DDO Character Planner - DDOBuilder Version 2

Maetrim of Cannith

DDOBuilder Creator
Build 2.0.0.54 Now Available

This release brings us bug fixes, and a new requested recovery feature. Also a very small amount of further development of the DPS meter view.

---Enhancement "Dragon Disciple: Way of the Mighty Dragon I" text updated and now marks you as Centered using an Orb. (Reported by Me, and Edrein)
---"Sacred Fist: Avenging Whirlwind" now correctly states it shares a cooldown with "Whirlwind Attack" not "Great Cleave" (Reported by morrikan)
---"Season's Herald: Wellspring" description updated (Reported by osake)
---"Inquisitive: Mind Like Iron" description updated (Reported by KingOfBritains)
---"Inquisitive: Law on your side" description updated (Reported by KingOfBritains)
---"Inquisitive: Wand and Scroll Mastery" description and effects updated (Reported by KingOfBritains)
---"Inquisitive: Inquisitor's Path" "Jaded" option updated (Reported by KingOfBritains)
---"Inquisitive: Inquisitor's Path" "Optimistic" option updated (Reported by KingOfBritains)
---"Inquisitive: Inquisitor's Path" "Vigilante" option updated (Reported by KingOfBritains)
---Opening a file will now correctly set the document filename (Reported by Huntxrd)
---Barbarian:Ravager Ability I/II will now correctly award +1 strength when Strength selected (Reported by jacko)
---Ocean Stance will now grant +1 Passive Ki with [Grand]Master of Forms when stance active (Reported by Kalibano)
---Fury of the Wild "Primal Scream" now has a toggle stance associated with it (Reported by jacko)
---"Insightful Poison Ward" in cannith crafting can now correctly be selected for Necklace/Ring Extra slots (Reported by Jokersir2)
------Reviewed Cannith Crafting options vs page "https://ddowiki.com/page/Cannith_Crafting/table_1b" (Didn't do all item types)
------"Spell Sight" is no longer erroneously a Belt Prefix option
------"Insightful Jump" is no longer erroneously a Belt Extra option
------"Move Silently" is now correctly a Boots Prefix option (not suffix)
------"Spell Sight" is now correctly a Boots Prefix option
------All "7d8 <type> Guard" options are no longer a Boots Suffix option
------"Insightful Jump" is now a Boots Extra option
------"Perform" is no longer erroneously a Bracers Suffix option, now an Bracers Extra option
------"Insightful Tendon Slice" no longer a Gloves Suffix option, now a Gloves Extra option
------"Lesser Arcane Casting Dexterity" no longer a Gloves Suffix option
------"Insightful Haggle/Listen" are now Helmet Extra slot options
------"Insightful Enchantment Resistance", "Insightful Illusion Resistance", "Insightful Spell Saves" and "Insightful Heal" are now a Cannith Necklace Extra option
------"Insightful Enchantment Resistance", "Insightful Illusion Resistance", "Insightful Spell Saves", "Insightful Diplomacy" and "Insightful Heal" are now a Cannith Ring Extra option
---Swashbuckler: Ability I/II now has its missing effect (Reported by Kalibano)
---All Monk tree enhancements that have a DC will now correctly use the Base Class level so will now report correctly when selected by a Dragon Disciple (Reported by Daawsomeone)
---A crash when switching builds was fixed (Reported by huntxrd)
---Copyright year updated (Reported by zilgabex)
---Stance "Mantle of the Sentinel" now uses the correct icon (Reported by Daawsomeone)
---Augment slots types "Sealed in Gloom" and "Sealed in Mist" will now be correctly processed by the item processor. Default augments set from https://ddowiki.com/page/Augmentation_Altar
---U72 Lamannia Raid items downloaded from Wiki and added

NEW FEATURE "Auto Backup and Revert": (Requested by MrEkshin)
An Auto-backup feature to recover accidental file changes has been added. It works as follows:
Opening any existing file will create a file in the same location with the same name with ".backup" appended.
This file will be auto deleted if you
A: Close the software or
B: Save the current file under a new name
(which will also create a new auto .backup file using the new name and the setup at the time of save).
C: Opening any other file will remove any existing .backup file. (One for the new file is created)

Selecting the "Revert to Backup" option in the File menu and saying "YES" will throw away
the current document and reload the .backup version of the file, which would NOT contain
any changes made and saved to the original filename. Its up to YOU to then save the recovered
data at that point!

The Revert option is disabled for any new document until you have done an actual save operation.


