Full license to Ultimate license Upgrade - $115

[ddavison]

I copied this to a separate post which I will sticky to make the option a little clearer.

If you are interested in the ultimate license and you already own a full license, please send an email to [email protected] with a copy of your full license key and a request for the Ultimate upgrade. We will deactivate your full license manually and give you the option of buying the ultimate for $115 instead of $150. Once we receive and verify your full license key, I will send you the link to purchase the Ultimate License Upgrade. Once the sell goes through, we will manually generate an ultimate license and email it to you for use with your re-install. Please expect a 24 hour turn-around for the ultimate license. We will not de-activate your full license immediately to ensure that you got everything up and running first.

-Doug

[zWolf]

this is awesome! did you get any takers I hope?

[ddavison]

Yes, there have been a handful or so.

[CelineSSauve]

Ooh. Just spotted this now. It's $5 more expensive than getting Ultimate (if you add $115 to the Full price) but that's if you'd paid full price. I got my full with a buddy way back when.

I will crunch the numbers and see. Thanks a million for the option though! Had no clue what I might do with both logins.

[silvereagle72]

Is this offer going on in perpetuity or was this a short time situation?

[Moon Wizard]

The upgrade option is still available.

Cheers,
JPG

[malachi666]

yeah, is this still available?

[ddavison]

Yes, it is still availabile. Just send an email to [email protected] with the Full license key you plan to use and then buy the upgrade from the store here: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/store/product.xcp?id=SWK03-UPGRADE

Unlike a regular order, you will receive a confirmation immediately but it will NOT contain your new license key. For that, I will manually create your ULTIMATE license, link it to your order and email it to you within 24 hours.

[BishopOmega]

If I am just starting out, learning how to use FGII with intent to GM soon I hope, would this be worth while? I do not have alot of money but I'm sure others probably don't as well and allowing others to piggy back on this special version sounds nice.

[Moon Wizard]

BishopOmega,

I would recommend playing in a few games as well as reviewing the tutorials and manuals on the web site first. Once you are comfortable with the interface and the ruleset you want to play, it will make you feel more confident about your choice to purchase.

One of the things to remember with FG is that you can use as much or as little automation as you want for your games. (at least as much automation as the game system definition you are using allows).

Feel free to post questions on the boards, and either I or others will jump in to answer.

Welcome to Fantasy Grounds.

Cheers,
JPG

[BishopOmega]

Is there a place to get information about the Ultimate license. Like how would friends be able to hook up etc.

Would they just need to download the software and get your server data and thats it, their hooked up?

[demonsbane]

Yes, it is still availabile. (. . .)

Good to see this.

[GPlowman]

I'm planning to upgrade to an ultimate license, so I'll send an email.

[Barbicane]

What can I do with Ultimate that I can't do with Full?

[Moon Wizard]

There are 4 licenses for FG.

Ultimate: Can host or play in games. Clients connecting to hosted game can be any license type.

Full: Can host or play in games. Clients connecting to hosted game must have a Lite, Full or Ultimate license.

Lite: Can only play in games hosted by Full or Ultimate licenses.

Unregistered (free): Can only play in games hosted by Ultimate licenses.

Regards,
JPG

[Netjera]

There are 4 licenses for FG.

Ultimate: Can host or play in games. Clients connecting to hosted game can be any license type.

Full: Can host or play in games. Clients connecting to hosted game must have a Lite, Full or Ultimate license.

Lite: Can only play in games hosted by Full or Ultimate licenses.

Unregistered (free): Can only play in games hosted by Ultimate licenses.

Regards,
JPG

So if one of my friends can't afford to get a license, they could download the demo and connect to my ultimate license? Or am I misunderstanding?

[Leonal]

So if one of my friends can't afford to get a license, they could download the demo and connect to my ultimate license? Or am I misunderstanding?

They would need to download the normal FG download and select "unregistered" (or something like that) when installing, not install the demo.

