 SR4A Editable Character Sheet, Has it been done? |
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  May 28 2009, 04:02 PM
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Target  Group: Members Posts: 7 Joined: 28-May 09 Member No.: 17,217  |
I've found a post from Catalyst that states that an editable SR4A characters sheet is on their To Do list, but not much else (this was posted back in March). I've already started working on adding all the fields (half-way done), but I had two quick questions if anyone can help.
1) Can I post here (or somewhere...) without getting in trouble with Catalyst? 2) Is it needed? Will anyone else use it? |
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May 28 2009, 04:17 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,706 Joined: 30-June 06 From: Fort Wayne, IN Member No.: 8,814 |
I've not seen the SR4A sheet done.
I just started a new campaign a couple weeks ago and the fillable PDFs for SR4 that were available were pretty sparse. There were only two sites that I found decent ones on (and I can't remember their URLs at the moment). One of my players ended up just making it fillable himself...somewhere over 400 fields, I believe, but we have to use Fox-It in order to save the form with the data in it. Soooo...I'd say it is definitely needed! Don't know who else would use it or if you'd get in any trouble... |
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May 28 2009, 08:39 PM
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Street Doc Group: Admin Posts: 3,508 Joined: 2-March 04 From: Neverwhere Member No.: 6,114 |
Yes please.
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May 28 2009, 10:40 PM
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Prime Runner Group: Retired Admins Posts: 3,929 Joined: 26-February 02 From: .ca Member No.: 51 |
Hey hey,
I had a volunteer offer to do this, and things have just been, ah, exceptionally crazy lately, and I dropped the ball on getting him the stuff. I'll jot that down on the Giant Sticky Note that is this week's TODO list, and see about firing the files off to him, so we can get the official one up. |
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May 29 2009, 03:49 AM
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Street Doc Group: Admin Posts: 3,508 Joined: 2-March 04 From: Neverwhere Member No.: 6,114 |
Sweetness! Any chance we could get one without the the (otherwise very nice) background? Its kind of a nit-picky thing, but that would make for easier printing. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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May 29 2009, 12:33 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,706 Joined: 30-June 06 From: Fort Wayne, IN Member No.: 8,814 |
I'd certainly be willing to have my group test it out.
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May 29 2009, 01:33 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 16 Joined: 15-May 09 Member No.: 17,172 |
A guy named Autarkis created an excel spreadsheet. Can't remember where it is on the web but the filename is "SR4Chargen_v4"
It is relatively easy to add a worksheet to his sheet that acts as a summary sheet (i.e. for printing) |
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May 29 2009, 01:44 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,706 Joined: 30-June 06 From: Fort Wayne, IN Member No.: 8,814 |
Not the same though. Some of us don't need/want a spreadsheet to calc all our points, we just want to fill in a PDF.
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May 29 2009, 02:29 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 170 Joined: 7-March 08 Member No.: 15,752 |
Personally I fell in love with Superspy's character sheet.
Awhile back I took the liberty of taking his PDF and making it editable. Superspy's website doesn't seem to be functioning at the moment. I'd sent them to him to host, but not sure if he ever did. I just checked and for some reason the original URL I had my editable version at is no longer functioning. Here is a new one. http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ddi2dzmzezt Enjoy! Let me know if there's any problems. About the only thing I think it's editable on the sheet are the ammo boxes. I also just noticed there's a couple errors on the condition monitor check boxes. I'll have to go back and fix those. SuperSpy Editable Character Sheet |
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May 29 2009, 02:30 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 8 Joined: 20-May 09 Member No.: 17,183 |
I thought there was already a SR4 Long Character sheet that is editable?!
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May 30 2009, 03:29 AM
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Street Doc Group: Admin Posts: 3,508 Joined: 2-March 04 From: Neverwhere Member No.: 6,114 |
QUOTE (Murrdox @ May 29 2009, 07:29 AM)  Those are very nice. Thanks for sharing!! |
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May 30 2009, 03:52 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,653 Joined: 22-January 08 Member No.: 15,430 |
QUOTE (Adam @ May 28 2009, 06:40 PM) Hey hey, I had a volunteer offer to do this, and things have just been, ah, exceptionally crazy lately, and I dropped the ball on getting him the stuff. I'll jot that down on the Giant Sticky Note that is this week's TODO list, and see about firing the files off to him, so we can get the official one up. Heh. I was going to write out a whole post of my take on the IP issues surrounding taking someone's published character sheet and making it editable without permission. I gave up after I realized I wasn't sure how it would come out, and it didn't feel like doing research. It's an interesting question, though. Publishing a character sheet is an implied authorization for people to copy and use it, that's what it's for. But when you release it in a locked format like .pdf, isn't that the opposite of a license to make it editable? But then someone from Catalyst said "yes, please do this for us," and that sorta solved everything (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif) |
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May 30 2009, 03:35 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 332 Joined: 19-September 05 From: Nashville, Tn Member No.: 7,761 |
lol i read eatable at first. i was rather confused.
