Re: Pilot: Pilot games - optional online docs?

[Dan Lawyer <dlaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jeff Jetton wrote:
> 
> >What if game authors provided documentation and also a small piece of code
> >(from a menu somewhere perhaps) to purge the online documentation, to save
> >space the user has learned the game if they are short on memory?
> 
> I've considered making the documentation a seperate application entirely
> that could be launched from the game's menu (and/or from the launcher).
> Then, you could just delete the "help" just like you'd delete any
> unneeded app.

If the documentation is simply included as a .txt file in a .zip with
the .prc , it is simple enought to copy and paste it into a memo, using
the Pilot Desktop app, which then is imported when the app is installed.

When you don't need the doc anymore, just delete the memo. I have a memo
category called "Temp Stuff" that I keep things like this in, and I
always include "Help" in the memo's header so it is easier to find.

There is also no software overhead when it is done this way either.  It
isn't as convienent as being built in, but it works great for games as
they restart where you left off.

Hope this helps someone......Dan