Mids' Hero Designer 1.92 - With Alpha Slot!
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Posted on: 2011-02-05 20:05 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
What about exemplar functionality? Is there any work going on to allow people to see what their build looks like when exemplared down to different levels?
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Also, as a "you're doing it wrong" item, if you have one of the respec-assist windows open and you go back to the main window and try to open another one, the first one remains up, but the one you just asked to open apparently gets created and gets the focus, but isn't displayed; because it has the focus, you can't close the first respec-assist window or do anything with the main window, requiring you to force-exit the program and restart it (losing any unsaved data in the process). Admittedly, it's a "well, don't do that, then" situation, but it's something that could happen by mistake.
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Originally Posted by bAss_ackwards
Opening the Incarnate window and closing it, then opening it again is causing the window to creep towards the right each time.
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Yeah, that worked. However, as soon as I don't run it as the admin, I get it popping up again sating 'A previous update has not been applied properly!' despite the fact it clearly has =/|
Originally Posted by Diellan_
Try running the MHDLoader.exe file as administrator. That should get it to load that properly.
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Confused much.
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Originally Posted by Zwillinger
GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.
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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon
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I was getting this issue on my laptop copy; have to run it as admin each and every time... (I think I'm using Vista Home on that one); will have to apply the update to see if I am still going to have that issue.
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Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha
Yeah, that worked. However, as soon as I don't run it as the admin, I get it popping up again sating 'A previous update has not been applied properly!' despite the fact it clearly has =/
Confused much. |
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Alrighty, thanks!
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Originally Posted by Diellan_
The reason for the extra DB update was that a few epic powers had bugged index numbers, and it looks like I missed Bile Spray on MMs and Blasters, so that power won't save/load properly. That will be fixed with the next version.
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Huh. Yeah, that's a weird bug.|
Originally Posted by srmalloy
Also, as a "you're doing it wrong" item, if you have one of the respec-assist windows open and you go back to the main window and try to open another one, the first one remains up, but the one you just asked to open apparently gets created and gets the focus, but isn't displayed; because it has the focus, you can't close the first respec-assist window or do anything with the main window, requiring you to force-exit the program and restart it (losing any unsaved data in the process). Admittedly, it's a "well, don't do that, then" situation, but it's something that could happen by mistake.
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Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha
Yeah, that worked. However, as soon as I don't run it as the admin, I get it popping up again sating 'A previous update has not been applied properly!' despite the fact it clearly has =/
Confused much. |
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Is there a place for me to download the Database update seperately without using the In-program updater? Because I can't get the Auto-Updater to go through the proxy for the Update even with the proper authorization on my account (My account is administrator level/priviliges). I even tried running both MHDLoader and Mids.exe via the global adminstrator account (Run as) for my network and still ran into the issue. My Proxy server is a regular ISA client if that makes any difference. And I also have the "ISA Client" program installed on my laptpo which allows me to surpass the proxy and be able to play CoH in my office, but doesn't seem to help with Mids.
EDIT: Figured I'd add that I'm using Win XP SP3 if that makes any difference...though I doubt it.
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Reinstall is not fixing it, I also do not have a .DLL named midsBase... just Base.Dll.|
Originally Posted by Diellan_
Usually this happens whenever one of the DLL files is missing (midsBase and midsControls). Doing a full reinstall should fix it.
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Should I change the name?
Thank you for any help!
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It can't seem to decide wether it hates non-Admin more or Admin mode more |
Originally Posted by Diellan_
I am also confused much. :/ It's supposed to flag an update file as being done, but it seems to have problems with that. I wonder if it as has to do with the application cache for Program Files not getting updated... I'm probably going to have to do a reworking of the Updater anyway, since it still has some issues with Win7/Vista (the only known work around is to install Mids somewhere other than C:Program Files; I have it on D:Program Files and it works just fine).
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Originally Posted by Zwillinger
GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.
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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon
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Er, yeah, it's Base.dll. It *was* called midsBase.dll when it was VB, but I converted it to C# and changed the name.|
Originally Posted by Renardine
Reinstall is not fixing it, I also do not have a .DLL named midsBase... just Base.Dll.
Should I change the name? Thank you for any help! |
You should have:
Base.dll - Date modified 2/2/2011
midsControls - Date modified 2/5/2011
ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.dll - Date modified 8/25/2010
zlib1.dll - Date modified 8/25/2010
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http://repo.cohtitan.com/mids_updates/db/db_19_210.mhz|
Originally Posted by Wanted_NA
Is there a place for me to download the Database update seperately without using the In-program updater? Because I can't get the Auto-Updater to go through the proxy for the Update even with the proper authorization on my account (My account is administrator level/priviliges). I even tried running both MHDLoader and Mids.exe via the global adminstrator account (Run as) for my network and still ran into the issue. My Proxy server is a regular ISA client if that makes any difference. And I also have the "ISA Client" program installed on my laptpo which allows me to surpass the proxy and be able to play CoH in my office, but doesn't seem to help with Mids.
EDIT: Figured I'd add that I'm using Win XP SP3 if that makes any difference...though I doubt it. |
Download that file, put it in your Mids directory, and rename it to mhd.mhz. Then when you load Mids, it should give you a message about an unapplied update and ask you to apply it. Say yes.
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Sweet thanks.
