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I've been playing around with timeline and calendar too, and I agree on the general issue that the Gregorian Calendar is not very useful.
I'm trying out 2 approaches now (for Forgotten Realms) 1) Use the calendar as is, but use only Year. So if my calendar date is 1491 DR, i just set 1/1/1491 as the date 2) Historical Events - using the eventslist, I create one entry for each Year and add the major events there. It makes it (at least) possible to look at a year (maybe improve it to add months too) and see events related to that year . |
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I'm running three campaigns at the moment two of which need custom calendars so I have to use Excel as well.
To have my usual rant about calendars: "Everything shown is from the current version of Realm Works, which is in the hands of our Beta team right now. Here's a summary of the most important features:" "Create custom calendars for your world. Link multiple calendars together and see how all the dates translate to your master calendar. Calendars can reflect different in-game cultures, lunar calendars, and worlds. " Which was two and a half years ago so I'm not holding my breath. |
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I'm holding my breath until the CM, after which RW has indicated they will release another survey. At THAT time, I'm not holding my breath and will be quite vocal. That said, lot's of use were vocal about calendars during the last survey and the silent majority didn't agree with us.
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Darker Age Press - Writer and Developer Realm Works Projects: World of Phantasie (Castles & Crusades) RPG and Art Software Used: Realm Works, Hero Lab, Campaign Cartographer 3+, Cityographer, Hexographer, Fractal Mapper, Evernote, Scrivener, OneNote, Photoshop, Poser Pro, Cinema 4D, Vue 8 Complete. |
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I know that there are more players than GMs, but no player is going to buy RW if their GM's don't use it. RW Project: Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition homebrew world Other Tools: CampaignCartographer, Cityographer, Dungeonographer, Evernote |
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D&D> Pre 1e White Box Edition, 1e, 2e, 3.5 Currently, Set in the World of Greyhawk (The first, longest running and Best Campaign Setting) Software>Extensive use of all forms of MS Products, Visual Studio 2012, DAZ 3d, AutoCAD, Adobe Products. Gaming Specific>Campaign Cartographer, D20 Pro Alpha & BattleGrounds Beta Tester, World Builder, Dungeon Crafter, LWD Hero Lab, Realm Works, Inkwell Ideas Citybuilder & Dungeon Builder, Auto-Realm, Dundjinni Contributing Writer for TSR, WOC, & Canonfire |
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I am confident, however, in stating that focusing on anything other than the content market at this time would be poor business. It is hard to wait for progress on other features while they work on the CM. The CM presents some major development challenges and is taking longer than anyone would like. But they have to get it right. If they release a CM that everyone pans, they might not easily get a second chance with content creators. RW Project: Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition homebrew world Other Tools: CampaignCartographer, Cityographer, Dungeonographer, Evernote |
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This thread is for time, timelines and past event management without calendars implemented. It seeks solutions to a known shortcoming. Please create a new thread if you wish to discuss other matters. Thank you for keeping on topic.
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With my campaign, I have 6 calendars running in unison (Several Racial types, one "common" calendar, and a lunar) . With some creative formulas I have it convert from one to the other. Happy to share this methodology thru PM if any are interested... D&D> Pre 1e White Box Edition, 1e, 2e, 3.5 Currently, Set in the World of Greyhawk (The first, longest running and Best Campaign Setting) Software>Extensive use of all forms of MS Products, Visual Studio 2012, DAZ 3d, AutoCAD, Adobe Products. Gaming Specific>Campaign Cartographer, D20 Pro Alpha & BattleGrounds Beta Tester, World Builder, Dungeon Crafter, LWD Hero Lab, Realm Works, Inkwell Ideas Citybuilder & Dungeon Builder, Auto-Realm, Dundjinni Contributing Writer for TSR, WOC, & Canonfire |
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