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What is the relationship between RW and VTTs? Do they complement each other? Does Realmworks replace whatever VTT we may have been using?
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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RealmWorks is not a VTT. Its a tool to put all of your RPG Campaign in one place. A linked set of world/country/place/people/events, etc... whatever you put into it.
Current RPG's: Pathfinder (GM), Pathfinder (Player), Gamma World (GM, Pathfinder homebrew). HeroLab: 3.5 & Pathfinder. HL User Files for PF: Greyhawk Setting, Gamma World (WIP). DM and player of D&D since 1980. |
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Texas
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And the one thing Dami doesn't mention Ed,,,, is Realm Works is dead in the water unfortunately... it's a great black hole you put things in for them never t o come back out... the designers no longer put any effort into supporting it.
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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I didn't mention it because I expect anyone looking into RW should already know that it isn't being further developed or supported now (and probably won't in future). That doesn't mean it's "dead in the water" by normal definitions. It does work, and people are still using it. The lack of support is extremely disappointing, but I'm more upset with LW in regards HLC and HLO stuff that is meant to be supported and isn't getting that support. At least RW got an official announcement that it's "all over".
Current RPG's: Pathfinder (GM), Pathfinder (Player), Gamma World (GM, Pathfinder homebrew). HeroLab: 3.5 & Pathfinder. HL User Files for PF: Greyhawk Setting, Gamma World (WIP). DM and player of D&D since 1980. |
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Join Date: Jul 2017
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I use it all the time. RW is the best tool that was ever developed and I tried all possible things, including the new shiny Obsidian stuff that people moved to.
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Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Germany, so please bear with my English
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I'm still using it too, despite the sad lack of further development.
On the topic at hand: Farling wrote an amazing importer for FoundryVTT that works like a charm! My workflow currently consists of putting my stuff in Realm Works and once I added or changed things I need for the upcoming session, I export my realm in RW and import it into Foundry. For my realm with 1600+ topics and an export file size of over 1.3GB that takes roughly 15min. Find my stuff on _|_ F i c t i o n a l m a p s . c o m _|_ D r i v e t h r u R P G _|_ |
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Greater London, UK
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![]() (Large file handling was a pain to write to support the massive files that RW generates.) Did you know that you can do partial exports (and imports) - rather than exporting the entire realm each time? Farling Author of the Realm Works Import tool, Realm Works Output tool and Realm Works to Foundry module Donations gratefully received via Patreon, Ko-Fi or Paypal |
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Join Date: Mar 2014
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But you're right, I should probably switch to doing it this way, then I could put more things into compendia. Find my stuff on _|_ F i c t i o n a l m a p s . c o m _|_ D r i v e t h r u R P G _|_ |
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