MidiQOL

[wind pecan]

So 3 apostrophes, or an apostrophe and a quotation? - and good to know about the module. I'm looking for something that will let me sort of homebrew Psionic abilities (I need a way to easily upscale things depending on the amount of charges or Psi points spent)

[thorny solar]

Its the grave button, `

[vast bane]

neither, its backtick, the key to the left of 1

sometimes people call it the tilde key

[wind pecan]

gotcha tilde (to me) I'll check out the items with spells mod. Probably easier than trying to write out a bunch of code that will subtract resource points and then somehow upscale the damage output

should I just deactivate the MIM or actually uninstall it before grabbing the other?

[vast bane]

I don't think anything was gonna do what you had asked for, MIM and Items with Spells are essentially the same thing visually, but MIM did bad things to the sheet behind the curtains which breaks with midi very often and breaks in dnd5e 2.1

I would enable items with spells and then copy all of your existing work, then delete the MIM items

[wind pecan]

Thanks. I've managed to get a dialog box to pop and let them select how many Psi points to use, then that subtracts that from that resource (and it also will output to chat the number of points used and let them know if they don't have enough. It'

It's the upscaling and attaching to different items(spells) I was struggling with finding a solution to. as these abilities aren't spells they wont use slots or technically have levels.. but the MIM was letting me do a janky version with counting the charges on the item like the PSi points

you saved me a lot of work letting me know the MIM is broken, thanks

[vast bane]

Items with spells is much better as A) it doesn't break, and B) it will reduce the points for you, MIM doesn't do that.

[vestal cedar]

Re: Items With Spells: This is working so much better and more cleanly for me, thank you. Wanted to ask, is there a roadmap for being able to attach other features (eg. Feats, Class Features) to weapons as well as spells?

[vast bane]

Is there anyway that one can have a macro fire when a resource hits a specific amount?

[vast bane]

I think that was something MIM could do, but just make it an innate spell, I can't think of anything a feature has that a spell can't be macguyvered to do

as for roadmap, I have placed an issue to have the items charges be shown on the spells tab and have not seen a reply or anything to that on the git so /shrug

[wind pecan]

With the Items for Spells, it doesn't seem to allow upscaling. DO you need to create multiple versions of a spell at each level. the upscaling was the whole reason I sought out MIM

[dark canopy]

worldscripts

[vast bane]

ooooooh actually I got a genius idea for this lol and it will definitely live up to my middle name

[molten solar]

Better suited for #dnd5e as it is not reliant on midi.
It's not my module, I'm just co-maintainer.

[vast bane]

So Guardian of Faith, Spell that summons a unit that deals damage to things that walk near it. It expires when the damage reaches 60

and heres my janky genius idea

I'm going to make it hit itself and its target

[manic wolf]

So after the latest update Midi no longer automatically applies damage to targeted tokens, is that a known thing or am i missing something new in the settings?

[vast bane]

what is your dnd5e version, foundry build, midi qol version, dae version?

the newest is not an answer

[manic wolf]

dnd 2.1.2
dae 10.0.15
midi 10.0.12

[vast bane]

can you confirm the midi version again pls?

Midiqol

If that is indeed the version you have, back out to tthe server main menu and update Midiqol

[vast bane]

you are on a very old midi, it probably shouldn't have even enabled

actually its so old its before that security check was involved lol

[manic wolf]

I am using Forge cloud hosting there hasnt ever been a prompt for an update lol

[vast bane]

its not dealing damage because starting with like 10.0.15, midi started disabling if you weren't on a specific dnd build because of changes made to damage resist/vuln/immune

and because you are on dnd5e 2.1.2, the changes are in effect and you are experiencing the whole reason he put that auto disable in

[vast bane]

he just never expected someone to have a version that old I guess or 2.1.2 is too new for the check on the other end

[manic wolf]

this is the newest version availible on forge, so id have to side load it from the github?

[vast bane]

I don't know who or what your hosting service is, but they are running about 3 months behind in versions

try Ctrl F5 to clear the cache of that site maybe?

do you have forge setup in legacy mode?

[manic wolf]

i dont think so, ive never heard of a legacy mode

[vast bane]

actually, the real question, did he mess up 26 and it says its 12 by accident?

https://gitlab.com/tposney/midi-qol/raw/v10/package/module.json

this should install 10.0.26

copy and paste it into the manual install field whereever that is in forge

[manic wolf]

when i copied and pasted it, it changed from .26 to .12

[vast bane]

You are going to need to wait for one of the other guys who is testing dnd5e 2.1.2 to test and see if this is the case, I'm definitely not taking that plunge

[molten solar]

On Forge, you can select what version to install.

It is not unheard of that Forge lists the wrong one as the latest.

[vast bane]

there is no way that the zip in his newest release is not 26

[manic wolf]

theres 10.0.12 .11 .10 and older '

[vast bane]

you gotta have that legacy setting on or something

and the manual install didn't work?

[manic wolf]

https://forge-vtt.com/bazaar/package/midi-qol

the manual install still installed 10.0.12

[molten solar]

Did you uninstall the module?

[manic wolf]

yea i did

[wispy hound]

Anyone know how to add a longer reach to melee attacks? Instead of 5ft for it to be 15ft?

[manic wolf]

well loading it from the github a second time seemed to work it gave me 10.0.26

[vast bane]

is it a temporary thing?

[manic wolf]

but 10.0.26 apparently doesn't load into the module list something must be going on with forge

[wispy hound]

yes 1 minute

to be added here

[vast bane]

What foundry build(version number), midiqol version, dnd5e version, and dae version are you on

[wispy hound]

I just dont know if any of the attributes actually influence melee attack range

[vast bane]

and it may sound like I'm repeating, but if your first answers were right, your current situation should not be happening 😉

[vast bane]

just remove the ranges on their weapons, also thats going to mod all their attacks

[wispy hound]

yea they are a monk so it doesnt matter really in this case

xD

I guess I can remove the range on the unarmed strikes and hand of harm

[vast bane]

I think at this point I'd prefer the versions in manage modules inside the game and the top right section of the settings ingame, not forges fubarred menus

[manic wolf]

DnD 5e 2.1.2
Dae 10.0.15

[vast bane]

ok that makes alot of sense now

[vast bane]

DAE's newest version is 16, but you are on an old foundry build, not sure if that is the cause, and you should really backup before you touch foundry builds

try updating dae first.....and because your forge service is apparently sucking right now:

https://gitlab.com/tposney/dae/raw/v10/package/module.json

[manic wolf]

ill give it a try build 284 is the forge default so maybe its behind?

[vast bane]

this explains everything now

you are indeed in legacy mode

change that to newest

wait

backup before all system and foundry builds

[manic wolf]

theres no newer option availible though\

[vast bane]

don't update your foundry till you have backed up your worlds

lol forge is rocking it today lol

you cannot install midi till you have gone to forge and asked them wtf is going on:

[dark canopy]

i would take this over to the forge, they should be able to resolve whatever oddities are going on

[vast bane]

midi does not support 284

[molten solar]

That version is 2 years old by now

[vast bane]

I know theres a legacy setting somewhere

and I think he has it on

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[manic wolf]

theres an option to override it to v10 stable patch 6 build 291

[vast bane]

click on the forge link here to join their discord and they can walk you through it

you need to backup before you update cause I know for a fact I had to hold off for a bit on 291 cause of various bugs

your entire module suite is probably version locked

I'd go to their discord and ask them why this is happening to you

[rotund oyster]

So that question. If I were to put an effect that were have the creature that were to be effected by it to deal half damage, how would I go about it?

