Ages for Chronicles - For Worlds That Have More Than a BC/AD (BCE/CE)

Content Addition · Chronicles · Created by M.R.R. Shelswell
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Chronicles Timeline-issue

What functionality is missing? What is unsatisfying with the current situation?

I've noticed that, when editing the Chronicle for my world's chronicle, that you can't edit how many eras it has. I'm stuck with the two eras you can set in your world settings (which doesn't work for me either, but that's besides the point). I'm stuck using the 4th timeline line on the chronicle to specify which era an event is in and then I have to do unneccesary maths in order to put the event in the right year.   The eras I speak of are like the Ages of Middle-Earth (First Age, Second Age, etc.). In my world I've got the Epoch of Spring, Epoch of Understanding, etc. The format of how the years are laid out doesn't work for worlds that have year counting that counts up and then reset at the beginning of a new age/era/epoch.   We need the option to set up how the timelines in the chronicles are divided up and calculate when we plunk events into it.  

How does this feature request address the current situation?

Getting the option to break up the eras how we want will help neaten up the chronicles and give worldbuilders more control over the layout of their chronicle if their world has more than one era than a BC/AD world history.  

What are other uses for this feature request?

I can't think of any other uses for this at this time. There might be, but wracking my brain brings up nothing.       Images to help illustrate the issue:
 

Follow up


Thanks for all your support, guys! It will be very fun to play with the ages when the next version of the Chronicles comes out. And thanks to the Team for the response! <3

The Team's Response

Thanks for the suggestion! This is already planned as part of the next version of Chronicles.
Current score

40/300 Votes · +10005 points

Votes Cast

  • +300

    by zcwlingley
    on 2024-06-19 16:17
  • +100

    by A Frightened Orc
    on 2024-06-18 16:07
  • +300

    by A Cute T-Rex
    on 2024-06-18 13:59
  • +300

    by Nathair Sionnach
    on 2024-06-18 02:14
    This would be beneficial especially with prehistory in story timelines, plus other impactful events.
  • +1

    by LittleSister
    on 2024-06-16 14:37
  • +300

    by Blue Fairy 74
    on 2024-06-16 12:07
  • +300

    by ReginaCaeli
    on 2024-06-14 15:51
  • +300

    by GreatBookWyrm
    on 2024-06-13 15:55
  • +300

    by ArtisticArmoury
    on 2024-06-13 13:52
  • +300

    by SrSpaceCadet
    on 2024-06-13 06:16
  • +300

    by A Glamorous Unicorn
    on 2024-06-13 04:53
    As a person whose world is made up of multiple ages. I believe that this feature would allow me to better organize my timeline.
  • +300

    by oaster2000
    on 2024-06-12 15:53
  • +1

    by CrazyKozar
    on 2024-06-12 15:41
  • +300

    by liviajelliot
    on 2024-06-12 12:14
    I'm in the same situation; this would be very useful!!
  • +300

    by A Beloved Mimic
    on 2024-06-12 05:39
  • +300

    by HunterChristmas1247
    on 2024-06-11 17:46
  • +300

    by Alyvins
    on 2024-06-10 21:02
  • +1

    by WildBuzzard2353
    on 2024-06-10 11:23
  • +300

    by Dragolithic
    on 2024-06-09 20:41
    Even our world has multiple ages.
  • +300

    by Ononomad
    on 2024-06-07 10:13
  • +300

    by Ellysium
    on 2024-06-06 20:58
    My "world" has multiple realms, each with multiple ages/eras, so this would be specifically very useful to me. Thank you
  • +300

    by Michael Chandra
    on 2024-06-06 14:25
  • +300

    by Achilles Tiger
    on 2024-06-04 20:32
  • +100

    by A Filthy Kobold
    on 2024-06-03 20:40
  • +300

    by RivaliChaos
    on 2024-06-03 01:25
  • +300

    by Valraven Dreadwood
    on 2024-06-01 20:15
    YES PLEASE PLEASE PLEASEE!!! My world has 6 different Ages that each serve a specific function paralleling with Earth's eras, with functional differences. I can't use the Chronicles feature because of the limitations that this request would fix, which would allow for me to produce MUCH more effective chronologies.
  • +300

    by NiwdeMaster
    on 2024-06-01 18:20
  • +1

    by Arcstone
    on 2024-06-01 03:37
  • +100

    by WeStanNikolai
    on 2024-05-31 13:15
  • +300

    by norselyqueer
    on 2024-05-30 13:48
    I made a side mention of this in a previous suggestion, and YES PLEASE. I have 4 ages (Primordial Age, Celestial Age, Dawn Age, Imperial Age) and the display of the global year without context can be very confusing for someone who doesn't write the world (current year is 1607 IA, which is global year 9088).
  • +300

    by A Beloved Elf
    on 2024-05-29 22:45
  • +300

    by Kameron M. Sovka
    on 2024-05-29 07:29
    A *VERY* needed feature. Worlds can have more than one major, perspective-shifting event. (ex. The Elder Scrolls)
  • +1

    by Amancham
    on 2024-05-28 20:26
  • +300

    by Comic Book Lady
    on 2024-05-28 13:20
  • +300

    by A Beloved Mlem
    on 2024-05-27 18:53
  • +100

    by tjtrewin
    on 2024-05-27 13:14
  • +300

    by Gaëlle S.
    on 2024-05-27 12:29
  • +300

    by Ratha
    on 2024-05-26 21:33
  • +300

    by DesNordlund
    on 2024-05-26 15:03
  • +300

    by TheDarkMantle
    on 2024-05-26 13:56
  • +300

    by M.R.R. Shelswell
    on 2024-05-26 00:44