Problems importing Creator files

**Earthson** · Feb 19th, '03, 07:46 PM

I'm anxiious to move my Creator character files into Designer and have been able to move a couple of simple templates successfully using the directions in the documentation BUT with some of the more complicated characters I am getting error messages regarding the template.

What gives?

**GradonSilverton** · Feb 19th, '03, 07:47 PM

I'll go ahead and suggest you give some details...like error message ect.....they will need that to offer a solution....at least the usually need it...

***Simon*** · Feb 19th, '03, 07:51 PM

Also (just to jump the gun on our erstwhile HC guru), please give the version of HC that you're using as well as wether you are using the "default" Hero template or a custom one (like some of the 5th ed. templates that are floating around).

**Earthson** · Feb 19th, '03, 07:58 PM

An Error occurred retrieving the template used for the saved character, Using "Standard Super" template

Error Message: Error of line 98 of document file <file path and name>: Expected "<SKILLS>" to terminate the elemetnon line 63

Follows with a second

An error occurred loading the template, Data loss may occur if you save.

Please shut down Hero Designer and restart, repeat of Error Message above.

Symtom of no data being transfered from the files that have been filtered via Creator. I have been able to get some simple files to load. Simple fix? Something someone is already aware of? Something I need to do to the source file before exporting?

**Earthson** · Feb 19th, '03, 08:02 PM

Problem is occurring in files filtered from Creator 1.9.5, source characters were created using the default template.

Thanks

***Simon*** · Feb 19th, '03, 08:03 PM

Please send me the following and I'll make sure they're forwarded on appropriately:

1. The original CW/MC file.

2. The converted .hdc file

**Warchair** · Mar 6th, '03, 09:03 AM

I am having the same EXACT problems Earthson is having getting files to come over from Hero Creator to Hero Designer. I am using the same version of Hero Creator, and I am getting the same errors. I follow the directions to create .hdc documents which Hero Designer seems to recognize, but when I try to open those documents, I get the same error messages that Earthson gets.

Any suggestions on fixes. Like Earthson, I have quite a few Hero Creator files I would love to bring over to Hero Designer.

Thanks.

**Warchair** · Mar 6th, '03, 09:09 AM

I tried to post here the original Hero Creator file (a sample file I cannot convert), but was unable because I cannot post here a file with the .chr extension. I am, however, posting the .hdc file that I created from the Hero Creator file. Thanks.

**nblade** · Mar 6th, '03, 09:17 AM

Originally posted by Warchair
I tried to post here the original Hero Creator file (a sample file I cannot convert), but was unable because I cannot post here a file with the .chr extension. I am, however, posting the .hdc file that I created from the Hero Creator file. Thanks.

You should have zip the files together. This forum accepts files with the .zip extenstion.

***Simon*** · Mar 6th, '03, 09:44 AM

Originally posted by Warchair
I tried to post here the original Hero Creator file (a sample file I cannot convert), but was unable because I cannot post here a file with the .chr extension. I am, however, posting the .hdc file that I created from the Hero Creator file. Thanks.

What you posted is NOT a Hero Designer file. It's a Hero Creator file. You just put a .hdc extension onto it. There has been no conversion done on that file.

If you open it up in a text editor, you'll see what I mean.

**lemming** · Mar 6th, '03, 02:40 PM

Here's the hdc file (zipped) after I ran it through the filter. I looked at the original in Creator and my current theory is that it's the lists of skills that may be causing some confusion for the filter.

I'll see if a little editing of the XML may fix things.

**lemming** · Mar 6th, '03, 02:52 PM

Hmm, Wierd. I did edit the XML, but noticed that some skills weren't even listed. So I went back to creator, took everything out of the package lists and reconverted.

It still dropped some skills. I blame the filter, but this will at least get Lance partially loaded.

***Derek Hiemforth*** · Mar 6th, '03, 03:08 PM

Were you using a customized .hds file in Creator, or a .chr file loaded as a data sheet when the characters were created? If so, some of the info that the filter expects to be in each given skill may not have been in the data sheet used to create the character (or may not have been in the place the filter expected to find it). I used custom data sheets some in Creator, and I've that that bit me a couple of times in converting to HD via the filter.

**lemming** · Mar 6th, '03, 04:06 PM

Originally posted by Derek Hiemforth
I used custom data sheets some in Creator, and I've that that bit me a couple of times in converting to HD via the filter.

I bet that was the problem. But since it's somebody elses character, I'll let them deal with it for now.

**Earthson** · Mar 6th, '03, 08:00 PM

Originally posted by dsimon
What you posted is NOT a Hero Designer file. It's a Hero Creator file. You just put a .hdc extension onto it. There has been no conversion done on that file.

If you open it up in a text editor, you'll see what I mean.

Dan,

I am curious if you have made any inroads in this conversion issue? I e-mailed the files to you a while ago. Any progress?