Hello fellow T9A players,
I am very proud to present to you my new builder for T9A, named New Recruit, available at newrecruit.eu
I have been working very hard on it for quite some time, probably over 600 hours of work, and the first satisfying version is finally here.
I tried a few different builders, including the ones that are not free, when I got back to T9A a few months from now. I could not find one that fit all my needs, so I decided to make my own. It started as a small project but I found it so good I decided to push it further, improve it and make it available for all T9A armies.
The main features are :
- All 16 armies supported.
- A very tight constraint system that will guarantee that your list is 100% legal according to every single rule and restriction T9A has in regard to army building.
- Automatic replacement of options for convenience. For example, in a VC army, all Vampires need to belong to the same Bloodline. If I switch 1 Vampire's bloodline, it will automatically switch other Vampires to the same Bloodline, and automatically turn off options that required this Bloodline such as the Court of the Damned upgrade.
- Automatic hiding of options that are not available in the context. For example, if I build a character that is not a Wizard, then Wizard only items will not show. If I make him a Wizard, they will then show. If I pick some Wizard only options and uncheck the Wizard option, then these options will be automatically unchecked with a warning.
- Sometimes, the automatic option replacement fails because it requires too many cascading changes, and an error message will be displayed instead.
- All in all, this allows for very smooth army building, and prevents you from making any mistake. You also gain some time because you don't need to manually switch on and off options or upgrades that are forced or forbidden.
One awesome feature of New Recruit, is that it is a Progressive Web App (PWA). What is a PWA you're going to ask? Well, it is something in between a traditional website and an app, and it stacks the advantages of both apps and websites. The PWA is very light and "lives" inside your browser. You do not need to install anything, all you need is a modern browser. That is Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and other browsers based on Chrome such as Samsung Browser. On iOS, however, it seems that the only browser that supports PWAs is Safari from version 11.1 on iOS 11.3.
- Virtually no installation needed, just connect to newrecruit.eu, the app automatically installs itself in your browser's cache. It is very small (<300 kb). Updates are automatically installed when you connect again.
- You do not need to subscribe to anything or to create any accounts to use it, just go to newrecruit.eu and you can immediately use the builder.
- You can use it offline. After the first time you connected to newrecruit.eu, everything is cached inside your browser, and you will not need an internet connection to connect to this address again, it will just work. Convenient if you are in a place with no internet like a train or a plane. It will also no use any data if you have a limited data phone plan.
- It can be installed just like an App in Android. If you are using Chrome in Android, then Chrome should ask you if you want to add the app to your home screen. If you do, an icon will be added and behave just like a normal app. It's nice to use it like this because when you use the "app" icon, it launches in full screen without the UI of the browser so you gain some space.
- It works seamlessly on all devices that support one of the listed browsers. It is adapted to different screen sizes for perfect readability. Really good because you don't need to print your army list anymore, you can use it on your smartphone in a very nice format.
I also added a nice feature that allows you to synchronize all your army lists between your different devices. Say you make your list on a PC and you want to transfer it to your phone. All you will need to click on the little "cloud" icon at the top right of the screen, create an account (it takes 3 seconds). Then a Synchronize button will appear that will send your lists to the server and download lists that you made on other devices. In case you modify the same list on 2 different devices, the last modification will replace the online version (you shouldn't do that anyway). All you need to do is now to connect on your smartphone, click Synchronize and your lists will be downloaded to your smartphone. Obviously this requires an active internet connection, but it is the only feature that needs a connection to work, everything else works offline.
Now this is the first public version I release, I tested it quite a lot but I am sure there are plenty of mistakes left in some armies, and possibly some bugs (hopefully not). The current version is 0.91. I just realize as I am writing this, that I forgot to add the "lost password" feature, so don't lose your password (if you create an account, which is optional). If you do, just PM me on this forum and I will generate a new password for you. I will add a "lost password" button soon enough so it should not be a problem.
Right now New Recruit is only aimed at army building, not as an in game helper app, so it only includes the required data to build lists, but for example the stats of units are not included. It will not replace your army book. I might add a game helper feature with all unit stats later, and possibly also and easy way to count Victory Points, depending on whether or not the community likes this builder. I might also extend it to other games if it is a success in T9A.
