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What an eventful 2 weeks since our last release!
This release is being sent to Wotc for their
evaluation to determine if the data is indeed
OGL compliant, and the application is D20 compliant.
We've been in constant contact with them and we
believe that we're there. We don't know how long
it will take Wotc to make their determination, but
we'll keep you posted with any developments. Once
we are certified as OGL/D20 compliant, we will
begin negotiations for permission on their non-SRD
material. We'll keep you all posted on how that
proceeds as well.
Why have we become OGL and D20 compliant? Those of
you who have been with us for a while know that we've
been investigating and working on becoming OGL
compliant for over a year now. We were actually
quite close to being done with that, but there were
a number of reasons why we didn't. Once Wotc told
us that if we became OGL and D20 compliant they
would consider giving us permission for all their
non-SRD material, it became a no-brainer. The
OGL compliance was quite simple - the changes required
for the D20 compliance were a bit stickier, and those
drove the main changes you will notice in this release.
D20 compliance means we can no longer randomly
generate stats or hit points, this is considered
'interactive'. To compensate for this we've made the
purchase mode much more flexible - you can specify
the cost of stats all the way down to 0 and as high
as you want. We'll make it easier for you to just
type your stats in as well. That way you can use
your favorite die roller (use actual dice or one of
the billions of die rollers on the internet) and copy
and paste the result it. You'll also notice the
OGL license comes up - section 15 at the bottom is
dynamically generated based upon the sources in
pcgen's data directory.
A lot of work has gone into this, and this couldn't
have happened so rapidly without a lot of people
putting in extra time on this. Being the Benevolent
Dictator, I expect myself to put lots of time into
it, but I'm always grateful for those who also help
move the mountain! Anthony Valterra from Wotc has
been a great resource and has spent a lot of time
explaining the nitty gritty of what OGL/D20 compliance
means for us specifically and what we need to change
to get there. Mynex has spent a lot of time on the
phone with Anthony and then helped translate to
the rest of us what needs to be done. Jonas Karlsson
and Greg Bingleman have helped do a lot of the coding,
and Andrew McDougall has done a lot of the data work.
This release represents a lot of very fundamental
changes, so it would be best to install this in a
new directory. The LstConverter in the Tools menu
has been updated so it can update your old data
files to use the new tags which have been created.
Make a backup copy of your data files before you
do this as it will overwrite them.
You can right-click on an item in the available table
in the Inventory tab to "Customise" it (make a
normal item a magical one or just change its size).
Anyone wanting to use the "print" button will need
the pdf library at
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/pcgen/pdf.zip and
unzip it into your PCGen's lib directory (those are
the 4 files PCGen will indicate are missing if you try
to print without having downloaded that libarary).
Here's the list of everything that has been
addressed in this release. If you reported one
of these, please verify that it is was addressed
properly. PCGen is available at
http://pcgen.sourceforge.net , and the main
discussion group is at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pcgen . Be sure to
download at least the first two parts of PCGen...
pcgen310_part1of3.zip and pcgen310_part2of3.zip.
Please download both of these files!
There's also pcgen310_part3of3.zip which is the
complete documentation - it's been split out due to
its increased size and the fact that it doesn't change
much from release to release. Since some documentation
is included in part1of3.zip, some files will also
be in part3of3.zip, so unzipping one over the other
will require overwriting of files (which is fine
since they're identical).
We've got some OS-specific installs of PCGen to help
those who have trouble installing the generic
version. At
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pcgen/files/Alternate PCGen%
20Releases/
you will find a list of these releases which you can
use if you have trouble with the version you find
here. Please note that there alternate versions are
updated by users, so there may be some time lag
between when an official release comes out and
when the alternate OS-specific release is ready.
