(Drop Dead Studios) Spheres of Power: Official Support Thread

[TheIronGolem]

Originally Posted by Anderlorn

That is good! Thank you!

I currently don't have any of the handbooks. Maybe in time but by order of the CFO (aka the Wife), my hobby spending money has been spent ... LOL

I just have the initial release of SOP.

OK, so we just have the one book to keep track of in this case.

Let's look at something else now: In Hero Lab, go to Tools->Manage Third-Party Updates and then tell me everything that appears in the menu that it brings up.

[Anderlorn]

Thank you

1. SoP - Expanded Options (v1.0, 2 files)
2. SoP (v1.24, 36 files)
3. SoP - Epxanded Options (v1.7, 2 files)
4. Pathfinder Pack (1.16, 522 files)
5. PF Gestalt (v1.1, 6 files)
6. World is Square House Rules (v1.3, 2 files)

[EldritchWeaver]

Originally Posted by Anderlorn

1. SoP - Expanded Options (v1.0, 2 files)
3. SoP - Epxanded Options (v1.7, 2 files)

Not sure if 3. is a typo due to translation into this forum post, but you shouldn't have that book installed twice.

[TheIronGolem]

Originally Posted by Anderlorn

Thank you

1. SoP - Expanded Options (v1.0, 2 files)
2. SoP (v1.24, 36 files)
3. SoP - Epxanded Options (v1.7, 2 files)
4. Pathfinder Pack (1.16, 522 files)
5. PF Gestalt (v1.1, 6 files)
6. World is Square House Rules (v1.3, 2 files)

As EldritchWeaver notes, Expanded Options showing up twice is odd. I would delete the 1.0 one for sure. That's probably not the cause of this particular problem, but it may well cause other headaches for you down the road.

Your core package being at version 1.24 is definitely a problem, though. You mentioned previously that you had set up the update mechanism, so if HL isn't asking you to update SoP when you first start up the Pathfinder system, then you'll want to initiate an update manually.

Bring up the Updates menu (either using the Find Updates button when HL first starts up and asks you to pick a game system, or with the View Updates menu option at the upper right when you're in Pathfinder) and look for the Spheres of Power entry (just Spheres of Power, not Expanded Options). Click on the entry to highlight it and then press Download. It should show you the patch notes and take you through the installation process.

That will probably take care of this. If not, let me know and we'll take a look to ensure that your update source is set up correctly.

[Anderlorn]

Here is the updated managed 3rd party section, how does this sound?

SoP - (v1.32, 36 files)
SoP - Expanded Options (v1.7, 2 files)
PF Pack (v1.16, 522 Files)
PF Gestalt (v1.1, 6 files)
Word is Square House Rules (v1.3, 2 files)

It is working now, what I did was delete all SOP except Expanded Options, and downloaded the Core updates 1 (archived) 2, and 3 from DriveThrueRPG and installed them.

Maybe the online updates were not removing the old or wasn't with mine?

Thank you for your help!

[TheIronGolem]

Glad it's working now! For what it's worth, you don't need to install more than one instance of the same package; the later-named files are just newer versions. Most likely what happened was that you installed the most recent one last and that fixed it by overwriting the older ones.

[Ualaa]

Having two versions of a book, was my issue too.
And for some reason I didn't have the Creation book on my list.

Glad it's working for you too now.

[Anderlorn]

Broken Link removed for extra security and thanks again!

[Ualaa]

Out of curiosity, I received an email stating the Conjuration handbook is available on DriveThruRPG now...

Would the priority be the new Spheres of Power handbooks, as they're released, or the Spheres of Might files?

[TheIronGolem]

Originally Posted by Ualaa

Out of curiosity, I received an email stating the Conjuration handbook is available on DriveThruRPG now...

Would the priority be the new Spheres of Power handbooks, as they're released, or the Spheres of Might files?

Previously, the plan had been to finish the SoP handbooks before starting on SoM. But in light of the fact that the Conjuration book contains some SoM-based content (and the Time book will have more if the current playtest is anything to go by), I am refocusing on Might now. This will also help me figure out a clean way to handle these "crossover" situations without making SoM a hard requirement for an SoP expansion or vice versa.