Battlescribe for list creations.

[demoric]

So I have looked around for awhile for a linux compatible army builder. In the past I have used excel sheets in open office, and tried the Tyranid Army Creator 2.0. Today however I finally found one that I like. Battlescribe. I have updated the ruleset for 6th edition FOC, and am working on updating the 'Nid dex. It is really a pretty neat program and it's not difficult to use.

I thought I'd let anyone else like me know that either can't or doesn't want to use Army Builder of the very good alternative. (runs on android, mac, linux, and windows)

[Inquisitor Stingray]

I have Army Builder and I hate it. Worst twenty dollars I ever spent. The Tyranid Army Creator (2.0) is awesome, however. Very intuitive and straight-forward. My wargaming friends are kind of envious as to why nobody made a similar Builder to their armies. Battlescribe looks pretty dang neat, I must say, however I can't find a single catalogue anywhere. I guess you have to make it yourself, huh?

[demoric]

Catalogs available online.
www.randomhit.org/battlescribe_data/BattleScribe_Table.html
catalogue.randomhit.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=4

Personally i have started a conversion of 5th->6th, and have nearly completed the updates for the gamesystems and catalogue files.

[Deathnid]

Oh goody!

[Bot]

Jul 3, 2012 1:04:05 GMT demoric said:

So I have looked around for awhile for a linux compatible army builder. In the past I have used excel sheets in open office, and tried the Tyranid Army Creator 2.0. Today however I finally found one that I like. Battlescribe. I have updated the ruleset for 6th edition FOC, and am working on updating the 'Nid dex. It is really a pretty neat program and it's not difficult to use.

I thought I'd let anyone else like me know that either can't or doesn't want to use Army Builder of the very good alternative. (runs on android, mac, linux, and windows)

Battlescribe... Better than Tyranid Army creator 2.0?
HA! That's not even funny.

Also, all the list that people copy paste from battlescribe to the tactics board, simply burns my eyes. Please everyone... please use Tyranid army creator 2.0...

[demoric]

Tyranid Army creator is good, but I play more than just nids. Plus it is easy to modify. I feel that the aesthetics of Battlescribe lists could be better but html output isn't that difficult to modify to how you want it to look.
**UPDATE
I modified the rosterStyle.css to a format I like better. It displays nicely and prints from your browser in sections (coverpage, army list, unit stats, special rules).
While I cannot upload the file here is the code I use:


div.battlescribe {
 border:  none;
 margin: 0px;
 padding: 0px;
 font-family: helvetica,verdana,arial,sans-serif;
 font-size: 10px;
}
h1.battlescribe-title {
 font-size: 16px;
 font-weight: bold;
 margin-bottom: 0px;
}
h1.battlescribe-subtitle {
 font-size: 10px;
 font-weight: bold;
 margin-top: 0px;
 text-decoration: underline;
}
h2.battlescribe {
 font-size: 14px;
 font-weight: bold;
 page-break-before: always;
}
h3.battlescribe {
 font-size: 10px;
 font-weight: bold;
 text-decoration: underline;
 margin-bottom: 0px;
}
ul.battlescribe {
 margin: 0px 0px 0px 12px;
 padding: 0px;
 list-style-position: inside;
 list-style-image: none;
 list-style-type: none;
}
li.battlescribe-selection {
 margin: 0px;
 padding: 2px;
}
li.battlescribe-rule {
 margin: 0px;
 padding: 2px;
}
li.battlescribe-profile {
 margin: 0px;
 padding: 2px;
}
p.battlescribe {
 padding: 0px;
 font-size: 10px;
}
p.battlescribe-rule {
 margin: 0px;
 padding: 4px;
 font-size: 10px;
 font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;
}
p.battlescribe-subselection {
 margin: 0px 0px 0px 12px;
 font-size: 10px;
}
p.battlescribe-footer {
 margin: 0px;
 padding: 10px;
 font-size: 8px;
}
table.battlescribe-profile {
 border: 1px solid #000000;
 margin: 0px;
 padding: 0px;
 border-collapse: collapse;
}
td.battlescribe-profile {
 margin: 0px;
 padding: 4px;
 font-size: 10px;
}
table.battlescribe-selection {
 margin: 0px 4px 0px 25px;
 padding: 0px;
 border-collapse: collapse;
 width: 100%;
}
td.battlescribe-selection {
 border: 1px solid #000000;
 margin: 0px;
 padding: 4px;
 width: 50%;
 height: 100%;
 vertical-align: top;
 font-size: 10px;
}
span.battlescribe-bold {
 font-weight: bold;
 font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;
}
span.battlescribe-italic {
 font-style: italic;
 font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;
}