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Calendar

I totally hear you Farling.... In other areas, LW has followed the voice of reason. I hope they do here too. It needs to be easy and accessible for normal gamers.
 
Farling said:
My worry is that because some of the in-game calendars are complex, we are not going to have the abilty to quickly enter dates using the keyboard for any of the calendars.
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I don't mind having to work through the calendar system (rather than text entry) in the slightest. What I want it exactly what LW is offering: the ability to create custom calendars.

I want Golarion, Greyhawk, Glorantha, Harn, Third Imperium and whatever else my devious little mind will come up with.

The 5-star result, the icing on the cake, would be the ability to run multiple calendars (Human compared to Elven; Imperial, Terran and Vilani; Gregorian and Islamic), but I can cope without that so long as creating my realms' primary calendars is supported.
 
Barwickian said:
I don't mind having to work through the calendar system (rather than text entry) in the slightest. What I want it exactly what LW is offering: the ability to create custom calendars.
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Agreed. It might be a little slow without text enty, but right now we can't use custom calendars at all. As a result I can't effectively use the timeline feature or any of the date-based snippets.
 
Incase you didn't see in other posting......
Joe said:
PE is first priority over the Content Market and web app. That's why the majority of what we're working on right now is PE or PE-related, and why we're releasing it first.

Calendars are also a much higher priority than the UI customizations we've been discussing in this thread.



Many of the backend systems to fully support Calendars are in place already. There's more work to do, but it's not going to be nearly the same level of effort as the Content Market and web app.

This means that Calendars are likely going to be worked on in parallel with the development of the Content Market and web app, rather than strictly in sequence.
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Dark Lord Galen said:
:D insert happy dance :D
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Sorry guys I want UI too, but need calendars
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The Calendar function is number 1 on my list of 'must-haves'. Everything else can wait, as far as I'm concerned. Content is much less useful if I can't date-stamp it. Ideally I'd be able to have a valid date range for content, or a start date, or end date. Finally, I'd love to be able to filter my storyboard by date ranges.
 
Mirrorscape said:
+1 to all this.
Also I wonder if it could be possible to enter less precise dates. By that I mean, if the players only know that a certain thing happened a certain year but not the exact day (or if I just haven't decided the exact date&time yet) I would like to be able to just enter a year, or a year and a month, etc. etc.
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Calendar dates are exactly that - concrete dates that occur at specific times in the history of your world. If you want something less precise, then it's not actually a date. In a situation like this, there are two approaches that can be used. Option #1 is to not reveal the actual date and instead reveal the approximate time as text. Option #2 is to define a date-range snippet that identifies the span within which the event actually occurred and reveal that. Using your example, the date-range would start at the beginning of the year and run until the end of the year. Once the players learn the exact date, the precise date-based snippet can be revealed.
 
I just combed through this entire thread as we put together the upcoming survey, and there have been some great ideas suggested! Most of them, we've already thought of, but there were a few that we hadn't. I've noted those down so we can strive to include them when we ultimately get to working on the custom calendars.

I'd love to get calendar support added to Realm Works. Given how popular this thread has been, I expect it to rank high when we compile the survey results. The big question is whether it will be at the top or just a little bit down from the top. We'll know in the upcoming weeks!
 
Yesssssssss. Custom calendarsssssss. My preeeeciousssssssssssssssss.

Ahem. Sorry. Zoned out for a minute, there. Where was I?

I've said it elsewhere, but I'll be pushing pretty hard to get calendars to the top of the list, and I know it's really important to a lot of people. It will take something pretty darn special for it to drop below the top of my list.

I'm also very aware that there are a number of users who don't feel the need as much as I do, so if, once the survey comes out, anyone just wants me to shut the hell up about calendars, I'll take it under advisement (and as a firm directive, if it comes from someone at LWD).

(My preeeecioussssssssssssssss....)
 
Chemlak said:
Yesssssssss. Custom calendarsssssss. My preeeeciousssssssssssssssss.

Ahem. Sorry. Zoned out for a minute, there. Where was I?

I've said it elsewhere, but I'll be pushing pretty hard to get calendars to the top of the list, and I know it's really important to a lot of people. It will take something pretty darn special for it to drop below the top of my list.

I'm also very aware that there are a number of users who don't feel the need as much as I do, so if, once the survey comes out, anyone just wants me to shut the hell up about calendars, I'll take it under advisement (and as a firm directive, if it comes from someone at LWD).

(My preeeecioussssssssssssssss....)
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I am right here with ya, after player Edition Calendars are my #1 desired feature. With out Calendars there is no time, with out time there is no....
 
rob said:
I just combed through this entire thread as we put together the upcoming survey, and there have been some great ideas suggested! Most of them, we've already thought of, but there were a few that we hadn't. I've noted those down so we can strive to include them when we ultimately get to working on the custom calendars.
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Fingers crossed the survey lets me pick my top 10 in order. or at the very least top 3. Assign points or something. I do need calendar entry to describe the ages, It's making me hold back from entering info, but there's other things I think are necessary as well.
 
Ladyofdragons said:
Fingers crossed the survey lets me pick my top 10 in order. or at the very least top 3. Assign points or something. I do need calendar entry to describe the ages, It's making me hold back from entering info, but there's other things I think are necessary as well.
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The big tasks will be prioritized individually. The smaller tasks will be classified with a general importance rating. So I think you'll be happy with how we're structuring it. :)
 
rob said:
The big tasks will be prioritized individually. The smaller tasks will be classified with a general importance rating. So I think you'll be happy with how we're structuring it. :)
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Hummm sooooo does this mean that LWD will provide a list based on hardest to easiest? or most popular (from their perspective) to least?..... or some amalgamation?

I'm all for "waiting" for some hard elements if it buys me 3 or 4 easy low hanging fruit ones.... so does "general importance" refer to community desire or to the future functionality of RW? ( I realize this could be both)

For example, I have always been ( alittle to your aggravation (I think at times) :D) a big supporter of custom calendars, but from a RW perspective Player Edition, Marketplace, etc took the high ground (and from Rob's perspective as a CEO, I wouldn't disagree with that call).

WE as the community sometimes don't have a clear picture on what things would take one developer or the whole staff to tackle.. or what makes one feature make RW more financially self supporting. Will the "structure" account for that?
Just Curious
Anxiously awaiting with my to CP...
:D
DLG

(Sorry my left-brained Engineer Personna peeked out with concerns of critical path to longevity & success.... I will put him back in his cage... back back back!!!)
 
I think the calendar feature would be the most important aspect. RW staff, imagine the possibilities of the many franchised fantasy worlds out there that you could gain a partnership with and the loads of new people purchasing your software once the calendar feature is completed!
 
I think LoneWolf realizes the importance of calendars. This feature is right up there with essential core functionality like printing and export as a priority I'm sure. I'm willing to bet it'll be a Christmas present.
 
They'd better understand the importance, after this thread!

(What, me, take any opportunity to post here to keep it near the front? Don't know what you mean...)

For now, wait patiently for the survey.

Sooooooooon.
 
Chemlak said:
(What, me, take any opportunity to post here to keep it near the front? Don't know what you mean...)

For now, wait patiently for the survey.

Sooooooooon.
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Sooooonnnn we will have the precious (calendars) and it will be ours!!!!
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