Character Builder Lite

[EllisDee37]

Archmage Arcane Bolt is costing 2ap per rank, rather than 1 ap as it should be.

Thanks much, I'll get this fixed in the next data update.

In addition, the planner seems to mis-translate a copied build from last update. (Build is imported with wrong enhancements, wrong ED enhancements, but otherwise identical feats, stats, and levelling progression)

Build files currently don't save enhancement or destiny names, only positions. So, for example, a build's enhancements might look like this:

Kensei Tier 1, first enhancement, two ranks
Kensei Tier 1, third enhancement, one rank
...etc...

If the enhancements (or destiny abilities) move around, like if a tree gets updated, the pointers will end up pointing at different abilities.

[Trueshots]

Can't seem to get this to download to my mac. Is there a mac version of this program? Thanks

[SkywalterDBZ]

Clicking Download result in:

Sorry, this file is infected with a virus

Only the owner is allowed to download infected files.

[EllisDee37]

Clicking Download result in:

Sorry, this file is infected with a virus

Only the owner is allowed to download infected files.

Yeah, I'm not sure what's going on over there at google. ALL my downloads that include an exe (All the Character Builder Lite versions, as well as both Cannith Crafting Builder Lite versions) are throwing the same virus message. Clearly that's an overly aggressive virus scanner finding false positives, and it appears to run every time you hit the download link.

Right at this moment I can't figure out how to contact them to get these listed as not viruses. Anyone have any ideas?

[Paroon]

Yeah, I'm not sure what's going on over there at google. ALL my downloads that include an exe (All the Character Builder Lite versions, as well as both Cannith Crafting Builder Lite versions) are throwing the same virus message. Clearly that's an overly aggressive virus scanner finding false positives, and it appears to run every time you hit the download link.

Right at this moment I can't figure out how to contact them to get these listed as not viruses. Anyone have any ideas?

While I don't know much about the scanner they use...and while this may be only a bandaid on the issue...maybe try changing the extension from exe to something mundane like .txt, with a note inside informing the user to switch it back as a temporary work around for google's shenanigans. Maybe they just hate the idea of the .exe?

[EllisDee37]

Let's see if Microsoft OneDrive works any better. Can you download the zip from this link?

CharacterBuilderLite2.0.1(10-21-16).zip

[Paroon]

Let's see if Microsoft OneDrive works any better. Can you download the zip from this link?

CharacterBuilderLite2.0.1(10-21-16).zip

Worked like a champ!

EDIT: I'd also like to let you know this version fixed a bug that was causing it to crash while I was trying to set up enhancements for monk (shintao and specifically ninja spy tree), some kind of over flow crash on the older version. Yay!

[EllisDee37]

Worked like a champ!

EDIT: I'd also like to let you know this version fixed a bug that was causing it to crash while I was trying to set up enhancements for monk (shintao and specifically ninja spy tree), some kind of over flow crash on the older version. Yay!

Hmmm, weird. It's the same exe as the google links. I haven't actually updated the program itself in almost exactly 10 months. There have been several data file updates, but the exe should still be dated to February 29th, 2016.

EDIT: Speaking of, I have definite updates I want to make on the program, and am starting to think about working on it again. However, I'm having quite a bit of fun actually playing the game, so there is no timeframe when I'll start working on updates other than SOON^TM.

[Ron]

Hmmm, weird. It's the same exe as the google links. I haven't actually updated the program itself in almost exactly 10 months. There have been several data file updates, but the exe should still be dated to February 29th, 2016.

Not so weird. In my experience, the majority of the crash bugs from our planner came from the data files rather than the code. You may have accidentally fixed something while making revisions. Happened to me all the time

[Gargoyle69]

Hmmm, weird. It's the same exe as the google links. I haven't actually updated the program itself in almost exactly 10 months. There have been several data file updates, but the exe should still be dated to February 29th, 2016.

