PCGen v.6.09.06 Released!
The PCGen Team is pleased to announce that PCGen v.6.09.06 (Alpha) has been released.
What’s new for v6.09.06
PCGen v6.09.06 is released as a ALPHA from our development branch. Some notable changes in the 6.09.06 release are listed below.
Notable Changes
- Continued work on the UI switch
- Many Bug Fixes
- MANY new sourcebooks
Installation
Prerequisites
Java 11 aka Java 55 aka 18.09 or 18.10. PCGEN 6.09.05 is not compatible with Java 10 (or earlier) and it is NOT SUPPORTED. PCGen is tested with OpenJDK, but any Java 11 from any source will be fine. Windows users: The WINDOWS INSTALLER version of PCGen comes with embedded Java JREs for both x86 and x64 Windows OS’s. LINKS:
Instructions
- Live chat support by volunteers DISCORD:
DISCORD SUPPORT LINK - The Groups.io main mailing list (for help and feedback):
https://pcgen.groups.io/g/main/topics
Read the doc!
Please make sure you read the docs to familiarize yourself with the changes. You can access it from docs/index.html located in the PCGen directory.
Download PCGen
- DOWNLOAD PCGEN!:
Links to all of the available download options!
Custom Data Sets
If you have custom data created be aware that you may need to update your data to be compatible with the changes.
Thanks
Thanks to the volunteers who contributed to the PCGen 6.09.05 release! Without volunteers, no releases would be possible.
Thanks also to the many people who gave us feedback, reported bugs, contributed to the lists and helped other PCGen users out!
Want to Help?
PCGen is an open source project. Anyone who wants to contribute whether it is Java programming, data set programming, documentation, helping new users, general cat herding, massage, walking the dogs, etc. is very welcome.
If you want to help jump on our Discord or Groups.io and simply post a message “I Want To Help” in one of the channels that make the
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Doesn’t seem to run after installation on Win11. Ver 6.09.05 runs just fine though.
The release team is digging into it.
Can I install PCGen on a IPhone? I’m not tech savvy. If we can please write instructions down please.
PCGen, requires full java. The smallest thing I know people have gotten it running on is a chromebook through Linux, or a Microsoft Surface. You can export the character to an html or pdf for viewing on your phone.
Can’t seem to open it, i updated java yet it doesn’t start
The latest versions of java require this to be added to the pcgen.bat. The next versions of PCGen will include that automatically.
JAVA_OPTS=”–enable-preview”
Good to know; thanks Paul!
Love the work and program great for D&D3.5 and Pathfinder 1e can’t get 6.9.6 to run on windows 10 PCGen splash screen shows for 3 seconds then disappears 6.9.5 works great
Try adding this to the pcgen.bat
JAVA_OPTS=”–enable-preview”
I’m guessing that a mobile/web version is unlikely to make an appearance anytime soon, but I do want to *ask* if it’s at all in the cards.
Unlikely simply because of the java architecture.
Any chance for a gestalt option for character generation in future versions?
Unlikely, there are just too many possible combinations that the data would have to be stripped down and broken apart that the time invested wouldn’t be worth it. You could look at Eclipse: The Codex Persona by Distant Horizons. That is what one of the main data monkey uses and keeps it up to-date AFAIK. It converts the D&D and Pathfinder system to a classless and leveless system.