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Are custom calendars possible yet?
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Barwickian
Active member
Some of us are not so vocal about it, but still very keen to see it happen.
We've been waiting patiently because we know and accept the content sharing and content market is the top priority.
Some of us are not so vocal about it, but still very keen to see it happen.
We've been waiting patiently because we know and accept the content sharing and content market is the top priority.
INDEED!!! oh, did that come out a bit loud, sorry...
But to reiterate what the others have said, there isn't an ETA but I believe it is still very much on their "List o' things to do!"
Out of curiosity, those of you who want custom calendars, how do you customize them? Do you keep basically keep the same calendar format, and rename the months or use a different offset?
Or do you restructure the whole thing? With months of different lengths than we use, and different year lengths?
What's the scoop?
Or do you restructure the whole thing? With months of different lengths than we use, and different year lengths?
What's the scoop?
Barwickian
Active member
For me, I want to be able to create:
The Gloranthan Calendar (42-week year broken down into 5 8-week seasons, each of 7 named days, and a 2-week Sacred Time)
The Hârn Calendar (360 days of 12 30-day months)
The Third Imperium Calendar (basically an offset Julian) with corresponding conversion to Gregorian and Zhodani.
The Hijri Calendar (lunar celendar of 354 or 355 days broken down into 12 months), with conversion to Julian and Gregorian.
Give me a few months and I'll want the Greyhawk calendar as well.
At the moment, my main campaign is in Golarion, which uses the Gregorian calendar with different month names. I can cope with it as is.
It seems simpler to allow me to create custom calendars
The Gloranthan Calendar (42-week year broken down into 5 8-week seasons, each of 7 named days, and a 2-week Sacred Time)
The Hârn Calendar (360 days of 12 30-day months)
The Third Imperium Calendar (basically an offset Julian) with corresponding conversion to Gregorian and Zhodani.
The Hijri Calendar (lunar celendar of 354 or 355 days broken down into 12 months), with conversion to Julian and Gregorian.
Give me a few months and I'll want the Greyhawk calendar as well.
At the moment, my main campaign is in Golarion, which uses the Gregorian calendar with different month names. I can cope with it as is.
It seems simpler to allow me to create custom calendars
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Calendars were one of the the runner-up items when voting on features many years ago. The top priorities were market and journals. Maybe web access was in there? Printing and exporting received an honorable mention because we were indeed a very small but very vocal group.
Market is so close we can almost smell it.
Journals we haven't heard much about.
Calendars remain on the horizon and we try not to talk about them as we usually get worked up when we do.
Printing and exporting coincided with changes to html and how the Market is being implemented. This was released "early". I've noticed fewer pitchforks and torches lately so this was probably a good thing.
Market is so close we can almost smell it.
Journals we haven't heard much about.
Calendars remain on the horizon and we try not to talk about them as we usually get worked up when we do.
Printing and exporting coincided with changes to html and how the Market is being implemented. This was released "early". I've noticed fewer pitchforks and torches lately so this was probably a good thing.
the_redbeard
Well-known member
I just freaking can't stand the calendar interface the program has now. I finally figured out how it is intended to be used, but I wish I could just type a freaking date. If there is a way to type the date, I haven't been able to figure it out. UGH. Wouldn't being able to just type the date be a simpler interface than the mouse clicking popup, which doesn't make clear which portions are clickable? It's one of the aspects of RW that moves me to profanity.
I simply delete the supplied date snippets and insert my own. It's much better for my blood pressure.
I simply delete the supplied date snippets and insert my own. It's much better for my blood pressure.
You really want to know about my calendar system?
There's the solar calendar most people use.
12 30 day months with a 5 day new year holiday.
There are 3 lunar calendars (3 moons) important to spell casters
Not alignment based but oriented towards spontaneous versus memorized casters with the third moon governing hybrid casters. This is sort of based off Dragonlance but only sort of, the moons all have their own orbital period.
The elves, dwarves, dragons and multiple human cultures each have their own calendars which all matter to the back story of the campaign as well.
I think at last count my spreadsheet for my campaigns calendar system had 15 different dating systems and 9 different calendars.
There's the solar calendar most people use.
12 30 day months with a 5 day new year holiday.
There are 3 lunar calendars (3 moons) important to spell casters
Not alignment based but oriented towards spontaneous versus memorized casters with the third moon governing hybrid casters. This is sort of based off Dragonlance but only sort of, the moons all have their own orbital period.
