SR4 Character Generator, Dev Started Options

[bahwi]

Hey, my SR4 Character Generator is being worked on but I'm making releases so people can see my progress and give me feedback.

So far all it does is Attributes and Races, it lists the skills but you can't purchase them yet. Let me know how you like the interface.

Also, this supports localization, so if anyone wants to translate it to their language let me know. You don't have to do any coding or know how to code.

Again, it's not done, not by a long shot. But everything is stored on a database then exported to a static file, so it's easy to add new races(variants when they come out), gear, skills, qualities, etc.. Although I'm only up to races and skills so far.

You need Firefox 1.5RC1 to use it, get it here:
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox

Once you've got that, go to:
http://www.hellhoundbarandgrill.com/sr4cha...hargen/install/

To install the program. Restart FF. Then to get to it, you just need to type chrome://sr4chargen/content/sr4chargen.xul into the Location bar(where you would type http:// url's).

To check for updates, you just go to Tools->Extensions->Find Updates.

It's not done, not by far, but I appreciate any feedback and any help.

It will, at some point in the future, run stand alone from Firefox. But right now, it's needed. You can run it in it's own window by doing this:

Start -> Run
firefox -chrome chrome://sr4chargen/content

But it looks really bad, I'm still working on it and that's not a priority at this time. It will have the ability to save/load characters, both in it's native format(which is just JSON, for all you in the know) and in an XML Format. I'll have an HTML output, which will bring up FF and the print window automatically.

I'm also considering using my server as a central DB store, so you can store your character online and your GM can get it. (You can subscribe characters to a game, your GM can see it, can give out Karma that way. GM can also see all characters in the game for quick ref). That's a lot more programming, and right now I'm concerned about getting the Character Generator part finished and working.

I'm trying to do at least one update a day, normally at night(I'm in Central US time).

Let me know what you think. I'm going to post updates here and at http://www.hellhoundbarandgrill.com/ at some point.

Data Entry for everything is the big hard part, if anyone is interested let me know. I've got one person who did the Skills and is willing to do more, but Gear especially is going to take a lot of time or people.