Gizmo Help

[TCArknight]

Howdy!

Working on a dataset where each piece of gear can have a number of Qualities. These qualities are contained in a grCustom child on the item.

When I display the Weapon for example on the armory tab, the qualities display without issue. But, when buying a new weapon, the Qualities do not display and I'm getting an error:

This has a gizmo attached.
- - -
Attempt to access non-existent containing entity from script
Location: 'finalize' script for Field 'grQualSumm' near line 11

This is the field and the finalize script:

    <field
      id="grQualSumm"
      name="Qualities"
      type="derived"
      maxfinal="50">
	  <!-- Final value for display is a blending of the various range values -->
      <finalize><![CDATA[
        var txt as string
		var tags as string
		var ismore as number
		
	~if this is a thing, we have to pull the tags from any attached gizmo
        if (ispick = 0) then
          if (isgizmo = 1) then
		    notify "This has a gizmo attached."
		    ismore = 0
		    foreach pick in gizmo where "component.GearQual"
			  if (ismore <> 0) then
			    tags &= ", "
				endif
				
			  tags = eachpick.tagnames[ItemQual.?,", "]
			  
			  ismore = 1
			  nexteach
            endif
		else
		  tags = tagnames[ItemQual.?,", "] 
		endif
		  
		if (empty(tags) = 0) then
		  txt &= " " & tags
		else
		  txt &= "-"
		  endif
		  
	    @text = txt
		
        ]]></finalize>
      </field>

Anyone have any idea what I'm missing when trying to step through the gizmo?

[Mathias]

If this is a thing, you can't use "foreach pick" - you can only use a "pick" foreach if you're running on a pick.

Try
foreach bootstrap in entity from GearQual

A gizmo that has not yet been added to the character is called an entity (same kind of change in terminology as thing/pick).

And then inside that foreach, you'll use eachthing transitions, not eachpick.

[TCArknight]

Thank you Mathias! Worked like a charm.

I appreciate the help!

[Duggan]

TCArkKnight: I've got a similar situation, where all weapons and armor have certain qualities. I know how to add the <child> element to a Thing. How did you attach it to the general Component or Componentset?

[Mathias]

Where you've defined the <entity> itself, you set up the bootstraps within the entity. Here's an example from Pathfinder of the entity used in the -Custom/Magic Weapon-:

  <entity
    id="gMagWeapon"
    form="MagWeapon">
    <bootstrap thing="gCustMagic">
      <autotag group="Helper" tag="MgMult2000"/>
      </bootstrap>
    <bootstrap thing="LegItemHlp"/>
    </entity>