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File format of Hero Lab

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MagicSN

Well-known member
Hello!

Did anyone look into the file format of Hero Lab yet? As I found out up to now (my idea was to write a .dnd4e to Hero Lab converter, so that people who do not use Hero Lab due to "too complicated to learn a new tool" can just convert their existing .dnd4e files) it is just a zip file.

But I am a bit overwhelmed with stuff like this:

<pick thing="AttrIncSel" index="23" batchindex="10" root="no" fieldcount="2" bootstrap="yes" default="yes">
<reference pickindex="20" batchindex="10" bootindex="1"/>
<field id="atiAttr1"></field>
<field id="atiAttr2"></field>
</pick>

What is "index"? What is "Batchindex"? What is "pickindex"? What numbers are supposed to go there?

If anyone has any idea on these things, please tell ^^

MagicSN
 
Actually I now know a better way to do it. Best probably would be to change the d20pro exporter in Hero Lab to export .dnd4e format (quite a hack, though). A big issue there is the way the .dnd4e format looks. Basic support is no problem, but including all feats - it seems there is a lot of stuff "hardcoded" in the format instead of just a "link" in form of a feat name or such.

But I think this is the way how it would be done.

Another option might be to write an external app (where C could be used as language to have it easier than with that script language) which uses the output of that d20pro thingy.
 
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