Dynamic (for Laptop Users) Character Sheet ?

[JDragon]

I too have played around with character sheets in Excel, including one that would be useable live on my laptop at the table.

I liked the "functionality" I saw in the video, i'm interested to see the "look" of how it will display on my laptop. That has been the biggest reason for working on my own, but I do not have the skills the"programing" (for lack of better word) side of excel, but I do have a nice sheet set up to enter data and print till I finish mine or find one I like.

Whats the ETA on the relase of version 8?

THanks

Jdragon

 

[XCorvis]

Does your friend's version takes into consideration the Stacking rules? I found that to be quite challenging!

Yes, it does. That was the tricky part for him too. Doing it in excel (actually, the open office spreadsheet) made for some interesting coding.

Perhaps "Dynamic" is not the right word... How do you describe the little video shown? Dynamic Integration? Online Integration? If you have a better name for what The Only Sheet will do, please share it with me !!

I just finished work on Integrating Spells and Powers. I have integrated 59 Powers, and 112 Spells - All these will be SELECTABLE in the Laptop worksheet!! There are 36 Conditions which are also integrated.. !

I think "dynamic" is the correct word. I've also called it "live", like calling an electrical circuit live. I just don't think "The Only Sheet" is the only dynamic character sheet. Granted, I haven't really proved that statement correct, seeing as how The Only Sheet is the only available dynamic character sheet, barring informal homebrew stuff.

Just curious, are you including only SRD spells and powers? I'm not sure how OGL is supposed to work with programs and things like this.

 

[RiTz21]

Whats the ETA on the relase of version 8?
Jdragon

I am not entirely sure, but I'd like to get the first Beta version out at the end of august at the most!

I think "dynamic" is the correct word. I've also called it "live", like calling an electrical circuit live. I just don't think "The Only Sheet" is the only dynamic character sheet. Granted, I haven't really proved that statement correct, seeing as how The Only Sheet is the only available dynamic character sheet, barring informal homebrew stuff.

Oh LIVE is an excellent word..!! and it does seem to capture the effect of using the Laptop worksheet during actual games! Well, I certainly have not found any 'live' Sheets anywhere (hence the original post to see if I could locate others - of course, they have to be available, or else they might as well NOT exist...!)

Just curious, are you including only SRD spells and powers? I'm not sure how OGL is supposed to work with programs and things like this.

YES. I have contacted WotC to request permission to use non-OGL stuff: They granted me only permission to use the "names", but did not grant me permission to "integrate" those things (meaning I could use the SCOUT class name, but I can't define its effects..). That is quite useless in an auto-calculating Character Sheet, would'nt you say? So I made The Only Sheet VERY customizable... so people can create their own content... (or share it on the Forum.. - there are over 600 files to download on the Forum.. )

 

[kingpaul]

So I made The Only Sheet VERY customizable... so people can create their own content... (or share it on the Forum.. - there are over 600 files to download on the Forum.. )

So, you're encouraging the distribution of closed content?

 

[RiTz21]

So, you're encouraging the distribution of closed content?

I am not preventing it and I do not intend to.
In my humble opinion, what ppl do with their Data it their affairs...

RiTz21

 

[kingpaul]

I am not preventing it and I do not intend to.
In my humble opinion, what ppl do with their Data it their affairs...

For personal use, yes, you are correct. However, distributing IP without permission from the IP owner is not allowed. Anything produced under the OGL has that permission. If its closed content (like most of WotC's books), then you need their permission to distribute their IP.

 

[azhrei_fje]

For personal use, yes, you are correct. However, distributing IP without permission from the IP owner is not allowed. Anything produced under the OGL has that permission. If its closed content (like most of WotC's books), then you need their permission to distribute their IP.

Except he just said he wasn't distributing it.

It's not illegal to point to a URL that contains illegally distributed works; the search engines won that court case (in the US, anyway) last year.

 

[DMFTodd]

>> So, you're encouraging the distribution of closed content?

"Closed content" only has meaning when you're talking abut the Open Game License. Since the Only Sheet is not OGL (no mention of OGL on the website, no OGL included in the download), that term is meaningless.

"You're encouraging the distribution of copyrighted material" would be more correct, but that's wrong as well. Copyright law provides several ways to distribute copyrighted material and is further complicated by the fact that game rules can't be copyrighted.

Would the court declare those downloads game rules or copyrightable material? Nobody really knows that since it hasn't gone to court yet. The OGL was created as a safe harbor to avoid those issues. Telling someone they can't go outside the OGL isn't correct. You can certainly go outside the OGL, to what degree though nobody really knows.

 

[Anurien]

It's not illegal to point to a URL that contains illegally distributed works; the search engines won that court case (in the US, anyway) last year.

It is however, illegal to create and host a site that does distribute it, which appears to be the case here.

 

[azhrei_fje]

The details...

It is however, illegal to create and host a site that does distribute it, which appears to be the case here.

In the U.S., that is correct. It is not illegal to download a copyrighted work, but it is illegal to make it available for download. Weird, eh?

However, if the site is not in the U.S. and is not subject to U.S. law, then even hosting the material would not be illegal.

So if he's referring to his forum, and that forum is hosted in the U.S., and that forum contains copyrighted works, and those works have been authenticated as the original works, and the author has ascribed to that in writing (normally done in a cease and desist letter from an attorney), then he would need to remove the material from his site or face prosecution.

However, if someone were to first obtain all that information and host it themselves on a site which is outside the jurisdiction of the U.S., then nothing illegal would be happening.

(Of course, based on the actions of the U.S. government, and the President, in particular, they seem to think that every country in the world is merely a colony that they can bully. It outrages me to think my country would act in such a way.)