colinjoss Posted November 25, 2021 Report Share Posted November 25, 2021 Hi there, Dumb question... How do I use a character pack? I've just bought the Hero Designer software and the Pulp Hero character pack. But I can't see how I open the pulp characters files (HDP and HDC.) I've tried Open Character and Open Prefab etc. But nothing shows in the file browser. My folder is under my Downloads folder. But even the folder doesn't show. Any help? How do I import the new talents etc? Thanks Colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted November 25, 2021 Report Share Posted November 25, 2021 Character Packs are typically delivered as zip files of Prefabs (.hdp) and Characters (.hdc) 1. unzip/unpack the download - you can put the unpacked files anywhere you want. 2. within HD you can go to file -> open character or prefab -> load prefab to load the characters or prefabs in the pack. HD’s documentation will have further details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinjoss Posted November 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2021 Simon, That's what I thought. But no files appear. I've copy of files (HDC and HDP) to my desktop but I still don't see them when I go to the Desktop folder using HD. Colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted November 25, 2021 Report Share Posted November 25, 2021 You’re either not looking in a directory with the right file type or something on your system is changing the file extension (the .hdp or .hdc ending of the file name). the only filter HD uses when opening files is the file extension Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinjoss Posted November 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2021 Hmmm... I've created a Test.hdc and .hdp file in my downloads folder. MD doesn't see them when it goes to the downloads folder. Also it's not seeing the directories below the downloads folder. Weird! I'll keep plugging away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinjoss Posted November 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2021 It gets stranger! I created a new character and saved it under my Downloads folder. I viewed the Downloads folder using Finder and the file is there;. But when I use the Open Character option, no file shows under the Downloads folder! So HD is saving the file to the correct directory but not seeing it when it tries to open it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeroGM Posted November 25, 2021 Report Share Posted November 25, 2021 Which version of Windows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinjoss Posted November 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2021 I'm on a Mac OS 12.0.1 running JDK/JRE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted November 25, 2021 Report Share Posted November 25, 2021 Again, the only "filtering" HD does is based on the file extension. It doesn't care about the contents of the file at all (at least, not until it tries to load it), only the extension. If the file open dialog isn't showing anything, then when HD (via Java) is asking the system to list all files in a given directory, it's not getting anything back with the appropriate extension (.hdc for characters). If you were able to write/save to the directory, then there's only two scenarios that I can think of: 1. Your system has some VERY odd/bad permissions settings for Java, so Java has permissions to write to your Downloads directory, but not read from it. It's been a while, but you may be able to get this type of behavior if Java doesn't have execute permissions, as I believe a directory listing requires execute permissions on the directory itself...I'm sure others will correct me if I'm wrong here. Regardless, it's something that you'll need to change under System Preferences -> Security and Privacy -> Files and Folders. 2. There is something on your system that is changing the file extensions on files after they are created. This could be benign (seeing that the file has xml contents and appending a .xml to the file name) or it could be very bad (reminiscent of some nasty malware). Open up a Terminal, cd to your Downloads directory, and enter "ls -l *.hdc" -- if you don't see any files listed, then enter just "ls -l" to see what extension the files have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinjoss Posted November 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2021 Got it! Had to give full disk access to Java! Thanks for your help Simon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalcoolHarlock Posted December 5, 2021 Report Share Posted December 5, 2021 how do you do that as I am experiencing the same problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted December 5, 2021 Report Share Posted December 5, 2021 Assuming you’re on a mac: System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Privacy tab Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalcoolHarlock Posted December 10, 2021 Report Share Posted December 10, 2021 unfortunately no I am on a Windows Machine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted December 10, 2021 Report Share Posted December 10, 2021 Then put files into (and run HD from) a directory that you have full access to. Understanding Windows and UAC is part of your responsibility as a system owner -- directories like the root of the C drive, Program Files, etc. will be protected by UAC. Directories like your Desktop, Documents folder, etc. will not be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeroGM Posted December 10, 2021 Report Share Posted December 10, 2021 Currently I have this in my user/documents/ folder (windows). Helps me keep everything sorted. I also have a blank .txt file with the date HD was last updated (i.e. 20210804.txt) just as a visual reminder, especially since I have the source and play with it, inside the Core folder (where the unzipped HD files live). Yeah ok. After years of losing files I get OCD about it, plus if I ever want to copy to USB and take HD with me it's all there. Simon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalcoolHarlock Posted December 11, 2021 Report Share Posted December 11, 2021 20 hours ago, Simon said: Then put files into (and run HD from) a directory that you have full access to. Understanding Windows and UAC is part of your responsibility as a system owner -- directories like the root of the C drive, Program Files, etc. will be protected by UAC. Directories like your Desktop, Documents folder, etc. will not be. figured it out and have evrything working as intended... Simon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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