Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-25881556-20171217124902/@comment-31763506-20180215051318

All right, let's have a look at the first fruits of my misguided work.

Here's a PDF generated by Access containing info on all standard enemies in TLS.

http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=00358381666554951579

Here's another one with all the bosses.

http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=06114632224893582930

And one with all the optional bosses.

http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=98444564819367048992

The notes fields on some of the bosses have the current contents of Bosses Wikia page pasted in.

The general idea is that these documents contain all the info any user would need from a Wikia page on each enemy, and the ultimate goal is to have an integrated open source app for generating these wikia pages. Libreoffice Base seems to be the way to go but I'm open to suggestions.

The person maintaining the pages will insert the data dump script into the RPG Maker source for TLS, and then playtest to dump the consolidated information out into files. The Base app will then be opened, and an import script that wipes the previous contents of the game data tables and imports the latest info. Some tables will be permanent though, such as the one that gives a unique text name for each enemy ID and identifies it as a boss or non-boss, plus the notes. You will be able to use a form interface to browse through the list of enemies and compose notes where necessary.

There's still a lot to do and I don't think I'm going to mess with it again for a few more weeks or months.

Generally:


 * Need a system for associating enemies with particular maps, ordering them by the first map they appear in.
 * Better data browsing form.
 * A plan for how to display the outputted info in a wikia format, which could take some considerable doing.
 * Possibly organizing boss info by troops instead of individual enemies where applicable.
 * Code for handling all possible data contingencies, not just those that exist.
 * Possibly extending the system to the equipment page.
 * Giving thormented a more robust damage calculator.