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May 30 2009, 06:06 PM
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Prime Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,577 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Gwynedd Valley PA Member No.: 1,221 |
I have GOT to read the thread titles more carefully. I htought this was edible character sheets.
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May 30 2009, 06:10 PM
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The ShadowComedian Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,538 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525 |
me three ^^
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Jun 2 2009, 04:19 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,894 Joined: 11-May 09 Member No.: 17,166 |
QUOTE (Snow_Fox @ May 30 2009, 02:06 PM) I have GOT to read the thread titles more carefully. I htought this was edible character sheets. You too?! |
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Jun 2 2009, 03:31 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 126 Joined: 18-May 08 From: East Wind Member No.: 15,986 |
i just read "edible" too... i think maybe i need to eat a second breakfast
seriously, editable character sheet, great idea. edible not so much, my gaming groups always seem to have terrible luck with keeping track of their sheets, i can't see how accidentally eating them would help things any |
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Jun 3 2009, 02:13 AM
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Prime Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,577 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Gwynedd Valley PA Member No.: 1,221 |
all of a sudden, when the street sami says 'eat my shorts' a whole new option comes to mind
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Jun 10 2009, 10:16 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 10-June 09 Member No.: 17,266 |
QUOTE (Murrdox @ May 29 2009, 03:29 PM) Personally I fell in love with Superspy's character sheet. Awhile back I took the liberty of taking his PDF and making it editable. Superspy's website doesn't seem to be functioning at the moment. I'd sent them to him to host, but not sure if he ever did. I just checked and for some reason the original URL I had my editable version at is no longer functioning. Here is a new one. http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ddi2dzmzezt Enjoy! Let me know if there's any problems. About the only thing I think it's editable on the sheet are the ammo boxes. I also just noticed there's a couple errors on the condition monitor check boxes. I'll have to go back and fix those. SuperSpy Editable Character Sheet This sheet is totally awesome, thanks so much for making this. However, I do have one small problem that I'm hoping people can help me with. When I edit the PDF and save it using Preview (default OS X PDF software) the saved copy will no longer be editable! I tried using Adobe Reader but it will only let you save a blank copy of the form, no changes. Does anyone know of a PDF editor/viewer that can save the entered forms and still be editable after the save? Bonus points for OS X or cross platform, but if you know of a good Windows editor that will work to. |
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Jun 11 2009, 06:24 AM
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Street Doc Group: Admin Posts: 3,508 Joined: 2-March 04 From: Neverwhere Member No.: 6,114 |
jhy: what version of OS X are you using? I had the same experience with other editable pdfs using tiger, but I just upgraded to leopard 10.5.7 and can now save from Preview (version 4.2).
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Jun 11 2009, 07:45 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,290 Joined: 23-January 07 From: Seattle, USA Member No.: 10,749 |
I have a character sheet I made awhile back, which is editable by it's excel nature. It's a constant work in progress, you guys are welcome to use it if you like, or don't, whatever floats your boat.
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=92395cd...04e75f6e8ebb871 The main version is the .xlsx The pdf is correct, but not editable(don't have acrobat), and the .xls works properly in office 2007, but may have compatibility issues on other programs, namely colors and print size may be off. Always taking comments and suggestions. |
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Jun 11 2009, 04:11 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 10-June 09 Member No.: 17,266 |
QUOTE (Method @ Jun 11 2009, 07:24 AM) jhy: what version of OS X are you using? I had the same experience with other editable pdfs using tiger, but I just upgraded to leopard 10.5.7 and can now save from Preview (version 4.2). I don't know what I was doing wrong yesterday, but today it is working as expected. |
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Jun 12 2009, 12:38 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 7 Joined: 28-May 09 Member No.: 17,217 |
QUOTE (Adam @ May 28 2009, 05:40 PM) Hey hey, Any word on this, Adam?I had a volunteer offer to do this, and things have just been, ah, exceptionally crazy lately, and I dropped the ball on getting him the stuff. I'll jot that down on the Giant Sticky Note that is this week's TODO list, and see about firing the files off to him, so we can get the official one up. I worked quite a bit on doing it myself, but MY GOD. Adobe Live Cycle 8 - the program you do it with - moves like molasses even on my uber-pc. I'll keep going if you tell me it will be weeks or months until this is done, but I'd rather have an 'official' version. |
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