Version 5.7 of the d20 System data files is now available!

• Spell text will now display for abilities that references a specific spell. For example if an ability says it works like Detect Evil then the Detect Evil spell information will be displayed.
• Abilities that are listed as Spell-Like will now display on the Spells tab for tracking instead of the In-Play tab.

• Fixed Power Attack feat to no longer give an attack penalty to ranged weapons (ie Bows).
• Fixed Power Attack feat to correctly apply its damage bonus to Double Weapons (ie Orc Double Axe).
• Fixed Power Attack feat to no longer display as disabled when setting BAB penalty to max.
• Fixed the feat "Totem Spirit - Shadde-Quah (Axe Clan)" to correctly increase rounds of rage.
• Fixed issue where it was possible for a creature with two natural attacks (ie claws) to be getting 1.5x Str damage bonus.
• Fixed Class Specials appearing in the "Tracked Resources" section of the In-Play tab before the correct class level was achieved.
• Fixed issue where "ranged natural attacks" (ie Tongue) were giving a statblock error.
• Fixed issue where the Barbarian class damage reduction would print incorrectly to the statblock.
• Fixed issue where gear items marked with Helper.NoOutGear were printing as gear on the statblock.

• A few "tags" were given better "description" text to help with understanding what the tag does.
• Fix livenames with Usage tags but zero value in hTotal so we display better.
• Make Spell-Like abilities with (AbilType.SpellLike & Usage.? & Helper.ShowSpec) tags will display on the Spells tab
• Spells new "description" fields have been increased to accept up to 500 characters
• Added a new "XP Cost Text" field to support spells like Atonement. Note this text will be appended to the value after the XP Cost. In example if the cost is 500 and the XP Cost Text is "On Wednesday" the final value will be "XP Cost: 500 XP (On Wednesday)".
• The new SpInfo.? tag group has been created for spells. This allows you to tag an Ability with a SpInfo.SPELL_UNIQUE_ID to have the spells text display as part of the Ability text. This can be applied in the editor using the new "Append Spell Information" button on Specials.

Attempt to access transaction pick from script when no transaction context exists
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Attempt to access transaction pick from script when no transaction context exists
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Attempt to access transaction pick from script when no transaction context exists
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Attempt to access transaction pick from script when no transaction context exists

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ShadowChemosh said:

Thanks for the bug report. Oh yeah I can look into the "cost" mechanics. Very excited.

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Sendric said:

So I have a timing issue. Some of the type abilities (ie Fey, Giant) bootstrap weapon feats, such as Simple Weapon Prof or Martial Weapon Prof. These feats run a script at First/100, which means if you need to use a conditional to bootstrap the type special, it has to run before that. In the case of the conditional searching for the Classes.? tag, this is too early. Is there any way around this is, and/or would it be possible to move the timing around so that the Classes.? tags were applied before First/100 (or to have these scripts on the feats run later)?

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Sendric said:

Also, a bug report:

Entering something into the 'Custom Ability Plural' text box does not change the plural version. For example:

Custom Ability Name: Mystery
Custom Ability Plural: Mysteries

Actual name used for plural custom abilities: Mysterys

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Aaron said:

Don't worry, ShadowChemosh. Dealing with purchasing in HL is a ton of fun*! I still remember fondly my last foray into that territory.

* In the Dwarven Fortress sense of the word.

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Sendric said:

So it looks like there is no Value.5 or Value.10 tags. Or, at least, if you assign them to a natural weapon it doesn't display the x5 or x10. Is this something I need to add? Seems like an odd thing to be missing.

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Sendric said:

So it looks like there is no Value.5 or Value.10 tags. Or, at least, if you assign them to a natural weapon it doesn't display the x5 or x10. Is this something I need to add? Seems like an odd thing to be missing.

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Dami said:

With the feat "Expanded Knowledge", you are typing in your choice of power gained. HeroLab doesn't know what you have entered there so it doesn't know that you have learned 'Mindlink'.

You could add 'Mindlink' as a power under Shaper, and ignore the validation report that you know one more power than you should have.

It would be better if the Feat actually added 1 to your powers known, or if there was an Adjustment to add to Powers Known.

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~ Add SpecSource tag
doneif (field[fChosen].ischosen = 0)

var source as string
source = hero.childfound[fShapeSouH].field[fChosen].chosen.idstring
source = "SpecSource." & source

perform field[fChosen].chosen.assignstr[source]

Attempt to access pick information or behaviors for read-only thing 'cTtmBeTaCi'
Location: 'eval' script for Thing 'fShapeSoul' (Eval Script '#1') near line 8

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Sendric said:

So I am attempting to assign a tag to a chosen thing, and am getting an error. In this case, the thing in question is a custom ability.

Here is the script I am using:

Code:

~ Add SpecSource tag
doneif (field[fChosen].ischosen = 0)

var source as string
source = hero.childfound[fShapeSouH].field[fChosen].chosen.idstring
source = "SpecSource." & source

perform field[fChosen].chosen.assignstr[source]

and here is the error:



Is this a bug or expected behavior? I have been able to do similar things in the past, so I'm not sure why this isn't working.

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ShadowChemosh said:

So the dropdown list you have is set to show "Things" and not "Picks". You can't modify a Thing only Pick. A "Thing" is something (ie feat, race, spell) that is in the HL database but is not Live on the character. Once chosen and added to the character it becomes a Pick and you can modify it with scripts.

I don't know what field[fChosen].chosen is accessing with out the custom expression. But in example if your download list was showing "Skills" and you set to "All Things" then you could see Knowledge skills in the dropdown list even though the Knowledge skill is not live or added to the skills tab. If you tried to modify that Knowledge skill you would get the 'Read only' error message above.

Hope that helps.

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mirtos said:

I had a ton of sources that stopped working when i got the newest version. anyone else?

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