Autoload Army Builder

[Chris Perkins]

EDIT : This resource has been moved to heroscape.org. See this thread for more information.

Original Post Below:

Spoiler Alert!

The Delta team is excited to present a new HeroScape Army Builder application that supports both standard and delta pricing.

Autoload Army Builder can be found here:
autoload.army.builder.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com

Current Version: 0.4.0 (Open Beta Testing)

Current Major Features:
- Toggle Between Standard & Delta Pricing
- Toggle Between Classic & VC-Inclusive
- Sort unit list by a variety of options
- Search by unit name to limit figure list
- Copy army as text (along with builder ) to paste
- Separate Tab for Calculating Partial Card Scoring for 2 armies simultaneously

New to Delta pricing? See the main delta pricing thread for more information.

A note on the supporting data:
This application uses a large Google Sheet that contains all supporting data. This sheet was created for this application, but does not yet have all of the unit data entered. Each unit is present, along with points/figures/hexes, but other data such as General, Life, Personality, etc. is missing for many units. This will appear as things like 'NaN' in the current builder.
Anyone who's curious can see this sheet here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/133bcJKKlbl28B-N0OAthICJBSa-BQM1fM0n8joDQLp8/
Entering all of this data is quite the undertaking, so we're looking for volunteers to help enter the remaining data. If you're interested/willing, PM me with an email address and I can share edit permission for the supporting Google Sheet and (brief) instructions.

Special thanks to @vegietarian18 and @dok for their help and feedback through the development process.

Any and all feedback & comments are welcome! Feel free to post on this thread or contact me privately.

 

[Chris Perkins]

Version History

Enhancement Requests
E1 : C3G Support
E2 : Sort by move, life, defense, attack, & range
E3 : Change Aquilla background color
E4 : Update Plus / Minus Buttons
E5 : Add more image artwork
E6 : Search bar include power text
E7 : Change toggles to checkboxes
E8 : Change defaults to 'Classic' + 'Standard Pricing'
E9 : Maintain checkbox settings on page refresh
E10 : Format Randomizer
E11 : Sort by Uniqueness, Squad/Hero, Size

Bug Reports
B1 : Long Figure Box Jumps the Page
B2 : Clear army during search and displayed unit breaks

 

[quozl]

Looks great!

Would it be possible to get other versions for regular pricing or even C3G?

 

[Chris Perkins]

Looks great!

Would it be possible to get other versions for regular pricing or even C3G?

Regular pricing is actually the default, there's a toggle switch at the top to switch to Delta pricing.

C3G is a different story, since that requires an entirely different figure set. It's possible, but almost certainly not in the short term.

I'm gonna create an enhancement request list in the 2nd post to track requests, and I'll put C3G there for now (basically means 'to be considered in the future').

 

[quozl]

C3G is a different story, since that requires an entirely different figure set. It's possible, but almost certainly not in the short term.

I'm gonna create an enhancement request list in the 2nd post to track requests, and I'll put C3G there for now (basically means 'to be considered in the future').

Let me know if you want any additional columns in your spreadsheet format and we can quickly get you the data since C3G has all their info in a spreadsheet already.

 

[samuelfrost4]

wtf, this is some serious sauce, as the kids say these days.

I'm super excited to have this, since BattlePlan went offline! I hope to see more features in the future, like sorting by species/class/personality!

 

[Chris Perkins]

sorting by species/class/personality!

This should actually already be supported by the dropdowns to the right of the 'Search' bar on the top.

There's just not a ton of actual data in the supporting spreadsheet, so after like the first 10 results from each sort the rest of the data is just junk.

 

[samuelfrost4]

sorting by species/class/personality!

This should actually already be supported by the dropdowns to the right of the 'Search' bar on the top.

There's just not a ton of actual data in the supporting spreadsheet, so after like the first 10 results from each sort the rest of the data is just junk.

Oh nice! Is there any way I can volunteer my time to help clean up the data? Or do you already have people for that?

EDIT: It would also be cool to sort my move, life, defense, attack, range, etc. Super helpful for new players especially who are trying to theorycraft a build idea, to be able to see "Okay, so these are the fastest figures in the game".

 

[Chris Perkins]

Oh nice! Is there any way I can volunteer my time to help clean up the data? Or do you already have people for that?

Yep - send me a PM with your email address and I can give you edit permission for the Google Sheet.

EDIT: It would also be cool to sort my move, life, defense, attack, range, etc. Super helpful for new players especially who are trying to theorycraft a build idea, to be able to see "Okay, so these are the fastest figures in the game".

