WOTC Online Content

[Obryn]

If you still need help, drop me a PM. I might be able to assist.

 

[D'karr]

I heard this rumor about some sort of 'offline compendium' too, but I haven't found any sign that such a thing ACTUALLY exists. Its possible that it does.

It's not just a rumor, it actually does exist. However, it seems like all traces of the original files on the internet have disappeared. It uses XAMPP to run an apache web server locally and mysql to host the database. It required a DDI account to do the initial scrape of the compendium db into the mysql db. Since WotC moved the tools, I'm not sure if that function would work anymore for any new installations.

As for the CBLoader, good luck finding a copy of the old CB! I have one because of having DDI way back in the day, but its not easy to find, and it is increasingly difficult to install on newer versions of Windows.

It's still available if you look, you can even find the adventure tools (monster builder). The installation on all versions including 10 works pretty much the same as before. What I would recommend when installing is to not allow the files to be installed on the program files folders. Create a new folder for these tools and install them there.

I have all of these (CB & MB) installed on Win 7 and 10 without issues.

 

[AbdulAlhazred]

Ah, I'm sure I can fix the URL issue if it comes to that. Not that I'm saying I'd actually RUN such a thing mind you . The interesting thing there is, it might not be that hard to run both CB and Compendium off the same data. I mean it wouldn't probably be EASY, but....

Certainly might make hacking something together for my own 4e hack a bit easier, if I ever really get that ambitious.

 

[Nemesis Destiny]

Ah, I'm sure I can fix the URL issue if it comes to that. Not that I'm saying I'd actually RUN such a thing mind you .

If it ever gets shut off, I would certainly be interested in doing so... for educational and archival purposes only, of course

...and I would totally need some help with that.

 

[bamajon1974]

I may have made some progress. Looks like a lot of the articles, dungeon, dragon, excerpts, and others are here on this internet archive file index

https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://archive.wizards.com/DnD/*

Looks like many of the articles go back to 2012 and earlier but I have not explored yet. Here are some indexes of content. Don't think all of the links work but the index link above should help.

Article Archive https://web.archive.org/web/20141012040725/http://archive.wizards.com/DnD/Archive.aspx?category=all

Forging the Realms https://web.archive.org/web/2015030...spx?category=all&subcategory=forgingtherealms

Legends & Lore https://web.archive.org/web/2014100...ive.aspx?category=all&subcategory=legendslore

Worlds Archive https://web.archive.org/web/2014100...ive.aspx?category=all&subcategory=legendslore

https://web.archive.org/web/20150301125433/http://archive.wizards.com/DnD/WorldsArchive.aspx

Still cannot get the subscriber content though.

 

[Orius]

The D&D website has long been like a cyberspace dungeon. You have to crawl through it and explore to find all the hidden treasure.

 

[Scrivener of Doom]

(snip) I heard this rumor about some sort of 'offline compendium' too, but I haven't found any sign that such a thing ACTUALLY exists. Its possible that it does. (snip)

I've got the Portable D&D Compendium running on my laptop so it definitely exists. I love it. I live in one of the most Third World parts of a Third World country where the average internet connection speed is slower than that of Afghanistan (and I am not joking) so being able to look things up without lag or connection problems has been really helpful.

I use Masterplan for monster building. I basically build all my own monsters so I had a lot of custom stat blocks saved from using the online Adventure Tools (which I also had to do because the ridiculous 100 monster cap) and I was able to import these, plus some of the others I specifically saved because I thought they might be useful, so my Masterplan stat block library is quite comprehensive.

 

[AbdulAlhazred]

I've got the Portable D&D Compendium running on my laptop so it definitely exists. I love it. I live in one of the most Third World parts of a Third World country where the average internet connection speed is slower than that of Afghanistan (and I am not joking) so being able to look things up without lag or connection problems has been really helpful.

I use Masterplan for monster building. I basically build all my own monsters so I had a lot of custom stat blocks saved from using the online Adventure Tools (which I also had to do because the ridiculous 100 monster cap) and I was able to import these, plus some of the others I specifically saved because I thought they might be useful, so my Masterplan stat block library is quite comprehensive.

Yeah, I have happened upon a copy of the object code. It looks like what I have is a JavaFX application, Java anyway. It would be cool to have the source...