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[Headbomb]

One thing that also is a bit ... unorthodox is calling the thousand separator a 'decimal seperator'.

There are many convention in the world, but keeping it to those that could see use in this sheet, we have

English plain (decimal seperator is a dot)
3132.24

French plain (decimal seperator is a comma)
3132,24

English Scientific (thousand separator is a space, decimal indicator is a dot)
3 132.24

French Scientific / French 'Common' (thousand separator is a space, decimal indicator is a comma)
3 132,24

English 'Common' (thousand separator is a comma, decimal indicator is a dot)
3,132.24
23,132.24

Because most people will use the sheet in English, the default really should be be none, spaces or commas for the thousand separators, and a dot for the decimal. Then in options

Decimal ([ ] Dot, [ ] Comma)
Thousand ([ ] None, [ ] Spaces, [ ] Commas {this option should only be available if the dot option is selected for Decimal Seperator})

 

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v9.6.5 looking good.

This is may be a bit on the picky side of things, but I noticed a lot of the blue boxes are a bit too large, and it makes the sheet a bit ugly-ish. Not the end of the world, but I find it annoying.

https://gyazo.com/b7af7ca3d817044264f728621630d8d7

https://gyazo.com/75cccd1c186fc9d3840c0516c660d440

Things like the above would be a lot prettier if the blue area was confined to the box, rather than spill over the black region.

However, where it become a bit more important than just 'looking nice', is when those blue boxes overlap with one another. But also it makes editing the sheet a bit harder, especially when two blue boxes overlap them one another.

https://gyazo.com/173ffbf1622d0829f583e5ba80227fad

https://gyazo.com/e9f8a4cc8b0fc1f660cb802d843f083e

https://gyazo.com/92f740631bb5e3d2475b1db23dfc9332

https://gyazo.com/1c8434b720ce447f617791b2cc27626f

This is particularly annoying when using things in tablet mode, because you don't know, e.g., if hitting the attuned box will tick the box, or put the cursor in the text field.

Short answer: this won't work, because all the text/checkboxes will be wrongly aligned. Making the 'blue' 'looking nice' would make the text look awful.

The form fields are layout as they currently are to make all the things you put in them fit to the rest of the sheet. Either fit the text to the lines (the overlapping fields), or fit the "X" in the checkbox (the checkboxes). Changing the size of the field would change the size and shape of what's in it along with it. Making the checkboxes as big as the white area would make the "X" so small it would just be a dot with a lot of white space around it. Moving the overlapping fields so that they adhere to the lines/box the text has to go in would make the text not align with the lines/box. Moving the top of the field down would also move the top of the text down with the same amount. So the options are: have it work as it currently does or have better looking 'blue boxes' (as you call it, you can make it any colour you want in Acrobat) that have text in the wrong place. I choose the former

BTW, if you don't like how the blue looks, just turn off the colouring of form fields I don't like looking at the sheet with all the form fields coloured like that, it is rather distracting IMHO. You can edit this feature in the settings of your Acrobat program (CTRL + K and go to "Forms").

Also, for the dual save DCs, here's a mockup for (at least IMO) a better looking layout

https://imgur.com/b7NkQPE

Great idea! One that I had while making it as well. Two problems with that:
1) where do you put the modifier fields so that it is still clear to what DC they belong.
2) when printing to greyscale, how do you understand what score goes with what DC? I see the arrows, but they are really tiny and break style with the rest of the sheet.
But I'll try if I can make something work, because it is something I was struggling with while implementing this feature.

One thing that also is a bit ... unorthodox is calling the thousand separator a 'decimal seperator'.

There are many convention in the world, but keeping it to those that could see use in this sheet, we have

English plain (decimal seperator is a dot)
3132.24

French plain (decimal seperator is a comma)
3132,24

English Scientific (thousand separator is a space, decimal indicator is a dot)
3 132.24

French Scientific / French 'Common' (thousand separator is a space, decimal indicator is a comma)
3 132,24

English 'Common' (thousand separator is a comma, decimal indicator is a dot)
3,132.24
23,132.24

Because most people will use the sheet in English, the default really should be be none, spaces or commas for the thousand separators, and a dot for the decimal. Then in options

Decimal ([ ] Dot, [ ] Comma)
Thousand ([ ] None, [ ] Spaces, [ ] Commas {this option should only be available if the dot option is selected for Decimal Seperator})

