Beginner's Guide in Registered Access Area

[Eric Lengyel]

The Beginner's Guide to the C4 Engine can now be purchased from your account page in the registered access area through either PayPal or Google Checkout.

If you have already purchased The Guide and the email address you used for your purchase matches the email address on your C4 license, then you should see a download link on your account page. If you used a different email address (or had Google Checkout generate an address), then you'll need to send the following information to us to get your download link activated:

* Your name.
* Your C4 license number (not your download key).
* If you paid through a PayPal account under a business name, then include that name as well.

Please send this information to guide@terathon.com. If you send it to a different address, don't expect anything to happen.

[Frederic]

Eric,
Is this version 1 or version 2 of the guide?

Best
Fred

[Eric Lengyel]

This is still the first edition.

[Jesse Meyer]

Great edition to the account page Eric!

[Adam Golden]

Cool, that's the best place for it. Looking forward to the update!

[stanlogan]

Great edition to the account page Eric!

Can't tell if that's fail or win. Either way, the edition is a great addition to the account page

Stan

[Frederic]

This is still the first edition.

Eric, hi!

Just bought the guide. It is a massive tome at >700 pages. Soild work and would be very helpful.

I recall vaguely reading on the forums that parts of the guide are no longer relevant now that C4 has evolved quite a ways since ver1 guide was written.

Some comments on this would certainly help newbies like me to prioritize what to read first.



Best Regards
Fred

[Jesse Meyer]

Great edition to the account page Eric!

Can't tell if that's fail or win. Either way, the edition is a great addition to the account page

Stan

[Davaris]

Just bought the guide. It is a massive tome at >700 pages. Soild work and would be very helpful.

That is huge. Can someone post an index, so we can see what topics it covers?

[Eric Lengyel]

Can someone post an index, so we can see what topics it covers?

You can download a sample at the following location, and it includes a table of contents:

http://www.terathon.com/c4engine/GuideSample.zip

[Fratercide]

I'm eagerly awaiting the newest revision

This was a great buy!

[Amo]

I am not using it but it seems people lovin it getting an book about C4. Eric, maybe you should (a)buse this marketingwise. I mean, I doubt that every engine out there has its own book. I am sure you'll find an agreement with the makers of the book.

[afecelis]

Thanks a lot Eric, I was totally looking forward to this

Purchasing right away.

[Fratercide]

Eric, maybe you should (a)buse this marketingwise.

+5!

I think this would be a great idea

[thomas]

I believe it should wait until the second edition is released or about to be released...

[Niteen Hatle]

Can't I buy this book directly with my credit card? Paypal and Google Checkout don't work for me. I've had problems with these two services while buying C4 Engine license.

[Adam Golden]

Can't I buy this book directly with my credit card? Paypal and Google Checkout don't work for me. I've had problems with these two services while buying C4 Engine license.

If both Paypal AND Google reject your card, it's probably something as mundane as typing "123 Mystreet, #2" instead of "123 Mystreet, Unit 2" (or whatever is on file). It's retarded I know, but that's just how it is.

Another possibility is that the card has been flagged for "suspicious activity" - which is done for your own protection when there's a lot of purchases in a short time span being posted through different payment gateways. You'll have to contact the issuing bank to have it corrected. Honestly, you're much better off not providing your details directly to each website each time you buy something anyway..

[mwituni]

I am not using it but it seems people lovin it getting an book about C4. Eric, maybe you should (a)buse this marketingwise. I mean, I doubt that every engine out there has its own book. I am sure you'll find an agreement with the makers of the book.

Very good idea. For a limited time, offer the 700+ page book free with new licenses.

[CodeNewt]

If we buy the 1st edition of this guide, are we granted a free copy of the revised edition when it comes out?

[Eric Lengyel]

If we buy the 1st edition of this guide, are we granted a free copy of the revised edition when it comes out?

Yes.

[Eric Lengyel]

FYI, all of the resource files accompanying the book are also available in the registered access area now.

[TuxedoToaster]

I think a great tutorial to accompany the book is the Pong game located in the C4 Engine Wiki. It has also been recently updated to accommodate the physics engine.

[xdevdogx]

I bought the book, but having difficulties unzipping the MaterialShowroom.zip file...the error I get on my Mac running the latest update of Snow Leopard is: "Unable to unarchive "GuideMaterialShowroom.zip into \myfoldername\ (Error 1 - Operation not permitted.)" Any ideas? All of the other files unzipped just fine....Does it need to be unzipped in a specific folder name?

Thanks for the help!

[CodeNewt]

I got that same error with that zip file.

Two things to note about that file:
- First, the built in Mac unzipper will not unzip it, however a 3rd party tool called Stuffit-Expander worked beautifully.

- Second, the files inside that zip aren't THAT crucial for the book. It is a 'demo' project put together to allow you to run around and experiment with the materials, this project was only compiled for windows.

[Zer0]

Awsome, thank you so much. when I reformated awhile ago I thought I had lost this guide ( My usb dongle was corrupted that I saved it on ). I know it is not version 2 but is very helpful none the less