Mid's Reborn: Hero Designer

[crytilis 135]

A Little Backstory

The original Mids' Hero/Villain Designer project was designed by Mids in order to allow City of Heroes players to efficiently plan their character's development. During the project's life cycle Titan Network took over its development and kept the project updated until 2012 when the last City of Heroes server shut down. The project had long since been abandoned it seemed as no further development had continued.

 

In early 2019 with the re-emergence of City of Heroes thanks to the Homecoming team, the project seemingly resurfaced under the name of Pines Hero/Villain Designer (maintained by Pine) which contained several database updates for issue 25. A short while later another adaptation of the project emerged under the name of Mids' Reborn (maintained by Crytilis) which contained several more fixes and database adjustments. In June/July of 2019, a new project had begun thanks to Maslow who worked on cleaning up the internal code of the program itself and getting it into a manageable state. Maslow later approached Pine about co-development of the project and the two began to work on it side-by-side. In late July Crytilis joined the project upon being approached by Maslow after the two had talked back and forth since early June. It was then decided that production on each of their individual versions (Pines Hero/Villain Designer, and the original Mids' Reborn) would be stopped, and a new version created with a name agreed upon by all parties.

 

The project has been reborn once more! This time with a new name, some new features, and a new team!

Current Development Team

• Crytilis a.k.a Metalios (Senior Developer/Project Lead)
• Bopper
• Feles Noctis
• Zed

 

In-Active Development Team Members

• Maslow
• Pine
• Procat

 

Connect With Us!

• Official Discord: Click Here to Join! - This is the best place to get up-to-date information and ask questions.
• Official Github Repo: View our Repo
• Official Twitter: Tweet to us!

What's Required To Run?   Note: Only Windows 10 is officially supported.

 

Windows:	.NET 4.8	N/A
MacOS:	Homebrew	Wine	Winetricks	.NET 4.8 "Install using Winetricks"
Linux:	Wine	Winetricks	.NET 4.8 "Install using Winetricks"	N/A

Note: May not work with MacOS Catalina & Big Sur without Crossover

Download Information

You can grab the latest version from our website -> https://midsreborn.com

 

Found A Bug?

Report It!, please remember to use the proper medium for reporting these bugs as we get hundreds of DM's per day.
Report your bug HERE! _{*Please include which version of the app you are using along with the database version*}

 

Thank You's

• Mids, for creating Mids' Hero/Villain Designer.
• Titan Network, for doing the original C# conversion for parts of the app as well as keeping it updated until the shutdown.
• Homecoming, for running and hosting one of the most popular servers within the community.
• To all those who have tested various versions of the app and reported bugs in their proper mediums.
• To all those who have supported me (Metalios aka Crytilis) via Ko-Fi and Patreon.

 

Edited February 1 by crytilis

[Jimmy 3776]

Cool! Do you want me to swap the stickies?

[Ariamaki 38]

It's installing just fine compared to the previous launchers, but even though I have up-to-date .net it throws an error constantly while running.

 

 

EDIT: A clean .NET reinstall fixed this issue, but there's still some other problems. The first one I encountered is that the Defender epic Flame Mastery is not handled correctly: It treats Consume as being a "47+, two or more powers" option, and Greater Fire Sword as an initial pick option, which is backwards / wrong. I think it's pulling level requirements from their source versions in other Epic Pools and not displaying it as a Defender power properly? Likewise you can never take the Defender version of Rise of the Phoenix because it's looking for specific pre-requisite powers that aren't in the Defender version of the pool.

Edited August 8, 2019 by Ariamaki

[crytilis 135]

2 hours ago, Jimmy said:

Cool! Do you want me to swap the stickies?

Yes please Jimmy

[crytilis 135]

On 8/8/2019 at 6:02 PM, Ariamaki said:

It's installing just fine compared to the previous launchers, but even though I have up-to-date .net it throws an error constantly while running.

 

 

EDIT: A clean .NET reinstall fixed this issue, but there's still some other problems. The first one I encountered is that the Defender epic Flame Mastery is not handled correctly: It treats Consume as being a "47+, two or more powers" option, and Greater Fire Sword as an initial pick option, which is backwards / wrong. I think it's pulling level requirements from their source versions in other Epic Pools and not displaying it as a Defender power properly? Likewise you can never take the Defender version of Rise of the Phoenix because it's looking for specific pre-requisite powers that aren't in the Defender version of the pool.

Go ahead and click the check for updates under options it should update you to 2.6.0.3

Edited August 10, 2019 by crytilis
mistyped version

[Honorbridge 4]

Hi, just installed and updated to 6.2.0.3, and all the Absorb portions of the Heal set IOs are too high - they are flagged as if they are on a single aspect IO no matter if it is single, dual or triple aspected.

[Redlynne 2146]

3 hours ago, Jimmy said:

Cool! Do you want me to swap the stickies?

Yes.

Yes we do ... 😎

[Infernal 7]

Is there a way to add an adjustable zoom option or have the program auto-scale based on optimal screen resolution? I use a 32" monitor for CoH and a 24" monitor to the side for Mid's and Discord and email. With the Mid's program maximized, it only takes up about half the screen and the icons are difficult to see. It probably wasn't a problem on 15-19" screens back in the day, but it's a noticeable defect nowadays.

[Eclipse. 45]

So, is this the same release [and cadence] that is on the ImaginaryDevelopment github repo?

I ask because the site you're linking throws up redflags due to bad and/or not up-to-date certificates. Also your comment above about being 6.2.0.3 when the most up-to-date on git hub is 6.2.0.2

Edited August 10, 2019 by Eclipse.

