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PCGen 5.8 Released

Posted by Zonk on from the gotta-love-your-dnd-apps dept.

HunterD writes "PCGen, the premier Open Source D20 RPG character generation application has released it's new 5.8 version. The 5.8 release of PCGen comes from over a year of hard work adding new features such as the ability to preview characters, a new plugin system, and the ability to use pcgen to run games over the internet via the new networking plugin. Eleven new datasets in this release mean that there are now almost 100 free data sets for Pcgen, which represents a substantial percentage of the available D20 books on the market. Usability has increased dramatically, as countless bugs have been fixed to increase stability and application speed."

6 of 16 comments (clear)

  1. Do people still play... by GypC · · Score: 3, Funny
    ... those stupid PnP RPGs?

    (If so, I'd love to get in on a game in the North Dallas area) :-)

  2. Full release notes... by tcopeland · · Score: 3, Informative

    ...are here. They weren't kidding about lots of bugs getting closed with this release!

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  3. Re:So are any of the data sets Useful yet? by lukeduff · · Score: 2, Informative

    I use http://www.d20srd.org/ during play as a quick hypertext reference. He has spells alphabetically, by class/level, and by cleric domain.

    It's also handy for looking up monsters, feats, conditions, etc. I use the encounter calculator to add up xp at the end of every session.

  4. Screenshots by HunterZ · · Score: 2, Informative

    I managed to dig up some screenshots here: http://www.legolas.org/pcgen/docs/

    The timing of this announcement is very auspicious, as my roommate and I were talking just last night about starting a d20 Star Wars campaign :)

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  5. Re:So are any of the data sets Useful yet? by HunterD · · Score: 3, Informative

    We specifically had to do that becasue of legal reasons. I would love to offer more information for the players, but most publishers are uncomfortable with that. We have been in discussions with some to try to precure rights to include more information in books that have been out for a while.

    Devon Jones
    PCGen Board of Directors

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  6. It's not compatible with existing character files by Len · · Score: 2

    From the release notes:

    Be warned that neither the old character files (.PCG) nor the old data files (.PCC and .LST) will work properly with 5.8.0.

    So I won't be upgrading any time soon.