Simon

First day out of self-isolation. Never got much worse than a middling head cold...and I apparently isolated well enough that my wife never caught it (she's been testing throughout -- all negative). Thank you vaccines and booster for what seems to have been a very mild case. Apart from 10 days of enforced boredom (where I never left the bedroom), not too bad....and the enforced boredom was likely something that I kind of needed...

Read that.

Let's work on that student bit...Try reading my responses (again). Then make sure you understand them. Then read them again (again). Make sure your understanding of them is complete. Then read them again. Then respond here.

Ooh! My turn for an example! "Hi, I'm having a problem with HD. I'm trying to [insert your specific goals here -- what you're actually trying to do]. I'm trying to do it by [insert the VERY specific steps you're taking in an attempt to achieve your goal]. When I do that, HD is [insert the VERY VERY specific results/response when you attempt to do whatever it is you're trying to do]." You started with the grammatical equivalent of "Powers...huh?" and little else. You then followed up with a page reference to the manual for the program that I wrote....which at the very least seemed to insinuate that you were trying to create a custom rules template (since that what was being covered on the page you referenced). And now seem to have posted the XML for a Power you're trying to re-define in your custom template...but without ANY indication of a single piece of the information detailed in the above example. Starting to see the problem?

So you're....trying to create a custom rules template?

Have you read the friendly manual?

I'd like to thank everyone for keeping level heads through that bit of inanity - while Greywind was an annoyance to wake up to, he was trivial to deal with and your responses made it a net positive. Now I need to go find another borderline poster to go off on before you all think I'm going soft...

Greywind will no longer be joining us on this site. *somethingsomethingpunchingnazissomethingsomething*

Yeah...I'm closing this thread now. Congrats. Nothing in this thread has anything to do with an application breaking (regardless of your feelings about Apple or apps running in their "universe") -- it is and has been about understanding how your system manages file permissions. Windows users have had to worry about it since UAC was introduced...Apple users for longer technically but with permissions being locked down more and more as time has progressed. Linux users have been aware of permissions management throughout.

MacOS has been 64-bit only since Mountain Lion (2012)....and all of this is missing the point.

Actually, it would but older systems tend to have permissions (particularly file operations) for Java pre-established as fairly open. And holding off on updating your OS for years is a horrific idea for security...so opening up file permissions for Java on a current system shouldn't bother you in the slightest.

This has nothing to do with 32-bit vs 64-bit....it's simply down to knowing how your operating system handles permissions (particularly those granted to applications like Java, which is what HD runs under).

More or less the plan

And...just tested positive (home test, so no info on variant). Mild symptoms -- mostly a minor head cold so far (low grade headache, congested sinuses, and fatigue). Maybe shortness of breath, but not really noticeable. Hoping it stays this way.

You can update your copy at any time by going to the Purchases section of your Client Area (on this site) -- the current update is always linked to the purchase.

Unfortunately, the only way we would merge an account would be if you could demonstrate access/ownership of both -- i.e. you'd need to be able to access the old account. It's still there -- if you no longer remember the password used on the account, you can use the forgot password function to have a one-time link emailed to the address on record. If you don't know the password for the account and no longer have access to the email address on record, then you're likely out of luck.

it's at the same level as "start" "stop" and "step" in a looping container (e.g. POWERS) -- it specifies an optional string to include between each increment (so you could, for example, make a comma-separated list). Other ways to accomplish the same, of course, but that's in-keeping with much of HERO

A solid grasp of the rules? Unless you buy the Characteristic Power with the Limitation “Does Not Affect Figured Characteristics” it will.

Purchase STR as a Power and add the Advantage Reduced Endurance. If you want it to apply to all of the character's STR, then check the box for "apply Modifiers to base Characteristic" (the cost will be adjusted accordingly)

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.

Don't import all of them - if you're talking about prefabs, load and unload prefabs as needed (details in the documentation). Character files (.hdc) can be loaded (and unloaded) similarly. Again, details in the documentation.

If there is no trace.log file then you have more problems (permissions). You'll want to give Java full permissions/access to the directory that HD is running from.

You'll need to post more information than that, I'm afraid -- like the contents of the trace.log file (in the directory that you're running HD from) after the error occurs.

Not in the example you posted. The example you posted has extends="builtIn.Main.hdt" - that's extending the built-in, base-level Fifth Edition template. You'd want to have extends="builtIn.Superheroic.hdt" to extend the 5E Superheroic template. Or extends="builtIn.Superheroic6E.hdt" to extend the 6E Superheroic template.

You'd be vastly better extending one of the genre-specific built-in templates -- that will allow HD to implement genre-specific rules (e.g. difference in END calculation in some areas between Heroic and Superheroic...or END for Movement abilities on Vehicles).