{"id":154,"date":"2005-09-07T15:29:02","date_gmt":"2005-09-07T20:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/index.php\/pcgen-and-code-monkey-publishing"},"modified":"2005-09-07T15:36:25","modified_gmt":"2005-09-07T20:36:25","slug":"pcgen-and-code-monkey-publishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/pcgen-and-code-monkey-publishing\/","title":{"rendered":"PCGen and Code Monkey Publishing"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently returned to D&D, and thus to PCGen<\/a>, after a hiatus of a couple of years. PCGen 5.8.0 is out, and it is a good improvement over previous versions. I recommend it. However, I do not<\/strong> recommend that anyone buy the “official” core rules and “complete” series of data sets from Code Monkey Publishing<\/a> (aka “CMP”). Not only are they a pain in the ass to install (it took me a half-dozen tries), they make every other PCGen data set completely inaccessible<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It burns me up, because I actually paid for these (while PCGen itself, which works just fine, is free).<\/p>\n

I am looking into a way to make these Code Monkey data sets interoperable with the rest of PCGen. It may not even be possible, in which case I’ll be deleting them and PCGen, and re-installing PCGen fresh, without the incompatible Code Monkey Publishing data sets. If I do find a way to make the CMP data sets work with the rest of PCGen, I’ll let you know.<\/p>\n

Until then, I urge you in the strongest possible terms not<\/strong> to buy any<\/strong> data sets from Code Monkey Publishing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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