Custom Separators - Page 2

Paragon · May 29th, 2015, 10:06 PM

I can probably replace computers and communications with Electronics and Fuel, but it still means I have to go back and adjust all the former (there are only two Fuel entries), and I haven't checked if there are any others. Meh.

None the less, as always, thanks for the help, gents.

SeeleyOne · May 29th, 2015, 10:18 PM

Just remember to check the "No Standard Gear?" box on the Setting Adjustment. Otherwise it will look kind of stupid.

Paragon · May 30th, 2015, 06:42 AM

I have to remember to do that with all the gear I'm making for that setting anyway.

SeeleyOne · May 30th, 2015, 08:50 AM

Something that I do at times when I am making a bunch of something that has settings that I want to use is to make a template. Then I duplicate that and fill in the rest. This helps me to not forget to pick different things. I name it something like AATEMPLATE sp that it is at the top of the list and I don't have to search for it.

Paragon · May 30th, 2015, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by SeeleyOne

Something that I do at times when I am making a bunch of something that has settings that I want to use is to make a template. Then I duplicate that and fill in the rest. This helps me to not forget to pick different things. I name it something like AATEMPLATE sp that it is at the top of the list and I don't have to search for it.

Well, for a lot of this, I'm essentially duplicating some piece of standard gear that just changes name or has a minor difference, so its not necessarily attractive to have to do it from the ground up. In other work, I'm making a copy of a prior added item so that ends up having that effect de facto anyway.

Paragon · May 30th, 2015, 06:28 PM

And done. Its not ideal; to get the sorting the way they actually do it in the Broken Earth book I'd have to have retagged all kinds of things, but at least I've got an entry for Electronics, Fuel and Super Drugs.

zarlor · May 31st, 2015, 04:10 AM

Yeah, I don't normally bother re-tagging all the categories just to get a sort like it is in a book, either. Just too much work. I tend to just stick to using the defaults where I can, generally, and retagging when I can't.

Paragon · May 31st, 2015, 08:49 AM

I notice there seems to be no way to delete a new category once you add it, either; since it doesn't have a separator its not showing and is basically harmless, but that's a bit of pointless cruft in the datafile now.

SeeleyOne · May 31st, 2015, 11:39 AM

Open your user file with a notepad program. Search for that name and look for it. Everything that the editor creates will be somewhere in that file. Then just erase where it is created and/or referenced. Save the file and you are done.

I used to use notepad all of the time. It is great when I just want to make copies of an item and make a slight change to it several times. Now I use Visual Studios, but notepad worked just fine.

Paragon · May 31st, 2015, 12:54 PM

Yeah, I thought of that later; I've got GetDiz just for that kind of purpose.

Paragon Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 874 May 29th, 2015, 10:06 PM	I can probably replace computers and communications with Electronics and Fuel, but it still means I have to go back and adjust all the former (there are only two Fuel entries), and I haven't checked if there are any others. Meh. None the less, as always, thanks for the help, gents.
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SeeleyOne Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 891 May 29th, 2015, 10:18 PM	Just remember to check the "No Standard Gear?" box on the Setting Adjustment. Otherwise it will look kind of stupid. Evil wins because good rolls poorly .... or the players are not paying enough attention to the game.
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