Volunteer wanted for Library and Text writing

lordzimoa · Post by **lordzimoa** » Fri May 20, 2011 4:46 pm

Hi guys,

We seek a volunteer who could help us a bit finishing the 20 tank descriptions needed for the Library.

At the moment only the Tiger 1 is in there as template placeholder.

We also would like to limit each tank description to around 200 words max.

We prefer someone who can directly write this into HTML, but if some one does them in Notepad/Wordpad or Words it will already be a big help.

We are allowed to use any text out of Osprey books, without editing!

Please note you cannot just copy/paste directly from online sources, because of copyright problems! Rewriting, rephrasing is fine, there are some excellent tank info databases.

http://www.tarrif.net/
http://ww2db.com/equip.php
http://www.achtungpanzer.com/achtung-panzer-home
http://www.wwiivehicles.com/germany/default.asp

or Wikipedia...

We will be grateful and give a special thanks in the ingame credits and manual. It will save us time so we can concentrate on finishing other things.

Please mail me direct and/or post here:

thelordzgamesstudio@gmail.com

Cheers,

Tim aka LZ

TJD · Post by **TJD** » Fri May 20, 2011 5:32 pm

I emailed you to say that I'm certainly available to do this and have experience with manual writing. Can do it in HTML as well if you post a template. Advise if you want me to start and what the time frame is, or if this position has already been filled.

Great product you guys have! Outstanding.

Tim

lordzimoa · Post by **lordzimoa** » Fri May 20, 2011 5:42 pm

Hi Tim,

Perfect, you have the job, this really helps us a lot!

Thanks, I forgot to say, we are allowed to use any texts out of Osprey books, so without editing, just copy/paste if you find you can use them! Please try to go for around 200 words per tank max.

Deadline is before the next Beta, so I have to get them done latest next Thursday, we have all the pictures just use the two Tiger 1 pictures as placeholders.

Thanks.

Tim aka LZ

lordzimoa · Post by **lordzimoa** » Fri May 20, 2011 5:45 pm

Did not get your mail though...?

Tim

EDIT: Got it now...

lordzimoa · Post by **lordzimoa** » Fri May 20, 2011 5:52 pm

You have all the files already on your computer.

Go to the Panzer Corps root folder and have a look in the Library folder, here you will see a tiger-i.htm template.

Eg. my game is installled at:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Slitherine\Panzer Corps\Library

lordzimoa · Post by **lordzimoa** » Fri May 20, 2011 6:05 pm

So we also need to reduce the Tiger 1 to around 200 words....

TJD · Post by **TJD** » Fri May 20, 2011 6:08 pm

lordzimoa wrote:So we also need to reduce the Tiger 1 to around 200 words....

Yes, I found the template and checked the text statistics on the Tiger I article. Currently it's 497 words. 200 is very few. Is that an absolute limit?

If you have pdf or ebook versions of any of the Osprey titles please let me know.

Thanks,

Tim

lordzimoa · Post by **lordzimoa** » Fri May 20, 2011 6:12 pm

It is not that strict 200-225, but we have to reduce texts because of localization costs...

Tim

Post by **IainMcNeil** » Fri May 20, 2011 7:43 pm

You can have a longer version if you want but there must also be a short version for translation.

TJD · Post by **TJD** » Fri May 20, 2011 7:49 pm

iainmcneil wrote:You can have a longer version if you want but there must also be a short version for translation.

Given the time constraint -- I've only got till next Thursday -- probably best to keep these articles on the short side for now.

Tim

TJD · Post by **TJD** » Sat May 21, 2011 12:00 am

Here's my 200 words on Matilda, the first tank on the list. Let me know if this is adequate. If so I'll proceed with the rest.

Matilda I and Matilda II were classed by the British as "infantry tanks" and though of dissimilar design and armament both were stoutly armored. They saw their first action in the Battle of France in 1940. The Matilda I, which carried only a rifle-calibre machine-gun, did not long remain in service and the name Matilda generally refers to the second variant, which also earned the title of "Queen of the Desert" for its later service in North Africa. The armor of both tanks was able to resist readily the standard anti-tank weapons of the day and the Matilda II's 2-pounder main armament was, if unimpressive, at least on par with other AFVs of the era. The Matilda II's principal defects were low speed (best speed off-road was only 9 mph), poor steering, and the lack of an HE round for its gun. Both versions played a notable role in the counterattack at Arras in late May of 1940, even overrunning parts of SS Totenkopf, which had no antitank weapons capable of resisting them. The main guns of the Panzer IIs and Panzer IIIs were likewise outclassed by the Matilda's front armor, which in the case of Matilda II was 78mm thick. Faced with Matilda, Rommel in desperation was required to put the soon-to-be-famous 88mm into an anti-tank role for the first time.

