[Code Q] Choice of energy resistance

[Mathias]

Please expand on what you mean by "using !BloodEner.Acid" - it's best to see the whole expression in cases like this.

[TCArknight]

Sorry.

I've got the Select From set to Energy Type. If I don't have anything in the Custom Expression, I get the following list in the dropdown:

Acid
Cold
Electricity
Fire
Sonic

That's the same no matter if I have the Restrict to None, Container or Hero.

I need the dropdown to be just:
Cold
Electricity
Fire
Sonic

I thought by adding !BloodEner.Acid to the Custom Expression, that that would exclude Acid from the selection dropdown but it doesn't.

If I use '(BloodEner.Cold|BloodEner.Elec|BloodEner.Fire|Blo odEner.Soni)' as the Custom Expression and don't have Select From set to Energy Type, I get the Energy Types, but I also get all the Creatures, etc with those types in the dropdown.

If I use:
Component.Energy & (BloodEner.Cold|BloodEner.Elec|BloodEner.Fire|Bloo dEner.Soni)

I get nothing to Select from.

Does that help?

Thanks!
TC

[Mathias]

Select From and Custom Expression are mutually exclusive - Select From works by overwriting the Custom Expression with an expression from a hard-coded list of expressions.

It's component.SelectHelp, not component.Energy, but otherwise you were on the right track for your custom expression. You can find that by going to the Develop menu...Floating Info Windows...Show Selection Tags, and then find the energy type selection helpers (note that there are two things there named "Acid" - one is the acid selection helper, the other is the [Acid] spell descriptor.

[TCArknight]

Thanks Matthias!

This is what I changed it to:
component.SelectHelp & (BloodEner.Cold|BloodEner.Elec|BloodEner.Fire|Bloo dEner.Sonic)

However, While the Acid isn't present, I still get:
Air
Blue Dragon (Electricity)
Brass Dragon (Fire)
Bronze Dragon (Electricity)
Cold
Electricity
Fire
Fire
Gold Dragon (Fire)
Red Dragon (Fire)
etc...

Seems like I still need to add something....

Thanks!
TC

[Mathias]

The "Energy Type" option for Select from adds the following Custom Expression:

 
component.SelectHelp & Selection.Energy

There are also selection helpers for the type of dragon that a Draconic Sorcerer is linked to - and those also have BloodEner tags for the energy type that dragon race is linked to (BloodEner - "Bloodline Energy Type" - I ended up re-using those same tags when the Energy Type selectors were created)

[TCArknight]

That's exactly what I needed, thanks!

Works just right now...