Hero Lab Editor - level requirements

[ShadowChemosh]

Originally Posted by TheNewGM

the ability now appears twice in the list of possible abilities when making a character, but it's not a big deal.

Restart HL. One is the OLD Thing ID and the other is the NEW Thing ID. You can do "CTRL-R" to do quick restart and the 2nd one should be gone.

[Mathias]

If you changed the Id, and then used Test Now on the new version, then that would not have removed the old one - Hero Lab thinks you created something new.

That'll fix itself next time you start HL (because the database patch that Test Now created is removed and replaced with a proper load of all the content in the data files whenever you switch game systems), or you can go to the main Hero Lab window, and from the Develop menu, choose "quick-reload data files" (make sure Enable Data File Debugging at the top of the Develop menu is turned on, in order to enable quick reload). That quick-reload is also handy as the bulk version of Test Now, if you're adding a lot of things at once.

[TheNewGM]

Okay, so I'm having a few other problems...
1) A custom ability I'm making requires a minimum Fortitude modifier, how would I implement this?
2) A different custom ability needs either a minimum dexterity of 13 OR 5 ranks in Perform(Dance). I'm using the Pre-Reqs script:

var total as number
if (aDEX >= 13) then
.....total +=1
endif
if (#skillranks[skPerfDanc] >= 5) then
.....total +=1
endif
validif (total >=1)


This works on some of my other custom abilities where both "if" statements are using skill ranks for their arguments, but it does not work with aDEX. Is there a way to make this work and/or something else that will get the result I'm looking for?

3) Is there somewhere I can look up these different commands and syntax so I don't have to continuously come back here and bug you with my questions all the time?

[Kiirnodel]

When you rename a "thing"'s ID in the editor, the old copy sticks around in the compiled code until you reload. I'm not sure if you need to do a complete restart of HeroLab or if the Quick Reload will do it, but it will go away on its own. Be careful not to accidentally use the old id, as it won't exist the next time you reload and HeroLab will complain.