Complete idiots guide to Ruleset creation

[Niven81]

I've looked around and there is a pretty good youtube video but I was wondering if there was a step-by-step guide available in like pdf or something that I could have up alongside the needed software?

[dulux-oz]

No. The closest there is the the article on the FG Wiki (https://www.fantasygrounds.com/filelibrary/community/Anatomy_of_a_Ruleset.pdf) plus the other general articles on the relevant Wiki page (https://www.fantasygrounds.com/wiki/index.php/Developer_Guides).

This topic comes up semi-regularly and the basic answer is that the amount of effort required to produce something like this no-one want to spend. I've played around with the idea of doing a Tutorial Video Series on this but again, I don't now if it would be worth my effort.

However, to help get you started let me give you this advice/recommendations: if you know how to code, and you know how XML works, and you understand programming theory, and if you've got a good coding environment (ie Notepad++ or similar) & you know how to use it, then the best way to start is to unzip the CoreRPG and "reverse engineer" the XML and lua files and work out how one interacts with the others. THEN you'll have the necessary skills and knowledge to create your own Ruleset. A simpler way to start is to do the abover but try it on an Extesnion first (they're generally smaller and therefore easier).

And keep asking questions :)

Cheers

[damned]

I've played around with the idea of doing a Tutorial Video Series on this but again, I don't now if it would be worth my effort.

It definitely wouldnet be worth your time. It might be good for us but its such a massive undertaking.

I would honestly have a look at the MoreCore extension for CoreRPG. It has quite a few things in it that you need for making a ruleset and it has more comments than any of the rulesets do - and they were comments by a nuffie programmer to help him understand what he was doing and where he was doing it....

[Trenloe]

Some pointers (and links) on getting started here: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forums/showthread.php?20651-Modifying-the-CoreRPG-ruleset

[Niven81]

Thanks for the information guys.

[MadBeardMan]

Evening folks,

As I've been working away on making a traveller ruleset I've been taking lots of notes. During my day job I get asked to develop technical documentation and so I'm used to being bored to death with it, therefore once I'm at a good stage I'll start. I don't do videos so it'll be pdf. Of course I'm a n00b at this, so there will be plenty of mistakes - but I don't mind setting the base work.

All I can say is that if there was the 'holy grail of documentation' I'd have used it, I'm finding character sheets a real mine-field.....