[crossfire] Proposal for better in-game information: client-side "player books"

[Alex Schultz]

Lalo Martins wrote:
> My 4jiao on the subject:
>
> First, just thought I should mention, the best in-game help system I've
> ever used is FreeCiv's.  It's just beautiful; everything is documented or
> it isn't in the game, it's very navigable, and you can reach it from all
> the places where it would be useful (eg, when choosing what to build in a
> city, you can with two clicks get the entry on any of the buildings or
> units you have available; same when choosing what technology to research.)
> I'd recommend anyone working on this feature to play a few games of
> FreeCiv for inspiration.
>   
I happened to be playing some freeciv last night, and I would agree,
it's in-game help system is great. My only nitpicks about it are:
1) the view of what techs are required to get the one you're viewing the
help for, may be very powerful, but is unintuitive
2) not enough cross referencing
However, the basic design I personally think is excellent. One thought,
is if we use such a system, it might be a good idea to make the file
format of it pretty much the same as dokuwiki, that way the help could
easily be drafted on the wiki.

> Second, can we please PLEASE call this the "Encyclopedia Khelentika"?
> ;-)
I have no objections to that myself :P

Alex Schultz