Character Planner - Series 3.xx

[stricq]

I dunno, I'm a bit torn about handing out my source code so that you can produce a competing product It takes a lot of time and dedication to create and maintain a complex project like this, and I kind of feel like if you have that time and dedication, then you should be able to build such an application yourself. Having said that, you are welcome to use my text files all you want. I'll give you that much of a shortcut

I totally understand your misgivings as a fellow developer. I seriously doubt it would ever turn into anything worth 'releasing'. And I certainly wouldn't do so without you being fully involved.

I have to ask, though: What is the purpose? The planner is already written in OO C++, so all you would end up with (using C#) would be a slower version of the same thing with an added dependence on .NET (which, BTW, is not used in the planner, so converting over the UI would not be trivial) and CLR.

As for the purpose, programming is my hobby, as much as, if not more than playing DDO. I've done plenty of C++ work in the past and have found that I really enjoy C# as well. Converting C++ to C# provides for a lot of opportunities for increasing my knowledge of both.

Edit: Sheesh, that almost sounds like a resume.

[Ron]

As for the purpose, programming is my hobby, as much as, if not more than playing DDO. I've done plenty of C++ work in the past and have found that I really enjoy C# as well. Converting C++ to C# provides for a lot of opportunities for increasing my knowledge of both.

Alright, fair enough.

Tell you what, read over this thread:

http://www.rjcyberware.com/forums/showthread.php?t=228

if you want access to the code server, go ahead and go through those steps, and I'll get you set up.

[Mekoehouve]

Ron, I love the character planner, it rocks! But I think the Favored Soul is broke atm. I cannot for the life of me unlock my capstone, and some of the free feats are not auto loading (like all the weapon specialization stuff past level one). Also the bonus granted for wand/scroll mastery is off, should be 25%, 35%, 45%, and 55%. Over all, everything else seems to be working great! Sorry if someone already pointed the FvS stuff out.

[Devastation]

First to Ron and the entire team of people that help him on this project:

THANKS!

This program ROCKS. You guys do one heck of a job on it.I use this program to plan out my characters all the time.....

I was wondering if there is any thought about the printing side of the program.... especially now that we are going to 20....

Here is what I mean, my Bard, when I print him out only shows all of my 1-18 skill raises and 1/2 of 19 when printing it out. I get 9 skill points to use on each level so there are a lot of skills being listed

Also on the Second page on a cleric build I have, 2 things happen:

1) I can't see all my spells... (I know he is a cleric you get them all... I'm just listing the "printing issues" so that you know what they are)

and

2) Under my feat list "Notable Equipment" prints over top of some of my feats, (again merely listing the "printing issues")

If the answer is no we are not concerned about the printing, ok, but if you were unaware of them then just wanted you to know about them.

If you would like I can send the .txt files for you to print off.

[Ron]

If you would like I can send the .txt files for you to print off.

Yeah, that would be good. Send me those text files.

I kind of had a feeling there might be builds out there with this problem now that we've gone to level 20, but I just didn't have the time to try to make one and test it out.

As we've gotten more and more data, it's gotten harder and harder to squeeze it all onto two pages, heh. I may have to rethink how we print out the characters a bit.

Thanks for the report, that's very helpful

[Devastation]

Yeah, that would be good. Send me those text files.

I kind of had a feeling there might be builds out there with this problem now that we've gone to level 20, but I just didn't have the time to try to make one and test it out.

As we've gotten more and more data, it's gotten harder and harder to squeeze it all onto two pages, heh. I may have to rethink how we print out the characters a bit.

Thanks for the report, that's very helpful

NP and will head over to your site and send you the files.

Again, Great work you guys do!

[Edit] Submitted via Mantis from Devastation

[kieljs]

Just wanted to say thanks.

I'm a new user of this program. Man what I have been missing. The program is awesome, my characters would be the same (in a good way).

[Greeka]

Any assumed release date for the next update patch? Remember you can always push back the date if needed.

[Ron]

We're tenatively shooting for the 22nd/23rd.

[transtemporal]

Ron, you rock so hard Moses mistook you for a third set of commandments yo!

[mrtreats]

Wizard Energy of The Scholar is worded wrong it says it give 30 extra SP for a total of 20

it only grants the 20

[Autolycus]

I was playing around with a Cleric/Ranger build and noticed that both "Ranger Devotion I" and "Cleric Life Magic I" were selectable at the same time. I didn't check higher levels.

