HERO Designer
General discussions of the HERO Designer character creation software.
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Team: I have had my Hero Designer install run w/o issue on Ubuntu 18.04, with Java 8 default install. When I upgraded to Ubuntu 20.04, HD stopped working altogether. Looking into it, the default-jre was set to the current 11.x, so I changed it back to Java 8 (1.8.0.xxxx), which is the correct version. After setting the executable bit--got changed for some reason to not an executable--and with the default to Java 8, I now get the startup splashscreen; however, it gets stuck on "Loading Plugins"...I wanted to troubleshoot this further, and logging from the system or HD app would help. I will check dependencies for Java 8, but does anyone have the actual locat…
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So I am starting up Champions after many years of not having done it and I would like to use the characters and stuff from Champions 5th edition. I did get the pdf but I did not see any HD files for this book in the Hero Games Store. Does anyone know where I can get this?
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Has anyone figured out how to put this inside Designer?
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Hi All, I wonder if there is an export format for skill type? That is, intellect, agility, combat, etc? I can't seem to find what I need from the docs or available HDE files. But perhaps I'm just missing it? Thank you, ViG
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So I am creating a flying brick in Hero Designer. I've got Characteristics and Skills pretty much squared away, but am hitting a wall in regards to powers. Now, the power that I'm wanting to recreate in Hero Designer is listed as follows on Page 252 of Champions 6th Edition: 25 Super Tough Body: Resistant (+1/2) for 25 PD/25 ED Now, both of my flying brick's regular defenses come out to 28 PD/28 ED, and I'm wanting to convert 25 of those points to resistant defense without adding extra to the normal PD and ED. The main problem I'm facing is that Characteristics as Powers (which is what this would be defined as) only seem to allow one …
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How do I add a Computer (AI) to an existing character (6e) in Hero Designer?????
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Is this a limitation that will need to be implemented via Limited Power? Or am I just missing the option somewhere? I looked in several types of charged powers in an MP, the Limitations and Unavailable Limitations tabs but did not see it. - E
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So I'm designing a character that could be used as a get away driver. So I did give her combat piloting which says that you can have one free familiarity of any vehicles that moves in three dimensions. But when I'm putting in her TF skills in HD it doesn't take that into account so how should I address this to keep track on how many points I have spend on character skills?
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I'm a new Hero Game player that is trying to learn the system. Today I did bought the HERO Designer software to help share character files with my GM. But as I suspected I have issues trying to launch the software. Because when I double click the HD6.jar file to launch the software it just say how I want to open the file. IDK which option I should choose? Keep in my mind I'm pretty sure that I don't have java installed on this computer because I have never been bothered to installed it since I did built my current desktop. I have otherwise been following the instructions on the manage page for HD as well I can. If I need to download java where should I downloa…
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I was building a summon with Fewer Tasks in Hero Designer (due to special effect of character I am writing up) and not see it available in limitations. Did i miss something? Work around was to add a custom modifier called Fewer Tasks.
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Little HTML 5 boiler plate for HD. boiler.hde
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Using build 20210804, created the following power. Deflection, Constant (+1/2), Uncontrolled (+1/2) (40 Active Points); Costs END To Maintain (Half END Cost; -1/4) The program is reporting that this costs 4 END instead of 2.
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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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When I go to Limitations: Charges I not see an option for Continuing Fuel Charge... how do i add that, did I miss something?
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The may need to be in source. Is there a way to do exclusive Ifs of if..else with tags? I tried the below and it blew up if_image => image if_no_image => if_notes => notes1....etc. The idea was If (image) { image code } else { Notes code (in the same space the image would be) }
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I have a feeling the answer is no, but better to ask and be sure. Are there any command line options for Hero Designer, for instance for exporting characters? - E
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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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What are the widths, etc for Hero books? 2 columns normally, some with notes in the side margins... Either as #s or %..since it's HD say a 8.5/11 page. I believe I've found a solution for print to pdf and want to play with real values ... Width of column, text sizes and so on.
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New developer for templates. Learning from fiddling templates, but there is one thing I am not able to work out, even with HDDocs or my research. Creating a compound power, each component can have a name. Example: Sun Run Gun: <description> <text> Stun Ray: 2d6 NND Kill Blast: 3d6 RKA In 6E HTML Tasha's Ultimate Character Sheet v1.6.0 Serif n Blue Export Template. There is a summary of powers and equipment. Which I think is really good. And with compound powers you have a quick summary of what components make the power. These components can have a name. Tasha's Sheet would show: Sun Run Gun 2d6 …
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Sorry if this was asked / answered somewhere else, but I was unable to find it. I would like to add a 'second' powers tab (or the equipment tab) where it will show the cost of a power, but not add it into the cost of the character. I want to do this for a place to figure out power costs on powers that I want to add in the future for a character. I know there are several work arounds, but I'd like to be able to just cut and paste when ready to add to the character. Thanks in advance!
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Greetings. I'm on a Windows 10 Home machine (64-bit). I went to java(dot)com and downloaded the most recent version of Java SE version 8. After installing it, I followed a tutorial to properly path it. When I attempted to run HERO Designer, I received a JNI error message. I proceeded to try and run it from the command line and received the following information: E:\HERO Designer>java -jar HD6.jar Error: A JNI error has occurred, please check your installation and try again Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: com/hero/Launcher has been compiled by a more recent version of the Java Runtime (class file vers…
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NM... found a fix.
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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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I am new to Hero and Designer. Can some one tell how to create a multipower on Designer? Thanks!
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