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Every character needs a wiki page. Spreadsheet is for mechanics.
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H.M.Gimlord
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Where are they? I can't find Eithal or my LEB character, Arkavas, anywhere. The old CS's have evaporated (at least for me)
I sent a request to Wikia to enable the DPL extension on l4w.wikia.com. I am going to create a dynamic character status page that pulls the class, level, location, etc. from the character sheets. It should result in a completely automated character status page (as long as users keep their character sheets up to date). The advantage is that players will only need to update status info in one place.
I actually got pretty far on this tonight. Here is the dynamic Character Table. It pulls character name, player name, class, race, and level from the existing template values. To get status, location, and notes you will need to add the Status template (which I created today).
You can check Finnian for an example of the new status template in use.
Would love to get some feedback on this.
The only feature that is not implemented is the column for "Approved?" that is in the existing Character Status page. I'll look at it tomorrow to see what can be done.
You can check Finnian for an example of the new status template in use.
Would love to get some feedback on this.
The only feature that is not implemented is the column for "Approved?" that is in the existing Character Status page. I'll look at it tomorrow to see what can be done.
ScorpiusRisk
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That's pretty neat. I assume you're pulling the information from the summary at the top of most people's pages.
The only problem with that is that people are beginning to use the google spreadsheets instead. As we see more people level up I think we'll find more summaries going away.
It'll still be a smaller percentage, but it's whole rows missing. On Finnian's page you have the status box, which it seems everyone will need to have for this to work. Is there a way to add sources for the other things as well there? That way if people don't have a summary the way have a way to be counted.
The only problem with that is that people are beginning to use the google spreadsheets instead. As we see more people level up I think we'll find more summaries going away.
It'll still be a smaller percentage, but it's whole rows missing. On Finnian's page you have the status box, which it seems everyone will need to have for this to work. Is there a way to add sources for the other things as well there? That way if people don't have a summary the way have a way to be counted.
Exactly.
My understanding is that characters will still need a wiki page with the summary section (character template) even if they use the google spreadsheet for the math section. So every character in L4W should have a wiki page with this information.
The status template (which is being used on Finnian's page) is there because the entries for things like status, location, notes, etc. have to exist somewhere on the wiki page. We can add more entries to the table, but they have to be on the wiki page (i.e., we can't pull from a google spreadsheet).
ScorpiusRisk
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Your understanding is incorrect. While all characters need a wiki page, people are not required to keep a summary there. That's why Rhole and another (not looking at it now) are not pulling the all the information.
If we can add more entries to the new table, I think that would be good. That way people could choose to use it, instead of filling out an entire new summary (Theres already a summary for them to use on their spreadsheet).
If we can add more entries to the new table, I think that would be good. That way people could choose to use it, instead of filling out an entire new summary (Theres already a summary for them to use on their spreadsheet).
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