Altering race name using Primary and Secondary abilities

[Umarian]

So I have a race that is a half-breed. The race will select the two "breeds" as primary and secondary selections (R Custom Special) on the background tab. Each selection will have a list of races to choose from, and a custom text one.

So here is my question...Is it possible to alter the name of the original race to reflect the two selected sub-races? To display like:

Race Name (Selection 1, Selection 2).

This is similar to how the Tiefling races uses the below code, but does not replace the full name:

First / 600
      ~set our race's name to our own name
      focus.field[livename].text = field[name].text

Umarian

 

[Aaron]

So I have a race that is a half-breed. The race will select the two "breeds" as primary and secondary selections (R Custom Special) on the background tab. Each selection will have a list of races to choose from, and a custom text one.

So here is my question...Is it possible to alter the name of the original race to reflect the two selected sub-races? To display like:



This is similar to how the Tiefling races uses the below code, but does not replace the full name:

First / 600
      ~set our race's name to our own name
      focus.field[livename].text = field[name].text

Umarian

Do you see the part earlier in that script that sets the focus? You should be able to overwrite that thing's livename with it's normal name, + 2 strings generated from the "half races" you mentioned.

 

[Umarian]

The script above is present on the R Custom Special for the Tiefling. Wouldn't this one need to be present on the base race? To have something similar to

field[livename].text = "(field[name].text) (" & "choice1.field[name].text"&", "&"choice2.field[name].text" & ")"

Getting the name for the choice1 and choice2 is where I am unsure of where to pull from. It would depend on the selection, and I can't see where the text is being filled in on the Develop -> show XX Field.

 

[Mathias]

Go from the other direction:

First/600, on each of the picks that can be a first selection:
focus.field[livename].text &= focus.field[name].text & " (" & field[name].text

First/601, on each of the picks that can be a second selection:

focus.field[livename].text &= ", " & field[name].text & ")"

 

[Umarian]

That worked great! Thank you both for your help. It is appreciated.