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

[Ualaa]

Very much looking forward to this; thanks.

[radionausea]

Any word on when this will be available?

[LonePaladin]

I'm having an odd technical issue, and it looks like it's time to submit it to the masses. Maybe ShadowChemosh can figure it out.

In a nutshell, I can't get the SoP options to appear. The files are all there, but they don't seem to be working.

I've tried manually adding the .hl file. I've tried adding the URL to the XML file via the Update page. I've checked my data folder, and I find all the required files. SoP shows up on the list of updates, just like it should. Everything looks like it should be working, but when I make a new character and go to the list of available options, I don't see anything by DDS.

Here are all the details for the relevant files, should you want to check against a working copy.

File                                        Size  Date Modified
DDS_SpheresOfPower - Adjustments.user         63  2016/01/29 09:00
DDS_SpheresofPower - AlterationForms.user     67  2016/01/29 09:00
DDS_SpheresofPower - Archetypes.user          49  2016/01/06 20:44
DDS_SpheresofPower - Casting Traditions.user  93  2016/01/29 09:00
DDS_SpheresofPower - Classes.user            720  2016/02/06 18:24
DDS_SpheresofPower - Components.user          31  2016/02/05 11:45
DDS_SpheresofPower - Editor.dat               17  2016/02/05 19:16
DDS_SpheresofPower - Equipment.user           10  2016/01/06 20:44
DDS_SpheresofPower - Feats.user               67  2016/01/31 21:10
DDS_SpheresofPower - Helper Things.user       38  2016/01/31 20:18
DDS_SpheresofPower - Procedures.user          27  2016/01/31 12:22
DDS_SpheresofPower - Spheres.user           1009  2016/02/05 12:07
DDS_SpheresofPower - Tags.1st                 15  2016/01/29 09:00
DDS_SpheresofPower_Forms.dat                   3  2016/01/06 20:44

I've been trading e-mails with the developer for a while now, and he's hit a wall. He asked me to make sure I wasn't accidentally installing them into an alternate copy of the PF folder, but I only have the one.

[TheIronGolem]

Indeed, we've gone over all the basics that I can think of. It seems like everything is installed properly, but the Configure Hero screen isn't showing the SoP options. I can't shake the feeling that there's some simple and obvious problem that I'm missing here.

[TheIronGolem]

Come to think of it, what do you see if you go to Tools -> Manage Third-Party Updates?

[ShadowChemosh]

Originally Posted by LonePaladin

Maybe ShadowChemosh can figure it out.

Just going to ask a dumb question. The files you have listed above are located in your c:\programData\HeroLab\data\Pathfinder folder? Assuming windows.

Another way to look is to start HL and go to the Tools menu within Hero Lab and choosing Explore Folders->Program Data Folder. The files appear in the directory that opens?

[TheIronGolem]

Originally Posted by radionausea

Any word on when this will be available?

Now! Check the second post for links!

[LonePaladin]

Originally Posted by TheIronGolem

Come to think of it, what do you see if you go to Tools -> Manage Third-Party Updates?

In addition to other items, I see "Spheres Of Power 1.0 (V1.0, 15 files)".

Originally Posted by ShadowChemosh

Just going to ask a dumb question. The files you have listed above are located in your c:\programData\HeroLab\data\Pathfinder folder? Assuming windows.

Another way to look is to start HL and go to the Tools menu within Hero Lab and choosing Explore Folders->Program Data Folder. The files appear in the directory that opens?

No, they're not in that folder, they're in the Game System Data folder (C:\ProgramData\Hero Lab\data\pathfinder).

I've tried a couple other ways to get the data, including directly opening the .hl file (after downloading the updated version that turned up today), using the Import File option in the game-system-selection screen, re-downloading via the File Updates window, and using the Tools>View Game Updates option.

Each time, it acts like everything's okay, except that nothing actually changes.

Out of curiosity, I ran Tools>Diagnostics>Checksum Data Files. I trimmed out everything that wasn't relevant to SoP. Here's what's left:

The data files in use for this game system are listed below.

APG.pkg: 226703fe
UltMagic.pkg: f7c3768a
DDS_SpheresOfPower - Editor.dat: 2f9e2a65
DDS_SpheresOfPower_Forms.dat: 7737d925
DDS_SpheresOfPower - Tags.1st: e2ce1329
Source - Drop Dead Studios.1st: dd89cc72
DDS_SpheresOfPower - Components.str: fa923e32
DDS_SpheresOfPower - Adjustments.user: 83494b4e
DDS_SpheresOfPower - AlterationForms.user: 7fff7d5d
DDS_SpheresOfPower - Archetypes.user: 6f50fac8
DDS_SpheresOfPower - Casting Traditions.user: 38091549
DDS_SpheresOfPower - Classes.user: c0d0abac
DDS_SpheresOfPower - Equipment.user: f8c3a085
DDS_SpheresOfPower - Feats.user: 94829d29
DDS_SpheresOfPower - Helper Things.user: f49e653c
DDS_SpheresOfPower - Procedures.user: 231782d0
DDS_SpheresOfPower - Spheres.user: aa90b8de

I'm tempted to completely uninstall HL and try it from a fresh installation. There are probably deprecated data files sitting around in there anyway.

[TheIronGolem]

That might be a good idea. I'd also recommend making SoP the first non-LWD package you install. If it works, then try adding any others you have back, one at a time, and see if any of them appear to break SoP.

[pyremius]

I'm testing converting a character over to Spheres. I'm making an Incanter with 17 INT, and at both levels 5 and 6. I have the same number of spell points 10@5, then 12@6) whether I have 2 unused boons or 3. If I'm understanding the book correctly, I should have one additional spell point at 5th level when I have 3 unused boons, and the same number of spell points at 6th level whether I have 2 boons or 3 unused.