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Extra "BC/AD" Eras in World Configuration

Feature Upgrade · World management · Created by nightinngales
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What functionality is missing? What is unsatisfying with the current situation?

  • The BC/AD function in World Configuration doesn't allow for multiple "BC" Eras in which a world might have several Eras before "Year 0" which would be relevant for date calculations (ex: for character ages or such things). You can set up multiple BC Eras in the Timeline but not in World Configuration, which makes it frustrating because the functionality is clearly there, but not all of the areas in which it would be helpful. 
    • Alternatively, allow for users to select an Era in the date section of article creations, rather than inputting a numerical year for calculations. Whichever is simpler. Examples of how this could work:   Option 1: World Date & Time Configuration Option Change:  Anything in [Brackets] indicates a Textbox. {Curly Brackets} indicates a option bubble or checkbox selection type.    Instead of Global Year Before/After Year 0, instead it could be:    Configure Current Global Era: [Name] - [Start Year - End Year (if applicable)] [Current Year*] [Era Abbreviation]  Options: Is this the Current Era of Your World? {Yes} {No}   Then:  Does your World have Previous Eras? {Yes} {No} If Yes:  Select number of Previous Eras to Configure: (Dropdown - Select #)    Once a number is selected, the page will load that amount of extra Era configuration boxes including the options:  Configure Era:  [Era Name] [Start Year] [End Year] [Era Abbreviation] [Checkboxes: {Prior to Current Era} {After Current Era}] Depending on the selection, the Era will be automatically sorted in relation to the previously configured Current Global Era. It would also be cool if we could have an [Export] option to export the Era settings directly into a Master Timeline, if we wanted to, so that way we wouldn't have to set all the years up again. It might also be best if the Years in this section were handled as UTD rather than Era-Years.   

    Alternative: In-Article Era Dropdowns

    Currently, for example on a character article, Dates of Birth and Death are only calculated based on the setting of Year 0, which only allows for the Current Era and the Era directly previous (the "BC" Era) to be used for calculations. Instead of that, perhaps you could add in some kind of options to allow for easier configurations, like so:    Year of Birth/Death/Creation/Founding or Whatever Else:  {Standard Calculation} {UTD Calculation}   The Standard Calculation would be the same as it currently functions, with only allowing Current/Previous Era, allowing those with simpler timelines to not need to bother with using the more advanced functionality at all if they don't want to. UTD Calculation would instead use the UTD Years, which would allow for those with more complicated Eras/Timelines to correctly calculate ages for things from prior Eras.   Additional Field(optional): (Next to Year of Birth/Death)  Era: Tooltip: Select an Era from your Master Timeline/World Configuration  If using Standard Calculation mode, the duration of Eras present in Configuration/Master Timeline will be used to calculate ages. Setting up your Master Timeline using UTD will increase the accuracy of these calculations.    >>> (Timeline or Config must be set up previously for options to appear, just like with other article links).      

    How does this feature request address the current situation?

  • A simple update to the Configuration of Date & Time to allow for multiple "pre-Year 0" Eras would allow for greater configurability when putting in dates of creation/birth/death etc if you want the automatic calculations to work properly with proper date labeling, rather than having to use the built-in override in the article template to insert the durations manually. 
    • In the current state, if you want to label say a character as being born in a previous Era, you only have the option to enter a "negative year", which will then calculate the age of the character based on counting backwards from zero, but only if that character is born in the era indicated as "BC" in the World Configuration menu. There's no way to set a character's date of birth/death into a specific Era.    I am personally rather anal, which explains why I'm here (lol), so having most characters/events with the automatic calculation format on the articles, but then a few of which that have to be overridden because the functionality isn't there to run the autocalculations kind of bothers me.
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    77/300 Votes · +15020 points

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    • +300

      by Asdradan
      on 2021-12-20 17:57

    • +300

      by TheSneakyDestroyer
      on 2021-12-19 21:46

    • +200

      by Sarah1344
      on 2021-12-19 18:11

    • +10

      by Dr.Scholar
      on 2021-12-19 13:27

    • +300

      by BookOfIllusion
      on 2021-12-19 10:32

    • +300

      by Aeldrik
      on 2021-12-18 17:11

    • +300

      by clonetone
      on 2021-12-18 06:57

    • +200

      by Wanderspeak
      on 2021-12-17 19:53

    • +200

      by FirsthandTuna
      on 2021-12-16 15:19

    • +300

      by Cobblers95
      on 2021-12-15 19:42

    • +300

      by Beric
      on 2021-12-15 12:00
      Even the "do it yourself with code" crowd can't complain about this one. It's a legitimately useful feature we can't just slap together with our own css.

    • +20

      by A Cute Velociraptor
      on 2021-12-15 03:54

    • +200

      by khainite
      on 2021-12-15 02:32

    • +100

      by davi_danger
      on 2021-12-15 01:06
      Eras are so annoying right now. It needs to be intuitive, too!