I am trying to look at tutorials or notes and I can't find anything

[vast bane]

it would require macro shenanigans and macro polo is not too keen on dealing with midiqol stuff. Personally I'd just mod the strength mod of the target to be a -1 instead of whatever it normally is. that way it harms its to hit if it uses strength and harms the damage output significantly.

it would also mod its strength skill checks and saving throws so I feel it would be a more accurate weakened status

[rotund oyster]

I can think about that in the future because that does seem like an interesting idea

Because the idea I have so far is the Creature hits the target and if the target fails the saving throw

The creature deals half damage and teh creature has disavantage on saving throws

[vast bane]

there is a key for strength mod, there isn't one for damage output halved

[rotund oyster]

Maybe I need to change the status effect name and make the one you say weakened instead

Because I do like that idea

But that would be for future builds

[vast bane]

always thought the ray of enfeeblement was weak in dnd5e

[rotund oyster]

Yes, it is

The game doesn't have really cool spells

I think its because they are afraid of the swing factor

[vast bane]

in a game where a paladin can cast a smite with their bonus action, cast smite on attack, and deal crit damage for 100 in a single swipe, there is no such thing as op spells and features anymore

[rotund oyster]

Aren't they going to fix that in the "New" version?

[vast bane]

I doubt anyones going to touch Onednd

[rotund oyster]

I won't

After this Campaign I will more likely move to Pathfinder or make my own system that works with most DnD Mechanics

I just worry if MidiQQL wouldn't be able to work a ruleset I would make

Because I really do like this mod, It really helps the background stuff

But I don't know because I been hearing some mods only work with DnD5e and I am not sure if MidiQOL is one of them

[dark canopy]

midi is highly dependent on the dnd5e system

[vast bane]

fwiw, it also works with sw5e

[dark canopy]

not to say you couldnt create a mod for dnd5e that alters the needed rules while staying compatible with midi

[vast bane]

pretty sure sw5e is just dnd5e with lasers

[dark canopy]

sw5e is forked from dnd5e

and im sure they keep up to date

[vast bane]

I only noticed cause of earlier when helping that forge guy, I read the 26 module.json and saw it had sw5e compatibility

[rotund oyster]

So In theory in the future it may be in a way

No promises I know

Because I don't know what I would change

For example one of the few things I did ilke from 4e was the spell could attack the defense of something like Will

So it made the spell caster feel powerful for rolling the spell

And the saving throw is only needed for certain things

But making something like that may mess up MidiQOL or not work with it

Now the status I am also making is to have the creature have disadvantage on saving throws if Weakened

Is there a way I can code that?

[scarlet gale]

Have it apply an effect that gives the midi disadvantage flag

[rotund oyster]

So I have the effect now and I typed ion the Attribute Key flags.midi-qol.disadvantage.all

That is what you mean?

Wait me reading

I think its

flags.midi-qol.disadvantage.ability.save.all

That was it

Thanks

Now I will need to think if I could redo the effect or find a way for damage

[dark canopy]

changing spells from saves to spell attacks is pretty easy

[vast bane]

didn't they make a module for that in midi?

[rotund oyster]

Oh really? That's cool

[vast bane]

isn't that the armor challenge module or whatever

doubt its survived the dnd5e 2.1.2 shenanigans atm since it hasn't had an update since midi did its two for it

[rotund oyster]

But it doable

So I will put that in the future

@vast bane So as of yet, there's no way to do half damage without crazy about of macros?

I need to learn how to use discord correctly

[rotund oyster]

Thanks, I will see how to do that in the future. Thanks for the look out

[vast bane]

I don't think its worth it to automate when you can just halve the damage in the damage applier

it is only mildly worth it if you auto apply damage in midi

[rotund oyster]

True. I just feel weird with some things being automated and some things aren't

[vast bane]

otherwise just halve on apply

[scarlet gale]

Half damage on outgoing damage?

[rotund oyster]

Yes, Half outgoing damage

[scarlet gale]

Like as an effect from a spell?

[vast bane]

put a buff on a mosnter who uses strength in the attacks to half the ave

basically automated ray of enfeeblement

[scarlet gale]

Doable with a one use flag

[vast bane]

its not a spell for the record though, hes making homebrewed status conditions or something

[scarlet gale]

And a macro

[rotund oyster]

Homebrew status

[vast bane]

If you make it I'll yoink it for ray of enfeeblement lol

[rotund oyster]

Its a racial feature I have for someone that gives the Weakened Status Effect

[vast bane]

oh I wonder if midi srd already did it

[rotund oyster]

LOL

[rotund oyster]

No worries. I will put that in the future . I do like that ray

Make it have bite

[scarlet gale]

Does it actually half the damage?

Or is it just an overtime?

[rotund oyster]

The way I am doing it half damage they deal

[scarlet gale]

@vast bane

[vast bane]

its hidden in the file Im trying to sus it out now

I'm not good with finding it in the midi srd file

[rotund oyster]

Oh

My bad

lol

[vast bane]

it looks like its halving the damage

it seems to be modding the attack

it doesn't appear to be a warpgate one either

yeah, its one of those "args on" and "args off" things

MidiMacros.rayOfEnfeeblement(args)

If you go to midi srd's files and find for this entry you should see its macro

it needs to be an item macro and the ability needs to apply an ae with the macro.itemmacro key

[scarlet gale]

It does an item update

Just found it myself

[vast bane]

yeah, it seems to cleanly unupdate after so it looks dope to me

[violet meadow]

Last time I checked, it was working

[vast bane]

@rotund oyster could totally yoink that macro into his custom feature

[scarlet gale]

https://gitlab.com/tposney/midi-qol/-/tree/v10#onuse-macroper-item-and-damage-bonus-macro-actor-special-traits-fields

May be more easily done with an on use flag

[vast bane]

yep I just tested it

[rotund oyster]

Oh yes

[scarlet gale]

Just edit the damage formula

In the workflow

[rotund oyster]

Now how can I yonk this? Forgive I am really really new to this world

[vast bane]

the save and such is done on the item fyi so if you make a feature do that part on it

first you need to find midi srd's v10 fork which is in bugbears profile here when you click on his name

and manually install the v10 fork he made for us

[violet meadow]

I need to test what MidiSRD needs from the Advanced Macros, if anything

I'll put it in the list

[vast bane]

You will have to peel Advanced macros from my cold dead hands sir

[scarlet gale]

Advanced macros new updates really disappointed me

[vast bane]

Advanced macros lets us break the rules of v10 by defining actor and token muahahahaha

[scarlet gale]

It broke the only thing I used it for

[violet meadow]

chat macros?

[scarlet gale]

Calling another macro to be run by a gm with a return value

[vast bane]

Maybe Zhell can make Macro Macro

[scarlet gale]

After the rework it doesn't appear to give a return anymore

[violet meadow]

Was it doing before? I always had issues with that 🤔

[vast bane]

actually, doesn't no1 just need to paste the bit that enfeeblement has, into his features item macro since he installs midi srd?

does ray of enfeeblements macro call castData at all?

[scarlet gale]

I wouldn't use that for their use case

[vast bane]

isn't it the same thing?

[scarlet gale]

They need more than just str based damage halved right?

[vast bane]

they described it initially as "weakened"

I assumed strength based only

[rotund oyster]

Wait?

what?

sorry i am trying to read this and follow

[scarlet gale]

Editing the workflow to half the damage seems far easier imo

And doesn't require doing item updates

Or a mutation

[violet meadow]

Yeah get the rolled damage, cut it by half, workflow.setDamageRoll(await new Roll('halved damage').evaluate())

[vast bane]

oooh, see thats why I was curious why it wasn't easier to halve, cause the manual damage card allows us to

[rotund oyster]

So I would have to use a macro?

[low trench]

https://tenor.com/view/ewok-star-wars-happy-birthday-gif-18741584

this was it. Thank you.

Terribly sorry Chris!

[scarlet gale]

let damageRollFormula = 'floor((' + this.damageRoll._formula + ')/2)';
let damageRoll = await new Roll(damageRollFormula).roll({async: true});
await this.setDamageRoll(damageRoll);```

save the top part in a macro somewhere and replace Chris-HalfDamage in the above image with whatever name you save it as.

May need to check if there even is a damage roll to account for the rare cases of a damage roll not being done, but otherwise this should be a good start

[rotund oyster]

Oh Let me do the reading

So Where do I save the Macro itself?

[vast bane]

@violet meadow I've now checked my own copy and midi srd's maybe its how dfreds/cub is setup for all of us individually but can you check your charm person in midi srd and see if it too is pointing to the wrong condition?

Mines defaulting to the first CE

[rotund oyster]

I keep forgetting. lol! I see what you are saying. Now Where do I save the Marco itself?

