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<blockquote data-quote="DarkWhite" data-source="post: 493604" data-attributes="member: 9027">I agree with PlasticBoy regarding the possibilities for an XML d20 standard.&nbsp; eTools could have been the standard, but while patches are still in the works, I'm guessing it's XML structure is still subject to change.&nbsp; If I recall correctly, a number of third-party d20 software application developers have expressed interest in importing/exporting/sharing characters/customdata/etc between their d20 application and eTools via XML.Actually, I don't enjoy 3D Computer RPGs (gasp!)&nbsp; Nonetheless, I believe that NeverWinterNights and eTools should have been developed in paralell such that they could import/export characters via a common XML format.&nbsp; While NWN could not be expected to support custom data (or maybe not even full support for evey official feat, spell, etc), it should nonetheless recognise unsupported items/custom data, and allow these to be substituted with legal ones supported by the game.Dragon Magazine CDRom Archive be continued, and each new Skill, Feat, Race, Monster, Prestige Class, Spell, Weapon, etc should be available on the CD in eTools format.&nbsp; Maybe the CD for each previous year could be included with the magazine's Annual special issue.As PlasticBoy suggested, other products could include eTools expansion CDs containing all the custom data from that product, or the company could make these available from their websites as &quot;web enhancment&quot; downloads.While I appreciate the effort of the web community in compiling eTools custom data download files at sites like e-Tools Repository, maybe more of these could be created with the assistance of the copyright holder and then offered to them to place on their own website as a web enhancement for their own product?But hey, roll-out flat-screen battle-mat monitor does sound really cool!&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="DarkWhite, post: 493604, member: 9027"] I agree with PlasticBoy regarding the possibilities for an XML d20 standard. eTools could have been the standard, but while patches are still in the works, I'm guessing it's XML structure is still subject to change. If I recall correctly, a number of third-party d20 software application developers have expressed interest in importing/exporting/sharing characters/customdata/etc between their d20 application and eTools via XML. Actually, I don't enjoy 3D Computer RPGs (gasp!) Nonetheless, I believe that NeverWinterNights and eTools should have been developed in paralell such that they could import/export characters via a common XML format. While NWN could not be expected to support custom data (or maybe not even full support for evey official feat, spell, etc), it should nonetheless recognise unsupported items/custom data, and allow these to be substituted with legal ones supported by the game. Dragon Magazine CDRom Archive be continued, and each new Skill, Feat, Race, Monster, Prestige Class, Spell, Weapon, etc should be available on the CD in eTools format. Maybe the CD for each previous year could be included with the magazine's Annual special issue. As PlasticBoy suggested, other products could include eTools expansion CDs containing all the custom data from that product, or the company could make these available from their websites as "web enhancment" downloads. While I appreciate the effort of the web community in compiling eTools custom data download files at sites like e-Tools Repository, maybe more of these could be created with the assistance of the copyright holder and then offered to them to place on their own website as a web enhancement for their own product? But hey, roll-out flat-screen battle-mat monitor does sound really cool! :D [/QUOTE]

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