Character Creator Tool

vong · Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 11:34 am Post subject: Character Creator Tool

I know that someone else was working on a character creator, but he has gone AWOL, so i decided that i would have some fun and build it. i have a few things i wanted to learn how to do, so this sounds like a good oppertunity to do so. i should have GRY's alien stats parsed over the weekend (basically put in an excell format so its lined up vertically, and easy to make a database out of so you can pick any species in that book.

Then im going to try to set it so you can input your starting values (6d extra attributes, and 8d skill dice for example) and make the character from there. then you can store, update and such the character.

From there ill work on adding CPs and then updating a character. adding equipment and stuff.

So let me know what kind of things you would be looking for in a program like this, and ill see what i can do

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you can get it here! http://databank.yvong.com/SWChrCreat/

may need to install this if it is giving you an error
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=25437D98-51D0-41C1-BB14-64662F5F62FE&displaylang=en

if that odes not work - try the following :

If you are getting a "Component 'COMDLG32.LCX' or one of its dependencies not correctly registered: a file is missing or invalid" error, please download and install the following: http://databank.yvong.com/SWChrCreat/VB_Fix_libraryfiles.exe.
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Gry Sarth · Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 1:08 pm Post subject:

What you have set up is already excellent.
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cheshire · Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 8:42 pm Post subject:

So basically, you're making a D6 character generator for Excell? Cool. I've seen similar things for d20.

Correct me if I'm wrong, though, that the R&E states that you get 7D in skills and specializations. BTW, do you have any means of dividing up one of the D and turning it into 3D in specializations?

vong · Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 9:38 pm Post subject:

well, yes cause im not doing it in excell. I am going to make a program in VB (you will all get an EXE) ill whip up a layout to show you what it would look like when i get the database parsed properly Razz

**kicks gry's list**
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Gry Sarth · Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 10:04 pm Post subject:

Hey! Easy on the merchandise!
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cheshire · Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:06 am Post subject:

Okay, now this sounds like a good deal.

You asked about what you'd like to see included, how about instead I tell you the things I was dissatisfied with in the Roleplaying Assistant when I tried to use it for a D6 character? First, it really wound up being a character database. The program did not understand D6 creation rules as far as the min/max of attributes and distribution of skill dice. It required you to know all the rules yourself. (Which, I do, but when I get new players, they don't.)

I would be quite satisfied if your program really understood the intricacies of some of the more difficult species character creations. For some species it says "You get 2D for every 1D spent on [insert skill here] during character creation." If you could program your generator to understand those rules, that would be awesome!

vong · Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:35 am Post subject:

Yea, that is a bit further off from now. if all goes well, i should have as just a database of the characters and have it displayed like this
http://vong.unbrokenfellowship.com/SWChrCreat/
sample.exe is going to be the file for now.

Im just playing around with layout and such. and hard coded in humans to show you aprox what it would do

lol, i just rememberd i forgot the skills tab. So im thinking ill have the summery stuff on one tab, and the skills and such on a secondary tab, and then equipment on a 3rd tab, mabye force on yet another tab.

Im gonna keep working in it untill i get all the nuances of the game worked out, but yea it will eventually envelop all the rules of the game.

But i expect all of you to test it rigourisly when its done to find bugs and ways i can improve it Smile

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vong · Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:39 am Post subject:

PS - in gry's Alien stats book, how many different speiceis are named in it (exactly)
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cheshire · Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:41 am Post subject:

LOL! "They are pink and fleshy."

vong · Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:52 am Post subject:

in that same link above, there is an soFar.xls - it is what i have so far while parsing (to show you what i ment abuot makign a database out of it)

just swating the last few bugs, and errors in coding ive made (or at least trying to find them Razz

and yes, we are pink and fleshy Razz

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Krapou · Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 12:22 pm Post subject:

It could also be useful to have an indication on how much character points a PC or a NPC has.

I already made such a thing in an excel doument, and the formula is not too complicated :

if your attribute is (a)D+(b) (I mean, if your attribute is 3D+2, then a=3 and b=2) and your skill (c)D+(d), the total CP you need to go from the attribute level to the skill level is :

(3-b)*c+((a+c)/2)*(c-a-1)*3+c*d
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vong · Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 12:37 pm Post subject:

oh yea, that will be comming, dont you worry. This was just somthing i threw to gether in 5 minutes to start getting some feedback on layout. Smile

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vong · Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 1:08 pm Post subject:

ZMG i parsed his database Razz

http://vong.unbrokenfellowship.com/SWChrCreat/Alien_Stats.xls

This is what i ment by putting it all into excell.

*turns out my code worked perfectly, Gry just had multiple spelling mistakes that kept f*** up my script lol*

PS: 474 species in Gry's book, now going to be in my Calcualtor lol

*laughs evily*
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jmanski · Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 12:52 pm Post subject:

Will it be printable (IE a character sheet....)?
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vong · Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 12:41 am Post subject:

yep. Anyhting is possible Razz

you just need to ask for the feature and i can either program it, or say i dont want to. but prining is a good feature, so that sounds goood.
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