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[Lawful_g]

New question. I am making a class that only gets proficiency with light shields, not heavy ones. The code I am trying to use and which is not working quite right is....

First (Users), 10000
var result as number
foreach pick in hero where "ShldClass.Light"
result = each.assign[Helper.Proficient]
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The only problem here is that the character is not showing as proficient, so when they go to buy a light shield it is grayed out. Any better way to do this?

 

[Mathias]

try this:

foreach thing in Armor where "ShldClass.Light"
perform eachthing.assign[Helper.Proficient]
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foreach pick in hero where "ShldClass.Light"
perform eachpick.assign[Helper.Proficient]
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Until an item is added to your hero - while you're seeing it in the purchase form - it's called a "thing". Once added to the hero, it becomes a "pick". So, your loop was searching through all the picks on the hero to find the light shields you own. So, add a second loop to find all the shield things as well. The exact details of a search through things differ slightly from searching picks.

One thing to check before doing that is to make sure that once you purchase a light shield, but not a heavy shield, it's properly proficient with your old script. If that doesn't work, then something else is going wrong.

 

[Lawful_g]

It gives me "Non-existent component "Armor" referenced by script" error

 

[Mathias]

Oops, BaseArmor, rather than Armor.

 

[Lawful_g]

foreach thing in BaseArmor where "ShldClass.Light"
perform eachthing.assign[Helper.Proficient]
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foreach pick in hero where "ShldClass.Light"
perform eachpick.assign[Helper.Proficient]
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Now I get the error "Syntax error in 'eval' script for Thing 'fArmLgShld' (Eval script '#1') on line 2
-> Script reference is invalid under the circumstances"

What circumstances? Is it because I am doing it through an Eval Script? Should I do it as an Eval Rule Instead? ... No that didn't work either.

Thanks for all your help, by the way, mgehl.

 

[Mathias]

Question - does the original script you wrote make the light shields but no the heavy shields proficient once they're purchased?

Is that good enough?

 

[Mathias]

OK, now I'm remembering - you can't assign tags to a thing, only a pick.

I tested your original script - it does make them proficient once added, and looking at how the prereq is constructed, you'd need access to the structural files to create the tests that would look for a light shield tag.

I can't think of another way to do this.

 

[Lawful_g]

Ah. Thanks anyway. This will be good enough I suppose, I've no desire to go mucking about in the structural files.