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PCGen 5.7.8 is out
- Thread starter kingpaul
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TheAuldGrump
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Yep, it's there - it was there in the last stable release as well, but it is not the default setting when you boot up, you have to go to the settings menu at the top of the start-up screen and change it to 3.5.
The Auld Grump
The Auld Grump
Ok so I haven't used PCGen in AGES...like e-Tools was just coming out kinda ages. How much more stable is the program? It used to make my computer freeze up, burp and occasionally crash. This was an up to date computer with plenty of RAM too. For some reason the Java just did NOT like my computer. Heck I think I was stil using it when all of the datasets were free and everyone was morphing the system to do everything themselves to boot.
Hagen
Hagen
TheAuldGrump
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The more recent versions of PCGen also use the most recent version of Java, so if Java was what was causing the problem then it is likely that the problems are fixed.
It is faster than it was back in the pre-E-Tools days. It can stll bog down if you have too many characters open, or a huge number of sources. However it now loads the sources with the character if I recall correctly, so you can start off withthe sources you want for the character and leave out the others til you start on another character.
I have not had it lock up on my machine (A Win XP machine.)
Some of the sources that were removed are now creeping back in, with the notable exception of WotC sources. A number of non-WotC sources were removed as buggy rather than because of IP, and those are creeping in even now. And they have added an experimental newsgroup for PCGen on Yahoo, so if you don't mind taking a risk there are a few others you can look at.
The Auld Grump, PCGen, Dungeon Crafter, Monster, and Word Perfect 10 are what I do almost all my adventure design on.
It is faster than it was back in the pre-E-Tools days. It can stll bog down if you have too many characters open, or a huge number of sources. However it now loads the sources with the character if I recall correctly, so you can start off withthe sources you want for the character and leave out the others til you start on another character.
I have not had it lock up on my machine (A Win XP machine.)
Some of the sources that were removed are now creeping back in, with the notable exception of WotC sources. A number of non-WotC sources were removed as buggy rather than because of IP, and those are creeping in even now. And they have added an experimental newsgroup for PCGen on Yahoo, so if you don't mind taking a risk there are a few others you can look at.
The Auld Grump, PCGen, Dungeon Crafter, Monster, and Word Perfect 10 are what I do almost all my adventure design on.
