Weapon Focus based on Groups

[Valdacil]

I'm trying to make Weapon Focus use Fighter Groups instead of individual weapons and I feel like I'm very close, but I can't seem to get the bonus to apply. I started by taking apart the Eval script on Weapon Focus to understand how it did what it did. I change the drop-down selection to use Weapon Groups instead of All Weapons. But I can't seem to properly scope the condition to apply the Broaddcast.WepFocus tag to the weapons. The name is properly updating to "Weapon Focus (heavy blades)" so I know part of the script is working. But the weapons in heavy blades group don't have the Broadcast.WepFocus tag and don't have a +1 att, so I know the condition is not working. My latest attempt:

      ~ If we're disabled, do nothing
      doneif (tagis[Helper.FtDisable] <> 0)

      ~ If we haven't chosen anything, get out now
      doneif (field[usrChosen1].ischosen = 0)

      ~ If we are a bonus feat which ignores pre-reqs, we don't want our weapons
      ~ to complain when they don't find those pre-reqs we skipped.
      if (tagis[thing.skipprereq] <> 0) then
        perform assign[Broadcast.NoPWepFocu]
        endif

      ~ Assign the appropriate tag to all weapons that meet the criteria
      var id as string
      var name as string

      call fTargetId

      foreach pick in hero from BaseWep where "wFtrGroup." & field[usrChosen1].chosen.idstring
        perform eachpick.assign[Broadcast.WepFocus]
        perform eachpick.pushtags[Broadcast.?]
        perform eachpick.pulltags[WepFocus.?]
        nexteach
      perform hero.pushtags[WepFocus.?]

      foreach thing in BaseWep where "wFtrGroup." & id
        perform eachthing.pulltags[wProfReq.?]
        nexteach

      ~ Set our 'short name'
      field[shortname].text = "Focus: " & name
      field[sbName].text = "Weapon Focus (" & lowercase(name) & ")"

      ~ If the selected weapon is a natural weapon, then apply the Hero.NatWpFocus
      ~ tag to the hero. We do this here so that the hero doesn't actually have
      ~ to have such a weapon on their character in order to get the tag and
      ~ qualify for pre-reqs based on it. For example, a Druid/Monk may want
      ~ to take Weapon Focus (Claw) in order to take Feral Combat Training, but
      ~ may not actually have claws most of the time (only when wild shaped).
      if (field[usrChosen1].chosen.tagis[wFtrGroup.Natural] <> 0) then
        perform hero.assign[Hero.NatWpFocus]
        endif

      ~ Choosing Grapple gives us a bonus on those checks
      if (field[usrChosen1].chosen.tagis[thingid.wGrapple] <> 0) then
        ~ Add a +1 bonus to the Grapple CMB
        hero.child[manGrapple].field[cmbBonus].value += 1
        endif

      ~ This is chiefly for the Low Templar PrC's pre-req (which requires weapon
      ~ focus in any martial weapon), but also checking Simple and Exotic as
      ~ well in case those are needed in the future.
      if (tagis[wProfReq.Simple] <> 0) then
        perform hero.assign[Hero.SimWpFocus]
        endif

      if (tagis[wProfReq.Martial] <> 0) then
        perform hero.assign[Hero.MrtWpFocus]
        endif

      if (tagis[wProfReq.Exotic] <> 0) then
        perform hero.assign[Hero.ExoWpFocus]
        endif

 

[Valdacil]

I cracked it and got an initial build working by taking apart Defensive Weapon Training feat. Now I just need to add conditions for Grapple and Spell as selections and to test that Natural special condition works properly. I'll post the finished result once I have those sorted out. Working so far:

      ~ If we're disabled, do nothing
      doneif (tagis[Helper.FtDisable] <> 0)

      ~ If we haven't chosen anything, get out now
      doneif (field[usrChosen1].ischosen = 0)

      ~get the wFtrGroup tag from our choice
      perform field[usrChosen1].chosen.pulltags[wFtrGroup.?]

