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May 19th, 2023, 15:54 #11
I think there's a lot of different terminology and so different views on what @twoditdmonk is envisioning. I think, but I could be wrong, that referring to "I think the fastest way to convert a pdf over is to convert it to images, and then import the images into FGU" they're referring to importing an image of the whole page of a PDF - text, formatting, other images will just be in a single image. Hence their concerns about size, as to make it readable it would have to be pretty big.
I've asked for clarification of what @twoditdmonk is actually looking for, so hopefully that will help us get on the same page...Private Messages: My inbox is forever filling up with PMs. Please don't send me PMs unless they are actually private/personal messages. General FG questions should be asked in the forums - don't be afraid, the FG community don't bite and you're giving everyone the chance to respond and learn!
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May 19th, 2023, 15:56 #12Private Messages: My inbox is forever filling up with PMs. Please don't send me PMs unless they are actually private/personal messages. General FG questions should be asked in the forums - don't be afraid, the FG community don't bite and you're giving everyone the chance to respond and learn!
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May 19th, 2023, 15:57 #13
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May 19th, 2023, 16:04 #14
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several! star trek, fallout, and d&d 2e. I am working on campaigns for all of them at once. Scrivener allows the use of tables, images, HTML, and other formats to be added to the work that's why I use the pdf format to print. how big would the image of the pdf page have to be to read clearly in fgu?
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May 19th, 2023, 16:11 #15
You're going to have to enter most of the information manually. You're not going to be able to import a PDF directly - as most PDFs have different underlying metadata, even if they look the same on the surface.
Importing text and tables is discussed in this thread: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...importing-text
Sorry there's no magic solution to what you're trying to do. You'll need to make a decision on what you're going to import based on how you're going to use it in FG. If you want to reference all the data in FG as the GM, instead of referencing in Scrivener, then you'll have to import all of the information which will be a lot of work - you may as well just reference it in Scrivener outside of FG. Then, identify what you might want to share with players within FG and enter that data; decide what system specific data you'll need to run the game in FG and create those records.
Depending on the system there may be extensions available that help import some data - a table importer is referred to in the thread I link above.Private Messages: My inbox is forever filling up with PMs. Please don't send me PMs unless they are actually private/personal messages. General FG questions should be asked in the forums - don't be afraid, the FG community don't bite and you're giving everyone the chance to respond and learn!
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May 19th, 2023, 16:16 #16
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May 19th, 2023, 16:46 #17
Something you have probably already considered, but I'll mention anyway. I do a lot of campaign development for what I do. And I found that it is not simply worth the "niceness" of some other tools to develop outside FG. I do all my development in FG. Thousands of images, hundreds of tables, tens of thousands of story entries, etc.
Yes, there are much better tools for writing/developing if your use case is outside of FG. But if your use case is for FG and not distribution elsewhere, it is, for me, just not worth developing content elsewhere. imo, the only tool FG is really missing for developing content internally is a spell check.
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May 19th, 2023, 17:09 #18
I could see using something outside if you don't have access to a computer that can run FG, like you only have your phone or chromebook.
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May 20th, 2023, 03:55 #19
If its only for you and the images are clear enough (upload larger pics) then that you will only have to make them clear enough for you and your table
If you can get the data into FG you will probably enjoy the game experience more - at the expense of your prep time of course!
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May 20th, 2023, 06:50 #20
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The last thing is this, to use FG you only really need to input the maps and the encounters for personal games.
There is no reason you couldn't just either have a PDF on another screen or printed out for the information if you use voice in your game.
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