08-02-2013, 06:53 PM | #21 |
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Re: Hero Lab support?
Myself also. I don't feel like doing all the work to get a GURPS version of Hero Lab if it can't be distributed.
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08-03-2013, 01:56 PM | #22 | |
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This includes the iPad version, which is the bit that makes it leaps and bounds better than almost all character-tracking stuff that's shown up on iOS. |
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08-03-2013, 02:22 PM | #23 | |
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08-03-2013, 02:26 PM | #24 |
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Re: Hero Lab support?
Meh. I don't really care if it has rules text or not (I don't use the text in Hero Lab as a reference anyway, as it's often from early drafts that don't matched published text). I'd like a version of GCA that is as stable as Hero Lab, and that has the in-game tools. That's about it.
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08-03-2013, 02:29 PM | #25 | |
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Re: Hero Lab support?
Having used Lone Wolf's Army Builder since it first came out I can say I've never been a fan of their yearly fee to use it.
If the license fee was reasonable and it was offered on Android (not evil Apple) I would try it but I'm happy with GCA
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08-03-2013, 02:32 PM | #26 |
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08-03-2013, 03:12 PM | #27 | |
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I'm thinking about actually getting into the programming of GCS because I've found a number of things I'd improve about it. For one thing I would really want to be able to increase the size of the text on the screen so my old eyes can actually read the darn thing. I also want to put it on my tablet for my players. I would at least like to hear from people about what they'd like to see in a useful GURPS app of this kind. For me, some items that I find I really want are
That's all I have right now. GCS does some of this, but not all of it. GCA's printing is wonderful, but a pain to set up. I'm sure that everything on my list is doable, but I don't know how easily it can be done. If anybody has any features they'd like to see in a GURPS character editor/play aid, please respond. If we get a good list, I can organize it and send it to Arman. Or maybe I'll program it for free for just the exercise or to see if I can sell it to SJ Games. Who knows... I used to be a very good programmer 10 years ago.
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08-03-2013, 03:55 PM | #28 |
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08-03-2013, 04:23 PM | #29 | |
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GCS seems to have decent, but not perfect data files. Either that or I corrupted mine by accident. I haven't looked into the source data files, but they are useable with some omissions/errors in the Martial Arts traits. I've had to enter a few techniques, but nothing major. One thing I want to do is to make a way to enter a wildcard skill and automatically link it to the important combat skills. For example, the Gun! wildcard skill could be linked to the various skills covered under this skill so that when the player moves a gun into his equipment list, the proper values could be set up such that the new gun is entered into the ranged weapon table. I have a work around for now that I don't think will work in GCA as it involves skill containers and sub-containers (folders, basically). If somebody wants an explanation, I'll be glad to write it up if anybody is interested.
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08-03-2013, 04:24 PM | #30 |
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Re: Hero Lab support?
GCS has a library of traits to input. In my experience it works well to write up the character sheet but you still have to go calculate damage by hand in most cases.
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