Sometimes it's the little unnoticed things that deserve praise. A lot of designers would have gotten into their egos and chose to make the character sheet "better" ( their own ). But one of the most important steps in training a new GURPS Player is getting them comfortable reading their character sheet. For this, we need consistency. Thank you for not making it "better".
You are welcome! What we try to do is make it as flexible as we can, so players can play the way they want to. "Your GURPS, Your Way". Sometime in the (distant) future, we might start making "skins" for the character sheets... bur for now, we are striving for functionality over form.
Glad I found the channel, always been a fan of GURPS since I was introduced. Currently building my “GurpsHawk” world, it’s based on gygax’s original Greyhawk world.
Hey Chris! Thanks for doing this. Recently, I was at the National Infantry Museum with my nephew / new infantry recruit! Prior to his new career, we gamed together via Foundry VTT using systems like FFG / Edge Star Wars; Pathfinder, and Savage Worlds... all suited incredibly well genre wise. We were both checking out this awesome model of an urban airborne trooper battle (Market Garden era) when it dawned on us how cool it would be to game in this setting... gritty... lethal... in honor of those who served there and beyond. GURPS immediately came to mind! I smiled, of course, when he said, "hey, wouldn't it be awesome if the supernatural somehow became a thing...". I was ginning like a supervillain. So, I bought the PDFs and am now getting GCS and my Foundry / Forge VTT set up and going. Really pumped about the whole thing really! Anyway, just thought I would touch base. Keep up the good work and thanks again. Sincerely, Hawk(-5 UTC)#9409 .
Wow, that IS cool! Good luck with it all, and if you have any questions, join the GURPS Discord: discord.com/invite/hWHbuvF You can get any question answered there in minutes!
Foundry looks very interesting. I wish all the players in my group had decent laptops/tablets so that we could use Foundry while at the table, it would be the best of both worlds.
Actually, our GM laid a TV on the table and gave us a wireless mouse... so we could pass it around and move everyone. Plus, the clients run in Chrome... and if you turn down all of the performance settings, it can be done.
Thank you! So, have you had a chance to try it out? Have you checked out any of the Feature videos? We just released 0.11.3 which has some cool new features (animation!) th-cam.com/video/OX1siJY1FgM/w-d-xo.html
This is AMAZING, thank you so much for this. I can't wait to get foundry VTT and use it for my GURPS starchasers campaign that I created. Is there a patreon account I can donate to to help you continue this work for "GURPSifying" foundry more?
Wow, thank you! If you are willing to make a free account at GitHub, please sponsor us there github.com/sponsors/crnormand. They don’t take any fees so we get your complete donation.
Sorry Chris, but my player's priest has "Energy Resource" as new resource tracker (in GCS it is listed under "point pools") but in foundry it doesn't appear on the character sheet. Actually there isn't any added resource tracker appeared on my foundry character sheet. What can be the problem?
Ah, I've found a new resource tracker button under Reaction and Modifiers boards. I gave ER to the priest, and it worked, even after I tried a new import, and it is still there, didn't dissapear. But when I first made the import, it wasn't there, though it was presented on the original. Strange thing. But it's okay now!
My group and I are just getting started and we are loving it so far. We just had one question, is there a dark mod for the character sheet? We play dark fantasy our maps and stuff ar fairly dark and moody, so everybody gets blinded by their character sheet when they open it... lmao.
I don’t think we have a fully support dark mode. We have some support for modding colors (look in the game system settings), and if those don’t suffice, please, open a GitHub issue so we can look into it (I’m on vacation atm, and not near my computer).
Good video, I'm sorry if this is a dumb video especially considering how old it is but how easy would it be to add new rules? For example stuff from girls high tech or gurps tactical shooting?
No, it is not a dumb "question" (I hope that is what you were trying to say)... Our GURPS Game Aid for Foundry is a way for you to adapt your particular GURPS and play it remotely. We don't have a lot of "rules" built in... hardly any, in fact. We have the On-the-Fly system which allows you to customize the charactersheet to perform the actions that you want. What rules were your thinking of, for example?
@@chrisnormand I'm going to be honest, I'm very new to this so I'm not actually completely sure if I'm using the right terminology most of the time lol. But I think you pretty much just answered my question, so thanks
@@AlfredoGomez-kp4cf You are welcome. For the most part, GURPS is just a series of "success" rolls, and then you, the GM/Player, decide what that means. Our Game Aid can show you the results of a "success" roll, but it is up to you to decide what to do with that. We have built in some rules concerning damage... since the math can be a bit daunting.
