Manipulating field/thing and if statements

[BoomerET]

I have a summary tab that I want to display the stats.

However, I want to convert the stats to hex, and then concat them into one string.

For example, if my stats are Str: 8, Cha: 12, Edu: 14

I want the top of the summary tab to display:
8CE

My problem is that I don't know how to reference each indiviual value, I've tried a few things I've seen in the samples, but nothing is currently working.

field[chaStr].value

(All my stats are called Characteristics, so they all start with cha)

Also, is it possible to do an if statement on .text?

For example if (field[name] = "MyValue")

The example if statements I've seen only compare numbers.

LW: Thanks for such an awesome product and allowing us the ability to create our own Game Systems!!


BoomerET

EDIT: Found this link that answers my if statement, guess I should search before asking.
http://forums.wolflair.com/showthread.php?t=21668&highlight=compare+string

 

[Mathias]

You've already written a finalize script for the trtFinal field that displays the values of characteristics as hex, right?

Then,

@text = hero.child[chaStr].field[trtFinal].text & hero.child[chaCha].field[trtFinal].text & hero.child[chaEdu].field[trtFinal].text

Would be the code you'd put in the portal that's displaying the result.

 

[BoomerET]

Awesome, that line did the trick.

No, I'm allowing the user to select 2-12, and then I'll have to put in code to convert to Hex. Maybe it's not a bad idea to just skip 2-12, and go with 2-C, but not exactly sure how I would go about doing that in the chooser.

Sounds like another thing that will help cement my abilities in learning to write a Game System.


BoomerET

 

[Mathias]

Fields in Hero Lab are either numerical or text - nothing in between.

That's what finalize scripts are for - to format the numbers so that the user sees the presentation you want for that value.

 

[BoomerET]

Thanks for the help, got it working thanks to your help, and the Wiki!


BoomerET