Character Builder Lite

[Bolo_Grubb]

ED has done so much with this planner, that while he is enjoying his well-deserved break from the game I find myself suffering not having the new stuff in the planner. Just to see how this goes, I've added Inquisitor as an Enhancement Tree. If people beat on this and it doesn't immediately break, I'll go back and add Tiefling and Scoundrel as well.

To add Inquisitor:
1. Go here: https://tinyurl.com/y5kc67o7 and download the Enhancements.txt file.
2. Navigate to your Lite Planner installation directory.
3. Rename the existing Enhancements.txt in Data/Builder to EnhancementsED.txt
4. Save the new Enhancements.txt into the same directory.

Run the planner normally. Let me know if anything explodes.

Edit1: The very first version had a copy/paste error in Arresting Assault, if you downloaded it.. the text was wrong. Now fixed.

Seems to work for me

[EllisDee37]

I've added Inquisitor as an Enhancement Tree.

Nice!

If people beat on this and it doesn't immediately break, I'll go back and add Tiefling and Scoundrel as well.

Don't bother; races are hardcoded in the planner. The best you could do is add the trees and then repurpose some existing races to have the enhancement tree and stat bonuses of the new races, but of course you'd then lose the original repurposed races.

However, it's not out of the question that I could make races and classes addable just by editing data files. I'm pretty sure the last time I looked at doing that it didn't seem overly hard.

I just yesterday did my first actual work on the Lite tools in months, and I kinda liked it. I'll try to get an updated version out when Sharn gets released in a couple weeks.

[Maelphistez]

Nice!

Don't bother; races are hardcoded in the planner. The best you could do is add the trees and then repurpose some existing races to have the enhancement tree and stat bonuses of the new races, but of course you'd then lose the original repurposed races.

However, it's not out of the question that I could make races and classes addable just by editing data files. I'm pretty sure the last time I looked at doing that it didn't seem overly hard.

I just yesterday did my first actual work on the Lite tools in months, and I kinda liked it. I'll try to get an updated version out when Sharn gets released in a couple weeks.

Thanks ED. I actually spent a bit of time yesterday in your source code and realized that it was more than I wanted to tackle. It's been quite a while since I worked in Visual Basic so I found myself spending more time trying to dig my coding skills out of a box in the basement rather than fixing a game tool. Glad to see you are back and playing!

[Psiandron]

Good to see you back Ellis.

I hope you're feeling refreshed.

[LrdSlvrhnd]

Good to see you dipping your toes back in the water, Ellis! Hope the mental vacation has been relaxing!

[EllisDee37]

I just yesterday did my first actual work on the Lite tools in months, and I kinda liked it. I'll try to get an updated version out when Sharn gets released in a couple weeks.

Update that I'm not on track for a release this coming week in time for Sharn. Hopefully the following week.

On the plus side, it's not for lack of effort or motivation. I've been working hard on my lite tools for the past couple weeks, and really into the work I'm doing on the Compendium. None of the sharn changes are in yet; I'm hoping that by the time I'm ready to release, wiki will be updated with quest favor and saga rewards for the sharn stuff. If not, no worries, I'll add "???" placeholder data and post a second update when I get all the data.

You can see early previews of the new features I'm working on over in the compendium thread starting with this post.

[Peter_Stauffenberg]

Nice. Will be waiting for the update. Thanks a lot for the effort.

Please remember that SSG have introduced a +2 racial AP tome. So the max racial AP's you can get now is 14 (with tiefling added). SSG also introduced a +1 universal AP tome.

[EllisDee37]

Nice. Will be waiting for the update. Thanks a lot for the effort.

Please remember that SSG have introduced a +2 racial AP tome. So the max racial AP's you can get now is 14 (with tiefling added). SSG also introduced a +1 universal AP tome.

Yep, thanks much, I probably would have missed that. I'll be sure to add it in.

The utilities let you set the max tome values in Data\Tomes.txt, as well as the levels each + takes effect. So you can go ahead and kick the Racial AP up to 2 on your end right now. But again, I'll update it for the next release. (Just now made the change on my development version.)

The global AP tome isn't in yet, but it shouldn't take me too long to implement it.

EDIT: Tomes.txt is shared by both Character Builder Lite and the Compendium, since both let you apply tomes to characters.

[Psiandron]

The global AP tome isn't in yet, but it shouldn't take me too long to implement it.

Just to make sure you're on the same page, the Universal Point Tome gives you a point which can be used only in universal trees(like Harper, Falconry, etc.) not a global point to be spent wherever you like.

You may understand that, but your post seemed to indicate otherwise.

