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Provos
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Old August 20th, 2011, 05:15 AM
Would people prefer the Athas.org Dark Sun campaign setting for 3.5 or the Dragon Magazine/Dungeon Magazine version. The Athas.org is more complete but it is user created not "official" like the magazine version would be. Is there a way I could to do both I wonder? Kind of like "Here is the setting choose Athas.org or Dragon Mag version" check boxes.

I have no problem keying in the info for this setting. I made need help with a few things so look for my questions.
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Old August 21st, 2011, 01:39 PM
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Would people prefer the Athas.org Dark Sun campaign setting for 3.5 or the Dragon Magazine/Dungeon Magazine version. The Athas.org is more complete but it is user created not "official" like the magazine version would be. Is there a way I could to do both I wonder? Kind of like "Here is the setting choose Athas.org or Dragon Mag version" check boxes.

I have no problem keying in the info for this setting. I made need help with a few things so look for my questions.
I vote Athas org ruleset. However I haven't actually perused the dragon mag rules.
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Old August 24th, 2011, 08:01 AM
How do you add a new Custom Source?
For instance I wanted to add
Dark Sun Campaign Setting
-Athas.org Races
etc..
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Old August 24th, 2011, 08:41 AM
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How do you add a new Custom Source?
For instance I wanted to add
Dark Sun Campaign Setting
-Athas.org Races
etc..
Look at the XXX.1st file located in the D20 data folder it'll give you an idea! I can't recall the actual name ATM but it's the file with the 1st extension!
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Old August 24th, 2011, 09:35 AM
When I try adding to Custom - Sources.1st I get an error.

File:Custom-Sources.1st (line 1)-Invalid character encoding specified-XML documents must be encoded in 'ISO-8859-1" encoding


<document signature="Hero Lab Structure">
<source id="p30" name="3.0 D&D Books" selectable="no" parent="UserParent" sortorder="0" description="Lawful_g Community created 3.0 D&D books."/>
<source id="pDS" name="Dark Sun Setting Books" selectable="no" parent="UserParent" sortorder="0" description="Lawful_g Community created Dark Sun books."/>
<source id="pDL" name="Dragonlance Setting Books" selectable="no" parent="UserParent" sortorder="0" description="Lawful_g Community created Dragonlance books."/>
<source id="p35" name="3.5 D&D Books" selectable="no" parent="UserParent" sortorder="0" description="Lawful_g Community created 3.5 D&D books."/>
<source id="pFR" name="Forgotten Realms Setting Books" selectable="no" parent="UserParent" sortorder="0" description="Lawful_g Community created Forgotten Realms books."/>
<source id="pECS" name="Eberron Campaign Setting Books" selectable="no" parent="UserParent" sortorder="0" description="Community created Eberron setting books."/>
<source id="pRaven" name="Ravenloft Campaign Setting Books" selectable="no" parent="UserParent" sortorder="0" description="Community created Ravenloft setting books."/>
<source id="pPaizo" name="Paizo - Modules" selectable="no" parent="UserParent" sortorder="0" description="Community created Pathfinder and Gamemastery Modules"/>
</document>
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Old August 24th, 2011, 09:44 AM
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How do you add a new Custom Source?
Check out this Sources... thread as it has examples and everything.

Hero Lab Resources:
Pathfinder - d20pfsrd and Pathfinder Pack Setup
3.5 D&D (d20) - Community Server Setup
5E D&D - Community Server Setup
Hero Lab Help - Hero Lab FAQ, Editor Tutorials and Videos, Editor & Scripting Resources.
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Old August 24th, 2011, 09:47 AM
thanks. What xml editor do you recommend, or do you just use notepad?

Last edited by Provos; August 24th, 2011 at 09:51 AM.
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Old August 24th, 2011, 12:48 PM
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thanks. What xml editor do you recommend, or do you just use notepad?
I use dreamweaver but any text editor will work, I usually copy and paste the existing last line insert my own data then tag my custom stuff to the new source in HL.
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Old August 24th, 2011, 01:06 PM
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thanks. What xml editor do you recommend, or do you just use notepad?
Most of my changes are inside the HL Editor. When I do need to work in the raw XML I actually prefer TextPad actually. I have used for many years on many different projects from HTML, XML, Java, javascript, and the scripting language of Never Winter Nights.

I would at least advice picking up one that does the coloring of the different element types and stuff. That really helps make it easier to read.

Hero Lab Resources:
Pathfinder - d20pfsrd and Pathfinder Pack Setup
3.5 D&D (d20) - Community Server Setup
5E D&D - Community Server Setup
Hero Lab Help - Hero Lab FAQ, Editor Tutorials and Videos, Editor & Scripting Resources.
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Old August 25th, 2011, 08:00 AM
I was trying to use Microsoft XML Notepad 2007 and Hero Lab does not like the way it saves the files. I thought I was doing something wrong but it is just a compatibly issue with the software.
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