Redesign of the conversion process which allows a more thorough conversion and better workflow
Added support for importing of cross referenced content across multiple books and import of Referenced Materials
Added support for placing and linking tokens in scenes
Added support for extraction of notes from journal entries and linking to journal notes in scenes
Added support for generating magic items
Added support for generating weapons, armor, adventuring gear
Added support for generating feats
Added support for generating races
Added support for generating organizations
Added support for creating journal entries to explain basic rules (skill descriptions, conditions, senses, etc…)
Added support for placing tiles on scenes to fix some map issues
More complete data is extracted from parsing of backgrounds, and classes, which will be useful for adding support to automatic advancements in the future
Added support for creating basic spells/monsters from their skeleton information, if it’s referenced but the user doesn’t have access to the book containing the spell/monster details
Better support for spell parsing in monsters, especially when they have more than one type of spellcasting, or have pact-type spellcasting abilities
Converted module/world version now sets its patch version to the DDB book’s version
Massive optimizations in the conversion process, making it run much faster, by a factor of about 50.
Switched to using the new Shared Hoard metadata project that will allow, long term, for more customization of the adventure during imports
Thanks to Shared Hoard, the metadata contributors are now listed as authors of the package as well, and a README file accompanies each package
Tokenize monster avatars to make it look nicer on the scene with a token frame
Upgrade minimum requirement to Foundry VTT 0.8.9 and improve the v9 and v10 support for the converted data
Improve detection of scene sizes for some of the images
Automatically update the user’s DDB manifest list when doing a book import, if the DDB manifest of the user is outdated
Upgrade the format of the data to use the new folders.json required by the Forge Compendium Library, which allows proper folder sorting on Foundry v10
Update the paths of spell/item icons to use the new core icons in 0.8.x instead of the (now deleted) dnd5e icon paths
Some CSS fixes for statblocks and support for new monster statblock CSS class
Additional polishing of the Save Points UI and features
Move the world’s banner image to the left in the Save Points page to make it easier to see with minimal eye movement
Fix the deleted worlds with a previous Save Point showing the save timestamp as “Now” instead of the correct time span
Add display of the Save Points quotas in each game’s Save Points dialogs
Add the ability to sort worlds in the Save Points page by title, by last play time, or by number of Save Points
Simplify how filtering of save points is done in the UI to avoid out-of-order save points, possibly confusing the user
Add save/cancel buttons on the input field when editing a save point’s title, allowing better control of the functionality, especially on mobile
Fix a bug where cloning a world from the Save Points page could shift the list of worlds and show incorrect data in the dialog
Restore original Foundry users in games with the User Manager enabled when the Game Manager is disabled, so the user doesn’t need to reset passwords to get access back to the world
Disabling the user manager will not delete Forge-created users anymore, avoiding loss of user settings/macrobar if the option is toggled by mistake
Add sideloading of package manifests on install, updating the compatibility flags based on the Bazaar data
Add multiple additional server-side optimization for processing mass-uploads of files to the assets library
Fix issue preventing locking of custom modules from the Bazaar page
Fix a visual bug in the “Update All” Bazaar dialog, where a package’s icon could be stretched vertically
Add better handling of Stripe based error codes to display more user-friendly error messages in some situations
Fix issue waiting for some tasks to complete, causing a Foundry upgrade to take longer than necessary when a savepoint is made at the same time
Improve the loading speed of the Bazaar page slightly by decreasing the amount of data being transferred when loading the page
Changing the default FVTT version for new accounts to FVTT 10.290
Update the About page and Acknowledgements page
Various fixes and optimizations to the backend and to how the Bazaar updater handles package updates
November 11th 2022
Only disable modules in a world when doing an upgrade to a new major version number (from v9 to v10 for example), not on minor patch releases
Automatically start a download of the world’s backup if the user makes upgrades their world to a new Foundry version without clicking the “export backup” button. Ensuring that everyone has a backup in case something breaks during the upgrade
Fix an issue in how the title of DDB adventure would be displayed if it had escapable characters
November 9th 2022
Fix missing number of days in user’s trial due to an internationalization mistake, displaying a static string
Improve support of assets library uploads within Foundry, in case the target path starts with the user’s ID.