    • +50

      by Adcheryl
      on 2021-12-14 10:51

    • +300

      by restlessGalaxy
      on 2021-12-14 03:02

    • +300

      by A Uncontrollable Dragon
      on 2021-12-14 02:27

    • +300

      by J B Dorman
      on 2021-12-14 02:03

    • +300

      by ATrueDuality
      on 2021-12-14 01:12

    • +200

      by HeavenOnFire
      on 2021-12-13 17:08

    • +200

      by JRPGmuse
      on 2021-12-13 08:30

    • +300

      by Silverlite_Sword
      on 2021-12-12 02:53

    • +100

      by Stiefel
      on 2021-12-11 19:25

    • +50

      by PrippyMontyPoppyCock
      on 2021-12-11 03:55

    • +100

      by Vixen Windsong
      on 2021-12-10 22:52

    • +300

      by D4wnstar
      on 2021-12-10 21:16

    • +300

      by Tyranness
      on 2021-12-10 20:56

    • +200

      by ProfessorSputin
      on 2021-12-10 16:13
      As someone who has around 20-30 different eras in their world, this would be amazing.

    • +300

      by Naelin
      on 2021-12-10 14:15
      I will add that timeline eras have a functionality to reverse dates (so that BC dates are in increasing instead of decreasing order) but world configuration eras doesn't.   For me this means that I cannot use year calculations anywhere in my articles, as anything before the current era (which is everything, my world is in year 8) will show with wrong numbers.   Even if only two eras are allowed, you should be able to indicate if the numbers are ascending and indicate the last year's number.

    • +300

      by Tiberius Fursten
      on 2021-12-10 12:39

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      by BlackGateFox
      on 2021-12-09 03:29

    • +20

      by The Speaker
      on 2021-12-08 14:23

    • +300

      by JpgPngExe
      on 2021-12-08 11:41

    • +300

      by BlessedbytheMadgod
      on 2021-12-07 19:15

    • +100

      by A Beloved Dimensional Horror
      on 2021-12-07 15:54

    • +50

      by Ajklein
      on 2021-12-07 13:30

    • +100

      by A Mischievous Skeleton
      on 2021-12-07 00:37

    • +300

      by Dungeon_builder14
      on 2021-12-07 00:00

    • +300

      by Piggylady225
      on 2021-12-06 17:00
      I'm creating a world with 5 eras/ages with important mythology taking place all over them, so this would be extremely helpful for my worldbuilding.

    • +100

      by Vulthuryol
      on 2021-12-06 14:53

    • +300

      by Nightgaara
      on 2021-12-05 18:10

    • +100

      by A Thundering Elf
      on 2021-12-05 18:01

    • +50

      by divinewolf
      on 2021-12-05 07:02

    • +300

      by Loyalair
      on 2021-12-05 04:11
      YES! Please, anything that would help display my eras correctly. This has been a problem for me since I joined in 2018.

    • +20

      by storyauthor
      on 2021-12-04 02:19

    • +300

      by Imp_King
      on 2021-12-03 19:04

    • +300

      by Felixora
      on 2021-12-03 17:26

    • -50

      by RyuuTheKitsune
      on 2021-12-03 16:18

    • +300

      by WolfofWinter
      on 2021-12-03 13:13

    • +100

      by toffepajja
      on 2021-12-03 10:07

    • +300

      by NovaTerra
      on 2021-12-02 17:51

    • +300

      by ClarissaGosling
      on 2021-12-02 08:18

    • +300

      by RibenLARP
      on 2021-12-02 08:07

    • +300

      by BroodiestCone
      on 2021-12-02 01:48

    • +300

      by Jedu
      on 2021-12-02 00:54

    • +300

      by Hizeru
      on 2021-12-01 17:15

    • +300

      by TransatlanticStardust
      on 2021-12-01 17:14

    • +20

      by IroncladMonkey
      on 2021-12-01 13:07

    • +300

      by LisaGrimm
      on 2021-12-01 10:36

    • +100

      by A Fierce Dragon
      on 2021-11-30 09:51

    • +50

      by Limping2p
      on 2021-11-30 07:30

    • +20

      by Lucifer__oO
      on 2021-11-30 06:07

    • +100

      by TheDarkMantle
      on 2021-11-30 02:00

    • +10

      by GlJonny
      on 2021-11-29 20:55

    • +300

      by InCeruleanInk
      on 2021-11-29 20:41

    • +300

      by Dxactivatxd
      on 2021-11-29 16:00

    • +300

      by Knuffel
      on 2021-11-29 10:50

    • +200

      by MatGun86
      on 2021-11-29 07:31

    • -10

      by Hanhula
      on 2021-11-28 23:07
      Xuroth's mentioned in #alchemist-chronos that a major Eras update is going to be a thing already; maybe this would be better folded into that?

    • +300

      by mastergentleman
      on 2021-11-28 21:55

    • +100

      by UnknownWriter88
      on 2021-11-28 20:55
      Yes, this would help as my fantasy world has several era's for it

    • +100

      by Kaspersommer
      on 2021-11-28 20:49

    • +100

      by ScottYarbrough
      on 2021-11-28 18:10

    • -300

      by A Filthy Kobold
      on 2021-11-28 17:05

    • +100

      by Tijmuhn
      on 2021-11-28 10:15

    • +300

      by Baalon
      on 2021-11-28 08:43
      Excellent idea - a multiple era calculation - just in the real world alone, this year is 4,719 in the Chinese calendar, in the Julian Calendar it is 2,774 in the Buddhist, it is 2,563, but only in the Gregorian is it 2,021. (And a lot more) So how many more could there be when dealing with multiple ethnic backgrounds with 10 or 100 times the lifespan of humans.

    • +10

      by Ratha
      on 2021-11-28 06:04

    • +300

      by nightinngales
      on 2021-11-27 23:55

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