Simon

Really not sure what you're asking here.

Killing Strike and Killing Throw both have 2 DCs of killing damage, totaling out to 2D6+1 (7 DCs)  for 25 STR.

Joint Break has 4 DCs of killing damage, totaling out to 3D6 (9 DCs) for 25 STR.

Again, the ONLY filter HD uses is on the file extension. You likely have them saved as fileName.hde.xml

1. Have you read the documentation? Specifically the section on printing and exporting characters?
2. When you go to select an export format, are you navigating to the directory that you've saved the files to?
3. If the answers to (1) and (2) are both yes and you're not seeing anything, then you haven't saved the files with a .hde extension (that's the only thing that HD looks for).  Most likely your browser is trying to "help" by saving the files with a .xml extension -- you'll need to stop it from doing that or rename the file (changing the extension to the proper .hde)

You'll find all of this covered in the documentation, btw

You don't.  At least, not directly from HD.  

You can use any of the available vehicle export formats to export the sheet. From there, printing a hard copy (or saving as PDF) is up to the application you're using to view it (e.g. your browser of choice).

Print to PDF is for characters only.

The 2 year subscription model was stopped in 2013 -- it's been a one-time purchase since then.

Updates for the current major version (HD6) are available from the client area. At such time as a major version upgrade is done (no plans at this time), it would need to be purchased, but at a discounted price for those who currently own HD.

Back from a brief vacation...

Starting with Java 9, Oracle broke the way the UI manager handles some of the look and feels (the appearance of the GUI components). Methods that worked without issue previously started throwing errors.  In particular, the look and feel that HD uses by default was modified.

I just posted an update that _should_ work in all versions of Java (using reflection to determine the proper call to set the look and feel).

You don't have base GUI classes required for the application to run.

Go to www.java.com

Get Java from Oracle, not Apple.

www.java.com

An issue in a recent software update -- fixed in a patch that was applied this morning.

You're going to need to key everything in the hard way -- you're talking about a program that is over 15 years out of date.  While it was updated for 5th edition, it was never even close to being rules-compliant...so even if you were to work on some form of export/import process, you'd have more work in identifying and resolving conflicts/rules violations than you would just keying the character into HD from scratch.

Yes, HD fully supports HERO System 6th Edition

I was very saddened to see this.  He will be missed.

Something's definitely not configured correctly on your system.  

Could be easy:  make sure you have full rights to the directory that you're running HD6.jar from -- it's going to try to create some files and subdirectories there and will error out if it doesn't have access.

If that doesn't work, open up a terminal and post the output from the following:

java -version

You can also try navigating to the directory that you've saved HD6.jar to and manually running the app via the following:

java -jar HD6.jar

At the very least, you should get to see whatever error your system is throwing that way -- post it here and we can work from there.

Ok...a few things:

1. The JDK is the Java development kit - it includes the runtime environment (what you need) plus a bunch of developer tools (which you most likely don’t).  You could install just the JRE (Java runtime environment) by going to www.java.com

2. A statement of “check the console” sounds like you’re trying to run the application from your browser...which you’ve likely realized by now you don’t want to do.  Double click on HD6.jar to launch the app.  If that doesn’t do it (some windows systems don’t like to let Java configure itself for .jar files), google “jarfix” - the first result will contain a small program you can run to correct the file associations on your system.

The last update posted was 20171119.

Martial Grab adds 10 STR to the character's grab, you're seeing the total in the display field (you apparently have the character's STR at the default of 10).  

If you want to change the way Martial Grab works, you'd need to create a custom template and redefine Martial Grab...though STR bonuses are always going to be added in to the character's STR (there's not much of a way around that other than to hardcode in the DISPLAY value for the ability rather than having the program swap in the total STR).

And read the documentation.

Help -> View Documentation...

OK...we're running into some issues with observation skills here.  Let's make it clear:

Store -> Manage Purchases

Store -> Client Area -> Purchases

They both go to the same page. They both allow you to download purchases.

It's a download (link included in the confirmation email -- check your spam folder or your provider's spam filters if you haven't received it).  All downloadable purchases can be accessed from the Purchases section of your Client Area on the site.

Click on the link for the Store (top of the page) -- you'll find HD under featured products on the main store page or under the HERO System Software category (linked off of the main store page).

Blue text means that the ability's display has been edited to a user-defined value (and will no longer be updated by the application).  To revert to the default display text, click on the ability's display text (to enter edit mode), and delete/clear all text -- the program will insert the default display when you hit enter.

It's because there is no "fixed" value to add to the character's defenses for Absorption -- it's a game-time determination, not a character creation determination.

Make roughly 471 more posts.

Important addendum: without spamming or flooding the forums (while that will change your title, it won't be what you want)

You may want to do some digging there and see if that applies to any/all CSS (which would severely limit your ability to post styled or structured text), or just <style> containers.  If the latter, you'll likely find some options in the Downloads section.  If the former, you'll want to stick to plaintext export formats for the most part.