Lone Wolf Development Forums - Realm Works 1.0.9 and 1.0.10

A new release of Realm Works is now available, and includes a number of enhancements for all Realm Works users! This release is also a major step towards the release of Player Edition, and introduces a large portion of the Player Edition functionality to the Beta team. Beta team users, please try it all out, report any issues you run into, and give us feedback in the Beta forum.

Below is a list of some of the significant changes in the newest release. You can find additional enhancements and a list of bug fixes in the Release Notes within Realm Works.

Enhancements For All Realm Works Users

Introduced new “Sources” groupings to both the Topics and Articles content views. These groupings always appear at the top of the list and are intended to contain new “Source” categories (see below).
Introduced the “Story Source” and “Mechanics Source” categories that belong within the corresponding “Sources” grouping (see above). These categories always appear at the top of the list and are intended for use as the entry point for published/shared content, such as adventures, rulebooks, etc. Topics and articles derived from these categories are not allowed to be contained by other content.
Introduced the “GM Synopsis” category, which is used to present overview material for the GM regarding an adventure or other story-focused content when published/shared.
It’s now possible to create a contained topic via the right-click menu on a topic in the navigation pane.
The release notes now include a history of the past many releases in addition to the current release.
Account creation now requires double entry of the email address as a safeguard against inadvertent typos.

Enhancements For The Beta Team

Beta team members now have access to various features that are specifically designed for having players join into realms. There is no separate Player Edition version for players yet, although GMs can utilize the full product to invite each other into realms but not yet operate as players within each other’s realms. Basically, it’s the beginnings of Player Edition so we can get feedback and test how things are working.
There is a new “Player Mode” button in the ribbon bar for GMs. Toggling this button enters a preview mode where the GM can see the content the same way that his players will see it within Player Edition.
The Manage Account interface has a new Privacy Options section that allows users to control what personal information is shared with other members of realms in which they participate as players and GMs. At the moment, these settings are not being honored yet, but they will prior to the official release of Player Edition.
The Home tab of the Launch Dialog now contains a summary of all invitations and private discussions across all the various realms in which you are participating, all grouped by realm. It’s also possible to reply to messages here, as well as accept invitations and the like, provided you are logged into the server.
The Manage Realm interface now has a section entitled Invitations, which is where GMs can manage the invitations of players into their realms and monitor the status of those invitations.
The Manage Realm interface now has a section entitled Members, where GMs can manage all the members of their realm.
The current set of behaviors that are supported with regards to managing the members of your realm include:
- Inviting a user to be a player – Once an invitation is issued, the GM can revoke the invitation or the other user can either accept or decline the invitation.
- Players can leave a realm after they have accepted an invitation.
- GMs can drop a player after that player has accepted an invitation.
- GMs can suspend a player and reinstate the player.
- Any member interaction includes the option for discussions between the two parties via comments.
Inviting a user to participate in a realm can be accomplished with either the user’s account name or his email address.