Legendsmiths

Here is the latest status. I'm trying to line up folks (still) to move this project along and even with a pay incentive, that isn't happening the way I would like.

As Hero fans I know we want really good tools and to see projects like this successful. However, I cannot move this further than I have on my own, regardless of funding, so I am going to continue to find folks that can make this happen and will share an update as soon as I have it.

@Carl Chmielewski in general, I keep modules to a minimum. I appreciate the tactical value of maps and movement, but I have discovered that often extra modules make things move more slowly than when playing analog. If tech can't make playing the game easier, then I try to avoid it.

Thank you @john j putnam  

I appreciate the confidence and support.
 

Work is now winding down for the holidays and I am looking forward to focusing on this for a while. 

Breathing now. Back from Europe and closed out U-Con yesterday, so now I can start to focus again. Thank you for your patience.

I will be working on this over the holiday weekend.

Also, I have received no interest from anyone to take on the role of Project Manager for this. I was hoping to have someone from the Hero community to handle this to make sure it's done right.

Absolutely. I hear you. The state of the world has created much to do for me professionally so I’m trying to prioritize and make more time for this. 
 

I’m sorry for the delay. I have drafted a roadmap that I will share soon, but I need some cycles to make sure it’s pointed in the right direction. 
 

If anyone is interested in joining the project as a project manager we might be able to accelerate. I thought I could spare the cycles to fulfill that role, but right now the demands on my day job has to take priority. 
 

DM me if interested and include any past projects or software project management you have done. We will talk and then if it makes sense, you will join the Legendsmiths team for this project. 
 

Ideally you would also be able to manage the Kickstarter campaigns we have coming up. 
 

This will be a paid position. 

Not yet. I am sorry for the delay; back to back conferences.

I have been making notes, especially from my own sessions. My goal is the have a list of must-haves, nice-to-haves, and stretch goals.

Not yet. These past two weeks have been pretty busy for me. Next week is a bit lighter and I hope to be able to tackle that.

@techogre thank you for all the bug submissions.  
 

another version was pushed today. 

Okay, whew. Busy day.

Squashed more bugs and things look good. We've gathered some Enhancements for future releases.

STUNx for Killing damage is now rolled. However, STUNx bonuses are not calculated properly (bug reported already). Easy fix though.

35 minutes ago, techogre said:

As for automation, there should be some included. Minimal, like an attack card in the chat that combines an attack roll (and what DCV it hits) and the effect.

 

 

For now attack and effect will remain separate rolls.

44 minutes ago, techogre said:

A big one that I already added to the main site is killing attacks. It should handle, as in just roll for, five basic effects:

1. standard (body & stun, seems to be working)
2. killing (body plus stun multiplier)
3. stun only (only stun damage)
4. body only (only count the body damage normally)
5. effect (add up the dice like stun)

Right now it only handles #1 fully, #3, #4, and #5 accidentally, and #2 not at all.

 

When setting up a power, I need a little dropdown to say what kind of effect the power/equipment has. 

Right now it handles 1, 3-5 as designed. Without any subsequent automation, they are just dice.

STUN multiplier is a nice automation. When we add automation, any automation that is appropriate for the Basic version will be included (e.g., targeting, apply damage vs defenses, STUNx, END/charges use on powers, etc.).

I did enter output tagging as an issue and will push for this to be included as early as possible.
 

A bit of a bumpy start but we will get there. Some things to keep in mind about the Basic version:

• Automation is not a priority. Our focus is on character definition and basic rolling functionality. Think of it as a character sheet where you can click and roll your abilities.
• That said, there is no applying damage vs defenses, or targeting oppoenents. Basic rolling functionality. The attack rolls calculate margin of success, so that will tell you what DCV you hit. Alternatively, if you specify the DCV as a penalty when you roll, then you'll know the margin of success on the attack vs that DCV.
• STR will not add to any damage powers automatically. You can edit the damage field of powers and the effect fields of maneuvers: set the values to what they need to be
• All rolls calculate BODY for convenience (e.g., Penetrating attacks). At this point the distinction between Killing, Normal, Standard is nominal only.
• The formula is 11 + OCV + Item OCV Mod + Roll Mod and it determines margin of success for the result. That's your DCV, plus any other penalties.
• Powers are all in the compendium.
• Vehicles will make it eventually.
• hdc import is not part of this version

I do appreciate that for some of you there isn't enough automation. That will come. Automation is complex, very prone to bugs, and we want to get it right. The focus right now is making sure all the basic mechanics work properly, that items have all the fields they need to have in order to support automation, and that the system is playable.

I'm running my regular weekly games in Foundry now (just played last night) and things are absolutely playable and functional. If you can't submit bugs on the site yet (at uberwald), just PM me anything you find and I will add it to the list.

I've got techogre's initial round of bugs and the dev is working on them today. There is a new big one that I'm not sure how it happened (since it was working fine last night) where attack rolls are now borked. In the last update the function started concatenating modifiers instead of adding them. Right not that makes attacks unusable, but that should be solved pretty quickly. I'll post when that's fixed.

Documentation is on the list of things we need to do. However, here are a couple of videos that demonstrate how stuff works.

There is a big with Dice So Nice right now that can cause double rolls, but this is only cosmetic. If you look closely, the second roll is the same as the first.

I took a modular approach to things. Everything on the character (except characteristics) is an "item". This is a Foundry term for a generic item. You can create new items, and when you do you will be prompted for the type of item you want to create. Once created, you can then drag that item onto your sheet.

