Weapon as a container?

[Dastir]

Here's another one...

I am adding a weapon property called Quick Loading which can only be applied to corssbows. It gives the weapon access to an extradimensional space that can hold up to 100 bolts. I would like to make it so that when this porperty is added to the weapon, the weapon would then show up as a container, like a bag or pack, to which the bolts could be added.

I have tried the following in an eval script on the item property set to First, 10000:

var result as number
result = parent.assign[thing.holder]

but it doesn't seem to have any effect. I have, in my desperation, even tried bootstrapping the Bag of Holding... :roll:

Any advice?

[Dastir]

Anyone? Anyone? Beuller? Anyone?

[Colen]

Dastir wrote:
>
>
> Here's another one... Smile
>
> I am adding a weapon property called Quick Loading which can only be
> applied to corssbows. It gives the weapon access to an extradimensional
> space that can hold up to 100 bolts. I would like to make it so that
> when this porperty is added to the weapon, the weapon would then show up
> as a container, like a bag or pack, to which the bolts could be added.
>
> I have tried the following in an eval script on the item property set to
> First, 10000:
>
> var result as number
> result = parent.assign[thing.holder]
>
> but it doesn't seem to have any effect. I have, in my desperation, even
> tried bootstrapping the Bag of Holding... Rolling Eyes


Sorry for the delay in response - I was checking up on how things worked
so I could provide a more helpful answer than "Sorry, that won't work"
(which you've already discovered).


The "thing.holder" tag is only obeyed when it's assigned directly to a
thing, not through an assign statement. (This is because "holder" things
require extra storage to be allocated for them, which only happens the
first time they're created.)


I don't think you can do this right now, but I think I can figure out a
way to make it work in the next version of Hero Lab (which should be out
soon). I'll keep you updated.


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Colen McAlister, colen@wolflair.com

[Dastir]

Thanks Colen!

I must say I am really quite happy with how helpful you and Rob are. You have a fantastic product that has quite a learning curve associated with it, and you are very patient in answering all the myriad question that I, and users like me, throw your way.

Keep up the great work!

[Colen]

Dastir wrote:
>
>
> Thanks Colen!
>
> I must say I am really quite happy with how helpful you and Rob are. You
> have a fantastic product that has quite a learning curve associated with
> it, and you are very patient in answering all the myriad question that
> I, and users like me, throw your way.
>
> Keep up the great work!


Hi Dastir,


Rob and I have just discussed a way to allow you to do what you want,
but unfortunately we're not quite ready to include it in the data files
yet. Before the authoring kit releases, we need to do a final sanity
check of a few features in Hero Lab, including this one, to make sure
we're not exposing any nasty problems that will come back to bite us in
the future. Otherwise, we're potentially opening up a can of worms for
ourselves in a few months when it someone starts using a feature in a
way we didn't intend, and it begins misbehaving as a result.


Until we finalize the details on this, I can suggest a temporary
solution - add a "Custom Container" to the hero on the Gear tab, and set
the name to something like "Magical Bolt Storage". Now you can store the
relevant items in this container, and move them all at once to the new
magical container once it's available.


Hope this helps,

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Colen McAlister, colen@wolflair.com

[Dastir]

Good suggestion, I will do that.

Thanks again!