Problems importing Creator files

[archermoo]

Sorry I hadn't seen this thread before. It sounds like there may be a problem with the conversion script choking on a list or something to that effect. Earthson, I know that you've already sent Dan a copy of both the CW file and the HD file, but if you could send them both to me (I'm the one that wrote the script) I'll see what I can see.

[Koshka]

Hero Creator 1.9.5, no custom templates that I'm aware of. If I use the "Filter Text" command it dumps the supposedly converted character sheet onto the clipboard. Should I be dumping the clipboard into Notepad before saving it as a .hdc file? Trying to save directly from the clipboard viewer seems to work until I try to open the file, at which point HD chokes.

I'll try to get the exact error messages for you, but since the boxes are hanging off the edge of my screen this may take a little while.

[archermoo]

Originally posted by Koshka
Hero Creator 1.9.5, no custom templates that I'm aware of. If I use the "Filter Text" command it dumps the supposedly converted character sheet onto the clipboard. Should I be dumping the clipboard into Notepad before saving it as a .hdc file? Trying to save directly from the clipboard viewer seems to work until I try to open the file, at which point HD chokes.

I'll try to get the exact error messages for you, but since the boxes are hanging off the edge of my screen this may take a little while.

I'm not sure what "Filter Text" command you are refering to. What you should be doing is using the "Save As" command, and for save as type select "Filtered Text". Make sure the name of the file ends in .hdc and you should be good to go. If after using this procedure you still have problems, if you want to send the original CW file to cwmc@herodesigner.com, I'll be happy to take a look at it.

[Koshka]

Originally posted by archermoo
I'm not sure what "Filter Text" command you are refering to. What you should be doing is using the "Save As" command, and for save as type select "Filtered Text". Make sure the name of the file ends in .hdc and you should be good to go.

OK, that's got it.

To be honest, I never used the "Save As" to save filtered text in my HC days. If I was going to put a character sheet into a text document, I always used "Edit -> Filter Copy" and pasted it into my word processor. This must be my new thing to learn for the day.