Battlegrounds: RPG Edition (virtual tabletop software) - Page 4

heruca · 20th May 2008, 06:42 AM

Released an updated version of "The Quick and the Dead", a free sample adventure for BRPG v1.2e or higher. Read about it and download it here.

heruca · 21st May 2008, 10:17 PM

Released an updated version of "A Simple Plan", a free user-created adventure for BRPG v1.2e or higher. Read about it and download it here.

heruca · 26th May 2008, 04:34 AM

BRPG v1.3, due out in June, will have the ability to attach multiple token images to a unit, and then easily swap out one token for another as needed. This new ability to swap token images will come in very handy, especially for wargames (e.g., think "flippable counters").

I've also made the feature flexible enough that you can have a different base size with each token that's attached to a figure, so that you could have, for example, a knight on foot with a 1-hex base, the knight in a prone or sleeping position using a 2-hex base, and the knight on horseback using a 3-hex base.

Horizontal and vertical offsets are individually adjustable on each attached token, so that the unit can remain nicely centered even if you swap in an image that would normally get its centerpoint shifted (for example, when a polearm protrudes out of the figure's cell).

Here's a short Quicktime movie showing the feature in action. To view the movie, I suggest you right-click the link and select "Save to disk".

heruca · 6th June 2008, 08:09 AM

This "maintenance" release fixes a number of bugs reported or discovered since v1.2e was released.

Download v1.2f and read more about it here (<--click).

FormerlyDickensC · 6th June 2008, 08:27 AM

you have a 64 page user manual...how about some screen cast tutorials. make it easy to learn to use.

also, I would suggest only charging for the GM client (and increasing price) and allowing the player client to DL for free.

heruca · 6th June 2008, 08:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FormerlyDickensC

you have a 64 page user manual...how about some screen cast tutorials. make it easy to learn to use.

You're right. Videos are a great learning tool, and I should make more use of them. Especially since many people are loath to read User Manuals.

For now I just have one tutorial video, which walks you through the Dice Macro features:
Small Version
Large Version

It's around 16 minutes long. I suggest you right-click the link and select to download it to disk, rather than try to play the video in your browser. QuickTime (or some other media player that supports H.264 encoding) is required to view it.

I'm currently working on a new (much shorter) video that covers the card deck support. I hope to have that ready in the next few days. More video tutorials, and an updated User Manual, should be available after v1.3 is released.

heruca · 13th June 2008, 09:17 PM

BRPG v1.2f is now out of beta, and has become the new official release on the Downloads page, supplanting v1.1b.

heruca · 5th July 2008, 05:03 AM

This "maintenance" release fixes a number of bugs reported or discovered since v1.2f was released.

Download v1.2g and read more about it here.

Note: Just the patch version is available right now.

heruca · 4th August 2008, 05:32 AM

The BRPG v1.3 beta has just been released. This is a major update, which brings some long-awaited features.

Download v1.3 and read more about it here.

heruca · 7th August 2008, 05:39 AM

Battlegrounds: RPG Edition is free for anyone to use from August 7th until August 16, 2008.

BRPG Player Clients and free Demos are temporarily considered to be licensed GM Clients during this time. The free Demo's 45 minute timeout period and other restrictions have been temporarily lifted. An internet connection is required for this temporary upgrade.

Anyone that's been "on the fence" about adopting BRPG because they would first like to hold full-on, no-limitations game sessions with their friends can now do so. I hope a lot of people take advantage of this opportunity to acquaint themselves with the software.

deadplayer · 7th August 2008, 07:27 PM

Maybe i need a demo to try.

RSKennan · 30th August 2008, 06:14 AM

I want to say that if you added 3d rendered dice as an option, I'd probably buy a GM's license. I use Fantasy Grounds right now, but Battlegrounds has some features it's lacking. The only thing keeping me with FG is it's 3d dice. There's something cool about picking up the dice and watching them roll.

heruca · 30th August 2008, 03:33 PM

I agree, FG's animated dice rolls are very cool. If you could hear the dice roll, it would be perfect.

The dice in Battlegrounds are photographs of real dice, not 3D renders. Battlegrounds, since it's created in Adobe Director, could theoretically support realtime 3D rendering and even do some physics simulation (using Havok) to make the dice roll and bounce realistically. Unfortunately the limiting factor in this case is not the authoring environment but my programming knowledge. Perhaps I will get around to adding this in v2.

On the other hand, there's also something to be said for BRPG's ability to handle sophisticated dice mechanics with absolutely no scripting involved. For example, rolling 5d6 and 1d8, dropping the lowest die automatically, sorting the remaining dice, counting anything above a 4 as a success, and looking up the result on a chart. That's something you can't really do if you're limited to just dragging and dropping virtual dice to roll them.

heruca · 30th September 2008, 03:44 AM

The BRPG v1.3c beta has been released. It's available both as a patch to v1.3b and as a Full Install.

Download v1.3c and read more about it here.

heruca · 2nd October 2008, 03:58 AM

The first artpack for BRPG is now available.

"Base Map Pack 1" is a collection of 35 maps, broken down into six categories (Grass; Forest Floors; Scrublands; Swamps & Thickets; Earth, Sand & Mud; and Cavern).

Read all about it and see a preview here.

heruca · 3rd October 2008, 04:55 PM

There are two new third-party artpacks for BRPG. Both are map packs from Scrying Eye Games. Specifically, they are bundles of their Ravenlands series of maps, created by one of the leading mappers on the Dundjinni forums, BluDragn.

Read all about "Ravenlands Map Pack 1" here.

Read all about "Ravenlands Map Pack 2" here.

There are preview images at both of those links.

heruca · 6th October 2008, 03:35 PM

The BRPG v1.3d beta has been released. It's available both as a patch to v1.3c and as a Full Install.

Download v1.3d and read more about it here.

heruca · 22nd October 2008, 03:14 AM

The BRPG v1.3e beta has been released. It's available both as a Full Install and as a patch to update from v1.3d.

Download v1.3e and read more about it here.

heruca · 24th October 2008, 01:14 AM

The free sample adventure, "The Quick and the Dead", has been re-released in artpack format. This was the first official adventure module published for Battlegrounds, and it has now been updated for use with newer versions of the software.

Download it and read more about it here.

heruca · 31st October 2008, 04:09 AM

"Component Dungeon Pack 1" is a set of modular room and hallway graphics that you place on the background of your choice to create a dungeon layout.

Read all about this artpack, and see a preview pic, here.