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On another Note, it would be nice to have the "most popular" of the custom sheets(not just for Pathfinder) incorporated in to an actual HeroLab release, if there would not be any conflicts between community made vs. official Lone Wolf for any legal purposes. |
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I haven't chimed in on this yet, mostly because the first post was rather insulting, however, I'd like to point out that we do have feature request threads in the forums specifically geared toward improving Hero Lab. These threads are not limited to user interface requests, you can suggest improvements to the output options. As a person that has coded under hero labs hood more than most users, I can say that it is a big task to get character sheets even working correctly at times. I've struggled getting my Deathwatch sheets to output properly at times, and I still do not have them working 100% perfectly. That having been said, I am just one person. Lone Wolf Development does not have a large staff of software development engineers, this is a small team of people who work hard to keep up with data releases and improving the software.
If you feel improvements are needed, use a feature request thread, and do try to be nicer about it. Miss Liz has made a sticky thread about kindness in the forums. Be sure to read it, please. RavenX Pronouns: She/Her Please do not PM me to inquire about datafiles I coded "for personal use" such as Exalted, World of Darkness, AD&D, or Warhammer 40K Roleplaying. I appreciate your interest, but I do not own the Intellectual Property rights to these game systems. Nor do I have permission from any of the Publishers to distribute the data files. As such, I cannot distribute the work I have done with community on these files. They are "for personal use" only. Thank you. I am far too busy these days to answer emails. If you message me here there is no guarantee I will get back to you at all. |
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No, I'm not having a "go" at you. I"m not insulting you. I'm stating a technical critique. Learn to recognize when it's not personal. I have made PDFs from Ancient One's sheet, while they are serviceable, aesthetically they come up short in tightness and organization compared to the PCGen output. The folks who are happy with the output, more power to them! My critiques are based on my particular personal aesthetic standards. I never said that they had to be anyone else's standards. I do think however that a product's native output should be of a certain standard of quality, aesthetics, and usability before relying on outside sources. Last edited by LazarX; July 26th, 2014 at 07:40 AM. |
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1) Install PrimoPDF. This makes a Printer on your computer called PrimoPDF. 2) Generate a Custom Sheet like Ancient's. 3) In your web browser press "CTRL-P" and select the "PrimoPDF" printer. 4) In the new window set the setting to "Print Quality" and press Create. 5) Another new window opens asking where to save your PDF file. 6) Enjoy your PDF character sheet. Note you can print from ANYTHING in windows now and have it make you a PDF. I use it for when I purchase stuff on the web. I make a PDF of the receipt for my records in example. In example the PDF character sheet you see in THIS post was done with the steps above. Quote:
I don't really mean to imply either that current sheets are perfect. Because character sheets are like art. It is TOTALLY in the eye of the beholder if its good or not. No sheet is going to be 100% perfect but as ancients can move sections around and stuff it gives good flexibility. Allot of gamers are programers and many work day jobs involving XSLT and HTML. But like before HL had the editor you have to have some more technical knowledge currently to modify/create a custom sheet. 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. Created by the community for the community - Realm Works kickstarter backer (Alpha Wolf) and Beta tester.- d20 HL package volunteer editor. |
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I could state how responses should read, but in an open forum that's wasted energy and is dragging a topic that would probably have gotten locked by now even further off. |
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Gentlemen, please stop with the attitude and snarkiness. It's rude and wholly unacceptable. My gut says that this thread should have been deleted immediately - NOT because of its subject, but because of the language and tone. We allowed the nastiness to set the tone for this thread and it has continued with others as well. So I'm closing this thread now.
If anyone would like to discuss this subject further, they are welcome to create a new thread for that purpose. However, everyone is officially on notice that appropriate decorum is expected and all attitude needs to be taken elsewhere. Failure to do so will result in more drastic measures being taken. |
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