Hydra Lists: Roll Table Maker news & patch notes

Hello everyone. This first update adds some of the new features that have been highly requested and covers some minor bugs that were affecting some users. Weighted Lists Lists can now be turned into weighted lists. What is a weighted list? Instead of defining a specific percentage for each element, you can give it a "weight." The higher the weight the more likely the result will show up. This way, if you wanted to add more things to the list that are more likely to appear, you can simply increase the weight of the new elements instead of redistributing the percentages among old and new elements. Auto Save Now on the "List Creation" tab, there is an "Auto Save" checkbox and enabling it will mean any changes you make on the List Creation tab will be automatically saved. Tab to auto complete Now when you are typing in the "List Creation" menu and it is showing you auto complete options, you can hit the tab button to auto complete. This will select the top most likely result from the list. Various bug fixes

• When input prompts would appear, such as for entering new book or list names, the text box would not be automatically selected and you would need to click it. It now automatically selects the text box so you can start typing immediately.
• When searching through lists, it would not search accurately if you used upper case letters
• Several components had squared edges instead of rounded ones
• Sometimes the program would select the wrong keyboard for the language upon startup. Extra checks were added to prevent this
• Saving multiple lists in quick succession could result in one of the lists being invalid.

Next update should come out on the 1st of August, and will include some bigger features such as:

• The ability to reference lists from other books
• Variables that can be used in results

Remember, if there are any issues that arise make sure to post them in the Discussion section: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1782750/discussions/

Hello everyone! I plan on putting out two updates this month to improve the program and add some requested features. The first update will contain more minor features and improvements, such as:

• Autosaving option when editing and creating lists/books
• Tab to auto complete suggested linked lists
• Weighted lists. Instead of each item in a list having a set percent chance, you can assign a weight to an item (4, 10, 20, etc.) with a higher weight signifying a higher chance of appearing and removing the need to edit every single percentage of all items so that it equals 100%.
• Bug fixes and minor editions such as a quit button

The second update will contain some larger and more difficult changes, along with any bug fixes that are needed due to the first update.

• Variables in lists: You will be able to create a variable that can be used multiple times in a list. These variables will be resolved first before it attempts to resolve any other parts of the list, and can be used multiple times in the result. A quick example element might look like this: <Var1=Old Man > That {Var1} is such a weirdo. Do you know how {Var1} got his name? He used to be called . With the result ending up as: That Old Man Fred is such a weirdo. Do you know how Old Man Fred got his name? He used to be called Steve.
• Cross list formulas: If you have a list that returns numbers, there is currently no way to perform some sort of work on them. This feature will allow you to add lists results to formulas, for example <1d4 * > will return a proper calculation.
• Referencing lists from other books: The ability to reference lists that are contained in separate books

I am excited to get these updates out to you all, and remember that if you find any bugs or issues, don't be afraid to head to the discussion section of the community hub and create a new thread. Happy rolling!

New features

• Splash screen: A splash screen has been added that will display when the program is loading. Art is by Hoshi Tora https://twitter.com/_HoshiTora_
• Program Icons: Icons have been added to a number of areas in the program making things easier to understand and more enjoyable to look at.
• Library Icons: Libraries can now have an icon associated with it, making them more customized and easier to differentiate. There are over 43 icons to use!
• Deleting list lines: In list creation, each line will now have a delete icon to delete them instead of having to right click them
• Turn tracker screenshot: You can now take a screenshot of the current turn order and save it as a file. This way you can show your player’s what the turn order is.
• Library tab reworked: The libraries tab has been reworked to be easier to use and better looking
• Libraries tutorial: Tutorials have been added under the help menu to show how to use the library and its functions

Bug fixes

• When the program was full screened sometimes there would be a white bar at the bottom
• In the initiative tracker, the highlight for the current turn would go off screen
• The description for libraries did not wrap
• Uncategorized library book transfer dialog would sometimes resize weirdly
• Some components for certain palettes were improperly colored. This has been fixed

New languages added French and german translations have been added

Hydra Lists is now in 1.0 and out of early access! What's in this update:

• Full workshop support: upload and download libraries for others to use

For more information on what steam cloud does, see the steam cloud support page: https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/68D2-35AB-09A9-7678

Two new major features have been added to Hydra Lists, Libraries and the Help Menu Libraries You can now save your books into groups called Libraries, which will allow you to better organize your growing collection of books. At the start, all of your books will be considered uncategorized, and from there you can either make blank libraries or make new libraries that copy some of the uncategorized books into it. The Library tab allows you to do the following:

• Create new Libraries and edit their name and description
• Copy books between Libraries
• Load different libraries to use in the program
• Export and import Libraries. Libraries are exported as an .hllib file which can be imported by others

Libraries are the first step to adding Steam Workshop capabilities! Help Menu A help menu has been added that can be accessed at the top of the program. These will create a popup that will walk you through how to use different parts of the program, along with helpful videos that show you how to perform tasks step by step. More tutorials will be added in the future as the program is finalized. This update was a lot of work and I am excited to finally get it out! The program is now nearing completion, with one of the last features being workshop support. Happy Holidays to you all! -Ian Davila

Hello everyone! This update finishes what was started in last weeks update with the language support. Now labels will match the system language, though not all languages are currently supported. For now, the labels will work with Spanish and Portuguese. Around 2-3 languages will be added every update, with a focus on the languages of those who have bought the game. Expect more features such as Libraries to load and save collections of books, and new types of lists to be added in the coming weeks!

Hello everyone! This update focuses on laying the ground work for multiple language support, and fixes a couple minor graphical issues with the program. What does this add?

• The program will now check the operating system's currently selected language, and adjust itself so that it can accept keyboard input in those languages. In addition, the currently detected language will now appear at the top of the program. If your keyboard is not working with the program, ensure that your windows has the correct language selected.
• A Show Raw Text checkbox has been added to the list display page, allowing users to click and drag to select large amounts of text instead of clicking the copy button.

What has been fixed

• While the program did have support for characters in different languages, Book names containing these characters would not load when the program was restarted. Now the program will properly load those lists without issue. This might mean you will see a bunch of Books appear that you had created before since the files were created just never loaded properly.
• On the creation page the % column has been widened slightly
• When the program would calculate and display a whole number, such as with formulas, it would add .0 at the end (such as 5.0 or 23.0). The program will no longer display those extra useless zeros, making things cleaner overall.

What's next? In the next update I want to finish the language support by automatically changing the labels to match the system language. In addition, I will be adding a few new features to list creation such as Deck List and Weighted List. Remember that if you have any questions to visit the Steam discussions page, and if you have any problems you can send an email to [email protected]