Tim

lordzimoa · Post by **lordzimoa** » Sat May 21, 2011 8:24 am

Very well written, this is perfect!

wino · Post by **wino** » Sat May 21, 2011 9:29 am

The TK (TK-3) and TKS were Polish tankettes developed in 1930-ies from the British Carden Loyd tankette. At the time of the production this was already obsolete construction making it easy prey for German tanks during September 1939 Polish campaign. Around 575 pieces where serving in Polish army, in Cavalry Brigades and Reconnaissance Tank Companies, mainly for reconnaissances and infantry support.
The TKS got 3-10 mm thick armor, was powered by 17 hp engine, the maximal speed was 45 km/h on road. The range was 160 km on road and 90 km in terrain. The TKS was armed with Hotchkiss wz.25 a 7,92 mm machine gun. Around 25 TKSs where armed with machine gun wz. 38FK caliber 20 mm. The later was effective against Pz.Kpfw. 35(t) armor but only one source is reporting such combat.
After 1939 the vehicles that where still in working condition where used by Luftwaffe in airfield guarding role. Some vehicles where transfered to Balkans and where operated by German allies there.

Are you interested in such non main stream equipment in library ? 7TP can be next.

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lordzimoa · Post by **lordzimoa** » Sat May 21, 2011 9:58 am

Are you interested in such non main stream equipment in library ? 7TP can be next.

Because of our relationship and agreement with Osprey, at least for this first release, constrain ourselves to the 20 tanks now incorporated into the Library.

However we have been brainstorming adding short explaining texts in the Purchase menu in some sort of tooltip or text box, explaining in one or two sentences the difference between

The unitclasses

Eg.

AT or Anti-Tank weapons: The predominant anti-tank weapons at the start of the Second World War were the tank-mounted gun, limbered (towed) anti-tank guns and anti-tank grenades used by the infantry.

And ideal even for all different units explaining a bit in words the difference between units and models

Eg.

Me109
The Messerschmitt Bf 109, often called Me 109, was a German World War II fighter aircraft designed by Willy Messerschmitt and Robert Lusser during the early to mid 1930s. It was one of the first true modern fighters of the era.

Me109E
The Bf 109E, or "Emil", introduced a number of structural changes in order to accommodate the heavier, but significantly more powerful Daimler-Benz engine, heavier armament and increased fuel capacity.

Me109F
The "Friedrich" saw a complete redesign of the wings, the cooling system and fuselage aerodynamics, and was powered by the a strong engine. The F series abandoned the wing cannon and concentrated all armament in the forward fuselage with a pair of machine guns above and a single 15 or 20mm cannon behind the engine.

But we are a small team already working 24/7, working inhuman hours. So for us it is impossible to do it ourselves.

We have a massive list of units, of course it would be cool if someone would like to take this on as a volunteer job...

Maybe start with the unit classes, we have only one missing still and that is Waffen-SS as a separate unit class. That is a relative small job of course, only 20 or so and we only need a couple of very short descriptions.

Well if there is interest in this job, of course feel free to volunteer.

wino · Post by **wino** » Sat May 21, 2011 10:35 am

lordzimoa wrote:
Are you interested in such non main stream equipment in library ? 7TP can be next.
Because of our relationship and agreement with Osprey, at least for this first release, constrain ourselves to the 20 tanks now incorporated into the Library.

Ok, no problem. But please left some possibilities here for further modding. Some kind of moddable categories in library will be a nice thing.

lordzimoa wrote: However we have been brainstorming adding short explaining texts in the Purchase menu in some sort of tooltip or text box, explaining in one or two sentences the difference between

The unitclasses

Eg.

AT or Anti-Tank weapons: The predominant anti-tank weapons at the start of the Second World War were the tank-mounted gun, limbered (towed) anti-tank guns and anti-tank grenades used by the infantry.
And ideal even for all different units explaining a bit in words the difference between units and models

Eg.

Me109
The Messerschmitt Bf 109, often called Me 109, was a German World War II fighter aircraft designed by Willy Messerschmitt and Robert Lusser during the early to mid 1930s. It was one of the first true modern fighters of the era.

Me109E
The Bf 109E, or "Emil", introduced a number of structural changes in order to accommodate the heavier, but significantly more powerful Daimler-Benz engine, heavier armament and increased fuel capacity.

Me109F
The "Friedrich" saw a complete redesign of the wings, the cooling system and fuselage aerodynamics, and was powered by the a strong engine. The F series abandoned the wing cannon and concentrated all armament in the forward fuselage with a pair of machine guns above and a single 15 or 20mm cannon behind the engine.

But we are a small team already working 24/7, working inhuman hours. So for us it is impossible to do it ourselves.

We have a massive list of units, of course it would be cool if someone would like to take this on as a volunteer job...

