Category Archives: HeroMachine 3

HM3: Text save with custom colors

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Jeff Hebert

The “working” version of HM3 was just updated to support custom color loading. Your previously saved text strings should still work normally. Note that you could now start a blank character, fill the entire set of Custom Color boxes, and … Continue reading →

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HM3: Text save testing

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Jeff Hebert

If you’re feeling brave, mosey on over to the HeroMachine 3 Working version and give the new “Load/Save as Text” feature a whirl. After the jump I’ll post some screen shots and explanations.

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HM3: What I’ve been up to

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Jeff Hebert

For the last week and a half or so I’ve been trying to figure out one key feature that presents as two different ones. To wit, I’ve been trying to load saved characters from the server instead of just from … Continue reading →

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Fire Recipe by Me, Myself, and I

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Jeff Hebert

In response to Jeff’s (not so subtle ☺) suggestion that we could use a Recipe for making realistic fire with HeroMachine I have put this together. There are a few things I consider when producing fire imagery; It contrasts greatly … Continue reading →

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Size matters

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Jeff Hebert

Many thanks to Hammerknight for putting together the following handy guide to the physical size your character image translates to when using the Export option. Click on any one to see at a larger size.

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HM3 Update (A.23)

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Jeff Hebert

I just uploaded a minor update to the HeroMachine 3 Alpha. First, I’ve introduced a “Current Layer” indicator in the Layering box (Transform tab) showing which layer the current item is on. It should update automatically as you raise or … Continue reading →

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HM3 Scroller

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Jeff Hebert

Just wanted to give you a heads-up that a minor tweak to the HeroMachine 3 Alpha has been uploaded (version A.22) that improves the performance of the scroll bars in the Load/Save window. You can now hold the arrows down … Continue reading →

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HM3 minor tweaks

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Jeff Hebert

I just wanted to give you a quick heads-up regarding three minor tweaks I uploaded to the HM3 Alpha this morning: The manual entry box for resizing items used to be limited to 200%, but now goes all the way … Continue reading →

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HM3 Color Swapping now live

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Jeff Hebert

I’ve just updated the HeroMachine 3 Alpha with the long-requested Color Swapping feature! Here’s how it looks: I’m dubious I’ve nailed the best possible arrangement here, but this is at least functional. That new row below the color name and … Continue reading →

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HM3 new UI now Live!

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Jeff Hebert

I’ve just updated the main HeroMachine 3 Alpha version with the latest User Interface. Holler if you have any problems with it! This should not affect your saved characters in any way.

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