[Johnny Velocity 8]

Okay, I previously saw instructions to boost an individual enhancement, you right click on it and hit + up to 5 times.  I simply cannot get this to work.  Does anyone have any idea what I may be doing wrong?

[crytilis 135]

57 minutes ago, Eclipse. said:

So, is this the same release [and cadence] that is on the ImaginaryDevelopment github repo?

I ask because the site you're linking throws up redflags due to bad and/or not up-to-date certificates. Also your comment above about being 6.2.0.3 when the most up-to-date on git hub is 6.2.0.2

None of the releases have ever had a certificate, I am aware of the domain cert issue if that is what you are speaking of. This appears to be a host issue which only popped up in the last few days, I am working with our host to resolve it. If you look on the Imaginary GitHub you will see I am one of the developers. Also, there is no 6.2.0.2, that was a typo on my end. Latest Release Installer is 2.6.0.2, 2.6.0.3 is the latest patch update which is available by clicking "check for updates" inside of 2.6.0.2 under options. With Maslow being out of town at the moment the FSharp one click installer is unavailable until he returns. I have chosen to delay the release of the 2.6.0.3 setup installer for 1 week, this will the be the schedule going forward. If you would like the 2.6.0.3 source you can grab it from my forks master branch, alternatively you can see the 2.6.0.3 changes in the latest PR on the Imaginary GitHub.

Edited August 10, 2019 by crytilis

[Murcielago 345]

Thank you for doing this. I'd like to send you a free enrollment for the Jelly of the Month club.

[crytilis 135]

1 minute ago, Murcielago said:

Thank you for doing this. I'd like to send you a free enrollment for the Jelly of the Month club.

You are most welcome

[crytilis 135]

The issue with the certificate warning has been resolved.

[Eclipse. 45]

4 hours ago, crytilis said:

None of the releases have ever had a certificate, I am aware of the domain cert issue if that is what you are speaking of. This appears to be a host issue which only popped up in the last few days, I am working with our host to resolve it. 

Yep, that was the issue I was talking about, people were complaining about it on my discord.
I trusted you, given the checksum matched that of what was on github *shrug* and told others the same.

SHA1 hash of Hero Designer.exe:
568ea5fba54997d6b400cb27dd154273540fedf1

 

3 hours ago, crytilis said:

The issue with the certificate warning has been resolved.

Glad to hear it! Certs can be obnoxious to deal with...not hard, just annoying.
 

 

[crytilis 135]

2 hours ago, Eclipse. said:

Yep, that was the issue I was talking about, people were complaining about it on my discord.
I trusted you, given the checksum matched that of what was on github *shrug* and told others the same.

SHA1 hash of Hero Designer.exe:
568ea5fba54997d6b400cb27dd154273540fedf1

 

Glad to hear it! Certs can be obnoxious to deal with...not hard, just annoying.
 

 

Indeed they can be. Feel free to come hang out with us sometime 😊

[Redlynne 2146]

You know ... I'm starting to think that the build planner is missing a VERY IMPORTANT FEATURE for the Long Forum Export package.

 

A PROC CHANCES readout.

 

I'm working up a (refactoring re)build post right now and I'm having to do all of the math for the proc chances "by hand" (well, really by touchscreen on my iPad, but different sameness...) and it is mighty tedious work to compute all of those proc chances.

 

Now I know this would be one BIG FEATURE REQUEST for adding this functionality to the builder program ... but since it's kind of becoming more and more important to a LOT of builds ... maybe it's about time for an update to accommodate this feature?

[Migatte 4]

My mids reborn can't read says that unable to read data, and my other builds i can't open them too.

 

Edited August 10, 2019 by Migatte

[Redlynne 2146]

This is why it's a good idea to post a Forum Export (long or short) to the forums, so if you absolutely have to recreate a build from scratch ... you can ... even though doing so is tedious work.

[Maslow 7]

7 hours ago, Redlynne said:

This is why it's a good idea to post a Forum Export (long or short) to the forums, so if you absolutely have to recreate a build from scratch ... you can ... even though doing so is tedious work.

Nice plan. However while the file isn't exactly text, there is a fallback the code doesn't use we are working to make the code fallback to if it has index problems reading the build. So peeking at the file in a text editor may help piece things together.

Edited August 11, 2019 by Maslow
added context

[jacobpaige 1]

I don't know what changed, but it takes like 20 clicks to remove a slot now when it used to take 2. It's extremely annoying.

[kelly Rocket 99]

Err... what? It takes one click. Shift+left click removes a slot.

[Chrome 60]

not sure if this is the place to tell someone but the Reborn bot for discord is offline...

 

[crytilis 135]

4 hours ago, Chrome said:

not sure if this is the place to tell someone but the Reborn bot for discord is offline...

 

Bot is back online

 

On 8/9/2019 at 11:58 PM, Eclipse. said:

Yep, that was the issue I was talking about, people were complaining about it on my discord.
I trusted you, given the checksum matched that of what was on github *shrug* and told others the same.

SHA1 hash of Hero Designer.exe:
568ea5fba54997d6b400cb27dd154273540fedf1

 

Glad to hear it! Certs can be obnoxious to deal with...not hard, just annoying.
 

 

Indeed they can be. Feel free to come hang out with us sometime 😊

[SmalltalkJava 132]

Good News.  Looks like crytilis got part of the MasterMind demons resists to show up in the latest build.     It looks like the Force Shield from the Protector Bots is showing up now!

 

I left the Demons resist ticket open.

https://github.com/ImaginaryDevelopment/imaginary-hero-designer/issues/63

 

I closed the Proctor bot ticket:

https://github.com/ImaginaryDevelopment/imaginary-hero-designer/issues/57