How do I do this? (Pathfinder)

[Mathias]

Most error messages in Hero Lab will let you right-click them and copy them.

[quistar]

Originally Posted by Mathias

Most error messages in Hero Lab will let you right-click them and copy them.

I am SO glad you told me that! Because the usr errors are gone and now I have these:

Linkage pick 'table' not located for current context
Location: 'field calculate' script for Field 'xTotalLev' near line 7
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Linkage pick 'table' not located for current context
Location: 'field calculate' script for Field 'xTotalLev' near line 8
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Linkage pick 'table' not located for current context
Location: 'field calculate' script for Field 'xTotalLev' near line 9
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Linkage pick 'table' not located for current context
Location: 'eval' script for Component 'BaseCustSp' (Eval Script 'Calc xIndex') near line 95
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Linkage pick 'table' not located for current context
Location: 'eval' script for Component 'BaseCustSp' (Eval Script 'Calc xIndex') near line 95

[Mathias]

So, if you're copying error messages like that, and they're about code that you've written, we can't help you diagnose the error unless you include all the code - that way, we can count lines and see what's on line 7, which is the first step in figuring out why there's an error near line 7.

[quistar]

Originally Posted by Mathias

So, if you're copying error messages like that, and they're about code that you've written, we can't help you diagnose the error unless you include all the code - that way, we can count lines and see what's on line 7, which is the first step in figuring out why there's an error near line 7.

I figured as much. This is what you guys developed for me so far (I wish I knew how to code like this!). It's the Eval Scripts for the Custom Ability I call Studied Foe (works the same as Favored Enemy, the name change is to avoid confusion if possible). I found the only way to add another copy of Favored Enemy was to go through the Custom Ability tab, since FE doesn't appear at all under the Class Special tab, which is what I usually use to add new class features or copy and work on existing ones.

Script follows:

~ First check all classes on the hero for one with favored enemies
var foundone as number
var validclass as number
var i as number
var currlevel as number
var searchexpr as string

foreach pick in hero from Class
~We subtract 1 because arrays start at 0, so 1st level is 0 in an array.
currlevel = eachpick.field[cTotalLev].value
currlevel -= 1

~This is awkward because the number is in an array field, so we have to "walk up" the array, checking each cell (up to the current level) for a non-zero value.
for i = 0 to currlevel
if (eachpick.field[cFav1Tot].arrayvalue[i] <> 0) then
validclass = 1
endif
next

if (validclass <> 0) then
foundone += 1

~ We also note down which classes are valid choices, for later
searchexpr = splice(searchexpr, tagids[Classes.?], " | ")
endif

~validclass has to be reset to 0 for each new class, so we can know if this class should be choosable. Otherwise, once a valid class was found, all future classes would also be valid
validclass = 0
nexteach

~stop if we did not find an appropriate class
doneif (foundone = 0)

~Now define our candidate expression. It should be mostly built in the previous foreach, we just need to add a bit onto the beginning and enclose the rest in parenthesis.
field[usrCandid1].text = "component.Class & (" & searchexpr & ")"

~If we haven't chosen any class to benefit yet, stop
doneif (field[usrChosen1].ischosen = 0)

~Since we got this far, add our own class levels to the chosen class.
~Note that since we are running this script before Levels phase, we can't rely on our normal level fields.
field[usrChosen1].chosen.field[cFav1Level].value += #levelcount[RLMonHunt]

[Mathias]

Actually, I think the error doesn't lie in the code itself - there's something wrong with how you're bootstrapping things.

Check how you've organized things. Have you done any of the following (which aren't allowed):

Created something on the "Custom Ability" tab, and then bootstrapped it to anything else (Custom Abilities may only be added by the user. They may never be bootstrapped - use a Class Special instead if you want to bootstrap it).

Bootstrapped a Class Special to anything other than the following: A Class, an archetype, a Custom Ability, or a Cleric Domain

[quistar]

Originally Posted by Mathias

Actually, I think the error doesn't lie in the code itself - there's something wrong with how you're bootstrapping things.

Check how you've organized things. Have you done any of the following (which aren't allowed):

Created something on the "Custom Ability" tab, and then bootstrapped it to anything else (Custom Abilities may only be added by the user. They may never be bootstrapped - use a Class Special instead if you want to bootstrap it).

Bootstrapped a Class Special to anything other than the following: A Class, an archetype, a Custom Ability, or a Cleric Domain

You got that exactly right. Since I couldn't add this as a Class Special (it wasn't coming up on the list) I had to Bootstrap it to the pclass. Once I removed the bootstrap all the errors vanished.

How can I add the Custom Ability to the Prestige Class then without getting errors? I'm not sure where to go from here.

[Mathias]

What do you mean by "It wasn't coming up on the list"? That's the error we want to fix.

[Aaron]

Mathias: I think he is talking about the custom special ability table not showing his custom special ability in the list to add. He probably forgot to give it a specsource tag matching that of his class.

Quistar: My advice is not to use a Custom Special, remake the ability as a Class ability and bootstrap that to your class instead.

[quistar]

Originally Posted by Aaron

Mathias: I think he is talking about the custom special ability table not showing his custom special ability in the list to add. He probably forgot to give it a specsource tag matching that of his class.

Quistar: My advice is not to use a Custom Special, remake the ability as a Class ability and bootstrap that to your class instead.

Correct. Now I get to learn what a specsource tag is! :-D

[quistar]

That's the tricky part. Favored Enemy is a checkbox ...hm, it WAS a checkbox on the Class tab. Now all I see is the "Favored Enemy Count" which lets me choose which levels I advance that ability. That being the case, should the script we've been working on go here? Or do I need to rewrite the Favored Enemy into a Class Special? Cause I have no idea how to do that and figured it was easier to work with existing script.