DPS METER DEVELOPMENT
---Basic tooltips will now show (Further enhancement required)
---You can now delete an Attack Chain

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Kenaustin

Member
Using 2.0.0.54:
  • the Primal Scream stance is currently confgured as a Mantle stance and not a User stance, so cannot be toggled on alongside any Mantle, e.g. Mantle of Fury.
  • the active part of the Past Life: Primal Sphere: Ancient Power stance is showing under Inactive Items when toggled on in both the Attack Bonus and Damage Bonus sections for a Weapon. (The requirement for each should be Stance Ancient Power and not Stance AncientPower)
  • there are two entries for the Legendary University Bulwark's Reinforced Shirt in the Item Selection and Configuration window. (One has a typo and has Bulwark's spelt as Bulkwark's)
  • the following items have an item effect listed as Resistance Natural Armor +X, instead of Natural Armor +X:
    • Legendary University Sentry's Helm
    • Fang of Xyzzy
    • Shroud of the Abbot
    • Seal of the Earth
    • Epic Seal of the Earth
    • Legendary Seal of the Earth
    • Mythic Vim and Vigor
    • Legendary Greenpine Gaunlets
    • Legendary Gorgon Armor
    • Gorgon Armor
    • Epic Chimera's Crown
    • Legendary Chimera's Crown
    • Guardian's Locket (Level 26)
  • the item Legendary Stinkpelt's Hide has the Cloudkill item effect listed twice.
 
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Kalibano

Build Designer. Having fun since 2006!
Primal Avatar's core 1 (I have only tested Thorn) is meant to grant Magical Training and allow points to be spent in the Feydark Illusionist tree.
However, it is not allowing points to be spent in Feydark Illusionist (at least not in this build of mine).

I tried resetting and re-spending the PA action points, but no change.
I also tested swapping PA for Draconic Incarnation and spending 1 point in core 1, and the Feydark Illusionist tree became available to spend points on.
 

Maetrim of Cannith

DDOBuilder Creator
Build 2.0.0.55 Now Available

This release brings us a list of bug fixes and updated Help files which have begun to be fleshed out. Much work to go in that area, but its a start.
Very little work done on the DPS Meter screen as I am still cogitating on how it will work.


---Primal Scream is now correctly a user controlled stance, not a Mantle stance (Reported by Kenaustin)
---Feat "Past Life: Primal Sphere: Ancient Power" stance effects should now work correctly (Reported by Kenaustin)
---F1 Help should now actually popup the help file (Some topics missing)
---Context help for dock panes should now follow the correct ID if the topic exists
------Many Help topics added or updated
---Shintao: Fast Hands "Ranged" option now has the new icon
---Raid "Den of Vipers" added to the quests.xml file, 11 Base favor
---New U72 Items re- downloaded and icons set
---Primal Avatar: Core 1 will now correctly award the feat "Magical Training" (Reported by Kalibano)
---Erroneous items "[Legendary] University Bulkwark's Shirt" removed (Reported by Kenaustin)
---32 Items that erroneously had a "Natural Armor" bonus type of "Resistance" fixed (Reported by Kenaustin)
---Item "Legendary Stinkpelt's Hide" no longer erroneously has 2 CloudKill clickie entries (Reported by Kenaustin)
---"Dark Apostate: Bane" enhancement SLA should now have the correct SP cost (Reported by MrEkshin)
---"Dark Apostate: Prayer" enhancement SLA should now have the correct SP cost (Reported by MrEkshin)
---"Deepwood Stalker: Devastating Shot" now has the correct name and description (Reported by MrEkshin)
---Exporting a Life to a new file will now correctly export special feats, tomes etc (Reported by MrEkshin)
---Past Lives and Special feats will now correctly show the number of Favor feats of a loaded file (Reported by MrEkshin)

DPS METER DEVELOPMENT (Still thinking hard about how this should work)
---You can now add and remove attacks from an attack chain

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DrinkGrog

Member
The builder is really great and the new features coming in V2 are making it even better than before. Thanks for all the work and effort!

General question for everyone. How do you use the builder to record gear swap items? Such as switching weapons for certain spells, etc? Right now I duplicate the gear set, give it a different name like "weapon swap" and then change the items. Not sure if there is a better/easier way?

The other thing I was wondering about was if it would be possible to add some features to the gear planner that are similar to what a former stand alone gear planner program called DDONamedGearPlanner by Pfhoenix used to publish? The two features I miss from this program the most were:

A view that highlighted overlapping stats that a gear set had.
A view that directly compared two gear sets side by side.

You can kind of get the latter by swapping gear sets back and forth and looking at the breakdowns display but it can still be difficult to recognize all of the changes. Maybe there's some other views or confirmation in the current DDOBuilder that I'm not aware of?

Thanks!
 

PatDBunny

Member
Thanks, Maetrim, as always for all your work creating an awesome app!

Just noticed a minor error in V2.0.0.55: In the enhancement tree for the iconic Aasimar Scourge, the tier-2 enhancement 'Arcanum' costs 1 point per level in the builder, but in-game, the enhancement costs 2 points per level.

Hopefully that's a relatively easy fix.

Thanks again.
 

Smokewolf

Well-known member
Question: Are there any plans to have an "importing" feature to be able to utilize the saved char files from DDO v1 ?

Edit: NM, i see it now... Need MORE caffeine !
 

Maetrim of Cannith

DDOBuilder Creator
Build 2.0.0.56 Now Available

This release brings us compatible with U73 which released yesterday. Still missing the new Epic Sun/Moon Augments at this point, but they will come once that info makes it into the wiki. Some of the U73 Dino Crisis items may be incorrect as they are based on Lamannia data. Other than that many fixes in various areas.