Bugs
599972 'All stats the same' doesn't work
590652 Sub Menu for Stat Rolling method wrong
587561 Monster Alignment
596926 NAMEISPI tag breaks GUI behavior
584434 A bad file CRC
588716 Spell List Appears in Language Block
595055 Summary tab level field always reads '1'
588157 Opening Character File Problem
595204 Main Source list not updated on PC load
591883 spell resistance not displayed right
595059 Beep when changing tabs in UI
586711 Dwarf barbarian speed error
594812 Template list has no default selection
591487 Item spell ability customization broken
592635 Armor Proficiency (1x)?
590857 Bracers of Armor do not add to AC
588224 Skill requirements not fullfilable
589324 DM Notes tab is not PC Notes
587839 Contemplate Restriction problem
589443 P-Class Skill Pre-Reqs Broken
588965 starting weapon prof missing
589137 Familiar hit dice/points not correct
588741 No meow for Animal Lord
587448 Skill type cannot be fulfilled for DivA
587825 Pre-req for Pyro
588676 Multiclassing prevents familiar-taking
588261 Wizards can't select basic familiars
588379 Familiar's ranged attack wrong
588382 Familiars/Mounts Natural Armor
588299 Prestige classes appear to be broken
588260 Class-granted special abils messed up
588059 corrected typos for Divine Agent
588177 Balagarn's Iron Horse?
587912 BONUS:SKILL broken
587867 missing container halts pcg load
585163 Halflings have a +1 to hit
586093 Adamantine overrides Masterwork
587443 correction for Divine Agent (MotP)
Features
599502 PRECHECK:#,name(=#),name=# (OGL)
586101 Need COUNT[FOLLOWERS] tag
596643 Extract BAB types to formulae
595202 Move campaign load code to PCG Parser
592630 PREEQUIP tag needed
592632 Armor Defense Bonus display
592634 DEFBONUS: tag for equipment
509751 Search function in Inventory
536445 Exotic Weapon Proficiencies&House Rules
523919 Customize the Customization
522014 Customizing Gems
504712 Customizing scrolls
502831 Custom Wands
Output Sheets
589115 Added token to ROG.fo templates
578931 Add filter option for PREPARE tag
569437 Pictures taken from wrong directory
527557 Charset encoding support in templates
517887 Psionic 0-level 'talents' per day
PCGen
M: Bugs
589999 Arcane Archer with Bow
594455 DMG Assassin Class Misspellings
588259 Skills list not showing correctly
591203 Cannot Add PrC's
573390 Holy Avenger weilded by Paladin
588319 Spells with no home
583556 Initiate Special Ability Choice
568029 Wrong Prestiege Domain added
PCGENM: List File Fixes/New List Files
600012 PHb classes converted to WotC request
596500 Mythic Races: a few BONUS systax errors
594692 Net Book of Feats PRESA tag fixes
594300 Holy Avenger fix for Paladin weilder
587761 additional base equip types
563636 Reallow Spell Comp Pouch to hold items
584274 Several classes named Shaman
587779 Goblins missing bonus to riding wolves
570248 Carry Vials like Potions
584099 Dragon Star Skill focus incorrect
589879 Monte Cooke Ranger Fix
584809 Quintessential Rogue
PCGENM: Tag Modification Requests
564265 Spell Resistance in equipment to SR
599261 Race.lst: BAB > BONUS w/PREDEFAULTMONSTER:Y
599249 BAB: in classes.lst to BONUS:COMBAT|BAB|
599252 CHECK1, etc to BONUS:CHECKS|BASE.name|
596812 Changed checks (saves) to load from file
596982 TEMPLATE: deprecated STAT tags.
596644 BAB:G/M/B/O to BAB:>formula<
585200 SUBSA to SA:.CLEAR
The PCGen Development Team
This release is being sent to Wotc for their
evaluation to determine if the data is indeed
OGL compliant, and the application is D20 compliant.
We've been in constant contact with them and we
believe that we're there. We don't know how long
it will take Wotc to make their determination, but
we'll keep you posted with any developments. Once
we are certified as OGL/D20 compliant, we will
begin negotiations for permission on their non-SRD
material. We'll keep you all posted on how that
proceeds as well.
Why have we become OGL and D20 compliant? Those of
you who have been with us for a while know that we've
been investigating and working on becoming OGL
compliant for over a year now. We were actually
quite close to being done with that, but there were
a number of reasons why we didn't. Once Wotc told
us that if we became OGL and D20 compliant they
would consider giving us permission for all their
non-SRD material, it became a no-brainer. The
OGL compliance was quite simple - the changes required
for the D20 compliance were a bit stickier, and those
drove the main changes you will notice in this release.
D20 compliance means we can no longer randomly
generate stats or hit points, this is considered
'interactive'. To compensate for this we've made the
purchase mode much more flexible - you can specify
the cost of stats all the way down to 0 and as high
as you want. We'll make it easier for you to just
type your stats in as well. That way you can use
your favorite die roller (use actual dice or one of
the billions of die rollers on the internet) and copy
and paste the result it. You'll also notice the
OGL license comes up - section 15 at the bottom is
dynamically generated based upon the sources in
pcgen's data directory.
A lot of work has gone into this, and this couldn't
have happened so rapidly without a lot of people
putting in extra time on this. Being the Benevolent
Dictator, I expect myself to put lots of time into
it, but I'm always grateful for those who also help
move the mountain! Anthony Valterra from Wotc has
been a great resource and has spent a lot of time
explaining the nitty gritty of what OGL/D20 compliance
means for us specifically and what we need to change
to get there. Mynex has spent a lot of time on the
phone with Anthony and then helped translate to
the rest of us what needs to be done. Jonas Karlsson
and Greg Bingleman have helped do a lot of the coding,
and Andrew McDougall has done a lot of the data work.
This release represents a lot of very fundamental
changes, so it would be best to install this in a
new directory. The LstConverter in the Tools menu
has been updated so it can update your old data
files to use the new tags which have been created.
Make a backup copy of your data files before you
do this as it will overwrite them.
You can right-click on an item in the available table
in the Inventory tab to "Customise" it (make a
normal item a magical one or just change its size).
