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YES, BUT HOW DO I MOVE?

by Hazed

Sometimes, something you thought was totally obvious, turns out not to be. Sometimes, it takes a fresh eye to point out what you have missed. Sometimes, a long-held assumption gets rocked, and leaves you with a feeling that can only be expressed with "Duh!"

That happened to us a few days ago. Somebody who works with Alan decided to take a look at Fed2 to see what all the fuss was about. He downloaded FedTerm, read through the QuickStart guide, logged on, and...

...wandered over to Alan to say, "how do I move around?" Alan looked at him in amazement. Wasn't it totally obvious?

Clearly not. As the guy pointed out, sure, it would be obvious to anyone who had played computer games twenty years ago, but not today. The youth of today need to have it explained to them.

So Alan phoned me up, and after we both went "Duh!" a few times, I amended the QuickStart Guide to include information on how to move about.

The moral of the story is that we shouldn't take for granted what level of prior knowledge people bring to the game. If you think there's something in any of the documentation (which of course you have all read avidly I am sure!) that is not clear enough, or left out completely, please let me know by emailing feedback@ibgames.com.

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