Version 3.6.1

4e Compendium Downloader requires Java 8+ and an D&D Insider account. See quickstart video.

Windows users should get and run the exe file, while Mac and Linux should grab the jar file.
After compendium data is downloaded, the data can be exported to a web page.
The download should be a one-off process. Future updates are not expected to require re-download.

To upgrade from version 3.5.0 or above, simply overwrite old exe/jar, launch, and re-export data.

Updates:

• Fix script error on Chrome which totally breaks the viewer.
• Fix "Clear Filter" quick action not reliably showing up.
• Update power keywords detection.
• Plus a few minor fixes. See commit message for full list and code changes.

Version 3.6

This release does not work on Chrome 57 or above (Desktop and Android).
For general use please get version 3.6.1 instead.

Updates:

• Corrects 1560+ entries in total with new data columns and item tag.
• Better mobile support. e.g. Swipe for next/previous page
• UI bug fix and enhancements, e.g. no popup when clicking on empty space.
• Allow filtering empty columns using "NIL" and "-NIL" (without quotes).
• Exclude more flavour text for more accurate search.
• Fixed data can now be dumped in all supported formats.
• Main data can be compressed to save space, default disabled because loading can be slow.
• Improved speed, efficiency, and error handling of both downloader and viewer.
• And many more. See commit message for full list and code changes.

Version 3.5.3

4e Compendium Downloader requires Java 8 and an D&D Insider account. See quickstart video.

Windows users should get and run the exe file, while Mac and Linux should grab the jar file.
After compendium data is downloaded, the data can be exported to a web page.
The download should be a one-off process. Future updates are not expected to require re-download.

To upgrade from version 3.5.0 or above, simply overwrite old exe/jar, launch, and re-export data.

Updates:

• Corrects 1300+ entries in total with two new columns.
• Autocomplete in filter columns. Column filters are now highlighed.
• Items are now filtered by all variations. A level 2 sword will show up when you filter to level 7 or 12.
• New data dump formats: xlsx, csv, tsv, json, and sql (MySQL, SQL Server, Postgre), plus the old html.
• Press Esc to go back to entry list. Chrome keyboard navigation fixed.
• A step by step video is created. Included in this release as a backup.
• And many more. See commit message for details. This is the 700th commit of the project!

Version 3.5.2.1

Compendium Downloader requires Java 8 and an D&D Insider account to work.

Windows users should download the exe file, while Mac and Linux should grab the jar file.
After compendium data is downloaded, this app can export the data to an html web page.
The download should be a one-off process. Future updates are not expected to require re-download.

To upgrade from version 3.5.0 or above, simply overwrite old exe/jar, launch, and re-export data.

See frontpage for step-by-step usage.

Updates:

• Raw data can now be exported as simple html files.
• Fix compatibility with Java 1.8.0.111, Edge 14, and Windows high contrast.
• Fix some conditional bugs.
• See commit message for details.

Release Candidate 3.5.2.1

Fixed "Not on FX application thread" during download..

Version 3.5.2

Compendium Downloader requires Java 8 and an D&D Insider account to work.

Windows users should download the exe file, while Mac and Linux should grab the jar file.
Upgrade is as simple as overwriting old exe/jar, launch, and re-export data.
(If an old version export was copied to other devices, please delete it before coping the new export.)

After compendium data is downloaded, this app can export the data to an html web page.
The download should be a one-off process. Future updates are not expected to require re-download.

See frontpage for step-by-step usage.

Updates:

• Corrects 520+ entries, better entry summary, and more item categories.
• Left click on text to initiate internal term lookup.
• Better mobile layout, slimmer file structure and faster export.
• Added detection of required features, absent by default on OpenJDK.
• See commit message for details.

Version 3.5.1

Compendium Downloader requires Java 8 and an D&D Insider account to work.

Windows users should download the exe file, while Mac and Linux should grab the jar file.
Upgrade is as simple as overwrite old exe/jar, launch, and re-export data (overwriting old exports).

After compendium data is downloaded, this app can export the data to an html web page.
The download should be a one-off process. Future updates are not expected to require re-download.

See frontpage for step-by-step usage.

Updates:

• Added result paging, auto database backup, and update check.
• Corrects 370+ entries.
• Fixed compatibility with Java 8 update 101.
• Fixed mobile layout, search, and filter.
• See commit message for details.

Version 3.5.0.1

Compendium Downloader requires Java 8 and an D&D Insider account to work.

Windows users should download the exe version, while Mac and Linux should grab the jar version.

After the compendium is downloaded, this app can export the data to an html web page.
The download should be a one-off process. Future updates are not expected to require re-download.