EDIT: Speaking of, I have definite updates I want to make on the program, and am starting to think about working on it again. However, I'm having quite a bit of fun actually playing the game, so there is no timeframe when I'll start working on updates other than SOON^TM.

Awesome to hear you're enjoying playing the game again :-)

Any chance of a quick data update for the U32.2 monk changes ? Or would you roll those into the program changes you're planning to do later?

[EllisDee37]

Any chance of a quick data update for the U32.2 monk changes ? Or would you roll those into the program changes you're planning to do later?

Oh, right, yeah, I forgot about that. I checked wiki a couple days after the update and the descriptions hadn't been updated yet, and then just kind of forgot about it.

I'll post updated data files today or tomorrow.

[LrdSlvrhnd]

EDIT: Speaking of, I have definite updates I want to make on the program, and am starting to think about working on it again. However, I'm having quite a bit of fun actually playing the game, so there is no timeframe when I'll start working on updates other than SOON^TM.

YAY for having fun with the game! This is how interest in programming add-ons stays alive *g* I'll cheerfully sacrifice upgrades to the program in exchange for your enjoyment of the actual game.

[Smokewolf]

I keep seeing "Run Time Error 9, Script out of range."

Reloading the CB-Lite forces it to instantly fail with Error 9. I'm assuming this is because this is an issue with the back-up save?

Here is a Pastebin of the backup save: http://pastebin.com/hdCVKgdE
Note: Copied the backup save directly from Notepad for your viewing pleasure. Was working on Rogue 6 / Druid 9 / Fighter with Wolf-form, SWF, Kensei, Assassin enhancements

Resin

[EllisDee37]

I keep seeing "Run Time Error 9, Script out of range."

Reloading the CB-Lite forces it to instantly fail with Error 9. I'm assuming this is because this is an issue with the back-up save?

Any chance you still have the bugged backup build file? I'd love to get my hands on that for debugging purposes.

Either way, the simplest fix is to just delete the file.

Here is a Pastebin of the backup save: http://pastebin.com/hdCVKgdE
Note: Copied the backup save directly from Notepad for your viewing pleasure. Was working on Rogue 6 / Druid 9 / Fighter with Wolf-form, SWF, Kensei, Assassin enhancements

bld files are binary files; they aren't really copy-able via notepad. It'd be like trying to copy an exe file by opening it in notepad and copy/pasting it.

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Started working on the builder this morning, expecting to release a v2.1 soon. Today's effort was to add mouse wheel support, which is now implemented on the development version. Note sure how many more things on my list I'll have the energy to do, but we'll see. Hopefully to be released early next week?

[Smokewolf]

Any chance you still have the bugged backup build file? I'd love to get my hands on that for debugging purposes.

PM me your e-mail address and I'd be happy to fire you off a copy. Also i do have 1-2 script editors that i can try. If the code could be saved in a format thats usable, I'll re-paste it. Maybe adding a dubug mode would also allow dumps to be more easily viewed and pasted.

Question: Any chance of a skills auto-planner? Example: I set which skills are important to me and CBL auto spreads the skill points per level to best maximize those priorities.

Resin

[EllisDee37]

PM me your e-mail address and I'd be happy to fire you off a copy.

PM sent, thanks much.

Question: Any chance of a skills auto-planner? Example: I set which skills are important to me and CBL auto spreads the skill points per level to best maximize those priorities.

No plans for that, no. That's beyond the scope of what I'm currently looking to do. (As many fast, easy fixes as I can manage over the next few days.)

Not to say I'll never add such a feature. Just no plans right now.

