As I promised in my introduction, I will have a lot of questions, and so, it begins....
I am completely new to Banished, <abbr title="Colonial Charter">CC</abbr>, and the entire builder\resource management game genre. So far, I've had about 5 false starts, mostly with the vanilla game, but a couple with <abbr title="Colonial Charter">CC</abbr> as well. My last restart was because I couldn't find the fishery (which I found later, not realizing at first that the menu had more sub-menus). This leads to my first question:
As a newb (sorry, but I find "noob" derogatory), should I begin with the vanilla version or <abbr title="Colonial Charter">CC</abbr> (I cannot run the MegaMod on my laptop)?
To help me start, I checked out <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="<___base_url___>/index.php?/profile/4-shockpuppet/&do=hovercard" data-mentionid="4" href="<___base_url___>/index.php?/profile/4-shockpuppet/">@ShockPuppet</a>'s Getting Started thread. That was a bust (no disrespect towards ShockPuppet as I completely understand and sympathize with time restrictions and project priority). I also read somewhere on the internet that there was a "Getting Started" PDF on the old site, but I was never able to confirm this statement. This leads to my second question:
Can someone point me to a good "Getting Started" resource (I don't do well with videos, BTW, preferring text I can refer to later)?
Lastly:
Is there any specific maps that are considered more newb friendly (personally, I like 777, but I'm opened to others for learning purposes).
Any general advise?
Thanks in advance!
For those who may be interested in some of my work, I wrote a Baldur's Gate HEX Editing Tutorial, a Multiling O Keyboard layout (Android), and a Skyrim archery mod. I have more out there, but most of it is older, like my Morrowind No CD Patch.
I don't plan on modding Banished because, for once, I just want to actually play a game without taking it apart! LOL.
