Fillable Planet Log?

[KageRyu]

The Prototype is well under way (about 90% done with basic layout and forms...just need to polish it up and give it some style).
A few questions. I am making this prototype a mix of text fields and drop down choices. There are 2 categories I would like to get some input on. Should I make Government and Planet Function text fields, or drop down lists, or both (I.e. a drop down and text box for notes for each one)?
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[Whill]

[KageRyu]

The basic layout is done. The fields are set up. Just need to do some fine tuning and debugging. I was hoping to get some done today, but an unexpected trip to the ER wasted my day and left me not in a constructive frame of mind.

I will try to have the prototype done this week.
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[Whill]

[KageRyu]

Tomorrow, hopefully, I am going to give this another once over, and hopefully it is ready for me to recruit a couple of testers to take a look at it, play around with it, and make suggestions. Ran into a few issues here and there, and my need to ultimately make this 2 pages instead of one... but we will see.

Any volunteers? And how would I get you the forms to test?
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[Whill]

[KageRyu]

The prototype is ready for some testing and feedback. Those interested PM me and I will send a temporary link.

Edit: I only ask that those who test it keep in mind, this is my first attempt ever at making a fillable form of any kind and the skillset is completely new to me. I am learning as I go. So, while input is welcome, please do not be excessively critical. Constructive input and ideas are most helpful, what to add, what might need changed or removed. If permissible with the thread OP we can discuss it in this thread. Some things are limited by the software, some things I need yet to figure out.

I feel it is usable in it's current form, but far from perfect.
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[Whill]

It's ok to discuss it here. I think it is a quite amazing first stab at making one of these!

I like your addition of more info on where the system is. I would combine your Location and Sector into one open-text field more generally named as Sector/Region. Open text because there are more places a planet/system could be that are not uncharted. And some regions in Star Wars aren't organized into sectors.

I like the additional gradients for Gravity.

I like the Terrain breakdown.

For Tech Level, I like how you addressed the WEG Space/Hyperspace discrepancy by having both options (and naming the latter Interstellar).

If you're able to left justify the open text fields, with a space after the colon or vertical line, I think that will look better.

Some of the drop-down and open text fields aren't horizontally lined up with the category text, so the selection/text renders high or low. If you are able to adjust that, that would look better.

If it would be easier to eliminate the drop-downs and have them all be open-text, that would be fine.

My test system completely filled up the system data at the bottom, and a couple of the moon fields (I think the 5th and 7th down) kept rendering my number entry as really tiny font size, 4, at first. But I kept fiddling with them eventually and got them to look like the rest (font size 8).
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[KageRyu]

Overall I based this sheet on the Capsule for planets in the SW Writer's Style Guide as I did not have the sheet you referred to in the opening post. I did make some changes based on my own years of running various sci-fi games and in use in my own campaign as well as some things that were discussed in detail in various places here in the pit hoping they would be well received. I have always separated Interstellar tech from general space tech. I am glad you liked these changes.

[Whill]

10 orbits are probably enough for most GMs. If you are going the two page route, you'll have plenty of room for more lines there and more space for a longer Capsule section.

Here are the main regions of the galaxy that have systems that are part of the Republic/Empire, from the Core out:

Core Worlds
Colonies
Inner Rim
Expansion Region
Mid Rim
Outer Rim Territories

Here are some other regions:

Deep Core
Unknown Regions
Wild Space
Rishi Maze
Other Satellite Galaxy
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Did anything ever happen with this?

I've looked around the library but can't find anything.
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