I am building GCS export support

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May 25th, 2019, 19:31
Nose66

I am building GCS export support

But I need some help. Does anyone know where I can find a specification for the "/importchar" XML format? The Fantasy Ground website is just a confusing maze to me. I found nothing in the "Developer Guide" https://www.fantasygrounds.com/wiki/...eveloper_Guide

BTW, I am about 80% complete with the PC export... but I am having to do this "in the blind".

Nose
May 25th, 2019, 19:40
dberkompas

The way I worked it out for my importers was to create various characters and reverse engineer the resulting XML.

Dave
May 25th, 2019, 21:05
Nose66

Yeah, that is what I am having to do. It works, but takes a few iterations to figure stuff out.

The export uses a custom text export template, but it requires some additional coding to support all of the tags needed. When I am done, I will present it to Richard to incorporate into GCS.
June 11th, 2019, 01:50
Nose66

Tis done! The next release of GCS (https://gurpscharactersheet.com/) will now support Fantasy Grounds PC and NPC exports. Once it is released, we will create a "how to" video and let the importing begin!
July 23rd, 2019, 04:22
uzirath

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Originally Posted by Nose66

Tis done! The next release of GCS (https://gurpscharactersheet.com/) will now support Fantasy Grounds PC and NPC exports. Once it is released, we will create a "how to" video and let the importing begin!

Is there any reason it shouldn't work if we pull the latest library files from github? I did this, exported a character to an XML file, but the file is empty. I tried it for a couple of different characters. It just creates a blank XML file. Is there anything other than the library output template that needs to be updated?
July 23rd, 2019, 16:30
Nose66

If you follow the process defined in the read me, it should work. There were updates to many of the sub-projects (gcs, gcs_libarary, toolkit, etc.). The only outstanding Pull Request is the update to the website, which I think he will wait to accept until the release is done.
July 23rd, 2019, 17:08
uzirath

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nose66

If you follow the process defined in the read me, it should work. There were updates to many of the sub-projects (gcs, gcs_libarary, toolkit, etc.). The only outstanding Pull Request is the update to the website, which I think he will wait to accept until the release is done.

Ah. Didn't realize that I needed to update the core software. I'll see about following those instructions or, barring that, just being patient and waiting for the next release. Thank you!
January 8th, 2020, 00:44
Nose66

It has been posted elsewhere, but to complete this thread:

GCS (GURPS Character Sheet) 4.12 (or higher) can export to Fantasy Grounds. Here is a quick video on how to use it.
January 12th, 2020, 12:55
ronnke

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nose66

It has been posted elsewhere, but to complete this thread:

GCS (GURPS Character Sheet) 4.12 (or higher) can export to Fantasy Grounds. Here is a quick video on how to use it.

Thanks Nose66. :)