So as of Aug 31 i can not seem to log into DDI via parser, i've logging in first with IE, tryed everything but it still says my login is no good. any fixes?
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So as of Aug 31 i can not seem to log into DDI via parser, i've logging in first with IE, tryed everything but it still says my login is no good. any fixes?
Never mind i found out how to log in via parser window.
I subscribed to DDI and the parser won't accept my login, either by username or email address and I tried both the parser window and in the window below it when it fails. I verified the login on the DDI website and all of the DDI content works on their site. If anyone has the magic word to make the parser happy I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks in advance
Update
Sorry. Head/desk I didn't see the part about using Internet Explorer ONLY. I'm a devout Firefox user and don't remember what Internet Explorer looks like.
Update #2
Finally got past the DDI login by having the program set for 2 browsers and now all I get is "NO Entries Found"
Update #3
The "NO Entries Found" Message continues. I tried it with the "other" 4e Parser program and it returns a "500 server Error" from the DDI servers. Has anyone been able to successfully scrape the DDI servers in the past few days?
Anybody out there?, anybody?, crickets?? Has anyone had a successful scrape of the DDI in the past week?
I do not have my subscription anymore, but I have a few recommendations:
Before you do anything, login to DDI from the "SignIn" button in the browser that is part of the tool. If it will not let you login from there, that is a problem.
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Then start at Step 1 of the GUI. I recommend you only use one browser. You will be able to see it working at the bottom. If not, then there is a problem. If it asks you for your username/password once you start to download, that apparently does not work for newer accounts. But that is why you need to login before that.
Also, what entries are you trying to download (i.e., what option did you use in Step 1)? I recommend picking something small to start with if you are having trouble (i.e., something that does not return hundreds or thousands of entries, but less than 50 entries.)
Hi Valeros, thanks for the reply. I've tried to download a single file in step 1 with the same result. My login only seems to work if I set the app for 2 browsers and have Internet Explorer open and logged in to DDI otherwise it comes up as invalid login. I tried to use Parse4E and received a 500 server error back from DDI. I've tried multiple installations on a couple of different computers with same results. The app pulls all of the categories and entries, then on step 4 returns "no entries". I'm just wondering if WotC made a change this month to block parsing. I just don't want to pay another month if this is a no go.
Thanks for the reply
I wonder if the DDI stuff is being affected by this stuff?
https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...closing-forums
Thanks Damned, maybe the DDI is dead for our purposes, hopefully someone else will be able to confirm or debunk whether it is before my subscription ends.
I no longer have an account to test with - in fact I havent used this parser in a long time... sorry....
When I parsed the 4e stuff several months back i had major connection issues trying to connect and finally did connect. Hearing this I am glad I did it then and did not wait.
I tested it this morning and it worked... not at first, but here is what I did:
Close all browsers
Open Internet Explorer (ONLY)
In IE (I used 11) Navigate to D&D Insider
(If you use Windows 10, open the Real Internet Explorer Desktop Application, Not Edge Browser)
Login to D&D Insider
Navigate to Compendium and leave IE on this screen
Open the Parser Software
In the Bottom of the Parser Application, use the integrated browser & Also login to D&D Insider from this sub-Window
Select your Step1 Book...
follow directions normally and it worked for me on both the DM & Players.
Thanx Kaustix,
I went through the same procedure until my DDI subscription expired back on 9/10 and just got empty downloads. Maybe I'll try it again at some point but I'm not currently doing any 4e games so no rush.
thanks again
thanks for posting that kaustix!
good work.
Hello,
I found a problem with the number of items displayed in the parser. Today I tried to download a whole database with all items and parser showed that there were only ~ 3.7k. Six months ago I downloaded the same base of items then it was ~ 10k. I logged directly to https://www.wizards.com/dndinsider/c.../database.aspx and it turned out that in fact the number of items is only ~ 3.7k.
Does anybody know what happened or maybe I'm doing something wrong ?
Thanks.
Does anyone know why in the compendium is only 3.7k items? Half a year ago I downloaded the entire database of items and there were 10k.
I don't have a DDI account any more, but I would look and see if they consolidated the item descriptions, ie instead of having +1 magic weapon, +2 magic weapon, ..., +5 magic weapon they just have one "magic weapon" entry. Most items other than the wondrous had multiple entries for different pluses and levels. It's the only thing I can think of that would give you that type of reduction other than WotC hosing the data.
Last time I had an DDI subscription, there were 3,752 item entries (meaning the category of "Items"). The parser breaks these 3,752 item entries into 10,534 individual items for FG since each Item entry can represent multiple individual items (just as Griogre mentions.)
Valeros and Griogre you are right, I forgot all about it. In that case, problem solved.