Added this as a requested enhancement.

 

[mtl1998]

Very nice!! I instantly bookmarked this!

 

[DanieLoche]

A note on the supporting data:
This application uses a large Google Sheet that contains all supporting data. This sheet was created for this application, but does not yet have all of the unit data entered. Each unit is present, along with points/figures/hexes, but other data such as General, Life, Personality, etc. is missing for many units. This will appear as things like 'NaN' in the current builder.
Anyone who's curious can see this sheet here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/133bcJKKlbl28B-N0OAthICJBSa-BQM1fM0n8joDQLp8/
Entering all of this data is quite the undertaking, so we're looking for volunteers to help enter the remaining data. If you're interested/willing, PM me with an email address and I can share edit permission for the supporting Google Sheet and (brief) instructions.

Hey ! No need to do the work twice/trice..! (if this words exists).
I already have a spreadsheet fully completed that you can vampirize and merge into your spreadsheet to complete it directly.
You can find it here. (also, it has been reviewed and enhanced multiple times, once with Xorlof contribution, thanks to him )




(ps : also I noticed in you sheet, Clayton Pierce is indicated at 100 pts, however he's at 90 points)


EDIT : well well well... I decided to get a step ahead and updated my spreadsheet with Delta (classic and VC) point costs (they are hidden in the second "+" button at the top of the columns), and OEAO + Dok's rankings (last columns) following your sheet.

 

[Chris Perkins]

I noticed in you sheet, Clayton Pierce is indicated at 100 pts, however he's at 90 points

Good catch! It looks like I used the wrong copy of Clayton's card actually, most of his information was incorrect (my bad). He should be fixed now.

Hey ! No need to do the work twice/trice..! (if this words exists).

I already have a spreadsheet fully complete that you can vampirize and merge to add the infos you have from delta prices and rankings.
You can find it here. (also, it has been reviewed and enhanced multiple times, once with Xorlof contribution, thanks to him )

I appreciate the offer, but I've actually already worked with C3G to get an initial version of the builder working for C3G figures. It isn't public yet (still working with them to finalize some details) but it looks like we're gonna use their spreadsheet for it.

 

[DanieLoche]

I appreciate the offer, but I've actually already worked with C3G to get an initial version of the builder working for C3G figures. It isn't public yet (still working with them to finalize some details) but it looks like we're gonna use their spreadsheet for it.

Yeah sure use what's easiest and work best for your use case.

Just so you know that if you need any data to fill your sheet for Classic/SoV/C3V, don't hesitate to copy/paste from mine. That should be already complete and reviewed.

 

[Curry_Noodles]

Nice work! Bookmarked it

 

[Chris Perkins]

Added 5 requested enhancements, moving site to version 0.4.0.

See the release notes for more information.

 

[Chris Perkins]

Hey ! No need to do the work twice/trice..! (if this words exists).

I already have a spreadsheet fully complete that you can vampirize and merge to add the infos you have from delta prices and rankings.
You can find it here. (also, it has been reviewed and enhanced multiple times, once with Xorlof contribution, thanks to him )

I appreciate the offer, but I've actually already worked with C3G to get an initial version of the builder working for C3G figures. It isn't public yet (still working with them to finalize some details) but it looks like we're gonna use their spreadsheet for it.

@DanieLoche

I owe you a massive apology.

I have no idea how or why, but when I read your original message on this thread I interpreted it as referring to C3G, which I had already acquired the full data set for, rather than Classic + C3V. Clearly incorrect on my part, and I have no idea how I made that mistake.

Thanks to @samuelfrost4 for catching my mistake.

He's in the process of extracting data automatically from it into the sheet I made for this builder; it seems like it's going well and saving a massive amount of time.

Thank you very much for the help with your sheet, and again apologies that I messed up reading your offer so badly the first time.

 

[Nomad]

Incredibly awesome! Thank you.

I have it bookmarked and will use it often.

 

[Rÿchean]

Yes thank you.

Btw, Ogre Pulverizer and Ogre Warhulk are both Utgar, not Valkrill.

Just lettin ya know

 

[caps]

I've been assuming the points are accurate, but much of the other data in the app is missing or inaccurate. I've spotted instances where a pair of heroes had mostly correct stats but had each other's classes.

 

[Chris Perkins]

Yes thank you.

Btw, Ogre Pulverizer and Ogre Warhulk are both Utgar, not Valkrill.

Just lettin ya know

Fixed; thanks.