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Elothan wrote:

And maye imbed images there as wll ? :D

Would be good, but not so necessary. Better to be able to add links to plot points which lead to images and/or encyclopedia entries

blaster219 wrote:

Don't know what I'm doing wrong, but I can't get MP to load with the diceroller dll in the same folder. It appears in the task manager for a few seconds and then vanishes.

Do you have v6.1? I had that problem as well with 6.0.

If that doesn't fix it, let me know!

Thanks!

turlough

blaster219 wrote:

Yeah, I've got 6.1

I download the new versions practically the second after they are released. I admit, I'm kinda addicted to this program and can't imagine running 4E without it now.

So, if they aren't in the folder, MP loads fine?

Hmm. Not sure what to say. Is it the Dice Roller or the other one that is the problem?

turlough

Rico_Huerta wrote:

Is there any way to get monster information from a PDF into a library for this?

Only one way I am afraid. Typing it in yourself....

RAV514 wrote:

Looking for some help;
When i try to use the compedium loader tool, it just sits there and says "loading text, please wait". it will prety much do this indefinately. The longest i've let it sit was about 15 min. I can cancel, so the program has not locked up. Any one got any idea on why or how i can fix it?

I still havent been able to get the compedium loader tool to work. I would really appreciate some one telling me how long it takes them to load a monster from the compedium and the steps they use to do so incase im just being stupid.

RAV514 wrote:

I still havent been able to get the compedium loader tool to work. I would really appreciate some one telling me how long it takes them to load a monster from the compedium and the steps they use to do so incase im just being stupid.

I open the critter in a second tab either by right-clicking or using the center mouse button.

If you're using Mozilla you can right click the page and select "view page source" which should open up a smaller window with the monster's stats in html. highlight this code and use ctrl-c to copy it. After that open the compendium loader and use the "paste" option. The compendium should recognize it. That's how I do it anyway...

Super Rats wrote:

It doesn't work for me either, Firefox or IE, both are the current versions. Using Windows XP Pro. Downloaded campaign builder three hours ago, so it's the latest version of that and the compendium file. I copied and pasted the source code and get "There was a problem loading the source data." Saved file as HTML document and it hangs, even tried removing doctype info and extra info in the html tag. Hangs. Deleted the extra spaces at the top...hangs.

I got the same thing, however ....... what i noticed was it did load the monster into a "test library" instead of the library i chose. So i just grabbed and dragged the monster to the library i wanted it in. I'm also using IE.

So i'd say i'm operating at about 80%. I can get them to load now. It just tells me there was " a problem loading the source data" and puts the data in to a library it makes up.

BTw, thanks MatthewSwift, some of it was my own stupidity.

Rico_Huerta wrote:

I saw that 6.3 is up, I was just wondering what's new?

See version history here

turlough wrote:

Thanks to a fan of Masterplan, I have a site to host my add ons.

Go to this site to get my add ons.

Email or PM me if there is anything you want an add on to do or extra functionality in them! I love the challenge!

turlough

I would love to know how to add creatures from the compendium (the one on the wizards site where I am a DDi subscriber) to masterplan. Well you've already built the add-on but I can't wrap my head around so you have to pretend I'm really dumb when you explain it.

On your site I found something that's probably a tutorial on how to use it but I definatly don't understand it. I'm gonna go through this step by step.

Compendium add on: There are a few more instructions. It's not the best interface but here's how it works.

Press the login button first and in the area below the Web Page label a login will appear for the compendium. Go ahead and login. You might see an error in the web page but that's fine. (I need to fix that.) You are still logged into compendium.

What login button? I assume you are talking about the Wizards.com login button to access the compendium? But then you talk about some error that you need to fix so it's probably not on the wizards site (unless you work for them maybe).

Once that is done, select a directory to save the data. You can use the button next to it to choose a directory. I suggest making new directories for each group of data that you download.

Hmm where do I select a driectory from, what's going on right now, am I on the wizards.com site now or in the masterplan program, or are you just talking about making a folder ready for saving into?

Next, select what you want to download from the combo box. Let say you select Monsters.

What "combo box" , can I add more then just monsters from the compendium?

You can see that I am lost from the start on. This tutorial seems to assume you know how this add-on works but I can't even see where to begin.

Hopefully you can give me the blonde manual :D

Server Error in '/' Application.
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There is no row at position 0.
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.IndexOutOfRangeException: There is no row at position 0.

Source Error:

An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.

