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Amaril · Last edited by Amaril on Wed Mar 13, 2013 5:49 am; edited 1 time in total

A month or so ago, I decided I wanted to brush up on my JavaScript and learn jQuery while also dabbling with CSS3. As an experiment, I created a Loot Generator based on the tables in the Fantasy Companion. It's also mobile friendly.

Enjoy, and let me know what you think of it! #1cool

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SavageGamerGirl · Heroic Joined: 24 Oct 2010 Posts: 1258

Oh that is very nice! Thanks!
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Amaril · Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 1:03 pm Post subject:

Thanks! If you find any errors or have any requests, send them my way. I'll see what I can do.
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GreenTongue · Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 8:09 am Post subject:

Who doesn't like LOOT!!!!

Very nice for spawning those "Why?" ideas.
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Amaril · Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 8:25 am Post subject:

Ketjak · Novice Joined: 21 Jan 2012 Posts: 30

Nice work making it mobile-friendly; thanks and bookmarked!

sablemage · Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 1:09 pm Post subject:

Ooh! Shiny!

Thanks for this, good stuff.

Amaril · Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 2:12 pm Post subject:

Thanks again. Designing two stylesheets for this project was a little bit of a challenge. I kept having to make sure whatever additions I made to the screen stylesheet were added to the mobile version. I also had to make sure to exclude those elements from the print CSS.
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Amaril · Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 10:24 am Post subject:

I was thinking of adding some options that would allow you to choose the type of magic item to generate.

For example, if you wanted to generate a random intelligent weapon, you could check off the options for Intelligent, Melee Weapon, and Ranged Weapon.

Thoughts?
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SavageGamerGirl · Heroic Joined: 24 Oct 2010 Posts: 1258

If it's not too much work for you, that would be awesome!
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Amaril · Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 11:54 am Post subject:

Amaril · Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 9:31 am Post subject:

In an effort to teach myself more about PHP, I decided I'm going to convert this project to an app that uses PHP for server-side scripting. I also plan to add one more feature left out of the scope of the original version: Cursed Relics! That's right. When the PHP version is finished, you'll be able to include Cursed Relics in your possible results.
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77IM · Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 11:17 pm Post subject:

This is incredible! Nice work!

I find it extremely humorous that using PHP causes you to introduce cursed relics. ;}

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Cursed · Novice Joined: 31 Jul 2009 Posts: 25

PHP! Got to be extra careful! http://www.bbspot.com/news/2000/6/php_suspend.html Very Happy

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Amaril · Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 9:21 am Post subject:

Amaril · Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 9:23 pm Post subject:

Well, I finally finished the conversion to PHP and introduced quite a few UI changes, mostly related to options for the type of item to generate.
http://www.immaterialplane.com/apps/loot/

During the process, I also found a slew of scripting errors pertaining to the logic used. For example, the placement of the script that builds the Attributes for Intelligent Relics caused them to not be saved to the array appropriately, resulting in consistently low die sizes. Now you should be seeing much higher Smarts and Spirit dice.

I haven't created the script for cursed relics yet, and probably won't for some time. Instead, I plan to work on a component that will allow you to save items you've generated to the 'reliquary' with an option to make them public for users to search and browse by type, bonuses, powers, etc.

I might also create an option to submit items that might reflect errors in the script into a 'dump' for review.

I'll be honest, I'm not too keen on the new UI. The consolidated options section is way too long for my taste, but it beats multiple clips/taps to change a binary value that should only require one click.

Please kick the tires as hard as you can and post results here. As I've said in the past, this is a learning exercise for me, so the more mistakes discovered or improvements I can make, the more I learn. Smile

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Thunderforge · Veteran Joined: 24 Sep 2009 Posts: 927

Any chance we can make custom treasure sizes outside of the base four? Basically, I'd just like to be able to write in the formula for the amount of gold and the percentage that there will be a magic item.
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tigerguy786 · Seasoned Joined: 26 Nov 2011 Posts: 434

How about an item generator? I realize that's probably a big task, but it would be handy.
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