So we have currently 7 views to our disposal. Currently I use all of them. Now I wondered - The bulk tagging requires to create a temporary view in which I only place topics that should be edited. So effectively I have only 6 views I could work with. Anyone knows a workaround for either more views or by being able to keep my current views?
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Bulkd Tagging and views
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But why keep them around all the time? I just create views as I need them then delete them when I'm done.
When I'm working on a new adventure I create a view for that but when its done, away it goes. When I'm in the mood to flesh out stuff that is incomplete, empty etc. I create a view based on the utility tags. When I'd done going through those I delete it. I've never run out of views.
When I'm working on a new adventure I create a view for that but when its done, away it goes. When I'm in the mood to flesh out stuff that is incomplete, empty etc. I create a view based on the utility tags. When I'd done going through those I delete it. I've never run out of views.
MaxSupernova
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I think the question is not "Why do you need more?" so much as it is "Why is this apparently arbitrary limitation in place?".
It's a valid question. There may be a technical reason why, but without that knowledge it appears to be strangely small.
MaxSupernova
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Yeah, that's not an entirely surprising explanation.
I hosted the same games for different groups, though Iam using already a "used realm" with revealed content, none of my players is acutally using Rw. Therefore iam "safe" 
So all the adventures were in separate views. I also had a few (deleted already most of them) views in the mechanics section, to improve readability have a faster search.
I would so much like if the searching would be possible with less popups and clicks...
Well, that's basically it. Deleting the views means I would need to find and sort the scenes / places / characters used in a particular adventure again.
I thought already about splitting my realm into
1. mechanics
2. pristine realm containing the lore & world
3-x adventures adding on top of the lore & world adding scenes.
But it sounds so wasteful currently. It would mean to invest much time to split clean export everything.
Everytime I update rules / lore I need to import it into eventually running adventures...
Also it's wasteful on harddrive and network traffic, since I have duplicate information in several places.
If you have better ideas Iam all ears
So all the adventures were in separate views. I also had a few (deleted already most of them) views in the mechanics section, to improve readability have a faster search.
I would so much like if the searching would be possible with less popups and clicks...
Well, that's basically it. Deleting the views means I would need to find and sort the scenes / places / characters used in a particular adventure again.
I thought already about splitting my realm into
1. mechanics
2. pristine realm containing the lore & world
3-x adventures adding on top of the lore & world adding scenes.
But it sounds so wasteful currently. It would mean to invest much time to split clean export everything.
Everytime I update rules / lore I need to import it into eventually running adventures...
Also it's wasteful on harddrive and network traffic, since I have duplicate information in several places.
If you have better ideas Iam all ears
Sometimes the response isn't I don't need so you don't either but I know that no changes to the program are happening right now so this is a viable alternative.
In your case, RW is designed to be used on multiple computers so linking to a file on your computer simply is outside the programs paradigm.
In your case, RW is designed to be used on multiple computers so linking to a file on your computer simply is outside the programs paradigm.
That's the same excuse just reworded.
Every other program does this and I know I'm not the only person who only uses RW on one computer. Why can't there be an option to choose either/or?
This kind of narrow thinking makes me want to scrap using RW and just go to Onenote or something.
Every other program does this and I know I'm not the only person who only uses RW on one computer. Why can't there be an option to choose either/or?
This kind of narrow thinking makes me want to scrap using RW and just go to Onenote or something.
When you asked back in 2014 Realm Works didn't have a direct way to open a local file without embedding it into your database; you would have had to attach a script or batch file to a Foreign Object snippet which opened a file for you. Since then they've expanded Hyperlinks with support for file paths and various URL schemes. You still have to ensure that the file appears in the same location on each computer where you're using Realm Works or the link will break, which is why I personally wouldn't recommend doing this, but it's there if you want it.
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Thanks for the response, as written each realm is very large and iam always expanding on it (the regions, characters) once split up, I'll have to manage multiple realms and juggle all the information around.
Also not sure what impact it will have if I triple the required realm works space. Probably nothing, but copying data to the laptop, synching (as long as it's included) will all take a bit more time.
How do you handle your multiple realms? How do you manage the export / import hassles between the realms?
I Don't presently run more than one group in any one realm. when I did I maintained a master realm where did all creation of new content. Before every session I'd do an export of content without the export tag as well as changed content (I had to remember to mark stuff as changed a utility tag I added), on both topic and article sides, then import that into the realm for the group I was running next.
It was a massive PITA and it didn't always maintain reveal status or even work. The fact is RW badly needs individual reveal and a host of other features but until the CM finally launches were stuck.
It was a massive PITA and it didn't always maintain reveal status or even work. The fact is RW badly needs individual reveal and a host of other features but until the CM finally launches were stuck.
That's no different than another program and I'm aware that it wouldn't work on another computer, but as i said before I don't use a second computer so the recommendation to not do it doesn't apply to me. I have enough sense to know that I would have to make the paths match, if I were to change computers.
What irritates me is limiting options because it doesn't fit the vision on how they want you to use the program. It falls into the same category of 'I won't use it, so it shouldn't be an option.'
Admittedly I haven't tried to link to a file since I had to original post, so if it works now i wasn't aware that it had been implemented.
So I just read that old thread and it looks like Rob and David did try and help you inside the way RW worked 4 years ago. Either you didn't understand their explanation or simply didn't like it.
I will point out that the solution you have fixated upon will eventually break your realm. Sooner or later your PC will die and rebuilding it exactly as it is today will be impossible. You'll eventually be able to track down that the PDF's are in the wrong place and get them back in the right place but if they were in a Dropbox or Googgle drive the realm would just work seamlessly after RW was reinstalled.
I will point out that the solution you have fixated upon will eventually break your realm. Sooner or later your PC will die and rebuilding it exactly as it is today will be impossible. You'll eventually be able to track down that the PDF's are in the wrong place and get them back in the right place but if they were in a Dropbox or Googgle drive the realm would just work seamlessly after RW was reinstalled.