Hero Lab on Surface RT

[Saint Bernard]

Can Hero Lab be installed on a Microsoft Surface RT? If not, are there any plans to port to it?

Thanks

[Blueluck]

I'd ask that question on the Hero Lab Forums. A lot of their programmers answer questions on there.

[Skeld]

Saint Bernard wrote:

Can Hero Lab be installed on a Microsoft Surface RT? If not, are there any plans to port to it?

Thanks

One of my players has been using HL on a Microsoft tablet of some sort. I don't know if it's an RT or not. Whatever it is, he uses in in-game.

-Skeld

[Charender]

It can be installed on the Microsoft Surface Pro, but not the RT.

[Deanoth]

The RT chipset is not powerful enough to run it. But the Surface pro certainly is though.

Just so you know the Graphic User Interface is not going to be sized very well for the Pro though.

[Skeld]

Skeld wrote:

Saint Bernard wrote:

Can Hero Lab be installed on a Microsoft Surface RT? If not, are there any plans to port to it?

Thanks

One of my players has been using HL on a Microsoft tablet of some sort. I don't know if it's an RT or not. Whatever it is, he uses in in-game.

-Skeld

My player I mentioned up-thread is using a Samsung Series 7 Slate, which he says is the Surface Pro equivalent.

-Skeld

[Blake Duffey]

The Surface RT can only run applications from the Windows store. This has nothing to do with the hardware, but rather a restriction of the Windows 8 RT operating system.

http://www.techradar.com/us/news/software/operating-systems/windows-8-vs-wi ndows-rt-what-s-the-difference-1086980

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_RT

RT runs on ARM processors (as opposed to the x86 architecture) As such, it won't run Hero Lab.

Based on my frequent visits to the WolfLair site/forums - my guess is they'd concentrate on bringing some content to Android prior to going for the Windows store. Currently the full Hero Lab will run on Windows or Mac, and they have a free iPad version which can be used at the gaming table (you can't create your character on the ipad)

If you get a full Windows 8 tablet (not RT) you can avoid all of this. :)

[Colen McAlister]

Blake Duffey is correct - Hero Lab will run well on the Surface Pro tablet, but *not* the Surface RT.

[Saint Bernard]

Thanks for all the great responses. The RT was my father's day present so no going for the next model up. At the very least it will run the PDF of my character for a game.