Yet Another Squad Builder (with Wave 3 ships)

By geordan, in X-Wing

Just wanted to say that it is awesome! My favorite squadbuilder.

On my phone, the navigation bar cuts off before the "i" in View as Text. I'll have to check it on a browser as I'm sure it works beautifully there.

Very cool!

Question: On the print you list the ability "notes" for the pilot but not for any upgrade? Why is that?

Mostly because I was cribbing directly off TheKestrel's design. I could put the text in there but it could get pretty busy/crowded. Otherwise there's no technical reason.

On my phone, the navigation bar cuts off before the "i" in View as Text. I'll have to check it on a browser as I'm sure it works beautifully there.

Yeah, that's happening on my phone as well. I'll see about making the button bar more concise on mobile.

Wow, you have been amazingly responsive to feature requests. Thanks a lot. I've seen developers of paid products who were way less responsive than you have been. Congrats on the great product.

Thanks! It's easy to respond when you're just one person. Also the code isn't that complicated.

Indeed! Fantastic work on the squad builder.. only issue I've had is none of the color graphics came through when I tried to print hard copy. minor thing, of course, but otherwise awesome.

Minor update:

  • Some phone UI improvements: shorter text on some buttons, and fancy view is disabled on phone in favor of the simple view.

Indeed! Fantastic work on the squad builder.. only issue I've had is none of the color graphics came through when I tried to print hard copy. minor thing, of course, but otherwise awesome.

Which browser and version? If you have the option, does checking the "use background images and colors" option or equivalent help?

I think this has surpassed Voidstate as my favorite builder! :D

I was wondering: how difficult would it be to have another list in the card browser sorted by cost? Keeping the different card types separated would be a must, but it would be nice to know nonetheless. Like say, one list is "Type (alphabetical)" and the other would be "Type (point value)".

Could you:

When you're on the Card Browser can you select a card and have it remain so you can select others.

That would enable you to compare cards. Of course you'd need a way to remove specific cards.

I was wondering: how difficult would it be to have another list in the card browser sorted by cost? Keeping the different card types separated would be a must, but it would be nice to know nonetheless. Like say, one list is "Type (alphabetical)" and the other would be "Type (point value)".

Added.

Could you:

When you're on the Card Browser can you select a card and have it remain so you can select others.

That would enable you to compare cards. Of course you'd need a way to remove specific cards.

This is a pretty big change; I'm not planning to do changes of that scale to the browser in the near future. And that can get pretty cluttered on small browser windows/low resolutions. The workaround is to open another copy of the builder in a new browser tab. (Ghetto, but oh well.)

This squad builder is awesome!!! well done sir!

Could you:

When you're on the Card Browser can you select a card and have it remain so you can select others.

That would enable you to compare cards. Of course you'd need a way to remove specific cards.

This is a pretty big change; I'm not planning to do changes of that scale to the browser in the near future. And that can get pretty cluttered on small browser windows/low resolutions. The workaround is to open another copy of the builder in a new browser tab. (Ghetto, but oh well.)

No more so than what a squad would look like?

Edited by Ken at Sunrise

No more so than what a squad would look like?

That's true. Mechanically, though, it's an involved change, and I'm focusing my next effort on letting people know what expansions (and how many) are required to field a given squad. I'll start thinking about what's required to handle displaying multiple cards at once.

I am not allowed to print my Squadron Names with my list anymore? I need the Title and total points and its all of a sudden gone. Hope we can get it back?

I wonder is it possible when you view your squad list to print it. Possible to have an option to have it open into a new tab or window with the option of either simple view or fancy view? :blink:

Minor update:

  • Some phone UI improvements: shorter text on some buttons, and fancy view is disabled on phone in favor of the simple view.

Indeed! Fantastic work on the squad builder.. only issue I've had is none of the color graphics came through when I tried to print hard copy. minor thing, of course, but otherwise awesome.

Which browser and version? If you have the option, does checking the "use background images and colors" option or equivalent help?

Firefox 24, I'll have to go hunting around for that after I get in from work, will advise.

I am not allowed to print my Squadron Names with my list anymore? I need the Title and total points and its all of a sudden gone. Hope we can get it back?

Whoops. I'll look into that tonight.

I wonder is it possible when you view your squad list to print it. Possible to have an option to have it open into a new tab or window with the option of either simple view or fancy view? :blink:

There's a print button in the View as Text dialog. I'll see about viewing the fancy view in a new tab/window, but that probably won't be for a while (we're approaching a release at work, so my spare coding time is reduced).

I love this. Just one suggestion. I use it mostly on my Ipad. When you select an upgrade for a ship it puts up an x next to the upgrade to get rid of it. On my ipad it is actually kinda hard to hit he x instead of the other buttons that re right next to it.

The header containing the squad name and points should be back in the printed version again.

I love this. Just one suggestion. I use it mostly on my Ipad. When you select an upgrade for a ship it puts up an x next to the upgrade to get rid of it. On my ipad it is actually kinda hard to hit he x instead of the other buttons that re right next to it.

That's part of the Select2 dropdown that I'm using; I'm not sure how to do it differently (and unambiguously). Suggestions welcome.

This is the only list builder i use keep up the great work

Thank you for wasting hours of my life pondering possibilities... :)

Wonderful, wonderful squadron builder. It's certainly a lot easier than pulling out all my cards and sitting on the bed trying to do it all by hand.