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Re: [D&D4E Framework] Blakey's Framework
Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2010 5:04 pm
by Doc_Waldo
Ok. Thanks, that worked in getting me to get everything set and build. However, I am still running into the same problem I had previous. When I get to point to save the token, I have no place to put the name, see below.
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Re: [D&D4E Framework] Blakey's Framework
Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2010 5:30 pm
by Blakey
Weird!
I don't really have a clue, I'm afraid. The token saving is simply using a very standard JFileChooser to select the filename. As far as I know the OS should provide the suitable file chooser.
On windows7 mine looks like this:
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Maybe one of the Java experts on the boards can help. This is my code to save the RPTOK (excuse the strange indentation - the forum has done that).
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private void saveNPC() {
try {
JFileChooser chooser = new JFileChooser(TokenMaker.npcSavePath);
chooser.addChoosableFileFilter(new FileNameExtensionFilter(
"MapTool Token", "rptok"));
int returnVal = chooser.showOpenDialog(this);
if (returnVal == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
File saveFile = chooser.getSelectedFile();
if (!saveFile.getName().endsWith(".rptok")) {
saveFile = new File(saveFile.getAbsolutePath() + ".rptok");
}
NPCToken token = new NPCToken(myNPC);
token.setPortrait(portraitFile);
token.setTokenFile(saveFile);
token.setTokenName(saveFile.getName().replace(".rptok", ""));
token.save();
TokenMaker.npcSavePath = chooser.getCurrentDirectory()
.getAbsolutePath();
}
} catch (Exception e) {
System.err.println("Error saving your NPC: " + e);
}
}
I'm trying to use java standard classes wherever possible - and I'm not doing anything I'd think was unusual here, but maybe an expert can show me where I'm going wrong?
Sorry this is giving you so much hassle Doc.
One question: Do you now have a ddi.dat and a .status file in your home directory/.tokenmaker folder?
Blakey
Re: [D&D4E Framework] Blakey's Framework
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 4:14 am
by Blakey
Just a note to say that this Framework is still alive and well - although I think my group is the only group using it.
A new version (v1.17) was posted to my web site today (
www.rodinia.info/downloads.php) which includes a Readme file to help clear things up.
Cheers
Blakey
Re: [D&D4E Framework] Blakey's Framework
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 6:05 pm
by luethian
just found this. sounds like it is exactly what i am looking for. new to rptools. So , for what it is worth, i believe my group will be using it also.
Re: [D&D4E Framework] Blakey's Framework
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 2:52 am
by Blakey
Kewl. Any issues, let me know... Not saying I'll be able to help but I'll try...
Re: [D&D4E Framework] Blakey's Framework
Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 2:47 am
by Longshot
Hey there. I want to try out this frame work, but hit a snag.
-I downloaded the zip file, extracted the files
-I started maptool-1.3.b86 with a stack size of 8 ( tried memory min/max of both 64/1024 and 1000/1500)
-Opened Campaign props to import BlakeyPropertiesv1.17.mtprops
Got an error on import(This is not complete, but they are two notable lines from the error):
com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.StreamException: : Stream closed
Caused by: java.io.IOException: Stream closed
Not sure how to proceed.
Oh also of note: I have been using maptools for about a year (Been using Rumble's framework). I have made custom changes, adapted drop-in tools, etc, so I would guess I am an intermediate level user.
Edit: Also also of note; I tried this with both XP Pro SP3, and Win 7
Re: [D&D4E Framework] Blakey's Framework
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 3:12 am
by Blakey
Hi,
Can you try downloading v1.3b70 and give that a whirl? That's the version of MT I'm using annd the campaign properties were saved with that. I'm not sure if there are incompatibility issues with using campaign properties in b86 which were created with b70.
Cheers
Blakey
Re: [D&D4E Framework] Blakey's Framework
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 6:18 pm
by Longshot
Using Build 70 did work. I thought I'd report back on some things I tried, and ask some questions.
Things I tried out:
-I tried importing a Psion, it did not work (but I know you mentioned it probably wouldn't)
-I tried some combat with imported PCs and NPCs, it threw an error: Unknown library token Lib:Blakey. I fixed this by bringing the Lib token to the same map I was fighting on.
-I noticed the PC tokens were set to NPC, so I changed them to PC. After that, the Character Sheet didn't work on mouse-over, so I put them back to NPC. This, unfortunately, seems to mean I can't use the Vision Blocking Layer to separate what the PCs see from what the NPCs see. Is that something your group does not use?
Questions:
-The Monster I imported does 2 Ongoing damage on a hit. While I can put the Ongoing Damage state on a token, is there a means of noting that it should be for 2 damage? How do you guys handle that?
-If I can't import a character, is there no way to manually build one? Create the Powers, etc?
