Updated / New Character Sheets

[Bruno]

You beat me to it! That's freeking awesome! :D Oh boy oh boy oh boy I gotta play with this.

[tmedwards]

Announcing Phoenix 1.32 (requires GCA 4.0.371 or later).

Phoenix is always available from: http://www.motoslave.net/thom/gca/phoenix/

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Phoenix 1.32 highlights:

• Added a shield arc diagram to the armor diagram/paper-doll mode of the Defenses block (this feature requires GCA 4.0.383 or later). [1]
• Added, optional, support for printing charts describing the meaning of special notes within various fields of the Melee and Ranged Attacks blocks (default: disabled).
• Added support for parent/child groups to the Melee and Ranged Attacks blocks.
• Added support for the shortname() tag to most of the list-type blocks.
• Changed the default format of advantage-type traits to be closer to the GURPS formatting guidelines. The original formatting is still available via an option.
• Fixed bugs that would allow various list-type blocks to print child traits of incompatible types.
• Various minor fixes and adjustments.

[1] Only this feature requires GCA 4.0.383. Phoenix 1.32 will work with the previous update (4.0.371), but with this feature disabled.

[tmedwards]

Announcing Phoenix 1.33 (requires GCA 4.0.371 or later).

Phoenix is always available from: http://www.motoslave.net/thom/gca/phoenix/

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Phoenix 1.33 highlights:

• Added, optional, support for printing a symbol to identify defaulting skills in the Skills block (default: enabled). The symbol and its position are similar to that used by GCA, a lowercase D ("d") preceding the skill.

I had nothing else in the pipe, so rather than delay this feature you get a micro-update for the new year.

[tmedwards]

Announcing Bookish Layout 0.92 (requires GCA 4.0.371 or later).

Bookish Layout is always available from: http://www.motoslave.net/thom/gca/export/

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Bookish Layout 0.92 highlights:

• Fixed a bug that could make Ad/Disad-type traits fail to print footnote symbols under certain circumstances.

[tmedwards]

Announcing Phoenix 1.34 (requires GCA 4.0.371 or later).

Phoenix is always available from: http://www.motoslave.net/thom/gca/phoenix/

Note that with this release, in addition to the basic version there are two variants, a monochromatic color-scheme version and a special no-shield-arcs version.

• Phoenix: The basic version.
• Phoenix (Greyscale): A basic version variant with a more monochromatic grey color-scheme; it's not completely monochromatic though.
• Phoenix (No Shield Arcs): Special variant for Wine users having issues with the paper-doll's shield arcs diagram in the Defenses block. It removes the shield arcs diagram completely, so only download this one if you need it.

Comments are always welcome, but I'd particularly like to hear about the greyscale variant (e.g. would you like to see it continued, do you have issues with its current color scheme, etc).

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Phoenix 1.34 highlights:

• Added border styling options for checkboxes.
• Added, optional, support for marking traits that have unfullfilled needs or taboo conflicts in Advantage-type and Skill-type blocks in Quick View mode (default: enabled); these join the previous defaulting skill marker option, which works in both Print and Quick View modes. The markings and their positions are similar to those used by GCA, a uppercase P ("P") or an exclaimation point ("!") preceding the trait. Options to control their usage and styling, as well as that of the defauting marker, are found in the Font & Styling Options section.
• Changed the Melee and Ranged Attacks blocks column notes charts so that they may also be printed as single unified chart. The unified chart will print after whichever attacks block prints last.
• Fixed a bug that could make Advantage-type blocks fail to print footnote symbols on traits under certain circumstances.
• Various minor tweaks and adjustments.

[congo]

great stuff, as usual :). thx.

[The Gray Fox]

Originally Posted by tmedwards

Announcing a new export sheet: Bookish Layout (requires GCA 4.0.371 or later).

Bookish Layout is an export sheet that tries to export character data in a format that is relatively close to the official GURPS® format guidelines (note the emphasis on relatively). It has a few sheet options that can be set to alter its output; most notably an option to select the output medium (plain text, vBulletin forums, phpBB forums) which will add markup in the latter two cases.

Bookish Layout is always available from: http://www.motoslave.net/thom/gca/export/

PS: The initial release version is 0.90 as I intend to add at least one more selection to the output medium option and I'm still investigating tweaks that I can make to nudge the output closer to the format guidelines--any feedback on that would be appreciated.

I am REALLY stoked for this as it progresses. Add my "thank-you" to Bruno's!!!

[The Gray Fox]

Originally Posted by tmedwards

Announcing a new export sheet: Bookish Layout

The initial release version is 0.90 as I intend to add at least one more selection to the output medium option and I'm still investigating tweaks that I can make to nudge the output closer to the format guidelines--any feedback on that would be appreciated.

I'm not experienced with the code involved, but do have a sample character sheet format that I use. Not sure if it HELPS any.

http://cid-e29c9623bb9ea612.skydrive...odiSlayton.pdf

Edit: link seems to work now... fun with SkyDrive ;-)

[Bruno]

Originally Posted by The Gray Fox

I am REALLY stoked for this as it progresses. Add my "thank-you" to Bruno's!!!

This is all Thom's work. My only real involvement was apparently to provoke him into action :D

[The Gray Fox]

The PDF Character Sheet link (on Skydrive) is giving ME some problems, so I've posted a jpeg instead - stripped of all the "fancy" formatting I do. It's very close to the "book-type" format used by SJG, with the addition of a Points Summary, Totals in the Equipment section, and a summary of reaction modifiers in the Social section.

http://cid-e29c9623bb9ea612.skydrive...SlaytonUnF.jpg

Anything close - like the work Thom has already done - to the official format thrills me, since I can always fine-tune the formatting in doc form.

It's easier to view if you download... bigger is better. ;-)

Cheers!