Improved Initiative 3.0 Preview now available on the Dev Preview
Added 2021-07-18 05:54:17 +0000 UTCHello Patrons!
It's finally time for me to share a sneak peek at what I've been working on for the last few months. Improved Initiative 3.0 features the new Library Manager. The Library Manager provides a way to apply bulk actions to your saved items in Improved Initiative. It will exist alongside the "classic" experience, which is now called Library Reference.
To try the Library Manager, visit the Dev Preview.
There are three bulk actions- Move, Delete, and Export. You can export a batch of your library items as a single JSON file. There is also a minimal editor for saved encounters.
There are so many other small changes and refactorings that are going into this update. Behind the scenes I tore out a bunch of the old Knockout.js code and replaced it with React Hooks. It won't go live for a few more weeks, but I'd love for you to help test it out. Since there are lots of changes in the Library code, you could upload your account JSON onto the dev preview and see if anything is obviously broken.
This release was made even better by the contributions of several members of the community on Github. Thanks mphartman, ascendedguard, 5eMagic and Dasug!
Try the 3.0 Update on the Dev Preview now!
This year has been tough. I hope you all have stayed safe and healthy, and I am so grateful for your ongoing support!
Update 10/2: The 3.0 Update on the Dev Preview is now complete and doesn't seem to be too buggy. I'm planning to deploy this to the official website early next week, likely on Tuesday night. There will be a data migration for your local-storage (not account-sync) items when you first visit the website after the upgrade, which should be seamless, but I'm crossing my fingers. Stay tuned!
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Take that back, one creature with mythic actions has 3, but all the rest have two. But the aspect dragons still have the most text for their mythic actions.
Jared Beaulieu
2021-10-28 00:42:32 +0000 UTCMaybe either of the aspects, but just off the top of my head I think everything with mythic actions only has two mythic actions as of now
Jared Beaulieu
2021-10-27 23:04:13 +0000 UTCGot it, thanks for the heads up. I'll grab a digital copy and take a look when I can. Which is the most complex new statblock with mythic actions?
Evan Bailey
2021-10-27 21:21:09 +0000 UTCYep, would definitely appreciate mythic actions being implemented since the newest source book just added 13 monster stat blocks that have mythic actions
Jared Beaulieu
2021-10-27 19:32:49 +0000 UTCThanks for the kind words Matt, much appreciated!
Evan Bailey
2021-10-04 06:00:52 +0000 UTCNot likely to add it at this point, but the project is open to PRs. Thanks!
Evan Bailey
2021-10-04 02:59:07 +0000 UTCNot necessarily, but it might be nice for me to generalize the types of actions in StatBlocks since you might also do Bonus Actions in their own section. I'll think about this.
Evan Bailey
2021-10-04 02:58:42 +0000 UTCJust curious, but are you planning on adding/working on mythic actions?
Jared Beaulieu
2021-10-03 14:03:48 +0000 UTCAmazing stuff. This tool is incredible! Thanks for all the hard work!
Matt
2021-10-03 08:18:43 +0000 UTCHi Evan! Thank you very much for your work, the tracker is amazing! I was wondering if there are any plans on adding damage breakdown to post-combat statistics. Like, who dealt the damage to whom and how much. Sorry if this was asked before, couldn't find it. Thanks again and take care!
2021-10-02 12:15:42 +0000 UTCGlad to hear that! Thank you! 💓
2021-09-29 09:41:22 +0000 UTCHi Neurax, thanks for the kind words! I've been doing better recently, changed anxiety medication which has made an improvement. The 3.0 release is nearly feature complete, there's a bit more stabilization work that needs to happen. Commit history here: https://github.com/cynicaloptimist/improved-initiative/commits/development The version with these commits is always available on the dev preview.
Evan Bailey
2021-09-28 16:02:48 +0000 UTCI hope you are doing okay and everything is/will work out for you and your loved ones. Take the time you need. We all like what you are doing and can't wait for the new versions, but you should prioritize IRL first. Just keep us updated so we know what is happening. ^_^
2021-09-28 08:01:07 +0000 UTCBTW, if you want the very latest updates you can follow the project here: https://github.com/cynicaloptimist/improved-initiative I got a couple of commits done the last few days that I'd been chewing on for a long time.
Evan Bailey
2021-09-16 02:21:09 +0000 UTCNo, DND Beyond will just be statblocks and character sheets.
Evan Bailey
2021-09-16 02:19:45 +0000 UTCDo you mean like off dnd beyond?
Jared Beaulieu
2021-09-16 02:01:37 +0000 UTCYes, I'm adding a feature to mass export/import anything in your library.
Evan Bailey
2021-09-16 01:41:01 +0000 UTCJust wondering, but are you planning on adding a feature to import spells?
Jared Beaulieu
2021-09-16 01:04:42 +0000 UTCHi Ian, thanks for the kind words! I'm so glad the app has improved your games. Take care!
Evan Bailey
2021-08-26 03:51:27 +0000 UTCI seriously love this program. I use it for live and online games. I can't begin to describe how much easier it has made DMing easier! Thank you so much.
2021-08-25 23:53:50 +0000 UTCThanks for the note! I've been really sidetracked the last couple of months since posting this update, but I'm hoping to get back on this project soon. Busy at work and at home with our kid. I've been having some pretty serious burnout this year. Not to worry- this update hasn't been abandoned, it's just slow going.
Evan Bailey
2021-08-20 22:51:59 +0000 UTCBeen kind of quiet around here. Any idea when the big update with drop? I'm really looking forward to the new features, and hoping the Statblock Editor fields will be reordered to match standard statblocks.
Victor Navone
2021-08-20 22:49:52 +0000 UTC