The game doesn't allow this as verified by Visty in the post below.

http://forums.ddo.com/showpost.php?p...26&postcount=9

[Mithran]

I don't know if this has been touched on yet, but my Paladin build isn't able to meet your system's requirements for Defender of Siberys.

The prerequisite indicates:

Requires: Enhancement: Paladin Courage of Good


It may be just a naming convention inherent in the programming, because what it should read is:

Requires: Enhancement: Paladin Courage of Good I

I'd taken that Enhancement so I could look at it, but the system doesn't credit me for having met the requirement.

[Kindoki]

I like this app better than DDO sometimes.

QFT. I am always in the mood to work on my next sweet build - but sometimes DDO just gets annoying! lol. Thanks Ron (and crew, it seems now)!

[Dragon.Star]

Wizard Energy of The Scholar is worded wrong it says it give 30 extra SP for a total of 20

it only grants the 20

I will take at look at this and make corrections before the next update.

I was playing around with a Cleric/Ranger build and noticed that both "Ranger Devotion I" and "Cleric Life Magic I" were selectable at the same time. I didn't check higher levels.

The game doesn't allow this as verified by Visty in the post below.

http://forums.ddo.com/showpost.php?p...26&postcount=9

Ok will fix this also

I don't know if this has been touched on yet, but my Paladin build isn't able to meet your system's requirements for Defender of Siberys.

The prerequisite indicates:

Requires: Enhancement: Paladin Courage of Good


It may be just a naming convention inherent in the programming, because what it should read is:

Requires: Enhancement: Paladin Courage of Good I

I'd taken that Enhancement so I could look at it, but the system doesn't credit me for having met the requirement.

This one has been fixed and will be out with the next update.

Thanks to all that keep reporting errors, suggestions, etc. It helps us out a lot as it is hard for us to generate tons of different builds in a timely manner , Thank you

[Autolycus]

I forgot to mention it above, but on that Ranger 1/Cleric 19 build, I wasn't ever able to select the Divine Might enhancments. I don't know if there are requirements I didn't meet, but I didn't see any listed in the description. The build only had 8 Charisma.

[Tanka]

I forgot to mention it above, but on that Ranger 1/Cleric 19 build, I wasn't ever able to select the Divine Might enhancments. I don't know if there are requirements I didn't meet, but I didn't see any listed in the description. The build only had 8 Charisma.

Divine Might has a minimum Charisma bonus (of which items/Enhancements don't count towards, of course).

DM1: 14
DM2: 16
DM3: 18
DM4: 20

[Ron]

Just to let everyone know, Dragon has gone through just about every enhancement in the game, updating their descriptions and numbers in the planner to make sure they are accurate. That is a HUGE job (not to mention tedious as heck), and everyone should give him many props for it. I think he would much rather be working on the equipment part of the planner

I myself am going through the feats, trying to iron out all the little nuances and make sure the planner is 100% accurate to what the game does (current task - trying to make Simple Weapon Proficiency work like it does in game, yeesh). I think we are on track to have a release this next weekend that should iron out the majority of the known bugs. So far things seem pretty good. I'm having a little trouble with Tanka's validation bug (which I've successfully reproduced). Not sure why the planner is throwing a validation error on that one. But I'll figure it out

[Tanka]

I'm having a little trouble with Tanka's validation bug (which I've successfully reproduced). Not sure why the planner is throwing a validation error on that one. But I'll figure it out

Which one? The one with having TWF via 2Rgr but it throwing a wobbly over OTWF because I didn't have 15 Dex?

Yeah, that one's confusing, because OTWF only has a pre-req of "TWF", which is (as mentioned) granted by having 2 Ranger levels regardless of Dex.

So, uh... No clue?

[Ron]

Which one? The one with having TWF via 2Rgr but it throwing a wobbly over OTWF because I didn't have 15 Dex?

Yeah, that one's confusing, because OTWF only has a pre-req of "TWF", which is (as mentioned) granted by having 2 Ranger levels regardless of Dex.

So, uh... No clue?

Yep, that's the one. You are right, it's complaining over TWF without you having the Dex. But why it complains about it only once you grab OTWF is a weird one. It's pretty odd. I'm working on it. I'm sure I'll track it down pretty soon.