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50 (19.3%)

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44 (17%)

Total Members Voted: 257

[Cajoes]

I should draw up some kind of "Tutorial" map. Cadet Station 13. Where new players are taught some basics, possibly by excessive documentation lying everywhere and a AI/Admin with GlAdOs brand humour.

Space is big. Mind-boggingly big. And rather devoid of anthing useful! Such as oxygen! So remember to check that your internals are all green! We wouldn't want to make the same mistake as Grand Admiral Dukov at the First AI War! - Ah, I'll remember his rally speech as the Rogue AI pierced his command deck with the rail driver. "Oh god! Hull breach! Where is my fucking oxygen mask! Why is this fucking emergency locker empty! God fucking damn it, why are you hitting me with a toolbox you-argh my brains *static*!" ... Hrm, maybe that wasn't a speech. Things were rather stressed at the time, as you might imagine. I had misplaced my toolbox you see and back in those days that was a punishable offense! If you lost it once you got fined! Loosing it twice meant you got shot. But only in the foot. Subsequent losses meant they aimed one foot higher next time. Of course in our enlightened modern day Space Civilization that sort of thing doesn't happen anymore-

In a pinch, a fire proof suit can substitute a enclosed space-suit for space-walks. You'll still freeze your nads off from prolonged exposure, but it's still better than standard issue jumpsuits! Not that we had standard issue or firesuits on Braxis, nosirre! Cold as a witch's tit that place was! But we needed it for.. hell I don't remember what we needed it for. I think we just had a bunker complex on it for the sake of it. Four trillion credits spent in its construction but not a single one of them went towards central heating! At the end of our term it was just Me, John Doe and a man that turned out to be a native bear like lifeform that drank all our beer! Was just as well too because they tended to carve Marines up with their claws and nest in their insides for warmth. Cold? HAH! You don't know cold!

By crikey, I love crumpets. Moar crumpets plox!

[qwertyuiopas]

Would you be wanting a tutorial.dm?

That would use simple logic to open a door when a task is completed?


And AI voice on entering each room?


Messages would be given IDs, and each would have one or more IDs that you can trigger next.

IDs could be set as one time only, or say on enter turf any time, though it would be restricted by the "next text" list.

[Cajoes]

"Hello and Welcome the the Bay Station 12 Enrichement Center"?
"The cake is real. In fact. I'm wearing it as a hat right now."

Silly portal references aside, yeah. Something simple like that. Because let's be completely honest. Training new doods in a station that's prone to exploding is... difficult, at best. Sure you have memorable first impressions, (I got arrested for not wearing a ID tag, jailed for five minutes, issued a new tag, then died when I could not figure out how to set internals properly and was ressurrected as a half-monkey hybrid. (Or I just became excessively hairy)) ... Incidentially, I made it off on the escape shuttle that session.. Huh, dumb luck. o.O )

Something to ease the embarrassment of hitting yourself in the face with your shoes six times until you figure out how to put them on.

[IHateOutside]

I could do with a tutorial. I hit a nitrogen tank with a welder for some reason. I think I was trying to mix it with something.

[Apple Master]

They broke gas anyway.
Also, A tutorial station would be useful.
Maybe a Yes/No/Remember this choice box when you type ready.
And telescreens with annotated screenshots.
Yay.

[Jakkarra]

That would be an awesome addition.

however, rather than an AI, have Jim Dandy doing the Teaching.

[Apple Master]

Yus.

Also I need a new name.
I want one that's more "Blithering old idiot".

[Jakkarra]

Gus oldman.

[Keita]

You could have a job like 'Tour Guide' were one person shows round people that have just finished Tutorial Station 13/people who aren't 100% with the game.

Also has server crashed?

[Apple Master]

Gus oldman, ey.
Hmm.
Also yes it has.

[tp12]

Right, ITSA BACK UP AGAIN... _{damm that bug...}

[Apple Master]

It happened just when Mr & Mrs Muggles were getting settled in their new home!

[Keita]

BTW If you are going to make the tutorial station I'll be happy to help with making it.

[Jakkarra]

we still need a Lawyer job, i keep having to be re-assigned.

[Apple Master]

Fuck.
Bad news : The company phoned home to tell me that they'd cancelled the order because they thought the credentials I provided were fake.
Now the offer's no existent so I can't try again.
Sorry guys.
I await demotion, if you deem it needed.
:sadface:
edit: I'll still try and find a server.
edit edit : This means that someone should find me some BYOND code documentation.