Richard S. Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 2 hours ago, Bill the barbarian said: How does one get just the upgrade and not order a new copy? cheers Go to the site, go to your orders, download the PDF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
styopa Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 1 hour ago, Richard S. said: Go to the site, go to your orders, download the PDF. And then go to the various online pdf compression sites, and change it from 90meg to 43 meg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard S. Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 22 minutes ago, styopa said: And then go to the various online pdf compression sites, and change it from 90meg to 43 meg. I should've done that. I accidentally uploaded it to drive while on the road and it ate most of my data for the month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soltakss Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 On 7/2/2018 at 12:39 PM, metcalph said: You should learn to give page numbers and base your citations on that rather than make special pleadings. Asking Joerg to be more nitpicky is not always such a good idea. 🙂 3 2 Quote Simon Phipp - Caldmore Chameleon - Wallowing in my elitism since 1982. Many Systems, One Family. Just a fanboy. www.soltakss.com/index.html Jonstown Compendium author. Find my contributions here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonsnail Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 On 7/5/2018 at 6:16 AM, styopa said: And then go to the various online pdf compression sites, and change it from 90meg to 43 meg. Why would I want to lower the quality of the PDF? It's not slow to page through, at least not on my computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skovari Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 42 minutes ago, Dragonsnail said: Why would I want to lower the quality of the PDF? It's not slow to page through, at least not on my computer. I doubt you will notice the quality difference at all. You will notice how much faster you can page through it. Especially on a table device or something like a net book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
styopa Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 6 hours ago, Dragonsnail said: Why would I want to lower the quality of the PDF? It's not slow to page through, at least not on my computer. I didn't see any immediate difference in quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonsnail Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 6 hours ago, styopa said: I didn't see any immediate difference in quality. Those services lower the quality of images in the PDF by compressing them harder. That is how they make a smaller PDF file. Personally I don't see the need to lower the size with today's huge storage capacities and fast processors. But if you are happy with the PDF, I'm fine with that - I just reacted from my personal preference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonsnail Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 (edited) 12 hours ago, Skovari said: I doubt you will notice the quality difference at all. You will notice how much faster you can page through it. Especially on a table device or something like a net book. That is not correct unless with very old equipment. I have the original PDF on my Ipad which is an old model (3-4 years). It is very quick, no issues. Using Adobe Reader app. Edited July 7, 2018 by Dragonsnail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonh Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 (edited) 40 minutes ago, Dragonsnail said: That is not correct unless with very old equipment. I have the original PDF on my Ipad which is an old model (3-4 years). It is very quick, no issues. Using Adobe Reader app. I haven’t bothered myself, my current iPad has plenty of storage, but back when I had a 16GB model I’d absolutely be doing that. I was constantly close to filling it up. I have a folder action on my Mac set up to shrink PDFs for me so I can do it with a drag-and-drop. Big PDFs go to the in folder, small ones appear in the out folder, but that’s mainly to make it easier to email scans of stuff nowadays. Edited July 7, 2018 by simonh Quote Check out the Runequest Glorantha Wiki for RQ links and resources. Any updates or contributions welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skovari Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 3 hours ago, Dragonsnail said: That is not correct unless with very old equipment. I have the original PDF on my Ipad which is an old model (3-4 years). It is very quick, no issues. Using Adobe Reader app. I have an iPad Pro and it is very noticeable in the speed difference here. Did you actually try and compress and compare? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
styopa Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 9 hours ago, Dragonsnail said: Those services lower the quality of images in the PDF by compressing them harder. That is how they make a smaller PDF file. Personally I don't see the need to lower the size with today's huge storage capacities and fast processors. But if you are happy with the PDF, I'm fine with that - I just reacted from my personal preference. Er, you seem to assume that all compression is lossy? http://www.cvisiontech.com/reference/pdf-compression/lossless-pdf-compression.html It's not. (even if it was, there are a number of people who might want to carry the pdf on their phone and there retaining high image resolutions is sort of pointless on a 5" screen) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mankcam Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 I wonder if the RQG pdf will be bookmarked? That would be very helpful Quote " Sure it's fun, but it is also well known that a D20 roll and an AC is no match against a hefty swing of a D100% and a D20 Hit Location Table!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Scott Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, Mankcam said: I wonder if the RQG pdf will be bookmarked? That would be very helpful It’s already bookmarked (GoodReader on my iPad) Edited July 9, 2018 by David Scott Quote ----- Search the Glorantha Resource Site: https://wellofdaliath.chaosium.com. Search the Glorantha mailing list archives: https://glorantha.steff.in/digests/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psullie Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 and the index is hyperlinked! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mankcam Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 (edited) That's weird - my copy wasn't indexed/bookmarked. I did buy it on the first day, so perhaps it wasn't fully cooked. I went back to my account at Chaosium.com and downloaded it again. This time it looks bookedmarked - excellent !!! Thanks for alerting me to this; greatly appreciated! 😃 Edited July 9, 2018 by Mankcam Quote " Sure it's fun, but it is also well known that a D20 roll and an AC is no match against a hefty swing of a D100% and a D20 Hit Location Table!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilHibbs Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Pregenerated Adventurers in the Contents is not hyperlinked. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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