Creating Gadgets

[Mathias]

The initial pick of a template script (and therefore any script inside it) is the pick it's assigned to.

By setting it as dynamic, the pick it's assigned to becomes the parent of the gizmo.

The layout script, on the other hand, is running as a child inside the gizmo. So in order to get to the same place, it instead needs to transition to its container (which is the gizmo), and then to the parent pick of that container.

[AndrewD2]

Oh I see, now I'm trying to figure out the best way to track spent resources on each gadget, can I use a resource pick bootstrapped to it? Or should I just do the math in the component and have it read the fields?

[Mathias]

I'd add resource picks inside the gizmo.

[AndrewD2]

Ok, almost got everything finished up. Is there a way freeze selection? Like when you're in advancement mode?

Also is there a way to set a prereq that is valid if it's on the gizmo? Some traits are specifically for gadgets or characters with a couple specific other traits, the traits are easily covered with checking the #hastrait[] macro that I made, but I'm not sure how to test if it's on a gadget itself

[Mathias]

There should be examples of freezing tables in several of the tabs in the skeleton files.

ishero is the test for whether a container is the hero. The initial context of a prereq is the container you're adding something to (or the container it's in if it's a pick), so if you're adding it to a gizmo, ishero = 0, and if you're adding it to the character, ishero <> 0.

[AndrewD2]

Also while working on the prereq I setup a prereq on the Traits that is

      ~check if we're cyborg, robot, or a gadget.
      if (tagis[Trait.Gadget] <> 0) then
        validif (#hastrait[trRobot] + #hastrait[trCyborg] <> 0)
        validif (container.ishero = 0)
      else
        @valid=1
        endif

But even items that have the Trait.Gadget tag are appearing as valid, I'm not sure if something special is needed for checking prereqs like that?

[AndrewD2]

Figured it out I remember that just doing tagis is looking at the hero so what I did was add a <match> element for the tag Trait.Gadget and it works.

[AndrewD2]

Thanks I knew I saw freezing somewhere, I just forgot the term used. Works great.