[unbongwah]

Posted from IE 11

Orien StalkerRanger 20Chaotic Good HumanStats               34pt     36pt     Tome     Level Up               ----     ----     ----     --------Strength         8        8                4: DEXDexterity       16       16                8: DEXConstitution    16       16       +5      12: DEXIntelligence    14       14       +2      16: DEXWisdom          15       16               20: DEXCharisma         8        8               24: DEX                                          28: DEXFeats 1        : Point Blank Shot 1 Human  : Precision 1 Ranger : Favored Enemy: Undead 3        : Least Dragonmark: Passage 5 Ranger : Favored Enemy: Giant 6        : Quicken Spell 9        : Improved Critical: Ranged10 Ranger : Favored Enemy: Evil Outsider12        : Empower Healing Spell15        : Toughness15 Ranger : Favored Enemy: Construct18        : Spell Focus: Enchantment OR Past Life: Rogue20 Ranger : Favored Enemy: Elemental21 Epic   : Overwhelming Critical24 Epic   : Combat Archery26 Destiny: Pierce Damage Reduction: Silver OR Epic Spell Power: Acid27 Epic   : Blinding Speed OR Epic Damage Reduction28 Destiny: Doubleshot29 Destiny: Harbinger of Chaos OR Deific Warding30 Epic   : Epic Toughness30 Legend : Scion of: Ethereal Plane OR Plane of EarthEnhancements (80 AP)Deepwood Stalker (42 AP)
Far Shot, Sneak Attack, Sniper Shot, Advanced Sneak Attack, Mark of the Hunted, Horizon Shot
Favored Defense I, Stealthy III
Survivalist, Faster Sneaking III, Improved Weapon Finesse, Melee/Range Power Boost III
Survivalist, Thrill of the Hunt III, Favored Hunter III
Survivalist, Killer III
Extra Favored Enemy: Human, Heavy Draw, Strikes Like Lightning, Head Shot, Improved Archer's Focus
Arcane Archer (31 AP)
Arcane Archer, Morphic Arrows, Metalline Arrows, Aligned Arrows, Shadow Arrows
Conjure Arrows, Energy of the Wild III, Corrosive Arrows
Force Arrows III, Elemental Damage
Terror Arrows, Soul Magic, Elemental Damage
Banishing Arrows, Paralyzing Arrows, Smiting Arrows, Elemental Damage
Human (7 AP)
Damage Boost
Dragonmark Focus: Orien II, Improved Recovery
Lesser Dragonmark: Dimension Door
Leveling Guide
DS0 Far Shot; DS1 Stealthy I, II, III
DS1 Favored Defense I; DS2 Improved Weapon Finesse; DS2 Melee/Range Power Boost I, II
DS0 Sneak Attack; Hum0 Damage Boost; Hum1 Improved Recovery
Hum1 Dragonmark Focus: Orien I, II; Hum2 Lesser Dragonmark: Dimension Door
AA0 Arcane Archer; AA1 Conjure Arrows; DS2 Melee/Range Power Boost III
DS0 Sniper Shot; AA1 Corrosive Arrows; AA0 Morphic Arrows
AA2 Elemental Damage; DS3 Thrill of the Hunt I, II
DS3 Thrill of the Hunt III; DS3 Favored Hunter I, II, III
DS2 Faster Sneaking I, II, III; DS4 Killer I
DS4 Killer II, III; DS2 Survivalist
DS3 Survivalist; DS4 Survivalist
DS0 Advanced Sneak Attack; DS5 Strikes Like Lightning; AA1 Energy of the Wild I
DS5 Improved Archer's Focus; DS5 Heavy Draw
AA1 Energy of the Wild II; AA0 Metalline Arrows; AA3 Elemental Damage
AA1 Energy of the Wild III; AA3 Soul Magic; AA2 Force Arrows I
AA3 Terror Arrows; AA2 Force Arrows II
AA4 Paralyzing Arrows; AA4 Elemental Damage
Reset Human
Arcane Archer: Aligned Arrows, Shadow Arrows
(none)
Force Arrows III
(none)
Banishing Arrows, Smiting Arrows

