Psillias Posted May 19, 2017 Report Share Posted May 19, 2017 NOTE: I'm running Hero Designer 6, Build 20170504 So when I attempt to load certain prefabs from either the Champions Powers (CP HD) files or the Equipment Guide (HSEG HD) files, I run into an issue where I cannot see the actual .hdc files in a given sub directory. This has occurred in the following sub directories for the Powers files: - Size Alteration - Sleep and Dream - Solar and Celestial - Spirit Projection - Stretching - Telekinetic - Time - Vibration - Water - Weather This has occurred in the following sub directories for the Equipment Guide files: - Powered Armor This issue did not seem to occur with the last build and I deleted the directories and reinstalled the files from the Client Area of this page with the same results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted May 19, 2017 Report Share Posted May 19, 2017 The only "filter" that HD uses in determining what files to display is the file extension. Prefabs will be looking for .hdp. Characters will look for .hdc. And so on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psillias Posted May 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2017 So renaming the files should resolve the issue then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted May 19, 2017 Report Share Posted May 19, 2017 If the file is named something like [filename].hdp.txt, then yes -- remove the .txt and it will show up and act like a prefab. If the file is named [filename].hdc, then no -- it's a character file and should be used as such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psillias Posted May 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2017 So then I'm confused... Why would a list of powers (e.g.; Size Alteration) from the Champions Powers book be listed as .hdc files instead of the correct .hdp??? Note: I realize this is probably not your issue...I'm just venting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndianaJoe3 Posted May 22, 2017 Report Share Posted May 22, 2017 Why would a list of powers (e.g.; Size Alteration) from the Champions Powers book be listed as .hdc files instead of the correct .hdp??? They were entered into HD by different people. (I was another one.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Goodwin Posted September 3, 2017 Report Share Posted September 3, 2017 I noticed some further weirdness. I copied TELEKINESIS-CP.hdc to TELEKINESIS-CP.hdp and tried to open that as a prefab. HD threw a bunch of weird errors (text below). I opened up the file in Notepad++ and got a bunch of binary in the file. On a hunch, I renamed the copied file to TELEKINESIS-CP.zip, then opened it. It opened with a "Telekinesis Powers" folder inside, and a number of .hdc files inside that. I extracted those and they were standard .hdc files when opened in Notepad++. The text of the errors I am getting is: Title: Error retrieving template Red octagon bang An error occurred retrieving the template used for the saved character. Using 'Standard Super' template. Error Message: Error on line 1 of document file:<path>TELEKINETIC_POWERS/TELEKINESIS-CP.hdc: Content is not allowed in prolog. Title: Error loading character Red octagon bang An error occurred loading the character. Data loss may occur if you save. Please shut down Hero Designer and restart. Error message: Error on line 1 of document file:<path>TELEKINETIC_POWERS/TELEKINESIS-CP.hdc: Content is not allowed in prolog. Title: Error loading preferences Red octagonal bang An error occurred loading your character. Data loss may occur if the character is saved. Please restart HERO Designer and try again. Error Message: null Attaching screenshots of the above, as well as trace.log as trace.log.txt My fix: I was getting that same series of messages every time I opened HD. In order to end that I had to delete the spurious TELEKINESIS-CP.hdc file, and then I could open the software. trace.log.txt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted September 3, 2017 Report Share Posted September 3, 2017 Main issue: prefabs and character files (.hdp and .hdc, respectively) have a large amount of similarity, but they _are_ different. Simply renaming a .hdc file to .hdp is going to cause issues — as noted. Don’t do that. If you _have_ done that and run into errors AND have HD set to reload prefabs on launch, you’re going to need to either delete the file in question (to prevent HD from trying to load it on launch) or delete your appPrefs.xml file (to remove all settings that tell HD what to do on launch beyond the basics). Chris Goodwin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzz Posted September 20, 2017 Report Share Posted September 20, 2017 I was seeing this same issue and tried Chris' solution — renaming the TK file to .ZIP and extracting. It worked, creating a folder as he said. I poked around some of the other files and noticed there are others (e.g., Teleport) that suffer the same problem. I think it would be helpful to remedy this issue for the pack so future buyers don't have this problem, and maybe even see about turning those .hdc files into .hdp files (which are much more useful). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marediv Posted July 30, 2018 Report Share Posted July 30, 2018 Having that issue now with teleportation Powers. Re downloaded from store and the powers download as a hdc file Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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