Online HS How-to-play and Question Dump

[superfrog]

After some discussion on the discord (thanks @Captain Stupendous for finding the right way to implement it), we are adding a new feature to Online 'Scape.

We are planning to make the alt text of every figure a text version of that figure's card. To access it, just select the figure* and hit Ctrl+Alt+Y (or Cmd+Opt+Y on a Mac). You will need to copy the figure from the document into a game to view the alt text.

*If the figure is made up of multiple images, you'll have to double-click first to select a specific image rather than the image group.

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Currently this feature is available on all Offical Ullar and Vydar figures, but we should be able to get it completed for all figures in the near-ish future.

If you'd like to help roll this out (and it's pretty easy), send a PM to me (superfrog) with your email address. Thanks!

 

[Dysole]

Online HS S44

Season 44 is now live!

Signups will now last for the next two weeks. Submit your best Delta armies.

~Dysole, pulling a Present Mic impersonation

 

[caps]

Has anyone ever looked into using Google Slides as the map tool instead of Google Drawings? It would make games playable from mobile (there's a Slides app that works fine on a phone or tablet) and would allow people to potentially play asynchronously from their phones (I don't know if OMs are persisted across browser reloads though...)

 

[caps]

Has anyone ever looked into using Google Slides as the map tool instead of Google Drawings? It would make games playable from mobile (there's a Slides app that works fine on a phone or tablet) and would allow people to potentially play asynchronously from their phones (I don't know if OMs are persisted across browser reloads though...)

So, I looked into it. It works!

Here's a Google Slides doc with a map and figures. If you have the Google Slides app on your phone or tablet you should be able to open it up and move figures around (you'll probably have to zoom in to select the actual figures instead of resizing them). You can do multi-selection by doing a long-press until the UI changes, then you can tap on additional figures.

To set up this map, I put just the map (no glyphs or other map toppers) on its own slide along with the map-relevant text (about the placement of the glyphs on water). I centered the map, placed the text, and then downloaded that slide as a .png. Then I created a new slide and set that image as the background for the new slide. This way you can't move the map around by accident (this is also useful for non-mobile players, by the way). With the map in place I put the WOUNDS box and some figures on the board.

My next test was to see if you could use the Heroscape browser app from mobile. The answer is: you can! I recommend using Chrome (Firefox seems to lose your OMs if you have to close the tab/app and come back later). You'll want to save the game name somewhere in case you find yourself needing to log back in. Displaying the map inside the "app" does not work, but you can just run the app in a separate window if you're doing this from a computer instead of your phone (if you're using your phone you'll be using the Slides app for the map).

I'm eager to play an asynchronous game (a few turns a day) with someone to really put it through its paces. I play Hero Realms, Star Realms, Epic, and Shards of Infinity by taking one turn a day and really enjoy it--I'd love to play Heroscape instead (or in addition).

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If it works well enough it could be fun to run a long-running tournament this way.

 

[ryguy266]

Is there a possibility the OP could be updated to reflect the new software tool on Heroscape.org that auto-generates links? Tried it for the first time this morning and it's thirty steps up from doing it the "old" way. It used to take me about 10 minutes to find the map, change the settings, get the game name, get the figures, get the string, get the app running, etc. While this information is still good to know, for most people this is now outdated, even though they might not know about the Heroscape.org tool. Alternatively, maybe a new thread could be stickied in the forum? Something titled "The 1-minute setup guide for OHS" that has new instructions for going to the site, clicking on the link generation tool, and selecting figures. I personally didn't know about this tool until today, and I thought I'd been keeping up with the software developments pretty well. I think it would be nice to have that part of the resource added into the forum.

 

[Sheep]

Is there a possibility the OP could be updated to reflect the new software tool on Heroscape.org that auto-generates links? Tried it for the first time this morning and it's thirty steps up from doing it the "old" way. It used to take me about 10 minutes to find the map, change the settings, get the game name, get the figures, get the string, get the app running, etc. While this information is still good to know, for most people this is now outdated, even though they might not know about the Heroscape.org tool. Alternatively, maybe a new thread could be stickied in the forum? Something titled "The 1-minute setup guide for OHS" that has new instructions for going to the site, clicking on the link generation tool, and selecting figures. I personally didn't know about this tool until today, and I thought I'd been keeping up with the software developments pretty well. I think it would be nice to have that part of the resource added into the forum.

 

[superfrog]

I hesitate to do that because that relies on @Chris Perkins’ Google Drive storage.

Do check my signature for a partially-automated way to set up a game.

 

[Chris Perkins]

I hesitate to do that because that relies on @Chris Perkins’ Google Drive storage.

Do check my signature for a partially-automated way to set up a game.

I appreciate your concern with regards to my Drive storage; I'm a little concerned myself tbh, but so far I haven't had any problems with it.

I'm seeing 3-6 games made by users per day right now using .org, which is a lot of files but not an un-manageable number. I do intend to delete old links once they're a few months old if/when the folder I have those files stored in starts taking up an unreasonable amount of my Drive space, fyi.

I have no issue with you adding the .org link to the OHS generation page if you want / think it's helpful, just with a note that your games will eventually get deleted if you use it (I don't imagine ever needing to delete files until they're at least a month old). But entirely up to you.

Just chiming in since I was tagged.