Making your own power cards

[eloquentaction]

Well, there is a few things.

1) I did not use MSE with this, i can't figure out how to put it in the template section and i cant figure out how to redo the text fields so i did it with paint.net.

2) And i already changed it to black instead of white.

3) and i would love to change the background colors but i dont have GIMP.

But thanks for the criticism. It always help.

Modified:
I just got GIMP but need to work with it for a few days to get the hang of it.

I sit corrected!

Sorry, I thought you were using MSE...

-- Hirahito

 

[DennisB]

Thats cool, so do you or anyone else know how to put you're own templates into MSE and how to set you're own text fields? Any help would be shown back to you by means of a copy of all the cards I make sent to you for i also don't know how to put files on here for people to download them self so i will e-mail them to you. I am a stay at home dad so i am on the computer all the time working on this and when i find new sources i will make the cards and send them to you and it will be up to date at all times. And thanks again for any help anyone can give me.

 

[DennisB]

catsclaw227

I have the Swordmage completed, all i need from you is your e-mail address so i can send it to you. I hope you enjoy the cards, what deck would you like to see next. i have all the books so finding the information is no prob.
After 1 1/2 months of trials and era's the is the best set up. only one power gave me a hard time but all other powers flowed right onto the cards, this is the final look and this is how all of them is going to look like.

If anyone else wants copies just ask me and i will send them to you, if someone can put them as a direct download please feel free to do so but please let me know so i can stop e-mailing them.

 

[Alphastream]

What do you think of this style

It looks great. However, I find the style too modern. More fitting for something like Spycraft or Star Wars than a game like D&D. Just my opinion.

Teos

 

[Alphastream]

I quickly whipped up this little java app. What it'll do is load up a master set built with your D&D power card template and allow you to build a "subset" from the selected cards.

The subset can be loaded through MSE and you can just print all the cards from there.

Does this work with any MSE template? I run several styles depending on the PC.

Thanks,

Teos

 

[tintagel]

I think this java app is a wonderful idea, if you could get it to work with any template. I use my own template.

 

[DennisB]

Can't make everyone happy, oh well, as long as you like the style, (and time and effort) i put into it. lol

 

[Thindaraiel]

*** Changes in 2.2 ***

• Templates are much more streamlined and now have the background separated from the labels. This serves 2 functions:
• ** You can now change the background for any template and place the texture that you want in there. Just copy over the old background.png file (make a backup first!)
• ** File size for the installer and subsequent updates are significantly reduced since each card basically resuses the same frames. Installation file size went from 74 MB to13.5 MB and that's with 3 new templates

I came to the same conclusion : there is no need to store both the card background and the colored header in the same image. The final card can be a layered combination of several smaller graphic elements, each one being less space consuming. My next version of the template will implement such a functionality.

With the appropriate splitting of code (I use include files), it is also very easy to add a new background or header : I just have to modify the menu which propose it, the script code which associates the name in the menu and a file name, and it's done !


I experimented another improvement that you may find useful for your own template, as it uses menu for action/range icons : colored action/range (or item for my template) icons for *every color*. The idea :
- the image displayed on the card is not the icon itself, but a 73x73 square image containing the color (depending on the card color field). There must be an image per color available in the template
- the image is displayed through a mask which has the shape of the range/action icon (the one selected by the menu).
=> no need to have a gren/red/black/whateverColor version of each icon, you only need one mask per icon and one color image per card color. Adding a new color is easy, as is adding a new icon.

 

[Duniagdra]

I sit corrected!

Sorry, I thought you were using MSE...

-- Hirahito

how goes your work on version 5? Will you be incorporating martial powers also?

 

[themaze75]

Does this work with any MSE template? I run several styles depending on the PC.

Thanks,

Teos

Haven't tried it... it might react oddly, but it might work - when it creates subsets it copies the data from the original MSE file.

Share some the templates/content you use and I'll take a look at it when I get the chance.