[scarlet gale]

Anywhere

Make it as a hotbar macro

Then hide it away in a folder

[rotund oyster]

I think I get it

One second

I need to do that Movie Hacker scene

@scarlet gale Okay. It runs the macro I think Do I still Type soemthing like? Weakened-Damage,postDamageRoll

If I named the Macro Weakened-Damage

[scarlet gale]

Yep

You'll know it works when the formula shows a /2 at the end in the chat card

[rotund oyster]

Okay. I see it runs the macro but it doesn't seem to be active

[scarlet gale]

Is the effect on an actor?

And did they roll damage

[rotund oyster]

It did roll damage

[vast bane]

show us the damage in chat

[scarlet gale]

Make sure the macro is set to a script macro

[rotund oyster]

KK

[vast bane]

if its item macro it can't be chat right?

[rotund oyster]

Silly me

I didn't do anything wrong

lol

[scarlet gale]

Can't use an item macro here

It needs to work on anyone

[rotund oyster]

Its nolonger chat

But I am not sure if the Marco did the thing

[vast bane]

show us he attack roll and damage in chat

[rotund oyster]

One moment

[vast bane]

my spidey senses are tingling

[rotund oyster]

I need to hit my Quiena Pig

Wait

That's weird

[vast bane]

the damage equation should be super obvious, so if hes not seeing it he aint rolling midi

[rotund oyster]

let me screen share

[vast bane]

startmenu+shift+s is snippet tool

[vast bane]

its working but whoever set it up didn't do floor

[scarlet gale]

It's likely they rolled a 1

And got rounded down to 0 after being halved

[vast bane]

hmmm should it be a min 1?

[scarlet gale]

Why would it?

[rotund oyster]

1 Min would be best

I think it needs to floor

I remember that from my other stuff I did

[scarlet gale]

Clamped technically

If you want to go that route

[vast bane]

min(1, YOUR STUFF)

oh shit clamp yeah

I suck I know

[scarlet gale]

Nah, different in the macro

[vast bane]

you actually want max not min or clamp

I worded that wrong

I mean it should have been max in my example

[scarlet gale]

Not at PC to give you an updated macro

[vast bane]

math.clamp()?

[scarlet gale]

Math.clamped

You need a range too

[vast bane]

can't they do math.max?

[scarlet gale]

I don't think DND raw has a minimum damage

No, DND rounds down

[vast bane]

it does on unarmed strikes

[scarlet gale]

Hence the math.floor

[vast bane]

there is tons of precident for min 1, bardics is another

aura of protection is a min 1 when the paladin is debuffed o charisma

[rotund oyster]

So it would be easier to have it floor to make 0 damage?

If that's easier

Nuts to the player effected by the effect

lol

[vast bane]

it will never happen

you are using an abnormal monster

everyone rolls with a damage mod

[rotund oyster]

What do you mean?

[vast bane]

monsters roll a mod into the dice so you will almost always have 2+

the dice lowest face is 1, and most monsters attack with their best attack attribute of atleast a +1

it will be very rare that a monster attacks with an 11 or 10 attribute

[rotund oyster]

True true true

[scarlet gale]

Sage advice says no minimum damage

So a 0 is very possible

[vast bane]

how does floor work with negatives?

[rotund oyster]

Then Is there a way to make it not .5?

[vast bane]

like monsters who attack with a -2 and a 1d4 dice

[rotund oyster]

Because I rememebr I use floor for Profiency stuff

[scarlet gale]

Can't be negative however

So raw it's working correctly

You'll never really run into this issue unless your players are punching each other with a negative str mod.

[scarlet gale]

That's what the math.floor is for

Prevents decimals in the damage

And DND rounds down

[rotund oyster]

Yes

[vast bane]

he must be missing it cause its not there

[scarlet gale]

Oh it is

[vast bane]

if you look at his damage card it was 0.5

[scarlet gale]

In the macro

Oh

I missed that part

[vast bane]

I think you are flooring too soon

[scarlet gale]

I'll have to look when I get home

Likely just need to update another spot in the workflow

[rotund oyster]

No prob

[vast bane]

yeah I think the floor belongs in the first line

[rotund oyster]

I will put that in the burner because it is way more trickier than I thought

But will be worth when We solve this riddle of the Spynx

[scarlet gale]

That won't change it moto

[vast bane]

k, it displays [right] in the card, but not in the workflow

[rotund oyster]

How do I load the Macro into my Compedium?

[scarlet gale]

Yep, I just need to edit the damage data too

[vast bane]

I never thought to store them in a compendium for macros since its already out of reach of the players usually

[scarlet gale]

Not sure if it supports the macro being in a compendium

[vast bane]

I get now why the midi srd one was an item macro and pulled it off

its cause everyone has access to the midi srd file

[scarlet gale]

Yea

[rotund oyster]

Then where can I save the Macro in a safe place?

[vast bane]

cause the item macro is just pointing at a few lines of code in another place

[scarlet gale]

Tuck it into a folder

That's what I do

[rotund oyster]

Like macro Directory?

[vast bane]

God I don't even put em in folders cause I use search, but honestly 99% of folder/sydstem macros are set and forget

[scarlet gale]

You don't need it on the hotbar

Yep

[vast bane]

don't "delete" the hotbar macro

drag it off

if you drag it to no where and drop it, then it clears the bar but doesn't delete the macro

[rotund oyster]

I got it

Now its in its safe place

[vast bane]

oh actually you can right click and remove too lol

[scarlet gale]

Moto you would know this, is there a syntax for rounding in a formula?

[vast bane]

aren't the formulas the same as a macro but without math

so it would be round

yeah foundrybot doesn't like us

only anvil talks to us 😦

[dark canopy]

https://foundryvtt.com/article/dice-advanced/

[scarlet gale]

Oh easy fix then

[chrome gale]

This seems to work great, but just to point out - you have your difficult terrain backwards (unless you're using a different module for it?). You have it as 0.5, but that does nothing at the moment, you set it to 2 for difficult terrain. (again, unless you use some other module? I'm using enhanced terrain layer and terrain rule)

[scarlet gale]

Iirc that function isn't working in enhanced terrain layer

I probably accidentally left it in the export

[chrome gale]

yeh it works, I changed it to 2 and it works fine

[scarlet gale]

Oh cool

[chrome gale]

0.5 does nothing

[scarlet gale]

I'll re-export it then with that fix

[chrome gale]

(I know, it feels backwards, I started by using 0.5 and struggled for ages before I figured out what I was doing wrong)

[scarlet gale]

I stopped using that module

[chrome gale]

Do you use anything for difficult terrain?

[scarlet gale]

Nah, it was breaking pathfinding in drag ruler

[chrome gale]

terrain ruler now works in v10 so drag ruler does everything for you

[scarlet gale]

Only reason I stopped using it

Kept getting really weird paths

[chrome gale]

including auto-calculating the distance for difficult terrain

[violet meadow]

I haven’t gone through the midi srd items in general which are included in the compendiums.
This is what I will be doing during the weekend, after I submit Ghostwriter hopefully.

[vast bane]

I think this is an issue in general with dae and dfreds CE

if you install dae before dfreds maybe

[scarlet gale]

@rotund oyster updated the macro, try this

[vast bane]

it resets those drop downs to the first option

[violet meadow]

Hmm I’ll check

[vast bane]

I have my dfreds set to replace

and if you replace, you knock out the original status markers

so thats probably why all these drop downs are reset, the old charmed is just gone

[rotund oyster]

Testing

[vast bane]

I've had to reset like 5 of them now going back through things

I dunno whats caused it, theres a few that are fine though

I'm not just talking about midi srd either, I'm talking about my own premade stuff

[rotund oyster]

I think it works

let me keep hitting my Guinea pig

[scarlet gale]

Maybe use a longsword or something lol

[rotund oyster]

Let me get a club or long sword

It works with the Cat Claws

[vast bane]

if you toggle off fast forward you can just put a +20 into the situational to hit modifier

[scarlet gale]

Should work with literally everything

[vast bane]

if you go to roll and hold down the T key it disables FF for that roll

[scarlet gale]

I didn't filter out anything

[rancid tide]

Is there a way to make an item ask for a skill check with a set DC ?

