Problems with Evolution pre-requisites

[scibat]

I am trying to code some new evolutions for eidolons that have pre-requisites linked to the summoner. In these particular cases, most of them are linked either to a race or an alternate racial trait, with one linked to the presence of Flight speed. I seem to be having problems grasping how to work out pre-requisites scripts in this case.

I first took a look at the Celestial Appearance evolution that requires the summoner to be of good alignment. From there, I tried this out:

if (ishero = 0) then
validif (hero.child[xFly].value > 0)
elseif (isminion <> 0) then
validif (master.child[xFly].value > 0)
endif

That returned an 'invalid use of reserved word' error on line 3. It's probably something very minor I'm missing, but any help would be appreciated.

EDIT: Forgot to mention that I am not having issues with coding the other pre-reqs. Just this one.

 

[AndrewD2]

are you checking totals (aka if there is anything in the skill) or ranks?

if you're checking totals you'd want

if (ishero = 0) then
   validif (hero.child[xFly].field[skTotal].value > 0)
elseif (isminion <> 0) then
   validif (master.child[xFly].field[skTotal].value > 0)
endif

if you're checking ranks you'd want:

if (ishero = 0) then
   validif (hero.child[xFly].field[skRanks].value > 0)
elseif (isminion <> 0) then
   validif (master.child[xFly].field[skRanks].value > 0)
endif

You need to check an actual field and not the child. The child contains the fields, but doesn't have any actual value of it's own.

EDIT: I should also note that this is untested, but I believe it should work.

 

[scibat]

I feel dumb, I should have realized that! I kept feeling that I was missing SOMETHING there.

Thanks for the help, I'll let you know if it works!

 

[scibat]

Tried it out and I don't think that's the problem.

First thing I realized is that you are talking about the Fly skill (skFly) ... I'm talking about the actual ability to fly (xFly). I had been using in pre-req expressions (as opposed to scripts) #value[xFly] > 0 as a valid way to check for presence of a Fly speed, that being determined by the Value tag on xFly.

I seem to be having difficulty remembering how to pull a tag value for a comparison outside of using the #value macro .... which *should* work for one of the two comparisons, but not for the other where information has to be pulled from the master.

 

[AndrewD2]

yeah, try hero.child[xFly].tagvalue[Value.?] > 0

you might also need to check the abValue in case it was assigned after in which cause you would also need to check hero.child[xFly].field[abValue].value > 0

if (ishero = 0) then
   validif (hero.child[xFly].tagvalue[Value.?] + hero.child[xFly].field[abValue].value > 0)
elseif (isminion <> 0) then
   validif (master.child[xFly].tagvalue[Value.?] + master.child[xFly].field[abValue].value > 0)
endif

EDIT: Added some code.

 

[scibat]

Yes, *that*'s what I was forgetting. Let me try this out and I'll let you know. Thanks again!

 

[scibat]

Yep, that did it! Thanks for the help!