https://forums.obsidianportal.com/categories/feature-requests/p15/feed.rss Mon, 14 Sep 2026 11:30:02 +0000 Feature Requests Discussions on Obsidian Portal Community Forums en-CA https://forums.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1674/maybe-i-missed-it Thu, 16 Dec 2010 01:13:58 +0000 Duskreign 1674@/discussions
Thanks!

Duskreign]]> https://forums.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1578/feature-request-browse-campaigns-by-genre Sun, 17 Oct 2010 11:18:33 +0000 jacobkosh 1578@/discussions
I'm sure you can see the problem with this: to find superhero games, I would need to open browser tabs to show me the lists of games in Mutants & Masterminds, Champions/HERO, ICONS, Villains & Vigilantes, Truth and Justice, Marvel Super Heroes, DC Heroes, and of course look through the GURPS list to find any GURPS Supers games that happened to be hiding in the haystack. And, of course, those won't just return superhero games; one of the first results in Mutants & Masterminds is a Mass Effect game!

It seems like a reasonable way to help this would be to add a simple genre category to the main campaign information, like the drop-down menu we pick our game system in. Even some very basic categories like fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery, crime, war, superhero, western, historical, and cartoon would, I imagine, cover the vast vast majority of campaigns just fine. Prominently feature this somewhere on the front page and it would make it hugely easier and more fun to find exactly what I need.

I have no idea how easy or hard this would be to do - for instance, would tags be more feasible? Less? I've got no clue. All I can say is that whatever work you guys put into this would pay huge dividends in terms of the user experience for people coming in off the front page.]]> https://forums.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1598/sorting-npc-s-by-multiple-tags Tue, 02 Nov 2010 04:46:18 +0000 stephengingell 1598@/discussions
Is there a way to display a list of all and only high level elves, weeding out high level dwarves and low level elves?

Perhaps an option for a list of all characters with *every* tag specified or a list of all characters with *any* of the tags specified?]]> https://forums.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1591/thanks-it-s-the-little-things-that-count Fri, 29 Oct 2010 07:15:30 +0000 Black_Vulmea 1591@/discussions I believe mine is the lone _FB_ wiki on OP, "_Le Ballet de l'Acier_":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/le-ballet-de-l-acier, so it's not like gamers were banging on the volcanic glass doors for it, for which I appreciate the addition all the more.

It's a small thing, but I like that _Le Ballet_ . . . is no longer an 'other' system, and small things make a difference. If it helps me to find an interested player for my game, or if it makes another _FB_ gamemaster feel a little more welcome on OP, then in the end it turns out not to be so little after all.

For anyone interested in learning more about _FB_, I have a "wiki page":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaign/le-ballet-de-l-acier/wikis/about-flashing-blades on the system, including a link the Yahoo Group for the game.

Thanks again, OP.

- Mike aka Black Vulmea]]> https://forums.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1586/campaign-default-formatting Fri, 22 Oct 2010 21:06:30 +0000 Alatheon 1586@/discussions
I realize that different browsers and different systems will recognize (or not) different fonts, but maybe a drop down on the campaign settings menu with 5 or 6 different options would work. It's not the biggest or most pressing issue, but it would be nice to provide an easy way to tweak your appearance to fit the tone of your setting a little more.

While I'm on the subject, a few choices for default background and text color could be cool too.

I know diddly-poop about writing code. How hard would something like this be?]]> https://forums.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1579/feature-request-image-replacement Mon, 18 Oct 2010 05:38:50 +0000 gaaran 1579@/discussions https://forums.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1381/feature-request-wiki-wish-list Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:40:09 +0000 Hardhead 1381@/discussions
*1. A Navigation Panel:* God, it would be nice if there was a way to set one up one time and it be easy to put it in other pages. Most wikis have this functionality, and for good reason. This is by far the biggest one.

*2. View Source:* It'd be nice if, when going to another person's site, I could view their wiki's code. This button would be there in place of the "Edit" button if it wasn't my campaign. This would make it easier to learn how to format your page nicely.

*3. A Way To Put Code on the Wiki:* The forums have the "bc." textile command. Why can't that be acceptable to the wiki too? Even better, let us use the tag so we can do it for more than one line at a time.

