ICIS Manual On-Line

Wedge009 · 06-27-2004, 06:54

Yay, I finally finished the ICIS Manual. Actually, it only took me a few days to do it, but formatting was a bit of a pain. I apologise for the lack of pictures, but there's not much I can do about that on my own.

So, what do people think? Keep in mind this is the Singaporean version - I'm really interested to know what sort of differences there are in the other editions, and what extra stuff the Prophecy Gold manual has.

Edfilho · 06-27-2004, 08:19

I can scan the brazillian version for you.

Moonsword · 06-27-2004, 11:17

Quote:

0158 Last known signal from Kilrah 6.
0158 Last known signal from Kilrah 6.

I see typo #1. Good work, by the way.

I'm thinkin... · 06-27-2004, 13:29

not a bad bit of work

I have the Gold edition manual. This has the flight manual in the front with the ICIS manual starting about half way through it. After that is a 21 page addendum for Secret Ops, which outlines transfer orders, outline of the Cerberus' mission, and stats on all the "black"fighters and other Confed fighters that you will be fighting with as well as stats on new gun and missile varients. The whole Prophecy Gold manual is 140 pages long.

Starkey · 06-28-2004, 14:25

What about those bomb racks? Were they ever supposed to show up in the game?

powell99 · 06-28-2004, 16:24

i bet fighters or interceptors

Wedge009 · 07-01-2004, 06:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by Edfilho

I can scan the brazillian version for you.

I appreciate the offer, but I'm not sure if I can download such a huge volume of information. Is it hugely different? Do you think you can just point out any obvious differences?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moonsword

I see typo #1. Good work, by the way.

Oops, the old copy-and-paste trap. Thanks for pointing it out! It should be fixed now.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Starkey

What about those bomb racks? Were they ever supposed to show up in the game?

I think so. They must have been planned at some stage or another, just like the anti-missile auto-turret thingamijigi on the nose of the Panther and Vampire.

HammerHead · 07-01-2004, 06:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wedge009

I think so. They must have been planned at some stage or another, just like the anti-missile auto-turret thingamijigi on the nose of the Panther and Vampire.

which also didn't made it in-game, I guess.

Iceman16 · 07-01-2004, 09:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by Starkey

What about those bomb racks? Were they ever supposed to show up in the game?

they do. you just ahve to use wcpedit to use them. those bombs are really cool, huge explosion, but not very powerful and pretty slow, but I tweaked them to be as powerful as an ImRec. try them out, their really cool.

Wedge009 · 07-01-2004, 10:56

Really? I tinkered around with WCPedit a long time ago, so that's probably why I don't remember it. I'm not keen on mucking about with WCP/SO, though - it seems to play around with my save game, with capships spontaneously blowing up upon arrival. I know it only seems to happen with Locke's old patches, but still...

Edfilho · 07-01-2004, 11:29

Well, aside being in a diferent language it's pretty much the same thing.

Iceman16 · 07-01-2004, 17:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wedge009

Really? I tinkered around with WCPedit a long time ago, so that's probably why I don't remember it. I'm not keen on mucking about with WCP/SO, though - it seems to play around with my save game, with capships spontaneously blowing up upon arrival. I know it only seems to happen with Locke's old patches, but still...

yeah, for some reason in SO, when Im supposed to destroy the comm station it blows up when I get there and in the next mission when I have to perform a visual recon of it, its still alive so I have to try to kill it( but usually I switch the panther with the wasp and put torps on the wasp which is really fun!) teh missile is called Unknown 1 in WCPEdit, and comes up as Toilet Paper in-game. its a really cool missle if you want to so big explosions!

Wedge009 · 07-02-2004, 09:47

Toilet paper, huh? Very amusing.

I never had the comm station blow up (IIRC, this is the Nephilim one which you're supposed to kill in Operation: Ambush, right?), just the two Orcas when Dallas says "Those destroyers are huge, Casey...", and Luyten station in SO.

Wedge009 · 07-04-2004, 07:20

Okay, I've added several pictures to the ICIS manual. For the characters, I used HCl's Movie Player to hunt down the movie frame which matches the manual picture the closest. I think I've got them pretty close - it's times like this that I wish I wasn't such a perfectionist! I don't believe Finley's picture in the manual was actually from the movies - she looks much nicer in that pic than in the game! Also, Wilford's picture is from WC4 - I can only guess that they wanted to use a picture of him at his 'desk'.

I've also added the Confed logo and Scottish flag to Paladin's letter to Blair on page 2. The Confed logo PNG is circular, not square, but it doesn't seem to display as a circle in the browser.

For the fighters, I've grabbed the nicest pictures I could find from my collection which matched the manual pictures the closest, and I also used the scan of page 41 from the CIC's news update for the weapons on page 41.

Finally, I've attempted to add the 'classified' background picture to pages 4 to 20. I hope everything works out all right for people - I think it's a significant improvement to actually have some pictures instead of huge blank spaces. Perhaps someday in the future when I have a proper website, I'll put up the pictures in full-colour, where possible. Or maybe not, since the original manual is grey-scale...