Cheers

[bls904c2]

a heart felt thank you to EllisDee

I would really like to thank you for all your work you have put into this over the years and your continued work in it.

i use it weekly to update and modify builds for my wife and kids. it is an awesome tool in being able to have the builds in an easy to read format to print out for my family to follow. it has been a real time saver and a key to me keeping my sanity on having 40+ toons to keep track of for my wifes toons and my 4 kids toons straight. you are a miracle worker and keeper of my sanity in this game of niche builds.

really truly thanks a million

atryagain
cannith

[EllisDee37]

Just to make sure you're on the same page, the Universal Point Tome gives you a point which can be used only in universal trees(like Harper, Falconry, etc.) not a global point to be spent wherever you like.

You may understand that, but your post seemed to indicate otherwise.

Ah, yeah, my bad. That's the internal name of those types of trees in my planner. (Race, Class, RaceClass, and Global.) Looking now on wiki it appears the official term (at least for the tome) is universal, so I'll use that when displaying text for the user to see.

a heart felt thank you to EllisDee

Thanks much, I appreciate the kind words.

You made my day!



Depending on how long my work on the Compendium takes, I may or may not release an early update just with updated Sharn stuff (races, quests, sagas, AP tome, etc...) and possibly no compendium update (or partial, maybe?) so I can then work on the compendium without time pressure.

Look for a post this weekend or Monday for either a firmer timeline or an actual (albeit partial) update. I can probably finish what I want to do in like 10 days or so, but it could balloon to 3 weeks. One thing is for sure: Game of Thrones discussion has absolutely destroyed my past four Mondays, including this one.

[EllisDee37]

Depending on how long my work on the Compendium takes, I may or may not release an early update just with updated Sharn stuff (races, quests, sagas, AP tome, etc...) and possibly no compendium update (or partial, maybe?) so I can then work on the compendium without time pressure.

This is what I'll do.

Look for a data update for the new quests and races either later today or tomorrow. I expect another couple/few weeks of work on the Compendium before I can release the new features.

[EllisDee37]

Updated May 25th, 2019



Character Builder Lite v3.1.5 complete release notes:

• NEW: Tiefling
• NEW: Tiefling Scoundrel
• NEW: Inquisitive global tree

Compendium v1.3.1 complete release notes:

• NEW: Masterminds of Sharn
  • Quests, Sagas, and Wilderness area
• Added Schism Shard Crafting links to context menus for WPM, ToEE, and Tethyamar (quests and packs)
• Added Named Items link to context menu for Lost at Sea
• NEW: Abbreviate columns (Tools => Options)
  • Tools screen is a development version, not polished
  • Changing the font for the quests list works but is not saved

Cannith Crafting Builder Lite v3.0 release notes:

• (no changes)

Descriptions updated by wiki crawler:

• Aasimar Scourge Tier 3: Strike Down
• Angel of Vengeance Tier 4: Intense Faith
• Divine Disciple Tier 4: Prophetic Zenith
• Divine Disciple Tier 5: Prophetic Zenith
• Drow Tier 0: Spell Resistance
• Eldritch Knight (Sorcerer) Tier 0: Eldritch Strike
• Eldritch Knight (Sorcerer) Tier 0: Spellsword
• Eldritch Knight (Sorcerer) Tier 2: Improved Shield
• Eldritch Knight (Sorcerer) Tier 4: Force's Point
• Eldritch Knight (Wizard) Tier 0: Eldritch Strike
• Eldritch Knight (Wizard) Tier 1: Arcane Siphon
• Eldritch Knight (Wizard) Tier 2: Improved Shield
• Enlightened Spirit Tier 0: Eldritch Aura
• Enlightened Spirit Tier 0: Celestial Spirit
• Enlightened Spirit Tier 3: Eldritch Burst
• Enlightened Spirit Tier 5: Spirit Blast
• Falconry Tier 4: Deadly Instinct
• Falconry Tier 5: Death from Above
• Half-Orc Tier 2: Lock Bash
• Harper Agent Tier 2: Know the Angles
• Kensei Tier 0: Power Surge
• Kensei Tier 0: One Cut
• Kensei Tier 0: Alacrity
• Kensei Tier 5: Deadly Strike
• Knight of the Chalice Tier 0: Slayer of Evil III
• Knight of the Chalice Tier 3: Vigor of Life
• Knight of the Chalice Tier 4: Vigor of Life
• Knight of the Chalice Tier 5: Vigor of Life
• Nature's Protector Tier 5: Force of Nature
• Nature's Warrior Tier 4: Ferocity
• Ninja Spy Tier 0: Diversion
• Occult Slayer Tier 5: Vampiric Bond
• Pale Master Tier 3: Cloak of Night
• Radiant Servant Tier 5: Positive Energy Aura
• Renegade Mastermaker Tier 2: Converter
• Sacred Defender Tier 4: Reinforced Defense
• Sacred Defender Tier 4: Swift Defense
• Spellsinger Tier 4: Sustaining Song
• Spellsinger Tier 4: Frolic
• Spellsinger Tier 4: Song of Arcane Might
• Stalwart Defender Tier 0: Stalwart Defense
• Stalwart Defender Tier 4: Swift Defense
• Tainted Scholar Tier 1: Feigned Health
• Thief-Acrobat Tier 0: Cartwheel Charge
• War Soul Tier 5: Divine Vessel
• War Soul Tier 5: Divine Intervention
• Warchanter Tier 0: Skaldic
• Warchanter Tier 0: Weapon Training
• Warchanter Tier 0: Song of Heroism
• Warchanter Tier 0: Fighting Spirit
• Warchanter Tier 0: Victory Song
• Warchanter Tier 0: Warmaster
• Warchanter Tier 2: Boast
• Warchanter Tier 2: Words of Encouragement
• Warchanter Tier 2: Arcane Shield Chant
• Warchanter Tier 3: Ironskin Chant
• Warchanter Tier 3: High Spirits
• Warchanter Tier 3: Frozen Fury
• Warchanter Tier 4: Reckless Chant
• Warchanter Tier 5: Movement Booster
• Warchanter Tier 5: Chant of Power
• Warchanter Tier 5: Spinning Ice
• Warchanter Tier 5: Kingly Recovery
• Warpriest Tier 5: Divine Vessel
• Warpriest Tier 5: Divine Intervention
• Water Savant Tier 0: Hypothermia
• Exalted Angel Tier 4: Blood and Radiance
• Exalted Angel Tier 6: Divine Wrath
• Fatesinger Tier 6: Turn of the Tide
• Fury of the Wild Tier 3: Ward Against Weird
• Legendary Dreadnought Tier 1: Attack Boost
• Legendary Dreadnought Tier 2: Damage Boost

