People playing 4e now Discord Channel
Here is a link to people playing 4e now and talking about it. Lots of people. Lots of resources for finding games, building PCs, running games, etc...
This is a good way to get help to do 4e in a wide variety of ways.
Valid below until December 31st:
This is a post about how to get WotC Online Character Builder to work given Silverlight issues.
I use Sea Monkey if pre-Catalina on a Mac. The SeaMonkey® Project — very stable, can type at speed on search, which Firefox 52 seems to have issues with handling. Right now, the latest update seems to have broken Silverlight. Here's the older version that will still work:
www.seamonkey-project.org
Safari only works in older versions of MacOS, but works well for me when I go into Safari preferences, click on the Security tab, click on plug-in settings, and turn on Silverlight for WotC sites. And sometimes, it turns itself off on updates, so I have to go back in and turn it on again - I'll know that happened when the site says, "Download Silverlight"
Firefox 52 build is a viable alternate. It seems as if it might be depreciated too, so try to not upgrade your system. This means you need to turn off automatic updates on Firefox 52 or it will upgrade to the one that breaks it.
Here's the link - click on Firefox 52 and download
Directory Listing: /pub/firefox/releases/52.9.0esr/
Experimenting with a virtual machine option — Oracle's VirtualBox is free and you can download Windows OS for free(yes, it will look ugly with windows labeling), and then you can run Internet Explorer. Problem: you need to do some relatively complicated sets of things to make it work. Pluses: it works on Catalina and as long as you keep it working, it should work for years.
So with Catalina, IETab extension for Chrome works and you can then log into it. Sounds great, right? Except it quickly turns into a 'pay a price for it' that's roughly the cost of a regular virtual windows.
Available here:
chrome.google.com
Disclaimer: it seems to be safe from what I read, but it is giving the software access to Chrome, which is potentially problematic from a security standpoint. Do at your own risk if Chrome's your usual browser.
Note that Character Builder sometimes 'breaks' and then starts working on its own after a day or so. Here is the quick link to request support:
Submit a request – D&D
Anyway, post about your workarounds - this way any time someone is having issues with Online CB, I can just post the link to this thread rather than needing to explain it out.
Renew/get new subscription here
Important if you're on a Mac — new version of MacOS won't run 32-bit apps, namely Silverlight, at all. Here are the apparent options:
Here is a link to people playing 4e now and talking about it. Lots of people. Lots of resources for finding games, building PCs, running games, etc...
This is a good way to get help to do 4e in a wide variety of ways.
Valid below until December 31st:
This is a post about how to get WotC Online Character Builder to work given Silverlight issues.
I use Sea Monkey if pre-Catalina on a Mac. The SeaMonkey® Project — very stable, can type at speed on search, which Firefox 52 seems to have issues with handling. Right now, the latest update seems to have broken Silverlight. Here's the older version that will still work:
SeaMonkey 2.49.4
www.seamonkey-project.org
Safari only works in older versions of MacOS, but works well for me when I go into Safari preferences, click on the Security tab, click on plug-in settings, and turn on Silverlight for WotC sites. And sometimes, it turns itself off on updates, so I have to go back in and turn it on again - I'll know that happened when the site says, "Download Silverlight"
Firefox 52 build is a viable alternate. It seems as if it might be depreciated too, so try to not upgrade your system. This means you need to turn off automatic updates on Firefox 52 or it will upgrade to the one that breaks it.
Here's the link - click on Firefox 52 and download
Directory Listing: /pub/firefox/releases/52.9.0esr/
Experimenting with a virtual machine option — Oracle's VirtualBox is free and you can download Windows OS for free(yes, it will look ugly with windows labeling), and then you can run Internet Explorer. Problem: you need to do some relatively complicated sets of things to make it work. Pluses: it works on Catalina and as long as you keep it working, it should work for years.
So with Catalina, IETab extension for Chrome works and you can then log into it. Sounds great, right? Except it quickly turns into a 'pay a price for it' that's roughly the cost of a regular virtual windows.
Available here:
IE Tab
Display web pages using IE within Chrome. Use Java, Silverlight, ActiveX, Sharepoint, and more.
chrome.google.com
Disclaimer: it seems to be safe from what I read, but it is giving the software access to Chrome, which is potentially problematic from a security standpoint. Do at your own risk if Chrome's your usual browser.
Note that Character Builder sometimes 'breaks' and then starts working on its own after a day or so. Here is the quick link to request support:
Submit a request – D&D
Anyway, post about your workarounds - this way any time someone is having issues with Online CB, I can just post the link to this thread rather than needing to explain it out.
Renew/get new subscription here
Important if you're on a Mac — new version of MacOS won't run 32-bit apps, namely Silverlight, at all. Here are the apparent options:
It appears to be stick with Mojave in some way:
Don't upgrade to Catalina
Use a Virtual Machine to run Mojave in Catalina. This is about the cost of a year's subscription, so not sure how great it is.
How to Run 32-Bit Apps in macOS Catalina
Apple's latest version of macOS, Catalina, officially ditches 32-bit app support, but you can still run the software you need by following these steps.www.pcmag.com
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