Gizmo confusion

[Mathias]

TCArknight, here's the wiki page about dynamic tables: http://hlkitwiki.wolflair.com/index.php5/TableDynamic_Element_(Data)

The answer you're looking for is in the section labeled "headerpick"

 

[Kairos]

Just ran into this problem myself. Add this attribute:

headerpick="some_thing"

to the dynamic_table element.

[Sorry. Posted this before I refreshed the thread].

 

[TCArknight]

I appreciate the help! That's now working.

I don't have the code in front of me as I'm at work, but I'm running into an issue for displaying the gadget output.

I have a foreach loop stepping through each gadget on the hero. I'm able to output the name field with no issue. However, when I try to use another foreach loop to step through the children on the gadget, I get an error message. Is there a trick to using nested foreach loops in this kind of case? Or would it be better to count the number of children and then do a simple for loop using gizmo.child to step through each on and get the name values of the children traits?

 

[Mathias]

I'll need to see the code, and you'll need to right-click and copy the error message, so that you can paste it here. What you've described is too vague to figure out what's going on.

 

[TCArknight]

Ok, thanks. I'll post it this evening when I get off work...

 

[TCArknight]

I get this error:

Hero Lab was forced to stop compilation after the following errors were detected:

Syntax error in script for Procedure 'sbgadgets' on line 17
-> Script reference is invalid under the circumstances

The code in red is where I am trying to get to the bootstrapped children on the gadget.

<procedure id="sbgadgets" scripttype="synthesize"><![CDATA[

    var ismore as number
    var i as number
    var gadgetid as string
    
    append @boldon & "Gadgets: " & @boldoff & @newline
    
    ~output the details of all resources
    ismore = 0
    foreach pick in hero where "HasGadget.?"
      ismore = 1
      gadgetid = "thingid." & eachpick.idstring
      
      append @indent & eachpick.field[name].text
      
[B][COLOR="Red"]      foreach bootstrap in pick where "component.Ability"
        notify eachthing.idstring
        nexteach [/COLOR][/B]
         
      if (ismore = 0) then
        append @indent & "-none-" & @newline
        endif
        
      append @newline
      nexteach
    
    ~if we have no resources, output that fact
    if (ismore = 0) then
      append @indent & "-none-" & @newline
      endif
    ]]></procedure>

 

[Mathias]

foreach bootstrap in eachpick.gizmo where "component.Ability"
  notify eachpick.idstring
  nexteach

 

[TCArknight]

I still get an error:

Hero Lab was forced to stop compilation after the following errors were detected:

Syntax error in script for Procedure 'sbgadgets' on line 17
-> Use of 'eachpick.' transition is only valid within a 'foreach' context that iterates picks

 

[Mathias]

I need to see line 17, please - that's the line it says this error is on.

 

[TCArknight]

Ok, I cleaned the procedure up a bit, and this error is on a new line.

Hero Lab was forced to stop compilation after the following errors were detected:

Syntax error in script for Procedure 'sbgadgets' on line 19
-> Use of 'eachpick.' transition is only valid within a 'foreach' context that iterates picks

Highlighted is line 9.

<procedure id="sbgadgets" scripttype="synthesize"><![CDATA[

    var ismore as number
    var i as number
    var gadgetid as string
    
    append @boldon & "Gadgets: " & @boldoff & @newline
  
    ~output the details of all resources
    ismore = 0
    
    foreach pick in hero where "HasGadget.?"
      ismore = 1
      gadgetid = "thingid." & eachpick.idstring
      
      append @indent & eachpick.field[name].text & "(" & gadgetid & ")"
      
          
      foreach bootstrap in eachpick.gizmo where "component.Ability"
[COLOR="Red"]        notify eachpick.idstring[/COLOR]
        nexteach
      
      if (ismore = 0) then
        append @indent & "-none-" & @newline
        endif
        
      append @newline
      nexteach
    
    ~if we have no resources, output that fact
    if (ismore = 0) then
      append @indent & "-none-" & @newline
      endif
    ]]></procedure>

Looking at the wiki, it looks like 'foreach bootstrap' uses eachthing. IfI try this:

notify eachthing.idstring

I get this:

Hero Lab was forced to stop compilation after the following errors were detected:

Syntax error in script for Procedure 'sbgadgets' on line 19
-> Use of 'eachpick.' transition is only valid within a 'foreach' context that iterates picks

 

[Mathias]

Oh right - this is the statblock, so there's no need to look at the bootstraps as things - they're picks by now, so find them as picks.

foreach pick in eachpick.gizmo where "component.Ability"

 

[TCArknight]

That did it, thanks.

How would I go about creating an option in the Configure Hero to use to toggle display of the gizmos?

 

[Kairos]

That did it, thanks.

How would I go about creating an option in the Configure Hero to use to toggle display of the gizmos?

I've gotten to that point in my project too. I set up source elements in control.1st. I made a "sourcebooks" parent with the "selectable" element set to "no":

  <source
    id="Sourcebks"
    name="Sourcebooks"
    selectable="no"
    description="Collection of rules from Qin supplements that can be turned on and off">
    </source>

Then I added a source element for each sourcebook for the game, such as:

  <source
    id="qinLegends"
    name="Qin Legends"
    abbrev="Legends"
    parent="Sourcebks"
    default="no"
    reportable="no"
    sortorder="1"
    description="Controls whether material from Qin Legends is available">
    </source>

Finally, I'm creating a new thing_xxxxx.dat file for the source, adding a "usesource" element to the things in it:

<usesource source="qinLegends"/>

I think you can get more granular than that by making the individual sourcebooks not selectable, then adding sources to represent individual rules options.

Hope that helps.

 

[Duggan]

TCArknight, I've been trying to crib your work on skill specialties as per this post, but I'm hitting a brick wall. I don't suppose you have any hardwon wisdom you could share?