VT Beta getting CB/AT importing this week

[SparqMan]

Wish they'd let us know when all DDI subcribers would get in on the beta.

 

[kaomera]

Wish they'd let us know when all DDI subcribers would get in on the beta.

I really don't think they know yet. If I had to make a guess it would be: "As soon as we can with a reasonable expectation that we won't get our heads bitten off over bugs, etc."

 

[Mithreinmaethor]

I really don't think they know yet. If I had to make a guess it would be: "As soon as we can with a reasonable expectation that we won't get our heads bitten off over bugs, etc."

That would be never then since people sit on the forums and bitch and whine incessantly about every minor thing WOTC does.

 

[Dice4Hire]

Doesn't seem like it's quite ready for prime time yet, but it's a solid development!

It does seem to be advancing nicely.

 

[the Jester]

In the short-term, we will be temporarily be granting access to the online Character Builder to all beta participants.

Wish they'd let us know when all DDI subcribers would get in on the beta.

While I'm glad they are opening the beta to non-subscribers, and I support letting them use the DDI pieces that interact with it, I find it amazing and disheartening that there are DDI subscribers paying for those services who cannot get in on the beta.

Well, thankfully, that's why it's still in Beta.

We should not be stuck beta testing a replacement for an awesome fun tool. If we must be stuck doing so, it shouldn't drag on for months before we're back to where we were.

Edit: The fundamental problem with DDI right now seems to be a lack of focus on the customers' needs and wants. They seem to be catering to the guys yelling about piracy, which is fine; but it's at the cost of value to the customer, which is not.

 

[Jan van Leyden]

From the post mudbunny quoted:

* Monster Importing: Importing custom Monsters from the online Adventure Tools will be added. Importing non-custom monsters will not be available yet.

So only custom monsters can be imported in the first step? Has anyone looked at the XML for custom and non-custom monsters? I' hazard a guess that the custom ones contain much more information, which in turn can be used for the import.

Maybe - wishful thinking here - the VTT doesn't access the Compendium but is fed the XML.

Could that mean that the XML for monsters (and characters?) will be changed to contain more information in the future? That would make it easier to use the data in some 3rd party tool!

Here's hoping that I'm not reading the tea leaves...

 

[Scribble]

While I'm glad they are opening the beta to non-subscribers, and I support letting them use the DDI pieces that interact with it, I find it amazing and disheartening that there are DDI subscribers paying for those services who cannot get in on the beta.

Did you ask?

I sent an email through the beta tester request page, and low and behold... a week or two later I am now a VTT beta tester.



Does anyone know- if you get made a VT beta tester does that mean you also get made a beta tester of the new MB?

If so- how do I access it?

 

[abyssaldeath]

Did you ask?

I sent an email through the beta tester request page, and low and behold... a week or two later I am now a VTT beta tester.



Does anyone know- if you get made a VT beta tester does that mean you also get made a beta tester of the new MB?

If so- how do I access it?

Yes you do have access to the online MB as a beta tester. The link is found in the beta tester group forums. Whoops! Browser Settings Incompatible!

 

[Scribble]

Awesome! Thank you... Should have figured I should check there.

 

[Keefe the Thief]

While I'm glad they are opening the beta to non-subscribers, and I support letting them use the DDI pieces that interact with it, I find it amazing and disheartening that there are DDI subscribers paying for those services who cannot get in on the beta.

We should not be stuck beta testing a replacement for an awesome fun tool. If we must be stuck doing so, it shouldn't drag on for months before we're back to where we were.

Edit: The fundamental problem with DDI right now seems to be a lack of focus on the customers' needs and wants. They seem to be catering to the guys yelling about piracy, which is fine; but it's at the cost of value to the customer, which is not.

All you had to do to get into the beta was to ask once and voila. And the stripped-down functionality makes sense for integrating the tools. If you'd have all those drag'n'drop stuffies and editing functions in the monster builder going, it would be much much harder to integrate the different tools. I don't really get the piracy comment.