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<blockquote data-quote="schporto" data-source="post: 3627677" data-attributes="member: 5967">Those are fairly large programs with a large number of people working on them.&nbsp; Opera says it has 12-15 million installations.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Directly supporting those different OS versions is difficult.This I definitely agree with.&nbsp; If you try to install ethereal, it requires (for most uses) WinPCAP.&nbsp; During the install it checks for this, and then gives you a link to go get it if you need it.It is not impossible.&nbsp; But this is a difficult requirement.&nbsp; You are right that Excel does it well.&nbsp; But they (Microsoft) have had ~15 years to get it to this point.&nbsp; There have been constant refinements to the interfaces, and how formulas are shown and help on those formulas is given.&nbsp; And Excel also has nice breaks into different levels.&nbsp; Type in the cell for simple formulas.&nbsp; Formula builder for more complex stuff.&nbsp; Solver for more complex.&nbsp; VBA for still more complex.&nbsp;&nbsp; Doing this in a DnD app is going to be tougher I think.&nbsp; We start getting away from math formulas into object interaction.&nbsp; So a will save is your base will save plus wisdom ability modifier.&nbsp; Unless they have Force of Personality, in which case they use their charisma.&nbsp; Except they are currently under a Owl's Wisdom, so should they actually use their Wisdom modifer because it is higher?&nbsp; This example is for the most part straight forward.&nbsp; If people are still asking questions here and of the Sage about how rules work, how is a computer going to do it?&nbsp; Let alone, how are you going to tell a computer how to do it?All the above said - I would love to be proven wrong.&nbsp; The whole complex example is part of why computers would be good at this.&nbsp; I'm just suggesting that it is a difficult problem.-cpd</blockquote>

[QUOTE="schporto, post: 3627677, member: 5967"] Those are fairly large programs with a large number of people working on them. Opera says it has 12-15 million installations. Directly supporting those different OS versions is difficult. This I definitely agree with. If you try to install ethereal, it requires (for most uses) WinPCAP. During the install it checks for this, and then gives you a link to go get it if you need it. It is not impossible. But this is a difficult requirement. You are right that Excel does it well. But they (Microsoft) have had ~15 years to get it to this point. There have been constant refinements to the interfaces, and how formulas are shown and help on those formulas is given. And Excel also has nice breaks into different levels. Type in the cell for simple formulas. Formula builder for more complex stuff. Solver for more complex. VBA for still more complex. Doing this in a DnD app is going to be tougher I think. We start getting away from math formulas into object interaction. So a will save is your base will save plus wisdom ability modifier. Unless they have Force of Personality, in which case they use their charisma. Except they are currently under a Owl's Wisdom, so should they actually use their Wisdom modifer because it is higher? This example is for the most part straight forward. If people are still asking questions here and of the Sage about how rules work, how is a computer going to do it? Let alone, how are you going to tell a computer how to do it? All the above said - I would love to be proven wrong. The whole complex example is part of why computers would be good at this. I'm just suggesting that it is a difficult problem. -cpd [/QUOTE]

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