having trouble with code to create weapon from class custom ability

[psych777]

maybe it only works with custom made weapons but was trying to get a weapon to show on the weapon tab from a user selection on the class tab.

i was looking at the eval script for the Soulknife class in psionics unleashed to get an idea as that creates the mindblade weapon on the weapon tab from the users selection.
but i'm failing in my attempts to edit it to create the normal weapons on a user selection (any melee weapon) from my class custom ability. i have gotten a box with the name of the weapon to show up but get popup error saying basically it doesn't see any of the rest of the details of the weapon (att, dmg, crit, etc).

is there a way to do this for the base weapons? or will it only work with a completely fleshed out weapon (basically custom)?

 

[Aaron]

I'm not completely clear on what you're trying to do? You have a custom special which when added to a class grants a weapon which can take any weapon's form?

 

[psych777]

when you add the custom special i've got an item selection for 'melee weapons' so the user selects a melee weapon. trying to script that when the weapon is selected there that it creates an entry on the weapon tab of that weapon

 

[Aaron]

There isn't any way to add something to a character from an eval script. What you would probably have to do is bootstrap a helper "weapon" with no attributes, pull all the information from the kind of weapon your selector chooses, and then forward that information to the helper so it will mimic the chosen weapon.

 

[psych777]

makes sense...but way over my head right now haha

 

[Aaron]

I guess you could also rely on the user to add the correct weapon, perhaps creating an eval rule which checks if there is a weapon of the chosen kind on the hero and complains if there isn't.

I'm only speculating here, because I still don't know the details of what you're trying to do.