November 2024 Development Update
Added 2024-11-04 10:04:57 +0000 UTCHello Adventurers!
October saw a massive number of updates to the DDB Importer to support both the 4.x version of the Foundry system and the 2024 rules.
I also had a week of family obligations this month, which somewhat slowed my progress. Although I couldn't do any development that week, I did get a brand new Documentation Site up and running. This should help people find answers to common questions more easily, as well as some quick tutorials for those who prefer the written word.
The first pass at the 2024 classes is almost complete and should be done by the end of the week.
November is also a jam-packed month! The 2024 DMG releases - stuffed with new items and maps, we also have a couple of adventures to catch-up on. A new version of the Foundry D&D System (4.1) will support the new Cast a Spell activity to finally allow items and features to cast spells! Whilst DDB Importer won't support this on release it will be quickly coming, and likely a hard requirement for an upcoming version of the DDB Importer.
The general priority list for the next couple of months is:
Finish 2024 character importer fixes
First pass at 2024 spell changes and adjustments
DMG and Scions of Elemental Evil Adventure parsing
2024 Item parsing fixes
First pass at supporting changes in the 2024 monster stats (things like Gear now being a separate section causes a lack of equipment on monsters)
Tackle some big outstanding pieces like a new parsing engine for the 2024 Summon spells (currently, they can't parse out the summon actors)
Add the Cast a Spell activity to items and possibly features
Species and Feat importing
I'm not going to include a change log this month, but there were a lot of releases for DDB Importer.
Thanks for your continued support!
Jack/MrPrimate
Comments
Did that and the Import button is still gone :/
Veni
2024-12-30 03:01:58 +0000 UTCtop left of the character sheet toggle the little switch and it will show the import button as you are now in the editing side of the sheet
Chris oldham
2024-12-27 17:17:53 +0000 UTCHey, I don't know if this was an update by you or by Foundry, or who. But I seem to have lost the DnDbeyond import button as an option on my player's character sheets.
Veni
2024-12-23 03:04:31 +0000 UTCSo their be an update to where that wouldn’t be an issue though?
Ehko The Slime
2024-12-11 06:12:11 +0000 UTCYea but does the transfer of the dnd beyond compendiums still work for you? Cause it doesn’t for me
Ehko The Slime
2024-12-11 06:12:06 +0000 UTCOh I see so I shouldn’t have updated to 5e on foundry
Ehko The Slime
2024-12-11 05:51:51 +0000 UTCWould love to see this stuff as well! We mostly use DDB importer as a way to have a fully functional character-creator for anyone who plays using content we've purchased on DDB, so having feats/classes/species/backgrounds/traits is really important to us!
Max Goldberg
2024-11-21 22:37:05 +0000 UTCWill you be adding the 2024 dnd beyond feats, classes, species, etc to some of the things I can grab from the ddb muncher?
Ehko The Slime
2024-11-21 13:00:47 +0000 UTCI'm sticking with current DnD system in Foundry, as I'm not buying digital books for this campaign again. We have played for couple years now and propably continue to go with the same campaing for couple more.
Jori Lahtinen
2024-11-09 07:31:17 +0000 UTCThanks for the super work. Looking forward to seeing the DMG up and running!
Carlos Omar Nilo Poyanco
2024-11-04 21:39:55 +0000 UTCShould work as before, although if you update to the new D&D version all the same caveats apply due to system changes: https://docs.ddb.mrprimate.co.uk/docs/faqs/ddb-importer-2024
MrPrimate
2024-11-04 21:28:50 +0000 UTCDoes the changes affect 2014 version players somehow, or does the character importer with Beyond work as before?
Jori Lahtinen
2024-11-04 10:27:37 +0000 UTC
