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- The Lone Wolf Development Team
Hero Lab Online FAQ
- Thread starter BJ
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@kellhorn,
You take that back, I resemble that remark.
Whenever my boss or another department asks me for a time estimate, I take the amount of time I think it will take me, double it and add three weeks.
This has the added benefit of instead of people being mad that you can't keep your promises, it gives you days, sometime weeks of screwing off and playing when you should be slinging code.
Dave
You take that back, I resemble that remark.
Whenever my boss or another department asks me for a time estimate, I take the amount of time I think it will take me, double it and add three weeks.
This has the added benefit of instead of people being mad that you can't keep your promises, it gives you days, sometime weeks of screwing off and playing when you should be slinging code.
Dave
I just multiply mine by 1.5 for my boss. Then wind up having half the team send me questions or things that need fixed with a higher priority that they don't trust anybody else to do. The joys of being an infrastructure developer working from translations of specifications. I think I actually managed to get one project done in the time I expected in the last few months. Of course I was at work until 2 a.m... Everyone should be patient with the Lone Wolf developers. You don't want to use a product made from 2 am code.
talsharien
Well-known member
kenderbard
Member
I'm a little uncomfortable that the open beta sign up didn't seem to star out my password when I signed up for it. Are our passwords not going to be encrypted?
I can't speak specifically to the back end, but in general, I can tell you that what you see on your screen is completely independent of whether or not there's encryption.
Masking your password with stars is a purely visual effect, typically done to prevent people around you from seeing your password, wandering eyes that might be looking over your shoulder or sitting next to you.
Encryption is done during transmission and/or storage of data.
The two processes are completely independent of each other. You can have either one without the other.
Don't ever rely on password masking to be a reliable sign that your password is encrypted.
ShadowChemosh
Well-known member
Yep all 100% true.
In this case the important part is to make sure that you have a verified HTTPS connection. Firefox and chrome give nice warnings about being on unsecured servers and submitting information.
In this case look for a green Lock next to the URL in Firefox, Chrome or Safari. And well if your using Edge/Explore first solution is download Firefox or Chrome.
kenderbard
Member
Yep all 100% true.
In this case the important part is to make sure that you have a verified HTTPS connection. Firefox and chrome give nice warnings about being on unsecured servers and submitting information.
In this case look for a green Lock next to the URL in Firefox, Chrome or Safari. And well if your using Edge/Explore first solution is download Firefox or Chrome.
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Ah okay, thank you both!
Late last night I tweeted at them letting them know. I got a reply. So they are aware. Mostly its just a feeling of security, like people have said. Still its been a long time since I typed my password in and saw it on the page. My heart skipped a beat till I remembered it's not really too big a deal.
Either way I hope they fix it. Good habit to have.
I read through the FAQ and signed up for the beta last night. If they deliver on the promised features it could be everything I was hoping for HLC in the beginning (regarding group play features, combat manger, party inventory, etc). I did still have 2 questions that I didn't see directly answered in the FAQ:
1) Will HLO still have the same customization ability for house rules via the editor as HLC? Ideally, will existing HLC .1st and .user files still work with HLO? I would hate to have to reproduce the Gestalt pack and numerous Homebrew customizations on another platform.
2) HLO will use account based login, but the FAQ also said it would still have support for secondary licenses. Will the secondary license users each have their own login (ie. 1 login per primary or secondary license) or will secondary license users share the primary license login account?
I am looking forward to seeing what HLO has to offer and can't wait to get some hands on time.
1) Will HLO still have the same customization ability for house rules via the editor as HLC? Ideally, will existing HLC .1st and .user files still work with HLO? I would hate to have to reproduce the Gestalt pack and numerous Homebrew customizations on another platform.
2) HLO will use account based login, but the FAQ also said it would still have support for secondary licenses. Will the secondary license users each have their own login (ie. 1 login per primary or secondary license) or will secondary license users share the primary license login account?
I am looking forward to seeing what HLO has to offer and can't wait to get some hands on time.
ShadowChemosh
Well-known member
The editor is coming for HLO but its going to be "after" the initial release of HLO & Starfinder. The underlying HL script is not changing in anyway except for UI scripts (which few people in the community do). As far I understand only UI scripts will not work in HLO. This will affect the Pathfinder Community Pack. Hopefully I get up to speed with the new UI script logic quickly. On the good side it could also mean some new community features.
For other game systems the Things you have scripted into .user/.1st files will work without modifications once the game system goes to HLO.
No new news, I am afraid. We still plan to address other systems once Starfinder is out and stable, and as that is still in Beta, so it will be a while.
Any chance for a Christmas expanded beta invite? I am still waiting and would love to get my hands on it and play with it and how it works with Realmworks.
Jlong05
No time like the present to start looking at that though.
Honestly, I just want to get my hands into it to see how the player stuff works also. I have a gaming group looking to actually start the AP for Starfinder in January and having a tool in place with access would allow me to test my players and the tool at the same time.
I know I haven't seen anything in the Realmworks forums for Starfinder, but I have started converting a Pathfinder Realm to Starfinder. Its slow going, but making headway. Unless someone yells that they already did that legwork....
jlong05
I have a question about the custom content for HLO, and I'm sorry if this has already been answered, but after 8 searches, and reading 30 pages of forum posts, I'm ready to just come out at ask it again.
I do not doubt that an editor for custom content will be implemented... eventually (just like custom calendars for RW). And as one who spent years copy/pasting coding to slowly learn, I'd be glad if I did not have to learn a new coding language. However the question comes down to all the content we have already done and if/how it will be added to our HLO account. Will we be able to upload/download our data and por files or are we going to have to recreate any/all content we want to utilize in both HLC and HLO?
I do not doubt that an editor for custom content will be implemented... eventually (just like custom calendars for RW). And as one who spent years copy/pasting coding to slowly learn, I'd be glad if I did not have to learn a new coding language. However the question comes down to all the content we have already done and if/how it will be added to our HLO account. Will we be able to upload/download our data and por files or are we going to have to recreate any/all content we want to utilize in both HLC and HLO?
