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5E Conversion to Fantasy Ground

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jwrightHL

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I would like to migrate the characters I have generated in Hero Labs for D&D 5E into Fantasy Grounds but it looks like the process is not quite complete on both ends.

I talked to "Moon Wizard" (who is a Fantasy Grounds developer) on their message boards and he mentioned that he is waiting for some feedback from your side to move forward on his end.

Any chance there could please be some traction on this?

Thanks!

John
 
That would be great. I use also a combination of Herolab and fantasy ground to run my games.
 
Even though I have Fantasy Ground for Rolemaster, I have never like the interface. With 5e I refuse to spend over $150 US to get what I need as a DM for Fantasy Ground.

There are several sites on Google concernign importing HL into Fantasy Grounds though.
 
Importing into Fantasy Grounds is definitely something we want to do, and there is progress happening on it right now. :) Watch this space!
 
More importantly... is it possible to export from Fantasy Grounds to import into Realm Works? Has anyone tried getting some of their module data out? ;)
 
I very much would like to see this. I am enjoying 5e on both platforms, enjoying them together might kill me from bliss, but it's a risk I am willing to take. :cool:
 
Poking a stick at it... see if it moves

Thought I would come on by and see if there are any updates on this... Fingers crossed

Thanks!

John
 
I've written converters for various systems for export from HL to import into Fantasy Grounds.

I usually do it in Java, but there's no reason it couldn't be done on a webpage utilizing javascript. (Which I've done something similar for Call of Cthulhu)

Import a file, parse, and spit out the results.

I don't have a paid subscription for Herolab 5E, so I don't know what the output looks like.

It's easy enough though, if you're familiar w/ XML.

First step would be to export (a character you've created in FG) and compare that XML fields with the HL output.


Boomer
 
I do own the 5E files for Fantasy Grounds, so if anyone is so inclined to gift me the HeroLab 5E ruleset, I could get to work on this.

Caveat, Colin said around April 15th that there was work being done on this, so your money should probably go elsewhere.


BoomerET
 
BoomerET said:
I do own the 5E files for Fantasy Grounds, so if anyone is so inclined to gift me the HeroLab 5E ruleset, I could get to work on this.

Caveat, Colin said around April 15th that there was work being done on this, so your money should probably go elsewhere.


BoomerET
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I look forward to it, but just in case that doesn't work out or is delayed I'll happily shell out the $20 for this.
 
Tell ya what I'm gonna do, I'll pony up the $20 and get to work. I'll post the weblink when I get something workable.

I've already got the page designed, all it has is a textarea for XML input, a convert button, and another textarea for the output.

Boomer
 
BoomerET said:
Tell ya what I'm gonna do, I'll pony up the $20 and get to work. I'll post the weblink when I get something workable.

I've already got the page designed, all it has is a textarea for XML input, a convert button, and another textarea for the output.

Boomer
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I'd be happy to help test, especially with the gonzo stuff I make in HL. :D
 
Right now, it only does the basics. Name, Attributes, Background, Class/level, Race, Alignment, Deity, HP, Languages and Gender.

Had a good day figuring out how to map the fields.

I'll try to get the first iteration up later this evening.


Boomer
 
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With FG now having some integration with Syrinscape, I'm hoping to see some RW and FG integration as well. HL to FG would be a (fairly) simple feat. Export to Import and vice versa (coding and bugs, are obviously a different story entirely). But trying to imagine some sort of conversion from RW to FG, that I see as a major hurdle. X needs to go here, and here, but not here, should this be a new tab, or go with the main tab, and how do the user mods fit into transferring. Oy, my head just hurts trying to figure it out. But HL to FG, I'm ready for!
 
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