Rob says "RTFM".

[Chemlak]

We've all been there. We've all done it. We've all asked "how do I do X?" On the forums. Or "why is Y not included?"

Well, now there is a solution. It's called "The Manual". Well, actually, it's called "The QuickStart Guide", "The Gamer Guide", "The Worldbuilder Guide", "The Reference", and "Tips & Tricks".

That's right, folks. LWD have written not one, but FIVE manuals for Realm Works. And they contain answers to your questions. Maybe not all of your questions, but lots of them.

So, this is my call, on behalf of Rob and everyone else at LWD*, to everyone: please read the documentation. To preserve Rob's sanity if nothing else (and to stop him writing forum posts with frowny faces and words like "frustrating" in them), we can help ourselves. Read the documentation. Print it out. Rub your face in it and tell it that you love it. Take it to bed (after wining and dining it, of course). Whatever works for you to really "get into" the documentation.

It's there to help.

*Chemlak is not in any way affiliated with Lone Wolf Development, has never even met Rob, and actually can't really do anything on their behalf. But he urges you to read the documentation anyway. Because it's clearly driving Rob nuts.

 

[Seregil]

I've been in IT for 25 years.

NOBODY reads anything, especially IT people.

Best example I have is when we made a small change to a university enrolment program. A student could have many enrolents but only one can be active at a time. What would happen is that the staff would open an inactive enrolment, do a lot of work on it and then save only to be told that the enrolment was inactive. Obvisouly, quite frustrating to do 5 minutes of data entry only to be told at the END that you can't save it.

So we made a small change: a popup would appear whenever an inactive enrolment was edited stating that the current enrolment was inactive and any changes could not be saved, please press any key to continue.

I kid you not, EVERY single faculty called, one after the other, asking what this new screen was and in EVERY case, they had not read the information. I literally told them "Read it me...ok, what do you think it means?...ok, what now? Yes, press any key to continue. My pleasure, have a nice day".

So yeah...the image below is true.

 

[MaxSupernova]

What does RTFM mean? It should be more intuitive what that means. There's nowhere for me to look that up so I'm asking in the forums. Sure there's a link to section in the manual right in the program header, but I didn't read it. Stupid program is stupid and useless. Waste of my money. I'm telling all my friends how stupid this program is.


/s

 

[Grey Mage]

I am certain the previous post was made with tongue firmly in cheek!

 

[EightBitz]

I don't know if this is the right place to ask, but how do I create a new realm when I'm offline?

 

[Aaron]

I don't know if this is the right place to ask, but how do I create a new realm when I'm offline?

I don't believe you can. I think you have to sync when first creating a realm, in order to reserve a spot on the server in case you ever want to share it, or something? Not really sure the exact reason.

 

[EightBitz]

I don't believe you can. I think you have to sync when first creating a realm, in order to reserve a spot on the server in case you ever want to share it, or something? Not really sure the exact reason.

Umm, thanks Aaron, but this was meant to be a "NOBODY reads the docs" joke.

 

[Parody]

I don't believe you can. I think you have to sync when first creating a realm, in order to reserve a spot on the server in case you ever want to share it, or something? Not really sure the exact reason.

Me neither, Aaron; me neither. ;)

But in case someone searching ends up here: you must be online to create or delete a realm; the rationale is as Aaron said.

ObThread: Joke threads typically don't work, especially not in an On-Topic forum. It might be best to close and lock this and let it sink into the depths.

 

[Aaron]

Ah, it seems I am too short for this joke.

 

[MaxSupernova]

In certain parts of the internet, "/s" is the marker for "sarcasm".

 

[EightBitz]

In certain parts of the internet, "/s" is the marker for "sarcasm".

I never read that part of the the internet manual. "/s"

 

[Dark Lord Galen]

What does RTFM mean? It should be more intuitive what that means. There's nowhere for me to look that up so I'm asking in the forums. Sure there's a link to section in the manual right in the program header, but I didn't read it. Stupid program is stupid and useless. Waste of my money. I'm telling all my friends how stupid this program is.


/s

Rob asked me to forward this.....

jj

In certain parts of the internet, "/s" is the marker for "sarcasm".

I never read that part of the the internet manual. "/s"

Page 100,119 paragraph 3737,sub-paragraph 1972, line 247, where I quote" There is no such thing as the blue screen of death, the red ring of death" ooops sorry wrong reference book

on non-military abbreviations (kk,/s, tata, jj) I would suggest what I do, consulting the most learned of sources.... your kids, after all they are at the age that they know it all.

 

[EightBitz]

Rob asked me to forward this.....

Page 100,119 paragraph 3737,sub-paragraph 1972, line 247, where I quote" There is no such thing as the blue screen of death, the red ring of death" ooops sorry wrong reference book
on non-military abbreviations (kk,/s, tata, jj) I would suggest what I do, consulting the most learned of sources.... your kids, after all they are at the age that they know it all.

I lost my kids in the divorce. My ex and I have looked everywhere, and we still haven't found 'em. When we've fallen asleep with the TV on and woken up to "snow", we have heard some giggling coming from the TV set. That's our only clue so far ...

 

[weogarth]

Ok, so color me clueless but where are these stashed? I know I've seen them once but I can't find them now?

 

[Chemlak]

Help>Manual from inside RW.

 

[weogarth]

Help>Manual from inside RW.

I'll be over here trying to look small....

 

[Parody]

They're also linked in the Start Menu.

 

[Chemlak]

I'll be over here trying to look small....

Don't worry. I've completely lost them at least twice, and had to ask my wife where they are. And then I get the patient look and "Have you tried the Help menu?"

I have no idea why, but for some reason RW just shuts down some of my lower-order mental processing, so I get into dumb "I am looking for help. Where should I look for help? There must be somewhere in this program that can help me" cycles.

Have we actually reached a stage where software is so cool and complex that the sheer complexity of it triggers a "no document will be able to help me, so the help menu must be useless" response? The same thing happens to me in MMOs, but I think nothing of using Help in a word processor or spreadsheet application.

I see someone's doctoral thesis right there...

 

[Dark Lord Galen]

Have we actually reached a stage where software is so cool and complex that the sheer complexity of it triggers a "no document will be able to help me, so the help menu must be useless" response? ...

Actually I blame MS Office Paperclip for this.... the most useless Non-help Help ever conceived.

It has so impacted the world, it taught us no help would be preferred.

 

[weogarth]

Clippy!!