AB File for D&D Chainmail

[ThinkLibertarian at aol.c]

I hacked together a file for D&D Chainmail. It's the first time I've created an AB file from scratch.

I guess my first question is, is anyone else doing one? I'd hate to duplicate our efforts.

Anyway, I have a question:

Ranged Attack (RAtt) is a signed stat, but it does not apply to all models, so I set 0.0=-. Unfortunately, when there's a zero in the stat, it is displaying +0 instead of -.

Here's the line from the data definition file:

RAtt | 4 | 0 | 0.0=- | 99.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | . | . | .

Is there a workaround?

Thanks,
Rich


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[rob]

I haven't tried this, but I *THINK* that the issue is you are specifying a
value of "2" for the "signed" field in the definition file. A value of 2
forces a "+" to be prepended to the stat value if it is zero, which
overrides the mapping of a zero value to "-". If you switch to a value of
"1", I believe you will get the proper behavior. If not, it may be a bug
that I need to fix, in which case please send me the files and I'll look at
it myself.

Thanks, Rob


At 02:29 PM 10/31/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>I hacked together a file for D&D Chainmail. It's the first time I've
>created an AB file from scratch.
>
>I guess my first question is, is anyone else doing one? I'd hate to
>duplicate our efforts.
>
>Anyway, I have a question:
>
>Ranged Attack (RAtt) is a signed stat, but it does not apply to all
>models, so I set 0.0=-. Unfortunately, when there's a zero in the stat,
>it is displaying +0 instead of -.
>
>Here's the line from the data definition file:
>
> RAtt | 4 | 0 | 0.0=- | 99.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | . | . | .
>
>Is there a workaround?
>
>Thanks,
>Rich


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Rob Bowes (rob@wolflair.com) (650) 726-9689
Lone Wolf Development www.wolflair.com


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[ThinkLibertarian at aol.c]

I tried 1 instead of 2 and it gives the same result: +0.

I'll email you the files directly.

Thanks,
Rich

--- In armybuilder@y..., Rob Bowes <rob@w...> wrote:
> I haven't tried this, but I *THINK* that the issue is you are
specifying a
> value of "2" for the "signed" field in the definition file. A value
of 2
> forces a "+" to be prepended to the stat value if it is zero, which
> overrides the mapping of a zero value to "-". If you switch to a
value of
> "1", I believe you will get the proper behavior. If not, it may be
a bug
> that I need to fix, in which case please send me the files and I'll
look at
> it myself.
>
> Thanks, Rob
>
>
> At 02:29 PM 10/31/2001 -0500, you wrote:
> >I hacked together a file for D&D Chainmail. It's the first time
I've
> >created an AB file from scratch.
> >
> >I guess my first question is, is anyone else doing one? I'd hate
to
> >duplicate our efforts.
> >
> >Anyway, I have a question:
> >
> >Ranged Attack (RAtt) is a signed stat, but it does not apply to
all
> >models, so I set 0.0=-. Unfortunately, when there's a zero in the
stat,
> >it is displaying +0 instead of -.
> >
> >Here's the line from the data definition file:
> >
> > RAtt | 4 | 0 | 0.0=- | 99.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .
| . | .
> >
> >Is there a workaround?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Rich
>
>
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> Rob Bowes (rob@w...) (650) 726-9689
> Lone Wolf Development
www.wolflair.com