Mekt-Hakkikt · 07-04-2004, 11:50

Very nice!

Some pictures seem to be quite near the text but that is not really a problem.

What a chance you're such a perfectionist - else we hadn't such a nice site.

Wedge009 · 07-05-2004, 07:52

Thanks for the thumbs-up, Mekt. I agree that the text wraps close to the pictures, but I'm not entirely sure that it's worth the effort to pop margins between images and the text. Anyway, I like what I've done with it so far...

Edfilho · 07-05-2004, 12:28

Well, this picture/margin relation is complicated, considering how IE usually misunderstands everything related to positioning...

Nevertheless, congrats, it's a great work.

Wedge009 · 09-28-2004, 07:10

Hello again.

Just dropping in to say a number of pages have been updated. I have a scanner now, so I've added in some various headings with esoteric fonts, plus added Finley's picture, a couple of missing fighters, and the missile pictures. Oh, I also updated the pics on Paladin's letter too. They're relatively small changes, but I think it makes it look just that much nicer (and closer to the original).

If anyone has serious complaints, can you please e-mail me, since I'm a little busy and haven't been checking the forums a lot recently.

Worf · 09-28-2004, 21:19

A working URL? I get a 404...

Edfilho · 09-29-2004, 13:10

I found it here http://home.iprimus.com.au/Wedge009/WCP/04.html without trouble.

Wedge009 · 10-06-2004, 05:28

Oops, sorry, yeah. Moved it off my father's account a while ago, sorry about that.

http://home.iprimus.com.au/Wedge009/WCP/manual.html

The main page for the old address is still active, though.

F4U Corsair · 10-06-2004, 06:59

The page is down

Death · 10-06-2004, 12:41

Um, are you trying the URL in the initial post, or the one Wedge posted an hour and a half before your post? I'm able to access the /Wedge009/ one just fine, here.

F4U Corsair · 10-06-2004, 17:57

Oh ok, its works now, thanks!

ChrisReid · 10-07-2004, 09:57

Around 30-32 the headings get off a page.

Wedge009 · 10-08-2004, 06:28

I'm not sure what you mean. Seems all right to me, but of course that won't be the case for everyone...

06-27-2004, 13:29	#4
I'm thinkin... 1st Lieutenant Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Middle of the Boondocks, WI, USA Posts: 222	not a bad bit of work I have the Gold edition manual. This has the flight manual in the front with the ICIS manual starting about half way through it. After that is a 21 page addendum for Secret Ops, which outlines transfer orders, outline of the Cerberus' mission, and stats on all the "black"fighters and other Confed fighters that you will be fighting with as well as stats on new gun and missile varients. The whole Prophecy Gold manual is 140 pages long. __________________ Grip the stick tight, let go of everything else. "Death smiles at us all. All a man can do is smile back." Caesar Marcus Aurelius

06-28-2004, 14:25	#5
Starkey Avenging Rooster Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Belo Horizonte, Brazil Posts: 2,123	What about those bomb racks? Were they ever supposed to show up in the game? __________________ "Whenever there is a black and white jersey hanging on a cloth line during a storm, the Atleticans root against the wind" Standoff beta tester

07-01-2004, 10:56	#10
Wedge009 Rogue Leader Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 8,351	Really? I tinkered around with WCPedit a long time ago, so that's probably why I don't remember it. I'm not keen on mucking about with WCP/SO, though - it seems to play around with my save game, with capships spontaneously blowing up upon arrival. I know it only seems to happen with Locke's old patches, but still... __________________ Soli Deo Gloria \| wedge009.net

07-02-2004, 09:47	#13
Wedge009 Rogue Leader Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 8,351	Toilet paper, huh? Very amusing. I never had the comm station blow up (IIRC, this is the Nephilim one which you're supposed to kill in Operation: Ambush, right?), just the two Orcas when Dallas says "Those destroyers are huge, Casey...", and Luyten station in SO. __________________ Soli Deo Gloria \| wedge009.net

07-04-2004, 07:20	#14
Wedge009 Rogue Leader Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 8,351	Okay, I've added several pictures to the ICIS manual. For the characters, I used HCl's Movie Player to hunt down the movie frame which matches the manual picture the closest. I think I've got them pretty close - it's times like this that I wish I wasn't such a perfectionist! I don't believe Finley's picture in the manual was actually from the movies - she looks much nicer in that pic than in the game! Also, Wilford's picture is from WC4 - I can only guess that they wanted to use a picture of him at his 'desk'. I've also added the Confed logo and Scottish flag to Paladin's letter to Blair on page 2. The Confed logo PNG is circular, not square, but it doesn't seem to display as a circle in the browser. For the fighters, I've grabbed the nicest pictures I could find from my collection which matched the manual pictures the closest, and I also used the scan of page 41 from the CIC's news update for the weapons on page 41. Finally, I've attempted to add the 'classified' background picture to pages 4 to 20. I hope everything works out all right for people - I think it's a significant improvement to actually have some pictures instead of huge blank spaces. Perhaps someday in the future when I have a proper website, I'll put up the pictures in full-colour, where possible. Or maybe not, since the original manual is grey-scale... __________________ Soli Deo Gloria \| wedge009.net

