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#1 kzach Oct 15, 2009 20:38:15	taplynx.com/ Just curious. Not sure it could handle the character builder but at the very least it could be used for the compendium.
#2 lokiare Oct 18, 2009 12:07:02	taplynx.com/ Just curious. Not sure it could handle the character builder but at the very least it could be used for the compendium. They've stated before all of the DDi tools are windows only (except for the compendium). There are plenty of similar APIs for just about every platform out there, but WotC thinks its a waste of their time and money to port it to other platforms. So don't look for this anytime soon.
#3 mudbunny Oct 19, 2009 15:11:18	taplynx.com/ Just curious. Not sure it could handle the character builder but at the very least it could be used for the compendium. WotC currently does not have any plans to export the Character builder, Monster Builder or any other DDI tools (barring the compendium) to non-windows platform. The tools use the .NET 3.5 SP1 ( I think that is the right SP) set of tools for the programming and operation. There is currently no equivalent on any other platfrom, although I think that MONO is coming close. My impression is that, due to the limited programming resources they have, they feel that it is more worthwhile to serve the current user-base and continue producing the Adventure Tools suite of tools and to hold off on porting them over to other OS platforms.
#4 lokiare Oct 20, 2009 15:28:42	taplynx.com/ Just curious. Not sure it could handle the character builder but at the very least it could be used for the compendium. WotC currently does not have any plans to export the Character builder, Monster Builder or any other DDI tools (barring the compendium) to non-windows platform. The tools use the .NET 3.5 SP1 ( I think that is the right SP) set of tools for the programming and operation. There is currently no equivalent on any other platfrom, although I think that MONO is coming close. My impression is that, due to the limited programming resources they have, they feel that it is more worthwhile to serve the current user-base and continue producing the Adventure Tools suite of tools and to hold off on porting them over to other OS platforms. Even though they could have included an abstraction layer in their initial design and from there easily port it to any platform. Instead they decided to use "speed programming" which ignores anything related to easy bug fixes and feature implementations in exchange for a shorter development time, which further makes porting impossible without completely rebuilding it from the ground up.
#5 carathus Oct 22, 2009 20:13:35	I am working on an xsl transformation of the file that character builder saves its data into to produce a mobile device friendly character sheet. I have posted some screenshots on my blog but if you want to see it for yourself, navigate to: www.jazeffect.com.au/dnd/Vengeance.xml with your iPhone or desktop browser... its still a work in progress and I have a few things that need to be fixed (for example the menus dont display correctly on the iPhone but it should give you an idea.
#6 lokiare Oct 23, 2009 1:50:56	I am working on an xsl transformation of the file that character builder saves its data into to produce a mobile device friendly character sheet. I have posted some screenshots on my blog but if you want to see it for yourself, navigate to: www.jazeffect.com.au/dnd/Vengeance.xml with your iPhone or desktop browser... its still a work in progress and I have a few things that need to be fixed (for example the menus dont display correctly on the iPhone but it should give you an idea. There are several of those out there already. Simply reading the XML is not enough, you need to be able to write to the XML in a way that the CB can then read and work interconnectively. You could also throw in the ability to log into the compendium and edit the files. That would make it a character builder tool, but the amount of work that would be needed to go into that would be enormous.