Lite upgrade to a Full version available to existing users

With 2.3.5, we're giving our existing Lite users the much requested possibility to upgrade their Fantasy Grounds to a Full license. The upgrade is only available to users who purchased their Lite license prior to the release of 2.3.5.

The price for the upgrade is $19.95, and it can only be purchased by clicking on the upgrade button in the Fantasy Grounds launcher. This button will be available only to eligible users. You can only have one upgrade in your shopping cart at one time. If you have multiple Lite licenses you wish to upgrade, please do so in separate purchases. The offer is available to Lites bought as parts of a bundle regardless of the payer of the original bundle.

Upon making the purchase, you will receive the upgrade key and be able to download an installer that will do the actual job of setting it up. You will need to be able to connect to our update server to retrieve the necessary files for running the Full version.

This is a one time offer, i.e. we do not have any plans to make a running upgrade product available. I'm not saying we won't ever do it again, but probably not for at least a couple of years. I am mentioning this in case prospective new users are reading the message to avoid giving the wrong impression of the intent of the opportunity.

If you need to do a fresh install of Fantasy Grounds after you upgrade, you will need both the original Lite license key as well as the upgrade key. After upgrading, be sure to store both keys in a safe place.

Finally, I want to thank all the Lite license holders for the feedback regarding this issue, and congratulate all prospective new Gamemasters.

When will this offer expire? I've had questions about "Christmas presents"! :)

The "one time offer" refers to it being restricted to the current Lite Licenses. In other words, licenses bought when 2.3.5 is no longer the most up-to-date version will not have the upgrade option, but licenses bought before 2.3.5 will continue to have this option in subsequent versions.

I was about to answer the offer does not expire, but to be on the safe side, unforeseeable things might bring this offer to an end, and thus the perpetualty of the offer cannot be guaranteed.

Thanks for asking for this clarification, I bet others have wondered as well.

Thanks for the update, Ged!

Why isn't the upgrade a full-time offer? Someone over on Yog-Sothoth has mentioned that they can't justify a full license this close to Christmas (for an upcoming game), but that they won't buy a Lite license because they want to run games in the future. It seems as though you might be losing some trade by locking people into one or other of the purchase options.

Another option might be to offer a demo version that can link to proper games, but either drops out of the game after 10 minutes or brings up a full window nag-screen for two minutes out of every 15.

I agree. I know several of my in person players are considering FG but really wanted the option to buy the Lite and eventually be able to upgrade it to full. The simple act of splitting the payment into two halves makes it more palatable to them.

This is the only thread I've found so far that seemed to address this issue. I've got the full license version and I'm trying to convince my friends to play by buying the Lite version.

I thought they could just download the demo and play for one session to see how it is, then maybe they'd buy the lite. But from this thread I see that it is not possible??.

How can the demo version help me? Is there a way to connect with others and do a little demonstration of an online game session without them needing to buy a Full or Lite version. [I think all the versions are cheap, but not everyone wants to buy something without testing it first.]

I'm not slamming any of the versions. I love this software. But I am struggling to find a way to do a playability test online with potential players.

Thanks.

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Originally Posted by Angloson

How can the demo version help me? Is there a way to connect with others and do a little demonstration of an online game session without them needing to buy a Full or Lite version. [I think all the versions are cheap, but not everyone wants to buy something without testing it first.]

I'm not slamming any of the versions. I love this software. But I am struggling to find a way to do a playability test online with potential players.

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It's perfectly possible to do a playability test online using the demo software, you just have to accept that the features have to be demonstrated within the sample adventure and the d20 ruleset. It's easy to extrapolate the experience to playing within a different adventure and your chosen ruleset.

What SmiteWorks don't provide is a demo that can connect to a licensed version, the demo only connects to the demo. I do agree that it would be a great help if they were to change the demo so that it could temporarily connect to a Full host, and work with custom rulesets.

Spyke

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Originally Posted by Spyke

It's perfectly possible to do a playability test online using the demo software, you just have to accept that the features have to be demonstrated within the sample adventure and the d20 ruleset. It's easy to extrapolate the experience to playing within a different adventure and your chosen ruleset.

What SmiteWorks don't provide is a demo that can connect to a licensed version, the demo only connects to the demo. I do agree that it would be a great help if they were to change the demo so that it could temporarily connect to a Full host, and work with custom rulesets.
Spyke

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Wow, thanks Spyke for the quick answer. So, I guess I'll just download the Demo and ask them to do the same. That'll be good enough, I think. I'll try to upload some of my maps, images and tokens at least temporarily for the session and see how it goes.

Thanks again.

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Originally Posted by Angloson

Wow, thanks Spyke for the quick answer. So, I guess I'll just download the Demo and ask them to do the same. That'll be good enough, I think. I'll try to upload some of my maps, images and tokens at least temporarily for the session and see how it goes.

Thanks again.

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Sadly you won't be able to load your maps and other resources into the demo, that's one of its limitations, but it comes with an adventure built in with maps and tokens to play with. You can also only have two players connected at a time with the demo, but that should be sufficient to test the software.

Spyke