Inns of the Empire tool online
June 14, 2008
I just uploaded my Inns of the Empire tool for general use.
The tool can be used to quickly generate names and characteristics for all kinds of hostels, coaching inns, taverns, clubs, and brothels in Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay.
Inns of the Empire is dually inspired. First, by the Random Fantasy Business Names generator by Mike Hensley at hackslash.net. The tool's functionality is based wholly on the work of Henrik Grönberg in Liber Fanatica, Vol. III. Credit is due to both individuals for the inspiration.
Additional credits go to the developers of the YUI. Inns of the Empire leverages the YUI library pretty heavily. And to Fonthead Design for the Black Beard font.
I tested the tool in the A Grade suite of browsers and did not find any major bugs, but do not hesitate to email me, or post a comment, with a defect that needs to be fixed. Be sure to tell me the browser and major version. The code is in my svn repos, so I can update and release fixes pretty quickly!
Again, major thanks to Henrik Grönberg for the imagination and completeness of his work for Liber Fanatica.
June 16, 2008 at 10:33 EDT
I see that there are a couple of IE 6 bugs. Specifically, there is the PNG background (fixable with a PNG Alpha hack in the CSS). And there is the annoying positioning problem in IE 6 and IE 7 that is causing some button elements to "bleed" through after fleshing out details for an inn.
One enhancement has been requested: define the meaning of the large, bold number that appears next to the room types and availability. That number is the vacancy factor. Take the second number shown next to a room type and multiply by the vacancy factor (rounding down).
Three issues then... Bugs 0001 through 0003. I'll have updates soon.