Like athletics or acrobatics for a grapple

[vast bane]

I personally prefer to do that with an on use macro

and I use monk's token bar

[rancid tide]

Yes a onuse macro would be perfect, how would I do that?

[scarlet gale]

let arcanaCheck = await actor.rollSkill('arc', {});```

[vast bane]

have you seen the MTB skill challenge macro floating around here?

[rancid tide]

No sorry

[scarlet gale]

Something like that

[rotund oyster]

I hit my Guinea pig a for times with different weapons

[rancid tide]

What if I want a target to make the roll?

Can I do target.rollSkill ?

[rotund oyster]

It works. I will do a double check. Doordash is calling me to work

Grrrrrr

Thanks you all so very much

[vast bane]

pretty sure thats where MTB/LMRTFY shines

[scarlet gale]

Yea, there are better ways

[vast bane]

This is bugbears shove/shieldmaster macro. I think it requires dfreds CE, advanced macros, and warpgate

[rancid tide]

But if I wanted automated? Does MTB have functions for that? Also I would prefer to use as little modules as possible

[scarlet gale]

Replace actor with the target actor object

[vast bane]

wouldn't that have one player roll for another?

[scarlet gale]

Pretty sure there isn't anything stopping you

[rancid tide]

Okay I'll test it ty very much

[vast bane]

I understand the desire not to expand modules but some of the stuff is standard meta for midi builds

a requester module is kinda tandem with midi

[rancid tide]

If a onUse macro is triggerd by the use of the item does args[0] equal "on" ?

[rancid tide]

That's also true

[scarlet gale]

No

An on use macro will always have a bunch of data there

[violet meadow]

args[0] === "on"/"off"/"each" is relevant for DAE macro execution methods

[rancid tide]

Oh okay ty I always had issues to understand how it worked

[violet meadow]

effect creation = on
effect deletion = off
Execute macro at turn start or end = each (This one is added from the Duration tab on the DAE effect)

[rancid tide]

Saving this, because I believe it is said in the API but I never "got it", ty so much this is super useful

[rancid tide]

is actor.rollSkill a function from a module or is it core? Does it have any option arguments?

[violet meadow]

Dnd5e specific

Select a token and type in console _token.actor.rollSkill

double click on the return

[rancid tide]

Is there a way to fast forward the roll?

[rancid tide]

I did but it doesn't show much, it's alla very confusing

[violet meadow]

With MidiQOL go to MidiQOL settings and locate

Fast Forward Ability Rolls

else pass it fastForward: true 👍

eg. ```js
await token.actor.rollSkill('arc', {fastForward: true, advantage:true})

[rancid tide]

Ahh okay there's an option for midi then I'm good, I just wanted to leave the choice to users that will use the module

Ty a lot!

[rancid tide]

Is there an API for Monk's Token Bar ?

[gilded yacht]

As far as I can tell it should be (I undid the module.json dnd5e version numbers change). I don't have a 2.0.3 world anymore so have not been able to test with 2.0.3 - but if you want to be a guinea pig please go ahead and ping me with any issues.

[rancid tide]

I am in the latest version of 5e myself, but now idk if you were talking to me ahah

[scarlet gale]

I think that's a failed reply

Monks does have an api

[rancid tide]

Yeah make sense

[rancid tide]

Where do I find it?

I searched in github page but nulla

[scarlet gale]

I don't think it's documented well

There is a shield bash macro floating around here that uses it

Might be able to reference that

[rancid tide]

That would be great ty

because I'm looking at how to set a custom dc to requestRoll

okay found it! it's not an API but at least the module lets you transform a request into a macro and you can study from that

[ivory iris]

Could someone help me with midi qol?? I am trying to test if non-magical physical attacks with be halved if the monster targeted has the "Non-magical physical" tick on in the resistances. This isn't working. I have "apply immunities + phyisical" checked in the settings so idk what is up

I'm willing to hop in a vc or show screenshots if that helps

[rancid tide]

Check if you have Require 'Magical' proprety set to Non spells do non-magical damage inside midi's workflow options

Workflow Settings => Workflow

[rancid tide]

I used Monk's Token Bar at the end but the problem I'm having is that now the macro doesn't wait for the roll to be made and so I can't access the result, I tried something similar to your while (stuff) to wait for the process to be done, but it doesn't seem to work.
EDIT: Never mind I found the issue, all done now, it works

[ivory iris]

Didn’t work

[spice kraken]

And the details tab of the item you're attacking with?

Also the description

[ivory iris]

Ok one sec

[rancid tide]

Are you dealing damage to an NPC or a PC?

[ivory iris]

NPC

[rancid tide]

Mhmm, no clue then, sorry friend

[ivory iris]

Damn it

[rancid tide]

Don't worry there are plenty of people that knows a ton more than me, I sure someone with a answer will respond to you

[ivory iris]

Thanks

[scarlet gale]

Are you on the newest DND version? It might be a bug related to that

[ivory iris]

I am

The new 5e

[ivory iris]

Is there any word on if that is the case?

[vast bane]

I think he was replying to a ping of him I did when he released the newest yesterday. I had asked him if we could use them with 2.0.3

[ivory iris]

Lmao I just had to update MIDI and it worked. I'm big dumb

@rancid tide I'm really sorry for the trouble!

[vast bane]

when you request a roll from a character, you can click the save button in the bottom left corner of the window to make a macro out of it, so you can fiddle that way to learn some of his stuff, but also you could go over to monks discord and ask him directly, hes actually pretty responsive.

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[vast bane]

Its Iron Monk's Modules in the list above

[vast bane]

if you were on forge, earlier tonight a user was having issues where forge was forcing them to only use really old midi and any midi older than 10.0.13 will fail to register damage resistances.

Also if you run the newest midi on a foundry build lower than 285, it will fail as well.

[left grail]

Hi, for anyone familiar can you explain how this damage is being calculated? (ignore the wounds box)

not sure what the first 4 in 4(4) refers to. Its my understanding the formula is:
PCHealth - 4?(total damage done) = newPCHealth
but even so... I was expecting to see 9 for total damage done. The actor that got attacked does not have any resistances

[scarlet gale]

Might be accidently counting it as half damage on save.

[left grail]

so possibly bug?

[sly quiver]

I was wondering if someone could help me out with adding Damage types for Midi-qol to recognise. I got linked to this message:

And was told about World scripts... But I'll be honest, I need help like im 5 xD

[opaque current]

Just tick full damage on save in the Bite details page.

[vast bane]

Midi does not work with:

Ready Set Roll
Better Rolls for 5e
Roll Groups
Fast Rolling by Default
Fast Rolls or Quick Rolls
Dice Tooltips
Taragnor's Gm Paranoia
WIRE(Whistler's Item Rolls Extended)
Minimal Roll Enhancements
Retroactive Advantage/Disadvantage
Max Crit
Multiattack 5e

Advanced Spell Effects module is just dead in v10 and often the culprit of things...

[violet meadow]

This is more of a how-to make a worldscript, as MidiQOL will just respect all damageTypes in the CONFIG.DND5E.damageType/damageResistances etc

Either use the World Scripter module or you can find more info in the second pin of the #macro-polo thread.

console.log("World Scripter: Adding in CONFIG.DND5E")
//Adding another weapon type for created attacks from spells, like Call Lightning
CONFIG.DND5E.weaponTypes["createdItemAttack"] = "Created item attack"

//Add Flanked as dnd5e condition
CONFIG.DND5E.conditionTypes["flanked"]="Flanked" 

//Add a new consumable Type
CONFIG.DND5E.consumableTypes["enchant"]="Enchantments"

//Add a new damageType
CONFIG.DND5E.damageTypes["steve"]="Steve"
//Make the added damageType to show up in immunities/resistances/vulverabilities.
CONFIG.DND5E.damageResistanceTypes["steve"]="Steve"

[tender radish]

Hello, does this flag flags.midi-qol.fail.critical.all still work in 2.12? I am trying to configure an adamantine armor effect to disallow crits.