November 8th 2022
Add support for getting/uploading Data files which contain spaces and other escapable characters
Add support for file uploads within Foundry, using the assets library URL as target path, without duplicating the domain/userid in the target folder
Fix an error in the Bazaar API trying to read the manifest of a package which isn’t available
Fix issue with installing Bazaar purchased packages that are also offered as Foundry protected packages
Fix some error messages not being displayed properly due to internationalization
Fix issue with asset upload for some developer accounts
Various polishing fixes to the new custom module updates workflow from the Bazaar update all dialog
November 3rd 2022
Add a new Forge tool to migrate modules which have compendium packs that don’t respect the newer/stricter Foundry VTT v10 module requirements, which caused most shared compendiums to disappear in v10
Add the ability to check for updates for all installed custom packages in the Bazaar’s Update All dialog.
Fix issue listing Bazaar package versions which include a max compatibility flag
When the Game Manager is enabled, automatically disable all modules when upgrading a world to be launched on Foundry v10, replicating core Foundry behavior
Fix a possible game password corruption that can happen when the User Manager is disabled while the game is online
Force shutdown of the Foundry game when the User Manager setting is changed or the passwords are reset, so the changes can take effect immediately
Add a new API to allow manipulation of files in the user’s Data storage (in preparation for upcoming features)
Fix the “Delete game” workflow which didn’t properly remove the game tab from the UI until reload
Improve wording of the tooltip indicating that package’s latest version being compatible with your Foundry version (vs only being “supported”)
Clarify the limitations of the export compendium modules interface.
Fix nearly invisible tooltip help icon in the configure players sidebar when using the dark theme
Multiple fixes to our internationalization efforts which introduced a few visual errors since the last update
Add Matthew and Neeraj and update Daniel’s description to the About Us page
Make access to the staff page’s About page case insensitive
Many internal miscellaneous changes and improvements
October 12th 2022
Fix issue recently introduced which caused the D&D Beyond importing to stop working correctly
Allow case insensitive validation on the 2FA TOTP field for users entering a backup recovery code
(on the 8th) Added a workaround to an issue with DigitalOcean causing servers to randomly appear as powered off even though they’re not, and affecting networking to those machines
October 6th 2022
Massive update, finally bringing internationalization support to the entire website and Forge services. (Actual translations of the site will be coming soon!)
Add a visual indicator to user’s Foundry loading screen to help with the “grey screen of death” issue and point them towards the troubleshooting guide.
Automatically detect the appropriate Foundry version when a user imports their first world and set their Foundry version in the Forge to match it.
Add icons to the Game tools and Table tools buttons in the Game configuration page, to make it easier to recognize what they do.
Remove the use in the Forge module of all deprecated APIs in v10 to avoid any deprecation warnings in the console.
Fix support for our Patreon-integration packages that also use Foundry’s Patreon-integration, so both can work at the same time.
Automatically unmask the user’s email address when the user starts editing the field
September 29th 2022
Fix a bug that can cause the servers to become overloaded when a user with a demo license (Explorer Mode) has their license expire.
Fix navigation menu items opening in new windows when the user is on their account page
September 19th 2022
Add the ability to deprecate older Foundry versions and notify the user of the version deprecation while configuring or launching the game.
Fix premium foundry modules not showing as being owned in Foundry v10’s Setup page
When browsing for module’s files programmatically, check the bazaar and user’s assets library first due to how assets are generally not present in the data folder
Fix display of minimum/compatible Foundry version metadata on the Bazaar for v10 packages
Save the last browser folder so the file browser in Foundry always opens to the last folder, even after reloads
Fix an issue recovering save points
Improve performance of doing save points operations
Verify email address validity against disposable domains, during signup
Fix issue with email address validation for some specific domains by updating mailchecker dependency
Correctly use * literally in folder names instead of as a wildcard, when doing a wildcard token which includes * in the folder name
Correct the target directory return value in the FilePicker.browse API when wildcard mode is enabled
September 15th 2022
Add a major optimization for the Import Wizard’s package migration, making it drop import/migration times for some modules from multiple minutes to a few milliseconds.
Fix issue with premium Foundry packages displaying updates available on v9 when the new version is v10 compatible only (Requires premium package to have proper compatibility releases)
Add support for sideloading package information from the Foundry website and remote manifest, allowing a package’s compatibility flags, per-version unique URL, changelog url, and updated manifest metadata to be updated without a new package release being deployed.