I am very proud to present to you my new builder for T9A, named New Recruit, available at newrecruit.eu
I have been working very hard on it for quite some time, probably over 600 hours of work, and the first satisfying version is finally here.
I tried a few different builders, including the ones that are not free, when I got back to T9A a few months from now. I could not find one that fit all my needs, so I decided to make my own. It started as a small project but I found it so good I decided to push it further, improve it and make it available for all T9A armies.
The main features are :
- All 16 armies supported.
- A very tight constraint system that will guarantee that your list is 100% legal according to every single rule and restriction T9A has in regard to army building.
- Automatic replacement of options for convenience. For example, in a VC army, all Vampires need to belong to the same Bloodline. If I switch 1 Vampire's bloodline, it will automatically switch other Vampires to the same Bloodline, and automatically turn off options that required this Bloodline such as the Court of the Damned upgrade.
- Automatic hiding of options that are not available in the context. For example, if I build a character that is not a Wizard, then Wizard only items will not show. If I make him a Wizard, they will then show. If I pick some Wizard only options and uncheck the Wizard option, then these options will be automatically unchecked with a warning.
- Sometimes, the automatic option replacement fails because it requires too many cascading changes, and an error message will be displayed instead.
- All in all, this allows for very smooth army building, and prevents you from making any mistake. You also gain some time because you don't need to manually switch on and off options or upgrades that are forced or forbidden.
One awesome feature of New Recruit, is that it is a Progressive Web App (PWA). What is a PWA you're going to ask? Well, it is something in between a traditional website and an app, and it stacks the advantages of both apps and websites. The PWA is very light and "lives" inside your browser. You do not need to install anything, all you need is a modern browser. That is Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and other browsers based on Chrome such as Samsung Browser. On iOS, however, it seems that the only browser that supports PWAs is Safari from version 11.1 on iOS 11.3.
- Virtually no installation needed, just connect to newrecruit.eu, the app automatically installs itself in your browser's cache. It is very small (<300 kb). Updates are automatically installed when you connect again.
- You do not need to subscribe to anything or to create any accounts to use it, just go to newrecruit.eu and you can immediately use the builder.
- You can use it offline. After the first time you connected to newrecruit.eu, everything is cached inside your browser, and you will not need an internet connection to connect to this address again, it will just work. Convenient if you are in a place with no internet like a train or a plane. It will also no use any data if you have a limited data phone plan.
- It can be installed just like an App in Android. If you are using Chrome in Android, then Chrome should ask you if you want to add the app to your home screen. If you do, an icon will be added and behave just like a normal app. It's nice to use it like this because when you use the "app" icon, it launches in full screen without the UI of the browser so you gain some space.
- It works seamlessly on all devices that support one of the listed browsers. It is adapted to different screen sizes for perfect readability. Really good because you don't need to print your army list anymore, you can use it on your smartphone in a very nice format.
I also added a nice feature that allows you to synchronize all your army lists between your different devices. Say you make your list on a PC and you want to transfer it to your phone. All you will need to click on the little "cloud" icon at the top right of the screen, create an account (it takes 3 seconds). Then a Synchronize button will appear that will send your lists to the server and download lists that you made on other devices. In case you modify the same list on 2 different devices, the last modification will replace the online version (you shouldn't do that anyway). All you need to do is now to connect on your smartphone, click Synchronize and your lists will be downloaded to your smartphone. Obviously this requires an active internet connection, but it is the only feature that needs a connection to work, everything else works offline.
Now this is the first public version I release, I tested it quite a lot but I am sure there are plenty of mistakes left in some armies, and possibly some bugs (hopefully not). The current version is 0.91. I just realize as I am writing this, that I forgot to add the "lost password" feature, so don't lose your password (if you create an account, which is optional). If you do, just PM me on this forum and I will generate a new password for you. I will add a "lost password" button soon enough so it should not be a problem.
Right now New Recruit is only aimed at army building, not as an in game helper app, so it only includes the required data to build lists, but for example the stats of units are not included. It will not replace your army book. I might add a game helper feature with all unit stats later, and possibly also and easy way to count Victory Points, depending on whether or not the community likes this builder. I might also extend it to other games if it is a success in T9A.
Try out my builder for the 9th age! New Recruit
