Wow, this is pretty cool.

How do I insert custom icon for encounter set when creating scenario?

It would be nice if you could insert tool for creating card dividers in this beautiful plugin.

Thanks

Valsimot said:

For quest cards, the procedure is the same, go to the "Front side" tab and insert the filename if you want it to appear in the frame of the small icons, or go to the "Common" tab for the big icon.

If you want to create your own icon, make sure that the surroundings of the circle are set to 100% transparency (use png or jp2 for this), otherwise you'll get a rectangle drawn above the template background.

I fear I won't be able to add card dividers. I have no experience/skill at painting, so I can't create a template image for dividers (inserting the encounter set icon or sphere icon wouldn't be a problem, but the background image is...) Perhaps I can extract the ornaments from the Adventure Packs rulesheets and put it together somehow... I'll keep it in mind and will try it. (But you better don't expect anything, I don't think the chances for me are good ;-))

Greetings, Pete

Been using this a bit- generally seems like a really nice piece of software

just one problem

every time I re-open a hero, the image has been re-sized to 64% - this means that when I try to put multiple cards into a deck for printing, I've got tiny images in the middle of big white gaps

anyone know why this is/how to alter it?

You're right, that's a bug. I'm working on it.

The new version 2.1 is out at http://www.4shared.com/file/_VH6sOk6/LotR.html. The scaling bug is removed. Additionally, The Hills of Emyn Muil encounter set icon is included and selectable for quest and encounter cards.

The updated version is now available on Tabletop Geeks as well. :)

GeckoTH said:

Not bad. I am not sure how messy this will after there is 100+ scenarios out there... The It would be easier if you could some how filter those scenarios besed on what  Epic journey the quest belong, difficulty level etc. But that would need somekind of database...

Even now, when there are only 25 scenarios, it takes some time to find out what you are looking for. Allso the information is a little slim. Only the name and difficulty at this moment. But even now this is very usefull! I am just being afraid that arter more scenarios are released, it may become more and more difficult to find what you are looking for.

The summary in the top of the page is the most important part of this portall! It should give some information: difficulty and average rating and quick link to the host page (where the files and additional information can be found) Maybe nothing more, so that the "Link"-list woud remain easy to read. So actually it is guite good as it is now, The only "killer" feature missing is the link to the host page. And because the scenario list is an picture at this moment, it can not be easily added. So normal list with a link would be easier to do, byt then the rankin system would be difficult to maintain... Hmmm... maybe they could be separed from each other?

Thanks for all the ansvers!

Svenn said:

I looked your page and it definitely has a lot of stuff in there! So a separate page for scenarios could be more "user" friendly
If you host files, then small introduction to scenatio would be nice. If you only provide link, then the host of linked scanario is better place for information. I am not sure how much and how often scenario makers update their old scenarios, but if they do, the information conserning the scenario can become obsolete quite soon, so It is allways easiest, if the maker of the scenario provides the deeded information. "What are special rules", what cards go to the encounter deck, and what don't. Any other rules that are not normal (many scenarios provide scaling rules) And story line introduction is allways nice to have! It adds so much flavor to the scenario!

The most easy thing would be if people start using Quest sheet template along their custom scenarios!
http://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/71627/quest-sheet-template-300dpi-psd

You would just have to store the the Quest sheet that contains all scenario information and pdf that contains the nesessary cards. After that only thing what you would have to do is provide list of scenarios: the name, maker and difficultu and lin to those two files.

.o/ Very snazzy stuff. 

Quick question, I may be just dumb an missed it, how do I add stat icons into the text of the card. :/ ie: "+1 (shield)" for defence.

Will this run on a MAC?

Bungo_Underhill said:

Strange Eons is Java. It runs on Linux, and I assume it runs on Mac too.

@Xealous:

It's accessible via typing    <ds>      An overview of all replacement tags is in the lower left of the Strange Eons window (when you create an event card and go to the "Event" tab).

There's another way, with which you can define the size of the icon. Click into the textbox in whose text you want the icon to appear. Go to Toolbox -> Image Resource Browser. (If the Image Resource Browser is not there, you've got to download it: Toolbox -> Catalogue -> Select teh browser and download and install it). Then go to the Lotr/templates folder and search for "DefenseStrength.png". You can bareley see the preview because it's black on black. Then click on "Insert mark-up" and close the browser. You'll see that this text will have been added:

<image "res://LotR/templates/DefenseStrength.png">

Change it to

<image "res://LotR/templates/DefenseStrength.png" 2 0.5>

The first number is for width, the second for height.

@Bungo_Underhill & Zeb:

Right, as far as I know SE and the plugins are Java/JavaScript. So there's a good chance that it will run on MAC. Since I don't have a MAC, I cannot guarantee it (or help you in case it doesn't work ). But it's sure worth a try.

I think I found a little bug in the plugin. (While browsing over this thread, I haven't seen it already posted - sorry if it was already mentioned)

When you create an Event Card and change the sphere to neutral the little circle containing the sphere icon doesn't vanish as it should.

(And a little cosmetical error: If you create a hero-card, the displayed custom-card is Galadriel. She has the traits Noble and Silvan. That's wrong, Galadriel is a Noldor.)

I hope this helps,

cheers!

D1502

 Hey there,

I only recently found about the existence of this plug-in and thought I'd offer the following:

1. There is a new version of Strange Eons inching closer to completion that will provide better support for games other than Arkham Horror (in fact, AH will become an optional plug-in just like any other game). Although many plug-ins that add support for new games will continue to work (when a "compatibility mode" is set), a little extra work is needed to take advantage of the most powerful new features. In any case, most plug-ins need only minor changes. Get in touch with me and I'll help you make the transition.

This version will make the larger Strange Eons API available to plug-in developers for the first time, as opposed to just the script libraries. I expect to see people doing some pretty amazing things, since I'm already amazed by what people do with the much smaller palette currently available to them.

2. You are welcome to include the plug-in in the plug-in catalogue if you want to. Let me know.

Cheers,
Chris