HERO Designer

Hi, I would like to make minor changes to one of the export templates. Unfortunately, I lack any knowledge on the matter, and ChatGPT isn't helping. Can someone assist me? Thanks in advance, T

Tried to run updated HD. Asked which Java I want to use (Hunh?) Picking either choice does nothing to start HD.

I purchased the latest edition of HD here and downloaded it. I installed Java on my machine, and launched the jar. It runs fine, I can create characters, prefabs, packages, etc. It is installed in my Documents directory tree, so no UAC or any other issue as far as I can tell. However, I was reviewing the download page which states: "Note: HD will create several files and directories when it is run for the first time. For this reason, we recommend that you select an installation directory that is dedicated to HD and which you have full rights to (e.g. C:\Users\[your username]\HERODesigner\). Windows UAC will prevent HD from successfully creating/writing files in directori…

Just returning after a long hiatus. Title says it all. Thanks for any help!

Am I getting the wrong point total for adding "Double Knockback" (+1/2) to "Shove" (Active Points 2) should be total cost =6, correct? But when I add DK to Shove it says the total point cost now is =29. Am I doing something wrong? Thanks

I hope someone can help me: I wnat to create a character with lots of KS, so I thought it would be a good idea to buy "Scholar" to save points. Problem: Neither under Skills, Talents, Powers or Perks can I find the Skill Enhancer "Scholar". Nor anny of the others (Scientist, Jack of All Trades etc.). Any idea where I should look?

Hi all, Not very tech savvy. Using Designer 6 and trying to print mine and my son's characters. Tried downloading some character formats from here but got frust5rated not knowing how to use them. Thank you

I bought and downloaded the program. I have a MacBook Pro. I updated the java. when I open the program I got the menu. I can not get any of the options to load the program. can y'all please help me ? my email is [email protected] DefaultPrintTemplate.hdeDefaultPrintTemplate6e.hde

The rules make several references to characters being able to sell back Normal Sight for 35 Character Points. I need help implementing this in HD. Thanks!

I have noticed that HeroDesigner does not print out many characters properly, many times cutting off portions of pages and printing them on the next page and a number of other issues. I did some research and found out that the problem probably is that the current versions of Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge do not support JavaScript (which HeroDesigner is created). I switched my browser from Microsoft Edge to FireFox and all the character printing issues I was experiencing went away. There probably is a listing somewhere that already says this but I thought it might not be a bad idea to say it again, (And also to verify that I know what I am talking about 😁).

I am not sure if this is a "me" problem or universal. Since the web software update, my Client Area -> Purchases is empty. My immediate question is how can I download HD again. My long-term question is how can I download PDF books I have previously purchased? Thanks.

I imagine this is a lost cause, but is there a way to use HD in a script to do things where it makes sense, like generate Prefabs from an HD file, apply a Prefab to an HD file, apply Rules to an HD file, and so on? If not, is there any chance of this ability showing up someday? I'm getting to the point where campaign management needs automation--I already have all my HD files in version control, and when I have time I'll start to use build dependency tools (make should do for now) to flag files that need to be updated when I update a file they depend on (rules, templates, whatever). The problem of course is that without HD being scriptable, all it can do is track the task…

I noticed that the END usage for STR seems to have some errors when extra STR is bought as a power. Using powers that grant STR seems to have the same issue. It only happens when the STR is ends between 3 and 5. From the looks of it the program is rounding the individual STR scores and adding them together instead of using the full STR score. It also looks like each instance of STR has a minimum END of 1. Because if I buy down the base STR to 1 and add +1 STR as a power the END usage shows 2.

The Delete and Save pop ups appear on the wrong monitor. It is ONLY these 2 pop ups that do this. When I open the jar it always opens on the main monitor. All other pop ups open on the main monitor. Only the Delete Save pop ups have this bug. How can I fix this?

So, I do not have the eyesight I used to have, do you know how to increase the font size? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I downloaded HD, followed the instructions on the install. I downloaded java and made sure I have the most recent version, and HD will not launch. Any help would be appreciated.

HERO Designer worked fine on windows but now that I've switched to linux, I've had some headaches getting it running. First it was an incompatible Java version, I think? Nothing happened when I tried to open it with the default version that installed for Mint (11) so I installed 8 and it seems to open with that, problem is it now won't get past the screen when I attempt to do. It freezes about half a second after opening through java 8 at "loading initial screens." While it still works when booted through windows, I really want to boot it through Linux Mint. I'm looking inside the folder and I think it may be having problems trying to create the necessary file…

Just purchased Hero Designer, reinstalled java but am getting lots of errors with no chr loaded

When I select File/Open Character from the menu, nothing happens. The file selection dialog does not open. The same thing happens if I select File/Open Prefab. Selecting a recently opened file using File/Open Recent works fine. I cannot, however, save that character under a new name, as the Save As dialog does not open. All this functionality has worked before, with this install of HD6. My Java was updated to 1.8.0_411 on Apr 21. Could this be the issue?

Build 20230715 Should it be possible to build a "boost" (aid with "costs endurance to maintain") using a continuing charge for the desired duration? HD doesn't offer the "continuing" option for "charges" in this case. -- Brian

First, I love Hero Designer. I wish I'd had it playing Champions back in the 1980's! I've added a custom characteristic without any problems and it is displaying in the UI, but I would like it to appear without an entry in the ROLL column. How do I do that?

Hi there, I was looking at creating a series of powers that were partially limited (base power + (extra power x limitation)). This is easy to do with compound powers in a regular entry, but I also wanted to do so for the pool points in a Multipower. I found no immediately obvious way to do so either in the app itself or in the manual. Do you have a recommendation? Or is that just not quite possible in Hero Designer (...yet)?

My Fedora has openjdk. I downloaded the HD zip file. I made a new folder on my desktop and put the zip file in it. I extracted the zip file in the folder. I made the jar file executable. It will not run. I am doing something wrong. Can anyone help please?

Over the years I bought a bunch of files and books from a variety of sources (warehouse 23, Bundle of Holding, the Old hero site, etc). I'm currently going through and trying to figure out what Hero Designer packages I have. The cryptic file names are not helping. I figured out most of them but I'm trying to figure one out. The files name is "6EHD". It's a bunch of examples, I'm not sure if it's from the Hero System Basic book, the Hero Rule Books, or something else.

When staring Her Designer, I get the loading screen but it get stuck, forever at "Loading template...reading disads section" this happened right after it stropped saving exports (the file would not be created) I've rebooted the PC since this happened with no help. And it was working fine up until it suddent stopped saving exports. My PC is a 7800x3d, 32 gb ram, RX 7900GRE, running HD6 off a 2 TB SSD runnig win 11. Overkill for this java version "1.8.0_411" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_411-b09) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.411-b09, mixed mode) what can I do?