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<blockquote data-quote="Majoru Oakheart" data-source="post: 4615143" data-attributes="member: 5143">I can't remember where I read it, but I believe someone at WOTC said specifically not to expect it in 2009.&nbsp; From memory, I believe it was said that although the game table was mostly working, that it had severe stability issues.&nbsp; There was something about the fact that it was programmed by a 3rd party company without any sort of DRM and that there was an attempt by WOTC to add that feature into the program.&nbsp; It was causing large amounts of stability issues.&nbsp; WOTC wanted to verify that you were &quot;authorized&quot; to access each mini, stat block, map, and object on the screen.&nbsp; The idea is that they might want to sell minis or maps(either 2d copies or 3d copies), plus they wanted to allow you to search the compendium for information and attach stat blocks to minis.&nbsp; This would be allowed if you were paying for DDI but not if you were a &quot;guest&quot; user.And, from what I heard, there were some fundamental issues with the way the program was written that made it easier to rewrite almost ALL the underlying code in order to get these rights working rather than attempt to fix it.&nbsp; Since it appeared to be such a large amount of work, they felt that it was best to put their effort into the character generator and visualizer.So, the current plan appears to be Character Creator in &quot;very early&quot; 2009 with the implication that it'll be in the last 2 weeks of January.&nbsp; Then the visualizer appears to be mostly completed and likely it'll come next.&nbsp; After that, WOTC appears to be making no promises at all, except that we shouldn't expect the Game Table in 2009(in any form at all, including beta).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Majoru Oakheart, post: 4615143, member: 5143"] I can't remember where I read it, but I believe someone at WOTC said specifically not to expect it in 2009. From memory, I believe it was said that although the game table was mostly working, that it had severe stability issues. There was something about the fact that it was programmed by a 3rd party company without any sort of DRM and that there was an attempt by WOTC to add that feature into the program. It was causing large amounts of stability issues. WOTC wanted to verify that you were "authorized" to access each mini, stat block, map, and object on the screen. The idea is that they might want to sell minis or maps(either 2d copies or 3d copies), plus they wanted to allow you to search the compendium for information and attach stat blocks to minis. This would be allowed if you were paying for DDI but not if you were a "guest" user. And, from what I heard, there were some fundamental issues with the way the program was written that made it easier to rewrite almost ALL the underlying code in order to get these rights working rather than attempt to fix it. Since it appeared to be such a large amount of work, they felt that it was best to put their effort into the character generator and visualizer. So, the current plan appears to be Character Creator in "very early" 2009 with the implication that it'll be in the last 2 weeks of January. Then the visualizer appears to be mostly completed and likely it'll come next. After that, WOTC appears to be making no promises at all, except that we shouldn't expect the Game Table in 2009(in any form at all, including beta). [/QUOTE]

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