1989 Donruss WIP - Question about randomizing card templates

ThatSeventiesGuy · 08-08-2013, 02:44 PM

I'm working on 1989 Donruss. The results look pretty good so far, I think.

I'm working on a Diamond Kings set for All-Stars and award winners also. The question I have is this:

I currently have four color variations, and may add one or two more. But how do I make them appear randomly in the xml? Is there a tag you can use to make it do that? I can't seem to figure out how. To make these, I just changed the template being used from 89_Donruss_1.png to 89_Donruss_2.png and so forth. Can any of you more experienced card makers help me out here?

EDIT: I had to post the file somewhere other than here, since it was too big. Here's the link: https://app.box.com/s/ouk1cuap2p9kq4m2tlau Enjoy!

klavier · 08-08-2013, 05:53 PM

The cards look very good.

For this case the [%RANDOM_NUMBER] token would probably work the best, ie. 89_Donruss_[%RANDOM_NUMBER].png. You would need to make duplicates of a couple of the images to get 10 of them and assign them the numbers 0 thru 9.

ThatSeventiesGuy · 08-08-2013, 06:55 PM

Okay, cool. I'll probably just add one more template color, then, and have a duplicate of each. Thanks!

If all goes well, I'll post the zip file some time this weekend.

ThatSeventiesGuy · 08-10-2013, 05:15 PM

The file exceeds the limit of what I can post here. Anybody have a workaround? It's ready to go otherwise.

Here's the Diamond Kings. I hope Klavier won't mind that I recycled his 1988 Donruss DK backgrounds for these. I used them for All-Stars, MVP, Cy Young, and Rookie of the Year. The .xml can easily be changed if your league has different names for its awards.

MVP:

Cy Young:

Rookie of the Year:

All-Star:

ThatSeventiesGuy · 08-11-2013, 12:42 PM

I had to post the file on mega, since it was too big to post here. Here's the link. I hope you guys can use it, since I don't know much about that site. If you want it, you might want to be quick about it, since I think it only lasts for a month or two.

https://mega.co.nz/#fm1c12RIQA

ThatSeventiesGuy · 08-12-2013, 02:26 PM

And another link, in case the other one doesn't work for you:

https://app.box.com/s/ouk1cuap2p9kq4m2tlau

Are these working at all? Has anybody tried them yet?

klavier · 08-12-2013, 09:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ThatSeventiesGuy

Are these working at all? Has anybody tried them yet?

The Box one worked fine for me but the Mega one didn't.

ThatSeventiesGuy · 08-13-2013, 02:18 PM

Okay, that's what I was getting when I signed out of Mega. Looks like justafan made a good call over in the other thread by suggesting I use Box.

08-08-2013, 02:44 PM	#1
ThatSeventiesGuy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Midland, MI Posts: 3,421	1989 Donruss WIP - Question about randomizing card templates I'm working on 1989 Donruss. The results look pretty good so far, I think. I'm working on a Diamond Kings set for All-Stars and award winners also. The question I have is this: I currently have four color variations, and may add one or two more. But how do I make them appear randomly in the xml? Is there a tag you can use to make it do that? I can't seem to figure out how. To make these, I just changed the template being used from 89_Donruss_1.png to 89_Donruss_2.png and so forth. Can any of you more experienced card makers help me out here? EDIT: I had to post the file somewhere other than here, since it was too big. Here's the link: https://app.box.com/s/ouk1cuap2p9kq4m2tlau Enjoy! __________________ https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...00&postcount=1 Last edited by ThatSeventiesGuy; 08-13-2013 at 06:00 PM.

08-08-2013, 06:55 PM	#3
ThatSeventiesGuy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Midland, MI Posts: 3,421	Okay, cool. I'll probably just add one more template color, then, and have a duplicate of each. Thanks! If all goes well, I'll post the zip file some time this weekend. __________________ https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...00&postcount=1 Last edited by ThatSeventiesGuy; 08-08-2013 at 07:05 PM.

08-10-2013, 05:15 PM	#4
ThatSeventiesGuy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Midland, MI Posts: 3,421	The file exceeds the limit of what I can post here. Anybody have a workaround? It's ready to go otherwise. Here's the Diamond Kings. I hope Klavier won't mind that I recycled his 1988 Donruss DK backgrounds for these. I used them for All-Stars, MVP, Cy Young, and Rookie of the Year. The .xml can easily be changed if your league has different names for its awards. MVP: Cy Young: Rookie of the Year: All-Star: __________________ https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...00&postcount=1

08-11-2013, 12:42 PM	#5
ThatSeventiesGuy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Midland, MI Posts: 3,421	I had to post the file on mega, since it was too big to post here. Here's the link. I hope you guys can use it, since I don't know much about that site. If you want it, you might want to be quick about it, since I think it only lasts for a month or two. https://mega.co.nz/#fm1c12RIQA __________________ https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...00&postcount=1 Last edited by ThatSeventiesGuy; 08-11-2013 at 12:44 PM.

08-12-2013, 02:26 PM	#6
ThatSeventiesGuy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Midland, MI Posts: 3,421	And another link, in case the other one doesn't work for you: https://app.box.com/s/ouk1cuap2p9kq4m2tlau Are these working at all? Has anybody tried them yet? __________________ https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...00&postcount=1

08-08-2013, 05:53 PM	#2
klavier Major Leagues Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: FL Posts: 396	The cards look very good. For this case the [%RANDOM_NUMBER] token would probably work the best, ie. 89_Donruss_[%RANDOM_NUMBER].png. You would need to make duplicates of a couple of the images to get 10 of them and assign them the numbers 0 thru 9.

08-13-2013, 02:18 PM	#8
ThatSeventiesGuy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Midland, MI Posts: 3,421	Okay, that's what I was getting when I signed out of Mega. Looks like justafan made a good call over in the other thread by suggesting I use Box. __________________ https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...00&postcount=1