Anything more basic? I just bought Foundry VTT but have no idea what to do to get beyond the basic install. How do I create my campaign? For instance, I want to do a DFRPG campaign set in the D&D 5e setting Sword Coast. I want to start with the three adventures from the D&D 5e intro sets set in Phandelin (Starter set & Essentials) and Stormwreck Isle (newest Starter Set).
There are tons of videos out there for general Foundry set up. We don’t do anything specific for GURPS concerning scenes, etc. you will need to create your player characters and NPCs. We recommend GCA or GCS to build player characters. Mooks (NPCs) can be created with GCA/GCS or our Mook generator, which is described in a later video in this playlist.
Roll30 has a free tier, and there is support for a GURPS charactersheet. I have heard of other free VTTs, but I don't know what kind of GURPS support they have.
The colors are specific to the GURPS Game Aid, and they are static, which means that it is not possible to make them configurable.... at least as far as we know. You must remember, this is a hobby project by two developers that do this work in our spare time. We started it because we love GURPS, and love to learn new things, so we decided to learn Javascript (and in my case), HTML and CSS. We copied the color scheme from GCS (GURPS Charactersheet) and added the yellow and orange highlighting to indicate areas where the user could interact. Nick has made some recent changes (which will be included in the 0.11.13 release) to mute the colors a bit, so hopefully that will be easier on the eyes.
Hello Mr. Nose, loving GURPS and thanks to your channel, GCS and to GURPS Game Aid for Foundry, I finally start GMing my own GURPS campaign! Thanks very much! Also, I noticed that you use hex tokens? How do you create tokens like this? They look great!
That is because the video is OLD... and our code has changed so much. You no longer need to export your character. You can read the .gcs file directly into Foundry. Check out our Users Guide for more information: docs.google.com/document/d/1NMBPt9KhA9aGG1_kZxyk8ncuOKhz9Z6o7vPS8JcjdWc/edit?usp=sharing
Did you upgrade to Foundry V10? The GURPS Game Aid has not been upgraded to V10. Also, check your add-on modules... they might not be compatible either.
@@chrisnormand We found the potential source of the issue, something about font compatibility related to "Font Awesome 5 Free". We should be able to figure it out from here. Thank anyway.
I apologize for the late response. Our Users Guide bit.ly/2JaSlQd discusses exporting from GCA (although I don't know if we have specific CGA5 instructions yet). But the basic process is the same... from GCA, you must export to an XML file (using the Foundry VTT export) and then you can import into the GURPS Game Aid.
Wow this is really a shame that we have to use an outside application to update the characters. Its a huge turn off to me and pretty much all my players...
We definitely understand. Version 1.0 of the GGA is based on GCS (and is compatible with it). So you will be able to create your characters in Foundry, and GCS can read them. It is just a big job... still working on it. Keep tuned, it will happen!
@@chrisnormandnot to necro this too bad but I think that making it all in foundry is more dev time than it's worth. There are a lot of other QoL things that can be added that could take the same amount of dev time that will go a lot farther. Especially now that it can read the gcs files directly
Sometimes it's the little unnoticed things that deserve praise. A lot of designers would have gotten into their egos and chose to make the character sheet "better" ( their own ). But one of the most important steps in training a new GURPS Player is getting them comfortable reading their character sheet. For this, we need consistency. Thank you for not making it "better".
You are welcome! What we try to do is make it as flexible as we can, so players can play the way they want to. "Your GURPS, Your Way". Sometime in the (distant) future, we might start making "skins" for the character sheets... bur for now, we are striving for functionality over form.
Glad I found the channel, always been a fan of GURPS since I was introduced. Currently building my “GurpsHawk” world, it’s based on gygax’s original Greyhawk world.
Welcome to our community!
Hey DarthBrooks... I too run several GURPShawk games PbP style over on Myth-Weavers
Just bought Foundry after doing more research, thanks so much for everything you've done!