DnD Insider is not accenting new subs, so if you dont have one your SOL. Any work around to get this content, or would someone pm a share?
Sorry Cebby no sharing of copyright stuff here please...
sounds like a great program.. only problem is i dont have a DDI subscription anymore.. could it possibly work with the pdfs that i have? or i could just try it n see.. idk.. anyway i might just DL it n see if it works thanks.
If you got an account I do not believe you need a sub anymore. Try logging in at ddi.wizards.com
Not to beat a dead horse but....
I can't login to my DDI account through the parser.
I downloaded the latest copy but I still have an issue signing in. I tried the trick of logging into the compendium on IE (not Edge, Chrome, etc.) first and leaving that open. In IE can can access the compendium via IE using my DDI account (using my user name, not my email), but for some reason I still cannot access it in the parser. Is it possible the Wizards moved the login site around? Otherwise, I am not sure what I am doing wrong. I even had a friend try.
A few other questions if you don't mind, as I am trying to get up and running for a game with friends and quite frankly I don't know what I am doing:
1.) After I parse and put the .mod files in the directory, do my Players need to do the same?
2.) Do I want to do both the DM and the PC sets? I assume I need to do them separately?
Thanks!
My impression is Wizard's is setting up the ground work to shut down DDI, so its quite likely they have revamped things enough to cause the parser to not work.
1) If the player's have local copies you don't have to transfer the data to them when they are connected and they can use them when not connected to your server.
2) The 4E module files can get very large. You probably want to split them so you don't have to have everything open even if you aren't using that data. A natural divide is Player stuff and DM stuff and you can further split the DM stuff into Monsters and Items.
Thanks for answering those questions. I really appreciate that.
Urgh, so this is annoying. Essentially now my friends and I can't play 4e.
One thing to consider is that since the DDI Compendium info is free, you can just copy and paste info as you need it for individual powers or for monster abilities. FG does a pretty good job of recognizing those and then parsing the abilities with the built-in parsing options.
I guess. For a big campaign that could take a long time. I think it's easier for us to just move to 5e.
I am having the same issue. I wonder if it is possible to recode the parser so the parser browser points to the new login area? I am not a programmer so I have no idea if that would work or not.Quote:
Originally Posted by amrbean
Do you have a valid subscription and not just a DDI account?
I should. I gave WOTC money for it:DQuote:
Originally Posted by damned
Then login using your browser first and confirm its working. Leave the browser logged in and retry. That *used* to work.
Nope. The in parser browser is stuck on the Wizards home page and when you click the link for the DDI tools it opens an external browser. Seems like it be a simple fix in the program, but there doesn't seem to be a lot of interest in 4e anymore
I updated the application to start at "https://ddi.wizards.com/" and force the Compendium to not open a new window. You can see if that will work.
Like a charm! Thanks!Quote:
Originally Posted by valeros
Updated with fix for "Database node type mismatch" error due to "locked" field. Caused problems with adding monsters to combat manager.
Just wanted to chime in with a huge THANK YOU for creating this tool. It has been very sad to see 4e get so close to being a robust electronic ruleset(still probably the best character builder out there for a system this complex!) only to fail commercially and be cast aside. With at least one long running campaign that I plan to continue I am hoping that this tool can extend 4e's lifetime for my group even once Wizards shuts down the ddi tools
I've successfully imported everything and am astounded by how well most things are working inside FG.
Having said that, I have run into one odd problem - it does not seem that you can drag Race and Class into their respective spots on the character sheet in FG? Is the intent to just put them into Abilities for reference and manually calculate HP, etc or am I missing something?
Thanks!
I don't think the 4e ruleset is built that way because of there is no official 4e material for FG. And 4e had a closed license so no third party either. 5e has both so I assume that's why it works there.
Its not so much because of the license. Only the one ruleset (the newest and shiniest ruleset) has all those features.
Did anyone ever figure out how to parse just Essentials material. The source list is truncated in the parser for me so I can not pick through the right material. Looks like "All rules books" is my only option.
So I never added an option to sort by books, but you can fix the menu. There is a button on the right in Step 2. So select "Select Compendium Entries" in Step 1. Wait for the browser at the bottom to complete loading the Compendium. Then click on the "Add All Books to Source" button on the right side in Step 2. Then the Source menu will have all the books when you pick a category (such as Powers or Classes.) (You may have to click the button again once a particular category has been selected.)Quote:
Originally Posted by geewaagh
It is still a little painful as for example for Powers, you would have to pick a source such as Heroes of the Fallen Lands and select "Add Entries" in step 2, then pick the next book and select "Add Entries" again, and repeat until each Essentials book is added.
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