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February 26, 2010
I definitely do not want readers to think that I am a braggart when I make this bold claim. I am being serious, not arrogant. I have been working on the code changes for the Pious Paladin release and they are looking sweeter every little update.
I’ll start with the Core features of Pious Paladin, those which I have worked on and those that are planned.
First is the UI. As I have said before the UI is getting revamped and made as portable as possible. This is not just a switch from wx.Python to PyQt, this is a complete revamping of the UI. I am doing my best to keep all non UI related functions out of UI related classes for a very basic reason; portability. This key design method allows developers to focus on UI changes so they can fit the software’s look to the screen they want, while keeping the core data calculations the same.
The UI itself will have a lot of customization. I’ve already worked on some Qt Style Sheets and will allow users an easy way to modify those so users not only get the layout they want from their UI, but they also get the look and feel they want. The style sheet that comes standard in the default folder is based of the colors in the Traipse logo.
The Chat is going to be a far superior chat then other VGTs. Because the previous chat was based on a wx.html.HtmlWindow I wanted to keep the new chat the same. And I am glad I did. The new chat in Pious Paladin will be using the WebKit module, and it is most awesome what I am doing. First, the chat will have a CSS file that users can modify. Each post type will have a class, (Post, Info, System, Emote), and user names will make up another class. By allowing this, users can modify the CSS of their chat window and change how some posts are viewed. I see this being helpful when the GM is talking.
Ready for the really cool coolness of Chat? An in house browser is available. Any time a user clicks on a link, instead of that link opening in their web browser Traipse Pious Paladin will open a new tab called Browser, (for now), and the web page will load into that tab. This is going to be a great way to quickly reference the d20 SRD from within your software, or if you want to share a funny video you can even click over to YouTube and watch videos from there.
I know some users don’t use the Map very much, so the software will allow for the Map to be hidden and the Chat to take center stage. Yet, some users want to VoIP their games, so the Chat can be hidden and the Map can sit center stage. Future advancements will allow for the Map to pop out and the Player List and Game Tree to be hidden as well.
These are just some of the features that are currently available in the source code that I am working on. I have yet to start looking at the Map seriously, or much of anything else for that matter. I have only been coding Pious for a couple of weeks, but the new features are pretty exciting.
Learn more about the Traipse Movement and get a link to the Dev-Shed that holds the current source for Pious Paladin: http://www.knowledgearcana.com//content/view/199/128/
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