Comments on: Character Builder on Linux/Mac? Here’s how.. Kinda.

By: mleger

mleger — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:56:40 +0000

just another idea after going back and re-reading this post

using your amazon cloud server i belive is something like $30 a month, you can setup the RDP on that and split on a acocunt with some friends.

now im sure this is against wotc rules and stuff, however it is a physical possibility. This scenario you could probaly run up to 5 users at the same time connected.

install dropbox for saved files and your set

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By Decree of The Czar.. » Using Google Wave with online D&D sessions — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:18:56 +0000

[...] first, I began thinking of a few ways to handle the situation. As previously mentioned, I have a server running that allows my players to log in and use the D&D Character Builder [...]

By: anarkeith

anarkeith — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:06:37 +0000

@Wyatt: That’s an interesting extra step (the Parallels Desktop) that I hadn’t thought of. I’m running the setup you describe, I just put up with rebooting when I want to run the CB. I drop the docs on my Media Ctr, so I can access PDFs printed from the CB and such.

I may try the remote desktop trick too, since I can run CB on my Media Ctr and (it sounds like) access it from my Mac.

By: Wyatt

Wyatt — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:49:09 +0000

Yeah, WINE choked on me for the character builder when I tried it in Mac OS 10.5 with Crossover.

However, I can run the character builder pretty easily with a Mac. At least an Intel Mac, which are pretty easy to come by nowadays since, y’know, the PowerPC processor is dead now.

Just install a windows distribution in Boot Camp. Then, to avoid having to boot into windows all the time for just one app, open your boot camp partition as a virtual drive in Parallels Desktop 4.0. Congrats, you can run the CB whenever you want in Mac OS X, and you also have a stable windows (I’ve never met a virtual machine I call stable, not even parallels) install on your drive as well if you ever need it for more stuff. I personally prefer to boot into it for a round of trouble witches or touhou or other schmups.
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By: NeoWolf

NeoWolf — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:06:14 +0000

Another option that I use is emulating a Windows machine. Of course legally this requires having a copy of Windows and a program to do this with. Though luckily VirtualBox exists as a free option for the later. At this point it’s on par with most commercial apps too. ( http://www.virtualbox.org/ )

I’m hoping that eventually WINE will be able to run the builder, but last I checked it chokes heavily on dot net applications like the builder.

By: mike

mike — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:39:38 +0000

as a method of theory only, i conceived a idea of using something like a citrix wraper program (based on remote desktop connection) to put the entire DDI character builder & websites in a webpage that looks like it runs off of your computer. In theory it should be possible.

i’d say the bigger purpose instead of mac/linux would mainly be so a group of people can split on an account.

again this is all theory

By: bonemaster

bonemaster — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:11:15 +0000

That’s very interesting. I didn’t know that DDI only ran on windows. Of course, not really caring about DDI, I really didn’t pay attention.

There is the obvious installing virtual machine software on your linux/mac machine and have a virtual machine for windows. I’ve done that myself a few times. I guessing it does run under wine.

Of course that really besides the point. Something like DDI should have been an application that can run on anything. Something like flash or other RIA would have been the more logical approach by WoTC. But, I’ve never considered WotC’s choices logical anyway.
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