Description
Enhancement Type *
New Feature
Brief Description of Enhancement *
Would be nice if MekHQ had a simple way to make text notes and log entries in time. For example, Command Center window can have a button that will prompt user to write text and assign the current date to this entry. For example, a character is wounded in a story-important way, the user would click the button and write down a little snippet, so this wound would be reflected in company history, and not only on the character's personnel page.
The total mass of these notes should be able to be seen chronologically by pressing another button.
Possibly, important events for the campaign can auto populate this log, for example contract acceptance, completion, change of commander, death of founder, etc. Ideally, some events in MHQ can prompt user to save the event in the Timeline, e.g. when mek is considered destroyed after battle (in battle resolution screen), maybe a simple button can add the respective event into Timeline (e.g. "Crab CRB-27 piloted by Tester O'rfe was destroyed on 3025-05-25 during Pirate Hunting Contract on Zurich").
My original post on discord, for reference:
As of now, the whole history of the company is written in personnel files and in contracts description. I remember that I had to always update personnel bio here and there. And to write the overall comprehensive history of the company in general I had to switch to a notepad and just jot it down. Would be really cool, if in the Command Center we had a button like journal or log, where we can enter text and it will get a date assigned. And then at any time you could check all your previous notes, maybe together with some important events auto-populated there (e.g. commander assigned, contract taken or complete). I have notes like "This and that joined the company after the XX battle, first as a prisoner, but was recruited". Then MHQ is already a good storytelling tool, but sometimes you can miss important events. For example, one of my mekwarriors was taken prisoner, we ransomed them back, and immediately after MHQ assigned them to marry. Its a story that begged to be written, I noticed it completely by chance, and had to append their bios. But again, there is no centralized tool to write and read unit's history (in RP terms). Just want to see if there is interest in a thing like that, or if it is hard to implement.
Use Cases or Rationale
A simple logging / note taking tool would make MekHQ even more powerful storytelling tool.
Attach Files
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MekHQ Suite Version *
0.50.05
Final Verification
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