Introducing Armada Warlords: database and fleet builder

By Nevetz, in Star Wars: Armada

Thinking about the last updates I've worked on, I can delive a new feature to the builder: I'd call it "Wave Lockdown". Basically you would be able to choose to use ships, squadrons and upgrades only from certain Waves, chosen by simple checkboxes at the start of the builder. Maybe new players can choose only from Starter Set and Wave 1 content, while more creative players can start already to build lists using all waves stuff, including Wave 3 (hopefully we will have more info about the new ships, since for now the new Fleet Support upgrades can't be equipped to anything yet).

Does it soud cool to you? I could start working on this and deliver it quite quickly if you guys may find this useful.

By wave that might be of limited use (can't see me using it much, but can see how it would be good for folk in other situations). However perhaps something more like the opportunity to choose a list that only uses the ships/cards that you own (by setting some quantity fields for each expansion somewhere) is along the same lines but has more use than simply playing specific waves?

Yeah that is the more detailed version, but instead of waves there should be a check for each expansion (SWM01... SWM19). Definitely doable, but it would require more work.

Some kind of bug has popped up, at least on the mobile version. All the upgrades have become muddled on saved fleets, and looks the same when creating a new fleet. For example, on the MC30 the first upgrade slot is Defence instead of Title, and Defence is repeated further down. Inside the Defence option the two upgrades available are NK7, or Admonition. Seems to be similar issues on all sorts of ships and upgrade slots.

Some kind of bug has popped up, at least on the mobile version. All the upgrades have become muddled on saved fleets, and looks the same when creating a new fleet. For example, on the MC30 the first upgrade slot is Defence instead of Title, and Defence is repeated further down. Inside the Defence option the two upgrades available are NK7, or Admonition. Seems to be similar issues on all sorts of ships and upgrade slots.

Looks weird to me! I didn't change any function when saving or showing the fleets, and the data on the database can be considered safe. I'll be sure to check this out, thanks for the report.

Might not be an issue with the site, was able to test on another device this morning and looks fine so thinking it might be a cache issue on my phone.

I have nothing constructive to add to the thread, but I did want to just say "holy schnikes, thanks, this is friggin' awesome." I've just started getting into Armada these last few weeks, and your site has been a tremendous asset, and made fleet building very intuitive and easy, helping me plan my purchases, etc, etc. It's been just great. Thank you very much.

I've updated the "support me" page with the list of Patrons. I should be able to work on some fixes in the following days. Priority: ship titles bug when editing lists.

Thanks for the hard work!

One suggestion: Could the upgrades be put into their different categories? Titles, turbolasers, officers, etc; as well as a search feature, so it will be easier to find upgrades fast.

Thanks for the hard work!

One suggestion: Could the upgrades be put into their different categories? Titles, turbolasers, officers, etc; as well as a search feature, so it will be easier to find upgrades fast.

Hey there Muel,

yes, I plan to add a real-time filter/search form at the start of the upgrades page so you can quickly hide and show any upgrade based on the input.

Nevetz

I've updated the "support me" page with the list of Patrons. I should be able to work on some fixes in the following days. Priority: ship titles bug when editing lists.

Glad you posted this, I just noticed your Patreon and tossed you a few bucks!

I have updated the builder page which now shows expansions and wave for each upgrade (commanders too which were not showing any of this information). This little update is the first part of the much bigger update which will let you build a fleet by enabling/disabling single Waves, so you'll be able to pick only ships, squadrons and upgrades from, let's say Core Set and Wave 1 for example.

Still looking into the title edit bug by the way.

The ships' titles bug when editing the saved fleets should be fixed now, there was a flaw in the code. Let me know if you see this problem again, but I'm quite sure it's all working now.

Also, reworked the design of the objectives and commander section to be able to toggle its content.

Happy building!

Edited by Nevetz

I've also finally added a multiple filter selection in the updates database: now each "row" can be filtered for Faction, Type and Wave.

Any chance of adding the 4 player scenario build?

150 points with no objectives/commanders?

Any chance of adding the 4 player scenario build?

150 points with no objectives/commanders?

I think I can add an option to avoid objetives and commander selection, although the commander is linked to a ship and the list itself so it will require some more work than a mere addition. I'll look at the mission and see what I can do fleet builder-side.

Any chance of adding the 4 player scenario build?

150 points with no objectives/commanders?

I think I can add an option to avoid objetives and commander selection, although the commander is linked to a ship and the list itself so it will require some more work than a mere addition. I'll look at the mission and see what I can do fleet builder-side.

Much obliged, I intend to donate to your cause tonight.

Any chance of adding the 4 player scenario build?

150 points with no objectives/commanders?

I think I can add an option to avoid objetives and commander selection, although the commander is linked to a ship and the list itself so it will require some more work than a mere addition. I'll look at the mission and see what I can do fleet builder-side.

might it be easier to add a 0 pts, No Commander, commander option that may be selected?

Any chance of adding the 4 player scenario build?

150 points with no objectives/commanders?

I think I can add an option to avoid objetives and commander selection, although the commander is linked to a ship and the list itself so it will require some more work than a mere addition. I'll look at the mission and see what I can do fleet builder-side.

might it be easier to add a 0 pts, No Commander, commander option that may be selected?

I've added a 0pt Custom Commander and 3 Custom Objectives for now. May not be elegant, but they do the work. You still also have to pick a flagship or it won't let you save the list.

best builda eva!

Edited by Tirion

Wave 3 spoilers are online and marked as unreleased. You can now build Wave 3 lists and print them. Fleet Support Upgrade icon is coming soon, it is for now replaced with a title icon or no icon at all.

Nevetz

Is anyone else having an issue with the text export showing it fits on one page, but when printed it cuts off some of the fleet at the bottom? It looks like the font changes to something too big for one page, even though the print preview shows it all on one page.

Is anyone else having an issue with the text export showing it fits on one page, but when printed it cuts off some of the fleet at the bottom? It looks like the font changes to something too big for one page, even though the print preview shows it all on one page.

Got any fleet with this problem? Share me the link and I'll give a look

nevitz we need toryn farr!

Yes Tayroon! I'll add her as soon as Im home

Hey there! An update on my situation and the fleet builder itself:

I'm almost hired to a big modern IT company which develops applications similar to Warlords, but in the medical field (already passed 3 job interviews with those people, and voices say that I'm in). I think I'll have at least 1-2 free weeks al minimum before I start there, so here the important news:

as a training for my new work, I'll do my best to code and put online the entire fleet builder in 100% mobile-friendly version, which will be able to be chosen if you enter the builder page with a smartphone or tablet. This view will let you build a fleet without images, so that the network connection required will be ~1/10 of the actual time, and it should be also a lot easier to read the cards (building a big list on a phone right now isn't really the best experience you can have) and the entire list by consequence. This new builder will work very similarly to the current one, but without images, replaced by text; if you still want to use the image-full version, no worry, since you'll be asked wich version you'll want to use.

Also, I don't have any Photoshop or similar to use right now and I'd need someone who is skilled with graphic for some easy work (Wave 3 stuff). If you can and want to lend a hand, please contact me, thank you.

Freaking awesome :)