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Character Tab Requests
There are a couple things with the Character Tab that have bugged me for a little while now and I was wondering if its the kind of thing we'll ever see.
First, when I sort by a Tag all the other Tags vanish from the list. If, for example, I wanted to see at a glance all the Elves in my game the list would come back but any tags that indicate their class wouldn't show.
Second, I was wondering if it's possible to allow some sort of sort by tag feature. So I could tell the tab my priority and it would sort my list with headers by the selected tag. For example, I could select Elves, Dwarves, and Gnomes and any NPC tagged with those tags would get a header section (similar to the current Player Characters and NPCs headers) while everyone not selected would just be listed under the NPCs header.
Lastly, there is a decent amount of white space in the character tab section. Any thoughts to dropping either the Quick Description or the first part of another section on the tab list as a bit of a character excerpt? That way I could see my notes at a glance too.
This is all little things that would make my life, in a game with 70 characters and growing, so much easier.
First, when I sort by a Tag all the other Tags vanish from the list. If, for example, I wanted to see at a glance all the Elves in my game the list would come back but any tags that indicate their class wouldn't show.
Second, I was wondering if it's possible to allow some sort of sort by tag feature. So I could tell the tab my priority and it would sort my list with headers by the selected tag. For example, I could select Elves, Dwarves, and Gnomes and any NPC tagged with those tags would get a header section (similar to the current Player Characters and NPCs headers) while everyone not selected would just be listed under the NPCs header.
Lastly, there is a decent amount of white space in the character tab section. Any thoughts to dropping either the Quick Description or the first part of another section on the tab list as a bit of a character excerpt? That way I could see my notes at a glance too.
This is all little things that would make my life, in a game with 70 characters and growing, so much easier.
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Options for additional sections would be great. Hero's and Villains etc.
It would be nice if you could make some as deceased or departed so that they were kept to a separate category (similar to how PCs are right now) and it was easier to scan through the currently relevant characters.
I also thought that it would be nice if some sort of organogram was possible that you could tie characters (and/or Wiki pages into). Some Vampire: The Masquerade books used to make very good use of these for describing political groups and the links between characters. Here is a good example: http://newtonrocha.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/mapa-relacionamentos-white-wolf.jpg
Or, failing that, a list at the bottom of each wiki and/or character page of all the other wiki/character pages that reference it.
I freely admit I've little idea how much work it would be to introduce either of these ideas, but I thought I might as well voice them.
killervp
"A God...Rebuilt":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/a-god-rebuilt
Duskreign's "COTM for November 2011":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/wyrmshadow/wiki_pages/112011
Just trying to help out.
"Dresden Files Dallas":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/dfd
"FATE Pendragon Dramatis Personae":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaign/spiritofthependragon/wikis/people
(This isn't a campaign I'm running so much as something I'm doing for fun to practice with my CSS)
This is one example of how going pure wiki enables you to present a TON of data with a custom layout. In this one character list I show general attitude to the party, name, brief info, picture(s), gender, and whether or not it's a PC or NPC. This is basically the same NPC listing code I used in my "Dresden Dallas game":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaign/dfd/wikis/guest-stars - just refined a bit more. If this were to one day turn into a real campaign, I would link another wiki page with game stats (a record sheet) off one of the pictures (either the blazon or the character portrait).
...also, is Sir Ywaine Owen Wilson?
Also, I object to Merlin not being Sam Neil.
killervp
"A God...Rebuilt":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/a-god-rebuilt
Duskreign's "COTM for November 2011":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/wyrmshadow/wiki_pages/112011
Just trying to help out.