HERO Designer
General discussions of the HERO Designer character creation software.
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I know HD only works on full operating systems. But I was not sure if Surface Go counts as a full system or not. We were looking at them and it seems they are not actually using Windows 11. Has anyone tried it and know if Java runs on one? I would hate to buy it and find out it is useless.
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The system has Nerve Strike, but it's the only one. It doesn't look like I can properly build anything else, because there's no way to incorporate the "don't add STR" which is inherent in doing NND damage (per HSMA). Is there some coding in the Effect field I'm missing?
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So when I'm using the hero designer and making new powers the menu pops up like it normally should. I'm able to add custom adders but I can't add modifiers. It freezes out my pc and I have to restart it anytime does anyone have a solution to this problem.
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Hello everyone, Mysteriously today my print to pdf stopped working in Hero Designer. It's build 20220312. Is there a way to fix this? Please advise, GrandmasterGM
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Is there a way to define a custom list of skills for Hero Designer, so only those will show up under the Skills Tab?
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What is everyone's opinion on the best Export option for printing? I've looked at a few of the HTML ones and there are some offset page breaks that can be deal breakers for me. Anyone know of one that works pretty well, particularly for newer players?
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So I selected a new export format for my HD based off of the Superman export that uses html and css. But now I lost where the default Hero system one was that looked like the PDF character sheet from the book. Anyone here know what the name of that export was? That way I can go find it in my computer or redownload it if I wrote over it.
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There is a checkbox for “Show Active Points.” Is there a way to globally default that to be off rather than unchecking it one by one within each power build?
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I'm working on my Export Template for GenCon and I am ALMOST done. I am using an RTF export because I am creating PC Profile Packets (tm). Being a Con, I am trying to make the sheets as simple as possible. I have taken out all the costs, etc. I have a couple of characters Flash Defence, but the export templates I have been browsing through to steal from don't explicitly export FD. My idea is to export "Flash Defence (Sight)" and "Flash Defence (Hearing)" on the sheet, but I cannot seem to find/figure/determine/Ouija the tags for Flash Defence. I am rapidly at the point of diminishing returns and will just edit the final sheet, but I figured I would give a quic…
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Hi, Potentially silly question. Using HD for the first time, having been a pen and paper player many years ago. Starting to create a character, and I notice that complication points are not being subtracted. Am I doing something wrong?
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In the past I was able to buy a bunch of Hero Designer prefabricated stuff. I went online to see if I could find the Champions pre-fabs. (The book called Champions, not Champions Complete). But I could not find anything except the basic hero designer software in the store. Are prefabs sold through somewhere else then?
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Where in Hero Designer would I find skill enhancers such as Jack-of-All-Trades or Well-Connected? I'm not seeing them on the either the Skills or the Talents tabs.
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The Updates are located on the same page you probably downloaded your initial version of Hero Designer. You may want to check once in awhile to see if a new version has been uploaded. The most current version is December 16, 2022. From the upper main menu go to Store and Manage Purchases. From there scroll down until you see Hero Designer as a purchase (or even Hero Designer Source). You will find a .zip file at the bottom. The date will be attached so you may see what the last update was. From there you should just have to unzip the files into whatever Directory you currently have Hero Designer. If you are i…
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I have HD3 from when I was active in Hero System when all the store and purchases where still online. I noticed there is no version number on the current HD for sale in the store. Is there a summary of the differences between the two somewhere? I was not sure if it was worth paying for the new program, or is it basically the same?
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When playing around as part of another thread, I never noticed before (probably because I don't mess with VPPs often. The Real Cost for the power is at 0 in the Power pane. While I know it should be 0 in the VPP List, there is no indication of what's actually being spent and if it goes over, only when you exit and it gives the error of 'Real Cost for XXXX exceeds....Item will be placed outside of Pool's Sample Power list." Can that be changed to show the Real Cost inside the Power write-up?
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Just a quick play around with something for Easter. Going back and going down the list on some of the tags and double checking that I know what I think I know Not perfect, not great and other ways to do it. Was just playing with different things and seeing how they exported. With things like Hero Designer, I honestly believe you should play with all the tags, rather you use them or not to make sure you're getting what you think you are. You may expect X and you end up with XY. Happy Easter all.
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Is there an easy way to do multi-column tables by dividing the output? for example something like this:
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I don't know if this is HD or Java, but here's the situation on Windows 10: 1) no issues with HD version 20210804 (immediately prior version) 2) I've used HD version 20220312 the past couple of months without issue, but loaded it today (Saturday) for the first time in a few weeks, and I think maybe Java updated once during that time. 3) Issue - I load any hero, go to Skills tab, click on a skill, and then either click edit button at bottom, or right-click on the skill and select edit - then HD main window loses focus (as it should), but no edit window shows up anywhere. When this first happened, I used task manager to end th…
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cheatsheet
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I made a quick and dirty cheatsheet last night. Not pretty or professional but works. If anyone is interested I'll put it on the downloads.
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6E2 183 says computers don't come with standard senses for free, "they have to be hooked into sensory systems (like the security cameras at a base, or the sensors on a starship) to give them the ability to perceive, or the builder has to buy the Computer specific Senses (see 6E1 209 for costs)." I cannot find "standard senses" in the enhanced senses powers directory in Hero Designer. Are we forced to use customer powers for this, or is there a way to add/remove standard senses that I'm not finding? Thanks!
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Can some one provide me with a list of all the major Hero Designer file extensions used within the program and what they are for? For example .hdc are character file .hdp are prefabs etc. Thanks
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I can't find any options to enable scaling for the application which means in my case the app is painfully small unless I manually drop my resolution down to 1080p or less. Is their a way to enable scaling on a windows 10 PC?
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Hi all, I bought my version of Hero Designer back in 2017 it is version 6, but since then have there been any updates or reason to buy it again. I have been away for a little while health reasons and am just getting back into Hero and if it is worth updating I will do so. For example I saw one of the programmers talking about adding I think it was Divination, but it may have been something else. Look forward to hearing from youi. Regards, Larry
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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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I'm playing around at the moment for the most part with some things. Here is what I have so far for APG1 and Ultimate Skill. You will probably want to go in and edit a few things before you plug them into Hero Designer. 20220417_UltimateSkills.hdt 20220417_APG.hdt
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