Originally Posted by Colen (Post 41438)

Yes, the price will be $20 to add M&M3 beta support to your license, just like any other game system. And Hero Lab already is the official software for M&M - we have a forum on their web site, and everything. :)

Originally Posted by Colen (Post 41438)

Yes, the price will be $20 to add M&M3 beta support to your license, just like any other game system. And Hero Lab already is the official software for M&M - we have a forum on their web site, and everything. :)

Originally Posted by SeeleyOne (Post 41443)

Originally Posted by Colen (Post 41499)

This isn't currently possible, but it's on our to-do list for the future.

Originally Posted by Shadowchaser (Post 41523)

I don't mind the list of games so much, but I *would* like to turn off update notification for games I don't have licenses for. :)

Originally Posted by Lightspeed Hobbies (Post 41535)

Are you going to be able to get permission to use the DC Adventures official content? I really hope so. After being let down time and time again by Palladium, I need to switch to a different game and I want to switch to DC Adventures. I don't have time to sit and make endless characters for NPC's and all that stuff.

Originally Posted by Shadowchaser (Post 41552)

This has been answered a few times, but sadly no. The game rules for DC Adventures, however, are identical to Mutants and Masterminds Third edition, which Hero Lab *will* support (in a matter of weeks, actually), but the official Hero Lab software will not have built-in copies of the DC Comics characters.

I wouldn't be surprised, however, if users didn't start making and distributing their own collections of the characters. It's happened before. :)

Also, just having the software will make it really easy to build 3E characters, so I strongly suggest getting it when it comes out! I certainly plan to. :D

Originally Posted by Colen (Post 41435)

Hi everyone,

As many of you are aware, the DC Adventures rulebook PDF is now available for purchase on the Green Ronin store. Since its release, we've had a lot of users ask us when Hero Lab will be updated to let them create and manage characters for their DC Adventures games, just like they can for Mutants & Masterminds.

Although we can't officially support DC Adventures, we have been developing a data package for the upcoming Mutants & Masterminds 3rd edition game. Releasing in a few months time, M&M 3rd edition will be fully compatible with DC Adventures.

As a result, the awesome folks at Green Ronin have given us permission to release an early version of the M&M 3rd edition data files to the public. You'll be able to purchase this beta data package starting early next month (August), and can then begin using Hero Lab with your DC Adventures games. A free demo version will also be available, so that you can "try before you buy".

Please note: as a beta version of an upcoming game system, there will likely be some rough edges in the data files when we release them. We feel that this is an acceptable compromise, since it lets us support all the DC Adventures players who are eager to start creating characters and running games with Hero Lab.

The data files will officially release with the Mutants & Masterminds 3rd edition core rulebook, when it comes out in several months time. At that point, users of the beta version will be updated to use the full M&M 3 data files.

Originally Posted by Sketchpad (Post 42087)

Any chance this might be hitting before everyone hits GC? Looks like we have some big updates this week for PF ... hoping we'll have the same for M&M ;)

Originally Posted by rob (Post 42088)

Will Monday night work for you (as in 24 hours from now)? :->

Note: That's the plan, subject to the possibility of last-minute gremlins that can muck everything up in a hurry.

Originally Posted by TalonKane (Post 42101)

So if someone buys the Beta for M&M 3.0, will they automatically get updated when the full version comes out?

Originally Posted by TalonKane (Post 42101)

Also, when someone purchases a rule set, how many PCs that it be installed on?

Originally Posted by rob (Post 42088)

Will Monday night work for you (as in 24 hours from now)? :->

Note: That's the plan, subject to the possibility of last-minute gremlins that can muck everything up in a hurry.

Originally Posted by rob (Post 42103)

Absolutely. We tried to make sure this was clear in the press release, but apparently not clear enough.



The number of computers is tied to a user *license*. The initial primary license purchase includes one free game system of your choice. All subsequent rule sets purchased are tied to that license and subject to the access limitations of that primary license.

When you purchase a primary license, you are also able to obtain one free secondary license, which allow the product to be installed on a second computer. This handles most people, who might want to run Hero Lab at home on their desktop and at games on their laptop.

Additional secondary licenses can be purchased for $10 apiece, subject to a maximum of 4 total licenses. This makes it possible to put Hero Lab on up to four different computers.

Since all of these secondary licenses are tied to the same primary license, all of the secondary licenses have access to all the same game systems. So if you purchase multiple data packages through your primary license, those data packages will all be available through all of the associated secondary licenses.

Let's use a concrete example. You purchase Hero Lab for use with M&M and activate your initial license for M&M. You can then obtain a free secondary license for use on another computer, and it will have access to M&M as well. Then you purchase a second game system (let's say Pathfinder). You can now use Pathfinder on both computers through both licenses. Now you want to put Hero Lab on a third computer. You can purchase an additional secondary license for that computer. Since the new secondary license is tied to the primary license, that computer immediately gains access to both M&M and Pathfinder.

Note that if you replace a computer, you can transfer an existing license to the replacement computer. Purchasing a new secondary license is only necessary to run Hero Lab on another computer while retaining access on all the current computers you're using.

Hopefully all that made sense. :)