Hi again. Just went back to fiddle around with the DCRS again, but when I tried to create a new character I got this error:

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Okay -- here's the deal. Editting characters is going to be spotty. I'm working on adding functionality to the character record so things could go on and off.

What I've done so far:

All characters will now have a password that the GM can change. This password should be given out to only the player who "owns" the character. This will allow that player to log into the database simply for the purposes of editting their character and nothing else. They'll not have access to any other character, just their own. In order to get this working, I have to revamp some of the existent edititng systems.

Plus, I'm going to make it so that once you start editting a character you will remain editting that character until you (a) tell the system you stop or (b) start editing a new character or © close your browser. This should expidite the process because right now you always have to go back to "Edit a Character" on the menu and select your character over and over again.

Found a bug in the editting decking that I fixed. Also noticed a bug in the flash file that handls the spell editting (has anyone checked that out yet?). That fill will report that it can't load the lists if there's nothing in the table which does make sense if you think about it, but is a little annoying. I'll fix that later. Just putting it here so I remember.

CHARACTER EDITING DONE!

Okay, this bumps us up to 0.9.2. Why the extra .2? I've tested it pretty throughly and found a bunch of stuff to fix.

If you check out the character Gwyndlyn in my game. You can see the new character record's potential. Now you have a record for attributes, skills, spells, damage, edges & flaws, gear (carried and not carried), contacts, and combat and see it all on one page.

Further, the player can log into the character, provided that the GM send them the character editing password, and enter all the information themselves.

TO ANYONE WHO IS CURRENTLY USING THE SYSTEM: I strongly suggest that you do some character editing. Changes I made may have blown up the entire site again. I've tried to get everything working, but I'm just not sure. Also, change the passwords on your characters. Right now, the database automatically entered the same password for the characters. Therefore, it's a little too insecure for my tastes.

Enjoy!

I ran into a bug for ya.

When inputting skills, there is no option to have the linked attribute be Reaction (needed for vehicle skills).

,snip. Nevermind i found my problem

[snip] Mind telling me what it was?

I was trying to add a charcter with the same name (silly me, forgot I had added a few at first.)

btw, am directing my players from DS to edit their character info (just set them up fresh, with edit pw's etc. hopefully we'll break it real good for ya

Excellent! Break away. In fact, the more breakage the better! I just finished a different project and can get back to the DCRS for a few days. It's been quiet in my game, but so far, the players were able to log in and edit their characters.

I did notice teh dice roller gave me a page error, but it looked like a missing file. I'll see if I can do it again
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http://www.dashifen.com/dcrs/content/datab.../diceRoller.php

404 error, page not found

Yup, I see the problem. I can get that one fixed.


Fixed! I had a relative rather than absolute path. If you understood that, you get a virtual cookie

NPC Group Generator 0.5. Check it out. I'm looking for suggestions. Yes, I know cyberware doesn't check compatibility, yet. I just wanted to get a working prototype before I get nit picky. And, the magic rating of a character isn't reduced when cyberware is installed on an awakened person.

Right now it loads only spellcasters. I'd like to have it also make adepts eventually, but one step at a time.

Enjoy!

Are teh character info sections working fully, I'm not sure if my players have entered their skill info, but it's not showing up if they have. (they haven't responded yet if they did or not)

It was working for me and my characters. I'll check on it later today (I have to make changes to my stuff anyway )

Edit: Worked for me. They probably just haven't entered things yet.

[excuse]I had my human interface design exam last week and I reckon I botched it, so I'm going to take it out on you.[/excuse]

It would be nice to have a separate category for language skills, but I may be unique in having like 12 language skills (including R/W skills).

You might want to add functionality for multiple task pools. IE: Some characters have one from a cerebral booster, one from a chipjack expert driver, and one from an encephalon, each with different rules as to what they can be applied to.

It would be nice to get the drop-down menu of linked attributes to remember the last attribute used. Right now it resets back to body each time and, as there are less body-linked skills than for any other attribute, this means more work for the person entering data. If it sets back to the last one used each time then a well-organised user can enter his/her data efficiently.

[edit]Possibly make the edges and flaws page remember what was entered last too.[/edit]

I think the skills section of the character sheet is a bit narrow too, while the edges/flaws section is far too wide yet the area where the text goes is still too narrow. This is probably due to the fact that you've not really done that much work on it, but I thought I'd tell you anyway.

Oh yes, Great system Mr Dashifen. Aside from my whining above: it's a great system and I look-forwards to using it more often.

[edit]Went looking for more flaws, nothing major but a coupple of tips:
You migght want to add "D6" afer the initiative number. (I assume that number is supposed to be in D6)

The images next to the equipment items don't work right now.

