Should I convert my legacy realm?

[Silveras]

Second and this is really puzzling. Built in categories like settlements that have noticeable changes from the base categories got the additional snippets. However my custom category of Deity was not merged with the Pathfinder game system specific category of the same name. My category is completely unchanged and the PF category is no where to be found. This could be a problem if I ever try to import PF content that includes a deity.

That's not so puzzling to me. Just as Import/Export does not merge Topics based on name, but rather on a hidden internal Topic ID, the Categories also use hidden Category IDs to be unique. That's what allows you to have both the standard and your own version of a Category with the same names, in the end (such as Entity, and Entity (Local). The "(Local)" isn't part of the name per se.. just something RW shows to differentiate the two.

So... I would not expect Custom categories to merge with anything else. I believe this was one of the reasons that Rob encouraged people to stick to the standard Categories as much as possible.. because they would always be seen as something "custom" when mixing published and custom material.

 

[ShadowChemosh]

That's not so puzzling to me. Just as Import/Export does not merge Topics based on name, but rather on a hidden internal Topic ID, the Categories also use hidden Category IDs to be unique. That's what allows you to have both the standard and your own version of a Category with the same names, in the end (such as Entity, and Entity (Local). The "(Local)" isn't part of the name per se.. just something RW shows to differentiate the two.

So... I would not expect Custom categories to merge with anything else. I believe this was one of the reasons that Rob encouraged people to stick to the standard Categories as much as possible.. because they would always be seen as something "custom" when mixing published and custom material.

Keep in mind this is not the same for Tags/Domains. If you have Domain.Tag in your realm and you import with the same Domain.Tag it will be overwritten. The database ID is not used the actual tag name will get used to find a match.

This was one of the things I found in the beta that was fixed. Otherwise you could end up with a multiple tags with the same name and then RW would NOT deal with it correctly. Often causing a crash.

But David mentioned that this would not work for Categories because they where too complex.

 

[kbs666]

That's not so puzzling to me. Just as Import/Export does not merge Topics based on name, but rather on a hidden internal Topic ID, the Categories also use hidden Category IDs to be unique. That's what allows you to have both the standard and your own version of a Category with the same names, in the end (such as Entity, and Entity (Local). The "(Local)" isn't part of the name per se.. just something RW shows to differentiate the two.

So... I would not expect Custom categories to merge with anything else. I believe this was one of the reasons that Rob encouraged people to stick to the standard Categories as much as possible.. because they would always be seen as something "custom" when mixing published and custom material.

Which is why I created my Deity category back before there was a Deity category and the Entity didn't fit my needs.

But I didn't get two versions of the Deity category. I just got the one, mine. The one that should be part of all Pathfinder Realms is missing.

 

[Silveras]

Go to the "Manage" tab, Categories button. Scroll down... there are *probably* now two sections... Active Categories and Inactive Categories (and perhaps the same for Articles... Active and Inactive).

When I tested importing before, my unused "Local" versions of standard Categories wound up in the Inactive section... your Standard ones may be there as well.

 

[kbs666]

The only inactive topic categories are
Planetary body
Region: Celestial

I checked very thoroughly for the Pathfinder Deity category and it simply isn't there at all.

 

[davidp]

The only inactive topic categories are
Planetary body
Region: Celestial

I checked very thoroughly for the Pathfinder Deity category and it simply isn't there at all.

Do you see an Entity category?

 

[kbs666]

Do you see an Entity category?

Yes. It is in the Active Categories. The conversion had to keep it as I use it for some beings in my campaign.

 

[Avi]

Where do you read the error reports?
When an import crashes I get the option to send a report to LW, but can't see the report.

 

[Parody]

If RW crashes before finishing the import, you're not going to get a summary of import issues because you didn't make it to the point where RW shows it to you. (The crash report and the import issues list are two different things.)

 

[Exmortis]

OK went back over my massive error list for one realm that I converted. Same error for every single entry for my "Keyed Location" custom category in my first realm I worked on from a PDF.

I used a domain for Challenge Rating that was in RW to begin with, but was never able to use it in a subsequent realm. In every newer realm I made my own Domain Tag "Challenge Level". Why only one had the error. Seems it was there but I was unable to add it to a Category.

I had a few crashes trying to fix it, but I created my normal Domain Tag and adjusted my Category to remove the old Tag snippet and added the new one. So far with a small amount of future effort all will be good.

I have a standard set of custom categories and tags I make with every new realm, and that has saved me from any grief in those conversions. Only regret is, that I wish used a much smaller IP then T1-4 Temple of Elemental Evil to learn with.

I have 500+ of these errors HA!

Category 'Keyed Location':
Snippet type 'Challenge Level': No mapping for tag domain 'Challenge Rating'
Topic 'Hall of Triangles (144)':
Unretained tags: Challenge Rating: NA
Topic 'West Room (145 F)':

 

[kbs666]

What I find inexplicable is why it doesn't just convert the Challenge Rating domain like it does every other domain.