Maybe start with the unit classes, we have only one missing still and that is Waffen-SS as a separate unit class. That is a relative small job of course, only 20 or so and we only need a couple of very short descriptions.

I did not get this. Are there 20 short descriptions for classes done or only one ?

BTW in AT guns you should add bazooka/Panzerschreck portable rocket launchers commonly used in last years of WWII.

lordzimoa wrote: Well if there is interest in this job, of course feel free to volunteer.

Given your speed of game development I cannot match I would recommend to leave space for modders here as well.

lordzimoa · Post by **lordzimoa** » Sat May 21, 2011 10:49 am

I did not get this. Are there 20 short descriptions for classes done or only one ?

BTW in AT guns you should add bazooka/Panzerschreck portable rocket launchers commonly used in last years of WWII.

Nothing is written yet, those were just examples I made up quickly...

The 20 unticlass descriptions will be added to the game for sure and we will localize them.

The 400 unit descriptions are on our wishlist, so definitely not before release, but we could add them as a patch/upgrade later. If not like you say, probably some modders will do it anyway...

Still we think it would be cool if everybody got them, so if a volunteer would help us, we would get them localized and distribute them as a free automatic patch/upgrade later and everyone would have them.

wino · Post by **wino** » Sat May 21, 2011 11:17 am

Now all clear.

I will do the description for classes till tomorrow late evening CET.

lordzimoa · Post by **lordzimoa** » Sat May 21, 2011 11:18 am

Thanks!

Acererak · Post by **Acererak** » Sat May 21, 2011 1:32 pm

Great to see some good effort is being put on this guys. I think is a very nice touch to the game, making it more "complete".

As a suggestion, could it be possible to make the unit descriptions in the library unlockable as you progress in the campaigns? Sort of like an achivement or bonus kind of stuff. I believe it will be a great tool to keep people satisfied with their progress in the game. A nice reward for your game efforts.

Aso available for translation to spanish if you wish once the files are complete.

Great work!

wino · Post by **wino** » Sun May 22, 2011 9:49 pm

Hi

Hera are my classes descriptions. Feel to use or change or do whatever you want with this descriptions.

Infantry-The backbone of the army during the WWII. Infantry units are great in combat against fortified enemies.

Tank-Armored tracked fighting vehicle having rotary turret with large caliber gun. The workhorse of Blitzkrieg warfare. The tanks developed greatly during WWII years from 5 tones machines of 1939 to 68 tones Tiger II tank operating in last year of war.

Recon-Light vehicles used for reconnaissance. The main purpose of the scouting unit is to locate enemy not to engage them.

Anti-tank-AT or Anti-Tank weapons: weapons designed and used primary against enemy armor. The evolution of anti tank weapons closely followed evolution of tanks in war period.

Artillery-Weapons that deliver explosive shells or rockets usually up to 25 km distance. High concentration of artillery can be effective against almost any ground targets.

Anti-air-Units used to protect land and naval targets from air attacks. The anti-air weapons used during WWII ranged from machine guns, quad 20mm to 88mm artillery.

Structure-Bunkers and other fortified structures where used to increase protection of the troops defending important locations.

Fighter-Aircraft used to fight other aircraft. Fighters can also used in attacking ground targets.

Tactical Bomber-Aircrafts used for supporting ground troops by dropping bombs on enemy units. Bombers must be protected by fighters since usually do not have effective air-to-air defense.

Strategic Bomber-Aircrafts used to lower enemy economic capabilities. They are most effective against enemy cites.

Submarine-Naval vessels capable of moving and attacking being submerged. They can be used against enemy transport ships and war ships. Destroyers and aircraft are deadly effective anti submarine weapons.

Destroyer-Small and medium naval vessels used for patrolling and anti submarine warfare. They weapons usually allow only close range combat.

Capital Ship-The biggest and best armed ships. Used to combat enemy war ships and for supporting landing operations with long range artillery fire. Due to fast progress in naval aviation their dominant role faded away during WWII period.

Carrier-Ships able to transport and operate aircraft at sea. The WWII begin domination of carriers as primary naval vessels.

Land Transport-Means of transportation for infantry and artillery. The most widely used transports where wheeled trucks, but also tracked armored carriers and horses where used.

Air Transport-Aircraft designed to carry troops. Air transport is fast, could deliver troops and supply to remote destinations, however no vehicle can be transported by air.

Sea Transport-Unarmed or lightly armed naval vessels used for transportation ground units. Successful landing operation cannot be conducted without proper number of sea transports.

Rail Transport-Trains used for transportation of troops and equipment. Fast but limited geographically mean of transportation. During the WWII primary transport for long distance troops and equipment movement.

Armored Train-Armored trains where used for troops transportation and artillery support. Due to their dependence on railways infrastructure offensive usage of armored trains is limited.