Struggling with Favored Class Options

[blzbob]

So I'm trying to enter all the Favored Class Options from Super Genius Games but I'm running into the simplest of problems that I can't seem to get past. I have made sure that I have the box selected in Configure Hero. I have selected every class and race to get it to show up and nothing. I have tried making it for all Characters (in this case it would be for all characters). I have tried all the different timing options. I can't seem to figure out this first step. Is there some other trick I need to do?

[AndrewD2]

I believe favored class options have to be bootstrapped to the class and the best way to do that after the fact is to bootstrap them to a mechanic. I could be wrong, but I think that's what I've read.

[blzbob]

That's going to take me a little longer to enter than I hoped.

[ShadowChemosh]

Originally Posted by AndrewD2

I believe favored class options have to be bootstrapped to the class

Or race. Basically anything that gets to to be on the Hero will work which includes a Mechanic if your adding new ones to CORE races/classes.

[blzbob]

I just realized that I can't bootstrap them to the classes that are already in the game. I can't modify the classes. If I'm going to make this and share with the community, how can I do that?

[Sendric]

Can you bootstrap it to a condition?

[Mathias]

AndrewD2 and ShadowChemosh already answered that question, blzbob - bootstrap them to a mechanic.

[ShadowChemosh]

Originally Posted by Mathias

AndrewD2 and ShadowChemosh already answered that question, blzbob - bootstrap them to a mechanic.

Which is VERY easy to do. Simply make a new Mechanic on the Mechanic tab. Then click on bootstrap and past in the Unique ID of your Favored Class Things. To use a Mechanic you have to reload the game system. So do a "CTRL-R" and done. Now when you add the right combo of class/race the Favored Option will display.

If you add more favored options to the mechanic later just know you have to do a "CTRL-R" as "Test Now" won't work.

[blzbob]

So if I'm understanding this correctly, I create it as a Favored Class Option and also as a Mechanic. Then I bootstrap them to the Mechanic. Do I have to do this separately for each option?

This is where I'm at now. I'm trying to add one that grants +1 language. I created it as a Favored Class Option and as a Mechanic. I bootstrapped the Favored Class Option to the Mechanic. What's happening now is that the character always has at least one additional language to choose no matter what's selected.

It's set at Post Attributes 10000 (just like the Hit Points and Skill Points).

This is the Eval Script I'm using:

field[abValue].value += field[fcCount].value

~+1 languages
herofield[tLangsSpk].value += 1

For some reason it always wants the character to select additional languages (and right now it's wanting two languages).

[ShadowChemosh]

Originally Posted by blzbob

What's happening now is that the character always has at least one additional language to choose no matter what's selected.

Read your script. You told it to always add "one". So guess what it's always adding one.

I am pretty sure the HP and Skill scripts are using "field[abValue].value" and not 1 correct?

~ Set abValue to be equal to the number of times this favored
~ option was "Selected" by the user.
field[abValue].value += field[fcCount].value

~ Increase the number of languages allowed by the number
~ of times this favored option was selected.
herofield[tLangsSpk].value += field[abValue].value

Now this code adds a bonus language per level the special ability is taken.