*4. Turn Off Titles:* Most nicely formatted wikis format their own titles for pages, but that leaves the default page title hanging out in the top-left corner. I know this is doable, because you've done it for the Home page when viewed through the Home tab. I don't even need a way to selectively turn it off. One big switch for my whole wiki would be fine.

*5. HTML tables* I've gotten most of what I need to work through textile, but the fact that I have to format _each cell_ can be a huge pain in the ass when if I just used HTML I could have set the format once for the whole table.

*6. The Ability To Replace Images:* If I make a new version of an old image, I can delete the old one and upload the new one... but that breaks my old code. I'd rather just replace the old image altogether.]]> https://forums.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1550/cross-campaign-page-mirroring Sun, 26 Sep 2010 04:30:18 +0000 ChainsawXIV 1550@/discussions
*How It Works*

For two wikis, A and B, a totally transparent link can be created. A user creates a link on Wiki A, with the format [[Optional Link Text|Wiki B/Page Name]]. Users browsing Wiki A who click this link are shown a page on Wiki A, for which the database simply fetches the contents from the specified page of Wiki B.

Links on the page served up are converted in this way automatically, allowing entire page complexes to be mirrored on an as-used basis. The server needn't store any of this, just handle it when served up, although it could cache the pages to the second wiki to reduce processing at the cost of code complexity and storage.

If both campaigns are owned by the same user, users with editing rights on either wiki can edit the page. If not, the page can only be edited by users with rights on it's original home (Wiki B, in this example), to prevent this feature being used as a back door to editing pages without an appropriate invitation.

*What It Looks Like*

A link, just like any other wiki link. The less different the better.]]> https://forums.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1244/printable-version Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:40:55 +0000 DiceMasterNick 1244@/discussions Id like to be able to print off a couple of pages from my wiki without all the objects that appear at the top and right of the page (DM profile, advertisement, recent updates, ect). Notes how the editable content (the part the user creates) and the campaign banner are margined in; if we could just pop that out to full screen, it would be much more printable.
And this doesnt have to eliminate the effectiveness of the advertisement, because as soon as any link is clicked on from the "printable view" the format should return to the "normal view" as it loads the hyper linked page.

P.S. anyone have any ideas on how to print off a "neat" page in the mean time?]]> https://forums.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1465/character-story-filed-in-the-character-section Sun, 08 Aug 2010 00:24:14 +0000 Deucal 1465@/discussions Currently I'm posting them into the adventure log, but I would prefer to file them straight under the Character.

Also in Adventure log:
Text not available unless you click the link, then it opens up.

Intro
*link*

Click link and the text opens up beneath.

Not sure if I'm getting my point well enough written down, I have the image I want in my head but can't quite get the words right at the moment :/]]> https://forums.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1437/email-options Sat, 24 Jul 2010 21:46:09 +0000 dragnsteph 1437@/discussions
Is it possible to add an option that limits the email notification (which I think IS necessary, to prod the players into checking the site) to simply a one-line, so-and-so has updated whatever-page and a link? Just a checkbox on the email notification section, include full text of your post in email, yes no? Something like that. It would make my spam filter so happy.

Thanks,
Steph]]> https://forums.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1446/feature-request-image-uploader-folders Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:10:39 +0000 sandman 1446@/discussions
Since the devs mentioned _"look forward to future improvements where we]]> https://forums.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1440/wiki-and-character-tags Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:13:28 +0000 KingofVrock 1440@/discussions https://forums.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1436/char-sheet-uploads Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:28:06 +0000 Kennin 1436@/discussions We have a GREAT char creator, though, which saves the char sheets as xml pages. If I'd be able to upload these, I surely will really use this portal.
Like that, we could always just update the char sheet whenever they have been changed.]]> https://forums.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1342/feature-request-icons-game-system Sun, 23 May 2010 16:57:02 +0000 FifthWanderer 1342@/discussions https://forums.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1380/feature-request-a-few-map-requests Wed, 16 Jun 2010 04:33:35 +0000 MatneyX 1380@/discussions
1) There's no hard-edge to the maps, so you often see the edges of the image. I'm not sure if that's fixable with the current API, but it would be nice.

2) There's no option for a floating scale, legend, or compass, so you're forced to assume up is north, and you just hope that your players will head down to the bottom left corner to see what the scale is. Finally, if you have mystery symbols, they just get to guess. This could be fixed outside of the Google Map... allow simple editing on the page of the individual map so we can add text and images.

