcement' I'll include them. If you can point out your aforementioned changes or point me to the source I'll gladly include them and appreciate your help. I know though that I alone can't really probably keep up-to-date with everything once the Game releases since I don't have unlimited time and will play myself etc and private stuff. But I'll do what I can do :)

Originally posted by premitive1:

reading Dev diaries is a great way to kill time, seems like a terrible way to learn the game if you specifically just want to learn the game

That's correct. Best way to probably learn it directly and visually is probably with youtube video and/or streams where you directly see everything up-to-date and how it's used etc. and the player can explain everything too. I just think this "Manual" is great or useful in terms of when you just want to read up on most of the things or quickly search for something without having to open your browser and open 40+ tabs.

I updated the file and V.2.1.3 is now available. Best way to keep track of what I'm doing and what I updated will be Reddit here:
I put together a Manual (280 pages) for Imperator: Rome with the Information of all the Dev Diaries

[RhinoZherous]

This is awesome, thank you very much!

[Urwendor]

Well done, Thank you!

[Simulacra_53]

Thank you.