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Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Concord, CA
Posts: 19
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I've been a huge fan and supporter of Hero Lab Classic, but I'm just not sure about the online version and it's subscription costs.
Online still doesn't support a house rule/customization file that I can create my own races, classes, etc in and apply to any character I create, like Classic does. And that is just one of the issues making me hesitant to renew my subscription. Another is, I've found an app, Pathbuilder 2E, that effectively does everything Hero Lab Online does, but without a subscription, and it actually uses Pathfinder's character sheet. The only down side is, there isn't one for Starfinder... And those are the only 2 systems I'm currently playing. So help me justify renewing my subscription to Hero Lab Online, instead of just using the app Pathbuilder... I want to love Hero Lab again. As a side note, why on earth did Lone Wolf decide to make Hero Lab Online a glorified web page that isn't compatible with Hero Lab Classic, instead of making an android version of their Apple app? That way I could have still used Classic on my desktop, and use the app on my phone, and not worry about them not syncing. Was someone at Lone Wolf that in love with HTML? Khasalianus |
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Greater London, UK
Posts: 2,623
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Implementing something for phones is very different from implementing for desktop. Farling Author of the Realm Works Import tool, Realm Works Output tool and Realm Works to Foundry module Donations gratefully received via Patreon, Ko-Fi or Paypal |
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 216
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Actually, I've developed apps for iOS, Android, and MacOS with a single code base and minor formatting changes. Windows takes a little bit more, but not much. And, FWIW, I find HLO difficult on a phone.....a tablet, sure, but not a phone.
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Concord, CA
Posts: 19
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I find it a pain on the phone too.
Plus, Pathbuilder was created by a single stay at home father that self taught programming. So yeah... |
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Lone Wolf Staff
Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 8,232
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How about constructive criticism, please? How would you like things done differently to improve the interface?
You know what? I'm gonna create a separate thread for exactly that purpose. So please reply within that thread instead of here. |
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Lone Wolf Staff
Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 8,232
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It depends on the app. There are plenty of apps that can be readily created as cross-platform using various toolkits. Those apps don't rely on having 250,000 lines of C++ code drive them (aka the Hero Lab engine). When you add that requirement into the mix, the available options vaporize. In fact, the lone viable option becomes a web-based product where that engine lives on compute-focused servers.
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Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2020
Location: USA
Posts: 2
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I also find HLO difficult on the Phone, but on PC or Tablet its ok.
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Senior Member
Volunteer Data File Contributor
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 1,502
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I do have to give Lone Wolf a lot of credit for just how flexible their app is. After doing some work in the Authoring Kit in HLC, I'm impressed at how much forethought they gave for different systems they could support. Which does, unfortunately, mean that it's bound to take more development to produce a product, even if it's only initially supporting a handful of systems.
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Concord, CA
Posts: 19
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Still not hearing a good reason to renew... I might just so I have access to Starfinder, but I don't know.
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Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 453
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