Wow, fantastic! Don't for get to join us on the GURPS Discord... you can get a lot of help there if you have any questions. discord.gg/6xJBcYWyED
Hey Chris! Thanks for doing this. Recently, I was at the National Infantry Museum with my nephew / new infantry recruit! Prior to his new career, we gamed together via Foundry VTT using systems like FFG / Edge Star Wars; Pathfinder, and Savage Worlds... all suited incredibly well genre wise. We were both checking out this awesome model of an urban airborne trooper battle (Market Garden era) when it dawned on us how cool it would be to game in this setting... gritty... lethal... in honor of those who served there and beyond. GURPS immediately came to mind! I smiled, of course, when he said, "hey, wouldn't it be awesome if the supernatural somehow became a thing...". I was ginning like a supervillain. So, I bought the PDFs and am now getting GCS and my Foundry / Forge VTT set up and going. Really pumped about the whole thing really! Anyway, just thought I would touch base. Keep up the good work and thanks again. Sincerely, Hawk(-5 UTC)#9409 .
Wow, that IS cool! Good luck with it all, and if you have any questions, join the GURPS Discord: discord.com/invite/hWHbuvF
You can get any question answered there in minutes!
Forgot to comment on how awesome this was because I watched it on my TV instead of the computer or iPad as per usual. EXCELLENT WORK as always.
LOL, you too? ;-) After all the work I put in on these... I like getting the "big picture"
Updated video. Sweet! Carry on the good fight, my friend.
Thank you! Yes, the original video was created 5 months and 30+ releases ago! We have SO MUCH more now.
Late to the party but without your work i wouldn’t have Joined at all ! Great work !!!
Thank you... hopefully this fall we will be reworking these videos... it keep up with the times.
Amazing video, Chris! Really helpful! "Door-steel... that looks good!"!
Foundry looks very interesting. I wish all the players in my group had decent laptops/tablets so that we could use Foundry while at the table, it would be the best of both worlds.
Actually, our GM laid a TV on the table and gave us a wireless mouse... so we could pass it around and move everyone. Plus, the clients run in Chrome... and if you turn down all of the performance settings, it can be done.
thanks
You are most welcome.... and this video is due for an update... but we have to finish v1.0.0 first!
This is so helpful! Thanks for sharing this.
This look absolutely fantastic.
Great video, can't wait to try it out.
Thank you! So, have you had a chance to try it out? Have you checked out any of the Feature videos? We just released 0.11.3 which has some cool new features (animation!) th-cam.com/video/OX1siJY1FgM/w-d-xo.html
This is AMAZING, thank you so much for this. I can't wait to get foundry VTT and use it for my GURPS starchasers campaign that I created. Is there a patreon account I can donate to to help you continue this work for "GURPSifying" foundry more?
Wow, thank you! If you are willing to make a free account at GitHub, please sponsor us there github.com/sponsors/crnormand. They don’t take any fees so we get your complete donation.
Sorry Chris, but my player's priest has "Energy Resource" as new resource tracker (in GCS it is listed under "point pools") but in foundry it doesn't appear on the character sheet. Actually there isn't any added resource tracker appeared on my foundry character sheet. What can be the problem?
Ah, I've found a new resource tracker button under Reaction and Modifiers boards. I gave ER to the priest, and it worked, even after I tried a new import, and it is still there, didn't dissapear. But when I first made the import, it wasn't there, though it was presented on the original. Strange thing. But it's okay now!
Where do I learn how to us PDFoundry to get my PDFs linked up? I can't seem to find documentation for it. :(
We document the process in our Users Guide: bit.ly/2JaSlQd
@@chrisnormand Thanks! I did find the PDFoundry manual squirreled away somewhere as well.
My group and I are just getting started and we are loving it so far. We just had one question, is there a dark mod for the character sheet? We play dark fantasy our maps and stuff ar fairly dark and moody, so everybody gets blinded by their character sheet when they open it... lmao.
I don’t think we have a fully support dark mode. We have some support for modding colors (look in the game system settings), and if those don’t suffice, please, open a GitHub issue so we can look into it (I’m on vacation atm, and not near my computer).
Good video, I'm sorry if this is a dumb video especially considering how old it is but how easy would it be to add new rules? For example stuff from girls high tech or gurps tactical shooting?
No, it is not a dumb "question" (I hope that is what you were trying to say)...
Our GURPS Game Aid for Foundry is a way for you to adapt your particular GURPS and play it remotely. We don't have a lot of "rules" built in... hardly any, in fact. We have the On-the-Fly system which allows you to customize the charactersheet to perform the actions that you want.
What rules were your thinking of, for example?