Stack Trace:


[IndexOutOfRangeException: There is no row at position 0.]
System.Data.RBTree`1.GetNodeByIndex(Int32 userIndex) +1551286
System.Data.RBTree`1.get_Item(Int32 index) +19
System.Data.DataRowCollection.get_Item(Int32 index) +11
Compendium.monster.Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) in e:\DDiApps\trunk\Compendium\Compendium\source\web\monster.aspx.cs:29
System.Web.Util.CalliHelper.EventArgFunctionCaller(IntPtr fp, Object o, Object t, EventArgs e) +14
System.Web.Util.CalliEventHandlerDelegateProxy.Callback(Object sender, EventArgs e) +35
System.Web.UI.Control.OnLoad(EventArgs e) +99
System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +50
System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +627

And the error message I received upon logging in initially is

Server Error in '/' Application.
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The resource cannot be found.
Description: HTTP 404. The resource you are looking for (or one of its dependencies) could have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable. Please review the following URL and make sure that it is spelled correctly.

Requested URL: /.aspx


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Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:2.0.50727.3082; ASP.NET Version:2.0.50727.3082

I tried this at work first earlier this morning (I work overnights, so it was about 2am edt) and it "sort of" worked. Out of the 10 files that appeared when I loaded it, I got I think 4 htm files out of the 10 with a monster statblock in it. The times that a stat block didn't flash in the window I saw a screen about not being logged in. I had many of the same problems with bringing in Items but the item load into the system after the get data part would hang completely.

So, I came home, took a sleeping pill (need those after crazy shifts) and settled down to take a quick look at it here before falling asleep. My computer had decided to go crazy since the night before and I had to spend an hour fixing it, so now I am fairly groggy from the sleeping pill. My typing may be horrible and I am hoping that everything makes some small bit of sense. Basically - from work (a computer I don't have admin rights to) I was at least able to get about 4 or 5 monsters to import into a folder into the system. No items. They came through the "get data" quickly enough but hung on the importing into the system. From home (a computer I do have admin rights to), I am getting no monsters at all. Just those errors above. Any suggestions? Since I was really stupid and left my project I was working on at work I will have to re-create it tonight from memory since I will be playing tomorrow. It's no huge deal if you can't take a look. I was just crossing my fingers and toes (oh, wait,,,that's a cramp ow ow ow ow)

Thanks!!!

Wasn't sure if I added this somewhere, but I downloaded all the software as of about 1am on July 7, 2009. So I believe I have the newest versions.

Lynadianya wrote:

Hi. First of all, thank you! I Masterplan to set up the first 2 scenes in second half of an adventures my guys are currently on. I was absolutely THRILLED with the help of the Skill Challenge builder. That for me is the best part.

Always nice to hear! Your problem looks to be with Jon's add-in, so I'll let him address it, but if you need a monster library you can always ask on the Facebook group.

subsistcyber wrote:

Has Devereaux abandoned this thread?

No I'm still here - and I encourage you all to enter the competition! There's a $25 DriveThru gift certificate on offer.

turlough wrote:

I updated my dice roller. It's on the website I linked to above.

KronikAlkoholic: It looks like something changed. I will have to redo that and get back to you. Sorry about that. (It usually hiccups after an update. I need to remember to check it every month.)

Thanks!

turlough

Yeah no problem, I can always add manually the creatures I need at the moment.

Devereaux wrote:

Always nice to hear! Your problem looks to be with Jon's add-in, so I'll let him address it, but if you need a monster library you can always ask on the Facebook group.

I'm sorry, Deveraux. I have no idea why I didn't realize that the two things were separate. Thanks for the response!

KronikAlkoholik wrote:

Yeah no problem, I can always add manually the creatures I need at the moment.

Again, I found the issue and updated it. Let me know if you still have problems with the new version.

Thanks!

turlough

Devereaux wrote:

Version 6.5 will include built-in line of sight tracking during combat. Hopefully that sounds good!

You should add a link to the Masterplan website in your signiture so more people can find it and enjoy it.

SkeevePlowse wrote:

I just found this thread, and have been playing with MasterPlan all day - it's an incredibly indepth tool, and I have to say I love it already.

I have found one bug, and I'm not sure if you're already aware of it, but the Overview tab in the Player Characters window throws an exception and crashes the entire program if you don't have any player characters in the details tab.

I will fix that immediately. I'll upload a new version by the end of the day.

AngeloftheNight wrote:

Is it possible to export monsters into a spreadsheet format or some such?

Not currently, but in the next version there will be a way to export creatures (and traps and skill challenges etc) to HTML, which you could then import into a spreadsheet or word processor.

aaronpstone wrote:

This looks like a great program... I've read through a lot of the comments and it seems all the Dungeon Tile links are dead links. can anyone send me the tiles to work with this program? i know this issue has already been brought up multiple times but any help would rock.. thanks.. and awesome work on this program

The dungeon_tiles Yahoo group seems to be the place to go.

Devereaux wrote:

The dungeon_tiles Yahoo group seems to be the place to go.

thanks bud...

Yaou wrote:

Can this program facilitate remote gaming in and of itself (ala Fantasy Grounds or MapTool), or is it just a cool way to plan campaigns?

