Simon

Make sure you run from a directory that contains the HD6.jar file and which you have full read/write access to.

He can certainly use some time to decompress...

I have zero doubt that the situation in PR is dire. I have no doubt that people have and are dying as a result of the underwhelming relief effort. Doesn't change the rules of this thread regarding hyperbole.

Now now...I'm sure that Michael will post some references for the information that he's citing. Especially after being warned against posting hyperbole a couple of times now.

Main issue: prefabs and character files (.hdp and .hdc, respectively) have a large amount of similarity, but they _are_ different. Simply renaming a .hdc file to .hdp is going to cause issues — as noted. Don’t do that. If you _have_ done that and run into errors AND have HD set to reload prefabs on launch, you’re going to need to either delete the file in question (to prevent HD from trying to load it on launch) or delete your appPrefs.xml file (to remove all settings that tell HD what to do on launch beyond the basics).

"Unable to install Java" would seem to indicate that you're trying to launch HD with the installer for Java, rather than installing Java on your system and _then_ running HD. Steps to make it (hopefully) simple: 1. Go to www.java.com and install Java on your system. 2. Google "jarfix" and go to the first result to find a small program you can run to ensure that file associations are properly set on your system 3. Double-click on HD6.jar

Heroic Halfwit will no longer be joining us on the forums.

Yeah....Heroic Halfwit, you're going to want to tone things back. 1. The Nazi party was fascist. Yes, "socialist" was part of their name, but that was about the only resemblance they have to what everyone thinks of as socialism. National Socialism is more commonly referred to as Nazism and is best characterized as fascist. It has no bearing or resemblance to Socialism. 2. One of the primary features of fascism is association with an extreme right-wing political stance. It's part of their very definition. Left-wing politics are literally the opposite of what fascism (and therefore Nazi's, neo or otherwise) stand for. 3. No one stated that all right-wing politicians (or supporters) are Nazis/fascists. They stated that all Nazis/fascists are right-wing. There's a difference. Learn it if you want to keep posting on these forums. 4. Your posts regarding gun control need to be toned WAY back. This is not your political soapbox. Treat it as such, and you're going to find it pulled out from under you.

Easy comparison here as a way to show that there is no equivalence between the two sides (and why attempting to draw one is offensive in the extreme): ISIS shares a large amount of similarity with Neo-Nazis. Both claim to religious justification for hate and terrorist actions. Both seek the elimination or subjugation of entire races and/or religions. The main difference between the two is the color of the skin of their members. Neo-Nazis are credited with more terrorist attacks on American soil than ISIS and are more of a concern for DHS and the FBI. Now...picture an ISIS march in NC. ISIS members and supporters marching armed and calling for jihad on all non-Muslims. Feel free to add some ISIS sympathizers (but not active ISIS members) in with the group. They're not armed and they're not really into the whole jihad thing, but they think that ISIS makes some good points and want to show their support by marching with them. Continue the formation of this picture by having an active terror attack take place during this rally -- an ISIS member drives a car into a group of counter protesters. If you think there is any "equivalence" to be drawn here (the counter protesters were armed/the counter protesters were angry/ the counter protesters were yelling at the ISIS marchers), you're no better than the ISIS sympathizers. And we lock them up. Why is it different for neo-Nazis?

Watch the hyperbole, folks.

Works on all screens - no checks for resolution or screen size are performed

If the file is named something like [filename].hdp.txt, then yes -- remove the .txt and it will show up and act like a prefab. If the file is named [filename].hdc, then no -- it's a character file and should be used as such.

The only "filter" that HD uses in determining what files to display is the file extension. Prefabs will be looking for .hdp. Characters will look for .hdc. And so on.

From DEFCON years ago: Turns out roofie cookies taste just like regular cookies.

You have your system set to hide file extensions -- HD6 is HD6.jar (when you can see the file extension). Your system stating that it's a winRAR archive is a sign of misconfiguration. Do the following: 1. Make sure that you have Java installed (www.java.com) 2. Google "jarfix" and download/run the first result -- that will fix file associations on your system Then just double-click on HD6 (.jar)

JRE 6 or better....which at this point means any reasonably recent full Java installation.

AGAIN - enough histrionics. Hopcroft, this is aimed at you this time -- stick to the rules (facts).

Apparently someone hasn't paid attention to the rules of this thread or the rules of the forum in general. Roter Baron will not be rejoining this conversation.

Enough with the histrionics. Please read the rules for this thread (and understand them enough to abide by them) before posting again.

For those having issues with HD appearing too small under high resolution screens (when running Windows), an update has been posted which enables command-line flags to set the default font size throughout the application. To use, you need to launch HD from the command line (or create a batch script) with the following: javaw -jar HD6.jar [font size] for example, the following would set the default font size throughout the application to 18pt: javaw -jar HD6.jar 18 Windows does not appear to pass font scaling along to Java, hence the issue under high resolution screens. Moreover, there are known issues within Java in attempting to change the font size once the UI has been rendered. This is the reason that the command line flags are needed rather than a new application preferences setting.

I have no idea what you're talking about...

pro tip: Hefeweissen (or hefeweizen), not hefenweizen. (and before anyone in our German contingent corrects me, more properly hefeweißier) When you start to get into "real ales" (it's a thing), let me know...there's a whole world out there for you to get into.... ... [we now return you to your regularly scheduled political rantings]

Oh, do we need to talk.... I have much to teach, young padawan. (currently finishing off a "barley legal" Laphroaig 18 yr.) . . . . . (though I do have a home brewed East Flanders Red on tap currently...)

"Soar" is done here (in the NGD), folks. He had been warned multiple times previously and told to stay out of the politics thread as a result. I tried giving him the benefit of the doubt when he chose to ignore those warnings, but enough is enough. He will not be back.