[Netjera]

They would need to download the normal FG download and select "unregistered" (or something like that) when installing, not install the demo.

Interesting. I might look into that somewhere down the road, if the offer isn't withdrawn.

[Moon Wizard]

We are also experimenting with removing the demo version, and allowing any lite/unregistered installation to host their own demos.

It's still in testing, and we need to convert the demo campaign yet; so it's not quite ready for prime time.

Cheers,
JPG

[Valarian]

Sounds like a good way to go. Removes the separate code stream and ensures the demo is current. I suppose it's not as simple as having the Create Campaign disabled (as normal with Lite licenses) and the Start Campaign only working for the one campaign file. I presume this would allow Full/Unregistered demos as well?

[Moon Wizard]

Actually, due to the way I had to implement in order to preserve licensing, you can only demo with The Lite/Unregistered license.

You could technically install the Unregistered version separately. (i.e. rename FantasyGrounds.exe from Ultimate version, and install unregistered version also, then name them however you want)

The nice thing about this version of the demo is that you can run a demo with any ruleset, and with any existing campaign. I plan to update the demo campaign to work with 3.5E and 4E, and the community could create demo campaigns for other systems also.

Regards,
JPG

[dsherwen]

How do non registered players go about connecting to my campaign with the ultimate license? Does my version provide them with all the player tools they need?

Dave S.

[joeru]

How do non registered players go about connecting to my campaign with the ultimate license? Does my version provide them with all the player tools they need?

Dave S.

They download the same client installer everyone else does at the download page (https://www.fantasygrounds.com/downloads/), and when given a choice of which license type to use, choose the Unregistered option.

[Trenloe]

Does my version provide them with all the player tools they need?

Yes, when connected with an unregistered client to an Ultimate licenced GM the player will get everything that lite and full licence users get.

[XpressO]

So I bought the Full to Ultimate upgrade today. Sent the Full key to support prior to purchasing. I got the order confirmation but no key yet? And it's been 13 hours already. What gives?

[khersheyjr]

"Please expect a 24 hour turn-around for the ultimate license."from start of thread

[XpressO]

"Please expect a 24 hour turn-around for the ultimate license."from start of thread

Heh. Missed that one :) I guess patience is a virtue then :P

[Trenloe]

Heh. Missed that one :) I guess patience is a virtue then :P
Hopefully you'll get it within 24 hours. Doug is away at a convention this weekend though...

[Mohican]

I have purchased such an upgrade, and did not receive my new license yet...
I just got a confusing email asking me to download an old version of FGII (2.72).

[Blahness98]

I have purchased such an upgrade, and did not receive my new license yet...
I just got a confusing email asking me to download an old version of FGII (2.72).

Send your full key to [email protected] and state you purchased your upgrade and include your FG account name to help Doug out. Like stated earlier in the thread, expect a 24 hour turn around time. You shouldn't have to download anything aside from the web installer and use the key you got/will get to unlock the ultimate license.

[Mohican]

Got the key, thanks Doug!

[CrimsonCrust]

Yeah I upgraded too. Hopefully in 24 hours I will have the key! Thanks guys.

-CrimsonCrust

[Kontroar]

What if we don't successfully receive emails from the fantasygrounds.com domain? Is there another way to upgrade from full to ultimate?

[Leonal]

What if we don't successfully receive emails from the fantasygrounds.com domain? Is there another way to upgrade from full to ultimate?

If your current email provider cannot receive emails from the domain I would create an online email account that can successfully receive it (e.g. gmail.com, outlook.com, yahoo.com).

Alternatively contact [email protected] (assuming you can send email to that domain) and ask if they can send it to you in a different manner.

[Kontroar]

Thanks for the reply. I did create a gmail account. However, I was able to start receiving emails after I added the correct domains.

For any that need to, add the following domains to your whitelist:

fantasygrounds.com
smiteworks.com

Hopefully, it helps. :)