Trebuchet Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 I've been looking for the pdf 5E/5ER Rules FAQ's without success... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 Re: Is there no longer a Downloads page on the Hero website? From the front page left bar: http://www.herogames.com/faqs.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebuchet Posted June 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 Re: Is there no longer a Downloads page on the Hero website? From the front page left bar: http://www.herogames.com/faqs.htm So the PDF's and text versions are no longer available? The rules FAQ's can only be accessed through a search? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 Re: Is there no longer a Downloads page on the Hero website? The PDF version(s) were not maintained by DOJ. The new databased FAQs are easier for DOJ to maintain, easier for users to find the entries they're looking for, and easier for those who wish to create PDF versions of the FAQs (or other offline copies) to find changed/updated entries. If/when PDFs are updated, they would be posted to the Free Stuff section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 Re: Is there no longer a Downloads page on the Hero website? I forget who did the PDFs, Derek Hiemforth maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebuchet Posted June 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 Re: Is there no longer a Downloads page on the Hero website? The PDF version(s) were not maintained by DOJ. The new databased FAQs are easier for DOJ to maintain, easier for users to find the entries they're looking for, and easier for those who wish to create PDF versions of the FAQs (or other offline copies) to find changed/updated entries. If/when PDFs are updated, they would be posted to the Free Stuff section. Could you explain how to make a PDF of the FAQ's? That's exactly what I want. Databases may be easier to search, but they're a lot harder to read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 Re: Is there no longer a Downloads page on the Hero website? Could you explain how to make a PDF of the FAQ's? That's exactly what I want. Databases may be easier to search, but they're a lot harder to read. Tell you what give me the weekend and I'll put the FAQ into a PDF and hand it off the Hero guys for posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 Re: Is there no longer a Downloads page on the Hero website? Databases have nothing (whatsoever) to do with readability. The presentation of the FAQs is identical to what it was before (same sections, same entries, etc). The ability to filter and search for exactly what you're looking for is what's new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebuchet Posted June 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 Re: Is there no longer a Downloads page on the Hero website? Databases have nothing (whatsoever) to do with readability. The presentation of the FAQs is identical to what it was before (same sections, same entries, etc). No, it's not. There used to be a page on the site where you could start at the beginning of the FAQ's and read through them from start to finish if you wished (plus downloadable PDF and Palm formats). Now perhaps there's a way to manipulate the database to do that, but that is nowhere near as straightforward as simply posting the text to read in a browser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 Re: Is there no longer a Downloads page on the Hero website? No' date=' it's not. There used to be a page on the site where you could start at the beginning of the FAQ's and read through them from start to finish if you wished (plus downloadable PDF and Palm formats). Now perhaps there's a way to manipulate the database to do that, but that is nowhere near as straightforward as simply posting the text to read in a browser.[/quote'] Ruleset: Hero System Fifth Edition, Revised Section: All (not terribly hard to figure out, IMO). You couldn't do this on the old site, by the way -- you had to browse by section. or...if you want to go even further above and beyond the capabilities of the previous version, you can select Ruleset: All Section: All Or, if you're like most folks, you're after specific information, wherein you can select a ruleset, section, and specific keywords to look for. Or, if you're of a mind to maintain your own offline (PDF or otherwise) copy of the FAQ, you can browse by last update time, looking for anything that has been modified since you last synched up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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