Dec 22, 2021 12:34 pm
There is a lot of empty space above the avatars. If we are trying to save space on mobile: use that space rather than keeping it and making the avatars smaller.
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Dec 22, 2021 12:51 pm
Dramasailor says:
For the avatars could that be a drop down setting per user? Something like "mobile avatar size: sm md lg" so people can select what works best for them? (I mean I get tech-wise that it could, not sure if the amount of use/benefit outweighs the dev time)vagueGM says:
There is a lot of empty space above the avatars. If we are trying to save space on mobile: use that space rather than keeping it and making the avatars smaller.Dec 22, 2021 1:28 pm
Adam says:
... the interactions of options mean that you'll see more bugs ("Your posts aren't displaying? What device are you using? Dark mode or light mode? Post left, right, or conversation mode?" etc.)
Dec 22, 2021 3:12 pm
crazybirdman says:
I feel like using a character named 'Big Al' is trying to sway the vote, lol
Dec 22, 2021 7:29 pm
I think the biggest is too big. The ability to tweak size for the mobile user would be a nice luxury though, choices being: Default (whichever size is decided) or smallest.
Dec 23, 2021 7:00 am
Another one?
Cheers!
Bah humbug.
Leave some sherry for Father Christmas.
[ +- ] What's going on?
There are two new optional dice rule parameters.
'content' allows you to show an emoji (or other content) instead of highlighting a number.
'reason' allows you to filter whether a rule applies according to whether some text appears in the 'reason' text box - allowing you to create your own dice codes.
Last edited December 23, 2021 11:13 am
Dec 23, 2021 1:54 pm
Stefron says:
Christmas came early 😀
Dec 23, 2021 2:01 pm
Well, someone did request custom dice, so this would solve that issue.
Same with when I played in an L5R game. Being able to customize the dice results to mimic the crazy dice for that game would have been much easier than consulting a table every time
Same with when I played in an L5R game. Being able to customize the dice results to mimic the crazy dice for that game would have been much easier than consulting a table every time
Dec 23, 2021 2:40 pm
Adam says:
'reason' allows you to filter whether a rule applies according to whether some text appears in the 'reason' text box - allowing you to create your own dice codes.I would prefer a freeform dice code system, but that does need a lot of input sanitation.
Dec 23, 2021 2:49 pm
vagueGM says:
Adam says:
'reason' allows you to filter whether a rule applies according to whether some text appears in the 'reason' text box - allowing you to create your own dice codes.I would prefer a freeform dice code system, but that does need a lot of input sanitation.
If the GMs says that emoji should be shown only if the player adds "emoji_dice_on" or "L5R" (or whatever they like) to the reason then they'll avoid accidentally setting that rule. If the GM doesn't set any reason rule then it'll be 🤪🎲.
If you played a d6 game where only 5s and 6s are important (I'm making up games now) and that was ALWAYS the rule, then maybe 5 and 6 would be shown as a ✅ but 1,2,3,4 would be shown as ❌.
Dunno. I can't see a use in 5e except maybe as an occasional novelty. Maybe roll "special:lingering injury" to list the results of the lingering injury table (contents don't have to be hamburgers).
Dec 23, 2021 3:09 pm
bowlofspinach says:
Well, someone did request custom dice, so this would solve that issue.Same with when I played in an L5R game. Being able to customize the dice results to mimic the crazy dice for that game would have been much easier than consulting a table every time
1: 1 damage
2: 2 damage
3,4: 0 damage
5,6: 1 damage and 1 Effect
Dec 23, 2021 3:39 pm
Two more examples are:
In the One Ring rpg a special d12 have a Gandalf rune (auto success) on a 12 and a Eye of Sauron (bad stuff) on 11.
In Alien stress dice d6 are rolled. A 1 is a complication.
In both cases this is a very useful visual aid, so player and GM doesn't overlook anything.
Although, the 'old' dice rules did do much good in this regard.
In the One Ring rpg a special d12 have a Gandalf rune (auto success) on a 12 and a Eye of Sauron (bad stuff) on 11.
In Alien stress dice d6 are rolled. A 1 is a complication.
In both cases this is a very useful visual aid, so player and GM doesn't overlook anything.
Although, the 'old' dice rules did do much good in this regard.
Dec 23, 2021 3:43 pm
So long as it is explicit.
If we replace numbers with symbols we should also show the numbers somewhere (hover text?), just in case.
Are we just talking about cosmetics here? Could be get the ability to implement dice rules as well? There are system where we don't want the dice added together (no total), there are systems where we only care about comparisons between various dice or thresholds, there are systems where a fairly complex set of dice are always rolled and that could be a single code, and all sorts of complex and wonderful alternatives. Removing the total is probably the most important, since all the rest can be done by the players (as they would be with read dice) but having the dice get added together when they should not be --displaying irrelevant and incorrect numbers-- can confuse things.
If we replace numbers with symbols we should also show the numbers somewhere (hover text?), just in case.
Are we just talking about cosmetics here? Could be get the ability to implement dice rules as well? There are system where we don't want the dice added together (no total), there are systems where we only care about comparisons between various dice or thresholds, there are systems where a fairly complex set of dice are always rolled and that could be a single code, and all sorts of complex and wonderful alternatives. Removing the total is probably the most important, since all the rest can be done by the players (as they would be with read dice) but having the dice get added together when they should not be --displaying irrelevant and incorrect numbers-- can confuse things.
Dec 23, 2021 10:26 pm
Qralloq says:
Yes, same for Conan 2d20 combat dice where a 1d6's results are:
1: 1 damage
2: 2 damage
3,4: 0 damage
5,6: 1 damage and 1 Effect
OOC:
That sounds like a GREAT test case... that'd fail.This feature is cosmetic. It changes the appearance of the dice.
Sure, you could have 3 and 4 appear to say 0 - but the sum would be wrong.
Dec 23, 2021 10:32 pm
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[ +- ] What's going on?
Push notifications are powered by discord webhooks.
How they work
A GM can choose that a thread will post updates to a discord channel.
Posting a message on GP sends it to Discord which then shows the start of the message, the character avatar, and has a link to the post.
They're not mandatory. It would be up to the GM and the players to work out whether Discord integration is right for them.
Using Discord for this integration has the following advantages:
Discord notifications work on Android, iOS and desktop.
They are quite fine-grained. A GM could choose to have one notification channel for their whole game or a different channel per thread.
The notification control in Discord is quite sophisticated, allowing users to choose which notifications they want to receive and not notifying on every device.
The main disadvantages are:
Not everyone wants to use Discord.
There's the potential to split OOC in two places (on GP and on the Discord). Although, if some players already have Discord, then this is probably already happening to an extent.
Again, it'd be up to each game to work out whether this is a feature they'd want to include in their game.
I've gone backwards on forwards on whether this one is a good idea, but after trying it on staging I'm starting to quite like it.
Last edited December 24, 2021 2:32 pm
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