Fix display of package in the Bazaar with a very long version name, causing buttons to wrap to two lines
Fix a crash causing a non-user friendly message to be shown when trying to install a package from manifest that doesn’t point to a json file
Fix older czepeku packages sold on the Bazaar that were not available to download outside The Forge
Misc fixes to internal processes
September 7th 2022
Add systems selection to the shared compendium creation dialog, making it v10 compatible
Fix support for wildcard tokens in Foundry v10
Polishing tweaks to the Save Points feature
Fix issue creating a manual save point with an apostrophe character in the title
Properly handle “disk quota exceeded” error during save point restoration
Add an option to hide/show automatic backups in the save points dialog and hide them by default unless there are no save points for a game
Clarify in the 2FA prompt on login that the 2FA code is to be found in the authenticator app
Removal of the “Beta” suffix to the Save Points page in the navigation bar
Mark LiveKit servers and Save Points as Completed in the Workshop page
Fix possible race condition issue with increasing user’s quota temporarily during premium content installation
September 2nd 2022
The Save Points feature is finally ready and released! This is another massive update with hundreds of commits spanning months (years!) of work.
Correctly detect v10 compatible in system manifests that use a v9-only manifest format, but explicitly state compatibility with v10
Add protection against session fixation attacks by regenerating new session ids on login/logout
Deprecate support for controlling a game via a POST to the game page (exclusively using the API endpoints now)
August 30th 2022
Mark new world created under v10 as compatible with the v10 generation rather than the specific build
When installing premium modules from the Bazaar, use the manifest url from the last compatible version with your Foundry version, which can (in some instances) allow Foundry to install the correct compatible version.
August 24th 2022
Update the jobs page to reflect that we are not accepting any new submissions anymore and are evaluating applicants
Show the balance from any unpaid invoices in the Billing section under the gift card balance, and provide a way for users to view and pay their outstanding invoices
Improve displayed information about the PayPal authorization during trial which may appear as a charge with some banks
Link the “you have unpaid invoices” to the billing section of the account page, instead of the profile section.
Automatically fix package’s manifests that have conflicting id and name fields when listing available worlds, to fix some possible missing worlds on Foundry v10
Prevent some protected world manifest fields from being edited unless the account owner overwrites the world via the import wizard
Fix an error in Foundry v10 from the Forge module trying to use an API before the game is ready
August 19th 2022
Prevent concurrent license revalidation requests, to decrease load on Foundry servers during license reverification attempts
Display a warning to the user if the Game Manager feature gets disabled after their subscription is downgraded, to prevent confusion about their games disappearing
Fix detection of the system relationships for v10 packages, to display in the Bazaar
Change forums group of users on Explorer Mode to Player group instead of Game Master group
Add placeholder image to display next to the subscription when in Explorer Mode
Add a redirect for the /packages/ page to /bazaar/package/ in case of incorrect URLs due to Foundry’s website endpoints
August 16th 2022
Add support for Foundry v10 Testing 4 build 278 which changed the internal API for listing packages on the setup screen.
Fix a rare issue where a Foundry server could get restarted by mistake if a player has a non-graceful disconnection.
Fix detection of the minimum and compatible core compatibility for packages in the Bazaar, which was broken with the v10 support added recently
Add robots.txt support to better display search engine results and to disable indexing of user’s public games.
Fix the addition of the “Delete World” game tool button when the Game Manager is disabled
Automatically update the prototype token image of an actor when the the token is set to the default image with the Bazaar assets link
Fix small issue where the game list in the game configuration page was not scrollable
August 3rd 2022
Add new a per-user manifest URL system for installing Bazaar purchases outside of the Forge with protected and revokeable keyed URLs.
Completely revamp our “Create new Game” interface for Game Manager users, providing a sleek new UI to create blank new games, install from the Bazaar or clone existing worlds.
Greatly improve some of our email templates, providing a more beautiful design (welcome email and email verification, at this time)
Change the way the Two factor authentication QR code is generated, which helps users of 1Password
Add a “Delete Game” button to the game tools from the configuration page, making it easier for users to delete their existing games if they wish to.
Fix issue where the favorite icon on a game would shift by a few pixels between enabled and disabled states.
Fix an issue in how Foundry versions were being compared causing packages with a maximum compatibility set to v10 to not show up properly for users in the Bazaar even for users in v9.
Fix parsing issue of incorrectly formatted author fields for manifests, which could cause the Bazaar page to fail to load.
Add support for new file extensions in v10 when browsing for files
July 30th 2022
Massive update that adds support for Foundry v10 so it can be used on The Forge!
Add Foundry v10 Testing 2 release to the available releases
Fix package optimization from the import wizard to support some missing fields
Fix display of a package’s card footer in the Bazaar if the package version is a very long string
Add support for tiles in some scenes to fix secrets appearing in player maps
Correctly use the right image meant for the scenes, instead of trying to guess the right one (fixes LMoP for example, showing the DM version of the maps with the walls/lighting)
Link journal notes to scenes
Remove the double parsing of scenes which could lead in some cases to having duplicate scenes for adventures
Switch to using our fork of the meta-data project, which fixes some small issues with lmop and cos
Remove the cloudflare-proxying option from the Forge module, and enable the feature automatically to all users.
