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cardvault@yahoogroups.com, Rob Bowes <rob@w...> wrote:
> My answers are interspersed below. Since your comments are focused
on
> relatively small details within the product, I'm going to assume
you were
> happy with the major changes in V1.1 and are just pointing out
refinements
> you'd like to see. If this is an invalid assumption, please let me
know
> otherwise. :-)
Yeah, looks pretty cool
>
> At 11:10 PM 3/5/2003 +0000, you wrote:
> >1. I still want to see named output formats.
>
> It's on the todo list. Unfortunately, we can't do EVERYTHING all at
the
> same time. I sure wish we could, but.... :-)
Any chance of seeing this anytime soon, or will this have to wait for
another six months?
>
> >2. Cardvault needs to remember what folder your decks are in by a
game
> >by game basis.
>
> You can easily do this by specifying what folder to save the decks
into. Or
> am I not understanding you correctly?
If I can specify a default directory to save decks into I am missing
it. If I open/save a deck to a folder, then switch to another game
system, it will remember the last place I saved/loaded from and not
just the game. As a result of this, I have accidently save Lord of
the Rings decks in my Game of Thrones folder and vice versa.
> >3. A nitpick issue, but when I was playing around with saving an
> >inventory XML, it used the title of my current deck in the default
> >name. Didn't seem to make much sense to me.
>
> That sounds like an oops.
>
> >4. I want like be be able to set Cardvault to use the target value
for
> >all versions of the same card
>
> You can do this with batch editing. Select the "no constraints"
values for
> language and style.
>
> Or do you have something else in mind?
That is not what I am getting at. For example, I would like to say
that I want 4 Gronks, but they can be any gronks, standard, foil, etc.
Thus then if I enter 1 foil Gronk and 2 normal Gronks, it would only
show an acquire of 1.
>
> >5. Don't know how exactly when card vault saves the inventory or
if it
> >periodicalyl checkpoints the data automatically, but I would like
to
> >be able to force a save.
>
> CV saves the inventory IMMEDIATELY when you make a change. Well,
actually
> it saves changes the moment to leave a record to do something else
(go to
> another record, change the filter, etc.). So the worst case you'll
run into
> is that CV doesn't save the LAST change that you made.
>
> CV automatically checkpoints the inventory data every time you load
a game
> system, maintaining a backup of the last two successfully loaded
inventory
> databases. Just in case you need to go back and restore.
Ok, thats cool then. Couldn't be certain, but I though I heard HD
accesses in that situation.
> >6. For selection required tags in a group, I would like an invert
option.
>
> It's in there. Click on the little triangle button next
to "Required Tags".
> Select "Exclude Selected Tags".
If I select it,all the check boxes clear, and all the clear boxes
get "don't"-ed. For the effect I want, I want the checked boxes to
get "don't"-ed (or checked boxes to uncheck and vice versa).
Where this came up was in Lord of the Rings. For the various culture
cards, they come in two formats. The allies and companians have the
card name on top, the rest of the culture cards have the name along
the top left edge. I keep my cards sorted by these two types to make
it easer to find cards. I want to select allies and companians in a
particular culture, manage my inventory, hit the invert button to
select all the card types I had not selected before.
>
> >7. The what's new list indicates the card view has arrows to
navigate
> >to next/previous card. Don't see 'em.
>
> Currently, the arrows only allow you to cycle within the deck
construction
> lists - not the inventory - so they aren't visible within
inventory. If you
> want to see complete inventory data, you can use the Accessory
Window for
> showing card info. See the Settings menu.
>
> We'll add this to the inventory window in the future.
I didn't see it anywhere, inventory or deck construction.
> >In any case, I would like to
> >see two sets, one as it supposedly supposed to work, and another to
> >cycle to different version of the current card.
>
> I'll put this on the todo list.
>
> >8. i would like to specify information to appear both in the grid
and
> >the card detail box.
>
> Please explain. I think I understand what you're asking for, but I
don't
> want to make rash assumptions.
If I specify columns and sequence of information, I can either have a
particular piece of data show up in the grid, in the info box, or not
at all. I am going to modify this request and 9 before to be able to
independately control both, instead of tying them together like this.
What I am trying to acclomplish is to show ALL data relevant to game
play in the card view box even if it is already showing in the grid.
This is a lot more important in the deck construction card view
window than the inventory version.
>
> >9. I would like to specify an indepent sort order for data in the
card
> >view box in the inventory (since this one shows everything).
>
> Do you mean "sort" order or do you mean sequence of fields? If the
former,
> I don't understand. If the latter, then I believe this uses the
order
> specified in the view (but I'm not sure of this). I'll add the
latter to
> the todo, since I'm pretty sure that's what you mean.
> >10. It would be nice if the grids emphasized every three 3 lines in
> >some fashion. Would help in reading data across a row.
>
> Duly noted.
>
> >11. Would like to see the documentation in a single PDF file.
>
> Our plan is to get that put together as a separate download.
Yay. Having it in a single file makes searches a lot either. Either
PDF or a windows help file would work for this.
> >12. This isn't a cardvault problem, but a plea to the various db
> >authors. In situations where the are multiple versions of the same
> >card, have an identification field that shows how to recognize
which
> >version (a quick description of card art, copyright date, etc.)
>
> In defense of the data file authors, this information is
unfortunately very
> hard to come by. And I've yet to see this information available
anywhere as
> part of electronic versions of complete card information.
Consequently,
> getting this info into the data files will be a very time-intensive
> process. As the data files become more mature, I expect you'll see
this
> info starting to appear. But my guess is that this info is going to
be one
> of the last things you see appearing due to its nature. The authors
are
> going to focus first on adding the most information to the files as
> possible in the shortest timeframe.
Probably made that a bit stronger than I meant to. Just something I
wanted to bring to db authors minds if they hadn't considered it. I
agree it is a low priority item.
>
> Thanks, Rob
>
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> Rob Bowes (rob@w...) (559) 658-6995
> Lone Wolf Development
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