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Taharqa

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Online merc contract generator
« on: 01 December 2021, 20:22:41 »
I have been working on a little project recently that automates the process of generating mercenary contracts. The app can be accessed here. It loosely follows a mash-up of the FM:Mercs and CampaignOps methods, with a variety of tweaks made by me to increase the sense of verisimilitude. Full details and rationale are documented in the app and all of the source code is available on GitHub (linked on the app) so I won't repeat all of that here.

I would love to get people's feedback. Enjoy!
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Re: Online merc contract generator
« Reply #1 on: 02 December 2021, 01:42:21 »
Wow. This is incredible. And two months too late! Grr. ;)

But this is indeed just what I would have loved to have for my last campaign. It collapsed due to real life stuff, but I would have found this such a time saver.
But as a matter of fact I was quite busy getting potty-trained at the time and had no time for interstellar politics.- ykonoclast

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Re: Online merc contract generator
« Reply #2 on: 02 December 2021, 10:14:04 »
Very nice little generator there.  One nitpick I might like is a drop-down number box option in the left red box for 'forced' contracts, essentially the GM wanting to use the page to generate several contracts and have them available for use (and by using a drop-down number box instead of a text box, you don't have a person requesting 5000 contracts just to see if they can)

The result would have the current contracts for that month, then a line saying " (number of) Forced Contracts", a description of the Hall and Unit Rating, and if the Administrator is well-connected.  Below that the contracts would be listed.  (Better than tapping the "Generate Contracts" button over and over to get them)

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Re: Online merc contract generator
« Reply #3 on: 02 December 2021, 16:08:44 »
Very nice little generator there.  One nitpick I might like is a drop-down number box option in the left red box for 'forced' contracts, essentially the GM wanting to use the page to generate several contracts and have them available for use (and by using a drop-down number box instead of a text box, you don't have a person requesting 5000 contracts just to see if they can)

The result would have the current contracts for that month, then a line saying " (number of) Forced Contracts", a description of the Hall and Unit Rating, and if the Administrator is well-connected.  Below that the contracts would be listed.  (Better than tapping the "Generate Contracts" button over and over to get them)

A integer-filtered text field or dropdown with a minimum number of contracts would be nice.  Could easily be defaulted to zero/0 for 'standard' operation.  That, and an option to generate until contracts are available, with a note about how long/how many tries it took.
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Re: Online merc contract generator
« Reply #4 on: 02 December 2021, 19:36:50 »
Awesome!  And I'm so glad to see Galatea get its due!  :thumbsup: