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Hero Lab Classic 64-bit Mac Open Beta

Hero Lab for Catalina?

Aren't we cutting things a little close? MacOS Catalina promises to shut out all 32-bit apps and nary a sign that a stable version of Hero Lab will be available before then!

Lone Wolf: You're making me a little nervous. Any idea when the latest release will be ready?
 
Catalina still has a long way to go. At least two months from gold master. I’m sure LWD will have things in place. It’s the music industry that will be hurting. Several major programs have said it will be Q2 202 before they hav3 updates in place.
 
Tekwych~

Catalina will supposedly be released by the end of this month. The Q2 2020 deadline is more likely the app notarization requirements embedded in the new OS; Hero Lab is just about the last app on my system that's still running in 32-bit mode.

Thanks for the update, LJ!
 
Has anyone tested the compatibility of HLClassic 64-bit with the community packs? I am specifically interested in the Pathfinder community pack. Since the community files are mostly .user file extension, I would assume they carry over without issue, but I am waiting to upgrade for now.
 
willwrk4internet said:
Has anyone tested the compatibility of HLClassic 64-bit with the community packs? I am specifically interested in the Pathfinder community pack. Since the community files are mostly .user file extension, I would assume they carry over without issue, but I am waiting to upgrade for now.
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Yep I have tested without finding any issues. :)
 
Thanks Dave. sorry it took so long. read this from my iPad and forgot about it when I was at the computer until now. Instaler is broken or file is damaged.
 
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Really? I was able to download the file from the link above and install it just fine on a secondary Mac that I have, with Catalina installed.

I've now released this as an official 8.9 release, so please try an update or go to our main site and download from there. If you are still having issues, open a support ticket and call me out by name so that I can take a closer look.
 
The actual 64 bit has gone live. My guess is they disabled the beta. I have HLC in 64 bit through the standard in app update
 
I downloaded the most recent version (which seems to be the final) but I get a message that

"“Hero Lab” can’t be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious software.
This software needs to be updated. Contact the developer for more information."

Anyone experience this?
 
I have the same problem as Thoth since the update released yesterday night or this morning. I am also on Mac OS Mojave 10.14.6.

It has me quite anxious as I have a monthly game I'm supposed to be running this evening with people traveling a fair distance to play and all of my encounters are built in my Hero Lab install.

I mindlessly installed the latest version on top of my old version when I saw there was an update and now it crashes on start.

Is anyone aware of an archive of past versions of Hero Lab so I could re-install the previous version?

Here's my crash log:
https://pastebin.com/UcixRF3q
 
I am also experiencing total inability to launch.

Any advice on how to go back to 32-bit (I replaced the old one with the new one)?
 
GoldenBlue said:
Me too!

Tried deleting preferences and removing app entirely. Still crashes on launch.
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Ditto. Installed last night, getting same error. Removed. Tried re-installing, continuing to fail. Very annoying considering I want to play in an hour.

Of course I guess it's my own fault for not keeping the previous version but never had this problem with HL before.

And of course it wouldn't hurt if Wolflair made it possible to get at older versions of the code. I'd be more than happy reverting to 8.8 until this was resolved.

I'm sure their email-based support system will respond in the nick of time to get me back working. Oh wait, sent email last night, still no reply. Guess not.
 
Mac 64-bit installation issues

We apologize for the errors that have occurred in the latest Mac installation. We are tracking down the source of the issue now and hope to have a solution soon, but don't have a good ETA quite yet. I would expect that this will be fixed before the end of the week.

The source of the problem seems to be a conflict with Apple's Gatekeeper which aims to prevent things downloaded from the internet unless certain criteria are met. We believe we are satisfying those criteria, but the error persists, so we are still investigating.


For those looking to revert back to 32-bit until we get this fixed, you can find previous updates you have downloaded by going to finder, hit Shift-Cmd-G to go to a specific folder, and type in: ~/Library/Application Support/Hero Lab/download. This folder contains items previously downloaded by Hero lab, including previous installers, which are named hl<version>_mac.install.dmg.
 
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