Mr Poltroon Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 It has recently come to my attention that my perception of the world may be slightly at odds with reality. I've always been one to read any and all 'readme's in Software I download onto my PC, but I've been seeing comments around the internet that would suggest people at large do not. Whilst members of this forum do not reflect 'people at large', I would still like to get an impression of how others fare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dergonu Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 Unread readme files are probably what I delete the most of on my computer, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamysyu Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 (edited) Well, I read them sometimes, when there is a good chance that I'll miss something if I just launch the app. Otherwise, I just skip them. Edited February 9, 2018 by Dreamysyu Andromis 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaguya Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 If they're like all caps READ THIS BEFORE INSTALLING THE GAME OR IT WON'T WORKKKKKKKK I'll read it Or if install fails Otherwise no Andromis 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plk_Lesiak Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 I chose "never", which is not precisely true, but is still closer to it than "sometimes". I mean, I must really expect (or experience) some problems to actually look into a Readme file, don't remember the last time when that happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuuko Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 Sometimes, but when I do they are in Chinese Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Poltroon Posted February 9, 2018 Author Share Posted February 9, 2018 You're all morally reprehensible. Fiddle, Zalor and Plk_Lesiak 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaguya Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 17 minutes ago, Mr Poltroon said: You're all morally reprehensible. I mean, if it won't stop the game from working, should I really care about what whoever put it there had to say? Maybe but I won't. Mr Poltroon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 What? You people never read them? I always read them, I though that was a common practice... Psyche, I guess I'm on the minority here. >xoD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norleas Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 Only when shit is narrow or i don't have clue to what do, but that only happen in 1% of the cases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tahu157 Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 Yeh, wait for something to go wrong before reading. Otherwise, the likelihood that that readme is only going to tell me licensing information and system requirements is too high for me to want to read every readme I encounter. That said, I do skim every readme I get from github because those are generally very important. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadeotic Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 .txt files are annoying to read so I can't be bothered to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchhamilton Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 54 minutes ago, Arcadeotic said: .txt files are annoying to read so I can't be bothered to. desho? i just cant stand reading things. ugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamysyu Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 1 hour ago, mitchhamilton said: i just cant stand reading things. ugh. mitchhamilton 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clephas Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 Most of the time, I don't. The simple reason is that VN readme's are pretty much identical. I will go back and check them if something goes wrong, but otherwise there is no point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odenvard Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 I would say I read most readmes, and that I tend to turn to them as one of the first areas to search for a solution when running into an issue. However, some readmes are basically useless, and sometimes readmes are still in japanese (such as with some fan translations), or some other condition makes the readme unreadable to me. Of course, I actually read documentation and consult search engines to find problems to technical issues on nearly a daily basis, so I doubt I could be considered the norm... Having served as a temporary tech support for some of my friends in the past, I've been exposed to how much a lot of people simply refuse to read, even when doing so would solve their problem in a matter of seconds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Poltroon Posted February 9, 2018 Author Share Posted February 9, 2018 1 minute ago, Odenvard said: I would say I read most readmes, and that I tend to turn to them as one of the first areas to search for a solution when running into an issue. However, some readmes are basically useless, and sometimes readmes are still in japanese (such as with some fan translations), or some other condition makes the readme unreadable to me. Of course, I actually read documentation and consult search engines to find problems to technical issues on nearly a daily basis, so I doubt I could be considered the norm... Having served as a temporary tech support for some of my friends in the past, I've been exposed to how much a lot of people simply refuse to read, even when doing so would solve their problem in a matter of seconds. To 'read' a readme basically consists of opening it and reading all relevant parts. It's obvious one won't be able to read readmes in other languages and that sections such as the credits are often irrelevant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 2 minutes ago, Mr Poltroon said: To 'read' a readme basically consists of opening it and reading all relevant parts. It's obvious one won't be able to read readmes in other languages and that sections such as the credits are often irrelevant. I normally just google translate them to see what funny results I get. Or I consult a search engine\fuwa tech faq ofc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Poltroon Posted February 9, 2018 Author Share Posted February 9, 2018 Well, reading it because I ran into an issue is another matter entirely. In such an occasion I will go out of my way. I'm rather speaking of just reading them by default before running the thing. Who knows how many secrets may be hidden in the readme? Usually not many. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odenvard Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 Depends on what kind of readme it is, then. I'd stick by my general estimate of "most readmes", but VNs don't really have much to gain from said readmes. I have played a decent amount of RPG Maker h-rpgs, and translators for those often put important stuff in the readmes, or just make more useful ones. There was one such game that had a "translation notes" of some sort, and I read that. It was interesting to read, at least, and gave me a better understanding of why some parts of the game seemed slightly off in their translation. Basically, I read readmes for pretty much everything, but sometimes I can't read them, and sometimes I get the same information from elsewhere before the readme would have been relevant (such as readmes which are basically just installation instructions), though I suppose I skim even those readmes before realizing their uselessness. Not all readmes are equal, and readmes for pretty much any other sort of software is more important than readmes for VNs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamysyu Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 8 minutes ago, Odenvard said: Depends on what kind of readme it is, then. I'd stick by my general estimate of "most readmes", but VNs don't really have much to gain from said readmes. VNs themselves don't, but when it comes to fan-tanslation patches, then I almost always check them out. There can be some relevant information there about translation, and some patches aren't very easy to install if you don't know what you're doing. MaggieROBOT and Odenvard 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranzo Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 (edited) BAH!! Next you are going to ask me if I read the manual as well! God I forgot how annoyingly high pitched they all sounded Edited February 9, 2018 by Ranzo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Poltroon Posted February 9, 2018 Author Share Posted February 9, 2018 2 minutes ago, Ranzo said: BAH!! Next you are going to ask me if I read the manual as well! Hm. I only read the physical ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kabu Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 Only for translation patches really, as those can often be confusing to figure out without someone spelling it out for me. I do read manuals though as those can often be actually fun to read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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