Yahoo Groups and Helping PCGen

  1. The Yahoo Message Boards

    Go to
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pcgen/
    Here there are 2000+ users to help you, good eh! Post whatever PCGen related questions, comments etc you have (but please report bugs and feature requests as described below). Very, very rarely does a post go unnoticed, in fact you will be overwhelmed with help most of the time. Please be aware that post to the yahoo groups gains you the attention of Mynex, he may or may not decide to take you soul, your risk.

    If you for some reason cannot get access to Yahoo or are really struggling, contact Karianna (email is in this document), she's a little gentler then some of the other chimps out there ;p.

  2. Why are my messages in the yahoo groups board being ignored?

    This happens pretty rarely, but probably because we are busy eating bananas.
    How long is it since you posted this message? The message-board receive many, many mails a day. Because of this, many users choose to receive the digest version of the mails. This slows things down. An other reason might be that you question is answered either in this FAQ or in one of the many html-files in the documentation-files included in PCGen. Check those, and then, if you still get nowhere, post again, with the legend REPOST somewhere in your heading. Of course, you might have hit upon something that no-one has thought of, and everyone is right now hacking away at their computers and PCGen to solve your problem, in any case, be patient.


  3. I want to help!

    Well of course you do! OK, there are a vast variety of ways in which you can help us here at PCGen. We can use:

    • JAVA Coders (Code Monkeys)
    • LST file editors (LST Monkeys)
    • Tracker Monkeys
    • Documenters (Doc Monkeys)
    • Testers (Tester Monkeys)
    Anybody who wants to, no matter your level of experience!

    We could go into vast detail here on how you could help in any particular section. But the way to join is posting a message to Yahoo with the title:

    "I WANT TO HELP"

    Someone will claim your soul shortly afterwards (probably Mynex) and help you offline on how to go about doing things.
    Needless to say, this is one of the most fun and rewarding communities you can join! PCGen is about FUN, just read an average day of the message boards and you'll see what I mean!


  4. How do I submit list files from official d20 products?

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            Well, if you've made the list files, and want them to be checked out by everyone to see their worthiness, then you can post them in a zip file to;

                            http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pcgen/files/Campaign%2BCentral/Inwork%20Projects/

            Once everyone has gone over them, or you feel they are ready to be included in the alpha/beta releases of PCGen, then Post a message to the yahoo group

                             http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pcgen/

            With the subject line reading "TRACKER MONKEYS PLEASE PUT THESE FILES INTO THE DM TRACKER" or simple "KARIANNA FILES FOR DM" and the Files will disappear from the Yahoo Files Section and 'auto-magically' appear in the PCGen: DM trackers for the list monkeys to tear up.

            If they pass the List Monkeys tests, then they get included into the Alpha/Beta builds, if not, they will get kicked back to the Tracker with a note for the Tracker Monkeys to notify you.


  6. I've finished the list files, but I don't know if I should put them in the yahoo group yet, as I haven't contacted the Publisher for permission, what do I do?


  7.         Go to this URL; http://pcgen.sourceforge.net/ and check the 'Source Conversion' section under the listing of 'Open Content' and 'Product Identity' for the list of publishers that have given us permission to include their stuff.

            If you are unsure of who to contact, or are unsure or know you suck at people skills, you can leave a txt file in the zip stating that you did not contact anyone.  If you do contact the publisher for permission, please make the txt file in the zip with who you contacted and what their response was.  copies of the email exchanges are highly recommended.  At the very minimum, include who you exchanged email with, what date it was, and what their response was.

  8. I've Converted a 1st/2nd Ed Source Material, can we include those in the releases?

            The short answer is no.  Unless a 1st/2nd Ed product has been officially converted into 3ed rules and you have permission from the publisher, we can't include them. 

  9. I've created my own custom campaign world, can I include that in the releases?

                  The short answer is again no.  You can however, if you wish to share you're work, post them here in zip format:

                                    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pcgen/files/Campaign%2BCentral/UnOfficial%20%26%20Converted%20Source%20Material/  

                    for others  on the yahoo group to share.