Posted: 26 March 2008 at 11:54am | IP Logged

-Howdy all. This is for Galaktische and anyone interested in his rumblings late last year about GE online. How far did anyone get in this endeavor? i know Galaktische doesn't have time at the moment to devote to this, but perhaps with an influx of a couple new posters/lurkers we should re-up the notice and details and see if anyone has time to spare? Maybe?

.....Lobo, curious/bored/considering taking the afternoon off

Posted: 06 April 2008 at 10:51am | IP Logged

I'll have time to work on this during the summer if the interest is still there.

I managed to get some cards imported and proved to myself that the concept works but ran into time obligations.

The major work is in preparing the card scans and the text for the cards themselves.

There is also the subject of 'card correction', we can either enter the cards as is with multiple versions of things like R/L4 Miscommnications, we can enter only the most recent version, or we could 'edit' the rules.

I would like to complete this project but I only have the summer to work on it due to work/school schedules.

J--

Posted: 07 April 2008 at 12:38am | IP Logged

Ok, I spent a bit of time Sunday evening working on this and made the following prgoress. I extracted the card list from the database @ http://www.bullington.us/galacticempires/, cut out all of the HTML and parsed the data into fields.

The next step is to break up the ability description so that the phasers, shields, etc... are easier to interpret. Then I need to map the OCTGN/Magic fields to the GE equivalents. Then I can build the data file for OCTGN. I still need a good copy of all the cards. The GE museum is the only option we currently have as I don't have time to do all of that scanning.

Once I get the data file and images merged then it is time to test.

Right now I could use some proof reading to go through the files I extracted and just look at the English and/or correct cards that are written up wrong.

If you have time I can send you a copy of the file in Excel or CSV format for anyone to proof and then send back. Let me know if you have the time and/or inclination.

I got 2402 cards from the database is this the right number?

J--

Posted: 07 April 2008 at 6:53am | IP Logged

1. I agree we shouldn't bother with multiple copies of the same card, at least not in the first version.
2. Yes, I can add cards after the initial build. In fact my first goal is to get two decks up and running. I think I'll use the two decks from the recent 40 card challenge Lobo and I played.
3. Including different printings of various cards would alter the probability of finding cards in packs but I'm going for the 'constructed' theme first. The program does support 'opening random packs' so we might one day host a limited/draft game.
4. Did I mention the program supports multi-player?
5. The scans from Eric's site are servicable but the game allows for slightly larger and higher quality scans. Considering the poor contrast between some of the card background and the text bigger is better.
6. Can you open an Excel file (*.xls)? If not do you understand what an *.csv file is? You'll need to be able to open one or the other before you can proof read any of it.
7. Good luck with the scanner, let me know if you get it puzzled out. We'll certainly need scans from the members with the more esoteric cards between me and Lobo we probably have 3/4 of all the cards but that means we're missing many.
8. Geko, if you need help with the complete list I can send you the data I extracted from Eric's site.
9. Yes, I can add cards after the fact. Which brings up an interesting possibility. We could, once the initial work is done, produce and release an electronic only set fairly easily. Obviously, we couldn't make any money off of it (as if anyone would pay for GE) but we could enjoy the heck out of it and breathe some life into our old game.

Just some food for thought.

J--

Posted: 07 April 2008 at 4:26pm | IP Logged

tell me which cards you want scanned and at what resolution and I can get it for you(most likely)  I am missing only 24 cards from the entire Ge, and half of those are supply ships and promos are the rest.

Also for the scans, did you need the whole card or just the picture.  contact me via email csentz@hotmail.com

Posted: 09 January 2009 at 7:56pm | IP Logged

The truth is I haven't worked on it much. I proved the concept by getting my J'Xar deck working but didn't go much beyond that.

If someone will post a small but complete deck I'll put it into the system and then I can show everyone how it works. You can test duel the two decks and see if it is worth messing with.

I still have interest for the project but without some help its not worth investing time in.

J--