Otherwise, I'm stoked that this is even here.]]> https://forums.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1386/allow-offsite-images-for-use-in-character-sheets Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:47:22 +0000 MatneyX 1386@/discussions
So... I'd like to be able to select an image URL instead of being forced to upload the image.]]> https://forums.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1334/feature-request-campaign-forum-notification Tue, 18 May 2010 02:58:58 +0000 Hardhead 1334@/discussions https://forums.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1337/feature-request-minor-map-improvement Thu, 20 May 2010 14:48:30 +0000 Morrinn 1337@/discussions If you're not sure what I'm talking about it's this thingy over yonder:

"Picture":http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k268/I_Clavdivs/faq.jpg

I understand the map's are still a bit volatile, but seeing this feature is available at most other Gmaps, I'm sure it's possible.
Thoughts?]]> https://forums.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1240/static-divs-tables Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:19:12 +0000 bepnewt 1240@/discussions
Then, at the individual page level, a boolean checkbox to override each one of the 4 options so that it's not displayed if the page editer so chooses. This can be GM / Co-GM Only or anyone who edits the page. That could even be a Campaign-level config.

This will allow quick navigation menus, etc. that will be shown on every page.]]> https://forums.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1288/facebook-privacy-settings Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:33:22 +0000 WeeBaldGuyInRedRobes 1288@/discussions
Thanks.
David]]> https://forums.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1284/backing-up-campaigns Wed, 07 Apr 2010 13:32:44 +0000 Idabrius 1284@/discussions
The reason I worry is that I have updated a lot of things on OP that I have not updated in my paper notes, as they are now pretty much obsolete... but the OP is the only place I have this information.

Hope there is a way this can be arranged!]]> https://forums.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1138/revised-maps-feature Sun, 20 Dec 2009 03:34:10 +0000 ChainsawXIV 1138@/discussions https://forums.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1264/request-adventure-encounter-tool Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:22:30 +0000 Songwind 1264@/discussions
My idea of a good adventure management tool could:
* Store encounter descriptions
* Store hand-outs
* Allow map uploads
* Link encounters to map locations
* Link to existing wiki articles, characters, and items
* Make items visible to the players selectively. Hand-outs, maps (without encounter markers), descriptive text.

You can do something like this with the existing wiki tool, using GM-only pages. The problem is that there's no elegant way to reference your encounters, handouts, etc. If I used this site to create adventures as-is, I would soon have hundreds of pages, and my adventure pages would just be in the way for world-building, and vice-versa.

In addition, one cannot make one's maps gm-only, unless I missed a setting somewhere. So, using the map/tag feature to place your encounters would give the info away to your players.]]> https://forums.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1270/map-limitations Tue, 30 Mar 2010 07:51:38 +0000 VegasDM 1270@/discussions https://forums.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1267/comments Sun, 28 Mar 2010 20:57:56 +0000 DiceMasterNick 1267@/discussions
When you post a comment directly to someone's campaign, you have only the option to delete it and not edit it.
I suppose one could delete a comment and re-write/re-post but then the campaign GM receives two notification emails.
Why are edits allowed in every other area of OP but not here?]]> https://forums.obsidianportal.com/discussion/581/character-levels Sat, 20 Dec 2008 11:49:49 +0000 Finn_Quill 581@/discussions https://forums.obsidianportal.com/discussion/556/spoilerblock Fri, 07 Nov 2008 08:15:12 +0000 kaeosdad 556@/discussions https://forums.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1245/customize-map-marker-colors Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:18:14 +0000 Theoremancer 1245@/discussions
This feature would allow users to change the styling of map markers. This would allow the pins to be different colors so that GMs can mark different areas based on the type of location being marked. For instance:

* Blue for cities
* Yellow for the party's current location
* Green for quest destinations
* Red for the party's current quest destination
* White for historical landmarks
* Gray for geographic labels

*What does it look like?*

After placing a map marker, you can already click it to bring up a balloon containing details. Currently, this balloon only contains a link to the corresponding wiki page and a "delete" icon. You could add an "edit" icon in this balloon which brings up a separate dialog for editing the style of that marker.

This dialog could later allow changing other properties of the marker, such as the shape of the pin or its icon.

"Reference":http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/overlays.html]]> https://forums.obsidianportal.com/discussion/1043/request-editable-character-sheets Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:19:28 +0000 Iago 1043@/discussions