[EllisDee37]

[I've posted an updated version that doesn't appear to have this problem. - 05/25]

I tried posting an update but there's a problem, so I have temporarily removed the download links. If anyone downloaded it in the few minutes it was up, it appears to delete your compendium character data so I would strongly advise against running it.

EDIT: This is super frustrating. If I download and unzip the release I posted today, running the compendium (which is the same exe from Jan 30) erases all characters from the currently active data file. If I then restore that datafile from a backup and run the compendium again, it works fine.

I have no idea when I'll have this fixed. Hopefully soon.

[Sproutecus]

I tried posting an update but there's a problem, so I have temporarily removed the download links. If anyone downloaded it in the few minutes it was up, it appears to delete your compendium character data so I would strongly advise against running it.

EDIT: This is super frustrating. If I download and unzip the release I posted today, running the compendium (which is the same exe from Jan 30) erases all characters from the currently active data file. If I then restore that datafile from a backup and run the compendium again, it works fine.

I have no idea when I'll have this fixed. Hopefully soon.

Thanks as always!

[EllisDee37]

New version is up. I've edited the release notes a few posts up. (It's linked in the "What's New?" help topic in Character Builder Lite.)

This is essentially just a data update: Inquisitive, Tiefling, and Tiefling Scoundrel added to CBL, Sharn quests/wilderness/sagas added to Compendium.

NOTE: There shouldn't be any problems but you may want to make a backup of your Save folder before unzipping this new version.

I'm not sure what the problem I had before was, but I was trying to cheat and use the previous compendium version. This new update uses the current version of compendium, which doesn't appear to have any problems but is still in a bit of a "development" state. Notably the Tools screen, which has a couple new features but isn't polished yet.

The "abbreviate columns" feature in Tools => Options is fully implemented, but the quests list font is not. The feature works, but changes aren't saved to settings.txt so it will always default to Arial Narrow 10 on startup.

If any issues arise I'll patch them quickly, so let me know if you see anything. Short of that, I'm looking to have a Compendium 2.0 release in the coming weeks, possibly a month or more. I'm very excited about the new Compendium features (which are unavailable/hidden in this current version) but it'll be a fair amount of work to finish it off. My plan is to take a week off and then dive back in full force.

[Sir_L0LL0]

[LrdSlvrhnd]

Thanks once again for all your hard work! Didn't delete my Save folder, just FYI. Two things, though...

1) Security Detail is worth 5 favor (I just fixed the wiki). (And for those who don't know, you can go to Data > Compendium and edit Quests.txt to change this until Ellis' next release.)

2) With the new favor patron, the Total Favor window is a smidge short, and I don't see any way to resize it. Is there a way to do this that I'm missing, or is it something that you need to adjust?

[EllisDee37]

Looks like it's not auto-sizing correctly, though it is on my test files which have fewer characters.

That's something I have to adjust in the program; I'll get that fixed.

[Ewynn]

Was having some anxiety that my planning days were over!

Thank you Ellis!!!!!!!