Magic Album Discussion
Posted: 16 May 2009, 11:31
What is it?
It is my old project. I'm a Magic collector so I need a good tool to keep track of cards. I was using MWS but didn't like it. That's why I've started writing my own analog. Several alphas were released on mwsdata before forum's death. Right now the project is reborn. It's still an alpha but it's good enough for me to use it instead of MWS library.
Features
1. Includes all possible information about the cards (© info, real collector number, printed card text etc.)
2. Full unicode support. Database can include cards on all languages
4. Support for non-standart cards (Look at Mox Lotus and Little Girl)
5. Multilevel sorting. Left click on column header holding shift.
6. Tooltips. They're available only for "Edition" and "Text (Oracle)" columns, but you should look at them.
7. Filter. There will be only one filter (but very complex) which will be applying to the whole db. No more F9, F3, 5 levels nonsense.
8. Fully customizable interface. You can move/dock/float panes any way you like.
9. Database supports different kinds of objects (cards, tokens, etc).
System requirements
Windows XP SP2, Vista, 7.
Installation
1. Download auto updater http://ma.slightlymagic.net/Updater.exe and run it. It will download the rest. Use it periodically for update check.
2. Run Magic Album.exe
How to show cards' images
Cards' images are stored in different structure. Go to Tools->Preferences and enter the path where the pistures are stored. Right now the structure looks like "path\Core Sets\10th Edition\ENG" but it's not final. If you look at Database\Sets.csv you can see the correct folders for each set. The files just need to be named like the cards, so if you have the *.full.jpg you'll need to remove the .full from each file. Then it works perfectly.
I need your feedback/opinions/bugreports!!!
It is my old project. I'm a Magic collector so I need a good tool to keep track of cards. I was using MWS but didn't like it. That's why I've started writing my own analog. Several alphas were released on mwsdata before forum's death. Right now the project is reborn. It's still an alpha but it's good enough for me to use it instead of MWS library.
Features
1. Includes all possible information about the cards (© info, real collector number, printed card text etc.)
2. Full unicode support. Database can include cards on all languages
4. Support for non-standart cards (Look at Mox Lotus and Little Girl)
5. Multilevel sorting. Left click on column header holding shift.
6. Tooltips. They're available only for "Edition" and "Text (Oracle)" columns, but you should look at them.
7. Filter. There will be only one filter (but very complex) which will be applying to the whole db. No more F9, F3, 5 levels nonsense.
8. Fully customizable interface. You can move/dock/float panes any way you like.
9. Database supports different kinds of objects (cards, tokens, etc).
System requirements
Windows XP SP2, Vista, 7.
Installation
1. Download auto updater http://ma.slightlymagic.net/Updater.exe and run it. It will download the rest. Use it periodically for update check.
2. Run Magic Album.exe
How to show cards' images
Cards' images are stored in different structure. Go to Tools->Preferences and enter the path where the pistures are stored. Right now the structure looks like "path\Core Sets\10th Edition\ENG" but it's not final. If you look at Database\Sets.csv you can see the correct folders for each set. The files just need to be named like the cards, so if you have the *.full.jpg you'll need to remove the .full from each file. Then it works perfectly.
I need your feedback/opinions/bugreports!!!