GCA runs under Wine, or if you have a license to Windows under VMware, Parallels, and Virtual Box.  I am a Mac user and run it under Win 7 on VMware.

I don't  use emulators. If I wanted a PC, I'd go buy a PC.

Wine. Is. Not. an Emulator.

I use whatever gets the job done.  As I am fortunate enough to have free (to me) licensed versions of Windows and VMware Fusion I use those.

haha! But just out of curiosity, what is WINE?


Fun times! My sister got one of the student packs that comes with permission to put it on 3 computers so I had a free version of 7 for a while. Then my computer died and I'm stuck on a tablet.

That's what it stands for. Wine Is Not an Emulator. Instead of creating a virtual machine, it translates windows calls on the fly, letting you use the software on your OS machine.

http://www.winehq.org/about/

Being an OS snob is so 1990s.

I knew that


It's this part that gets me. I don't understand why it's not an emulator. It does the things an emulator does (in layman's terms anyway, both emulators, and whatever WINE is run programs from other OSs,) but differently enough that it's not an emulator. I suppose it's a translator then?

Closer, yeah.

An Emulator is like running a version of windows on a virtual machine on top of your normal OS.

WINE just translates Windows function calls into Mac calls (or whatever). This takes up no extra memory and doesn't give you windows-like features.

Guys, let's leave this space for information on resources.  If you'd like to chat about any of the resources, use the Lounge for that.  =)

Sorry, I thought that this was the correct thread.  Not sure what should be discussed here at this point if GCA/GCS are not resources.

I think he was talking about our divergeance into WINE.

I think it's that the Resource thread is supposed to be a listing of resources and not the discussion of those resources. Discussion goes in the lounge.

So this post and the ones above it are in the wrong thread.

Created an output template for GCS that would output something that RPOL's easy tables would recognize.


|^7!! @NAME |> @TOTAL_POINTS|100%<br>
| Strength    |>4% @ST       |2   Race: @RACE                |2 Gender: @GENDER             |2 Player: @PLAYER            |<br>
| Dexterity   |> @DX         |2   Hair: @HAIR                |2 Eyes: @EYES                 |2 Campaign: @CAMPAIGN        |<br>
| Intelligence|> @IQ         |2   Skin: @SKIN                |2 Hand: @HAND                 |=2                           |<br>
| Health      |> @HT         |2   Size: @SIZE                |2 Age: @AGE                   | Basic HP   |>4% @BASIC_HP   |<br>
|=2                          |2   Height: @HEIGHT            |2 TL: @TL                     | Current HP |> @HP           |<br>
| Will        |> @WILL       |2   Weight: @WEIGHT            |2 Birth Date: @BIRTHDAY       | Reeling    |> @REELING      |<br>
| Fright      |> @FRIGHT_CHECK|=4                                                           | Collapse   |> @HP_COLLAPSE  |<br>
| Perception  |> @PERCEPTION | Basic Speed  |>4% @BASIC_SPEED| Basic FP     |>4% @BASIC_FP  | Check #1   |> @DEATH_CHECK_1|<br>
| Vision      |> @VISION     | Basic Move   |> @BASIC_MOVE   | Current FP   |> @FP          | Check #2   |> @DEATH_CHECK_2|<br>
| Hearing     |> @HEARING    |=2                             | Tired        |> @TIRED       | Check #3   |> @DEATH_CHECK_3|<br>
| Taste & Smell|> @TASTE_SMELL| Thrust      |> @THRUST       | Collapse     |> @FP_COLLAPSE | Check #4   |> @DEATH_CHECK_4|<br>
| Touch       |> @TOUCH      | Swing        |> @SWING        | Unconscious  |> @UNCONSCIOUS | Dead       |> @DEAD         |<br>
<br>
|^4! ENCUMBRANCE, MOVE, DODGE|100%<br>
| Level| Max Load| Move| Dodge|<br>
@ENCUMBRANCE_LOOP_START
| @LEVEL| @MAX_LOAD| @MOVE| @DODGE|<br>
@ENCUMBRANCE_LOOP_END
<br>
|^4! HIT LOCATION|100%<br>
| Roll| Location| DR| Penalty|<br>
@HIT_LOCATION_LOOP_START
| @ROLL| @WHERE| @DR| @PENALTY|<br>
@HIT_LOCATION_LOOP_END
<br>
|^8! ADVANTAGES|100%<br>
|7 Advantage|^3% Pts|<br>
@ADVANTAGES_LOOP_START
|7 @DESCRIPTION_PRIMARY @DESCRIPTION_MODIFIER_NOTES_PAREN| @POINTS|<br>
@ADVANTAGES_LOOP_END
<br>
|^8! SKILLS|100%<br>
|4 Skill|^3% Level|^3% RSL|^3% Pts|^4% Ref|<br>
@SKILLS_LOOP_START
|4 @DESCRIPTION_PRIMARY @DESCRIPTION_NOTES_PAREN|> @SL|> @RSL|> @POINTS|> @REF|<br>
@SKILLS_LOOP_END
<br>
|^8! SPELLS|100%<br>
| Spell| College/Class| Cast/Maintain| Time/Duration| Skill| RSL| Pts| Ref|<br>
@SPELLS_LOOP_START
|= @DESCRIPTION_PRIMARY  |= @COLLEGE|= @MANA_CAST    |= @TIME_CAST|= @SL|= (@RSL)|^= @POINTS|= @REF|<br>
|  @DESCRIPTION_NOTES_PAREN| @CLASS| @MANA_MAINTAIN| @DURATION |     |       |        |     |<br>
@SPELLS_LOOP_END
<br>
|^8! EQUIPMENT|100%<br>
|4 Item| Qty| Cost| Weight| Ref|<br>
@EQUIPMENT_LOOP_START
|4 @DESCRIPTION_PRIMARY| @QTY| $@COST_SUMMARY| @WEIGHT_SUMMARY| @REF|<br>
|8 @DESCRIPTION_NOTES_PAREN| <br>
@EQUIPMENT_LOOP_END
<br>
|^!! Attributes: @ATTRIBUTE_POINTS|^ Advantages: @ADVANTAGE_POINTS|^ Disadvantages: @DISADVANTAGE_POINTS|^ Skills: @SKILL_POINTS|^ Spells: @SPELL_POINTS|^ Unspent: @EARNED_POINTS|^2 Total: @TOTAL_POINTS|100%<br>
|