However, all skills, perks, talents, powers, complications, and equipment from the Basic Rulebook are already in the compendiums. You can drag them from the compendiums and change the names or details as needed.

We took this approach to make it easier once we do the hdc import.

We did already have one bug fix tonight: Power Attack Rolls are now rolling accurately. Some visual bugs in the layout, but we should squash those quickly.

In the meantime, DM me the bug and I will enter it until we get the repository fixed.

I'm already aware that Power Attack Rolls aren't calculating properly, and the spelling of the project is wrong in Foundry (already submitted to the dev).

@Jkeown I feel sorry that I somehow contributed to the shortening of your time on this big blue marble. But no hdc import yet. 

What I've done with my regular crew is spent about 15 min to drag and drop some key powers onto the character, input their characteristics, and that handles all the key rolls they needed. As they need something else, they can add a maneuver, power, skill, or equipment with the right levels/effect and then its done. 

The objective was to get a fully functional build out that supports rolling and tracking. No automation. I will be soliciting suggestions for features that are must haves and nice to haves to prioritize how we spend our development dollars. 

hdc import is a must have, it's just out of scope for this release. 

The repository is public, so you can head to https://www.uberwald.me/gitea/uberwald/fvtt-hero-system-6/issues to report any bugs (you do have to register on the site). 
We are going to host it here to make it easier for my developer to make any fixes. Once this stablizes we will transition to hosting at the Legendsmiths github site, but that likely won't be a for a month or so. 

I'm sorry for any issues that folks ran into downloading this. As far as I can tell (fresh install, search, install system) it's all working properly. 

1 minute ago, techogre said:

Installing is not the problem. The issue is being able to report bugs. The site:  https://www.uberwald.me/gitea/uberwald/fvtt-hero-system-6/issues/  is the issue. When I'm logged in to uberwald.me I get a 404 error. When I log out of the uberwald.me site and go back to that page, it displays normally, but then I can't submit any issues. This is regardless if I'm running foundry or not, in a browser or not.

Ahh, so the issue is on reporting bugs. okay, I will verify with my dev that he's configured the repository properly. I did just check that I can do a bug submission, but I've had an account on there for months so I'm sure my perms are good. That seems like an easy enough fix. I'll message him now. 

@techogre I'm sorry, I don't know what to tell you. I pulled out a laptop with a fresh install of Foundry, went to the Game Settings, searched for hero, and clicked install (you can see the downloading package progress bar in the back). It installed and ran fine. 

It is for v11, although should still run in 10. I'm not sure that is an issue. 

I ran into an issue where I had a manual install (from downloading directly from uberwald's site). If you do that, you need to delete that version before you can successfully install from the Foundry menu. I had to manually remove the old system folder before I could install through just searching (as in the image). 

Try again. There was an error when it first went up. I've installed it now.

The repository at uberwald should be public and open to submit bugs.

We are hosting it there now (with the developer) during this initial bug finding period. Ultimately it will be hosted at github.

Registering with Foundry...

Keep your eyes out, it will be public before I see it. I'll put a post up, just know you can go and try to find it in Foundry package management. As of this post it isn't there yet.

Wait for it...

Okay. All superficial bugs squashed and equipment tab cleaned up and sorted out:

Working with the dev right now to take the github repository public and release.

Sorry for the delay. Extra cautious because once we code freeze, I lose some flexibility in modifications (bug fixes only until the next version is funded). I've loaded all the equipment from Hero Basic to validate some things and there are some tweaks I should have tomorrow and then we can shift it over to the public repository.

Thank you for your patience.

World transition should not be an issue from Basic to Complete.

There will be no world transition from Unofficial to Official. You should be able to export scenes, but actors and items will not carry over.

@johntaber the unoffical system has no relationship with the official one. Hero System Basic has not been released yet to the public.

Just ran through a demo with DOJ (Hero Games) and have the full approval to proceed. We've got one last visual bug to squash (hopefully today) and then we can release to the wild. There will also be an announcement by Hero about this.

@techogre all actors use the same sheet. We are not opposed to different sheets, but initially just one.

Hit location support will be added in the Full version (no Hit Loc in basic)

Did a full combat today and discovered some key bugs that need to be squashed. Sorry, folks. We'll get it out soon.

The gang from Atomic Sky needed to deal with a gang of raiders before the raiders launch an attack on one of the comms the group protects. Things got a little dicey for them, but overall they owned it.

Everything is working. I'm working on getting the github repo migrated to the public and registering with Foundry.

It also requires v11, so make sure your Foundry is up to date. I haven't added Equipment and Weapons from the Basic book yet, but that's a minor issue overall. We will get that in there eventually.

You can also see we have all the Power Text in the compendiums for easy reference. Same for Complications, Perks, Talents, and Maneuvers.

The fields are also all there and aligned to HeroDesigner. When we add the HD import feature (Full version), all of those "items" will be automatically created on the character and updated.
 

I will announce when it is available for install on Foundry soon.

Okay, just got all the final powers, complications, and maneuvers compendiums done. One minor tweak to layout and I can release. This takes a couple days (have to set up the site in GitHub and publish via Foundry process), but we should  have something soon. 

Feedback, bugs, and requests will be tracked via GitHub once it's up. We'll let this cook a bit to refine the basics, and then we can push to crowdfund the full version. 

The best way to track it right now is here. 

We will be hosting on GitHub per Foundry's requirements. I'm hoping to release this week (was shooting for last week but couldn't get some critical bugs squashed).