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Lost Registration of my Development Folder

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Quintain

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Can anyone assist? Hero lab seems to no longer be recognizing my "pathfinder_development" folder that I use to develop custom content. The folder still exists, it's just not being recognized by Hero Lab.

Thanks.
 
You must have deleted some required files. Go to your C:\ProgramData\Hero Lab\download and run the pathfinder.hl file again and have it install to your pathfinder_development folder. That should fix any issues with the core files.
 
More fallout --

The data files could not be loaded due to errors. Hero Lab will now attempt to load them in recovery mode. Once loaded, you can access the editor as normal to correct any errors.

The following errors occurred:

File: DDS_SpheresOfPower_HB_War.user (line 1421) - Thing 'sopCompTC' (dynamic tag) - Tag 'SoPSolWvr' not defined

I reloaded all my SoP files manually into my development area -- still getting this error.
 
Are you sure your SoP files are up to date in your development folder? That SoPSolWvr tag comes from a tag group that was added a few months back.

One thing that often bites me during development is forgetting to change the install path to my dev folder when I'm loading a .hl file, maybe that's why something is behind in your case?
 
Sphere's of Power: 18-DEC-2017
Expanded Options: 31-JAN-2018
Vivomancers: 22-Jan-2018
Destroyers: 22-Jan-2018
Shapeshifters: 22-Jan-2018
Enhancers: 22-Jan-2018
Creators: 22-Jan-2018
Mentalists: 22-Jan-2018
Diviner's: 22-Jan-2018
Geomancer's: 22-Jan-2018
Telekinetic's: 22-Jan-2018
Illuminator's: 22-Jan-2018
Battlemage's: 22-Jan-2018
Nyctomancer's: 22-Jan-2018

None of them are being flagged as needing to be downloaded.
 
Spheres of Power Version 1.32 - Released 01/25/2018

It looks like at least one of your files is out of date.
 
Hmm.. Odd my base Sphere's Of Power is v1.32 -- but dated 22-DEC. I'll re-download and see what happens. But the "date of newest file" is showing Jan 22. So at least it is looking like there might be a change.
 
Dami said:
Spheres of Power Version 1.32 - Released 01/25/2018

It looks like at least one of your files is out of date.
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Maybe. I checked my own main folder and found that although I had 1.32 (the latest as of this writing), it too was dated 12/18/17. Looks like I forgot to update the timestamp on the update XML file for that release. So he may or may not be up to date for the core package (though the particular error he's getting does suggest he isn't).

Quintain, I would check the actual version numbers on your SoP packages next, against this list. You might have to expand the name column in the update list, but the package name will tell you what version(s) you have. Update anything that's out of date. If the problem persists, I'd recommend following the steps outlined in this post.
 
I removed and preserved all the SoP files.. re-downloading now. Although Hero Lab didn't detect that I had anything new to download despite the missing user/source files.
 
Ok, it looks like my versions weren't out of date -- but there is something odd going on with the timing on the compile. My development folder was on a SAN, that I linked to via symbolic link -- when opening hero lab and choosing the development folder, I got the above error, however, when I copied that folder from the SAN back to my hard disk, the error no longer occurs.
 
I don't think that's the first time I've heard of HL having issues with networked files, but that is a pretty weird symptom all right. Glad you figured it out.
 
TheIronGolem said:
I don't think that's the first time I've heard of HL having issues with networked files, but that is a pretty weird symptom all right. Glad you figured it out.
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I have seen such a thing before on Linux imulations of HL actually. The .1st files have to load before the other stuff as they have the definitions of the tags. Sometimes they are loaded out of order or first come first served by the OS.

I remember changing the names once before for PoW files so a few people using Linux could get the files to load.

I guess somehow the above sym link is causing the same issue... :(
 
Quintain said:
Hero Lab didn't detect that I had anything new to download despite the missing user/source files.
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Longstanding problem: I think if you install files in a copy of the Pathfinder folder (such as your development folder) without those files being installed in the Pathfinder (original) folder itself, they will not be "seen" as being out of date, if they are, by the update mechanism.

My SoP files are only installed in my pathfinder_SoP folder, and the update mechanism never lights up when there are new versions.
 
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