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QUICK QUESTION ABOUT TUTORIALS

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Rhuan
110
03/10/2011 12:12 AM
So I've begun typing what is becoming an absolutely huge tutorial, (from no scripting knowledge to scripting everything required for an RPG in sphere is the idea) I'm wondering if there are any guidelines for tutorials, I've searched the site but failed to find any (this may be a human error on my part though I can be inept at times).

Am I in danger of passing a length limit? (When it's done it will probably be 30 pages or so)

Are there any other requirements or guidelines I should be aware of?
InfectionFiles
the world ends in whatever my makerscore currently is
4622
03/10/2011 12:19 AM
What about breaking the tutorials up into segments?
cut down on a lengthy 30pages, and I'm pretty sure there is no rules against posting multiple tuts. :]
Rhuan
110
03/10/2011 12:27 AM
My logic behind the single lengthy tutorial was that someone looking at the start or the middle and seeing very simple stuff and at times somewhat abstract stuff could also look to the bottom and see making a battle system etc.

I guess I could split it up but add an overview of all the sections to the start of the first one.
LEECH
who am i and how did i get in here
2599
03/10/2011 12:36 AM
Yeah, plus you get more makerscore if its in a bunch of sections
Billwilliams
1159
03/10/2011 12:46 AM
Yeah break it up to avoid TL;DR. Maybe add links to the other sections.
GreatRedSpirit
ski-ba-bop-ba-dop-bop
6514
03/10/2011 12:53 AM
There is a limit but you need somewhere in the area of one billion characters to hit it.
tardis
is it too late for ironhide facepalm
308
03/10/2011 01:06 AM
as someone who would be interested in reading such a thing, i'd say break it up. i'm most likely not going to read the whole thing in one sitting, and if i close my browser and come back, it'd be a lot easier to find my place again if i knew which chapter/segment/piece of the tutorial i was at as opposed to just trying to scroll down a text wall.
geodude
captain bluenose
100
03/10/2011 10:24 AM
author=GreatRedSpirit
There is a limit but you need somewhere in the area of one billion characters to hit it.

ooh i hope it's 65536
Rhuan
110
03/10/2011 10:55 AM
The current maybe 1/3 done version is 28284 characters.
Ben_Random
1019
03/21/2011 01:51 AM
Splitting it up means more tutorials. More tutorials means more maker-score. More maker-score means...
Starscream
Conquest is made from the ashes of one's enemies.
6110
03/21/2011 01:57 AM
1. Create a tutorial.
2. Split it into multiple releases.
3. ????
4. PROFIT!!!
GreatRedSpirit
ski-ba-bop-ba-dop-bop
6514
03/21/2011 03:55 AM
author=geodude
author=GreatRedSpirit
There is a limit but you need somewhere in the area of one billion characters to hit it.
ooh i hope it's 65536

A normal TEXT maybe. WIP made articles LONGTEXT hold, well, a hell of a lot more than 2^16-1
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