Quote from: freedomfries on August 06, 2018, 02:54:48 PM
Why is this in a thread about documentation? You're kind of derailing the conversation...
I was making a reference to the community documentation which is this here Terragen Discussion forum. Sometimes getting suggestions to just do something different, and entirely not in line with your vision, or of lower quality. Instead of working with what someone wants help with, which also helps tackle the direct problem if it comes down to other people having issues rather than the topic ending dead with a alternative suggestion that, not only isn't of quality of vision, but obviously easy and basic and something someone probably already tried in the beginning.
In fact, ironically your statement ties in with these discussions where the suggestion is off-topic to the question and focus of help needed. Whether lack of understanding the problem, different vision, or effort, or whatever. It's frustrating. Often I'll just start a topic aimed more towards Matt/Oshyan about the functionality of something now instead of help on a problem, cause it usually doesn't end in much help.
Like I've mentioned in the past, majority of Terragen users know nothing about Terragen, including me, after like almost 10 years. Very few real Terragen artists of professional quality. And they don't often add input to documentation due to time, allowance, or what not. Community discussion is often what you find searching online for help or how to do things over even documentation. And that's really all we got here and there are a LOT of dead topics when searching both in forum and google that end in nothing, or the user figuring something out and not sharing after asking for help. Lol
Quote from: bobbystahr on August 04, 2018, 09:21:34 AM
Well as a retiree/hobbiest I find that 90% of what I've learned has been by suggestions to do things in a different way, often simpler and all posted here. I only wish I'd methodically saved to disc all the helpful tips I've got here and by now I'd have a nearly complete How-To manual.....just sayin'
Also Bobby, after going back and trying to find a share I did years ago, I realize there is a list of our posted topics under our profiles. Though not as comprehensive as IPB's or vBulletin's list it seems. No real filters.