Character Builder is Live

[Enforcer]

Everything works fine for me. I run a virtual copy of Vista Basic using VMWare Fusion on my iMac. Installation and use are both without a hitch on my end.

My favorite update is that customizing the Attack, Damage, and Basic Attacks sections now saves properly so you don't have to redo it when you view the character sheet again. Thank goodness.

And they added a checkbox for Unarmed for Basic Attacks! I love this program.

 

[Echohawk]

Hey are the characters importable into another instance of the program?

Yes.

(Or rather, you could move a .dnd4e file from one machine to another using the demo version and I think it is highly unlikely that that's changed for the full version, but I haven't tested this.)

 

[Scribble]

Well, duh!

They still have the same installation bug I reported a month ago. Now I have to disassemble the MSI database again and fix it before I can install.

Not happy with their quality control here!

What is the issue you are having?

Yes.

Werd.

 

[RefinedBean]

In both 3e and 4e, this is one of the main reasons I keep my house rules to a minimum.

Spreadsheets and programs, like HeroForge for 3e, and now 4e's Character Builder, are far more appealing to me than a book of house rules.

-O

Your unwarranted opinion fills me with delight, Obryn.

The houserules are mainly campaign-specific, stemming from a conversion from 3.5 to 4E, 's all. They just happen to be centered around individual characters (like mine), which lessens the utility of the character builder somewhat.

I don't see why you can write in your own stats and skill bonuses, but can't customize the Feats section or the power cards from the character sheet. WotC = Teases!

 

[catsclaw227]

I found one bug. Grasping Claws (Druid 1 at-will) shows "Wisdon vs. Reflex" instead of "Wisdom vs. Reflex" and it is not catching the spelling error and returning an attack bonus of +0 when it should be +5.

Odd, one would think they would rely on enums and not string matching.

 

[Vael]

The only issues I'm having are problems with multiclass feats actually carrying through (I picked a power swap, why can't I swap).

Power swaps are handled via the retraining tab, not the Power tab. Makes it clumsier to use, as the retraining tab doesn't break down powers by level and takes a little more to find what you want.

 

[Oldtimer]

What is the issue you are having?

The installation aborts with this little beauty:

I've traced it to the portraits and sample characters they are trying to install in my user profile, but so far I've failed to figure out exactly why Windows Installer tries to create a folder which already exists. But there are a lot of mistakes in that MSI database, so there are many things to check.

 

[Nightchilde-2]

It looks compeltely different under XP. Must be a Vista issue.

I have Vista and it looks fine here.

 

[Caliber]

Using a macbook and Parallels it works fine (as long as you turn off Parallels hardware video acceleration, which is crap anyway ...)

I've already statted up my character, and didn't notice any problems. I've begun playing with the layout for his character sheet ... I like although I wish I could adjust more than column width and info placement. Anyone have some good custom layouts they want to share? I think it'd be awesome to get a collection of them together and share out the better ones ... this utility seems to demand that type of support.

 

[Obryn]

Your unwarranted opinion fills me with delight, Obryn.

The houserules are mainly campaign-specific, stemming from a conversion from 3.5 to 4E, 's all. They just happen to be centered around individual characters (like mine), which lessens the utility of the character builder somewhat.

I don't see why you can write in your own stats and skill bonuses, but can't customize the Feats section or the power cards from the character sheet. WotC = Teases!

Oh, I didn't mean to imply anything for anyone but me

I respect the folks who put the time and work into customizing their play experience with house rules. I know I did enough of it!

Now, as my free time steadily decreases, I find that any shortcuts I can make are worth their weight in gold. Character generators are about the best shortcut ever, IMHO.

-O