[4e] Combat Tracker Utility
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Mortaneus
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Another new version is up!
DnD4e Combat Manager v1.3.2
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Changes:
DnD4e Combat Manager v1.3.2
(URL disabled, look below for new version)
Changes:
- Effects will now automatically drop off targets if they are of the 'Until start/end' variety. (automatic power recharge, saving throws, etc are in the works)
- Changing the selection on the main list with the arrow keys now works
- Both Global and Individual notes are now saved with the encounter
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Mortaneus
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Amazing
Thanks! I'm glad that other people are getting some use out of this thing.
It's certainly making my game easier to run.
Mercule
Adventurer
I'm a web developer, so I'm actually more interested in Silverlight. WPF is mainly because there's so much synergy between the two and I wanted to be able to save the encounter output to a local file. I'm really just starting to learn this generation of UI, myself. Usually, I pick a game-related need and start putzing with a computer-based solution just so I have something interesting to work on.Well, don't let me discourage you. The more the merrier!
Also, good idea working on your WPF skills...it's an interesting critter, though I've found that WPF in VB.NET 2008 is a lot less user-friendly than developing with Windows Forms.
Any recommendations for getting into it?
Coming from HTML/ASPX, the markup doesn't throw me so much, though it is different. I'm having a harder time with asyncronous calls and being able to modify the UI from the code-behind. I was really happy with "LINQ In Action" from Manning Press (manning.com) and have been considering getting the "Silverlight in Action" early access book for SL3 (PDF chapters available as the author finishes them). Otherwise, I've been flailing about and using Google/Bing/MSDN as needed.
So, what do I do behind the screen, other than run encounters? I'd say build adventures, but I'm using the SoW AP this time, rather than homebrewing. After using your app this week, I can honestly say my biggest time constraint is drawing the darn battle maps for the minis.
Mortaneus
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Hrm...interesting. I may have to see if I can chase those books down.
Personally, I'm coming at it from the other side. I'm a professional business-logic developer, mostly, and am now starting to pick up stuff on the interface side of the fence.
As far as the mapping side of things, my group uses a 1 1/4" square grid printed on a poster-size piece of paper (about $10 at Kinko's). We then got a big sheet of 1/8" thick plexiglass from Home Depot (cost about $30), and we use dry erase markers on it over the grid. It works beautifully. I can usually sketch out a map in under a minute or two, and the marks come off with a basic whiteboard eraser.
Mortaneus
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I am getting an error, when i press "roll all initiatives"
The error is in dutch so i dont know if you can read it
Hrm...I'm not getting any errors...
What did you have loaded when you hit it? What is the content of the message? I'm sure I can get an auto-translate or something.
Oompa
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I will post the actual error when i get home, i just deleted the old file that you start the program with and used the newer one (kept the library file).
Character import worked fine, but when i roll the initiative button it keeps giving me the error and the option to ignore it or shut the program down.
Ignoring the error will get me the same error again right away..
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