I'm a bit taken aback by this post. Why do you think I'm "calling the thousand separator a 'decimal seperator'"? It clearly says decimal separator right? You choose the thing that separates the integer from the fraction, not the thing that separates the thousands from the singles. Note that it only has effect on how the number display if you are not editing the field. You can always use both a comma and a dot as decimal separator when entering data. Acrobat has no option to select a space as a thousands separator, so that is not an option I can offer. Because numbers in the thousands will be very uncommon in the sheet, I choose to have the thousands separator by dependent on the decimal separator (i.e. a comma if the decimal separator is a dot and vice versa). Only the XP and money fields are likely to have numbers in the thousands. Using the, as you call it, 'common' version seemed to me as the most common thing people would want. The only extra option that would be viable in Acrobat would to offer the option to have no thousand separator, but I felt that writing code for that was a waste of time, and I still do.

 

[Headbomb]

Short answer: this won't work, because all the text/checkboxes will be wrongly aligned. Making the 'blue' 'looking nice' would make the text look awful.

Well, if it won't work, let's not waste any more bits and pixels on it.

Great idea! One that I had while making it as well. Two problems with that:
1) where do you put the modifier fields so that it is still clear to what DC they belong.
2) when printing to greyscale, how do you understand what score goes with what DC? I see the arrows, but they are really tiny and break style with the rest of the sheet.

In color there should really be no issue. In grayscale however, the arrows are there. I suck at graphics however, so I just used whichever arrows Paint had. For something fancier / less ass-y, I suppose you could have like a triangle spanning the height of the box on either side. Like

  _____________
/             | 
\_____________|
  _____________
 |             \
 |_____________/

Or you could use some version of the arrows next to the initiative box to achieve the same thing. Or you could even change the fields to read '← Strength' and ''Intelligence →'.

I'm a bit taken aback by this post. Why do you think I'm "calling the thousand separator a 'decimal seperator'"? It clearly says decimal separator right? You choose the thing that separates the integer from the fraction, not the thing that separates the thousands from the singles.
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Because numbers in the thousands will be very uncommon in the sheet, I choose to have the thousands separator by dependent on the decimal separator (i.e. a comma if the decimal separator is a dot and vice versa).

Half ignore what I just said. It's possible I tested the behaviour on an old version (8.4). That or I ran into a bug that made things hard/confusing to investigate.

I note that if have a new sheet, and put 1200 in the pp box, I displays as 1,200 pp.
If I switch the units to make use of commas as decimals, the pp remains as 1,200 pp. But if I put 1200 gp, they display as 1.200 gp.

The XP box updates correctly.

With the current version, you can choose between '0.5 / 50,324' and '0,5 / 50.324'. The later is weird (0,5 / 50 324 would be more in line with comma-using countries) but I'm not using it so I won't care much.

 

[Headbomb]

Also, unrelated to our above discussion, if that one row in right column of the 2nd page inventory (the one reading 'Attuned Magical Items (max 3)') could be turned into a regular row, that would be pretty great. It would more or less mean that we'd not only gain 1 row, but really we could put the extra 3 rows to use. Or a net gain of 4 inventory slots on the 2nd page.

For code purposes, it would probably be simplest to give the option via a box (similar to the choose visible sections above combat rules on page 3) offering two versions of the right column. One with the 'full inventory', the other with the 'attuned subsection'.

 

[Headbomb]

IDEA!

A duration counter next to your conditions.

Example

[ ] Blinded           __________ <rounds>
  Fails checks involving sights; attacks have
  ...
[ ] Charmed           __________ <rounds>
  Cannot harm the charmer; charmer has
  ...

Default is <rounds>, but could be a drop menu where the time unit can be selected rounds / minutes / hours / days / weeks / month / year

 

[Headbomb]

I also notice that the 'health dragons' behind the HP boxes (page 1 / page 5) don't change colors if you select different color schemes. Likewise for the red D&D logo at the top of page 3. Is this intentional?

 

[Mothraax]

Just a small detail, but I noticed that Warlock starting equipment should be a Scholar's Pack or Dungeoneer's Pack.

EDIT: Also just noticed that there is a spelling error on the criminal personality trait: "I always have a plan for waht to do when things go wrong."

 

[Fabyo]

Little (and not very important) bug: the tooltips in the "Tools & Other" are swapped with the line under or above.
I mean, with 3 lines, the tooltip of the first line explain the second line, the tooltip of the second explain the third and the third explain the first. (checked out with a mountain dwarf fighter with soldier background: 1° dwarf tools, 2° soldier's gaming set, 3° soldier's vehicles land)

 

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Half ignore what I just said. It's possible I tested the behaviour on an old version (8.4). That or I ran into a bug that made things hard/confusing to investigate.

