Custom feature question

[thegreatone5224]

Hello everyone,

I'm trying to figure out how to go about setting the duration of this custom class feature to a value based on whether or not a different ability was choosen.

Please advise.

if (#hasability[pngEleEBea] <> 0) then
duration = field[xTotalLev].value
else
duration = field[xTotalLev].value / 2
endif

 

[Sendric]

Hello everyone,

I'm trying to figure out how to go about setting the duration of this custom class feature to a value based on whether or not a different ability was choosen.

Please advise.

if (#hasability[pngEleEBea] <> 0) then
duration = field[xTotalLev].value
else
duration = field[xTotalLev].value / 2
endif

Other than needing to declare the variable (var duration as number) this looks okay assuming #hasability works as intended here, and you're timing is set correctly. Are you getting an error?

 

[thegreatone5224]

I'm not receiving any errors but the text is not updating as expected. If it helps I'll include everything below:

Phase: Post-levels
Priority: 10000
Index: 1

~ If we're not shown, just get out now
doneif (tagis[Helper.ShowSpec] <> 1)

~ if we've been disabled, get out now
doneif (tagis[Helper.SpcDisable] <> 0)

~ Set our duration based on class level and element boon
var duration as number

if (#hasability[pngEleEBea] <> 0) then
 duration = field[xTotalLev].value
else
 duration = field[xTotalLev].value / 2
endif

~ Update feature's duration
#duration[pngEleEBa] = duration
field[livename].text = field[thingname].text & " (" & duration & " mins)"
field[listname].text = field[thingname].text & " (" & duration & " mins)"

~ Add tool tip to dex save
#situational[hero.child[svDEX],"Advantage vs. all",field[thingname].text]

This is being done on a level 8 character and the ability with the ID of pngEleEBea was selected as the element boon.

Result: Elemental Body: Air (4 mins)
Expected Result: Elemental Body: Air (8 mins)

 

[Sendric]

I'm not receiving any errors but the text is not updating as expected. If it helps I'll include everything below:

Phase: Post-levels
Priority: 10000
Index: 1

~ If we're not shown, just get out now
doneif (tagis[Helper.ShowSpec] <> 1)

~ if we've been disabled, get out now
doneif (tagis[Helper.SpcDisable] <> 0)

~ Set our duration based on class level and element boon
var duration as number

if (#hasability[pngEleEBea] <> 0) then
 duration = field[xTotalLev].value
else
 duration = field[xTotalLev].value / 2
endif

~ Update feature's duration
#duration[pngEleEBa] = duration
field[livename].text = field[thingname].text & " (" & duration & " mins)"
field[listname].text = field[thingname].text & " (" & duration & " mins)"

~ Add tool tip to dex save
#situational[hero.child[svDEX],"Advantage vs. all",field[thingname].text]

This is being done on a level 8 character and the ability with the ID of pngEleEBea was selected as the element boon.

Result: Elemental Body: Air (4 mins)
Expected Result: Elemental Body: Air (8 mins)

Try changing this line: if (#hasability[pngEleEBea] <> 0) then

to this: if (hero.childfound[pngEleEBea].tagis[Helper.ShowSpec] <> 0) then

It looks like the #hasability is returning a 0, which could be due to it not working properly or the timing, which can vary depending on the thing in question. I don't use it myself. This new check should work assuming you don't have a script that removes the ShowSpec tag for some reason, and ultimately performs the same function.

An alternative idea is to have the pngEleEBea thing assign a tag to the hero (such as User.EleBea) then you can check for the user tag on the hero. I would try the above method first though.

 

[thegreatone5224]

That did it, thanks for the help!

I saw something that in my searches but didn't realize it worked quite that way.

 

[Sendric]

That did it, thanks for the help!

I saw something that in my searches but didn't realize it worked quite that way.

It's not exactly the same, of course, but it looks for the thing in question, then if it finds it, searches for the "ShowSpec" tag. In general, this tag only appears on things that are "activated". For example, the thing "Aura of Courage" exists on a character who is a level 1 Paladin, but the tag "ShowSpec" does not appear on it until level 3. A search such as the one above would return a '0' until level 3 as a result, even though the thing in question exists.