Homebrewery

Homebrewery

Connors 26 Jun 2019 01:15

Just a forum to plug this. Shane has been using it to write up some of our stuff to produce good looking PDFs for our House Rules. This should be available soon.

It is on our GM Tools Page. Just thought I would give it its own individual thread if people have Qs.

Homebrewery

I am now using it to type stuff up straight into it, rather than website, as players said they preferred PDFs.

I am also using it to type some stuff straight up in the aim of publishing. Not sure Black Hill Games is going anywhere… I might just do on my own. (I am doing a aquatic and nautical doc ATM that will go with Ghosts of Saltmarsh release. If I wait for our usual grind, it won't get out for years or ever, so I guess I will have to learn how to do a lot of things here I was hoping others would do).

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Re: Homebrewery - Columns

Connors 26 Jun 2019 01:19

Hey Shane, I am typing up a bunch of Nautical/Aquatic races straight into Homebrewery. I probably should save elsewhere too :P

Anyway, I can't get the columns right. Groups of text under headings staying in own part of page but spread across into extra columns. I have tried the column break feature, but must be using it wrong.

How do I get stuff to stay in order in 2 columns only? :P

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Re: Homebrewery - Columns

Connors 26 Jun 2019 04:56

Ahhh, this is frustrating.

I am cutting all I have done and going to work in a Word doc for now.

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Re: Homebrewery - Columns

Vamprey 28 Jun 2019 01:34

Yea I think I know what you are talking about. I had some problems with columns spreading over extra columns on the one page when you have large amounts of text.

I think it all has to do with where different types of breaks are used and if there are multiple <ENTER> key hits after them.

It isn't the most straight forward language to use and word documents are definitely easier, and there are many word doc to pdf conversion websites around, though it won't have the same look.

I am having no luck trying to get the heading font and colour changed on the front page, so I think I will make an image with the wording we want, with a transparent background so that you can see another image underneath it . I hope that will work and give us the look we are going for. If it works great, if not well, I'll let you know how things go.

I think I also have to redo renown adn relationships as you have changed a fair bit of that since I did the original version.

Anyway, I hope that helps you

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Re: Homebrewery - Columns

Connors 28 Jun 2019 02:31

Yeah. I have copied everything into Word. I will go back and paste into Homebrewery once I am done.

So for columns, how did you sort it? Do you not have <Enter> breaks at all? I still want to use Homebrewery, I am just working in Word, but using Homebrewery code in the aim of coming back once I know about columns.

As far as cover page goes, could maybe do as separate PDF and merge the two? Get a proper layout person to do the cover? Like the good covers on DMsGuild?

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Re: Homebrewery - Columns

Vamprey 28 Jun 2019 04:52

It's hard to say directly without looking at the code, maybe something I have to look at when we meet next.

I think you defintiely need a page break after Darfellan Names, and before Traits, there's a drop down think for page breaks.

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Re: Homebrewery - Columns

Connors 28 Jun 2019 09:24

So, you have to add page breaks as you go? Problem is I am going back to start and adding more info, etc.

Anyway, I will type up into Word and then copy and paste and see what happens then ;)

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Re: Homebrewery - Columns

Vamprey 28 Jun 2019 13:14

Yea you have to do the breaks as you go, which is one of the pains in the arse when using HB.

It may in a lot of respects easier to get the actual text done first in word, and then when you have it how you wan't put it into HB, as you seem to be doing now.

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