It is possible to enter a description and options for the gear, but I can't figure-out how to access it.

I get this message when transfering gear between carried and non-carried gear:

You're awesome man ... most of these I was aware of and just haven't gotten around to, but I'll respond to some of your points later. I'm just getting up ... kinda spooky that before I do anything else in the morning, I check dumpshock

Ah. Thx. I had guessed that some of it might be known but decided to post it anyway.

BTW: the lecture notes and slides I learnt from can be found here if you're interested. If you spent a coupple of days avoiding reading through them (imagining you had an exam in a few days time) then that should put you at roughly graduate level of human interface design.

EXCELLENT! I took an interface design course, but it was focused on instructional designs, a subset of human interface design. *snatches the files* The scarey part is, I might enjoy this

One point: Handout 7 is actually a copy of handout 8, so you'll probably want to make-sure you grab the slides for lecture 7 so you have the complete set. It was a quite good course. Lots of it is logic and common sense but it helps you know where to start and what issues are important.

I took it all I have a proggie that grabs a whole website when given a base address. Handy for making mirror sites or downloading notes for classes.

Cool. Hope you enjoy.

I noticed on the equipment list, there seems to be broken image tags.

Looky Looky

Oh and the Dice roller is still giving my browser a 404 error

Mmmm, Clicky

Cool, never got to use anything like this.

I've made a game and randomly fiddled about some, so far no errors. I'll let you know if I get anything (that the others didn't already).

But so far, an ultimately cool concept. I tip my hat in your general direction

The NEW Dashifen Character Record System

Check it out if you want to see what everything will look like when I'm done

I just signed up, and when I try to log in I get this:

Not Found
The requested URL /new_dcrs/frames/content/database/proLogin.php was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.


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Apache/1.3.29 Server at www.dashifen.com Port 80

Right -- the new one doesn't work -- that's an example. You'll want to go to dcrs.dashifen.com to use the current version. Sorry for the confusion.

Aaaaah. Thanks.

"Picture yourelf on a boat on a river..."

Been a while since I posted any updates. I have a big one coming up Monday or Tuesday. I redesigned the entire site with, what I feel, is a much more userfriendly design. Also, I've coded a method to import character information directly from a .sr3 file coming out of mcmackie's NSRCG! I've tested it a little, and it's worked with everything I've thrown at it so far. However, I'm sure you'll break it.

All I need to do for monday is fix the attrocious character record display page with all those poorly spaced tables and badly displayed information. I should have that sort of stuff coded over the weekend and tested by Monday or Tuesday. Then, it'll all look nice and pretty and new for everytone. Won't put us at 1.0 yet since I have to write error messages for everything (oh god, that'll suck) before I think of it as a real release.

Projected things to do:
1) more generators and calculators
2) support for shapeshifters and drakes
3) other stuff as the need arrises

Just FYI.

So, will the .SR3 support mean my cyber and gear will show up properly?

Will it handle the carried/not carried checkboxes in the NSRCG?

Will it change the oil, rotate the tires, and fill the tank before bringing my car home?

I feel like that stupid tv commercial and all I can say is WOW!

I liked it before and it is even more schwag now.

LOVE the Maneuver Score Calculator especially since my group is just now getting into vehicle rules real heavy.


-Wolf

Tried to change one of my PCs into an NPC, got a page error, here is the url:
http://www.dashifen.com/dcrs/content/datab...des/pcToNPC.php

Sweet. it's like magic or something, I post and the designer moves to fix. if only MS was this responsive.

I just updated the old site with all of the new look. I haven't had a chance to test everything yet, though I noticed the code for my page titles isn't working. But, if you come across some other stuff, let me know!

Oops.

Oops what?

Edit: or do you mean the page titles? Yeah, that was dumb on my part. I coded it so that the page titles and some of the information for them is in the database so it would be easy to change without actually needing to change the website. However, all that coding was based off of the file name which had "new_dcrs" in the title. Therefore, when I replaced "new_dcrs" with "dcrs" everything broke down.

Across teh top of the Dice roller and a few other screens I get this:

f4ac9b5b78bab88e14ec99ea169bff28

in large bold text, is that supposed to be there?

Also, on the character screens, under contacts and under decking I get the same initial error, "expected ")" on line 14, and a prompt asking is I want to debug., I click no and go to the page. not breaking, just annoying.

Hrm.... the titles, yes I know about those. I have to update the database to handle the change over in names from new_dcrs to dcrs.

I'll check on the error you're getting. That's thrown from Internet Explorer, however, and not from my site, so it may not be something I can fix, but it should be. I'll get right on it.

Just keeping you in the loop

I appreciate it