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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Luke" data-source="post: 157818" data-attributes="member: 602">PreBeta 2 available for testersI've been hard at work, and the pre-beta testers are being e-mailed with a link to the latest release. I've packed all requests as reasonably as I could at this stage. There are other feature requests, but I'm a day late on my update promise already:Key Stability fixes:- You used to be able to sometimes get yourself into a broken state with adding new items/creatures, if you crashed out, or did an import. Major fix.- Certain abilities used to cause problems with some creatures, where you couldn't move onto them in the list. Major fix.BattleMap- Action window has a "Grab BattleMap" option to merge the 2 windows together for combat. They work very well off each other this way.- Creature colouring is done by party, so combats are far more obvious.- A short name default makes the BattleMap much more readable now.- !!! You can double-click on the map now to add creatures directly to that spot. If you add multiple creatures (eg: via the "List Grid"), they will be spread in a group around the spot.- The currently selected creature is now obvious, with a white surrounding circle that shows 5' reach.- A "Center on creature" option make the BattleMap automatically zoon in on the currently selected creature.- As you move creatures on the map, you are told how far they've moved. Movement will result in either a "Step", or a "Movement" action, depending on how far you move.Action/Combat- Fixes with enabling the "Next" on creature actions.- Dying creatures try to stabilize with popups where you can override the dice roll.- Initiative/Actions buttons have been re-arranged to be more obvious, and flow more smoothly.General- CharGen: Fix of con modifiers for certain situations- CharGen: Adding classes by "List Grid" is now case-insensitive.- Better auto-updating between windows (List, BattleMap etc), as changes happen (create or delete creatures).Summary- Apologies to those caught out with stability issues. I've been dogged by 2 bad ones ("bad" meaning you're pretty much stuck), and I think they're fixed now.- I'm glad there was a general call for expansion of "BattleMap" features. I wasn't sure how much peopl would use it, but the effort is well worth it.I'm starting to see how very, very quickly encounters can now be created, visualized and played out.** In particular, I'm very happy that masses of game rule detail is instantly available as you need it, yet it only takes a few mouse-clicks to work your way through it, whilst correctly following the game rules.This is, to me, the most important thing about designing software to help out at the gaming table.Regards,Luke</blockquote>

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