Feature Requests Thread

[RumbleBBU]

Why should a card cost more then the reprinted one? In the 'real world' it is just because of the availbility and the art, yet in forge many people don't play with set pictures and the availbility is unlimited...

I play with set pictures and I think that adds a lot to my Quest experience. For example, for a Hymn to Tourach, I must have that version with the four guys standing, seen from above. And I loathe that version where two guys are sitting at a table, I simply can't stand it (because it seems unrelated to the card title).
And so on. Sometimes I pick the versions of a card for a specific deck based on how they look like. Or, if I own just two copies of a rare card I need to use in a deck, it's always cool to see which of them I draw.
All in all, set-specific pictures and the different editions make the cards feel much more real.

Back on the topic...just two points.

1) The "# owned" column could display the number of all editions owned. Or both, e.g. "x/y" where "x" is the number of this edition of the card owned and "y" is all editions owned.

2) Just an idea, maybe not a good one or a feasible one. How about displaying the different editions of a card as a collapsible tree in the deck editor? Think Eclipse Package Explorer or Windows Explorer tree view. For example, using the abovementioned Hymn to Tourach as an example, you could see it with a "+" in front of it in the card list if there are multiple different editions available, and clicking the "+" would expand the view to display the different editions.

[serrasmurf]

another possible solution for the different versions of the same card:
let the shop give you the option to trade one version of a card to another version, you pay/ receive the difference in value.

[moomarc]

Even nicer would be a way to sort hybrids, gates, and multis by color, though this might require some creativity. Gates and similar multicolored lands pose a huge problem when you're trying to find them by color without knowing their names.

Just use the filters to find gates and other multi mana producers. Just remember the text in deck editor uses Oracle text, so you if you're looking for potential lands (or other mana sources) for your Dimir deck add the following text filters (type them in the search box then Ctrl-Enter):

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add {B} {U}

At the moment you can't search exact strings so Ana Battlemage will show up too because the oracle text includes this part: Kicker {U} and/or {B} (You may pay an additional {U} and/or {B} as you cast this spell.) which has both mana symbols in the card text and 'additional'. 90% of the cards are what you want though, all the gates, signets, keyrunes etc.

[noxxle]

How about a tablet mode for touch screens? This can be done by requiring a double click for many of the things that a single click normally does. A single click instead functions as if floating the mouse cursor over the UI. Very handy for previewing cards. Shouldn't be hard to implement. I believe Magarena already has this feature.

Great idea.

[Symphonic]

Forge is my main tool for brewing new decks (in combination with magiccards.info) and I've come across one thing I would love to see implemented in the deck editor one day.
This would be a simple register for notes, where you can jot down some points concerning the current deck version, for example the key strategy with win-options, the synergies and combos, cards you still have to test or that are just placeholders or cards that you still have to buy for the paper version of the deck and so on. (So there it would be wonderful, if such a note-register could work together with card recognition and if you could look at the mentioned cards under the register "Card picture).

[myk]

a simple register for notes, where you can jot down some points concerning the current deck version, for example the key strategy with win-options, the synergies and combos, cards you still have to test or that are just placeholders or cards that you still have to buy for the paper version of the deck and so on.

This sounds reasonable. I'll have to ask the other devs if a Notes field could be part of the .dck file format or how/where this info could be stored, but it certainly wouldn't be hard to add to the UI. It could appear as another draggable tab panel with a text field in it. I added it to my list here

(So there it would be wonderful, if such a note-register could work together with card recognition and if you could look at the mentioned cards under the register "Card picture). :D

if you're referring to the forum mouse-over feature, probably not going to happen anytime soon : ) but you could always paste your notes into a forum post and have the forum recognize the cards...

[moomarc]

(So there it would be wonderful, if such a note-register could work together with card recognition and if you could look at the mentioned cards under the register "Card picture).

if you're referring to the forum mouse-over feature, probably not going to happen anytime soon : ) but you could always paste your notes into a forum post and have the forum recognize the cards...

I think he was referring to the card info panel and image showing as they do for other cards hovered over in the game, and stack instances. But we would need to add card text recognition so probably unlikely for a while.

[Max mtg]

How about a tablet mode for touch screens? This can be done by requiring a double click for many of the things that a single click normally does. A single click instead functions as if floating the mouse cursor over the UI. Very handy for previewing cards. Shouldn't be hard to implement. I believe Magarena already has this feature.

