Compendiums

Compendium configuration

Overview

DDB Importer imports many things into Compendium Packs.

Compendiums are useful because the content is only loaded when it's accessed. Things (Scenes, Actors, Items, Journals, etc) in the world are loaded when a user logs in, which can cause long load times.

DDB Importer will create a some compendiums for you, but you can create your own. You can find a setting button in the DDB Importer Module Settings to set which Compendiums you wish DDB Importer to use.

Shared Compendiums

Many users of Foundry use a "Shared Compendium". This is your own module that you can share between worlds so you don't have to import content each time.

It does come with a few maintenance overheads that you will be responsible for though.

Creating a shared compendium

Read or watch how.

Updating Foundry or Systems Versions

YOU are responsible for updating the content of your shared compendium to run on new Foundry or 5e system versions.

After an update you can run the following command to migrate any compendiums selected in the DDB Importer settings.

You only need to do this if your compendiums are "shared"/a custom module.

game.modules.get("ddb-importer").api.compendiums.migrateCompendiums();