HERO Designer
General discussions of the HERO Designer character creation software.
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Are character packs for Hero Designer rule version specific, i.e. 5th vs 6th, etc? If so, how does one tell what would be compatible with 6th?
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This gentleman has several videos for Hero Designer going over the basics of using Hero Designer. Fantasy characters, alien races, magic items, etc. All material is for 5th Edition Hero System.
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For those who may not be aware, Hero Designer does come with the documentation as HDDocs.pdf in the install directory. 64 pages of information on not just using the basics of the program but how to do some basic alteration and making export templates. I'm not sure if this is updated, but there is also a copy of the Docs in the files section on here. Also a while back I made a quick and dirty cheatsheet (need to update it). The upper left has page #s for the Manual on the different file types.
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I'm curious how people have their setups for HD. USB stick? HrdDrive? Keep your files in one big directory or sort them out? Any special way you name them? I'm running mine on USB, sorted directories and named with date at the end (IronAvenger20211220), with save as and new date when I update the file. Allows me to keep track of where players are spending points or I can introduce past versions.
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I am new to Hero and Designer. Can some one tell how to create a multipower on Designer? Thanks!
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Powers
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I have tried powers... and so far no luck. How to do powers?
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I downloaded Hero Designer to my new iMac as my old Mac died. Now that I have Java running smoothly, and I have the JDK installed, I can run Hero Designer fine. The problem is when I go to "Open Character" in the File menu in Hero Designer there is literally nothing on my Desktop. I click through to my Desktop and it's just a blank space, no files, no folders, nothing. Has anyone else run into this issue? What am I missing here?
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I'm certain this must have been discussed before, but I'm not finding it at the moment. What export templates do people recommend for pasting into this forum?
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I've finally gotten my sons into playing Champions and it has been a few years since I've run or played. 2017 my computer crashed and I found out that the Hero Designer CD I bought in 2003 wouldn't work anymore so I purchased a downloadable copy in 2017. The update options doesn't seem to work anymore. I'm assuming this is because it is over two years old. Are there any updates in the program since 2017 that would make it worth purchasing again? I don't mind doing it but only if it is worth.
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This may have been answered somewhere in the forums, however I can't seem to find it. When I go to print a character I cannot get the export to have the proper page breaks. It has been many years since I have been able to play and I know it used to work. I have my old character sheets. Is there something I'm missing that must be done to get the export to break after the proper container? Thanks
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Precog/Retrocog/Clair? I am working on updating the older rules and would be interest in disturbing if interest is available.
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I havent been able to hash it out. Where does the plain <!--SEPARATOR--></--SEPARATOR--> go? I get the is and is_not, but just the plain one is giving me fits for some reason
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Hi there, Dumb question... How do I use a character pack? I've just bought the Hero Designer software and the Pulp Hero character pack. But I can't see how I open the pulp characters files (HDP and HDC.) I've tried Open Character and Open Prefab etc. But nothing shows in the file browser. My folder is under my Downloads folder. But even the folder doesn't show. Any help? How do I import the new talents etc? Thanks Colin
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How to purchase rend on strength? (rend - reduced endurance) I said it was dumb.
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Hi, Im new here and have been scouring the forums and not having any luck, I got hero designer 6 as a gift from a friend along with the 5th ed rules and Pulp books, how do I import all of the files into HD6 from my Pulp Pack ? I am trying to load the package deals and such but for some reason I cannot find them in the folder they are supposed to be in thanks an eager gameer
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I am looking to tweak 5ed how to this?
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Trying to work out list export to JSON. I can identify the number of each item in the list with <!--IS_LIST_ITEM--><!--LISTPREFIX--><!--/IS_LIST_ITEM-->, and I can look backwards to the nearest <!--IS_LIST--><!--/IS_LIST--> to find WHICH list it is a part of for instances with multiple lists. Is there a way to determine whether the list is a framework or simply a list? Is there a way in code to distinguish between framework types (MP, VPP?)? Also, how do you distinguish between a fixed and variable slot (so that they can be displayed as such on the sheet)? - Ernie
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Just a little bit of a starter for .hde/.hcr files. <!--TEMPLATE_NAME-->, <!--TEMPLATE_DESCRIPTION-->, and <!--FILE_EXTENSION--> are the minimum needed for the files, allowing HD to actually tell what it is. The <!--REPLACE--> box is for HTML, and should be replaced by whatever language you're coding it for. I've put it in as an example. <!--TEMPLATE_NAME-->[Template Name]<!--/TEMPLATE_NAME--> <!--TEMPLATE_DESCRIPTION--> [Descrpition Goes Here] <!--/TEMPLATE_DESCRIPTION--> <!--FILE_EXTENSION-->[Extension]<!--/FILE_EXTENSION--> <!--REPLACE--> <!--DEFSTRING-->1/4<!--/DEFSTRING--> <!--…
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JRE on USB
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Has anyone tried using Hero Designer being run from a portable usb install of JRE?
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Images are controlled if it's in the file, not in the file, or just does it automatically rather one is there or not. Depending on how you want your sheet to look you may want to put a "Photo not currently available" pic in your export. Instead of bloating your character file with the image data, just use the <!--IF_NO_IMAGE--> block to create one and keep a single image either on your drive or on your server. <!--IF_IMAGE--> <h3>Image (in File)</h3> <img src="<!--IMAGE_RELATIVE_URL-->" alt="<!--CHARACTER_NAME--> Pic"> <!--/IF_IMAGE--> <!--IF_NO_IMAGE--> <h3>No Image (in File)</…
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I've purchased Hero Designer and find that it would fairly straight forward to create new export templates. If anyone want a Custom Export Template built for Hero Designer let me know. I would just need to have an example of what you are looking for as far as layout.
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Just inconsistencies in the documentation and what is used in the default template. Working Tag Documentation Default Template --------------------------------- --------------------------------- --------------------------------- <!--IFNAME--><!--/IFNAME--> <!--IF_NAME--><!--/IF_NAME--> <!--IFNAME--><!--/IFNAME--> <!--IFLIST--><!--/IFLIST--> Missing <!--IFLIST--><!--/IFLIST--> One small request for the next release of the software. Please add the Name property to the generic List in the powers sectio…
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I think the RTF code is too large (12 Megabytes) and is causing the program to run out of space for processing. Here's the exception being thrown. Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space at java.lang.StringCoding$StringDecoder.decode(Unknown Source) at java.lang.StringCoding.decode(Unknown Source) at java.lang.StringCoding.decode(Unknown Source) at java.lang.String.<init>(Unknown Source) at java.lang.String.<init>(Unknown Source) at com.hero.util.HTMLWriter.<init>(Unknown Source) at com.hero.HeroDesigner.exportActiveCharacter(Unknown Source) at com.hero.HeroDesigner.access$500(Unknown Sour…
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I purchased a Windows 11 machine last month. I tried running HD6 on it and, even after getting Java 8 (update 311), it will not launch. Any advice?
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Obviously, including every HERO supplement optional rule is not going to be possible, but HERO Martial Arts offers the option of 6-point and 7-point Maneuvers, so I thought I would ask. Is there any way in HeroDesigner to allow 6-point or 7-point Maneuvers? Or is the 5-point limit hard-coded in an inaccessible way?
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