Status of the M&M files?
 

Been checking everyday to find notice of when the M&M files would be released. Been waiting with money in hand to buy the product. I'm anxious to start using it as soon as possible.

Other character generators have been a disappointment. From spreadsheets that are more work to use then simply writing out a character in a word processor the hard way, to a character generation program that never made it out of beta and died on the vine when the author completely disappeared. It's been an exercise in complete frustration.

Hey guys, I am right there with Darrin, been looking forward to this for a long while now. Any update on where it stands?

I'm with you guys.

Last time we had any information from the board (either here or on the ATT), the 2.0 release of HeroLab was ahead of the M&M data sets.

Since the 2.0 version has been released, hopefully we'll get an update on the data set status soon.

I could really use a well-written tool to help me in my M&M game so I'm looking forward to seeing what Lone Wolf develops.

Any news from them on the data sets would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,

Ed

An update, you say? Will this do?

http://www.wolflair.com/images/sneakpeek_mutants.png

PLEASE NOTE! This hasn't been checked or reviewed by Green Ronin yet, so everything is still subject to change. :)

The fanboy in me just went squeeeee!!!!

I am duly impressed and want this dataset NOW!!!

<3 :mrgreen:

I'm definitely looking forward to this. And I hope it will be ready soon.

The preview looks great-- can't wait to see it in action!

Status of the M&M files?
 

At 08:11 PM 4/6/2008, you wrote:
Now that the campaign stuff is finally out, our two top priorities for Hero Lab are the M&M files and the Authoring Kit. Colen just finished up the visuals overhaul, as you've now seen. I think it's pretty sweet looking, and it's a significant improvement over the previous visuals (they weren't bad, but the new stuff rocks!). He's now working on the missing pieces of the M&M mechanics, while I'm focusing on the Kit stuff. So it shouldn't be too much longer now.

Thanks for your continued patience. It's been quite frustrating for us as well in dealing with all the delays and setbacks, but we'd rather wait to release something of quality than just get something out the door. Hopefully, you guys will find the M&M files worth the wait. :-)

Just to be clear, this will not include Ultimate Powers stuff correct?

Correct. Ultimate Powers requires a significant investment of developer time. However, the initial data package for M&M *will* include character related mechanics from a number of other M&M books!

okie, sounds good. I can't wait.

Is there the ability to enter custom information into the program to cover the time until UP is released or if you develop a power/feat/skill/extra/flaw etc that you want to incorporate into the game?

Regards,

Ed

Status of the M&M files?
 

EdtheDM wrote:
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> Is there the ability to enter custom information into the program to
> cover the time until UP is released or if you develop a
> power/feat/skill/extra/flaw etc that you want to incorporate into the game?


Yes. You can use Hero Lab's integrated editor to add new powers, feats,
extras, flaws etc to your heart's content.


--
Colen McAlister, colen@wolflair.com
Chief Engineer, Lone Wolf Development

I'm looking forward to the release with great anticipation.

Anticipation is the bane of my life.

Still waiting on notice of when this will be released.

Status of the M&M files?
 

At 03:00 PM 4/25/2008, you wrote:
Some number of weeks is the best we can tell you. It could be 4 weeks, or it could be 8 weeks, or it could be something entirely different. In order to properly handle all of the M&M rules for sidekicks and other complex mechanics, we needed to add a lot of internal functionality to the HL engine. That required a lot of work and has finally been all completed. However, now the data files need to leverage all the new engine functionality and get finished up. We also need to go through the final approvals process with Green Ronin. All of that will take some number of weeks.

On Tuesday, we sat down with Nicole and Steve from GR to go over where we're at. They were really happy with what they saw and are anxiously waiting to get the finished data files from us to start the approval process. It's likely there will be at least one round of tweaks during the approval process, and there could be multiple rounds. We just don't know, but the goal is obviously as few as possible. We're in the home stretch now, but there's still some work to be done.

Based on the meeting with Nicole and Steve, you ought to start seeing some more indepth information about the M&M files relatively soon within the developer blogs on GR's site. Details on that will be forthcoming.

Please note that completing the M&M files is Colen's #1 development priority. So we'll be getting them into your hands as soon as we possibly can.