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<blockquote data-quote="Cergorach" data-source="post: 306468" data-attributes="member: 725">Re: Campaign SuiteShouldn't it be &quot;AND in fact hurt us software developers who are trying to make a buck on it...&quot;? Something i have absolutely no problem with, but don't beat around the bush. If you have a great product that i will use a lot i'll try to support it financially when i can.The problem is that there' currently no way to get it from someone who has the rights to distribute it in any form or for any program. It's not even available for e-tools. That gives us no other way to effectively use RPG software with any WOTC material that isn't in the SRD. Some might say &quot;Ah, ain't that a shame... Life with it punk!&quot;, i generally don't accept that.The alternative is to input the data into datafiles yourself, i don't know about you but i don't have the time to input all those books into a format that is readable by a RPG program. I might do a part, but certainly not all. I have been making 50-60 hour work weeks and now that i have a couple of days off i'm bussy making my phpshop, i'm happy enough if i and my friends can find the time to play a D&amp;D game once a week for a few hours. Now let's say that i would have taken the time to input everything in, can i now expect my group of four players to do the same? Because i technically am not allowed to let them use my files, although they have all the books i inputed. Thus, no offense intended and no harm intended, but unless someone comes with a good alternative we're stuck with doing things that are murky at best...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cergorach, post: 306468, member: 725"] [b]Re: Campaign Suite[/b] Shouldn't it be "AND in fact hurt us software developers who are trying to make a buck on it..."? Something i have absolutely no problem with, but don't beat around the bush. If you have a great product that i will use a lot i'll try to support it financially when i can. The problem is that there' currently no way to get it from someone who has the rights to distribute it in any form or for any program. It's not even available for e-tools. That gives us no other way to effectively use RPG software with any WOTC material that isn't in the SRD. Some might say "Ah, ain't that a shame... Life with it punk!", i generally don't accept that. The alternative is to input the data into datafiles yourself, i don't know about you but i don't have the time to input all those books into a format that is readable by a RPG program. I might do a part, but certainly not all. I have been making 50-60 hour work weeks and now that i have a couple of days off i'm bussy making my phpshop, i'm happy enough if i and my friends can find the time to play a D&D game once a week for a few hours. Now let's say that i would have taken the time to input everything in, can i now expect my group of four players to do the same? Because i technically am not allowed to let them use my files, although they have all the books i inputed. Thus, no offense intended and no harm intended, but unless someone comes with a good alternative we're stuck with doing things that are murky at best... [/QUOTE]

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