(03-24-2011, 04:50 PM)Saiki Wrote: Try finding cheats for other systems, incluing dolphin and say PCSX2 is hard.
There are MULTIPLE tools and tutorials to make this easier
This is true. But, those tutorials are not written very well for newbies. I looked at pretty much every tutorial for cheating on this forum last night, and it still took me 4+ hours to finally get it. I'm not an average level user either. I've used similar systems before, had experience with several different coding languages, and done some memory editing and Database coding with Oracle SQL.
The fact that it took me 4+ hours should be a testament to the fact that the current system is too complicated. Just because Dolphin and other systems are more complicated, doesn't make PCSX2 any less so.
The main cool of UI design is to make things easy for newbies. A person shouldn't spend less then an hour learning the features needed to accomplish what they need. I'm being very gracious by saying an hour to, commercial products run on the idea that a user should be able to find what they want and do it within' 10 minutes. Even with previous knowledge required to use PCSX2, it's still quite a steep learning curve.
Given the target audience is gamers, it's not really up to par yet. Its a suggestion to be taken into consideration for future releases, before the inevitable final stable release. Finally, in regards to tutorials. Most of the tutorials assume to much about the reader. An above average computer user probably isn't going to be familiar with niche software such as whats used to convert Codebreaker codes to RAW. All the tutorials on this forum assume far to much about the reader. Its wise to write up tutorials like your viewer has NEVER used the software before, or done what you ask. To often I've found tutorials here missing simple things, such as, "Tick this checkbox" or "Type this in", simply because the writer assumed it would be obvious. Its not, and in often cases, even the most experienced computer user can forget about something obvious.
Before you can say "We have tutorials on the forum, read them.", the current tutorials need a massive rewriting to cover everything required, step by step. With Screen shots. Because the reader is an idiot.