Not by itself (yet) but an easy way to do this is to use Masterplan's player view screen with some sort of application sharing program (Messenger, Skype etc).

Satrek wrote:

For PCs, adding conditions and applying damage is greyed out. Is that normal behavior or am I doing something wrong? Tracking conditions has never been our strong side, so it'd be nice from time to time.

This is as designed. Due to the complexity of modelling PCs, Masterplan assumes that players are capable of tracking their own characters' hit points and so on.

On the same token, could there be a warning displayed when you start the turn of a creature that is stunned, dazed or suffering from another condition that affects the number of actions to take? It got late yesterday and I had already rolled the attack of a creature that I then realized was stunned.

I'll put that on the list.

One question regarding maps. I set one up using Dungeon Tiles, only to find that I had no way to tell the program which tiles grant cover (statues and the likes). We sometimes use a different tile system with cardboard-made walls (which are a square wide), so I'm wondering whether there's a way to tell the mapper to consider some tiles blocking. The same would probably apply to squares that provide cover and block line of sight as effect of a power (I notioced the overlay-function, and I loved it.).

This isn't in the current version, but it's coming.

Devereaux wrote:

This isn't in the current version, but it's coming.

Very much looking forward to it, thanks .

Yaou wrote:

Can this program facilitate remote gaming in and of itself (ala Fantasy Grounds or MapTool), or is it just a cool way to plan campaigns?

Yes you can use it to do gaming.

But

To make it work well, imo, you need a second monitor and then something like TightVNC, which is free, a remote viewer. That's what I do in my weekly game and it works GREAT! Further, multiple people can connect to it, so you can have more than one site see it.

turlough

turlough wrote:

To make it work well, imo, you need a second monitor and then something like TightVNC, which is free, a remote viewer. That's what I do in my weekly game and it works GREAT! Further, multiple people can connect to it, so you can have more than one site see it.

I havn't used the PlayerView yet, but that sounds like a great solution for a problem my group has been facing, and using a webcam to cover the map never really cut it.

Another question, unrelated: do you have the possibility to run skill challenges with the tool, or at least have the apropriate DCs displayed in list view and not only when editing it? Even better would be a way to tick off certain rolls and get the additions to other chesks automatically added. And what about a combination of skill challenges and combat encounters? Or multiple challenges in parallel, as per the recent RSC article... Or... yes, shutting up now.

One last thing, the possibility to arrange plotpoints vertically, i.e. form different rows despite links.

Satrek wrote:

Another question, unrelated: do you have the possibility to run skill challenges with the tool, or at least have the apropriate DCs displayed in list view and not only when editing it? Even better would be a way to tick off certain rolls and get the additions to other chesks automatically added. And what about a combination of skill challenges and combat encounters? Or multiple challenges in parallel, as per the recent RSC article... Or... yes, shutting up now.

You can add skill challenges to encounters, yes.
The rest is in the works.

TenTonApe wrote:

I'm trying to put master plan on my laptop, I downloaded 6.7 off the website, got the DT1 library and uploaded my monster manual library, but when I try to make a map it says I have no libraries available, and when I check libraries its not registering either of them.

Make sure the libraries are in the same folder as Masterplan. The next time you run it, it should pick them up.

TenTonApe wrote:

They're in the same folder, but libraries says no libraries are installed.

Even after restarting Masterplan?

Since the forums are being taken offline, might be best to take this to the Facebook page.

TenTonApe wrote:

Well found the probable cause, I just wiped this laptop, and I left windows update running, but now that I've checked it out it appear the computer freezes when running windows update (old, crappy laptop) so I don't have .net 3.5 installed.

I'm amazed it runs at all without .NET installed.

Hi, First off I want to say that I love this app and I recently got a few other members of my group hooked as well.  Anyway I have a request, is there anyway to change the creature tokens on the combat encounters?

Sep 2, 2009 -- 2:53PM, Omega_Grey wrote:

Hi, First off I want to say that I love this app and I recently got a few other members of my group hooked as well.  Anyway I have a request, is there anyway to change the creature tokens on the combat encounters?

Not currently, but it'll be available soon.

You sir are some sort of sorcerer.

Me too, really looking forward to being able to set custom tokes for creatures and players.. my players are not impressed with the current setup.. so would really like to see that as soon as possible...

cheers, thanks for a great tool.

Sep 7, 2009 -- 4:37AM, Martin_cy wrote:

Me too, really looking forward to being able to set custom tokes for creatures and players.. my players are not impressed with the current setup.. so would really like to see that as soon as possible...

cheers, thanks for a great tool.

Version 6.9 is now available for download, and includes the ability to set custom images for creature tokens.

Will the wonders ever end?  Seriously, this tool has become a must have for my group and I give a silent thanks to you everytime we use it.

