Displaying Items with Gizmos

[TCArknight]

OK, I think I'm missing something. Kairos tried to help me with this since his Tao tab for his system is similar to what I want to be doing with Skills and AoE.

I'd like to display skills and their selected child AoE (if any) like this:

<Skill Name> <AoE Indicator> <Skill Ranks> <Info>
<Child AoE name>
<Skill Name> <AoE Indicator> <Skill Ranks> <Info>
<Skill Name> <AoE Indicator> <Skill Ranks> <Info>
<Skill Name> <AoE Indicator> <Skill Ranks> <Info>

I have a BaseSkill component common to both, and I'm using it in the showtemplate for the table_fixed portal of the skill table. However, the Child AoE never shows.

  <!-- Skill - all skills derive from this compset -->
  <compset
    id="BaseSkill"
    forceunique="yes">
    <compref component="BaseSkill"/>
    <compref component="Trait"/>
    <compref component="CanAdvance"/>
    </compset>

  <!-- Skill - all skills derive from this compset -->
  <compset
    id="Skill"
    forceunique="yes">
    <compref component="Skill"/>
    <compref component="BaseSkill"/>
    <compref component="Trait"/>
    <compref component="CanAdvance"/>
    </compset>

  <!-- SkillAoE - all expertise derive from this compset -->
  <compset
    id="SkillAoE"
    forceunique="yes">
    <compref component="SkillAoE"/>
    <compref component="BaseSkill"/>
    <compref component="Trait"/>
    <compref component="Domain"/>
    <compref component="CanAdvance"/>
    </compset>

  <!-- Athletics Skill -->
  <thing
    id="skAthletic"
    name="Athletics"
    compset="Skill"
    isunique="yes"
    description="Description goes here">
    <fieldval field="trtAbbrev" value="Acad"/>
    <tag group="DashTacCon" tag="NonCombat"/>
    <link linkage="attribute" thing="attrIng"/>
    <child entity="entAoE" />
    </thing>

  <thing
    id="aoeRun"
    name="Running"
    compset="SkillAoE"
    isunique="yes"
    description="Description goes here">
    <fieldval field="trtAbbrev" value="Run"/>
    <tag group="Hide" tag="SkillAoE"/>
    <tag group="SkillGen" tag="skAthletic"/>
    </thing>

  <!-- An entity for the Area of Expertise -->
  <entity
    id="entAoE"
    form="frmAoE">
    <bootstrap thing="AoEHelp"/>
    </entity>
  <component
    id="AoEHelp"
    name="Area of Expertise Helper">

    <!-- Selection Tag Expressions -->
    <field
      id="aoeAoEExpr"
      name="Equipment Tag Expression"
      type="derived"
      maxlength="500">
      </field>

    </component>

skills tab:

  <portal
    id="baSkill"
    style="tblInvis">
    <table_fixed
      component="BaseSkill"
      showtemplate="baSklPick"
      showsortset="Skills"
      scrollable="yes"
      alwaysupdate="yes">
      <headertitle><![CDATA[
        @text = "Skills"
        ]]></headertitle>
      </table_fixed>
    </portal>

  <template
    id="baSklPick"
    name="Skill Pick"
    compset="BaseSkill"
    marginhorz="23"
    marginvert="3">

    <portal
      id="name"
      style="lblNormal"
      showinvalid="yes">
      <label>
          <labeltext><![CDATA[
          @text = field[name].text
          ]]></labeltext>
        </label>
      </portal>

    <portal
      id="value"
      style="incrBox">
      <incrementer
        field="trtUser">
        </incrementer>
      <mouseinfo><![CDATA[
        if (hero.tagis[mode.creation] = 0) then
          @text = "Skills must be modified via the Advances tab once the character is locked for play."
        elseif (autonomous = 0) then
          @text = "This trait has been improved via the Advances tab and cannot be modified further from here."
        else
          @text = "Allocate points to this skill by clicking on the arrows to increase/decrease the number of points assigned."
          endif
        ]]></mouseinfo>
      </portal>

    <portal
      id="info"
      style="actInfo">
      <action
        action="info">
        </action>
      </portal>

    <portal
      id="edit"
      style="actAoE"
      tiptext="Add Expertise">
      <action
        action="edit"
        buttontext="">
        </action>
      </portal>
    
    <position><![CDATA[
      ~set up our height based on our tallest portal
      height = portal[info].height

      ~if this is a "sizing" calculation, we're done
      doneif (issizing <> 0)

      ~freeze our value in advancement mode or if an advancement has modified us
      ~Note: All freezing must be done *before* any positioning is performed.
      if (state.iscreate = 0) then
        portal[value].freeze = 1
      elseif (autonomous = 0) then
        portal[value].freeze = 1
        endif

      ~position our tallest portal at the top
      portal[info].top = 0

      ~center the other portals vertically
      perform portal[name].centervert
      perform portal[value].centervert
      perform portal[edit].centervert

      ~position the info portal on the far right
      perform portal[info].alignedge[right,0]

      ~if the skill has a User.IsAoE tag it's a specialty
      if (tagis[User.IsAoE] = 0) then
      
	      ~position the incrementer to the left of the info portal (plus a gap)
	      perform portal[value].alignrel[rtol,info,-10]
	
	      ~only show the master button if the actor is a minion
	      portal[edit].visible = tagis[User.AllowSpec]
      
	      if (portal[edit].visible <> 0) then
	        
	        ~position the skSpec to the left of the incrementer portal (plus a gap)
	        portal[edit].width = 20
	        perform portal[edit].alignrel[rtol,value,-10]

	        ~position the name on the left and make sure its width does not 
	        ~exceed the available space
	        portal[name].left = 0
	        portal[name].width = minimum(portal[name].width,portal[edit].left - portal[name].left - 10)

	      else
      
	        ~position the name on the left and make sure its width does not 
	        ~exceed the available space
	        portal[name].left = 0
	        portal[name].width = minimum(portal[name].width,portal[value].left - portal[name].left - 10)

	        endif
	  else
	  	 ~hide the incrementer and specialization button
	      portal[value].visible = 0

	  	~ Position the name indented on the left and make sure its width does not 
	    ~exceed the available space
	    portal[name].left = 20
	    portal[name].width = minimum(portal[name].width,portal[info].left - portal[name].left - 30)
	  endif
      
      ]]></position>

    </template>

Thoughts?

 

[Kairos]

Can you post your latest ruleset? Also, if the SkillAOE is in a gizmo, you want to shadow the component to the hero:

http://hlkitwiki.wolflair.com/index.php5/Component_Element_(Data)#The_.22shadow.22_Element

That _should_ get them to show in the table. The rest of the arrangement is up to the sortset.

 

[TCArknight]

That did it! Thanks very much!

 

[Kairos]

That did it! Thanks very much!

Huzzah!

 

[Mathias]

Why do they need to be displayed on the hero, as shadowed picks, if these AoEs are modifications of the skills? If they're modifications, you should use a script to collect the names of the AoEs and display them as part of their skill, not display them on their own, separated from the thing they modify.