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<blockquote data-quote="MonkeyBoy" data-source="post: 147971" data-attributes="member: 1229">Pie in the Sky time? My Favourite!Hrm...Some things either were talked about, or were done (some I started myself but then dropped!):(these are all for creating new things properly)Magic Item value calculator (done I think?)Weapon balance calculator (starte this myself, ditched it after a little while)Monster calculator (i.e. does all those &quot;how many skill points for xHD outsider?&quot; calculations for you)There was a document which purported to balance PrCs for you, that could be coded up (data files giving expansion of abilities?)I started work on a system to link simple dungeon maps to room descriptions (on a web page) so that you got the room desciption when you clicked the room on screen. (guess what; ditched it!)----These are things I ave &quot;60%&quot; written:My InitBrowse program (version 2 with bells and whistles, stock monster creation, proper state tracking etc)&quot;multi-function-displays&quot; - a wierd program that is probably only good for me; lets you summon up text files or web pages into up to 4 panes at the hit of a single key. (used for getting reference info fast)&quot;data reader&quot; - basically works like TomeRaider (<a href="http://www.tomeraider.com" target="_blank">www.tomeraider.com</a>) except it uses human-readable data files. It also uses index files, which allow you to (for instance) use the basic SRD spell reference, but in the index specify alternate sources for errata'd, house ruled or just plain extra spells. (tome raider forces you to &quot;compile&quot; your text files into .tr format -&gt; a non-reversible process, making updates hard)----There are also lots of little &quot;tweaks&quot; that the programmer in me sees that would be nice;TableSmith tables for treasure that don't _assume_ you use lots of expansion material, but that enable you to add it easily (started doing this, stopped after a while...)PCGen ported to a Win32 speific language, so it runs at a respectable speed!And that holy grail; easy integration of lots of different programs!----As you can see; the to-do list is long, and the list of nice things to do is even longer.(hell; my list is really a &quot;get on and finish what you've started!&quot; list...)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MonkeyBoy, post: 147971, member: 1229"] [b]Pie in the Sky time? My Favourite![/b] Hrm... Some things either were talked about, or were done (some I started myself but then dropped!): (these are all for creating new things properly) Magic Item value calculator (done I think?) Weapon balance calculator (starte this myself, ditched it after a little while) Monster calculator (i.e. does all those "how many skill points for xHD outsider?" calculations for you) There was a document which purported to balance PrCs for you, that could be coded up (data files giving expansion of abilities?) I started work on a system to link simple dungeon maps to room descriptions (on a web page) so that you got the room desciption when you clicked the room on screen. (guess what; ditched it!) ---- These are things I ave "60%" written: My InitBrowse program (version 2 with bells and whistles, stock monster creation, proper state tracking etc) "multi-function-displays" - a wierd program that is probably only good for me; lets you summon up text files or web pages into up to 4 panes at the hit of a single key. (used for getting reference info fast) "data reader" - basically works like TomeRaider ([url]www.tomeraider.com[/url]) except it uses human-readable data files. It also uses index files, which allow you to (for instance) use the basic SRD spell reference, but in the index specify alternate sources for errata'd, house ruled or just plain extra spells. (tome raider forces you to "compile" your text files into .tr format -> a non-reversible process, making updates hard) ---- There are also lots of little "tweaks" that the programmer in me sees that would be nice; TableSmith tables for treasure that don't _assume_ you use lots of expansion material, but that enable you to add it easily (started doing this, stopped after a while...) PCGen ported to a Win32 speific language, so it runs at a respectable speed! And that holy grail; easy integration of lots of different programs! ---- As you can see; the to-do list is long, and the list of nice things to do is even longer. (hell; my list is really a "get on and finish what you've started!" list...) [/QUOTE]

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