06-27-2004, 06:54	#1
Wedge009 Rogue Leader Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 8,351	ICIS Manual On-Line Yay, I finally finished the ICIS Manual. Actually, it only took me a few days to do it, but formatting was a bit of a pain. I apologise for the lack of pictures, but there's not much I can do about that on my own. So, what do people think? Keep in mind this is the Singaporean version - I'm really interested to know what sort of differences there are in the other editions, and what extra stuff the Prophecy Gold manual has. __________________ Soli Deo Gloria \| wedge009.net

06-27-2004, 08:19	#2
Edfilho Cry some more! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Rio de Janeiro - Brazil Posts: 3,522	I can scan the brazillian version for you.

06-28-2004, 16:24	#6
powell99 Aviation Junkie Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Daly City, San Francisco ya know alot of places. Posts: 886	i bet fighters or interceptors

07-01-2004, 11:29	#11
Edfilho Cry some more! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Rio de Janeiro - Brazil Posts: 3,522	Well, aside being in a diferent language it's pretty much the same thing.

07-04-2004, 11:50	#15
Mekt-Hakkikt Mpanty's bane Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Wiesbaden, Germany Posts: 4,639	Very nice! Some pictures seem to be quite near the text but that is not really a problem. What a chance you're such a perfectionist - else we hadn't such a nice site. __________________ "Khasra! I have heard enough of Khasra!" For the Glory of Sivar!

07-05-2004, 07:52	#16
Wedge009 Rogue Leader Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 8,351	Thanks for the thumbs-up, Mekt. I agree that the text wraps close to the pictures, but I'm not entirely sure that it's worth the effort to pop margins between images and the text. Anyway, I like what I've done with it so far... __________________ Soli Deo Gloria \| wedge009.net

07-05-2004, 12:28	#17
Edfilho Cry some more! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Rio de Janeiro - Brazil Posts: 3,522	Well, this picture/margin relation is complicated, considering how IE usually misunderstands everything related to positioning... Nevertheless, congrats, it's a great work.

09-28-2004, 07:10	#18
Wedge009 Rogue Leader Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 8,351	Hello again. Just dropping in to say a number of pages have been updated. I have a scanner now, so I've added in some various headings with esoteric fonts, plus added Finley's picture, a couple of missing fighters, and the missile pictures. Oh, I also updated the pics on Paladin's letter too. They're relatively small changes, but I think it makes it look just that much nicer (and closer to the original). If anyone has serious complaints, can you please e-mail me, since I'm a little busy and haven't been checking the forums a lot recently. __________________ Soli Deo Gloria \| wedge009.net

09-28-2004, 21:19	#19
Worf Brigadier General Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,292	A working URL? I get a 404...

09-29-2004, 13:10	#20
Edfilho Cry some more! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Rio de Janeiro - Brazil Posts: 3,522	I found it here http://home.iprimus.com.au/Wedge009/WCP/04.html without trouble.

10-06-2004, 05:28	#21
Wedge009 Rogue Leader Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 8,351	Oops, sorry, yeah. Moved it off my father's account a while ago, sorry about that. http://home.iprimus.com.au/Wedge009/WCP/manual.html The main page for the old address is still active, though. __________________ Soli Deo Gloria \| wedge009.net

10-06-2004, 06:59	#22
F4U Corsair 1st Lieutenant Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Boston Posts: 218	The page is down __________________ "Been a few eons since you held a flight stick, eh Colonel? Or did you find some sand princess back there to hold it for you? " Todd Maniac Marshal

10-06-2004, 12:41	#23
Death gh0d Administrator Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Taylors, SC, USA Posts: 2,088	Um, are you trying the URL in the initial post, or the one Wedge posted an hour and a half before your post? I'm able to access the /Wedge009/ one just fine, here. __________________ SubCrid Death Official Net.Nazi, LOAF's Merry Guild A Meeting of Minds - a (mostly) cliche-free "first contact" story; updated periodically If you don't fear ^Death_ then there's a socket loose in your fear factory, buddy. - The Book of LOAF

10-06-2004, 17:57	#24
F4U Corsair 1st Lieutenant Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Boston Posts: 218	Oh ok, its works now, thanks! __________________ "Been a few eons since you held a flight stick, eh Colonel? Or did you find some sand princess back there to hold it for you? " Todd Maniac Marshal

10-07-2004, 09:57	#25
ChrisReid Super Soaker Collector Administrator Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Seattle, Washington, USA Posts: 9,873	Around 30-32 the headings get off a page.

10-08-2004, 06:28	#26
Wedge009 Rogue Leader Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 8,351	I'm not sure what you mean. Seems all right to me, but of course that won't be the case for everyone... __________________ Soli Deo Gloria \| wedge009.net