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Mongoose Traveller V2 Character Creator Plugin Details

First published 6th October 2024 (Last Modified 7th October 2024)

Description

This plugin adds a shortcode to add a sandpit for character creation experimentation. This allows for a new character to be edited. The characters are saved locally in the browser (only) and can be exported in a format importable into Fantasy Grounds Unity.
[mongooseTravellerV2CharacterCreator /]

  • Version: 3.264.0
  • Author: David Vines
  • Last Updated: 2024-10-12T15:00:44Z
  • Requires WordPress Version: 4.0 or higher
  • Tested up to: 6.6.2
  • License: Contains materials from Mongoose which are used by following the Mongoose fair use policy. The code elements were written solely by myself.

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Change Log

3.264.0 - 12 October 2024

Add the army career

3.263.0 - 06 October 2024

Bug fixes

3.262.0 - 06 October 2024

Add more careers

3.261.0 - 27 September 2024

Add mustering out, export of characters, bug fixes

3.259.0 - 23 September 2024

Initial Version - pre-alpha (no mustering out, connections, end of character or export. Only pre-careers and rogues implements so far


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Mongoose Traveller V2 Character Creator

First published 8th September 2024 (Last Modified 30th September 2024)

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            DJV's Mongoose Traveller V2 Character Creator Plugin Version 3.264.115

            Setup for joining us on Fantasy Grounds

            First published 3rd September 2024

            We use a couple of bits of software to allow us to play roleplaying via a virtual tabletop:


            Discord

            A partial screen capture of the main discord app with the icon for User Settingshighlighted

            The location of the settings icon

            To allow voice communication we use discord. The desktop version can be downloaded for free from here. You do not need to pay anything to download, setup and use discord1. Once installed and you've registered yourself as a user contact myself or Neil to get an invite to what Discord calls our "server" (a collection of text, voice and even video channels).
            There are a few settings we require and/or recommend. You can get to the settings page via the cog icon at the bottom left hand corner of discord's window:

            A view of the discord voice & video settings

            My Voice & video settings

            Once there select Voice & Video and check (and if necessary change) the following settings (note you can click on the image to see at full size):

            INPUT DEVICE
            Which microphone do you want to use. If you have only one microphone you can probably leave this at the default2.
            OUTPUT DEVICE
            Which speakers do you want to use. If you have only one of set of speakers you can probably leave this at the default. If, however, you have both a set of speakers AND a headset you need to either change the default in Windows to send sound to your headset or choose which one discord should use here3.
            INPUT VOLUME
            Leave at the default of 100% unless everyone complains you're too loud. If you find someone else is too loud you can adjust just their volume as explained below.
            OUTPUT VOLUME
            If you're finding everyone else is too loud or too quiet you can change the global volume here.
            INPUT MODE
            Select Push-to-talk4.
            SHORTCUT
            Choose which key to press when you want to speak. I use the left control button on the keyboard5 but Neil uses one of his mouse buttons, You can choose almost any key for this.
            PUSH-TO-TALK RELEASE DELAY
            Move the slider to increase the time between when you release the push-to-talk key and the time your microphone becomes muted. Note that the default is 0 milliseconds and typically your fingers are ahead of your mouth and hence your final word gets either cut in half or muted completely. Mine is set to around 500ms which seems to work.

            There's also a section of settings for Notifications that includes a PTT Activate and a PTT Deactivate notification sounds. Note, however, that the notification sounds are NOT sent to the output device you chose in Voice & Video but just sent as audio to windows. So if your default windows output device are your speakers you'll need to go to your windows settings6, select System then Sound followed by App volume and device preferences and then, With the discord app running, manually choose the devices to be used for sound for the Discord application7.

            If you find that one person's voice is too loud or too quiet you can manually how loud they are by right-clicking their name in the voice chat channel and then moving the slider to increase or decrease their individual volume.

            Discord will check if it needs updates as part of its startup process and will do an update if necessary

            There are also mobile versions of the application for both Android and Apple available in their respective app stores. I do not recommend using a mobile for voice8 but I do recommend it as a way of seeing (and getting notifications about) the text channels.

            I strongly recommend going through the setup for discord well before the first game session since, inevitably, it takes a while to get the setup working exactly the way you want it to9


            Fantasy Grounds Unity main page screenshot

            Fantasy Grounds Unity main page

            Fantasy Grounds Unity

            You'll be glad to learn that there's less setup needed for Fantasy Grounds Unity. You can download it from their home page. You only need the Free Demo vesrion since both myself and Neil have Ultimate Licenses which allow us to host games for those with the free demo versiom. If you ever wanted to run a game you'd need to get the ultimate version since we have players with only the free demo version.

            The free demo version has, for players, all the features of the core license or ultimate versions.

            When the time comes we will lead you through how to join a game10. I do recommend that before every game session you fire up Fantasy Grounds Unity and look to see if it needs any updates. Our game sessions are widely enough spread out that there's usually some updates that have been made between our game sessions.