Re: [D&D4E Framework] Blakey's Framework
Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 3:10 am
by Blakey
Longshot wrote:-I tried importing a Psion, it did not work (but I know you mentioned it probably wouldn't)
Yeah, I'm not surprised at all by that. I've never tried to figure out how psionics might be supported as we've never had a psionic character in any of our campaigns.
-I tried some combat with imported PCs and NPCs, it threw an error: Unknown library token Lib:Blakey. I fixed this by bringing the Lib token to the same map I was fighting on.
As far as I'm aware you should be fine as long as you have that token on any one map in yuor campaign. And make sure you don't have multiples as I believe this can screw things up.
-I noticed the PC tokens were set to NPC, so I changed them to PC. After that, the Character Sheet didn't work on mouse-over, so I put them back to NPC. This, unfortunately, seems to mean I can't use the Vision Blocking Layer to separate what the PCs see from what the NPCs see. Is that something your group does not use?
We do use this, yes. What you need to do is make all the PC tokens PCs as you first did. Then in order to pop up the PC character sheet get them to select the PC token and press F12. This is the key which is used to pop up PC tokens.
If you enable the "Selected" window in MapTool you'll see a macro on each token - one for each power they have and at the top in blue one which is labelled "Character Sheet (F12)". That's the macro which sets up the PC charactter sheet and it's fired by pressing F12.
This means the DM and the players use slightly different ways to use tokens - the DM uses mouse over and the PCs use F12. You could easily change this by changing the Campaign Properties about if you know what you're doing...
-The Monster I imported does 2 Ongoing damage on a hit. While I can put the Ongoing Damage state on a token, is there a means of noting that it should be for 2 damage? How do you guys handle that?
We just remember it. If we need to remember it from session to session, we stick a note on the token Notes field.
-If I can't import a character, is there no way to manually build one? Create the Powers, etc?
Not easily. but as I said, if you enable the "Selected" window you can see what you are trying to build. You need to fill in all the Properties on the token, and then you need one Macro for "Character Sheet (F12)" which you could copy from another PC and hack - although you'll need good MapTool-Macro-Fu to do that. The other tokens are for usable powers and all they do is pop up the HTML in the "Compendium" frame so if you have the rules easily to access suring a game you don't really need this part.
What do you think of the framework overall?
Re: [D&D4E Framework] Blakey's Framework
Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2011 6:19 am
by Longshot
I think this framework could be a great time saver for DMs. At this stage, it seems to be more that one would need to be the right user and group to really get the most out of it. My Map-Fu is good, but not strong, which is a factor in using it at this point. I can that I will be following up on future developments here.
Monster Import Error - [D&D4E Framework] Blakey's Framework
Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2011 10:16 pm
by buttonpusher
I'm going through all the Monsters in my upcoming adventure. I stumbled across this error when importing a token made via the NPCMaker. See the attached image for the actual error. Basically, it is pulling down an html tag ( ) and then passing that into the .rptok save file. Maptool seems to have a problem with this and won't allow the token to be imported. Any thoughts on this? Thanks - otherwise, this seems to be a fantastic framework. I'm looking forward to putting it to use.
Re: [D&D4E Framework] Blakey's Framework
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 1:22 am
by Azhrei
(Wow. Was it really necessary to copy/paste a window wider than the Grand Canyon?
Such wide posts make it difficult to read...)
In any case, it looks like NPCMaker (I'm not familiar with it) is putting bad XML into the tokens that it's generating. Without seeing the RPTOK and/or the XML, there's no way of knowing what the problem is. But I would suggest you file a bug report with the author of NPCMaker. Your only solution will be to edit the XML and fix the problem and that's editing-intensive process.
(The bug is that
is not valid XML. The correct XML to use would be
. My bet is that the NPCMaker author just didn't call htmlencode()* on the string before generating the XML.
*Or whatever the function is called in the language used for that app.)
Re: [D&D4E Framework] Blakey's Framework
Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 12:58 pm
by buttonpusher
Sorry about the width - that's how the error drew on the screen. It didn't wrap the longer line. And I didn't realize that I should reduce the file's with.
I was able to fix it. Edited the content.xml file within the rptok file. Found & replaced the with . Worked like a charm. Thanks.
Re: [D&D4E Framework] Blakey's Framework
Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 7:54 am
by AidyBaby
Hi Blakey. I was wondering whether you are still actively developing this framework or do you consider it done as is?
Re: [D&D4E Framework] Blakey's Framework
Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 11:55 am
by StarMan
Speaking selfishly, it would be great if TokenMaker could spit out a Rumble token as discussed in that thread. Speaking even more selfishly, it would be awesome if it could spit out an MPB token ... but that's more my problem than yours. Regardless, I tried TM and join my voice to the many that gaped in awe. Mega-cool!