Character Builder Lite

[EllisDee37]

Character Builder Lite is designed with a minimalist philosophy -- thus the "Lite" -- and is intended to be useful for any DDO player, from new players to seasoned vets.

This thread was created early in the development of the utility, soliciting feedback and suggestions. Discussion of the most recent major version (3.0) begins in post 779.

Two companion programs are included the the download zip, as well as complete source code for all the tools in the SourceCode zip:
- Cannith Crafting Builder Lite
- Compendium Lite


Downloads

Files are hosted on Google Drive. When you open one of these download links you'll see a list of the zip file contents. There's a little down-arrow button at the top of the screen for downloading.

DDO Lite Tools 2019-05-25

Source Code 2019-05-25 (VB6)

All Downloads

NOTE: For some reason, my Windows 10 is no longer letting these programs open web links unless I set them to Run as Administrator, so if you click a link and nothing happens, try running as admin. (Right-click the exe files, choose Properties, click the Compatibility tab, then check the box at the bottom that says Run as Administrator.)


New Installation

Unzip the "DDO Lite Tools" zip anywhere under your Documents folder.

NOTE: If you save them anywhere else, you must right-click the exe files and set them to Run as Administrator, even if you're using an administrator account. Otherwise the character builder will crash when it tries to auto-save backup copies of the active build whenever you change screens.


Updating

Copy the "DDO Lite Tools" zip into the same folder where the exe files are. Then right-click the zip file and choose "Extract Here." Answer Yes to All when asked to overwrite. That's all you need to do.


Compatibility

Written in pure VB6 native code, all programs should run on any version of Windows, no installation required.

Mac and Linux users have reportedly been able to run it using Wine with the following tweaks:

winetricks vb6run
winetricks native_oleaut32
winetricks allfonts


Source Code

There are no dependencies (references and components) of any kind used in any of the programs; just pure native VB6. if you can run VB6 you should be able to compile all programs without issue.

The source code zip also contains the many hundreds of bitmaps and icons used in all programs. (Most of them are for the crafting planner.)