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This is the main information thread for the community add-ons called "Packs". Each Pack is downloaded and installed just like the official 5e SRD game from inside of Hero Lab. It just requires a one time setup to use and after that you will be auto-notified when updates are released.
See Hero Lab in action here: Hero Lab - D&D 5e Player Tour Setup Instructions Please see THIS pdf document for detailed install instructions. After setting up the update URL restart Hero Lab and download the Pack or Packs you need/want. BLOG: How To Install 5e Community Pack VIDEO: Hero Lab - How To Install And Configure The D&D 5e Community Pack The updates URL is: Code:
http://www.shadowsoftware.net/herolab/5e/updates.xml 5e Community Pack – Contains the following:
Limitations of the Community Packs The caveat with the Community Pack is that portions of descriptive text are often paraphrased (and sometimes omitted) to ensure the data files are legally sound. All the mechanics are fully implemented, so everything behaves the way you expect for your character, and you can always refer to the rule-books for the official language used. Release Notes Click HERE to see the latest release notes. Known Issue List Click HERE for a list of known issues. Click HERE to report a new issue or request a new enhancement. Report Issue / Request Feature Always confirm that the issue is related to the Community Pack prior to logging a new issue. 'Things' created by the Community Pack will always have '5C' in the name. 'Things' without this flag are created by Lone Wolf or other users and should be reported through their individual processes. Click HERE to report a new issue or request a new enhancement within the Community Pack. Click HERE to see the official Hero Labs support information. Quote:
We are always open to people who can contribute to the project. If you have missing source books you would like to add, flavor text to contribute or even want to assist in stamping out some of the bugs. Message me here or contact us by GitHub to assist as a Contributor. We are currently seeking replacement text for all 'things' where a <placeholder> has been used. In order to replace <placeholder> text we will need descriptions that are at least 20% different from the original source material. If you have any such descriptions or are able to assist please contact us via the Report Issue option. Last edited by daplunk; December 13th, 2016 at 11:47 PM. |
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FAQs for Community D&D 5e Pack:
1) How do I remove a Community Package A: On Windows/Mac start Hero Lab and go to Tools->Manage Third Party Updates will allow you to remove a Pack or see what files where installed. 2) How to deal with your house rules and D&D 5e Community Packs? A: You should treat the community data set files in the same way you would official Hero Lab files. This means you should NOT make changes directly to the .user files as those changes will be lost when you update to the next version. Instead you should create a new uniquely named .user file that does a Replaces Thing ID if you need to put in your own house rules over these community data sets. 3) Where and HOW do I get these new Packs? A: See THIS post for full details. But the new Packs are downloaded from inside of HL and all start with the wording "5e XXXXX Pack". Where XXXX is the name of the specific pack. 4) I am getting an error message when I start Hero Lab. How do I post the error to the forums to get help? A: By right mouse clicking on an error message you can select "Copy". Then you can easily post the message into your post. Doing this will 100% speed up the chance of getting an answer that will actually help you. 5) How do I report an issue for one of the Community Packs or something you downloaded from d20pfsrd? A: You can report it to the GitHub repository for this project using THIS LINK. 6) How do a do a "Fresh/new" install of the community Packs? A: To do a "fresh" install on Windows, Mac or iPad is to delete all the old community packages. Start Hero Lab and on Windows/Mac go to "Tools->Manage Third Party Updates" and delete all the community Packages (ie 5e Community Pack). Be sure to also delete any of the new Packs you installed also. Restart Hero Lab and download just the Pack or Packs you plan to actually use. On the iPad you can LEFT swipe across the addon's name and it will bring up the Delete button. Delete all the community ones and download/install just the Pack/Packs you need. 7) I am getting an error that is causing HL to not load any addons. What can I try? A: One option to try is to download the Pack again. Let it overwrite the download and install again. This "some" times works and does not take long to try. If still getting an error please RIGHT click on the error window and PASTE the error message into this thread. 8) I am getting an error how can I paste it into this thread? A: If you are getting a error window you can always RIGHT mouse click and select COPY to copy all the errors. Then you can past them into an post to help others diagnose what is wrong. 9) I get errors when opening my character that talk about sources (ie "Critical information not found in the data files: Source "Broken Chains") A: So these files use to exist in the Community Player Pack but were removed through the development of the pack. To clean this up is pretty easy. Just open your character again and press OK through the message and go to "Portfolio->Strip Missing Sources". Save your character and you are good to go. 10) Is there an order to loading the new Packs? A: No. 11) What are all the Placeholders? A: While we are able to reproduce the mechanics of the missing content we are still unable to release content that is copyrighted. Therefore alot of fluffy text has been left out and replaced with a Placeholder. Eventually we would like to have new descriptions for everything to explain what the 'thing' is designed to do. A: If anyone has the time we are interested in obtaining the text necessary to update all of the placeholders. The text would need to changed from the original sources however (min 80% diff). We will then update the placeholders in the community pack removing the need for Placeholders completely. 12) It says 'Alpha' or 'Beta' next to the option I want to use, what does that mean? A: The Community pack is a consolidated effort by quite a few people working together for the greater good. We are however not wizards which means we add content as quickly as we can working with the few hours we have in between our real jobs. For this reason we prefer to release content as soon as its functional. There are however varied levels of functional. The tags below will help you to understand what level of functionality exists with the selections you are using.
