I'm creating a free Solarus none official pdf guide

Started by 20degree, May 05, 2025, 03:05:30 AM

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May 05, 2025, 03:05:30 AM Last Edit: May 10, 2025, 02:56:30 AM by 20degree Reason: I add the link to the underconstruction pdf none official guide i'm building.
Hi there i speak english as i speak french. I am creating a free none official english pdf guide that explain step by step things to do with solarus version 2. The guide i make is made with OpenOffice, but it is just starting; so there is not much in. Also that i'll need help for (as a beginner my self) how to do this and that with the steps. Things that i could learn and put in the pages of my guide.

I think it's important to put a page named: Terms and Agreements
explaining that it is a free guide, that can be shared, saved and used for free; that no money or profits can be made from it. Id like to add many terms and agreements, to indicate to not pursuit, to not su and others against my self and against the peoples of Solarus. But im not sure how i should write these terms, maybe you have some ideas?

Also i think to put a page indicating that Solarus is a free open software. But not sure how i could indicate license as gpl3 and gpl4, and others that could fit into the page? What would be the title of this page related to the license?

I have made a background image (same for each page), of the pdf document i am creating; that i share free that i have design. I already have organized the header, the footer, the content space of the document. I am also organizing the table of content, the tumbnails and bookmarks. The table of content have the subjects, that indicate on what page it is; the subject is also clickable that go directly to the wanted page. Also planned that on each page, the user can click on the words: Table of Content (in the footer), to go directly to the table of content page. Brief many things i have think to make the free none official pdf guide easy, fun and simple.

Here is the image background look for each page i have design.
Its not the big size image, but you understand that on the background; there will be images (printscreens) and follow up text covering it. I just want to help, make peoples more interrested in Solarus.
Background Small Image

I add the zip file link that contain the "under construction" pdf document. Note that as always i encourage you to antivirus check the file, even if i know that it dont have any virus. Of course i'm gonna need help to understand more Solarus v2, to explain into the pages of the free none official solarus pdf guide.
the solarus link

Thanks for your time and help.


May 10, 2025, 06:14:18 PM #1 Last Edit: May 25, 2025, 06:24:48 PM by 20degree Reason: Just want to update my message and to not put too much of my own reply.
Just letting know that i have updated the pdf guide, but it still dont have much and its still under construction. But now it have also added some printscreens with step by step indications; about creating a new quest from the ressources that the solarus quest editor have.

In it it simply indicate for now theses:
The FAQ of Solarus, Creating a new quest from the ressources into Solarus Quest Editor, The quest properties panel, Exporting your solarus quest, Creating some identification game image for the Solarus Launcher, putting some tile, putting some teleport and destination, naming some entities, teleporting to some destination on a map, and others

At leass looking the first 27 pages of this free none official solarus pdf guide, should give you a very good idea of the type of guide i'm creating. Of course i'll need peoples help to explain me each things and each steps to do; this to obtain some results.

The advantage of this free pdf guide, is that you can read it and use it offline. Also because it is in the pdf format it can be read with many pdf reader softwares. Also on many operating system, because i use an old version software that i create the pdf pages; so newer system can read the pdf document easy.

I notice that for now (may 2025) there is no comments of this free guide for the peoples. I guess it mean that the guide i write is explained very well, but note that this guide is for experienced computer users. If some peoples see the document, maybe you could have some ideas that i could learn; then put into the pages of this guide? So please comment on the forum of this discussion. Remember to always antivirus check the file, i know and believe that it dont have any bad things.

The link is still the same, but have been the document into the zip file has been updated.
Link to the solarus none official pdf guide