Army List Maker - Online Warmachine / Hordes Army List Software

[TabletopGamercom]

Hi everyone, I'd like to share a new project that I have started with you guys to get some feedback and actually more than anything to have some accountability as well - since I know that if I tell other people about it I'm more likely to put more energy into the project if I know people are interested.

Firstly, the project is called Army List Maker and is located at http://www.armylistmaker.com

It is a project I started that is essentially going to be an Online Army List Maker for Warmachine / Hordes.

As of right now the project is very much just in it's infancy stages and only has very limited functionality, but I have a lot of ideas for what I'd like to add into it that I haven't seen with any other software (both online & offline).

My first order of business for the project is to bring it up to the point where it has the most obvious and basic functionality that everyone expects in such a tool. Stuff like choosing an army, being able to add models to that army list, have the software calculate points values, field allowances and all that cool stuff.

Of course if that is all I had planned for the software, there really wouldn't be any point to it since there are other tools that already do something similar available online. However, that is not the case here as I have quite a few ideas that I'd like to add in, once I get the basics down.

I can't share those ideas yet until I build them out, but I think people will find them useful and fun. I just bring this up because I have shared the idea with a few people on other forums and I have gotten feedback from people basically saying "There's already a tool that does that. Don't bother building another one."

I am pretty sure I have seen pretty much every tool out there, but none of them have the ideas that I will eventually put into mine - it's just that as a starting point I want to build out the basics which of course the other tools have.

Anyway, once again I just wanted to share this with you guys. I don't have a lot to show for the project yet, but I will soon and I'd like to keep a running "diary" of my progress on here for anyone who's interested in checking out the tool as I build it out, leaving comments/feedback etc.

I also put up some screenshots of what I've done so far on my Blog:

http://www.tabletopgamer.com/273/arm...er-sneak-peak/

[PG_Duckboy]

While I don't have much use for an online list maker but I will certainly try it out.

[TabletopGamercom]

While I don't have much use for an online list maker but I will certainly try it out.

Cool, thanks!

[TabletopGamercom]

Army List Maker v0.03 (Beta) Just released

Added
- Field Allowance Calculation: It now calculates the field allowance of units such as Khador Winter Guard Infantry (Leader + 5 Grunts) and (Leader + 9 Grunts) properly. Meaning, if the field allowance for these types of units is 3, it knows that you can have 3 total of any combination of those - not 3x(Leader + 5 Grunts) as well as 3x(Leader + 9 Grunts)

- Khador Army Added: I have now added all Khador Models from Forces of Khador (Not Wrath yet). I also have some Cryx models in there as well for testing, but haven't put in the full armies for everything in yet. But I did want to get at least one full army in there to get a better idea of how to organize the User Interface better.

- Demo Account Added: Although it's much cooler to register an account for yourself so that you can keep track of your own army lists, I have created a demo account for those who just want to check out the software without registering first. The demo account information is - User: demouser, Password: demouser

Known Issues:
- The logic for unit attachments and weapon attachments is not there yet. ie. You can add a weapon attachment without adding the unit first. Also FA for unit/weapon attachments is not working 100% properly yet.

Here's a link to try out the demo: http://www.armylistmaker.com/Default.aspx

[TabletopGamercom]

Army List Maker v0.04 (beta) Just Released

Added
- Home Page GUI Improvements & Logo - Cleaned up the home page, added logo header and prettied things up a bit.
- List Builder GUI Improvements - Changed unit Add/Maxed button to graphical buttons to conserve space. Made tables wider to prevent wrapping of text on long unit names. Sorted Models by Model Type.
- Stylesheet Cleanup - Cleaned up the style sheet some more as well. Fixed up some colors etc.

Known Issues:
- Sometimes can't delete an army once added. Logic that checks if there are models available inside the army is returning false positive.
- The logic for unit attachments and weapon attachments is not there yet. ie. You can add a weapon attachment without adding the unit first. Also FA for unit/weapon attachments is not working 100% properly yet.

Here's a link to try out the demo: http://www.armylistmaker.com/Default.aspx
User: demouser
Pass: demouser

[PG_Duckboy]

Widowmakers are not FA3 sir.