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v2.2 February 2, 2018
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v2.1 December 15, 2017
NEW RELEASES Tomb of Annihilation (TOA) - Backgrounds, Magic Items, and Monsters Dungeon Master's Guide (DMG) - Epic Boons from the Dungeon Master's Guide have been added! Unearthed Arcana - Feats for Races Unearthed Arcana - Trio of Classes Unearthed Arcana - Elf Subraces ENHANCEMENTS & CHANGES Barbarian - Path of the Totem Warrior - Totemic Aspect Eagle now grants flight while raging is activated. Barbarian - Path of the Totem Warrior - Spirit Walker, Spirit Seeker - spells granted now show up on spells tab Cleric - Light Domain - Removed unnecessary usage tracker on Corona of Light (was limited to Wisdom bonus/day) Cleric - Knowledge Domain - Added usage tracker on Visions of the Past (1/long rest) Cleric - Nature Domain - Added script to remove the duplicate Cleric cantrips from the Acolyte of Nature feature, now shows only the cantrip that the cleric spell list doesn't already have. Ranger - Ranger's Companion - Added scripts and bootstraps to auto-add a beast companion to the Ranger with updated attack, damage, AC bonuses. Wizard - School of Illusion - If you are a forest gnome, you now get an extra cantrip slot when you select the school of illusion, to reflect the fact that you already have minor illusion. Re-sorted the Unearthed Arcana article listing (is now alphabetically correct). Rescued and consolidated "orphaned" sources. Familiars - added missing familiars (lizard, octopus, quipper, etc.) Volo's Guide (VGtM): Added Death, Nature and Prophecy Hag variant races options with appropriate Shared Spellcasting and CR adjustments. Volo's Guide (VGtM): Added missing Yuan-ti Malison type 4 and type 5 variants Volo's Guide (VGtM): Added missing Mind Flayer Psion and several magic items for mind flayer thralls to use. Out of the Abyss (OotA): Added missing "baby" Hook Horror and Basilisk monsters BUGS Restored adjustments accidentally removed with new release: Spells Known, Spells Memorized, Background Skill change, Background Skill add, Background Skill remove Ranger (2016) - added Ranger(2016) to class list for Beast Bond spell. Circle of the Land Druid Spells/En5ider 31 - code was removing the circle spells from appearing unless the En5ider source was enabled. This has been fixed. Circle spells now show up correctly, and urban circle shows up only if you have En5ider 31 enabled. Unearthed Arcana - Artificer - fixed bug not allowing CR 0-1 Beasts from appearing for selection of Mechanical Companion Unearthed Arcana - Artificer - fixed bug not granting ability score/feat increases past 4th level. Unearthed Arcana - Warlock - fixed Shroud of Shadows and other Invocations showing as Patrons. Unearthed Arcana - Starter Spells - fixed spell level of Healing Elixir Hag Coven Variant (MM) - Shared spellcasting statblock showing incorrect attack and save DCs, added script to correct this. Elemental Evil Player's Companion (EEPC) - Added missing acid resistance to water genasi and fire resistance to fire genasi. Princes of the Apocalypse (PoTA) - fixed extra damage tags on magic items for readability Volo's Guide to Monsters - adjusted Orc Intelligence adjustment to be correct. Rise of Tiamat (RoT) - fixed several issues with dragon masks - added immunities, legendary resistance, unarmored AC bonus calculation. Last edited by daplunk; February 2nd, 2018 at 09:05 PM. |
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v2.0 August 19, 2017
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v1.8 February 12, 2017
IMPORTANT: Please note that support was removed for Midgard Heroes by Kobold Press and Fifth Edition Feats from Total Party Kill Games in this release. Any characters created with this content will continue to function however no new characters will be able to be created using this content. Official support for Midgard Heroes, Unlikely Heroes and Southlands Heroes is now available. Click HERE for more details. New Features
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v1.7 December 14, 2016
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Thank you for this. Going to try it out now.
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