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[alex_n]

What is the progression of ranks in any given profession? (novice, adept, skilled, etc.)

Should probably be in the help file somewhere (probably in the Tables area).

[Toady One]

Yeah, the manual is...  thin.  And not html.  And not a txt.

Dabbling
Novice
[blank]
Competent
Skilled
Proficient
Talented
Adept
Expert
Professional
Accomplished
Great

and then some more that are more clear

[Aquillion]

On the other hand, how many manuals have a help file for the help file explaining why there can't be a help file for the help file that tells you how to read help files?

[Toady One]

I thought I was a bit mean there.  I mean, it insults you, and you could just have a stuck-key.  And stuck-keys are a current interface bug...

[Aquillion]

I don't think it's especially insulting, but I actually find the first how-to-read-help-files help file (the one you get if you push '?' twice from the game) slightly annoying, because its demonstration of the 'press space to continue' feature means that when you slip and accidently hit '?' twice you can't just tap space to get out of it. When I enter the wrong screen by mistake on DF, it's already become second nature to tap space instantly to back out; the fact that it doesn't work instantly from there always throws me off a little.

[Toady One]

Yeah, I actually recall being bugged by that too...  maybe it's too much.  I'm not sure how many screens actually feature the pause anymore anyway, it's more of a 200... 3 type thing, back when I had scripts of undead armies attacking the fort in the 6th year and other such nonsense.  The dialogue was kinda funny though.

[ August 09, 2006: Message edited by: Toady One ]