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***Pathfinder Packs are going away!!!***

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Well hopefully that got everyone's attention! :D

A new feature has been added to the HL binary program that I will be making use of in the next release. The good news is that the requirement to have all these different "Packs" because of official license issues is no more! This means moving forward all the packs will simply become a single download called the "Pathfinder Pack". This is same as what the d20 and 5E communities have already.

So what happens if you don't have a specific license? HL will give you a nice warning message about the missing Thing (ie a feat or spell or class ability) but the rest of the class or race will function normally. This means I don't need different Packs anymore and everything can become ONE SINGLE Pack!

This will make install issues a thing of the past. Saving me time in getting a release out the door and support hours spent helping those with license and Pack install issues. Saving time is a wonderful thing! :)

Now the bad news. Yes always a bad news. No automatic method exists in HL that will allow me to automatically take all the different Packs on your computer/iPad and merge them into one. :( Meaning it will be left as a manual step but not one that is very difficult to do but still a manual step. Once I am ready to move things over I will cover the couple required steps but basically you delete all the existing Packs and then download the new "Pathfinder Pack".

This is just a "pre-announcement" to get people ready and start spreading the word. Hopefully LW will let me do another announcement in the official news letter to make sure those that don't visit the boards are informed. I will also do a post to the Paizo forums and hopefully those here will spread word to your local gamers. :)

Thanks!
 
Is there any mechanism in this new method of packaging information which will keep the actual memory footprint quite low if we don't want/need everything that is in the packs (e.g. the various sets of encounters for the adventure paths and/or modules)?
 
Farling said:
Is there any mechanism in this new method of packaging information which will keep the actual memory footprint quite low if we don't want/need everything that is in the packs (e.g. the various sets of encounters for the adventure paths and/or modules)?
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Simply put no. You will get everything including the basic "Stock" files that are part of the GM & GM Mythic Pack. But the main "encounter" libraries are still things you individually download and that is not changing.

The download will be about 25 megs roughly in size. I mean that is still nothing compared to the size of the LW download of 165megs. The file is downloaded locally to your PC. So if the issue is installing the same Pack multiple times to different computers just go to "C:\ProgramData\Hero Lab\download" to run the installer again.

I maybe missing the "issue" so feel free to give details of why the size of the download matters? :confused:
 
I was thinking more about the iPad, or just the bloat in all the pick lists where there are items that I'll mostly not be interested (e.g. the extra items in the old GM pack which aren't in the basic pack).
 
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Good, this will make it easier to help my friends along when it comes to updates. Recently I had to assist them in the updates because they were not aware of what they needed to get. They are informed now, but should new members get the program then this will make all our lives a bit simpler.
 
Farling said:
I was thinking more about the iPad, or just the bloat in all the pick lists where there are items that I'll mostly not be interested (e.g. the extra items in the old GM pack which aren't in the basic pack).
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Everything should be "source" marked correctly. So if you don't turn on a specific book (ie GM Options) than the new Picks/Things won't display. I have done a slight change to the layout of options in the Configure Your Hero to set things up for "Players" and then "GMs" now.

Obviously if you see Things that are showing or are not source marked please let me know as its a bug that I will fix.

The only one I am really thinking about leaving as its own thing is the Modern Pack. But it it will be SO nice to leave everything (including Modern) in the same pack for purposes of updates and releases.
 
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DeltaMasterMind said:
Good, this will make it easier to help my friends along when it comes to updates. Recently I had to assist them in the updates because they were not aware of what they needed to get. They are informed now, but should new members get the program then this will make all our lives a bit simpler.
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Yep. Totally agree with this as I do like "simple" and this new feature will allow that to happen. :)
 
wow, i can just imagine how much time this will save you, just in answering posts in the forum alone. lol
 
Just bumping this back as its getting really close to release. I hopeful this week or weekend coming up I will get this out the door. :)
 
So this is supposed to show up until the Pack is done?
The following errors were encountered while downloading updates:

Error while retrieving http://www.shadowsoftware.net/herolab/d20pfsrd/updates.xml: <?xml version="1.0"?>
<document signature="Lone Wolf Updates" version="1">
<update
name="Pathfinder Pack (v1.00)"
date="2016/05/02:1400"
size="22700"
description="Pathfinder community all in one download!"
uniqueid="600" filet

I had to reinstall my PC and was reinstalling HeroLab and now getting this error after adding the community repository.
 
Tharmiones said:
So this is supposed to show up until the Pack is done?
The following errors were encountered while downloading updates:

Error while retrieving http://www.shadowsoftware.net/herolab/d20pfsrd/updates.xml: <?xml version="1.0"?>
<document signature="Lone Wolf Updates" version="1">
<update
name="Pathfinder Pack (v1.00)"
date="2016/05/02:1400"
size="22700"
description="Pathfinder community all in one download!"
uniqueid="600" filet

I had to reinstall my PC and was reinstalling HeroLab and now getting this error after adding the community repository.
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LOL that is called "really" bad timing is all. This is fixed it was only around for maybe 2 minutes. I messed up the XML. Sorry!

You will now have access to the new Pathfinder Pack. Enjoy! :D

Sense you have this on a fresh new PC you do not need to worry about deleting the old Packs.
 
The release of the new "Pathfinder Pack" version 1.0 is out! Please note that access to all the other "Packs" is now gone.

To make sure you have no issues please delete ALL the other "Packs" you have installed BEFORE downloading the new Pathfinder Pack.

How to Delete?
(Windows/Mac) Go to Tools->Manage Third Party Updates this will show all the Packs you have installed and the version. To remove highlight Pack name and press "Delete".

(iPad) Start the app and Pathfinder game system. At the bottom of the app is the "Updates" button press it. In the bottom left side is a box (Installed Updates) that contain all the Packages (official and community) you have installed. To remove "LEFT SWIPE" on the Pack name until you see the "DELETE" button appear. Press the red "DELETE" to remove the Pack.

Questions Issues?
Please post your question to the Pathfinder Community Packs thread. Thanks!
 
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