The elves, dwarves, dragons and multiple human cultures each have their own calendars which all matter to the back story of the campaign as well.
I think at last count my spreadsheet for my campaigns calendar system had 15 different dating systems and 9 different calendars.
MaxSupernova
Well-known member
As one of the primary "pitchforkers" about printing, no it's not really a good thing.
I've just mostly given up hoping that this program will do what basic things I want from it in any sort of timeframe that will make me care.
I had a tiny glimmer of hope looking at the XML, but then I saw the process involved in outputting a couple of topics and the amount of effort required to make the resulting data at all useable and I threw in the towel.
I keep reading the forums here every once and a while, but I mostly consider this lost time and money.
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You wanted printing. You got printing! It was never going to be simple to print due to the way the program works and the coming CM. What's your beef now?
This issue is kind of a double-edged sword. If they had JUST added a print feature, then we would have JUST had a print feature. It would have been easier to use, but limited to that scope.
With XML, they gave the community to the ability to transform and adapt the data. It's more effort, but there's also a community here with people who are able expend that effort.
There's a script to import from Obsidian Portal, which I'm sure many people will find useful. There's my script that transforms into HTML which not only allows for printing, but for web publishing.
As one of the first (if not THE first) pitchforker about printing, I'm pretty happy right now, but I understand having other frustrations. In what other manner would you like the data to be usable? Maybe I, or someone else, can help.
If you'd rather, feel free to send me a PM or an email.
My fantasy world has a year of 480 days and two moons with different cycles leading to a variety of solar, lunisolar and lunar calendars used in-game, several of them relevant to the back story and to spellcasting traditions.
On top of that, my science fantasy realm has planets with different year lengths (including seasons etc.) that somehow have to relate to the standard caldendar based on the homeworld (the fantasy world above)...
So, reading about the ability to set up custom calendars was my original motivation to invest into RealmWorks. And even though I love the program, I am anxiously awaiting the implementation of custom calendars.
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I barely have to say anything anymore. People answer these things for me.
I don't know the whole deal, but I believe non-friendly UI plus some hooks into things that could be made more flexible are the barriers to calendars going live (well, and the time to fix those issues).
I know they're coming, and I'm cool with that. I still keep my title for a while longer.
I don't know the whole deal, but I believe non-friendly UI plus some hooks into things that could be made more flexible are the barriers to calendars going live (well, and the time to fix those issues).
I know they're coming, and I'm cool with that. I still keep my title for a while longer.
Chemlak,
I am with you. Sit back and be patient and it will get here.
Don't really understand people that constantly go back to things that were done (or not done) and/or said in the past. Doing so really doesn't change anything in a positive manner, so why bother unless they want to come right out and own the fact they are doing so to be negative?
Yes, this software started out with stated goals, several of which did not get met. It happened, get over it and move on. Or find things about the development you can be positive about. There are lots of them there. You just have to look.
Calendars are something that I was excited about from the beginning. Still am. I figure they will get here sooner or later. Then I get to start moving 25+ years of campaign history from binders and .txt files over. Now doesn't that sound like fun??
In parting, let me say this, for all of you people that do want calendars sooner rather than later, remember to highlight that desire when LWD does the next survey (which is after CM deployment IIRC)!
I am with you. Sit back and be patient and it will get here.
Don't really understand people that constantly go back to things that were done (or not done) and/or said in the past. Doing so really doesn't change anything in a positive manner, so why bother unless they want to come right out and own the fact they are doing so to be negative?
Yes, this software started out with stated goals, several of which did not get met. It happened, get over it and move on. Or find things about the development you can be positive about. There are lots of them there. You just have to look.
Calendars are something that I was excited about from the beginning. Still am. I figure they will get here sooner or later. Then I get to start moving 25+ years of campaign history from binders and .txt files over. Now doesn't that sound like fun??
In parting, let me say this, for all of you people that do want calendars sooner rather than later, remember to highlight that desire when LWD does the next survey (which is after CM deployment IIRC)!
I make the calendars based on completely different cultural concepts and understanding of the world. And then I base some plots around that.
Imagine elves (the type that lives for ever (or close enough not to make any difference)) - why should they even bother having calendars where the largest lump of time is one measly year?
Imagine elves (the type that lives for ever (or close enough not to make any difference)) - why should they even bother having calendars where the largest lump of time is one measly year?