I note that if have a new sheet, and put 1200 in the pp box, I displays as 1,200 pp.
If I switch the units to make use of commas as decimals, the pp remains as 1,200 pp. But if I put 1200 gp, they display as 1.200 gp.

The XP box updates correctly.

With the current version, you can choose between '0.5 / 50,324' and '0,5 / 50.324'. The later is weird (0,5 / 50 324 would be more in line with comma-using countries) but I'm not using it so I won't care much.

Guess you found some of the fields I forgot to have updated when the decimal separator changes. I forgot that the coinage fields will hold thousands as well
As for the thousand separator being weird for comma-using countries, I have to politely disagree. As a person living in a comma-using country, I wouldn't find omitting a thousand separator preferable to a dot as a thousands separator. As I stated before, having a space as a thousands separator is not something Adobe Acrobat supports, so that is not an option! So you don't have to keep bringing that up as the preferable option, because currently it is impossible to implement.

Also, unrelated to our above discussion, if that one row in right column of the 2nd page inventory (the one reading 'Attuned Magical Items (max 3)') could be turned into a regular row, that would be pretty great. It would more or less mean that we'd not only gain 1 row, but really we could put the extra 3 rows to use. Or a net gain of 4 inventory slots on the 2nd page.

For code purposes, it would probably be simplest to give the option via a box (similar to the choose visible sections above combat rules on page 3) offering two versions of the right column. One with the 'full inventory', the other with the 'attuned subsection'.

That's actually a pretty rad idea! It is very tricky, however, as it requires me to revisit all the code about adding stuff to the inventory and all the inventory buttons, because then it will need to check for the visibility before it knows if it has 45 or 46 lines, and if the lines can be used for deleting, inserting, etc. So this is probably not something I will implement quickly, but it is definitely something I will keep in the back of my mind.

IDEA!

A duration counter next to your conditions.

Example

[ ] Blinded           __________ <rounds>
  Fails checks involving sights; attacks have
  ...
[ ] Charmed           __________ <rounds>
  Cannot harm the charmer; charmer has
  ...

Default is <rounds>, but could be a drop menu where the time unit can be selected rounds / minutes / hours / days / weeks / month / year

My main concern is that this is something that will only be interesting to people using the sheet solely digital. For us analogue users it wouldn't be much used, especially if it has a default. And if I omit a default, it will require some more text to explain its function for the print-users. That will require some attractive looking things (not just a line), and I'm not sure how that would fit with the look of the sheet without it becoming (even more) cluttered.

I also notice that the 'health dragons' behind the HP boxes (page 1 / page 5) don't change colors if you select different color schemes. Likewise for the red D&D logo at the top of page 3. Is this intentional?

I replied the following before about this issue, but it is a couple of pages back, so it is very understandable you didn't see it

I decided against changing the colour of those graphic elements, HP and initiative. Partly because that was always the intention behind the design, but mostly because I don't have the original files and changing them would be a painstaking operation.(...)
Just for the current functionality, I already had to make a lot of the coloured headers by photoshopping the red ones (stats, level, prof bonus, and on the top right).

However, I'm open to implementation of different colours for more of the graphics, if somebody wants to photoshop the HP dragon and initiative arrow into all the different colours.(...)

Just a small detail, but I noticed that Warlock starting equipment should be a Scholar's Pack or Dungeoneer's Pack.

EDIT: Also just noticed that there is a spelling error on the criminal personality trait: "I always have a plan for waht to do when things go wrong."

Good catches! I will change it in the new version Thank you for reporting the errors!

Little (and not very important) bug: the tooltips in the "Tools & Other" are swapped with the line under or above.
I mean, with 3 lines, the tooltip of the first line explain the second line, the tooltip of the second explain the third and the third explain the first. (checked out with a mountain dwarf fighter with soldier background: 1° dwarf tools, 2° soldier's gaming set, 3° soldier's vehicles land)

This can happen when you import stuff into the sheet. It shouldn't happen if you fill everything out. Did you import stuff or did it happen when you entered the race and background by hand?

 

[Astromath]

I know you cannot program a "soft" space (as from the space bar), but can you program a "no-break space"? (Unicode U+00A0)