[sly quiver]

I'll look into the world scripter module

Thank you

[real sluice]

No matter how I try cant get Midi SRD to install. Any help would be appreciated

Have tried to version in foundry modules menu, have tried to manually install the v10 version from bugbear. everything fails

[coarse mesa]

Bugbear’s one should work, but you might need to manually delete the old module from your modules folder first

[real sluice]

I just get a critical error when loading foundry

deleted old module folder

[coarse mesa]

Worst case you can unzip bugbear’s module directly into the modules folder and restart foundry

[real sluice]

I've done that.

[coarse mesa]

I don’t think that directory name is right 🤔

[real sluice]

ok. renamed folder and it loaded and now appears in list of modules but if i try to enable it i get an error

"cannot be enabled due to issues in required dependencies"

i really want to like foundry but its so difficult if youre not a coder

btw thanks for trying to help

[coarse mesa]

just for sanity try putting this in the manual install at the bottom of addons screen, make sure it's up to date https://raw.githubusercontent.com/thatlonelybugbear/midi-srd/master/module.json

[coarse mesa]

I’m no coder either and yeah foundry can be challenging but imo it’s so worth it and this community is incredible

[real sluice]

threw up loads of errors but actually worked. thank you so much

just out of interest do you know where i can get a working turn undead script?

tried more automated spells etc but doesnt seem to work correctly. no saving thros

[coarse mesa]

Hm haven’t actually implemented that yet myself, if searching in here isn’t getting you anywhere, might have to wait for the experts to weigh in

[violet meadow]

all good now?

[real sluice]

yes thank you

[ancient otter]

I have a question and I hope that this is the correct location to ask it; please advise if not. I’m trying to add an effect to trigger after X amount of damage is taken. I don’t know if there is a formula that I can add to the effect to automatically do this, or if I should continue to manually apply the effect on the trigger.

[rancid tide]

No worries my dude, happens!

[rancid tide]

Yeah I saw yesterday ty!

[violet meadow]

What does after X amount of damage is taken in this context?

a. When the actor falls below a specific hp threshold, or
b. When the damageApplied from an attack is over a threshold?

[ancient otter]

Ahh, sorry. It would be B. in this case, after they have taken 13 damage from a single source.

[violet meadow]

Do you use Warp Gate?

[violet meadow]

Do you use Activation Conditions in MidiQOL ?

[ancient otter]

Yes, I do.

[violet meadow]

workflow.damageList[0].appliedDamage >= 13

[ancient otter]

Right...I don't know why I was so focused on adding it into the Effect part and not the Activation part...thank you!

[violet meadow]

This will apply an effect when you attack with a single item though

So lets say you use a Longsword. If that weapon deals more than 13 points of damage, the effect that's on it, will be transferred to the target

It this what you want to do?

The activation condition will be just for that Weapon

[ancient otter]

Right. It's a weapon that I gave a player with the intent that its effect doesn't activate until they receive 13 damage from any single source.

[violet meadow]

Ah that sounds totally different then 🤔

The player has an Item on them with an Effect that is disabled.

You need to enable that Effect when the player is damaged for more than 13 points from a single hit.

[ancient otter]

I currently just manually enable it since it hasn't done what I want on its own (probably would be better to assign to a macro, but I'm not particularly great at writing them), but keep making a note to work on it each time it comes up.

[violet meadow]

OK there is a way to do that, but needs some scripting yeah.

Do you have a complete description of the item and its effect so that I can brainstorm in due time ? 🤣

[vast bane]

The way I automated Guardian of Faith ending was I had Guardian of faith hit itself for the same amount and gave it 60hp.

[ancient otter]

Haha yeah, it's a maul that becomes a +1 maul after 13 damage is taken (I wrote it as from a single source since I thought it would be easier to transcribe into a formula, but it could be 13 damage in general if easier to write).

[violet meadow]

Ah OK I see. Sounds even easier now.

Do you use Babonus module? (are you on v10 Foundry?)

[ancient otter]

I don't yet. I always get timid on updating. Although it seems like v10 is in a good spot to look at updating. Does Babonus automate actions?

[violet meadow]

Babonus would make this kind of situational bonus really easy to implement

[ancient otter]

I'll go check it out.

[violet meadow]

It is v10 only 😦

[ancient otter]

Yeah, I'm making a clone of my world with v10 so I can take a look.

[violet meadow]

oh let me make it then 😄

[wild oyster]

I'm trying to create a Steady Aim "spell" for my rogue, what do I have to do to get it to grant him advantage on his next attack? Is "flags.midi-qol.grants.advantage.attack.all" not the right attribute?

[violet meadow]

Yeah not grants. When an effect with this label is on an actor, it means that others attack with advantage against it.

flags.midi-qol.advantage.attack.all | Custom | 1 is the one you're looking for.

[wild oyster]

thank you!

Is there a general guide out there for understanding all the different attributes or do most people just trial and error their way trhough?

[hybrid herald]

Has anyone had problems with attacks and damage not rolling at all with midi enabled? I've tried setting everything back to defaults and still nothing. I've already gone through and gotten rid of all incompatible mods. This is only happening when In combat

[violet meadow]

Check the 1st pinned message in here. There is a doc linked for the MidiQOL flags.

Also all MidiQOL users should read https://gitlab.com/tposney/midi-qol/-/blob/v10/README.md

[violet meadow]

DND5e version and MidiQOL/DAE too?

[hybrid herald]

Midi: 10.0.26 ; DAE: 10.0.15 ; DND5e: 2.1.2

Though I'm having this weird thing where Dynamic Active Effects 10.0.16 says its installed but it is not showing up in "Add-on Modules" in setup

[violet meadow]

@gilded yacht DAE is not installing 10.0.16

[violet meadow]

Just saw that too.

[hybrid herald]

Oh, so do I just need to manually install it?

[violet meadow]

Never the less, check console for errors when you roll an attack. Anything?

[violet meadow]

Same thing. Installs 10.0.15. Probably points to that module.zip

Ah wait. There is not a .16 on the repo 🤔
Now I am confused

Yeah it doesn't seem to have been a commit since .15

[violet meadow]

Filter in console for errors only

Default Levels dropdown

[hybrid herald]

Nothing new comes up when i try to roll

[violet meadow]

Do you have a target selected?

[hybrid herald]

It's not letting me anymore

I'm not sure what happened. It was working fine yesterday

[violet meadow]

Try downgrading and try test again to at least have a ballpark of what might be happening.
https://gitlab.com/tposney/midi-qol/-/blob/v10/package/midi-qol-v10.0.25.zip

Grab the zip and unzip it in the modules folder. Needs to overwrite the existing midi-qol folder.

Reload Foundry and check again

[violet meadow]

Before doing that, it might be worth checking if you have Late Targeting on in the options

[vast bane]

I'd clear the v9 modules out and have them try, thats alot of compatibility warnings, for all we know they got tons of v9 branches going on.

also wasn't there a v9 target module that died that could prevent targetting, like simple target or something

[wheat marten]

Is there a way to have the damage card show up for the player?

[violet meadow]

Partially. Check the MidiQOL settings => Workflow Settings => Workflow tab.
It has an option to show a player damage card

But it will not be the GM one

[wheat marten]

this is what I have currently, and this is what the player gets

Ah, I assume they can't get the auto application button then? Have a player who has a tendency to manage to set his hp to zero, so the button could be useful for him xD

[vast bane]

clearly shows right in your setting you said no to pc

[wheat marten]

That's just for the auto application though?

[vast bane]

ok, the issue is that the player gets it not you

you have to have both logged in to see the different card

[wheat marten]

I am, the second picture is from being logged in as the player

[vast bane]

did you save the settings before you exited them, and do you require targets

cause I do not see check hits in this situation

[wheat marten]

I am currently not requiring targets to be selected, is that needed for this particular circumstance?

[vast bane]

yes, how does it know who to damage?

[violet meadow]

Untick the last box

[vast bane]

that box hides the info damage card not the damage damage card:

[wheat marten]

Ahhhh

[wheat marten]

Yeah, that did it, thank you!

