Group Support in Comicster 4
Comicster 4.0.0.2 is now available, with limited support for groups/teams. Comicster will automatically update when you next launch it.
The idea is that you can define your own groups and add characters to them, and then eventually it’ll be easy to add appearances to an issue by choosing a group and then selecting which members of that group appeared.
Right now we don’t yet have the “add appearances from group” functionality, but you can define and manage groups. Here’s a screenshot – click for a full-size view:
Pro-tip: Double-clicking on a character in this view (in the middle column) will jump you straight to that character’s entry in the “characters” view, so you can view the issues they appeared in etc.
The Comicster.IO.Cmx plug-in, which allows you to open your Comicster 1.x collection, has been updated and will now pull your existing groups in. Grab the latest version of the plug-in and install it by following the instructions in the previous post.
Onwards and upwards!
Comments
# johnp
15/01/2011 12:46 AM
I think my previous version file can crash it. I've tried a few times to open it with the plugin, but no go. Want me to send you a copy?
# mabster
15/01/2011 7:14 AM
Yes please John! mabster at madprops.org. That'd be really helpful.
# JohnP
19/01/2011 2:16 PM
Well, your fix worked. at least for me. :) A few things I noticed:
No more listing for Vol. #
No more listing for Printing.
The properties button is in a bit of an odd location. Also, if there's only 1 issue and you hit properties, it would be nice to have another box that comes up asking if you want to edit the issue or the title.
Still playing with it, but that's what I've seen so far.
# mabster
19/01/2011 2:31 PM
Volume number is in there still, but the skin might not be displaying it. Is that what you meant?
Printing ... yeah, I probably missed that one. Is that important to you?
If you like, follow James' lead and start posting suggestions to the "issue" list on BitBucket. Here's the address:
bitbucket.org/.../issues