HERO Designer
General discussions of the HERO Designer character creation software.
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So I had some speed issues with my computer so I reset it to clean it up. It did work on the performance issues I was having but now when I try to use HD I get an internet explorer logo next to it cannot figure out how to open it again. I have installed Java but that doesn't seem to work either. Will hopefully be getting into 6e Champions game soon and want to be able to make characters. I can make them from scratch but program just makes it easier.
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When working with Hero Designer for 6th Edition character, whenever I purchase the detect power and give it the focus limitation, it automatically drops the roll to 9 or less no matter what the character's INT is. I have tried multiple different characters, multiple different Campaign Rule files but they all do the same thing and I have even tried reinstalling Hero Designer, nothing has had any effect. I am using version: Hero Designer 6, Build 20171119.
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I'm running Hero Designer on a Chromebook using Croustini (Debian Stretch) with Oracle Java 13 installed. I'm seeing a really strange behavior when I launch the app. The first way I launch the app is by using the following command: java -Xms32m -Xmx64m -jar HD6.jar This will run the application but it will be painfully slow and there will be artifacting in the UI. So I started playing around with my options and I found that if I passed a command line flag after the HD6.jar reference the app boots up and runs (mostly) fine. It doesn't matter what flag I pass in, it just works. The app looks slightly different too, the splash screen is even different…
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Per the title. I bought a couple of character packs and can't figure out how to get them do show up when creating a character in Hero Designer. Lil' Help please.
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Whenever I try to use the selection from the Current Character menu "Print to PDF" it is always going to a unused location on the wrong drive. Is there any way to change this default location?
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Is there a repo or updated documentation on valid export template tags? I'm seeing various tags in other export formats that are not listed in the docs. Thanks!
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I'm having the hardest time making these work. Can someone help me with the structure? I'm trying to regex out the second part of the total as a number. Then I will <math> it to determine point cost. <!--REG_REPLACE--> <!--DEFSTRING--><!--ED--><!--ED_NONRESISTANT_TOTAL--><!--/ED--><!--/DEFSTRING--> <!--REGSTRING-->([0-9]{1,2})\/([0-9]{1,2})<!--/REGSTRING--> <!--REPSTRING-->\2<!--/REPSTRING--> <!--/REG_REPLACE-->
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I've been away from HERO and HD for a long time so I am very rusty with it. I tried loading some of the Templates I got from Fantasy Hero expecting various character options to appear. But nothing did. Straight standard attributes, no powers or skills. Am I doing something wrong? Are the files corrupted? What should I see?
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If I want a full list of current tags I look in htmlwriter, correct?
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So I've made some fantasy hero characters and then exported them to PDF (because I can't find any other export that is usable as physical character sheet...i.e. that doesn't struggle with page breaks etc). Anyway, a big problem I noticed...non of the character's gear appeared! Any way around this?
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Finally got around to updating my Linux install to Linux mint 19.2 And got the following message when running HD (Build 20190826): WARNING: An illegal reflective access operation has occurred WARNING: Illegal reflective access by org.jruby.ext.posix.util.FieldAccess (file:/home/johnbear/Apps/HeroDesigner/HD6.jar) to field java.io.FileDescriptor.handle WARNING: Please consider reporting this to the maintainers of org.jruby.ext.posix.util.FieldAccess WARNING: Use --illegal-access=warn to enable warnings of further illegal reflective access operations WARNING: All illegal access operations will be denied in a future release I have not tested any older versions or…
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I currently have 20150512 Has there been any significant updates, so that I need to repurchase a current copy?
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I just noticed that the Trackless Stride Talent from Fantasy Hero or Combat Shooting are no longer showing up in Hero Designer 6. Are there any others that are missing? Can I do something to put those back in?
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With a bit of experimentation in HD, I found out that if Armor Piercing is added to a HTH Killing Attack, the STR add to damage is reduced. A character with 15 STR only adds 1/2d6 to the damage instead of 1d6. Would someone please point out to me where in the rules this interaction is coded, please?
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Has anyone created a Resource Pool (APG p.191) using Hero Designer? I’m curious if you did anything other than a straight VPP for it. Advice would be much appreciated.
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Does anyone have a good export template for vehicles for 6.0? There is one in the downloads but it is just an extremely basic text document.
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Noticed that if you make a 6th Ed super with Resistant Protection (1 PD/1 ED/1 Mental Defense/1 Power Defense/1 Flash Defense: Sight Group) when you export to pdf, DEFENSES section says Normal PD 2/3 Resistant PD 0/1 Normal ED 2/3 Resistant ED 0/1 Mental Defense 1 Power Defense 1 Flash Defense blank but the powers list does say Resistant Protection (1 PD/1 ED/1 Mental Defense/1 Power Defense/1 Flash Defense: Sight Group) if I add a power like Sight Group Flash Defense then the export has Flash Defense 1 ( Sight Group ) Figured it was worth mentioning
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I found what I think is a little math bug in Barrier. It has to do with a Barrier with Flash Defense built in. 6 Points of Flash Defense costs 15 points according to the UI... the math adds up at that point: Going to 7 points of Flash Defense cost +3 points according to the UI which brings the total cost of the adder to 18 points. The Total cost of the power only goes up by 2 points though: Minor inconsistency, but I thought I would bring it to your attention.
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I found a bug that breaks the powers tab and prevents saving everytime I do it. Is there a way I can get some console data or an error log so I can add it to this post?
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Just curious, what all is changed?
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I've got a few questions about skill ranks. Steve Long suggested I ask here since I have the HD files. I've got a character in my game who's basically resurrected 1930s pulp noir Batman. Since Batman knows all of the things Batman knows, we gave him +3 to all skill (limited to things from the 1930s). Once his HeroDesigner sheet, there's a 12-, 13- etc., next to all of his stats. If he's got a +3 to all skills, does that mean that his target number is whatever the linked stat is +3? I.e., if he's at a 13- for all Intelligence skills, with his +3 to all skills is he now at a 16-? I was trying to represent the fact that pulp noir superheroes know basically every…
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Hey all, Been a *really* long time since I posted on the boards. Anyways, am I correct in assuming that HD can't model the negative DCV modifiers that are associated with base weight and size changes (per 5ER 576)? HD build 20190428 (although I literally just downloaded the July version). Thanks!
Last reply by Simon, -
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Is there a way to make the character sheet exports not automagically add characteristics you bought? For example, I have a 4 speed or 4 PD, and I buy +1 speed or +1 PD that has an activation roll that mostly fails, but my character sheet adds it if it was always on. So the character sheet says 5 speed and 5 PD, is there a way to make character sheet show 4 speed and 4 PD instead?
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I upgraded my laptop from Windows 7 to Windows 10. It's got the full installation of Java on it, and that's the only change that I am aware of, but now hero Designer gets to the "Loading Plug Ins" and just doesn't get any further even when I let it run for over an hour...so is it an issue with Windows 10?
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Has there been a change recently in HD to start encoding files as UTF-16? It looks like some of my old files are being encoded as such when I save them. Bug or working as intended?
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