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Game Coding Complete missing Chapter 6!

Started by Shakedown Mar 24, 2008 at 1:01 AM 7 replies 1.4k views
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Shakedown
Shakedown
I just realized, my copy of Game Coding Complete, Second Edition by Mike McShaffry is missing the entire Chapter 6. It's in the Table of Contents, and the page numbers in the book jump over Chapter 6. I bought this book on Amazon and I'm missing an integral chapter of the book! Is anybody else missing Chapter 6? Who should I contact to get a new book with all the chapters? The publisher, PARAGLYPH PRESS?
AIDev
AIDev
Return it to Amazon, tell them it was defective, and ask for another copy.
daviangel
daviangel
Yeah it happens. Look at when the last Harry Potter book came out some people were missing the last chapter!
Potter spell broken for fans with missing pages


[Edited by - daviangel on March 25, 2008 6:57:20 PM]
[size="2"]Don't talk about writing games, don't write design docs, don't spend your time on web boards. Sit in your house write 20 games when you complete them you will either want to do it the rest of your life or not * Andre Lamothe
Shakedown
Shakedown
Haha, oh man, that must've caused a huge uproar.

I emailed the seller and requested a full refund as well as a refund for the return shipping fees. They accepted and apologized.

Then, I ordered the book again from Amazon because when I bought it 2 weeks ago they were all selling for over $100 (which is what I paid), but now they're selling for $45 new! Hopefully I get the whole book for $45, then this missing chapter will turn out to be a blessing in disguise (I saved $60!).
polymorphed
polymorphed
How ironic that a book called "Game Coding Complete" was incomplete and lacked a whole chapter [smile]
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guywithknife
guywithknife
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Original post by polymorphed
How ironic that a book called "Game Coding Complete" was incomplete and lacked a whole chapter [smile]
That made me laugh.

evolutional
evolutional
Isn't that the chapter on how to make MMORPG games...? :p

It's a shame the McShaffry website is down, I enjoyed that book.

Shakedown
Shakedown
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Original post by downgraded
Isn't that the chapter on how to make MMORPG games...? :p

It's a shame the McShaffry website is down, I enjoyed that book.


No, it's the chapter on the Main Loop.

The McShaffry site is working for me.
daviangel
daviangel
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Original post by Shakedown
Quote:
Original post by downgraded
Isn't that the chapter on how to make MMORPG games...? :p

It's a shame the McShaffry website is down, I enjoyed that book.


No, it's the chapter on the Main Loop.

The McShaffry site is working for me.

It was working for me too about a week ago when I last visited and he still keeps it up to date. Might've changed url's though since I bought the book?
I just did a google search for the site.



[size="2"]Don't talk about writing games, don't write design docs, don't spend your time on web boards. Sit in your house write 20 games when you complete them you will either want to do it the rest of your life or not * Andre Lamothe

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