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Lord Magus

October 1st, 2023 07:40 AM

Using a string as a ThingID in a script

I am trying to use a string, stored in the field "abText", as a thingID in a script, but I do not know how to do that properly.

I have tried

Code:

~ We calculate the bonuses for Elemental Augmentation



var AttBon as number

var AttTarget as string



foreach pick in hero where "abCategory.AMSAffin & Affinity.? & Helper.FirstCopy"

  AttBon = round(eachpick.field[abValue3].value/2,0,-1)

  AttTarget = eachpick.field[abText].text

  hero.child[AttTarget].field[aPostMod].value += AttBon

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but the "hero.child[AttTarget]" part does not work, even though the abText field that AttTarget refers to contains the thingID of the ability score I want to use.

Any pointers on how to properly convert a string to an thingID? Thanks!

Mathias

October 1st, 2023 09:45 AM

Don't store the Id of the pick as text. Store some identity tag from the target pick on the picks you're foreaching through. Since this is attributes, and there's only 6 of them, use a 6-item if...elseif to apply the bonus to the correct attribute. If there were more picks, a nested foreach would be the way to find them.

Also, why is this script using a foreach - can't these AMSAffin picks run the script themselves, instead of running it from some master pick? As far as I can tell, this would be a 3-line script on those picks:

doneif (tagis[Helper.FirstCopy] = 0)
doneif (tagis[Affinity.?] = 0)

hero.chilfdound[aDex].field[aPostMod].value += round(field[abValue3].value/2,0,-1)

(just copying the script from pick to pick, changing the attribute Id for each one).

Lord Magus

October 1st, 2023 11:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mathias (Post 302319)

Thanks for the advice. I wanted to try and avoid running a series of if-then to do it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mathias (Post 302319)

Also, why is this script using a foreach - can't these AMSAffin picks run the script themselves, instead of running it from some master pick?

Funny that you're asking that, as this was my first idea that I then discarded to try to "centralize" the process on the Transform ability. I'll probably just transfer everything on the Affinities. Thanks again!

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