HERO Combat Manager

Release Notes v1.15: Feature: End Phase—The end phase feature allows the GM to end the current phase. All characters who could still act in the phase are set to the Acted state. The next phase in which a character can act will be displayed. Defects fixed: HKA is not calculated correctly with STR Does not calculate STR for Advantaged HA attacks correctly. GM Attack feature stopped working due to features that were depreciated in Java 21+ Charges were being treated as END when HCM tracks END for the GM. This readme file is to help you with installing the Hero Combat Manager onto your computer. 1. Unzip t…

I'm running the manager on windows 11 and everything works but it does not show any of the action or attack buttons. What should I try to fix this?

So, I have a new computer and I am trying to install HCM on it. However, I can't seem to download the version of Java that it wants me to use. I extracted the file but there is no executable file to use. Can you all help me.

If you own Hero Combat Manager, run the application on a Mac, and you are technically savvy. I need someone to test the latest version of HCM. I need someone to be able to install the new version and make sure they can start the application up. I will need this person to be able to work with me, possibly via a Zoom call if they are having problems. If you are such a person, contact me via a PM, and we can initiate a conversation via email. Thank you

I've been trying to figure out how to get the GM Attack function to work. I click on the GM Attack button and it opens up the attack dialog screen. I fill everything out and do the rolls. It applies the effects but then the "OK" button doesn't do anything and then if you cancel out all the changes are cancelled. Similarly I tried an area effect attack and chose several targets. It steps through each target but on the last one the "OK" button is unresponsive and cancelling reverts all the changes.

I was just running a test of the HCM, the heroes vs a bunch of robots. The robots have EBs with autofire and 250 charges. Whenever I do an attack with a robot the program wants to deduct 250 END.

I have a wide screen monitor (3440 x 1440) and when I run HCM the window stretches almost all the way across the monitor. If I try to resize the window the buttons on the right side get cut off and no longer show. Is there a way to get HCM to open as a smaller window or get the UI to redraw so that the buttons always show?

Is there a method to skip an entire phase for everyone? The only way I can find to do this is hold, activity, hold, activity over and over until everyone holds and it asks to go to the next phase. I am not really using HCM to its full abilities, but playing a low-skill/stat campaign with a lot of identical SPD and DEX that have to be randomized each phase, so a skip phase option would be great.

So I am running one of the Pulp Hero adventures and I was trying to create one using Randall's Raiders but the program gives me an error message every time. I tried using the program not using the Raiders and it works. How can I make the characters acceptable?

Hello, I'm having an issue were it appears that windows launched in Combat Manager or Hero Designer melt into each other and I am unable to use them. This isn't happening on every machine, but it is on the desktop where I run games. What are my troubleshooting steps? Thanks in advance. Rex

Hey all, Are standard maneuvers included in Combat Manager? I was wondering how to include things like basic strikes and grabs. Thanks in advance.

I fear that I am missing something and I hope someone can help. In the attached screen shot, I have the second target of a power blast with area of effect. Looking at the information provided, it looks like it will do 12 points of body damage against a character without any resistant defense. It would seem to me this would bring the target's body down to -2. However, the Combat Manager shows the resulting body damage at 6. Why? Thanks in advance. Rex

Running HCM 1.13 on Windows 10 (also tested on Ubuntu 20). If a character is entangled, and attempts to break free, the entangle never takes any damage. Attached is a video file showing what I'm attempting. I've also attached the log file with trace level debugging turned on. 2021-06-29 11-24-06.zip hcmlogging20210629110718.zip

Release Notes v1.14: Defects fixed: Defects fixed: STR can't be used to break free from an entangle. After breaking free from an entangle the wrong character is highlighted as being next. Thank you for your purchase.

So wanted to run a very large combat session on HCM but don't know how many I can load on it.

Release Notes v1.13: Defects fixed: HCM won't start on a Chromebook because System Icons are not valid for ChromeOS / Linux Documentation errors have been fixed. Features added: Resize windows and UI elements resize as well - Partial implementation. Main window is now sized based on the display resolution. Resizing the windows will not automatically change the UI elements.

Does anyone know how to put Combat Manager on a Chromebook?

I have exported several different combat records, to try and upload them to hero combat manager, and everytime i attempt to open one i get the same error message, no matter which characters or how many. "A fatal error has occured. Please review the Hero Combat Manager FAQ. If the FAQ does not provide you with an answer, submit an bug report to Hero Combat Manager Website. Include the Combat Record File that was being used during this combat session. Also include the error log file, hcmlogging.txt, which is found in the folder where Hero Combat Manager was installed. (( XMLParsering) Utilities.XMLParserExceptions: Utilities.XMLParserExceptions: While conve…

Hi there all, I have recently purchased and installed (no problems), the hero combat manger to help with the latest game I will be running this weekend. I have created all the files in Hero Designer as usual (latest version). However, After I have exported the files to to the xml format that is needed for the combat manager and then go to load the file within HCM it cannot see the file. Strangely it sees all the other HDe files and Html files but none of the .xml ones? Interestingly Hero Designer does not see the xml file export option from the export folder of combat manager only the ones from within hero designer. I have downloaded b…

Some of my combat files will work, but more do not. Can anyone help? A fatal error has occured. Please review the Hero Combat Manager FAQ. If the FAQ does not provide you with an answer, submit an bug report to Hero Combat Manager Website. Include the Combat Record File that was being used during this combat session. Also include the error log file, hcmlogging.txt, which is found in the folder where Hero Combat Manager was installed. (( XMLParsering) Utilities.XMLParserExceptions: Utilities.XMLParserExceptions: While converting SPDEFENSES field a null (XMLParser.getNodeList) occured while converting XML element into the SPDEFENSES field.) bilbo.XML bi…

One of the combatants in my game is a dual-weapon wielder. What's the procedure for that? Should I use GM attack for attacks after the first?

I see the martial arts on the combat abilities of the attacking character but don't know how to use them.

Hi all, I am rather new to 6th Edition Champions and I am curious of what Combat manager is used for. Does it keep track of phases? Can you add and remove buffs/debuffs on characters? I read the product info on the store page but I am not fully sure on what all it does. Is it worth getting for a inspiring Hero campaign GM? Thanks!

I'm using the HCM from the latest hcm-package.zip file in download (seems to be 1.12) and HERO Designer 6 [build 20180806] and I have a weird error : (( XMLParsering) Utilities.XMLParserExceptions: Utilities.XMLParserExceptions: While converting SPDEFENSES field a null (XMLParser.getNodeList) occured while converting XML element into the SPDEFENSES field.) Since the support forums given by the HCM seem to be down, here's the files... I have literally no idea where this could come from and since it's the first time I'm using the software... hcmlogging20191031122451.txt test.XML EDIT : I downloaded the latest version of HERO Designer and ever…

I am the creator of Hero Combat Manager. If you purchase (or have purchased) Hero Combat Manager, thank you. The installation process has changed for HCM. There is a ReadMe.txt file in the zip file you will download if you purchase the latest version. Or you can read about it here