tecnowraith
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what is the best way to update MSE program? 3.8 came out.
Making your own power cards
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Not to mention the costs of printing. 
My group is all approaching middle years and the subsequent onset of visual acuity and the downgrades there-of so I use a personally modded version of Anders format, primarily just reduced the color header in half, a spot of color is all we really need to know what type of power it is at a glance and as a result I get twice the prints per color cartridge. But black text on white background is almost mandatory for the body text for us to be able to easily read the cards as they lay on the table.
Don't get me wrong, some of the designs are really works of art and the authors should be commended on their artistic talent and flair but from a gameplay perspective, for us, simple wins out hands down.
My group is all approaching middle years and the subsequent onset of visual acuity and the downgrades there-of so I use a personally modded version of Anders format, primarily just reduced the color header in half, a spot of color is all we really need to know what type of power it is at a glance and as a result I get twice the prints per color cartridge. But black text on white background is almost mandatory for the body text for us to be able to easily read the cards as they lay on the table. Don't get me wrong, some of the designs are really works of art and the authors should be commended on their artistic talent and flair but from a gameplay perspective, for us, simple wins out hands down.
@ DanmarLOK
And I agree with you, some people like the flash and flair and some people like the simple. That is why me and my partner are working on a black and white option with the color thin border to be printer friendly. but as my template is still new it is still a work in the progress. However, This is why I like to read the threads to see what the players want and try to put the ideas of the players into my template.
And I agree with you, some people like the flash and flair and some people like the simple. That is why me and my partner are working on a black and white option with the color thin border to be printer friendly. but as my template is still new it is still a work in the progress. However, This is why I like to read the threads to see what the players want and try to put the ideas of the players into my template.
My template for the UCS (post #1782) is mostly based on Grandpa's design: white background with black text as default (but can be configured), simple one color headers (not yet configurable) with the same color codes as the PHB uses, but I do use the icons from the standard UCS download (which was mostly copied from grandpa's style i believe), and has boxes which are a little smaller than Grandpa's cards, and the flavor text style is taken from Ander's template.
I plan to implement the following additions within a week or two:
- Backgrounds for the icons (similar to Grandpa's)
- Option to choose bigger boxes (3 & 4 boxes layout in addition to the 6 boxes)
- Option for shadow borders like Ander's template
Someone is adding Martial Powers into the UCS format, and as soon as these are done, they can be used with any UCS template.
DrunkenEwok
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UCS Update:
- Added links to all the templates I'm aware of to the download page: Downloads - Toosigma Please let us know if we're missing anyone, or feel free to add your link to the list.
- Updated the core Beta-3 files to correct the "[W] bug" (where the [W] is interpreted as a symbol). It should work as expected with the initial install, and the bug-fix is no longer necessary.
- Updated the UCS-Complete card set to include all the currently available cards - still doesn't include Martial Power, Manual of the Planes, or any Dungeon Mag material, but those should be available soon.
- There are some minor issues with some templates, and not all the cards are perfect, please report any bugs/issues so they can be corrected.
Thank you but, unfortunately, I can't make use of UCS. The computer I print cards from is at work, and I can't install software onto it; at home I use a Mac and don't have a printer, anyway.
As I said, I'm hoping someone has a card set for MP where the only download is the cards themselves.
Thank you, though, DennisB - I'll look forward to your release.
- jasön
You do not need to install MSE to make it run on a computer, you only need to extract the MSE files, unfortunately they are a bit difficult to extract from the installation program, but I've made a zip archive with the application only. Just extract the files to a folder on you computer, add the UCS files and the template to the data folder, and run the mse.exe.
You are of course restricted to the fonts on your computer if you cannot install fonts.
And you need to open the mse-set files from the application, since it is not installed there is no file association.
Here is a link to a zip file with the application only (no templates):
4shared.com - online file sharing and storage - download MSE-v0.3.8-NoTemplates.zip
Thindaraiel
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You can install MSE on your own computer, and generate PDF throug a pdf-printer (like PdfCreator). Then print these PDF at your office.
Alphastream
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That's a pretty good solution. This way you would be able to make any edits to the cards (such as adding your PC's bonuses, if desired), print to pdf only the cards you will be using, and then take that pdf to work and print to paper just those cards you need. That milks all the advantages of using MSE.
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