Version 4.5.1 update

Posted by Longspleen on January 23, 2007 in RPG Patsy Development.

Version 4.5.1 will be released this week. It is a bug fix release that addresses all bugs which have been reported to this point. Improvements include:
-Fixed a problem where Windows users couldn’t save custom data
-Fixed problem where custom classes weren’t getting their spells when leveling up in some circumstances
-Fixed problem where leveling up [...]

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4.5 is out. 5.0 is next.

Posted by Longspleen on November 15, 2006 in RPG Patsy Development.

At long last I released version 4.5 today. I’ll most likley be doing some bug fix releases but the 4.x version is now feature-complete. I’ll be starting work on version 5 soon. Send your feature requests to support@rpgpatsy.com. I have some pretty cool ideas for the next version but I’m always [...]

   

 

RPG Patsy 4.5

Posted by Longspleen on July 13, 2006 in RPG Patsy Development.

RPG Patsy 4.5 is just about feature-complete and is already in the hands of testers. The focus of this version is on customizability. It supports custom data in the following categories:
-Abilities
-Armor
-Classes
-Creatures/Familiars/Monsters
-Domains
-Equipment
-Psi Powers
-Races
-Skills
-Spells
-Weapons
Once added, this data is:
1) available anywhere data of that type is selected (ie when manually adding spells, etc)
2) available in the [...]

   

 

Customizability

Posted by Longspleen on May 19, 2006 in RPG Patsy Development.

I’m making good progress on version 4.5, which focuses on support for custom data. Users will be able to save custom data for later use and export/import them.
I’m working on the last and hardest part: custom classes. Here’s the full list of data types that will be customizable:
-Classes
-Races
-Cleric Domains
-Feats
-Skills
-Spells
-Psi Powers
-Equipment (including weapons and [...]

   

 

RPG Patsy 4.0

Posted by Longspleen on December 20, 2005 in RPG Patsy Development.

I’m currently hard at work on version 4.0 of RPG Patsy. I’ll try to address some of the questions I anticipate:
Q: What rules version is this for?
A: 3.5 Edition
Q: Why aren’t you updating the 3.0 and Star Wars versions?
A: Just updating this one version took all of my spare time for months. [...]

   

 

The future of RPG Patsy

Posted by Longspleen on in RPG Patsy Development.

By far, the most common request I get is for customizability. The problem is that software becomes harder to use at the same rate that it becomes more customizable. To make software really easy to use, you have to impose some restrictions to keep users from getting lost or getting themselves into trouble. [...]

   

 

RPG Patsy Development Blog

Posted by Longspleen on October 31, 2005 in Welcome.

Hi. I’m Ben Hanks. You may know me as the developer of such software character managers as “RPG Patsy”, “RPG Patsy SW”, and “VICAR”. This is my blog. I decided to start blogging for a few reasons:
1) I can talk all I want without interruption
2) Some people may care about the [...]