Hero Lab and Roll20

[jim_hm]

3 years on and this still hasn't happened?

[Azhrei]

Heh.

I'm a big fan of plugins. For example, the Tactical Console could be a plugin. The Output Sheet/Exporter function could be a plugin.

And if they were plugins, then the community could help build them and maintain them, adding features that the community has a need for but that LW doesn't have resources to support.

But that's just my opinion.

[wheels2040]

So this is still an issue after 3 years? I just bought Hero Lab yesterday because one of the features was the ability to export characters to Fantasy Grounds.

[Jamz]

FYI: I make it easy as pie for MapTool. Clicking on a portfolio within MapTool :: Library, It shows all the characters in the portfolio. Drag those to the map, bam. Token is created using the Picture(s) provided in Hero Lab along with all 3 stat sheets.

Of course, you need a framework to use these in. I currently have a Pathfinder framework that uses the XML to create the token (more reliable than parsing the Statblock text).

#alternatives http://maptool.nerps.net

[wdmartin]

Jamz -- how does that handle pog vs portrait images? A Hero Lab portfolio can have multiple images built into it, but I don't think it has any built-in mechanism for distinguishing between a small PNG for use as the pog and a larger JPG for use as the portrait.

[LazarX]

Originally Posted by Jamz

FYI: I make it easy as pie for MapTool. Clicking on a portfolio within MapTool :: Library, It shows all the characters in the portfolio. Drag those to the map, bam. Token is created using the Picture(s) provided in Hero Lab along with all 3 stat sheets.

Of course, you need a framework to use these in. I currently have a Pathfinder framework that uses the XML to create the token (more reliable than parsing the Statblock text).

#alternatives http://maptool.nerps.net

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Once you have that done, how do you get the characters into roll20?

[Azhrei]

Originally Posted by LazarX

Once you have that done, how do you get the characters into roll20?

Um, you don't understand. MapTool does what Roll20 does, in some ways better and in some ways not, but there's no need for Roll20 if you're using the (free) MapTool.

[Jamz]

Originally Posted by wdmartin

Jamz -- how does that handle pog vs portrait images? A Hero Lab portfolio can have multiple images built into it, but I don't think it has any built-in mechanism for distinguishing between a small PNG for use as the pog and a larger JPG for use as the portrait.

What ever the "first" image in the portfolio list is, I use that for the "Portrait". The second image is considered the "pog" token image.

As you pointed out, there is no way to "name" the images or base the logic on anything other than order. And since many of the monsters already come with a "portrait" image, it made sense to use that for the portrait.

BUT, I also pull in ALL the images and they are stored/shown on the token in the Hero Lab tab. From that tab you can set any image to either Portrait, Token, or handout.

You can also access those images via macro functions and create "disguise" or "polymorph" macros and such.

@LazarX, for Roll20, ignore all this, and bug the roll20 forums? There really isn't anything the Hero Lab folks can/need to do. The portfolios are already zip format and has all the info in it you need. Someone just has to invest the time to code it for Roll20.