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Just downloaded it, and was able to put together two third level characters in about 20 minutes.
This thing is wonderful. And it's only going to get better.
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Okay well I managed to get the thing installed onto an XP platform this-morning.
I have to say: wow. Quite simply an excellent application. I'm actually a little stunned, because it carries a whole lot of promise for the quality of the other upcoming DDI tools. Assembling a character is a piece of cake, and the flexibility of the print output is just amazing.
Wizards: you have exceeded all expectations, as I think a lot of us hoped you would. Well done!!
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The underlined clicks are really useless. The system doesn't need to confirm this until I hit next. It's the first screen, so it got me hyper-aware of the love of clicks this tool has.
Or just double-click the selection you want to make?
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I think it is a great program, with some annoying flaws.
Install is not butter smooth. (.Net install hangs, program crashes until install from MS) It's a beta so I let that slide.
Well, I wouldn't let it slide - final deployment of applications is something that often "forgotten" until people figure out it's not as simple as the used to think. So they should look into this a little closer. Of course, this is an error a Beta can "survive".
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I would love more output options. (PDF/Text statblock) Printing is OMGAWESOMEBBQSAUCEROFMILKANDCOOKIESDISABLED!
I do not like the lack of obvious keyboard shortcuts.
I detest the multiple clicks needed for some things.
The underlined clicks are really useless. The system doesn't need to confirm this until I hit next. It's the first screen, so it got me hyper-aware of the love of clicks this tool has.
The confirmation clicks seem unnecessary. The response to the initial click seems "strong" enough to not require an additional click or a double click.
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Vista 64 here, and it just ain't working. Install works, but when I click the shortcut on the desktop, I get an error message. I have the Net 3.5 Sp1 installed.
Something along this. The message comes in danish, and I am far from computer savvy, so...
The file or assembly "D20RulesEngine, Version=0.0.0.0. Culture=neutral. PublicKeyToken=null" or one of it's dependencies could not be read (or run). A program of the wrong format was unsuccesfully run (or read).
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Vista 64 here, and it just ain't working. Install works, but when I click the shortcut on the desktop, I get an error message. I have the Net 3.5 Sp1 installed.
Something along this. The message comes in danish, and I am far from computer savvy, so...
The file or assembly "D20RulesEngine, Version=0.0.0.0. Culture=neutral. PublicKeyToken=null" or one of it's dependencies could not be read (or run). A program of the wrong format was unsuccesfully run (or read).
64 Bit definitely does not work at the moment, a developer confirmed this.
I remember we had some problems with this, too, once upon a time. I can't remember what we did exactly. Either it was a Visual Studio setting or something in the Installer itself...
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I got the Character Builder working on OSX using VMWare Fusion. The problem I was having had to do with 3d acceleration being on. I turned it off and it works great! I just wish it had more levels.
As a .NET developer myself, my number #1 burning question is: did they implement using Blend and XAML, or did they use Windows Forms? Because if they used Forms, they did some hella dressing-up of it.
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Vista 64 here, and it just ain't working. Install works, but when I click the shortcut on the desktop, I get an error message. I have the Net 3.5 Sp1 installed.
Something along this. The message comes in danish, and I am far from computer savvy, so...
The file or assembly "D20RulesEngine, Version=0.0.0.0. Culture=neutral. PublicKeyToken=null" or one of it's dependencies could not be read (or run). A program of the wrong format was unsuccesfully run (or read).
on x64 problems
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As a .NET developer myself, my number #1 burning question is: did they implement using Blend and XAML, or did they use Windows Forms? Because if they used Forms, they did some hella dressing-up of it.
I'd like to know, too! Wasn't one of the errors in System.Windows.SplashScreenWindow? Wouldn't this namespace point towards WPF?
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I'd like to know, too! Wasn't one of the errors in System.Windows.SplashScreenWindow? Wouldn't this namespace point towards WPF?
Indeed.
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As a .NET developer myself, my number #1 burning question is: did they implement using Blend and XAML, or did they use Windows Forms? Because if they used Forms, they did some hella dressing-up of it.
It is definitely not Windows Forms because you can see the WPF Builder application running as a thread in the background in Task Manager.
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