New official URL for Improved Initiative
Added 2023-02-16 03:55:32 +0000 UTCHello GMs,
Improved Initiative has a new official URL! The app can now be accessed at https://improvedinitiative.app/.
The old URL is still down for now. Azure support tells me I'm looking at mid-March for a resolution so I decided to take the opportunity to move on to a shorter url with no hyphen and a more "modern" TLD.
I'll push an update to the D&D Beyond Importer Extension to update the default target URL. If you're having any difficulty recovering or migrating your data, check out the workarounds post.
Thanks for your patience during the last few weeks. I'm very grateful for the kind words and grace that you've extended.
Take care!
-Evan
Comments
The chrome extension only targets D&D Beyond sheets. What's the other tool you'd like to import from?
Evan Bailey
2023-05-10 19:45:12 +0000 UTCI know it can import DnDAppFiles (xml) such as these: https://github.com/ceryliae/DnDAppFiles and it can import JSON files, though I have not had luck with this
Victor Navone
2023-05-10 16:27:34 +0000 UTCDoes the Improved Initiative importer import character sheets from any other tools besides DND Beyond? I thought there was a list of things that it could import monster blocks from, but I can't seem to find a reference to that.
Mathew DeGauven
2023-04-24 15:28:17 +0000 UTCHi, I cant generate a player URL anymore... is there a bug?
Mitch Kanig
2023-04-18 04:09:12 +0000 UTCPlayer views are a little flaky right now due to a database upgrade. I'm hoping to have it fixed on Wednesday, I'm unfortunately away from a computer the next couple of days. Thanks for the heads up!
Evan Bailey
2023-04-02 17:50:15 +0000 UTCHi, is there something wrong with the site? My playerviews don't seem to respond, they are stuck in the default styling and none of the creatures appear into it, requesting other id's doesn't seem to do anything.
M M
2023-04-02 14:42:17 +0000 UTCShould be fixed now, thanks for the heads up!
Evan Bailey
2023-03-20 21:58:22 +0000 UTCHey there! I'm having a problem connecting - I'm getting "An error occurred during a connection to improvedinitiative.app. PR_END_OF_FILE_ERROR" This is through Xfinity. However, if I connect through my VPN, it works fine! Very weird.
Lagongo
2023-03-15 03:29:44 +0000 UTCHey just thinking what happened to the "wolf" in the monster section
Quickhakker
2023-03-12 20:06:47 +0000 UTCLikewise! This tool is a joy to use and has become indispensable in my games.
Victor Navone
2023-03-09 17:26:07 +0000 UTCThis is such an important tool in running my games - I really appreciate all of your hard work in getting this back operational!
Scott
2023-03-02 18:13:51 +0000 UTCGlad to see things are slowly recovering! I've gotten most of my settings recreated at the new URL, fortunately. One minor problem I've discovered in the switchover: I lost my Custom Encounter ID. I'm using a second one for now, but I sure wouldn't mind my original one being made available to me again. :) ETA: Looks like I'm not the only one on this thread who has run into this.
Xathien
2023-03-01 07:53:46 +0000 UTCyeah it was the url i thought i changed it but i messed up lol
everett
2023-02-27 20:02:11 +0000 UTCMake sure you're logged in on the app where the importer sends you, and make sure the importer is configured with the right target url https://improvedinitiative.app/e/
Evan Bailey
2023-02-27 18:26:03 +0000 UTCits not letting me import things from dndbeyond and i dunno why it keeps telling me its only for people who back you on paetron which i do?
everett
2023-02-27 16:27:34 +0000 UTCThanks Will, I'll look into this! I wonder why it's only affecting some folks?
Evan Bailey
2023-02-24 23:27:51 +0000 UTCThe SSL error is occurring with multiple web browsers on several different devices even after a hard refresh and incognito mode. It means that however you generated the certificate, the certificate authority is not recognized. It appears you are using a Cloudflare Gateway ECC Certificate Authority. I found this article on what you need to do to resolve this: https://bobcares.com/blog/cloudflare-origin-certificate-not-trusted/
Will Schwab
2023-02-24 23:24:11 +0000 UTCYou may just need to do a hard refresh on it
Evan Bailey
2023-02-24 23:15:15 +0000 UTCShouldn't affect that at all, it's all the same backend. Thanks for the heads up!
Evan Bailey
2023-02-24 23:14:40 +0000 UTCDoes this change impact Custom Encounter IDs used for hosting player views? An encounter Id I was able to use 2 weeks ago from the backup domain is showing "Id Unavailable" for me on the new domain. Easy enough for me to work around, but curious if this affects others as well and whether it's easily corrected.
Jeremy Buege
2023-02-23 02:17:44 +0000 UTCThe option to save characters in encounters is now back. Thanks Evan.
Timothy R Havens
2023-02-21 16:03:44 +0000 UTCThe site: https://improvedinitiative.app/ is generating an SSL error. It's showing an NET::ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID
Will Schwab
2023-02-20 17:01:38 +0000 UTCThanks for the support on getting the old data. When the old site was down I realized just how much I use this to run my games and how much I store in it. FYI, on the new site, the option to store characters as part of an encounter has disappeared. Any chance it can be put back in?
Timothy R Havens
2023-02-20 14:44:32 +0000 UTCNew link is working great!
Mark (zellspell)
2023-02-19 23:22:40 +0000 UTCThank you very much for your work!
Swagger
2023-02-19 17:23:35 +0000 UTCThank you for the update and the backup. I DM every week and I was able to quickly switch over and keep playing with barely a hitch.
TheSheDM
2023-02-17 07:39:53 +0000 UTCThanks for being proactive!
Chris Bloom
2023-02-16 15:20:49 +0000 UTCThank you for the update. Thank you for the backup url! It saved my game a few days ago. Thanks for the new URL! I almost never like hyphens in URLs but it does work for this project, at least aesthetically. I hope you get it back soon.
Tactical Tokens
2023-02-16 12:47:39 +0000 UTCYou really need to find a new registrar. That's such BS. It takes someone 2 minutes to fix that. Do you think if your domain was nike.com that they would be screwing you around? I've dealt with "lapsed" domains many times, and they're generally back up within a day of payment. Nevertheless, I like the new name better. :D
Roger Penn
2023-02-16 10:21:10 +0000 UTCThank you!
Victor Navone
2023-02-16 05:31:39 +0000 UTC