      ~if we didn't find a wFtrGroup tag, there's nothing more we can do
      doneif (tagis[wFtrGroup.?] = 0)	  
	  
      ~ If we are a bonus feat which ignores pre-reqs, we don't want our weapons
      ~ to complain when they don't find those pre-reqs we skipped.
      if (tagis[thing.skipprereq] <> 0) then
        perform assign[Broadcast.NoPWepFocu]
        endif

      ~ Assign the appropriate tag to all weapons that meet the criteria
      var id as string
      var name as string

      call fTargetId

      foreach pick in hero from BaseWep
        if (eachpick.tagmatch[wFtrGroup,wFtrGroup,initial] <> 0) then
          perform eachpick.assign[Broadcast.WepFocus]
          perform eachpick.pulltags[WepFocus.?]
          perform eachpick.pushtags[Broadcast.?]
          endif
        nexteach
      perform hero.pushtags[WepFocus.?]

      ~ Set our 'short name'
      field[shortname].text = "Focus: " & name
      field[sbName].text = "Weapon Focus (" & lowercase(name) & ")"

      ~ If the selected weapon is a natural weapon, then apply the Hero.NatWpFocus
      ~ tag to the hero. We do this here so that the hero doesn't actually have
      ~ to have such a weapon on their character in order to get the tag and
      ~ qualify for pre-reqs based on it. For example, a Druid/Monk may want
      ~ to take Weapon Focus (Claw) in order to take Feral Combat Training, but
      ~ may not actually have claws most of the time (only when wild shaped).
      if (field[usrChosen1].chosen.tagis[wFtrGroup.Natural] <> 0) then
        perform hero.assign[Hero.NatWpFocus]
        endif

      ~ Choosing Grapple gives us a bonus on those checks
      if (field[usrChosen1].chosen.tagis[thingid.wGrapple] <> 0) then
        ~ Add a +1 bonus to the Grapple CMB
        hero.child[manGrapple].field[cmbBonus].value += 1
        endif

      ~ This is chiefly for the Low Templar PrC's pre-req (which requires weapon
      ~ focus in any martial weapon), but also checking Simple and Exotic as
      ~ well in case those are needed in the future.
      if (tagis[wProfReq.Simple] <> 0) then
        perform hero.assign[Hero.SimWpFocus]
        endif

      if (tagis[wProfReq.Martial] <> 0) then
        perform hero.assign[Hero.MrtWpFocus]
        endif

      if (tagis[wProfReq.Exotic] <> 0) then
        perform hero.assign[Hero.ExoWpFocus]
        endif

 

[Valdacil]

New question: I went made a copy of a weapon and in Weapon Groups, selected New Tag to create a new weapon group. After saving, exiting, and reloading HL, when I go to add that weapon to my hero the description on the right pane does show my new Fighter Weapon Group, but the selection for Weapon Focus does not show the new weapon group. Any reason why and anything I can do to fix it?

 

[ShadowChemosh]

New question: I went made a copy of a weapon and in Weapon Groups, selected New Tag to create a new weapon group. After saving, exiting, and reloading HL, when I go to add that weapon to my hero the description on the right pane does show my new Fighter Weapon Group, but the selection for Weapon Focus does not show the new weapon group. Any reason why and anything I can do to fix it?

You have created a "Tag" for a weapon group. But dropdown selectors are expressions for displaying Picks or Things not tags. You need to create the Thing for you new weapon group.

My "guess" is that this is a selection helper Thing. Which normally are not seen in the editor. But if you have the community Pack installed you can go to the zCommunity->Selection Helper tab to create new ones or copy ones. Take a look in that editor tab if you see an existing weapon group and you can copy it to make your new one.

 

[Valdacil]

@ShadowChemosh - Again, most helpful. I figured it out from what you said. I wasn't sure it would work at first, but after testing I was able to add multiple groups this way and have it all working. Thanks a bunch.