Hero Lab 4e

Hi, sorry I seem to have missed this post back when it was fresh. If you still need help (and you haven't already contacted me by Discord or email and I've just forgotten about it), I can step you through the process. Let me know and I'll do what I can!

Community Data files update 2023-04-28

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3rd Party - Zeitgeist character options

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My apologies, I didn't get a notification for your reply for some reason. I'm glad you found a workaround. Could you let me know what it is, since it might help me make a permanent fix?

I've just uploaded a new version which should fix the update loop and some other issues. (Sorry, you will have to help it out by deleting some files again.)

Could the adjustments issue be caused by still having a thing_adjustments.user file? If you had it backed up with other user files, it may be conflicting with thing_adjustments.dat

Community Data files update 2023-03-25

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Quote from: beast013 on March 09, 2023, 10:50:03 AMI downloaded your recent update.  A few bugs have popped up:

#1 - I installed the download.  Hero Lab keeps telling me that the update is available for download and install.  I've installed it three times with no changes.

I've observed this too since the hotfix. I'm not sure what happened—it seems like the version system didn't like it for some reason—but I'm hoping the next update might fix it.

Quote#2 - I have also tried to load the 4e module and get the following error message:

"The data files could not be loaded due to the following errors:

File:tags,1st (line935) – Tag Group – Duplicate record encountered ('FCFchoic')
File:tags,1st (line952) – Tag Group – Duplicate record encountered ('SchlrThm')"

I followed the download/install directions from your post.  I've doubled checked and removed the files indicated in your post.

Appreciate any help/input on the above issues.

This one I is new to me. Can I get you to back up and delete your entire 4e data folder, then try the patch again?

Community Data files update 2023-02-16

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Warlord Scraper Error Fixes

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I suppose I'd say, because I don't see a use case for a temporary adjustment to HP that isn't THPs? I could be wrong, maybe it's in there somewhere, but this isn't like 3.x where you might take con damage or something. Seems like the HP adjustment would be pretty pointless, if  not used for temporary hit points.

I'd rather fix what I see as a problem with an existing trait. than make a new one. YMMV.

Further update - looks like I've run up against the same problems others might have. I'm having trouble bootstrapping stuff properly at paragon, and healing surges not using con is way more complicated than it seemed. I'll keep trying, but my workload has increased hugely since I started on it, so it's not likely I'll have much to report any time soon.

I don't have much of an opinion on version control software - I've used it a few times, but not so much that I have preferences. As long as it doesn't cost money, I'll use whatever I have to, in order to contribute :p

As far as hosting our own version control goes, I can install Subversion repositories on my server without needing to go through the effort. I've done it for gamedev in the past, and everything seemed to work fine. However, it would be up to users to choose/install their own SVN software, so definitely not the friendliest way to handle it. But if it would be helpful, the option is there.

Either way, getting more real updates out there - instead of just "replace thing with fixed thing" user files - would be great! Maybe with a basic style guide too? (I'm always worried that my fixes are somehow not living up to some standard or other - my ever-present impostor syndrome, I guess.)

Quote from: Cryptoknight on May 06, 2016, 11:10:54 AM
I would like to point out to wizards how stupid that was... but of course they brought the fighter back with 5e.

That said, I've toyed with relabelling them back to what they used to be occasionally

I'd do it. Those silly renames cause way more trouble than they're worth. If they were consistent it'd be another story, but instead it's just a crapshoot.

Superb! Thank you Charlie

Update; yep, now I'm working on the vampire. Core implementation is almost done (it's functional, but there some weirdness in the scripting I'm looking to fix before I release it). Paragon and Epic tiers in progress. Drop me a line if you'd like the in-progress files.

Thanks for the reply. Me, I like to see my current hit point total reflect the maximum damage I can handle. Of course, they are still tracked "separately" in that I use the Derived Trait Adjustment to count down temp HPs, before rolling over into real damage.

I suppose using a counter would suffice (I didn't realise the counter was uncapped, which makes it all the more irritating that the DTA isn't!) but I'd really like to see it reflected in my HP total. To me that seems like the "proper" way.