All D&D minis as tokens - automated

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Originally Posted by ShaneB

The sorting is nice, but there is still WAY to many tokens in each letter (unless I am not doing something correctly and the token box CAN be resized)

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You CAN actually resize the token box and it is almost a necessity with this number of tokens. Hold down CTRL and click-drag on an empty space inside the token box or on the border edge to expand or contract it. You unfortunately have to manually tell it to arrange the first time you open each folder or resize though.

I wonder how easy it would be to automatically add a consistent drop shadow to each mini within the batch?

Tried using this today, no luck, I get an error downloading files. I noticed if I edited download_images.vbs and added downloadImages "https://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/mix/gallery" to the beginning, I downloaded images from that page. I tried adding specific mini set pages and I got the same error about failing to create a file. Anyone use this to download recently?

Having the same problem. Failure to create file.

I would imagine the hardcoded web links the script utilises and the code itself requires updating given WotC just updated their website recently and the structure is completely different to the structure they employed before.

Updated scripts to handle new website. Mostly just replacing "default.asp" in download_images.vbs with "dnd/Article.aspx". However, had to add a couple "if" statements to handle some wierdly named images. Also, updated delete_junk.bat to delete some new images the script downloads that are not miniatures.

Will give it a try tonight, thanks for that Valeros!

Tried it out, worked great!

I couldn't find the version of ImageMagic that you referenced, so I downloaded "ImageMagick-6.5.7-QT16" and renamed the reference in convert_images.bat from "PATH=%PATH%;c:\program files\imagemagick-6.5.5-q16" to "PATH=%PATH%;c:\program files\ImageMagick-6.5.7-1"

Worked fine after that.

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Originally Posted by Zulithe

Some ideas I'd like to see:
* a script that resizes each image to match the size of the physical miniature, for us anal types
* a script that would help sort the miniatures (the alphabetical one above is nice) possibly by set, or by creature type, etc.?

I realize neither of those would be particularly fast to whip up probably. Thanks again everyone!

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Using the OP's original script, I've made a script that takes the information for the Warband Generator and creates the images. Unfortunately, the WG hasn't been updated since 2007, so not all the image sets are available through this method.

The file is a VBScript file, so you may get warnings of a virus. As stated before, this is because it's using a Shell and FileSystemObject to create PNG files and to get the data from the JS file. No files are modified in the process.

Instructions:

• Download the Warband Generator from WotC and unzip the file.
• Download the revised script (attached) and unzip the file.
• Modify the script to your system
  
  • Change the below line to the location of the "convert.exe" for Image Magic (don't forget your folder location)
    ConvertLoc = "c:\program files\ImageMagick-6.5.7-1\convert.exe"
  • Change the below line to the location of where you saved the Warband Generator
    FileDrive = "C:\Downloaded Files\minigen1140full\"
• Run the downloaded script.
• The files will come out in [Set]_[Number] Name.png format.

FYI, the script opens a new window each time to run the appropriate information. This is due to the fact that each file has it's own file name and different sizes. I had a message box populate that asked if I was sure I wanted to run the "convert.exe". This will likely populate each time you run this unless you select the check box to "don't ask each time".

The only files that are needed is the "data.js" and the "minis" folder. Everything else can be deleted.

The script can be modified to include additional tags, but I'll leave that up to you.
Modifications

• To change how the file exports, modify this line
  ImgFile2 = chr(34) & FileDrive & "minis\" & ImgSet & "\" & ImgSet & "_" & ImgNum & " " & ImgName & ".png" & chr(34)
• If you want to save the file as the original name, modify this line (not tested)
  ImgFile2 = ImgFile2
  to
  ImgFile2 = ImgFile1

Edit: You will need to move these to the appropriate section for your Tokens. I haven't messed around with the program to know where to put these.

Edit 2: There's also an "issue" with the Black, Blue, and Red "Icons". The images (../minis/I/) provided show a logo, the box, and the monster. You will need to crop the images to only show the monster. The program will do the rest.