Deepwood Stalker: Mark of the Hunted
(none)
(none)
(none)
(none)
Extra Favored Enemy: Human, Head Shot
Hum0 Damage Boost; Hum1 Improved Recovery; Hum1 Dragonmark Focus: Orien I
DS0 Horizon Shot; Hum1 Dragonmark Focus: Orien II; Hum2 Lesser Dragonmark: Dimension Door
Destiny (24 AP)Divine Crusader
Bane of Undeath, Interrogation, Purge the Wicked
Consecration III, Flames of Purity II
Sacred Ground, Empyrean Magic, Blessed Blades
No Regret, Crusade
Castigation, Heavenly Presence, Celestial Champion
Twists of Fate (36 fate points)
Grim Precision (Tier 3 Shadowdancer)
Otto's Whistler (Tier 3 Shiradi)
Pin (Tier 2 Shiradi)
School Specialist: Enchantment (Tier 2 Magister)
Rejuvenation Cocoon (Tier 1 Primal)

[unbongwah]

Posted from Firefox 45.6.0 (Code Tags format)

Orien Stalker
Ranger 20
Chaotic Good Human


Stats
               34pt     36pt     Tome     Level Up
               ----     ----     ----     --------
Strength         8        8                4: DEX
Dexterity       16       16                8: DEX
Constitution    16       16       +5      12: DEX
Intelligence    14       14       +2      16: DEX
Wisdom          15       16               20: DEX
Charisma         8        8               24: DEX
                                          28: DEX

Feats

 1        : Point Blank Shot
 1 Human  : Precision
 1 Ranger : Favored Enemy: Undead
 3        : Least Dragonmark: Passage
 5 Ranger : Favored Enemy: Giant
 6        : Quicken Spell
 9        : Improved Critical: Ranged
10 Ranger : Favored Enemy: Evil Outsider
12        : Empower Healing Spell
15        : Toughness
15 Ranger : Favored Enemy: Construct
18        : Spell Focus: Enchantment OR Past Life: Rogue
20 Ranger : Favored Enemy: Elemental
21 Epic   : Overwhelming Critical
24 Epic   : Combat Archery
26 Destiny: Pierce Damage Reduction: Silver OR Epic Spell Power: Acid
27 Epic   : Blinding Speed OR Epic Damage Reduction
28 Destiny: Doubleshot
29 Destiny: Harbinger of Chaos OR Deific Warding
30 Epic   : Epic Toughness
30 Legend : Scion of: Ethereal Plane OR Plane of Earth


Enhancements (80 AP)

Deepwood Stalker (42 AP)

Far Shot, Sneak Attack, Sniper Shot, Advanced Sneak Attack, Mark of the Hunted, Horizon Shot
Favored Defense I, Stealthy III
Survivalist, Faster Sneaking III, Improved Weapon Finesse, Melee/Range Power Boost III
Survivalist, Thrill of the Hunt III, Favored Hunter III
Survivalist, Killer III
Extra Favored Enemy: Human, Heavy Draw, Strikes Like Lightning, Head Shot, Improved Archer's Focus

Arcane Archer (31 AP)

Arcane Archer, Morphic Arrows, Metalline Arrows, Aligned Arrows, Shadow Arrows
Conjure Arrows, Energy of the Wild III, Corrosive Arrows
Force Arrows III, Elemental Damage
Terror Arrows, Soul Magic, Elemental Damage
Banishing Arrows, Paralyzing Arrows, Smiting Arrows, Elemental Damage

Human (7 AP)

Damage Boost
Dragonmark Focus: Orien II, Improved Recovery
Lesser Dragonmark: Dimension Door