Great idea.

As far as I can see now, this is possible if the following conditions are met:
* Forge server and client are separated into independent modules (are different programs but may load the same resources)
* A special mobile-friendly client is developed on HTML5, which is supported on every current and future platform.
* Java-powered server is placed somewhere near your tablet - on device itself if the latter can run java applications, or on a remote host - be it your computer or some dedicated server in the net.

That is the way it might work. The current forge application cannot run on mobile devices 'cause the libraries powering the UI are not supported on android or iphone.

[schnautzr]

I keep a lot of decks in my quest, each an expanded version of an original set. Of course, there are so many I've had to rename them simply so I can tell them apart. It would be nice if I could see a customizable summary of each deck when viewing the list of quest decks. For example, I might attach this label to the deck "Solitary Fiends":

"Avacyn Restored (BU) Sacrifice to keep exactly one creature on battlefield. Use equipment or enhancements that won't be lost on death. Keep the opponent's creatures tapped, detained, or in their hand."

[myk]

I keep a lot of decks in my quest, each an expanded version of an original set. Of course, there are so many I've had to rename them simply so I can tell them apart. It would be nice if I could see a customizable summary of each deck when viewing the list of quest decks. For example, I might attach this label to the deck "Solitary Fiends":

"Avacyn Restored (BU) Sacrifice to keep exactly one creature on battlefield. Use equipment or enhancements that won't be lost on death. Keep the opponent's creatures tapped, detained, or in their hand."

This would gel nicely with the proposed "deck notes" feature. the deck selection list could display the notes (truncated, of course, full text on hover).

[Max mtg]

I keep a lot of decks in my quest, each an expanded version of an original set. Of course, there are so many I've had to rename them simply so I can tell them apart. It would be nice if I could see a customizable summary of each deck when viewing the list of quest decks. For example, I might attach this label to the deck "Solitary Fiends":

"Avacyn Restored (BU) Sacrifice to keep exactly one creature on battlefield. Use equipment or enhancements that won't be lost on death. Keep the opponent's creatures tapped, detained, or in their hand."

This would gel nicely with the proposed "deck notes" feature. the deck selection list could display the notes (truncated, of course, full text on hover).

Why exactly handwritten 'deck notes'? Who is going to fill them?
You may calculate deck's dominating colors and show them next to deck, then mention some key cards of the deck (well, that must be the ones included 4 times) - There is also draft ratings system which may be of help to choose key cards of a deck.

I have also promised to (and will do) implement tags assignable to decks .

[myk]

We could certainly fill it with default text -- that's probably a good idea in addition to the personal note pad that Symphonic and schnautzr were requesting. Actually, colors might be better represented as a ManaCost widget, six symbols in the ratio of their use in the deck.

[noxxle]

How about a tablet mode for touch screens? This can be done by requiring a double click for many of the things that a single click normally does. A single click instead functions as if floating the mouse cursor over the UI. Very handy for previewing cards. Shouldn't be hard to implement. I believe Magarena already has this feature.

Great idea.

As far as I can see now, this is possible if the following conditions are met:
* Forge server and client are separated into independent modules (are different programs but may load the same resources)
* A special mobile-friendly client is developed on HTML5, which is supported on every current and future platform.
* Java-powered server is placed somewhere near your tablet - on device itself if the latter can run java applications, or on a remote host - be it your computer or some dedicated server in the net.

That is the way it might work. The current forge application cannot run on mobile devices 'cause the libraries powering the UI are not supported on android or iphone.

Forge runs great on my Thinkpad Tablet 2 (windows 8 tablet, x86 clover trail proc). None of the above needs to be done. All that is necessary is an option to require a double click to play cards. Single click views/previews. This is how Magarena works.

[friarsol]

Forge runs great on my Thinkpad Tablet 2 (windows 8 tablet, x86 clover trail proc). None of the above needs to be done. All that is necessary is an option to require a double click to play cards. Single click views/previews. This is how Magarena works.

Yea I think the primary difference here is Max was treating "tablet" to mean iPad or Android Tablet, but Winodws 8 tablets can install Java just fine, so can be left in this middle of the road scenario.

[Corwin72]

Not sure if this is a true bug or a feature request.
When I check for images either with quest or card images there are cards that are not downloaded. I think that there should be a log created that would show the cards that are not downloaded. That would allow us to check the cards to make sure that they are correctly listed in the system or if it is an error on the file location side.