Should be able to create an html for GCS to read.

Output looks like this:

whoa! that is quite nice!

Very cool, but how do we of the computer inept, use this?

So what file type export from GCS that would feed this?

Export to HTML and open with a browser. I used chrome for this. Copy and paste to your character sheet here at Rpol.

Krusher,
I took the liberty of asking Rich Wilkes, who wrote GCS, if this could be formalized as a GCS output type. Won't happen overnight, but he has been very good about incorporating good ideas. I think this one fits that mold well.

In reply to krusher (msg # 64):

Krusher,
If I open the Character sheet in html... how do I get it into your format?
I think I am missing an important step somewhere.

Ok, here goes....

Step 1:
 Copy the above text and save in your GCS folder as an .HTML file. (e.g Full Character text from GCS.html)

Step 2:
 Click on Edit, Then Preferences, then click the box next to HTML override and choose this new template


Step 3:
 From the File menu, Select Export to HTML
 


Step 4:
 Right click on the HTML you just created and Open with a browser. (e.g. Chrome in this case)
 

Step 5:
 This should open a browser window filled with code. Copy ALL of the code.


Step 6:
 Paste this code into any message or character sheet here at RPoL like this:


|^7!! Pamela Stanganelli |> 100|100%
| Strength |>4% 10 |2 Race: Human |2 Gender: Female |2 Player: Mark |
| Dexterity |> 10 |2 Hair: Black, Straight, Medium |2 Eyes: Grey |2 Campaign: |
| Intelligence|> 10 |2 Skin: Pale |2 Hand: Left |=2 |
| Health |> 10 |2 Size: +0 |2 Age: 21 | Basic HP |>4% 10 |
|=2 |2 Height: 5' 9" |2 TL: 4 | Current HP |> |
| Will |> 10 |2 Weight: 140 lb |2 Birth Date: April 20 | Reeling |> 3 |
| Fright |> 10|=4 | Collapse |> 0 |
| Perception |> 10 | Basic Speed |>4% 5| Basic FP |>4% 10 | Check #1 |> -10|
| Vision |> 10 | Basic Move |> 5 | Current FP |> | Check #2 |> -20|
| Hearing |> 10 |=2 | Tired |> 3 | Check #3 |> -30|
| Taste & Smell|> 10| Thrust |> 1d-2 | Collapse |> 0 | Check #4 |> -40|
| Touch |> 10 | Swing |> 1d | Unconscious |> -10 | Dead |> -50 |

|^4! ENCUMBRANCE, MOVE, DODGE|100%
| Level| Max Load| Move| Dodge|
| • None (0)| 20 lb| 5| 8|
| Light (1)| 40 lb| 4| 7|
| Medium (2)| 60 lb| 3| 6|
| Heavy (3)| 120 lb| 2| 5|
| X-Heavy (4)| 200 lb| 1| 4|

|^4! HIT LOCATION|100%
| Roll| Location| DR| Penalty|
| -| Eye| 0| -9|
| 3-4| Skull| 2| -7|
| 5| Face| 0| -5|
| 6-7| R. Leg| 0| -2|
| 8| R. Arm| 0| -2|
| 9-10| Torso| 0| 0|
| 11| Groin| 0| -3|
| 12| L. Arm| 0| -2|
| 13-14| L. Leg| 0| -2|
| 15| Hand| 0| -4|
| 16| Foot| 0| -4|
| 17-18| Neck| 0| -5|
| -| Vitals| 0| -3|

|^8! ADVANTAGES|100%
|7 Advantage|^3% Pts|

|^8! SKILLS|100%
|4 Skill|^3% Level|^3% RSL|^3% Pts|^4% Ref|

|^8! SPELLS|100%
| Spell| College/Class| Cast/Maintain| Time/Duration| Skill| RSL| Pts| Ref|

|^8! EQUIPMENT|100%
|4 Item| Qty| Cost| Weight| Ref|

|^!! Attributes: 0|^ Advantages: 0|^ Disadvantages: 0|^ Skills: 0|^ Spells: 0|^ Unspent: 100|^2 Total: 100|100%
|


Step 6:
 Which actually looks like this:









This message was last edited by the player at 23:25, Sat 13 Sept 2014.

Krusher et al,
It works, but I had to remove all the line breaks at the end of each line to make it work on my Mac, using Firefox. Looks really spiffy, Thanks so much.

Ah, yeah the br's are there otherwise it all ends up in one line. Not very helpful.

And on my box, they were not needed... no clue as to why.
My son figured it out for me ... I guess that's why I help him get through college.

I would love to see something this spiffy for GCA.

In reply to otghand (msg # 71):

GCS is free... so no need for GCA ... I found GCA clunky and awkward as well.