Mids' Hero Designer v1.930

Slightly delayed due to a certain someone (hint: it's me) going on vacation to see PAX and other things, we've got a brand new Mids' update for you guys. This one is mostly a bugfix version but has a few new features, like the ability to quickly toggle incarnate and accolade powers from the main screen and the full implementation of the Drag'n'Drop for powers (it now swaps by default, and moves with Shift click).

Mids' Hero/Villain Designer v1.930

Mids’ Hero/Villain Designer 1.93 - March 2011

New features:

• The drag-drop Move/Shift system has been enabled. Hold the Shift key while dropping if you want to Move instead of Swap. Like a book being removed from a stack, where the other books will rush to fill in the gap, this will cause the powers between the source and destination slots to shift toward the source slot in order to make room for the power being dragged-and-dropped.
• It is now possible to toggle incarnate/temp/accolade powers from the main window by simply clicking on the button. Double-clicking will result in the appropriate window being opened.
• There is now an option in the Configuration panel that will change whether or not the Enhancement values in the power popup includes Alpha Ability enhancements.

• Accolades/Temps and Incarnate windows should no longer steal focus when the window isn't already in focus.
• Accolades/Temps window will now scroll as necessary in order to accommodate for larger font sizes.
• Applying font style and color changes via the Configuration panel will now have the intended effect.
• The info tabs will no longer cover up part of the secondary powerset power list when the secondary powerset box is taller than the primary one.
• Enhancement slots can once again be removed by double-clicking.
• The damage value/graph will no longer be pushed beyond the visible range of the window under certain common circumstances. If possible, the primary and secondary power lists will shrink and require scrolling instead.
• It is now possible to use the mouse wheel to scroll in the Recipe Viewer, Accolades/Temps, Incarnate, and In-Game Helper windows. The fix for this improved compatibility with software mouse wheeling systems, such as Synaptic touch pad drivers.
• All power pools can now shrink to accommodate for smaller window sizes.
• A random "-2" is no longer being added to the enhancement list in the info tabs.
• Window scaling when dealing with Kheldian builds should finally work properly.
• The resizing event no longer occurs twice during every resize and three times when the main window loads. This should speed up the program a bit.
• The real-numbers style accuracy tooltip will now show the correct value even under the influence of ToHit buffs.
• Inherent Fitness will no longer be missing when loading certain builds.
• Inherent powers such as Scourge, Domination, and Containment work again.
• Base fly speed is now correct.
• Bile Spray for Masterminds and Blasters now has the correct static index.
• Hail of Bullets should now give an accurate value for damage per animation time.
• Burn for Scrappers and Blasters is now set as a click buff.
• Inherent Fitness is now compatible with Kheldian forms.
• Hasten and Domination now have the correct activation times.
• The damage buff from Vigilance is now applied properly, and includes a slider to show it decreasing based on number of teammates (up to 3, since more than that has no effect).

• Windows Vista and Windows 7 have issues with the updater due to UAC interfering with writing to the Program Files folder. Many of these problems can be resolved by (a) installing as Administrator, (b) running Mids as Administrator, or (c) installing Mids to a different location than the Program Files folder.
• Diminishing Returns for PvP mode have not yet been added, all buffs currently show their full, unmodified values.
• The Power Graphs for the current build do not display effects for pseudo-pet powers like Ice Storm. This does not affect the Powerset Comparison, which is now fully aware of pseudo-pets.
• 60 Month Vet reward button not added. *This means taking a Tier 3 travel pool power at level 6 or higher is automatic for everyone. *You need to know whether or not you are eligible for this reward or you must take your travel power at level 14 or higher.
• Power Boost affects some powers that should ignore its buffs, such as Ice Shields.
• Temporary and Accolade powers are not being affected by buffs such as recharge rate.
• Alignment and, consequentially, Accolade powers will not load from saved builds.

Nice job....Thanks!

I definitely spend about as much time in that program as I do in the game itself... I appreciate all the work that goes into updating that program.

"Alien"

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Originally Posted by Infernus_Hades The way you play changes your IO slotting..

Thanks for the update. Know that we players really appreciate all your work on the program!

How do I access the Incarnate options? In the previous version you would click on "Incarnate" but it's now a toggle and doesn't bring anything up?

WARNING: I bold names.

haven't checked this out yet but thankyou for all the hard work you guys put into this!

Havent checked this myself, but is dark blast (from the ghost widow patron pool) still showing its crit damage as 'base' and being unaffected by the assassination inherent power? (i.e its showing a constant 400+ damage, when it really does about 200 base, with 400 being its crit damage)

Thanks for the update! It appears that Incarnate and Accolade toggles are Off by default, and are not being switched On/Off by loading any builds either. Turning both of them on, saving the file, closing the program, starting up Mids' and then loading the saved file also does not affect the Incarnate and Accolade toggles. It just seems to be default Off upon starting the program and the toggle persists between any build you load.

I'm running Windows 7, and even with running the program as an administrator, I still have to download the patches and install the manually. Is there anything else I can do so the updater will automatically update the game for me?

Still having trouble with my elec/elec dom build that has the ice mastery. I so far have had to remake him every patch because each upgrade says it cant read the end of the stream.

PM me know if you want the file for him.

Opened Mids' today to do some build re-planning, and found there was an update.

Thanks for the newest update!

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Originally Posted by firespray I'm running Windows 7, and even with running the program as an administrator, I still have to download the patches and install the manually. Is there anything else I can do so the updater will automatically update the game for me?

Well, in the case of this patch, everyone had to manually download and install.

For other patches, I've turned off UAC, so I don't have to worry about install as Admin/to other directories.

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It's a ridiculously awesome program. I did just open it up and check to find that fireblast for scrappers still claims to do almost double damage, which means the data for most of the scrapper app attacks probably still includes 2 helpings of the main damage component instead of one. Also, if it hasn't been corrected, storm kick counts two critical chances when calculating its damage.

You're so AWESOME!!!

Thank you for all your work!

We're considering an overhaul to the Requirements part of the Mids' powers and effects code, which will hopefully nip all these little things in the bud (as well as allowing us to handle more esoteric things like City Traveller). Top priority right now, though, is I20... After that, we're looking at the Requirements code and PvP DR (something we hoped to have done for 1.93, but it got dropped in order to work on some internal tools and I20).