Comments on: Projects

By: Clemente Zamora

Clemente Zamora — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:51:45 +0000

I have implemented the request by Mat so that a bigger image of the card is shown when you hover the cursor over a face-up card. Currently it’s showing next to the card, but I may change it to display alwas at the top right corner of the screen.

By: m0h18

m0h18 — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:39:18 +0000

I think the people who have made dream cards and decks and are no longer on this site should be taken off because the majority of the dream cards i see are from users who are no longer registered to this site so they should be taken off.

By: mat

mat — Wed, 28 May 2008 18:13:14 +0000

It would be nice to see in a game the frame with card image preview like Magic Workstation (it’s on the right):
http://www.magicworkstation.com/images/mwsplay.gif

By: cord234

cord234 — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 01:42:07 +0000

I think that there needs to be an easier way for people to contact you Clemente rather than sending you an email through the give your opinion option. I know many users have several problems that go unanswered because they do not know who to ask. Also, it has come to my attention that the heralds for yugioh (ggshall and nchantddragon) have gone inactive for quite sometime, which has become their typcial habit. I am not suggesting you remove their position, but perhaps you should appoint another forum moderator who is on frequently and who can control the forum content as well as answer any questions. I think that this would be very helpful.

By: Clemente Zamora

Clemente Zamora — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 14:49:03 +0000

I’m not aware of generic card image generating software, so my intention was to build my own. For several reasons, one of which you wisely mention yourself, the images will not be perfect, but should look real enough. After all, it’s just an add-on feature to the dream cards section.

I have also received emails requesting that dream cards can be used in decks, and therefore in online games, but I don’t intend to do that in the short term. In any case, decks containing any dream card would have to be clearly marked, so you would know before hand who is playing with realistic decks and who is not.

By: redneckjedi

redneckjedi — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 17:06:48 +0000

Two things. First, the automatic generation of a card image from dream card text. Are there tools that do this? If so… NEAT. I also know that for some TCGs, accurate fonts are either impossible,, or expensive, to come by.

Second, we had some email regarding dream cards available for online gaming. While that seems like fun, all your online players will need to verify with their opponent(s) whether or not (and which) dream cards are viable in their game. Nothing like one person using “legal” cards when another starts playing with undercosted and overpowered dream cards.

By: redneckjedi

redneckjedi — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 20:32:14 +0000

From my personal standpoint, I need to know how many cards I actually have before I know how many I need and how many I want. I’ve had to track all this in my own database, before updating my have/want entries on TCO.

By: Clemente Zamora

Clemente Zamora — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 19:08:44 +0000

Yes, I have a clear design on how to implement the collection manager (it’s just a third type of relation between a user and a “card item” (or miniature item): trades, wants, and now “owns”).

But the question would be more like, would this be a feature that people would appreciate? Do you think it would be useful?

Thanks a lot.

By: redneckjedi

redneckjedi — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 16:53:02 +0000

As far as your “collection manager” goes, I don’t know how the have and want counts are stored in the database.

It occurs to me that there’s a database of cards, and either a user “have and want” database that has a set, card ID, have, and want columns, OR a user “haves” database that has set, card ID, and have columns and a user “wants” database that has set, card ID, and want columns.

If it’s just a single database, why not add a collection column? If it’s two databases, then add another database as a user “collection” database.