---"Bombardier: Spellvial Selection I" now has the correct name (Reported by MrEkshin)
---"Bombardier: Spellvial Selection I/II/II" now have the correct SP Cost and cooldowns (Reported by MrEkshin)
---"Bombardier: Elemental Obliteration" now has the correct SP Cost and cooldowns (Reported by MrEkshin)
---"Bombardier: Augmentation" and "Bombardier: Burning Ambition" icon swap issue fixed (Reported by MrEkshin)
---The builder will now let you spend the first 4 destiny points for any Epic/Legendary level you are in the process of gaining (Reported by MrEkshin)
---Added all the missing effects from the "Acolyte of the Skin" enhancement tree. (Reported by Seppi Pearlsmith)
---Bad "AutomaticFeat" fields in the class "Acolyte of the Skin" removed
---"Magic Fang" is now a self or party buff that works for shifters or druids in animal form (Requested by Bjond)
---Forum Export will now use the
and tags for horizontal line breaks (Suggested by Bjond)
---Fixed the "Doubleshot" effects for "Shuriken Expertise" and "Simple Thrown Weapon Expertise" (Reported by Bjond)
---"Aasimar Scourge: Arcanum" now correctly costs 2ap per rank (Reported by PatDBunny)
---Training and Revoking "Special" feats will now work correctly in all circumstances (Reported by MrEkshin)
---Enhancement "Drink Their Fear" text fixed. (Reported by MrEkshin)
---Fixed a few bad buff descriptions
---The following Den of Vipers items now have their missing Exceptional Spell Focus Mastery (Reported by christhemiss)
------Amplin, the Channeling Bolt
------Arctica, the Mystic Cold
------Caustica, the Volley of Pain
------Collision, the Unstoppable Arcana
------Erosion, the Crumbling Arcana
------Statica, the Concentrated Charge
---Revoking an epic destiny item on which a heroic enhancement selection depends will now correctly revoke that enhancement
---"Ninja Spy: Shadow Double" now has a toggle stance for its effects
---Slightly reworked the Wiki Downloader when using "Crawl Specific Wiki Link" to limit which links are picked up.

DPS Meter Work
---Some additional development not visible to users has been done. From your point of view, it still does nothing.

U73 Changes
---Ninja Spy's No Mercy now costs 1AP/Rank.
---Dragon Disciples can now properly take Improved Mental Toughness if they have 10 levels in the class (enough to cast 3rd level spells).
---Dragon Disciples can now properly take Mobile Spellcasting and Heighten if they have 6 levels in the class (enough to cast 2nd level spells).
---Quest "Dinosaur Crisis" added to the quest list
---Dinosaur Crisis items download and created: (Lamannia versions) (Some items still missing images)
------Crisis Claw
------Crisis Core
------Crisis Gi
------Crisis Helm
------Crisis Mail
------Crisis Mantle
------Crisis Plate
------Crisis Scale
------Epic Crisis Claw
------Epic Crisis Core
------Epic Crisis Gi
------Epic Crisis Helm
------Epic Crisis Mail
------Epic Crisis Mantle
------Epic Crisis Plate
------Epic Crisis Scale
---Henshin Mystic's Kata abilities now have tooltip text stating that they require you to be Centered.
---Grandmaster of Flowers Core 4 options names and description text updated.
Reviewed all Monk tree enhancement text and updated as required.

Epic Solar ad Lunar augments gems missing, will be added when all info is available

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PurpleSerpent

Monster Hunter of Moderate Renown
Epic Solar ad Lunar augments gems missing, will be added when all info is available
I've updated the wiki with the Epic augments from Dinosaur Crisis, although I'm not 100% confident in the value for the Epic Dodge augment - I will add the set from Toil and Trouble when that releases on April 16th.
 

Belenian

Member
I just downloaded the latest version and I noticed that my windows layout and application look (dark) were back to default. Moving the tabs and the window snapping is a little cumbersome but works great once setup. Is there a way to save that from version to version? Or maybe just a "config" file saved in some dubious windows user folder which the app just checks and loads if present? That would be great!
 

Spook

Ghostly Troll
If you extract the files for the new version into the same folder as the old (eg DDOBuilderV2) it will remember your settings. If you extract into a new folder (eg DDOBuilderV2_2.0..0.56) you will need to copy the DDOBuilder.ini file to the new folder.
 

Maetrim of Cannith

DDOBuilder Creator
Build 2.0.0.57 Now Available

Mostly just a fix for the bug for training/revoking past lives.

---Training and Revoking past lives feats will now work correctly in all circumstances (Reported by Spook and HunterRayder93)
---Solar Gem of Enduring (Heroic/Legendary) is now correctly a Legendary bonus (Reported by funifulv)
---Some minor help topic updates
---U73 Items re-downloaded and parsed from Wiki. Item images set where available.
---Feat "<Name>Augment Summoning</Name>" no longer erroneously requires "Magical Training" as a pre-requisite (Reported by VSversus)

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Belenian

Member
Bug: Stormsinger -> After buying "Shout SLA" in the Stormsinger tree, it will not let you buy "Cure Moderate Wounds, Mass SLA" in the Spellsinger tree (says "no other Shout ...").
 
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