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Originally Posted by Diellan_
http://repo.cohtitan.com/mids_updates/db/db_19_210.mhz
Download that file, put it in your Mids directory, and rename it to mhd.mhz. Then when you load Mids, it should give you a message about an unapplied update and ask you to apply it. Say yes. |
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Blerg, Datalink now refuses to work to directly open stuff, despite having Mids set to run as Admin, as I keep getting the 'Previous update not applied' schtick again and again, and when its done with that whole rigmarole it then loads a blank build. 
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Originally Posted by Zwillinger
GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.
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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon
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Do any other colorblind folks find the Incarnate/Accolade/Temp Power menus completely unusable? I can't tell the difference between an activated/deactivated power due to the colors being so damn similar. Is there any way to change the color of an activated power so that it is substantially different than deactivated powers?
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Yup. There's a huge honkin' button in the first tab of the configuration window that says "Set colors".
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Originally Posted by Son In Law
Do any other colorblind folks find the Incarnate/Accolade/Temp Power menus completely unusable? I can't tell the difference between an activated/deactivated power due to the colors being so damn similar. Is there any way to change the color of an activated power so that it is substantially different than deactivated powers?
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Try going to Options > Advanced > Database editor and see what version it says your database is (it should be 19.21). If so, then open your Mids' folder and delete the mhd.mhz file in it.
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Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha
Blerg, Datalink now refuses to work to directly open stuff, despite having Mids set to run as Admin, as I keep getting the 'Previous update not applied' schtick again and again, and when its done with that whole rigmarole it then loads a blank build.
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Ehh...the what file? The version is right, but I can't find any mhd.mhz file at all 
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Originally Posted by Zwillinger
GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.
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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon
NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.
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This sound cool but doesn't offer the feature I think would me most useful.|
Originally Posted by Diellan_
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I checked the settings and the options for Slot being level-swapped is too low for (source/destination) power.
-Allow swap (invalid)
-Show Dialog
-Cancel
I see the terminology for shift exists and wonder why it isn't offered as an option?
I'd love if the program could calculate whether you have too many slots in higher level powers and if not shift slots in such a way that you could indeed drag a level 13 slot to a level 30 power if there was another slot somewhere that was usable there.
Basically allow me to move around slots as I like as long as I don't put too many slots in higher powers. Something like reassign slot levels from bottom to top I guess?
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I didn't finish coding the Shift stuff yet. Shifting is part of the "Move" method, which could be described better as "cut and insert a power."|
Originally Posted by Chaos Creator
This sound cool but doesn't offer the feature I think would me most useful.
I checked the settings and the options for Slot being level-swapped is too low for (source/destination) power. -Allow swap (invalid) -Show Dialog -Cancel I see the terminology for shift exists and wonder why it isn't offered as an option? I'd love if the program could calculate whether you have too many slots in higher level powers and if not shift slots in such a way that you could indeed drag a level 13 slot to a level 30 power if there was another slot somewhere that was usable there. Basically allow me to move around slots as I like as long as I don't put too many slots in higher powers. Something like reassign slot levels from bottom to top I guess? |
Level swapping doesn't retain the enhancement, so if you really don't care what level the slot is, use the Auto-Arrange All Slots function I put into the Slots menu. It starts with the powers that can be slotted the earliest and puts the lowest level slots in them, then moves to higher and higher powers. Slot level swapping is just for those people who want quicker but still absolute control of their slots' levels.
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That's a neat button!
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Originally Posted by DePr0grammer
I didn't finish coding the Shift stuff yet. Shifting is part of the "Move" method, which could be described better as "cut and insert a power."
Level swapping doesn't retain the enhancement, so if you really don't care what level the slot is, use the Auto-Assign All Slots function I put into the Slots menu. Slot level swapping is just for those people who want quicker but still absolute control of their slots' levels. |
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Check the Virtual Store:|
Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha
Ehh...the what file? The version is right, but I can't find any mhd.mhz file at all
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C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Progr am Files (x86)
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Yeah, I can see the problem with overloading the popup window. It's getting kind of busy. But it would be vastly more convenient to have the Alpha slot enhancement data appear in the popup.|
Originally Posted by Diellan_
This was done because, unlike the Data View window on the left, there is no ability to do a mouseover of the Enhancement numbers to find out how much of the enhancement comes from your slots and how much comes from the Alpha Slot. My choices were to either overloaded the popup with enhancement data, making it difficult to read, or to choose between displaying the final amount or the pre-Alpha Slot amount, and I chose the later because I felt that would be more immediately useful to people when they are filling their slots.
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The popup already has a Pre-ED notation. Perhaps you could do something similar, taking up as little space as possible. For example, the popup could be changed to display the alpha slot numbers after a slash. This would be an example with the Cardiac Partial Core Revamp:
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Buff/Debuff Value Accuracy 47.70% Damage 99.08 (Pre-ED: 127.2%) EnduranceDiscount 47.70/79.10% (Pre-ED: 81.0%) Range 15.94/35.94% ...
The only time you really wouldn't want that to show up is when you're exemped, and that will be taken care of when you implement the exemping stuff.
Alternately, you could just have a separate line for the values including the alpha slot boost. Most powers will only have one or two values modified by the alpha slot, and you're already wasting one line by having the prompt telling the user to see the Data View.
This is just a.random idea.. But am I the only one that wishes thare was a mids smartphone app.
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Originally Posted by humulass
This is just a.random idea.. But am I the only one that wishes thare was a mids smartphone app.
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