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M&M 3rd ed. DC Adventures Files

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wulfgars

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Hi.

I´m a new player of DC ADVENTURES RPG , and an old user of HL.
Can someone help , and direct me to where i can find files for HL of those books ( i know it´s user content , and not official).
Thanks
 
This brings up a very basic Hero Lab question that I've never encountered before, which is how a .stock file can be used properly. I've never had to use one before, and now that I've seen one I can't help but wish I had a better grasp of how to call up a specific character among the vast number of them available.
 
Ah. They are essentially .por files with a slightly different extension. If dropped in the Game Systems Data directory, they show up under the Portfolio/Import Stock Hero menu option.
 
Duggan said:
Ah. They are essentially .por files with a slightly different extension. If dropped in the Game Systems Data directory, they show up under the Portfolio/Import Stock Hero menu option.
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And since I don't see the file when I open that option, I can only assume I put the file in the wrong place. I did a standard install (just last night in fact) but haven't located the ProgramData directory cited in the ATT post. Putting it with the other portfolios let to trouble when I tried to use it -- it just opened up like a character sheet (on Clayface, oddly enough) and didn't let me switch to editing another character.
 
Windows 8 is not allowing me to past into the (hidden) ProgramData directory. A Windows problem, not a HL problem, but frustrating no less. I imagine this is one of the ways Windows is trying to prevent me from doing something stupid and crashing the system around my ears, but it's frustrating no end.
 
Huh. Not certain why it wouldn't let you switch, although some of it could be due to the amount of time it takes to process the file (it's pretty big) which could cause some loading time issues.

As regards the permissions issue, yeah, a lot of people are up in arms over that, but I've yet to find someone who's found a solution that works for everyone. I've raised the issue in the main Hero Lab forum and there's a possible workaround here to set a different directory for your Game Data. Unfortunately, there's no way to tell it "look here and here", so you have to move it all to one directory.
 
Really? I've had no issues putting user files into my Pathfinder directory on this Windows 8.1 laptop.

Edit: Okay, I tried downloading the stock portfolio from the link on the Think Tank, opened Hero Lab in M&M3, opened the Game Data folder from the Tools menu, opened a Windows Explorer window into the Downloads folder, and dragged and dropped the stock folder into it without an error. I then imported a copy of Ambush Bug into the new portfolio, so I know it all works.

I am running Classic Shell on the Win8 desktop, but I don't know if that would make a difference.

Edit 2: I do have "Hidden items" checked under the View menu in Windows Explorer.
 
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