Re: Getting the Community Popular Again

I'm sure we can do a quick five minute vid for the install procedure.

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86 (edited by Gwynzer 2009-04-04 14:55:00)

Re: Getting the Community Popular Again

"download, run the installer, wait for it to verify itself, click "I agree", click "next", click "next", make sure the filepath is going to your BF2142 install folder then click "install"."

Very challenging work, involves alot of brain power...  This is after a discussion about how our players are NOT idiots...



I see where you are coming from with installing a mod being supposedly difficult, like it used to be.  However, all we have to do is TELL whoever says that "it is too hard" that all you have to do is double click the program and it installs itself, I don't think we have to go through all the effort of making a video.

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Re: Getting the Community Popular Again

But think about how many people dont register and ask questions. They try it, it doesnt work and they move on. I'd say a video, which maybe you could DL with the mod would be a very good idea.

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Re: Getting the Community Popular Again

There are those peeps who also, come to the website.. look around.
read the forums and see under the "Client Support" page, the stickies for the fixes from all previous builds.
Read into the bugs and glitches.
Finally reading the newer problems like im having and decide, who wants to bother with that.

I know that problems such as mine are part of the very minor amount of problems with this mod.
However this still is discouraging to those who may want to dl and play, but may be intimidated by the thought of having to fix this or that problem.

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Re: Getting the Community Popular Again

Gwynzer wrote:

"download, run the installer, wait for it to verify itself, click "I agree", click "next", click "next", make sure the filepath is going to your BF2142 install folder then click "install"."

Very challenging work, involves alot of brain power...  This is after a discussion about how our players are NOT idiots...

Yes, but the video would show that there isn't a lot of work required and that installing a mod doesn't have to be a drawn out affair.

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Re: Getting the Community Popular Again

Twigs wrote:
Gwynzer wrote:

"download, run the installer, wait for it to verify itself, click "I agree", click "next", click "next", make sure the filepath is going to your BF2142 install folder then click "install"."

Very challenging work, involves alot of brain power...  This is after a discussion about how our players are NOT idiots...

Yes, but the video would show that there isn't a lot of work required and that installing a mod doesn't have to be a drawn out affair.

Indeed.

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Re: Getting the Community Popular Again

Aye, I think it is a good idea. Sure it isn't hard to download and install. You know that, and I know that, but how is everyone else going to know unless we have a simple easy format in which to show them?

Everyone knows people tend to respond better to visual stimulus, so yeah, how hard would it be to put together a quick minute or two video which shows step by step just how easy First Strike is to install?

Sounds like a plan to me.

And even if only 10 people decide to install it because they watched the video, that is a success worth achieving.

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