            Footnotes

            1. Discord does have a premium currency called Nitro to allow the purchase of additional features. We've not found the need to purchase anything.
            2. I do have two microphones potentially connected so I do set the device here.
            3. Similarly I do have both speakers and a headset so have to set the output device.
            4. This keeps the channel quiet except when someone wants to talk and hence avoids unneccessary distractions.
            5. Note that when I press the left control key to push-to-talk it still acts as a control key so I do have to be aware of that should I try to use any other key (for example to do something in Fantasy Grounds Unity).
            6. These instructions assume you're using Windows 10.
            7. Note that this is a real pain since whenever discord updates its main application the windows settings treats it as a new application and you'll have to go in and change these settings again - I haven't found a better way to do this so far.
            8. It does work but getting push-to-talk to work is not as straightforward.
            9. Don't get me wrong, it is good software but as seen above it can require a fair bit of setting up to get everything the way you want it to be.
            10. Assuming, of course, you have successfully set up Discord and joined the voice chat channel.

            Traveller

            First published 22nd May 2000 (Last Modified 6th October 2024)

            Character Generator

            In preparation for running a new Traveller Campaign, I'm in the process of creating a Mongoose Traveller V2 Character Creator. This new campaign will be in an alternate universe to those described below (mostly because my memory of those campaigns has faded to the level of mostly gone!

            Timeline

            I have, on and off, over the last couple of decades run a traveller campaign. Some players have expressed an interest in the timeline, so let's see if I can reproduce it from my limited memory.

            Approx -300,000
            Ancients abound developing many weird and wonderful devices and ships. It is rumoured that one or more of these still exists and that the vessel concerned is capable of Jump-6 without the aid of 60% of the ship being devoted to fuel.It is also believed that the computer system fred dates from this time.
            1109
            Date of my first campaign. A group of merchants and friends attempt to make a living in the spinward marches. They soon misjump and crash land on a remote system. They only escape when their cargo forces them to repair their 200-ton trader (after which it becomes a 150-ton trader!).
            1110
            Fifth Frontier War begins. The Zhodani launch a surprise attack on the Imperium aided by Vargr and the sword worlds.
            1111
            The Zhodani capture Regina, the Spinward Marches sector capital
            1112
            The capital of the Sword Worlds (Gramm) is devestated by a huge explosion. Riots ensue after it becomes apparent that the rulers cared more about protecting their main computer complex (which survived the explosion) instead of the inhabitants of the surrounding city (which didn't!).
            1113
            Imperium suffers a major reverse when a dozen stars spontaneously turn in supernovae. Although Darrian action is suspected (and the Imperium breaks off all treaties with the Darrians) nothing is proven. One of the systems lost is the Glisten system which was a major imperial starship construction facility (capable of constructing TL15 ships)
            1114
            The Zhodani capture Rhylanor, which had only recently become the new sector capital. The Imperials sue for peace with the Zhodani, who agree to sign a new peace treaty. The Imperium moves considerable deterrent force into their remaining portion of the spinward marches and a cold war begins
            1119
            The Zhodani launch a covert mission into the border worlds on both sides of the imperial/zhodani border. It disappears (although an internal zhodani report suggests that the use of people from planets which had been imperial might have a contributory factor, and certainly was very foolish).
            1121
            Unusual activity is seen around the ancient sites in the Five Sisters subsector including the recorded disappearance of a merchant vessel
            1150
            A passenger liner jumping between xxx and Trin's Veil fails to arrive on schedule

            Notes on the timeline

            As should be noted I run with a different universe to that of either Traveller or MegaTraveller. In my universe the Zhodani won the fifth frontier war and the Civil War never happened (and neither did the virus). I have used the virus as an alternative universe (unsurprisingly the players had needed some encouragement to do the 'right' thing!)

            At the time of my latest campaign (dated 1150), the Zhodani/Imperial cold war was just beginning to end. Some more normal contact was being resumed between the Zhodani and the Imperium and there were those considering resuming a 'normal' postal service.

            The Vargr were being their usual nuisance to all concerned.

            The Sword worlds were worried that they were about to be abandoned by the Zhodani.

            The Darrians have had a problem for the last thirty years. How do you convince someone that you didn't blow up twelve stars when your entire defence strategy depends on your enemies knowing that you can!

            More and more Aslan have begun to be seen in the Spinward Marches after decades of absence. They pointedly kept out of the fifth frontier war and appear to want to take advantage of the trade possibilities of being a neutral player between the Zhodani and the Imperium.

            The fred computer system

            An important element in at least two or more of my campaign has been (and may be still is!) the fred computer system. Fred comes in a 20-ton cargo package. Intelligence reports that it contains a TL20 sentient computer system and packs some pretty impressive systems:

            • Fusion Gun ('Man' Portable)
            • Gauss Rifle and Pistol equivalent
            • Black globe generator (although to be fair this needs to be connected to a ship's jump capacitors to be generally useful in ship combat).
            • Self repair capability

            Last updated: October 6, 2024 at 15:53 pm