[vast bane]

I have auto apply damage so I don't see the damage card on the players side since it auto applies

also I think you got the auto apply backwards

which might be contributing I dunno, I always have it on for both

I think the setting requires check hits and require targets

[wheat marten]

Seems to be working now at least ^_^ Thanks for the help 🙂

[vast bane]

reason why the checkbox doesn't matter for their case is cause they know what their damage resistances are, that card checkbox is for when they deal damage to others which they have no control over for a damage applier card

the owner gets the "damage applier"

[hybrid herald]

Okay, Extracted the files and replaced the ones in the destination. That didn't do the trick yet so I'm going to try to clear out the v9 mods. I also did not have late Targeting activated (though I had tried it before and it worked great)

[vast bane]

install v10's find the culprit, disable all but socketlib, libwrapper, midi, dae, test and see

[hybrid herald]

I've already tried them. It said socketlib was the problem

[vast bane]

you did find the culprit wrong

but that tells us it was a module

you should always pre enable the pure dependencies or they become the cuprit every time

but for now we're just testing if midi is working so enable the four, try it

[vast bane]

I know you said you checked modules, but the last time I didn't post this, it wound up being the cause:

Midi does not work with:

Ready Set Roll
Better Rolls for 5e
Roll Groups
Fast Rolling by Default
Fast Rolls or Quick Rolls
Dice Tooltips
Taragnor's Gm Paranoia
WIRE(Whistler's Item Rolls Extended)
Minimal Roll Enhancements
Retroactive Advantage/Disadvantage
Max Crit
Multiattack 5e

Advanced Spell Effects module is just dead in v10 and often the culprit of things...

[hybrid herald]

With just those enabled, It isn't working

Yep, I got rid of those last night

[vast bane]

Ok can you re-explain the problem exactly?

[hybrid herald]

attack and damage work fine out of combat. But as soon as I start an encounter, the only thing that will roll are roll commands in the chat

[vast bane]

this sounds like you have require targets in combat and aren't targetting

workflow tab top targetting section

when you first installed 2.1.x, did you against our advice, install 2.0.3 over it temporarily and have now re-updated?

[hybrid herald]

Okay, I enabled Late targeting in the workflow and that didn't help, but enabling it in the workflow and in the main game settings is allowing things to work again!
Are you referring to DnD5e? I have only been using foundry for a bit and only installed the most recent version of DnD5e system

[vast bane]

ok just to be clear, you could turn off require targets as well, because late targetting is a clientside setting, you'd have to walk each player through setting it up

if you want full automation you kinda need to have require targets fully on imo though so theres that, I just have an aversion to late targetting because for some reason my late targetting window appears in a weird location where I can't see it

I kinda wish there was a popup warning require targets was on just so that this issue would be more transparent to users personally 🤷

[hybrid herald]

Oh, okay, I see what you're talking about in terms of turning off requiring targeting. Yeah, that would be nice. I'm still not sure why it wouldn't let me select any targets without late targeting being on but 🤷

[vast bane]

theres two late targetting settings

theres the one that the DM sets that allows for it to be used globally, and then every client gets a setting outside the workflow button individually, also, for alll we know, you got a v9 dead target module that is breaking targetting for you

theres like I dunno 3 of em

easy target, simple target...

you should clean out your v9 modules by confirming they only have a v9 version, if thats the case, if its not a pure content module, you need to throw it away, and ask for alternative modules in v10, you can't trust the update button cause you carried over v9 branches in your v10 update process, they all think they are newest because its the last v9 branch version

you must google each module individually and get their foundry page that says if they are v10 and find their v10 module link.

[hybrid herald]

Oh, I see. So what would be the best way to go about that without f****** up the game? Find each module online and extract their module info into the mods folder and overwrite everything there?

[dark canopy]

are we just trying to get installed mods cleaned/updated for v10?

if you dont have a ton of mods, a very straightforward way would be to back up your module folder, delete it, then install modules from from the setup screen

that will ensure the latest compatible version

[hybrid herald]

... I have 162

😅

[dark canopy]

https://tenor.com/view/ight-imma-head-out-meme-leave-bye-exit-gif-16666403

[hybrid herald]

Basically

Lol I have no problems with doing things slowly or monotonous things, I just don't wanna f**k stuff up as I fix things

[inner ether]

Did the latest package updates for Midi-Qol make it compatible with the new 5e ruleset update that broke everything?

[dark canopy]

back up your data folder before proceeding, regardless of approach 🙂

[hybrid herald]

https://tenor.com/view/backing-up-spongebob-squidward-tentacles-spongebob-squarepants-reverse-gif-17867284

[vast bane]

imo the best v10 update doesn't carry over the module folder

But if you have any patreon modules you want to carry those over if you aren't paying for them currently

[hybrid herald]

I'm a little lost on what you mean

[vast bane]

copy the module folder out somewhere else. Open that module folder in windows explorer, and then go and install the modules one by one yeeting any that install and are still v9 triangles in the menu

(judging from module count you probably have v8 and v7 modules too, yeet those also

[hybrid herald]

Sounds good

https://tenor.com/view/yeet-lion-king-simba-rafiki-throw-gif-16194362

[left grail]

I double checked, I dont have any of these installed. The only one I am unsure of is "Fast Rolling by Default". Was this referring to the fast rolling setting in midi?

[vast bane]

your issue is that you had a save on the item without an active effect or an activation condition

midi automatically assumes its meant to be half damage save

if you add the correct CE/condition to the item then it will apply the condition and possibly fix the half damage thing, but also you can check the box at the bottom of the item for "full damage save"

All of the things I list in that copy/paste are modules

[hybrid herald]

Is it best to uninstall V9 mods from the config/setup menu or delete them in the folders

[vast bane]

I don't know what you are doing for a process.

When I updated to v10, I installed a fresh v10 and carried over all my data except the module folder. So in your case it'd be like deleting the module folder, or more specifically the contents of it, make sure you back it up first just move it to another folder. Then use its contents in windows explorer as a list to go down installing them, and if any install with a compatibility warning of 9 or older, yeet them.

the exceptiosn to the yeet rule would be modules that are pure content like jb2a, and map modules, as well as I personally have tested touchvtt and mobile improvements, they still work, but 99.9% of v9 or older modules are gonna be dead in v10 and cause you headaches

[hybrid herald]

Okay. It's just the modules for me because I initially installed it at V10

[left grail]

okay thank you, this is making sense now

[vast bane]

Trying to do a sequencer macro and got help from macro polo but the error is midi so hopefully someone here can help?

const [spawn] = await warpgate.spawn("Dancing light - Yellow", {}, {}, duplicates: 4);
new Sequence().effect().file("jb2a.misty_step.01.blue").atLocation(spawn).play()

says I'm missing a )

[violet meadow]

Not MidiQOL. You are missing some {} though

[dark canopy]

last arg of spawn

[violet meadow]

const [spawn] = await warpgate.spawn("Dancing light - Yellow", {}, {}, {duplicates: 4});

[vast bane]

doh

in my defense, the name doesn't have those

[dark canopy]

when in doubt: https://trioderegion.github.io/warpgate/warpgate.html#.spawn 🙂

[vast bane]

I actually am already there looking at the original dancing lights lol

I just got distracted shouold have read further

should submit this macro in place of the original eh?

[gaunt nebula]

Is there a way to model "taunt" type effects? (Impose disadvantage if target attacks anyone but a specific token, like Compelled Duel)

[violet meadow]

yeah

but knee deep in code now 😄

[vast bane]

oh actually I dunno why I doubted the original

[dark canopy]

absolutely feel free to submit an example -- lemme create a 'wiki' tag for just such a thing

[vast bane]

the original does it right

this new macro doesn't do it right, there is only one crosshair

[dark canopy]

hmm? that's what should happen

[vast bane]

they spawn around where I place it, whereas the original has 4 crosshairs

[dark canopy]

right, look at the difference in how you are calling it

[vast bane]

I think I'll stick with this version just cause theres that technical rule where they can't stray from each other

[dark canopy]

they have to be within 20 feet of either you or each other, i forget which

[vast bane]

yeah, gonna keep it as a singular crosshair

[hybrid herald]

Do you know if DF Quality of life has been causing any problems?