Anyone wanting to use the "print" button will need
the pdf library at
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/pcgen/pdf.zip and
unzip it into your PCGen's lib directory (those are
the 4 files PCGen will indicate are missing if you try
to print without having downloaded that libarary).
Here's the list of everything that has been
addressed in this release. If you reported one
of these, please verify that it is was addressed
properly. PCGen is available at
http://pcgen.sourceforge.net , and the main
discussion group is at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pcgen . Be sure to
download at least the first two parts of PCGen...
pcgen310_part1of3.zip and pcgen310_part2of3.zip.
Please download both of these files!
There's also pcgen310_part3of3.zip which is the
complete documentation - it's been split out due to
its increased size and the fact that it doesn't change
much from release to release. Since some documentation
is included in part1of3.zip, some files will also
be in part3of3.zip, so unzipping one over the other
will require overwriting of files (which is fine
since they're identical).
We've got some OS-specific installs of PCGen to help
those who have trouble installing the generic
version. At
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pcgen/files/Alternate PCGen%
20Releases/
you will find a list of these releases which you can
use if you have trouble with the version you find
here. Please note that there alternate versions are
updated by users, so there may be some time lag
between when an official release comes out and
when the alternate OS-specific release is ready.
Bugs
599972 'All stats the same' doesn't work
590652 Sub Menu for Stat Rolling method wrong
587561 Monster Alignment
596926 NAMEISPI tag breaks GUI behavior
584434 A bad file CRC
588716 Spell List Appears in Language Block
595055 Summary tab level field always reads '1'
588157 Opening Character File Problem
595204 Main Source list not updated on PC load
591883 spell resistance not displayed right
595059 Beep when changing tabs in UI
586711 Dwarf barbarian speed error
594812 Template list has no default selection
591487 Item spell ability customization broken
592635 Armor Proficiency (1x)?
590857 Bracers of Armor do not add to AC
588224 Skill requirements not fullfilable
589324 DM Notes tab is not PC Notes
587839 Contemplate Restriction problem
589443 P-Class Skill Pre-Reqs Broken
588965 starting weapon prof missing
589137 Familiar hit dice/points not correct
588741 No meow for Animal Lord
587448 Skill type cannot be fulfilled for DivA
587825 Pre-req for Pyro
588676 Multiclassing prevents familiar-taking
588261 Wizards can't select basic familiars
588379 Familiar's ranged attack wrong
588382 Familiars/Mounts Natural Armor
588299 Prestige classes appear to be broken
588260 Class-granted special abils messed up
588059 corrected typos for Divine Agent
588177 Balagarn's Iron Horse?
587912 BONUS:SKILL broken
587867 missing container halts pcg load
585163 Halflings have a +1 to hit
586093 Adamantine overrides Masterwork
587443 correction for Divine Agent (MotP)
Features
599502 PRECHECK:#,name(=#),name=# (OGL)
586101 Need COUNT[FOLLOWERS] tag
596643 Extract BAB types to formulae
595202 Move campaign load code to PCG Parser
592630 PREEQUIP tag needed
592632 Armor Defense Bonus display
592634 DEFBONUS: tag for equipment
509751 Search function in Inventory
536445 Exotic Weapon Proficiencies&House Rules
523919 Customize the Customization
522014 Customizing Gems
504712 Customizing scrolls
502831 Custom Wands
Output Sheets
589115 Added token to ROG.fo templates
578931 Add filter option for PREPARE tag
569437 Pictures taken from wrong directory
527557 Charset encoding support in templates
517887 Psionic 0-level 'talents' per day
PCGen
M: Bugs589999 Arcane Archer with Bow
594455 DMG Assassin Class Misspellings
588259 Skills list not showing correctly
591203 Cannot Add PrC's
573390 Holy Avenger weilded by Paladin
588319 Spells with no home
583556 Initiate Special Ability Choice
568029 Wrong Prestiege Domain added
PCGEN
M: List File Fixes/New List Files600012 PHb classes converted to WotC request
596500 Mythic Races: a few BONUS systax errors
594692 Net Book of Feats PRESA tag fixes
594300 Holy Avenger fix for Paladin weilder
587761 additional base equip types
563636 Reallow Spell Comp Pouch to hold items
584274 Several classes named Shaman
587779 Goblins missing bonus to riding wolves
570248 Carry Vials like Potions
584099 Dragon Star Skill focus incorrect
589879 Monte Cooke Ranger Fix
584809 Quintessential Rogue
PCGEN
M: Tag Modification Requests564265 Spell Resistance in equipment to SR
599261 Race.lst: BAB > BONUS w/PREDEFAULTMONSTER:Y
599249 BAB: in classes.lst to BONUS:COMBAT|BAB|
599252 CHECK1, etc to BONUS:CHECKS|BASE.name|
596812 Changed checks (saves) to load from file
596982 TEMPLATE: deprecated STAT tags.
596644 BAB:G/M/B/O to BAB:>formula<
585200 SUBSA to SA:.CLEAR
The PCGen Development Team
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