Newbie professor tips

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case "/welcome_page.php": $tip=array('
hello,
i am your '.$racename[$race].'-professor.
i will give you hints throughout the game');
break;

case "/research.php": $tip=array('
you can research one technology at a time. 
to start a research, click on the picture
next to the researchtime',
'a good research for a start is to research a vessel scan',
'if you research a basic research, 
you will get more options to research.
have a look at the <b>tech-tree</b></b> in the <b class="norm"><b>manual</b></b>'
);
break;

case "/alliance.php":  $tip=array('when you start playing you automatically join one of the two starter alliances <i>Twilight Force</i> and <i>Imperial Guild</i>');
break;

case "/probes.php": 
	// the array can have inbase, ontheway or working probe ids in it
	// (for at home, on the way to a place or reached its target)
	#$tip[]=strip_tags(svar_dump($newbiehelpdata[probes]));
	$tip[]="
you need probes to find out whats going on around your planet.
with an investigation probe you find other players, that you can attack or get friends with";
	if ($newbiehelpdata[probes][inbase][12]) $tip[]='
for the beginning choose a target of about 20 sectors away from your planet for your investigation probe.
once it reached its target, you can destroy it. the communication links will stay in your com-screen
	';
	if ($newbiehelpdata[probes][working][32]) $tip[]="
you can destroy your SETI scan now. 
all players and planets found are stored in your com-list.";
	#if ($newbiehelpdata[probes][working][14]) $tip[]="dsp";
break;

case "/irc/irc.php": $tip=array(
'the IRC-Chat is chatroom where you can directly talk to other players
that are in the room at the moment'
);
break;

case "/com.php": $tip=array('
already scanned players stay in your comlist here. once you have validated 
the coordinates, their coordinates appear in a gray color',
'click on the name of a player to send a message to that player',
);
break;
case "/com_planets.php": $tip=array('
some pre-warp worlds have some sorts of ships or technologies,
so you might want to send a fleet to them to check them out. 
');
break;
case "/statistics_ships.php": $tip=array('here you see all the statistics of the games ships. such as, the average amount players have and such
');
break;
case "/preferences.php": $tip=array('here you can set various options for the game, change your password, add an avatar and many more...
');
break;

case "/hq.php": 
$tip=array('tip: don`t give out your cords to just anybody, 
make sure you can trust them first.',
'if you want to join an alliance ask other players in the com 
screen or in the irc-chat',
'when you had a battle with someone, you can see if they were 
in an alliance or not in the <b>battle history</b>',
);
break;

case "/view_colony.php": $tip=array('
fly to this colony with some troop transports to attack, conquer or enforce this colony');
break;

case "/view_battlereports.php": $tip=array('
most important that you gained a positive score in the battles you had');
break;

case "/fleets_top.php": $tip=array('
type the destination coordinates into the three boxes at the top. when you reach the target and there is an enemy fleet, you will automatically fight against it',
'if you attack inactive players you learn a basic fight, but the real challenge is to battle against other active players');
break;

case "/production.php": $tip=array('everybody has about the same amount of manpower',
'you get manpower free again, if you recycle ships or loose them in battles',
'if you loose ships in a spacebattle there are new people employed at your home base, 
so then you have the manpower free again.');
break;

case "/ships_on_planets.php": $tip=array('if you just started, on these 
planets you can get ships, that you cannot build otherwise.
fly to one of the coordinates and pick up some sophisticated technologies');
break;

case "/alliance_history.php": $tip=array('when you battle someone, you can come here to see if they were in an alliance or not.');