Making your own power cards

[Dracorat]

Here is the Hirahito style of the UCS with some options changed away from defaults (because I liked how the new options looked better).

It is PDF and arranged in Landscape. I thought I read you got more cards per page that way, but you don't. But it took 5 hours to process, so I am not going to change it, at least not right now, as I am going to produce the UCS in a few other of the readily available styles so that people have options.

Oh, and it's 37 MB. Yeah - that's big.

Edit: OK It's on my site. Urgh. I hope that doesn't kill me bandwidth.

Here is the url to the file THE ZIP IS PASSWORD PROTECTED - KEEP READING

http://keithratliff.com/ucs/ucs_hirahito_landscape.zip

I want to be sure people are using my work only if they legitimately have a PHB (instead of as a replacement for it). Thus, the password is the first word you'll find on page 22 of the PHB.

And don't usurp my protection by posting the password on the thread or I'll change the password and the zip. (Or possibly just remove it, which benefits no one.)

 

[meandog]

I down loaded the UCS beta 3 and then the different templets from the toosigma.com web site. but get an error when i run the DennisB style. also when i unzip the following plete-Beta3.MSE-SETedia:UCS-Complete-Beta3.MSE-SET a set file is in the folder where does this file go?
Has anyone posted MSE templets with the powers already entered?
thank you

 

[Dracorat]

The set file goes anywhere you like - it is the "save file" that has all the cards. I suggest My Documents.

Then, in MSE, that's what you "open".

 

[meandog]

Sorry Dracorat, I have another question, i put it in the folder but there is no file extention so when I try opening it MSE does not recognize it. Sorry for being so computer stupid.
Thanks for your help

 

[Dracorat]

It should have .MSE-SET as the file extension. Try downloading it again. (If you extracted it with a zip program you did an extra step too many - don't extract the .MSE-SET file, just stick it somewhere)

 

[meandog]

I still get a file named set with no extention on it.

 

[DrunkenEwok]

More UCS Updates! Yay!

• Martial Power and Manual of the Planes are in, and have been added to the Complete mse-set download on the Downloads Page. We're now pushing almost 4700 cards in total!
• With this upload, we're just missing Dragon #378, the Dungeon Magazines, the Published Adventures, and material just released in the last week. We can always use more people for new card entry and proofreading the existing cards. If you've got some spare time and access to a source or three, please volunteer a little time so we can spread the workload around.
• If you're having problems opening the mse-set files from Windows explorer by double-clicking the file (you get an error like: Invalid command line option) the problem is with the file extension. If you rename the file with a lowercase file extension (.mse-set vs. .MSE-SET) it should correct the problem. Future downloads will have the lowercase extension by default.
• If you're having problems getting the UCS to work, please report issues here or on the Toosigma Forums so we can address any issues. We can't fix something if we don't know it's broken.

@meandog - it sounds like you're extracting the set from the mse-set file. This is unnecessary: MSE reads the .mse-set file directly. The actual set file (what you've extracted) is just a text file with the card data - you shouldn't ever need to open this file unless you want to edit the data with a text editor like Notepad.

@Dracorat - if you'd like, you can add your template to the Downloads page on the UCS, or, with your permission, we can add it for you.

@technowraith - three of the currently functional templates have extra entry boxes for data - Thindaraiel's Horizontal and Vertical, and SleepyBalrog. DennisB's template will include them, as will Ander00 - but both are having technical difficulties at the moment. Future templates will definitely have this as an option - though whether the option is available is up to the template designer.

 

[Dracorat]

@Dracorat - if you'd like, you can add your template to the Downloads page on the UCS, or, with your permission, we can add it for you.

I don't have a template atm. I am just providing people with PDFs of the cards for those who don't have easy access to install the files (or even copy them) or just want to quickly run to a friend's house to print some, et al.

I realized shortly after my last upload that I used the card set with the [W] bug still in it. I am trying to export a new pdf with the new set, which wouldn't have the [W] bug in it.

And FWIW, I am seriously considering making a card template. But it'll be a while. Im a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to many things. This would be no different.

And also, I will be approaching card background images from a per-class point of view. I started with my first class. The Warlord - and the image I created to use as a background is attached.

I'll be making more as I have time. One note though - all will be female. I don't have any male models save one that's in an anime style. (Not quite true - I have a few oddball ones too, but few and far between, certainly not the level of customization I have with female toons)

 

[meandog]

More UCS Updates! Yay!
@meandog - it sounds like you're extracting the set from the mse-set file. This is unnecessary: MSE reads the .mse-set file directly. The actual set file (what you've extracted) is just a text file with the card data - you shouldn't ever need to open this file unless you want to edit the data with a text editor like Notepad.]

Ok when i click on the link to download the set, the file download box pops up and asks if i want to open or save this file. If I open it the files are extracted, if i save it they it just saves the zip file. So how do I get the complete set file so MSE can read it.
If I can get this to work I would be glad to help review stuff.
Again sorry for being so slow with the computer

 

[Dracorat]

Use "Save" and make sure the extension is ".mse-set" and not ".zip".

That's all you have to do.