@@chrisnormand I'm going to be honest, I'm very new to this so I'm not actually completely sure if I'm using the right terminology most of the time lol. But I think you pretty much just answered my question, so thanks
@@AlfredoGomez-kp4cf You are welcome. For the most part, GURPS is just a series of "success" rolls, and then you, the GM/Player, decide what that means. Our Game Aid can show you the results of a "success" roll, but it is up to you to decide what to do with that. We have built in some rules concerning damage... since the math can be a bit daunting.
Anything more basic? I just bought Foundry VTT but have no idea what to do to get beyond the basic install. How do I create my campaign? For instance, I want to do a DFRPG campaign set in the D&D 5e setting Sword Coast. I want to start with the three adventures from the D&D 5e intro sets set in Phandelin (Starter set & Essentials) and Stormwreck Isle (newest Starter Set).
There are tons of videos out there for general Foundry set up. We don’t do anything specific for GURPS concerning scenes, etc. you will need to create your player characters and NPCs. We recommend GCA or GCS to build player characters. Mooks (NPCs) can be created with GCA/GCS or our Mook generator, which is described in a later video in this playlist.
Encounter Library has a lot of information that can help you get started with Foundry www.encounterlibrary.com/collection/foundry-basics/
@@chrisnormand OK, I'll go check that out.
Foundry is expensive for me in my country, it only works on foundry? are there other alternatives out there?
Roll30 has a free tier, and there is support for a GURPS charactersheet. I have heard of other free VTTs, but I don't know what kind of GURPS support they have.
Fuck1n' awesome... kudos.
Are these highlight colors Foundry defaults or specific to the GURPS addon? I mean the green/yellow/red. Feels like MS Excel :/
The colors are specific to the GURPS Game Aid, and they are static, which means that it is not possible to make them configurable.... at least as far as we know.
You must remember, this is a hobby project by two developers that do this work in our spare time. We started it because we love GURPS, and love to learn new things, so we decided to learn Javascript (and in my case), HTML and CSS. We copied the color scheme from GCS (GURPS Charactersheet) and added the yellow and orange highlighting to indicate areas where the user could interact.
Nick has made some recent changes (which will be included in the 0.11.13 release) to mute the colors a bit, so hopefully that will be easier on the eyes.
Hello Mr. Nose, loving GURPS and thanks to your channel, GCS and to GURPS Game Aid for Foundry, I finally start GMing my own GURPS campaign! Thanks very much!
Also, I noticed that you use hex tokens? How do you create tokens like this? They look great!
Wow, fantastic! And good luck! I use the free tool TokenTool www.rptools.net/toolbox/token-tool/ to take any image and convert it into tokens.
@@chrisnormand Amazing! Thank you very much :D
Hello! My gcs sows to have that option, what do I do???
That is because the video is OLD... and our code has changed so much. You no longer need to export your character. You can read the .gcs file directly into Foundry. Check out our Users Guide for more information: docs.google.com/document/d/1NMBPt9KhA9aGG1_kZxyk8ncuOKhz9Z6o7vPS8JcjdWc/edit?usp=sharing
Heya, for us EVERYTHING is in all capital letters. Anyone had this issue? Possible solutions?
Did you upgrade to Foundry V10? The GURPS Game Aid has not been upgraded to V10. Also, check your add-on modules... they might not be compatible either.
@@chrisnormand We found the potential source of the issue, something about font compatibility related to "Font Awesome 5 Free". We should be able to figure it out from here. Thank anyway.
I might just be dumb can someone tell me how to import GCA files and not GCS.
I apologize for the late response. Our Users Guide bit.ly/2JaSlQd discusses exporting from GCA (although I don't know if we have specific CGA5 instructions yet). But the basic process is the same... from GCA, you must export to an XML file (using the Foundry VTT export) and then you can import into the GURPS Game Aid.
Wow this is really a shame that we have to use an outside application to update the characters. Its a huge turn off to me and pretty much all my players...
We definitely understand. Version 1.0 of the GGA is based on GCS (and is compatible with it). So you will be able to create your characters in Foundry, and GCS can read them. It is just a big job... still working on it. Keep tuned, it will happen!
@@chrisnormandThis is awesome, I will definitely be using it when I can do everything inside foundry. I appreciate the reply.
@@chrisnormandnot to necro this too bad but I think that making it all in foundry is more dev time than it's worth. There are a lot of other QoL things that can be added that could take the same amount of dev time that will go a lot farther. Especially now that it can read the gcs files directly
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