Hero Lab interest

JeffK88 · October 16th, 2012, 06:42 PM

Considering purchasing this product, but wanted to find out if there are any detailed documents about the scripting language and/or good tutorials...

BoomerET · October 17th, 2012, 07:05 PM

Start here:
http://hlkitwiki.wolflair.com/index.php5/Home

Eventually find this:
http://hlkitwiki.wolflair.com/index....pting_Language

Final step: Creating your own game system or extending on that already exists.

BoomerET

Colen · October 18th, 2012, 08:51 AM

Pathfinder, d20, and a few other game systems have extensive tutorials guiding you through setting up your own content for those games. If you play those, I recommend checking those out first before going on to the wiki that BoomerET posted.

Once you've got your head around the basics, the wiki will likely be easier to get through.

Duggan · October 18th, 2012, 09:00 AM

And, just as a bit of advice since we get this fairly often, if you want to modify a given system, buy the license for that system. The "Authoring Kit" is primarily for building your own system more or less from scratch, although I think it comes with one of the game systems, but I don't remember which one.

Wruin · November 15th, 2012, 12:35 PM

I just bought HL last week. It is great for creating characters and NPCs. I have never seen better. You can advance monsters by level and add templates. It is all in the demo. If that is what you are looking for, you should buy it now.

It is powerful for creating your own content, but doing so is non-trivial. I am trying to port a 3.5 template to Pathfinder. I thought it would take 20 minutes. I now realize it will take a couple weeks for me to come up to speed with a proprietary scripting language with no roots in any language I am familiar with. For the record, those languages are: C, C++, Java, C#, Perl, Ruby, PostScript, and shell scripting in UNIX and LINUX. I am not saying it is bad, I am saying it is non-trivial.

Because the editor is complex, it is also powerful. From what I have read, there isn't much you can't do with it.

JeffK88 Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 21 October 16th, 2012, 06:42 PM	Considering purchasing this product, but wanted to find out if there are any detailed documents about the scripting language and/or good tutorials...
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BoomerET Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Livermore, CA Posts: 492 October 17th, 2012, 07:05 PM	Start here: http://hlkitwiki.wolflair.com/index.php5/Home Eventually find this: http://hlkitwiki.wolflair.com/index....pting_Language Final step: Creating your own game system or extending on that already exists. BoomerET
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Colen Senior Member Lone Wolf Staff Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 4,690 October 18th, 2012, 08:51 AM	Pathfinder, d20, and a few other game systems have extensive tutorials guiding you through setting up your own content for those games. If you play those, I recommend checking those out first before going on to the wiki that BoomerET posted. Once you've got your head around the basics, the wiki will likely be easier to get through.
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Duggan Senior Member Volunteer Data File Contributor Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 1,502 October 18th, 2012, 09:00 AM	And, just as a bit of advice since we get this fairly often, if you want to modify a given system, buy the license for that system. The "Authoring Kit" is primarily for building your own system more or less from scratch, although I think it comes with one of the game systems, but I don't remember which one.
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