Add support for fonts as valid media files for importing into the assets library
List all valid extensions in the upload dialog from the assets library (including fonts, pdf, 3d models, etc…)
Fix the “Save” button in the game configuration to display a save icon instead of the rest icon
Fix text-shadow CSS styling in the plans page causing the pricing to appear blurry
Use new API endpoints for Foundry’s license verification and signatures
Fix issue with the fallback browse API returning incorrect data for the root folder of the Bazaar.
Miscellaneous changes to the dev and build system
June 30th 2022
Update the workshop page to indicate Asia and Oceania have livekit deployed as well
Implement a fix for a long standing and very rare race condition that could lock a user’s license even if no game is using it.
Do not optimize the default token path from compendium packs in the Bazaar to prevent a bug where setting the avatar would not update the prototype token at the same time
Attempt to work around a load balancer bug that has been annoying this week
June 27th 2022
Add support for Party Chat! A new feature that lets you create a private group chat for your players and automatically invites/removes players from the chat when they join/leave the game.
Add support for linking/logging in/signing up with Google
Add support for linking/logging in/signing up with Discord
Add interface in the account page to link/unlink Patreon, Google and Discord
Do not create a new account anymore, when using the “sign in with” option and an account is not found associated with the third party service.
Improve the games list display so their height matches the window height, and the cards are larger and in a grid, so they do not expand needlessly in the case of an uneven number of games
Add a scrollbar to the game cards so they don’t take too much space, and all cards are of the same size, giving a more uniform browsing experience
Automatically hide a game’s banner and shift the description if the banner set by the user is a 1x1 pixels image
Automatically detect change in patreon pledges for access to the DDB beta
Add patreon lifetime contribution to the data retreived from Patreon linked accounts, in preparation for future Patreon integration Bazaar release
Improve the autoscaler to better work with changing ids on the OVH API
Increase the cloudflare websocket proxy A/B testing to 50% of users
Add new internal endpoints to allow users to browse their data files directly and access Foundry logs (needed for a future update)
Some small performance improvements to the website
Many small UI/UX improvements to the game cards, login page and accounts page.
June 16th 2022
Fix issue with the Bazaar showing incorrectly some packages as having been recently updated
Fix installing a premium package from manifest from within Foundry’s setup screen when the creator allows installs from manifest.
Show list of all missing assets from imported worlds/modules in the import wizard if there were assets found missing during import
Fix Bazaar package standalone page for asset packs never showing a pack as enabled
Fix Bazaar package standalone page install button not changing to ‘uninstall’ after the package has been installed until page reload
Fix an issue with the Bazaar updater which caused the Foundry servers to return old cached results making it delay detecting new versions of packages if their manifest URL has changed domains.
Fix User Manager custom user assignment dialog showing a player as assigned even after the user they were assigned to had been manually deleted from the game.
Fix an issue where linking your patreon account when already logged in would redirect to the login page if 2FA is enabled on the account.
Randomly enable the new Cloudflare websocket proxy feature to a small number of users for testing purposes
June 7th 2022
Fix the migration of compendium packs to use the assets library urls, both in the import wizard and the Bazaar optimizer, after the v9 API break of the pack’s entity type field.
Change the “Last Updated” metadata on Bazaar packages to display the release date of the last currently compatible version of the package, instead of the release date of the last version.
Fix a bug introduced in last update which caused all packages to have their “Last Updated” to update to June 4th
Move the “Workshop” page from the “Resources” menu to the “Discover” menu
Update the workshop page to show the Compendium Library as being released, and update the module name from “The Forge: Compendium Browser” to “The Forge: Compendium Library”
June 3rd 2022
Fix issue browsing asset packs in Foundry
Fix issue with redirects of relative import of greensock library esmodules due to CORS
Add support for banning users and locking access in cases of ToS violations
Add option in the Forge module to allow testing of Cloudflare proxying for the Foundry VTT connections (can improve stability/reliability for some users)
Add rate limiting for API calls to prevent misbehaving modules from disrupting user’s games
Fix a memory leak in the assets browsing API which was getting triggered by filepicker-favorites module, causing an API error notification to display to the user
Add internal method to the Forge FilePicker to do multiple file uploads at once.
Fix nodejs heap size calculation to take advantage of process RAM limits more efficiently