Or invest slightly, I think it using the right tools (any decent software that handle farm work, Dokuwiki does, I know Pun/FluxBB can be adapted too for the forum side, just 2 examples on the top of my head) and the right coder it can be done in a month (maybe a little more if you want it real pretty). With an online backup service, it's something that could be sold on a monthly (or yearly) basis, generating more income.įind a young (but good) coder to do this on the side, give him a %, and take the rest. Not because I need it (I don't and probably won't, and it's still a hosted service) but for non-geek it could be a way for SmiteWorks to make more money. It might be easier to launch your own campaign management service expressly for fantasy grounds users - that way you have control of the format that the website/database wants to receive data in too.I suggested this on these forums several years ago. Even if it's dedicated to a service (like Obsidian Portal), I'm guessing ultimately that's an XML export, meaning people could write something to change its format for other softwares or websites.Īnother thought that may have some merit. That being said, having an export (and if possible an import) would be nice, although to me it doesn't rank above most voted features on the wishlist (such as map layers, tocken stacking, tocken limited visibility, map user ping, map text labels, and so on) and not by a long shot. I don't personally care, but almost all my players do. But for campaign data, I want them safe and secure for a long time especially since I prefer to play long campaigns (as in 2 or 3 years being a short one).Īnd on top of that, last time I looked Obsidian Portal was English only. On top of that, most of these websites have the ad service as a client, you and I aren't client of those website we are the free workers that make it interesting for the ads.īut I have almost no issue with throw away services, for example I use Doodle to set up the game date, once it's set you can throw it away no problem. You almost always ( being one exception) have no access to the raw data, and no true knowledge about the backup policies and processes of said service. No matter the notoriety of said service the data hosted there are always in danger (look at Microsoft's music several years back). Such services can change from day to day with no warnings, price increase, disappearing, technical issues, and so on. I'm not fond of hosted services in general. I'm using a dedicated website for my campaign settings, usually a Dokuwiki install (it's a wiki so nothing is ever lost, Dokuwiki doesn't need a database so it's easy to set up and maintain, and Doku has a nice integrated access right management so I can create GM or player only areas).
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