Leveling Guide

DS0 Far Shot; DS1 Stealthy I, II, III
DS1 Favored Defense I; DS2 Improved Weapon Finesse; DS2 Melee/Range Power Boost I, II
DS0 Sneak Attack; Hum0 Damage Boost; Hum1 Improved Recovery
Hum1 Dragonmark Focus: Orien I, II; Hum2 Lesser Dragonmark: Dimension Door
AA0 Arcane Archer; AA1 Conjure Arrows; DS2 Melee/Range Power Boost III
DS0 Sniper Shot; AA1 Corrosive Arrows; AA0 Morphic Arrows
AA2 Elemental Damage; DS3 Thrill of the Hunt I, II
DS3 Thrill of the Hunt III; DS3 Favored Hunter I, II, III
DS2 Faster Sneaking I, II, III; DS4 Killer I
DS4 Killer II, III; DS2 Survivalist
DS3 Survivalist; DS4 Survivalist
DS0 Advanced Sneak Attack; DS5 Strikes Like Lightning; AA1 Energy of the Wild I
DS5 Improved Archer's Focus; DS5 Heavy Draw
AA1 Energy of the Wild II; AA0 Metalline Arrows; AA3 Elemental Damage
AA1 Energy of the Wild III; AA3 Soul Magic; AA2 Force Arrows I
AA3 Terror Arrows; AA2 Force Arrows II
AA4 Paralyzing Arrows; AA4 Elemental Damage
Reset Human

Arcane Archer: Aligned Arrows, Shadow Arrows
(none)
Force Arrows III
(none)
Banishing Arrows, Smiting Arrows

Deepwood Stalker: Mark of the Hunted
(none)
(none)
(none)
(none)
Extra Favored Enemy: Human, Head Shot
Hum0 Damage Boost; Hum1 Improved Recovery; Hum1 Dragonmark Focus: Orien I
DS0 Horizon Shot; Hum1 Dragonmark Focus: Orien II; Hum2 Lesser Dragonmark: Dimension Door


Destiny (24 AP)

Divine Crusader

Bane of Undeath, Interrogation, Purge the Wicked
Consecration III, Flames of Purity II
Sacred Ground, Empyrean Magic, Blessed Blades
No Regret, Crusade
Castigation, Heavenly Presence, Celestial Champion

Twists of Fate (36 fate points)

Grim Precision (Tier 3 Shadowdancer)
Otto's Whistler (Tier 3 Shiradi)
Pin (Tier 2 Shiradi)
School Specialist: Enchantment (Tier 2 Magister)
Rejuvenation Cocoon (Tier 1 Primal)

[EllisDee37]

Thanks much, unbongwah.

I'm thoroughly confused about how browsers parse linefeeds, so much so that I don't think I'll be able to figure it out. I did make a small change to limit the extra blank lines in build output, but I don't think I can take it much further than that simple change. (I remove all linefeeds that immediately precede a list tag, opening or closing.)

As for that IE11 mess, I have no clue. I'll revisit it at a later date if it becomes an issue for someone.

[EllisDee37]

Updated January 14th, 2017



Character Builder Light v2.1 release notes:

New Features:

• Added mouse wheel scrolling to all screens except:
  • Stats screen (due to technical issues)
  • Skills screen (design decision)
• Removed some of the extra blank lines between lists in output
• Auto-saved backup will prompt you on startup instead of automatically opening
• Class bitmaps wrapped into exe file
• Cannith Crafting Builder Lite (a stand-alone program) is now bundled into distribution zip

Bug Fixes:

• Main: Resizing the main window to zero no longer throws runtime error if a build is open
• Stats: Preferred Build Points lets you choose Champion now (if not Drow)
• Skills: Fixed runtime error with max/clear skills when build levels < 20
• Destiny: Enabled help text. (For some reason Destiny help was buried in the Spells screen section.)

Data changes:

• Improved Shield Mastery now classified as "Melee, Defense" instead of just "Melee"
• Shintao Tier 5: Rise of the Phoenix does not require Elemental Curatives
• Henshin Mystic Tier 2: Quick Strikes costs 1 AP per rank, not 2
• Ninja Spy Tier 5: Touch of Death does not require Ninjitsu
• Archmage Tier 3: Arcane Bolt costs 1 AP per rank, not 2
• Kensei Tier 4: Liquid Courage costs 1 AP, not 2
• Legendary Dreadnought Tier 3: Lay Waste costs 2 AP, not 1

Cannith Crafting Builder Lite v1.1.1 release notes:

Footers:

• Changed "Shards" to "Effects"
• On the Item screen, if Item is blank, opening a different screen closes the blank item screen
• Changed "New Gearset" to "(New) Gearset"
  • Click "(New)" to open new blank form, click "Gearset" to load saved gearset to new form

Gearsets:

• Fixed issue where "Item Finished?" wasn't recalculating when loading gearset
• Fixed display issue when loading a different gearset with different named items
• Clicking slot icons for named items on review tab now searches ddowiki for that item
• Corrected slotting issue where QuickMatch could assign an "extra" effect to multiple slots if not enough effects to fill all slots

Data:

• Corrected Lore Tier 3 farm (Church and the Cult Hard is Tier 2)
• Corrected scaling data for Vitality

Descriptions updated by wiki crawler:

• Angel of Vengeance Tier 3: Wand and Scroll Mastery
• Arcanotechnician Tier 1: Wand and Scroll Mastery
• Archmage Tier 1: Spell Critical
• Archmage Tier 1: Wand and Scroll Mastery
• Archmage Tier 2: Spell Critical
• Archmage Tier 3: Spell Critical
• Archmage Tier 4: Spell Critical
• Deep Gnome Tier 1: Wand and Scroll Mastery
• Deep Gnome Tier 2: Hardy Nature
• Divine Disciple Tier 4: Prophetic Zenith
• Divine Disciple Tier 5: Prophetic Zenith
• Eldritch Knight (Sorcerer) Tier 2: Wand and Scroll Mastery
• Eldritch Knight (Wizard) Tier 0: Eldritch Strike
• Eldritch Knight (Wizard) Tier 0: Spellsword
• Eldritch Knight (Wizard) Tier 0: Eldritch Blade
• Eldritch Knight (Wizard) Tier 2: Wand and Scroll Mastery
• Frenzied Berserker Tier 0: Death Frenzy
• Gnome Tier 1: Wand and Scroll Mastery
• Harper Agent Tier 1: Harper Enchantment
• Henshin Mystic Tier 0: Serenity
• Henshin Mystic Tier 3: Lighting the Candle
• Henshin Mystic Tier 4: Focus
• Kensei Tier 1: Exotic Weapon Mastery
• Mechanic Tier 1: Thunderstone
• Mechanic Tier 2: Wand and Scroll Mastery
• Occult Slayer Tier 0: Weapon Bond
• Radiant Servant Tier 1: Wand Mastery
• Radiant Servant Tier 2: Divine Healing
• Radiant Servant Tier 5: Positive Energy Aura
• Sacred Defender Tier 0: Divine Righteousness
• Season's Herald Tier 0: Seasoned
• Season's Herald Tier 1: Wand and Scroll Mastery
• Shintao Tier 0: Touch the Void Dragon
• Shintao Tier 0: To Seek Perfection
• Shintao Tier 5: Meditation of War
• Spellsinger Tier 2: Wand and Scroll Mastery
• Swashbuckler Tier 4: Swashbuckling Style II
• Swashbuckler Tier 5: Coup de Grace
• Tainted Scholar Tier 2: Wand and Scroll Mastery
• Tainted Scholar Tier 4: Enervating Shadow
• Thief-Acrobat Tier 5: Acrobat Staff Training
• Divine Crusader Tier 1: Endless Turning
• Divine Crusader Tier 1: Interrogation
• Divine Crusader Tier 1: Purge the Wicked
• Divine Crusader Tier 3: Stand and Be Judged
• Divine Crusader Tier 3: Sacred Ground
• Draconic Incarnation Tier 1: Energy Sheath
• Exalted Angel Tier 6: Reborn in Light
• Fury of the Wild Tier 3: Ward Against Weird
• Unyielding Sentinel Tier 2: Fanaticism
• Unyielding Sentinel Tier 2: Endless Smiting
• Unyielding Sentinel Tier 3: Endless Lay On Hands
• Unyielding Sentinel Tier 4: Light the Dark
• Unyielding Sentinel Tier 6: Resurrection
• Unyielding Sentinel Tier 6: Undying Vanguard