[violet meadow]

Not to my knowledge. I use it

[vast bane]

If DF didn't update that to v10, its a good bet its useless now or he saw so little traffic on it

DF definitely updated all his useable modules

[vast bane]

V10 is available for it

[hybrid herald]

So I have this, and it seems updated to the most current version. Do you have any idea as to why it might still have the warning?

[vast bane]

my instructios were to worry about only 9 and lower

[violet meadow]

cause you are on 10.291 and its been verified for 10.288 version only (probably safe to use)

[vast bane]

the reason why the 10's dont matter is cause the v9 to v10 update messed with stuff

as long as its over that hurdle you gucci

although midi has a minimum of 285 fyi folks

[hybrid herald]

ohhh, so only likely need to get rid of it if it has a warning of 9 or earlier?

[vast bane]

Does not enable on 10.284 or earlier

before you yeet them, ask about them in module discussion, theres a bunch with forks or new names

also you might have realy old ones that don't show in the menu

they will likely be console yellow warnings in your server menu when you finally finish your current process

they will show themselves like this probably:

though this one actually shows in my menu

Hey, the backup applier buttons are missing hptemp

we should probably report that

but I gotta go snowblow a driveway for an hour so...ttyl

[dark canopy]

@fluid cradle 👋 this would be the go-to spot for midi macro help 🙂

[fluid cradle]

Thanks, didnt know this existed. :O

I have a question:
I am using warpgate to render a menu for artificers infusion for enhanced weapon.

My problem is: If i use it as GM, i get the pop up, If player uses it on himself, he gets the popup. But as soon as he uses it on another player, the GM gets the popup.

Has anyone had any similar problems with this?

[dark canopy]

(go ahead and post the script here, there are a ton of midi execute as GM that is likely causing all the confusion)

[vast bane]

bet you infusions would be a great use case for macro.createitem

I think you should just use an active effect with the createitem key that way you don't have to fiddle with execute as GM

make sure you safely store the items that you put in the createitem key somewhere where they won't get deleted, I personally made a special compendium just for them all

if you wanna stick with the execute as gm macro, you have to do thaat funky trick where you send the gm the args

I thought that was no longer a thing in v10 though, are you on v9?

I think to transfer args to the GM you do something like this:

if (args[0].workflow) delete args[0].workflow; //for newer versions of MidiQOL that deletion is needed.

game.macros.getName("TauntAthletics").execute(args[0]);

put your original macro as a system macro thats called by this in the spot where I have TauntAthletics

[fluid cradle]

I am on v10, I do not execute this as GM (i dont set it in item macro), I would like to upgrade the weapon, but my 1st problem is where does the macro show the menu :/

and I dont exactly understand how/where to fix it, I already removed line 25

so it shouldnt run as GM

[molten solar]

Nothing bad is going to happen if you delete a property that does not exist. You don't need the if 🙂

[vast bane]

await MidiQOL.socket().executeAsGM("removeEffects", { actorUuid: lastArg.actorUuid, effects: [lastArg.effectId] });

[fluid cradle]

I removed this line, it still did the same thing, I also removed the whole IF and yet it still does the same thing :/

Also everyone has "unarmed strike" which is always considered a "simpleM" and length from weapons is always more than 0

[vast bane]

HEY! You stay away from args sir! It will corrupt you!

[molten solar]

Haaaaaave you met this? 😏

[scarlet gale]

Only need to delete the workflow part if your trying to use advanced macros run as gm. This script doesn't appear to need that

[scarlet gale]

This part puts an effect on a non owned actor. It's unlikely you want to remove that

[ivory iris]

I know how to automate Sneak Attack for a PC but how does one do that for an NPC or Creature??

Like the Assassin stat block

[vast bane]

I do it with advantage reminder cause I don't fast forward, but someone here has dissected the midi sample item to make it work with CR instead of rogue levels I'm sure

[ivory iris]

Do you know how or who that was?

[vast bane]

just replace the rogue entry with @details.cr probably

and yeet the rogue check message

theres probably a @details.rogue.level entry that should be changed to the cr entry, and the one that is like a check for if the character has rogue levels, just yeet its whole function

[ivory iris]

where do I need to change this

[vast bane]

in the macro thats on your automated rogue sneak attack feature?

[ivory iris]

ok

[vast bane]

I'd say share it here but I think sneak attack is really long

[ivory iris]

would you mind jumping in a vc? I'm really bad with code

[vast bane]

I'll dig it out when I get down to the pc again.

if nobody edits your macro for you in 10 mins I'll do it

[ivory iris]

Ok

I appreciate it

In the MIDI sample items I see both sneak attack items but in them I don't see anywhere to actually change the macro

[vast bane]

Midiqol V10 Sneak Attack for monsters:
(Requires Item Macro, Midiqol, dae)

This macro still requires a dex based attack to work.

@ivory iris

open the text file, and copy and paste the code into the item macro of the sneak attack feature on the actor. Make sure you trim the discord stuff at the top and bottom

[ivory iris]

I appreciate that! I'll try after my homework

Wait wdym Item Macro? I dont have that

[vast bane]

normally you can get by without that module

but because you need to paste into it, you need to install it, and because you are a midi user you need to neuter it before you do anything else once its active

you need to install then go to settings for it and turn OFF character sheet hooks, midi just uses it as a storage device.

[ivory iris]

Geez. Ok

Thank you!

[pearl crescent]

This their a Code for a MidiWorkFlow or general workflow that Checks when an Item with a Charges if the Consume available resource button was checked or unchecked when the ability was used?

Like I assume It would be like Checking if an Attack roll is Crit something like"args[0].isCritical) damageRoll = MidiQOL.doCritModify(damageRoll)" but to see if the player consumed an available recourse

[vast bane]

There has to be because His module Item Delete check will tell you when they are used. I think.

[hot flower]

does anyone know of a good Lightning Arrow macro? or something that can be adapted? Spell description here:

Whether you hit or miss, each creature within 10 feet of the target must make a Dexterity saving throw. Each of these creatures takes 2d8 lightning damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.

The piece of ammunition or weapon then returns to its normal form. 

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, the damage for both effects of the spell increases by 1d8 for each slot level above 3rd.```

seems like it's a lot like Hunter's Mark, but also does AOE damage to be computed.

like Bursting Arrow

[pearl crescent]

Anyone Know what you have to Put into the "Activation Condition" that checks if the their atleast One use left in the Itemcard Would "@item.uses.value".includes("1") work?

[sudden crane]

@gilded yacht another typo in your latest DAE version 1.0.15:
change.checkValue should be changed to checkValue
https://gitlab.com/tposney/dae/-/commit/43c3f0c93bcca9da9acdc5f3c522536c7ef67e74#d1d327cb2599c3584726df798927556830e79a1a_252_260

[crude aspen]

Does Activation condition ever get used by midiqol (outside of whether or not to roll other damage)?

[vast bane]

Mace of Disruption in Midi sample items is a good example

when in doubt, look at his samples as well as midi srd

I don't really know what the purpose of your activation is, if the item has no charges it won't work if its on empty anyway

are you trying to automate wands breaking?

I would automate wands breaking by using an effect macro or soomething on the item that deletes it during a rest if the 1 is rolled

[crude aspen]

Are you asking me or someone earlier?

[vast bane]

oops, sorry just assumed the two of you were the same person while on phone!

[kind cape]

It is a good question though, what is your end goal?

[vast bane]

I usually plagerize the sample items or pester chris/fotoply/bugbear for one hehe

[crude aspen]

Currently blundering my way through automating as much of the Monk's Deflect Missiles feature as possible

[vast bane]

ooooh no

dude its in the sample items already!

[crude aspen]

It is, but not exactly as I want it

[vast bane]

oooh ok

yeah if I recall its also made wrong

it expends a ki point everytime it deflects, its only suppose to do that when you throw it back

[crude aspen]

Exactly

It also lets you see the damage before deciding

So right now I have it split into two parts

One set to reaction that gives you some temporary rwak dr

[vast bane]

yeah, I don't have a monk but I remember helping someone with the v9 and realizing how wrong it was setup

its fire back also makes a strange broken item if the shot item is poorly made

[crude aspen]

Another set to reaction damage that lets you spend a ki point and some modified code from the example

[crude aspen]

Do you remember anything about how the item breaks?

