Set Min-Max by Race

[Kevlyn]

Yeah, I don't have any code for this, as nothing I've done has worked so I keep deleting it.

    <!-- Calculate the Damage Modifier trait as appropriate -->
    <eval value="1" phase="Traits" priority="4000">
      <after name="Calc trtFinal"/><![CDATA[
      var dammod as number
      dammod = #trait[attrStr] + #trait[attrSiz]
      field[trtDisplay].text = round( dammod / 5, 0, 1)
      ]]></eval>
    </thing>

I set this up like the die type from Savage Worlds but it just doesn't seem to be working.

[evildmguy]

Originally Posted by Kevlyn

Yeah, I don't have any code for this, as nothing I've done has worked so I keep deleting it.

    <!-- Calculate the Damage Modifier trait as appropriate -->
    <eval value="1" phase="Traits" priority="4000">
      <after name="Calc trtFinal"/><![CDATA[
      var dammod as number
      dammod = #trait[attrStr] + #trait[attrSiz]
      field[trtDisplay].text = "-" & round( dammod / 5, 0, 1) & "d8"
      ]]></eval>
    </thing>

I set this up like the die type from Savage Worlds but it just doesn't seem to be working.

Okay, does the above bolded area add what you needed? Basically, add your text around the calculation.

[Kevlyn]

No, if trtDisplay is being updated it is not visible on the screen. All that's being displayed is the derived traits table, and the damage modifier is reading 0. With this code in place trtBonus.value is still 0.

[evildmguy]

Look at the value of the fields via the floating info windows and see if the field does get updated or not. Or put in debug statements to test that it gets to those lines of code?

Hmm. Is this an eval on trtBonus? If so, you are telling it not to evaluate until after trtFinal is done. The <after name="Calc trtFinal"> line is what is doing that.

[Kevlyn]

Here's the whole derived attribute

  <!-- Damage Modifier Trait -->
  <thing
    id="trDamMod"
    name="Damage Modifier"
    compset="Trait"
    isunique="yes"
    description="The bonus amount of damage a character inflicts when they physically strike or apply force.">
    <fieldval field="trtAbbrev" value="Dam"/>
    <fieldval field="trtDisplay" value="+0"/>
    <tag group="explicit" tag="2"/>
    <tag group="User" tag="Combat"/>
    <tag group="DashTacCon" tag="Combat"/>
    <tag group="DashTacCon" tag="Traits"/>

    <!-- Calculate the Damage Modifier trait as appropriate -->
    <eval value="1" phase="Traits" priority="4000">
      <after name="Calc trtFinal"/><![CDATA[
      var dammod as number
      dammod = #trait[attrStr] + #trait[attrSiz]
      field[trtDisplay].text = "-" & round( dammod / 5, 0, 1) & "d8"
      ]]></eval>
    </thing>

And in the info window there's the trtDisplay that has the value, but it's not showing.

[evildmguy]

aha. Maybe.

I think it's timing again. On your trait component, when do you calculate Display? Is it after this and it sets it to the blank?

[Kevlyn]

I stopped try to calculate the derived trait, so the only thing that it's racing against here is trtBonus.value which is being displayed instead.

[Mathias]

 
    <!-- Calculate the Damage Modifier trait as appropriate -->
    <eval value="1" phase="Traits" priority="4000">
      <after name="Calc trtFinal"/><![CDATA[
      var dammod as number
      dammod = #trait[attrStr] + #trait[attrSiz]
      field[trtDisplay].text = "-" & round( dammod / 5, 0, 1) & "d8"
      ]]></eval>
    </thing>

The scripting language doesn't usually like it when you try to put math operations like round() on the same line as text operations like &. Try this:

 
    <!-- Calculate the Damage Modifier trait as appropriate -->
    <eval value="1" phase="Traits" priority="4000">
      <after name="Calc trtFinal"/><![CDATA[
      var dammod as number
      dammod = #trait[attrStr] + #trait[attrSiz]
      dammod = round( dammod / 5, 0, 1)
      field[trtDisplay].text = "-" & dammod & "d8"
      ]]></eval>
    </thing>

[Kevlyn]

Alright, trtDisplay is updated via the info panel. But the tab_basics is still displaying the derived trait as Damage Modifier: 0

[Mathias]

I'll need to see the code for the portal that's displaying that 0.