Sep 16, 2009 -- 1:10PM, Omega_Grey wrote:

Will the wonders ever end?  Seriously, this tool has become a must have for my group and I give a silent thanks to you everytime we use it.

Glad you like it; the most useful thing you (and anyone else) can do in return is to publicise it everywhere you can!

I am really impressed with this. I downloaded it for the tile mapping, but the other features look good too. Over the last two days I have designed three encounters nd a skill challenge.

A few points:

When my son ties to run it from his account, it crashes straightaway. This is on WinXPHome. Do you have to be an administrator?

A useful feature on the tile mapper would be if you could click ctrl-d to duplicate the currently selected tile. Also, it would be good if you could save while still working on the map.

For skill challenges, options for automatic successes and automatic failures (eg, if you try to intimidate the lord, automatic failure). Also, some way to show that succes or failure at one stage allows a new skill check (eg, you need to succeed with perception to find someone, and then you get new opportinities to talk to him).

The ability to import monsters from the Monster Builder (which now allows XML exports) would also be neat.

Sep 24, 2009 -- 3:01PM, ThePixie wrote:

For skill challenges, options for automatic successes and automatic failures (eg, if you try to intimidate the lord, automatic failure). Also, some way to show that succes or failure at one stage allows a new skill check (eg, you need to succeed with perception to find someone, and then you get new opportinities to talk to him).

This can be stated in the details or you can not fill in the success field and only fill in the failure field.  My suggestion about this part is to do away with the tabs and stack the fields, this would make copying and pasting into it easier.  I often type what I am wanting into a word processor and then go from there (helps with spell checking and such).  It is not so bad to have to copy all the text into the details and then move bit by bit but if the fields were all visable at once it would be easier.

Sep 24, 2009 -- 3:01PM, ThePixie wrote:

The ability to import monsters from the Monster Builder (which now allows XML exports) would also be neat.

If you download the compendium addin that is available on the site you can import saved HTML pages.  After finishing your custom monster just save the page as a HTML only file and then from within Masterplan go to Tools -> Addins -> Compendium -> add File.  Select the file you saved and there is your custom monster.

My only issue with the import is that when you go to the "powers" section of the monster in the library the attack bonus and defense is not auto filled, it is put into the details of the power but you have to manually put it into the field above.  However I understand how touchy this could be to code so I am not that worried about it since the end result is the same output.

I do have one other thing I would like to suggest.  I am not sure if I am just missing it or what but when I go and start creating encounters I don't have a way to filter the list to only show creatures within a certain level range.  Say I am making a easy encounter for a level 5 group, I may only want to show level 3-5 monsters.  This is not possible.  Also a preview pane for the monster would be nice.  Something that would show the stat block of the selected monster.  Lastly (and this is due to working on a laptop touchpad which is not as easy to click and drag as it is with a mouse) a button to add the monster would be nice.

The new version doesn't use the Compendium add-in; Compendium and Adventure Tools access is now built-in.

Sep 24, 2009 -- 3:01PM, ThePixie wrote:

When my son ties to run it from his account, it crashes straightaway. This is on WinXPHome. Do you have to be an administrator?

I solved this. The issue was with file permissions. As long as the user has full control to all files in the directory it is okay.

The ability to import monsters from the Monster Builder (which now allows XML exports) would also be neat.

I downloaded version 6.10 now, which will download all the monsters from the compendium. Which makes Wizards' Monster Builder superfluous.

Any chance of adding a feature to download traps too?

Yeah, I'm working on that now. It'll be in the next version.

Feb 5, 2009 -- 12:46PM, Devereaux wrote:

Wick wrote:

Except those of us that are non windows...

If there's enough interest, I can certainly try to build a version for other platforms.

I realize this is an old post, but having just discovered your wonderful application last night, I'm wondering if a Mac port is in your plans at all. I run Windows on my iMac using VM software (mostly for the Character Builder), but it eats up a lot of resources and is a bit slow. A Mac port of Masterplan would be absolutely fantastic.

I have only tinkered around with the program so far, but I'm blown away. Great job!

Sep 20, 2010 -- 10:51AM, ArtemisBryant wrote:

It seems the site is no more. Anyone have any info on what happened to it?

Which site? www.habitualindolence.net/masterplan should still be up.

Sep 25, 2009 -- 2:40PM, Devereaux wrote:

The new version doesn't use the Compendium add-in; Compendium and Adventure Tools access is now built-in.

I've recently downloaded the latest version and trying to get the hang of it. I've been able to import Monsters I exported in XML fine, but I'm not finding the Compendium support anywhere, is it still there? It isn't mentioned in the help file.

Also it would be nice if the maps (and images) could be zoomed in and out, and dragged within the window.

read the blog/notices on the Masterplan site.  Also you could make the suggestion on the Materplan Facebook page