First, thanks CocoaSpud for responding to all my bug reports so quickly. I hope they are helpful and not just a pain.

Secondly... Do people generally prefer the multiple step character creation screen used in earlier gold box games and the current version of DC, or the single-screen version that appeared in Dark Queen of Krynn and the original UA?

The multi-step gives the advantage of more space and easy changing/adding classes and races when this becomes possible though I think it would be better to display the options that have already been selected on the previous screens. Meanwhile the single-screen lets you see everything about the character at once. I'm not really decided which I prefer (probably lean towards multi-screen?) but was just interested to know what others thought.

Steve

Multi screen of course [img]smile.gif[/img]

Thanks Steve, for the details you've provided with the bug reports. So far I've had no trouble finding and reproducing them. I give bug reports a high priority and will fix them almost immediately, assuming I can reproduce them.

I don't mind frequent bug reports at all. I want to make DC as bug free as possible.

I can probably display the current character selections along the top of each creation screen. I think there are only the four - Race, Class, Gender, and Alignment, that have the list layout. I can do something like this:

Human, Fighter, Male

Lawful Evil
Lawful Neutral
Lawful Good
Chaotic Evil
...etc

Hi guys

I am happy either way, but if an answer is needed I would prefer the old style way. But may I make a suggestion - why not give the game designer the option to choose which type of character creation screen comes up? I admit it would take a bit of work to get it done but then people could choose whether they wanted the old style games or the newer flashier style games.

Cheers

Warlock

The menu system is not flexible enough to allow multiple groups of related selections. It can only handle a single vertical group along with the horizontal menu options on the bottom row.

If I get around to making multiple vertical groups possible and using a single screen character creation method, I will make either method possible and selectable by the designer via the config.txt file.