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Well, I bought my license (yay! ) and I'm eagerly awaiting the Developer's Kit. I've already posted a few questions on the forum, but I figured I would ask the source (and I'm pretty sure once you have the whole thing going System Data File development will get its own sub-forum in the Hero lab section). Anyway, here are my most basic questions:
1. Cloning Data sets: How do you "clone" a Data set so that you can work your custom alterations on it while leaving the main set intact and untouched? 2. Updating Your Datasets: is there going to be a shortcut around having to re-create the data sets you made if a core program upgrade raises compatibility issues? 3. Plausible Deniability Groups: Does Lone Wolf have a policy against Hero Lab users forming impromptu groups to work on and discuss data file projects that are compatible with Hero Lab but completely unrelated to the company or anything it has licensed? |
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At 11:06 PM 2/25/2007, you wrote:
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Another couple of quick questions:
1. Is the Developer's Kit going to be an additional purchase? 2. When adding things to the d20 templates, are there going to be any sorts of forms to make entering the entire "resume" of a class (core or prestige) simpler in the markup? |
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At 06:04 PM 3/17/2007, you wrote:
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To the extent that it is currently available, the Kit is already free. We will first be fleshing out the existing Kit documentation to describe the full details on creating new material for existing game systems (i.e. extending data files Lone Wolf releases). Then we'll be adding the details on how to create data files for completely new game systems (i.e. games for which no data files yet exist). Quote:
We have mapped out another evolutionary step that simplifies things much further, but that won't be implemented for a little while still. We have a number of other features that we intend to get added first. -Rob |
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Thanks; one more question. I have succeeded now in cloning my d20 data file under a different name.. The problem is now I have two d20 System data sets listed on startup that are indistinguishable. I don't even know which entry is assigned to which director, so I need to change the name on the new one. In which directory is that information stored, and where can it be altered?
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At 01:43 AM 3/21/2007, you wrote:
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The "d20" folder is the default folder used for the d20 system data files. So that folder will never be shown beneath the game system name. All others should be identified properly. -Rob |
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