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August 18th, 2017, 03:21 #1
D&D Beyond and the definitive FG integration...
For those of us that stream FG (me 6 days a week), can anyone shed some light on how EXACTLY D&D Beyond will integrate with Fantasy Grounds and Twitch?
I would like to take advantage of the sale, but it may turn out that D&D Beyond is nothing FG users need, since FG does/has it all.
But there is the question of Twitch/FG integration with it. So I would like to know exactly what is supposed to happen there.
I couldn't really find any info on that.
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August 18th, 2017, 03:39 #2
This is the trailer of the twitch integration with DnD Beyond.
https://youtu.be/cU7YoDBn9wM
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August 18th, 2017, 03:50 #3
So I saw that before, and it LOOKS cool, but as I understand it, the DM has to manually enter that info on twitch on the fly. Not ideal.
I am more interested in knowing whether FG will "integrate" so that it's updated automatically. I'd hate to drop $280 USD and then find out later that in fact, no, it won't be auto updated. Ideally, Twitch would auto update FG info through D&D Beyond and keep the stream overlay current. I'm just not sure if that's possible and/or if that's even being worked on or part of it.
That's what I'd like to know, and preferably before Monday when the sale ends. Ha ha.rob2e - Join me on Discord!
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August 18th, 2017, 03:59 #4
Fantasy Grounds and D&D Beyond will contain similar information (WotC D&D products) but they provide different functionality.
I'm confused as to what "integration" you're referring to. Especially when you say "Ideally, Twitch would auto update FG info through D&D Beyond and keep the stream overlay current." What, exactly, are we talking about here?Private Messages: My inbox is forever filling up with PMs. Please don't send me PMs unless they are actually private/personal messages. General FG questions should be asked in the forums - don't be afraid, the FG community don't bite and you're giving everyone the chance to respond and learn!
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August 18th, 2017, 04:11 #5
If you watch the video (earlier post) you see that people streaming can have interactive PC stats on their screen. But the DM/Streamer has to update those, it's not "automated". There has been rumor (conjecture) that D&D Beyond will "integrate" with Fantasy Grounds. The only way I can see that would be beneficial is that D&D beyond would "pull info" from FG and update the stream. What else would it do?
So I'm a little hesitant to pull the trigger on the D&D Beyond Ultimate Package (which goes off sale Monday) because unless it does THAT, I don't feel any of us need it. FG already can give you the info you can get/use from D&D Beyond (unless I'm missing something). But if that's the sort of integration they're shooting for, well then it would totally be worth it.rob2e - Join me on Discord!
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August 18th, 2017, 04:14 #6
I haven't seen anything about D&D Beyond live integration with Fantasy Grounds. All I've seen is theoretical community discussions about being able to export characters from D&D Beyond and then import into Fantasy Grounds (like you would importing character XML now). I would very much doubt if there would be any real-time integration.
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August 18th, 2017, 04:17 #7rob2e - Join me on Discord!
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August 18th, 2017, 04:20 #8Private Messages: My inbox is forever filling up with PMs. Please don't send me PMs unless they are actually private/personal messages. General FG questions should be asked in the forums - don't be afraid, the FG community don't bite and you're giving everyone the chance to respond and learn!
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August 18th, 2017, 04:22 #9rob2e - Join me on Discord!
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August 18th, 2017, 12:00 #10
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Same here Rob. I saw all the promos and rumors and dug into it a bit myself and didn't find anything that would justify the additional cost.
That being the case, I would think that an ambitious developer might see this as an opportunity to create a plugin that would accomplish what you and I would be after and have a market on the FG store. Now that would be something worth the money if it integrated with Twitch and the popular overlays/discord.
I have been working on a Discord downtime bot personally which would allow players to log downtime activities and keep notes from sessions. It's still a little bit off but looks promising.
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