Improved Initiative v3.10: Dark Mode
Added 2024-03-04 03:33:15 +0000 UTCHello DMs,
I'm excited to share with you the much requested Dark Mode for Improved Initiative. This update cleans up some styling, and refactors the stylesheet pretty extensively. There may be some changes that affect your Player View CSS.
You can enable Dark Mode from the Options tab in the Settings pane. There are separate options for Encounter View and Player View.
Partnership with Power Word Spill
Improved Initiative has sponsored a few videos for Power Word Spill, a YouTube channel with excellent video content to level up your D&D game. I'm really excited about this partnership spotlighting Improved Initiative and bringing new people onto the app.
What Else in 2024?
This year I hope to bring you more tools to help you run exciting, frictionless games both at the table and online. A big update for Paragon Campaign Dashboard has been in the works to improve your ability to use it across multiple Campaigns. I'd also like to ship an initial version of Paragon Combat Tracker. I'm envisioning Paragon Combat Tracker as a more modern, highly configurable combat tracker that supports initiative systems for much more than just D&D. Stay tuned!
Comments
Hello there, love your work and want to help improve it. So I'm letting you know that the suggestion menu for Dark Mode when adding Tags to combatants is White Text on White BG! :)
Andrew Williams
2025-03-17 05:13:16 +0000 UTCThanks for the suggestion! I'll probably do this as well for Paragon Campaign Dashboard, hadn't gotten any specific requests for it yet.
Evan Bailey
2024-07-14 07:52:45 +0000 UTCApologies if this has already been asked or covered, but is there and/or will there ever be a dark mode for the Paragon Dashboard? Thanks so much for all of your tools.
Alex Roumbos
2024-07-13 23:32:21 +0000 UTCThanks for the suggestion, Everett. Stay tuned, I'm hoping to release something like that this year!
Evan Bailey
2024-06-07 17:19:35 +0000 UTCwould you ever consider making another combat tracker/Improved Initiative for pathfinder?
everett
2024-06-07 17:13:44 +0000 UTCThanks for asking! There's no shift+click functionality in the Library Manager, you'll unfortunately have to click each entry to do the multi select.
Evan Bailey
2024-06-02 22:06:38 +0000 UTCA question I posted on reddit as well: I want to mass-delete a bunch of monsters in the Library Manager by deleting their parent folder, but I can't see a way to do this. Barring that, is there a way to select many monsters at once without having to click them one at a time?
Victor Navone
2024-06-02 19:35:25 +0000 UTCI think much of the content on 5e.tools is posted illegally. I'm honestly surprised it hasn't been taken down. Best for Evan to stay away from them. Open5e, on the other hand, uses freely-available OGL content, and their stuff IS included in II.
Victor Navone
2024-06-02 19:34:00 +0000 UTCHi Jared, thanks for the suggestion! 5e.tools JSON is in a different schema than Improved Initiative, so they're not directly compatible. I don't currently have plans to add support for other tools' JSON schemas.
Evan Bailey
2024-04-12 04:55:52 +0000 UTCA little bit random, but would you be able to look into compatibility with the website 5e.tools? they've got all content that's on dnd beyond plus some homebrew stuff, and they have a way to export the information that is similar to what it looks like on improved initiative but it doesn't work
Jared Beaulieu
2024-04-10 23:45:19 +0000 UTCJust used II for a session a few weeks ago and loved it. It's just what I'd been looking for, something focused on just one aspect of the game and doing it great. (Same reason I'm looking into Owlbear Rodeo.) Then I saw the video as I'm thinking of making a DIY Dm Screen specifically for II and then I see this post. Seems preordained XD. Happy to be supporting this project and will be trying out the Dnd beyond importer.
Neal Raven
2024-03-05 18:05:57 +0000 UTCHI Nepixs! I don't have plans to ship any of these as standalone apps. However, all of my projects are available on Github, so with some technical expertise you can run a server on your own machine without requiring internet access. However, I can't provide personalized support for doing it this way. https://github.com/cynicaloptimist/improved-initiative/
Evan Bailey
2024-03-04 23:45:48 +0000 UTCis there any way to download any of these tools? I use them often but my internet is pretty shitty and i use them for in person play off a laptop. i dont expect there is a way to do this but would absolutely love one.
Nepixs Arkadin
2024-03-04 19:41:04 +0000 UTC+1 for Dark Mode! By the way, will you, by any chance, add in the option to view enemy HP as health bars in stead of numbers?
Roger Kilmore
2024-03-04 18:29:47 +0000 UTCCan't wait for the paragon combat tracker! Sounds great!
Mike van der Zijden
2024-03-04 06:43:04 +0000 UTCI saw that youtube video. I already had obs installed too. Works amazing.
Abel Aguilar
2024-03-04 06:06:37 +0000 UTCWoot dark mode!
Steve Leahy
2024-03-04 05:13:56 +0000 UTCI'm so excited for this update! 😀
Michael Cole
2024-03-04 03:38:31 +0000 UTC
