Including version numbers in the tutorial videos

TakuikaNinja

Active member
I've noticed there's been quite a few instances of newcomers being confused by the conflicting information provided in tutorial videos meant for different versions of NESmaker. For example, the tutorial videos for 4.5.X and 4.1.X have no clear distinction between their respective videos despite the fact that major changes happened between these versions.
I was thinking that including version numbers in the videos (e.g. title, thumbnail, etc) would help clear up the confusion.
What does everyone else think of this?
 

dale_coop

Moderator
Staff member
Yeah, totally agreed with that :)
Same reason why I want people specify the version number in the title of their issue/scripts topic...
 

Jonny

Well-known member
Do you mean the official tutorial videos or user tutorial videos? Some of the official YouTube videos probably cause the most confusion because the older ones generally appear first in search. Maybe the launch banner needs to give louder instructions to goto the official website to learn.
Regarding new posts/topics... some threads seem to transition into newer versions from old, for example "How do I do this same thing in 4.5" written in 4.1 tutorial. In those cases would you prefer a new topic to be started then linked to in the old post?

It sometimes confusing for people who are expecting tutorials to be for older versions, not just newcomers.
 

dale_coop

Moderator
Staff member
Being confused between old and recent tutorials (video or written) is kinda easy. So, it will help if it's clearly written in the titles.
I saw a few members using the 4.5.9 and old tutorial videos from the YouTube channel. And they don't understand why it doesn't work as the video.
 

Jonny

Well-known member
In some ways it would be better if updates were compulsory and in others ways not.
I wonder if there will ever be a definitive version. Say NesMaker 5.
 
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