Well, it might be straight forward if you already know what's going on, and I am decent at figuring out how to do things on my own, but I really can't do much of anything except move myself around on the map and add items. I can't figure out how to change the settings to allow remote access for instance. I click on different tabs and there are a lot of blank text spaces for parameters or instructions that I have no idea what to do with, or what they even mean.
The reason I have requested this is that I don't really feel that I even know how to ask the questions that I have, they are too numerous. The truth is is that I don't even use it, at all, to do anything, because anything that I know how to do with it, I can do by other means just as easily, but it is trumpeted by many to be this really amazing program, so obviously I am not able to utilize it to its potential.
This program has zero support, and since all of these programs are made by hobbyists essentially, I don't expect any one person to spend time writing a comprehensive tutorial, and I don't want to waste people's time asking a bunch of stupid questions. All I need are examples and I can extrapolate from there. Since I foolishly decided to delve into this world, I have found 2 very useful forums. The RUNUO FAQ, and the XMLSpawnerFan 'How do I...' forum. I have also found your project to be helpful, and I really,really appreciate your efforts to provide support without arrogance and being condescending, which is a huge problem around here. I am not stupid, lazy, or a teenager, but there are certain problems that cannot be solved without the proper information and finding that information around here can be extremely tricky. As you know, computers are very unforgiving and inflexible and you have to know the exact syntax to be able to tell it what to do.
A Pandora's box FAQ is needed. Period. Regardless of my own particular needs and wants. One person doesn't need to do all the work for it, but I think you have the ability to cause a Pandora's FAQ forum to come into being, and it should just take care of itself after that. The RUNUO developers should realize that these other programs are an integral part in what they are trying to do, and the more support that exists will just increase their base of followers. RUNUO does not stand on its own, you need other programs to utilize it to its fullest. My opinion is that they should also develop these other programs themselves and support them, they should have a spawner, a map builder,a gm tool etc, that all works in conjunction, and is all supported.
Anyway Irro, I appreciate you trying to help, and the more of these FAQ forums that exist the less energy you will have to expend trying to solve one individual's problems. I don't expect you to hold my hand and guide me through every issue. I personally have never tried to learn how to do anything before this that has had such scattered and sparse information. This is a real wasteland.