[TabletopGamercom]

Widowmakers are not FA3 sir.

Fixed. I entered them in as FA1, but I had an old record in the database from testing that I missed so there was 2 copies of Widowmakers - one with proper info, and one with test data. Doh!

Thanks for pointing that out!

[TabletopGamercom]

[09/04/2011]
Army List Maker v0.05 (beta) Just Released

Added
- List Builder GUI Improvements - Added a "display order" field for army models so that I can group the different types of models better. Now the table showing all the models breaks it down into sections such as "Warcasters", "Warjacks" etc.
- Added Cryx Models - Added all Cryx Army models (except attachments for now). Holy CRAP Cryx has a lot of different units and unit variations...jeez. But, it's done.
- Added Cryx Battle Engine
- Added Khador Battle Engine

Known Issues:
- Sometimes can't delete an army once added. Logic that checks if there are models available inside the army is returning false positive.
- The logic for unit attachments and weapon attachments is not there yet. ie. You can add a weapon attachment without adding the unit first. Also FA for unit/weapon attachments is not working 100% properly yet.

Here's a link to try out the software: Army List Maker - Warmachine / Hordes

[PG_Duckboy]

Man-O-War Kovnik is FA2

Koldun Lord isn't a Character Either.

Its Iron Fang Uhlans. Not Uklans

Orsus Zoktavir. Not Zoktavia

[TabletopGamercom]

Man-O-War Kovnik is FA2

Koldun Lord isn't a Character Either.

Its Iron Fang Uhlans. Not Uklans

Orsus Zoktavir. Not Zoktavia

All fixed. Thanks!

[TabletopGamercom]

[09/05/2011]
Army List Maker v0.06(beta) Just Released

Added
- **Collection Builder Functionality
- Add Models to Your Army Collection
- Track Ownership - Ability to set ownership status to "Yes", "No" and "Want" for each model in your army collection.
- Track Build Status - Ability to track the build status (0% - 100%) for each model in your army collection.
- Track Paint Status - Ability to track the painting status (0% - 100%) for each model in your army collection.

Known Issues:
- Sometimes can't delete an army once added. Logic that checks if there are models available inside the army is returning false positive.
- The logic for unit attachments and weapon attachments is not there yet. ie. You can add a weapon attachment without adding the unit first. Also FA for unit/weapon attachments is not working 100% properly yet.

Here's a link to try out the software: Army List Maker - Warmachine / Hordes

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[09/06/2011]
Army List Maker v0.07(beta) Just Released

Added
- Cygnar Models
- Protectorate of Menoth Models
- Mercenary Models
- Warmachine Models 95% Done - All Warmachine models except for Unit & Weapon attachments should now be in the system. I will add unit/weapon attachments once I program in the logic for how they "attach" to other models.
- Collection Builder - Added Collection Builder Menu Item
- Bug Fix - Fixed Session Variable Bug in Collection Builder

Known Issues:
- Sometimes can't delete an army once added. Logic that checks if there are models available inside the army is returning false positive.
- The logic for unit attachments and weapon attachments is not there yet. ie. You can add a weapon attachment without adding the unit first. Also FA for unit/weapon attachments is not working 100% properly yet.

Here's a link to try out the software: Army List Maker - Warmachine / Hordes

[TabletopGamercom]

[09/07/2011]
Army List Maker v0.08(beta) Just Released

Added
- Hordes - Legion of Everblight Army
- Hordes - Circle of Orboros Army
- Hordes - Minions Army
- Hordes - Skorne Army
- Hordes - Trollbloods Army
- Warmachine & Hordes "Unit Attachments"
- Minor Fixes - Made some minor fixes to the software. Fixed army list sorting, etc.

Here's a link to try out the software: Army List Maker - Warmachine / Hordes

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[09/10/2011]
Army List Maker v0.09(beta) Just Released

Fixed
- Warmachine / Hordes Point Calculation - I was calculating the point values for Warcasters & Warlocks incorrectly. The logic for this has been fixed and is now calculating points for Warcasters/Warlocks properly.
- Hosting Problems - There was a problem with my hosting account which caused the site to be unavailable. This problem has now been resolved.

Here's a link to try out the software: Army List Maker - Warmachine / Hordes