[vast bane]

oh thats a good idea

I reported the v9 breakage and I think he fixed it

it was cause the archer didn't have ammunition, alot of monsters I made didn't have arrows or bolts that were functional

pretty sure you don't have to clone the item at all, isn't the return damage the martial arts die?

[crude aspen]

So I guess my end goal with the activation condition question is whether or not I can only trigger the second part if the first part has been used

Because I don't want to give the option to throw the missile back if they never tried to deflect it lol

[crude aspen]

I believe it's only the martial arts die if its an upgrade to the die the item normally uses

i.e. if you're deflecting a javelin at low monk level it'd be worth it to use the d6

[crude aspen]

Huh, might be slightly janky but an activation condition of "effects.find(ef=>ef.label === "Deflect Missiles")" seems to do the job

[vast bane]

oh thats a good play though, thats not janky, thats smart. Trust me, I know janky.

[crude aspen]

I guess a slight correction is that it still lets you use the feature, it just doesn't run the macro

[gilded yacht]

Fixed in 10.0.16 - which I'd inadvertently not comitted

[gilded yacht]

Try now

[gilded yacht]

Should have done the git push 😳

[violet meadow]

😄
Yeah now it's fine 😉

[vast bane]

is there a specific reason that midi disables on v10 builds below 284 285?

2 users were rocking 284 and it took us a while to figure out they needed to update foundry

[violet meadow]

Many things changes between these version and .286+ iirc.
MidiQOL v10.0.14+ needs 10.286+

[vast bane]

what threw me off is how normally that sort of incompatibility doesn't disable the module

so I automatically assumed it was a dnd5e/midi/dae version problem, never bothered to check foundry

[violet meadow]

Could be dnd5e too. What were the versions?

eg Breaking 10.0.12 requires dnd5e 2.0.3 or later and won't activate without it.

[vast bane]

I forget the users stuff now it was yesterday shortly after tim dropped 26

it was the guy with the legacy forge build

[chrome gale]

is there a way for a spell to deal an AoE damage radius (centred on the caster) while applying an effect only to the caster?

[violet meadow]

The effect can be made to Apply to Self when the Item is rolled

Check that in the Details page of the DAE effect

[gilded yacht]

It should work with 2.0.3, in that the module.json will let the module load. For the changes that I had to make to get midi to work with 2.1.2 I tried to make them all backwards compatible, but I don't have a 2.0.3 world to test in anymore, so it's possible that the changes will cause a problem.

You can probably do this with an overtime effect with a removeCondition which is set by taking the appropriate action.

[mortal trellis]

it also doesn't work if the monk player doesn't use the reaction: if you close the window or let it expire there's 0 damage applied to the monk

[crude aspen]

RIP

Current way I've shifted to trying is setting the second part to reactionmanual and having the first part set it to reactiondamage, but it's becoming more and more clear I don't quite understand how to update items in foundry

At least through js macros

[vast bane]

is there a reason why you don't want it always reaction damaged?

you could use macro.createitem to have the first reaction apply an active effect to the monk, that gives him the other reaction

[crude aspen]

Only want it to pop up if the monk has tried catching something

[vast bane]

to finish that key, you need to drag the second reaction item to the effect value, it will put code into the value field, however, you should store that createitem item, somewhere safe where it won't get deleted, like a compendium of created items

[crude aspen]

Oh wow, I wouldn't have assumed I could drag and drop like that

[vast bane]

I think its the only thing hes done with that mechanic so far, but I do like it

make sure when you drag it, that its in its final home, aka already in the storage compendium

cause I think the UUID changes when it goes into a compendium

[crude aspen]

I take it its passing a reference then?

Ah yeah I see

[vast bane]

yeah I think its literally the exact same thing as right clicking that thing on the taskbar

errrr...whatever the top bar is on the windows

[crude aspen]

Is there any way to then point its resource consumption at the ki feature?

If it's temporarily created like that

[vast bane]

in the effect macro you could do that

it would be an update on the item...

or, you could put an item macro on the createitem item to expend a resource called ki or something

if you have EM, it'd probably be better

but yeah, Itemmacro could do it too

when the reactions rolled, it finds an item called X, and expends 1 resouce

I don't think it would touch midi syntax, so if you don't know what to put in it, you could probably get assistance from macro polo

I have an item that fills the charges of a different item if you want it for an example

[crude aspen]

Thanks, I'll probably take a break from it for a bit and give it another crack in the morning

[vast bane]

const otherItem = actor.items.getName("(Snack Buff)Sylvan Granola bar");
const {value, max} = otherItem.getRollData().item.uses;
console.log(value, max)
const {total} = await item.rollFormula();
console.log(total)
const toAdd = Math.ceil(total/5);
console.log(toAdd)
await otherItem.update({"data.uses": {value: value + toAdd}});

this takes the roll of the item, and updates another named item with the charges it rolled

could just use the first and last lines and update it with value-1

this is an itemmacro not an effect macro fyi

[crude aspen]

True, just a slight bummer it won't have the autocheck from midi on whether there are enough resources left

[vast bane]

you could put a return in the macro

if value <1 return;

hmmm

I got another macro that kills a roll...

if (args[0].macroPass === "preItemRoll") {
    if (!actor.items.getName("Gilded Acorn")) {
        ui.notifications.error("You have no Gilded Acorn")
        return false;
    }
}

So you could replace the check for my item with the charges left on ki. Make sure you have the item macro set to go pre item roll

[crude aspen]

preroll still necessary if I'm doing the attack/damage in the macro?

[vast bane]

@violet meadow This midi srd item has no leading modifier and is using an ADD drop down, I think this could be a problem?

its a midisrd feature

[crude aspen]

Or only if I were doing it in the item details

[vast bane]

I think if it does many things, I think theres an option for all

I think in the drop downs theres a thing for all steps

[crude aspen]

Yeah I've just been using after AE

[vast bane]

but also, one of the smart guys is gonna see this message and chime in with a better answer lol

actually I am right cause heres what the item macro is set to that I pulled that from:

its set to all because theres a pre item roll and the rest has to happen after active effects

if (args[0].macroPass === "postActiveEffects") { this is for the rest of the macro, obviously the other end of that bracket is at the end of the macro but its really long and I didn't wanna share it

[crude aspen]

I see, so your flow is preroll -> check to see if there's Ki (kill it if not), postAE -> do the throw attack and damage stuff

I was just going to do postAE -> check Ki then do attack and damage stuff

[vast bane]

if you do it pre roll, then you can kill the rest of the behavior I believe

the main reason why this is pre item roll is cause its a spell, and I wanted to avoid the resource consumption window popping

so if thats not an issue you could probably do it all after effect? but....you can't cause the damage workflow happens earlier

no I'm bein dumb

your macros not doing the damage, the item roll is

your macros just expending the ki point

[crude aspen]

No I have my macro doing the damage, you're right on that

[vast bane]

yeah, I think you have to do more macroPass then

I'd ping someone like bugbear or Chris or fotoply on this one or wait for them to be active in channel and ask em

Chris is kinda impossible to ping here theres like 10 chris's

[crude aspen]

Honestly I think with what you're suggesting it might work on just one item

Instead of the two item thing I have going right now

[vast bane]

if you do get it functional, you should submit here, label it deflect missiles, cause I think we'd all want a funtional version

I just pinged bugbear about his module so he'll probably see what we're talkin about eventually

[violet meadow]

Should be safe 🤔

Make it CUSTOM to be safer

[violet meadow]

Not mine 😉

[vast bane]

they are trying to tackle deflect missiles cause the sample item is very wonky

[violet meadow]

OK what's up with that? I cannot go through the messages now

[crude aspen]

Fundamental issue is it's a two-parter, reaction on hit to reduce damage and reaction on damage if you reduced it to zero

Currently trying it with split items but could conceivably do it in one

[violet meadow]

Wait, does the Deflect Missiles from the MidiQOL sample Item compendium not work properly?

[viscid echo]

How do you mark a new session for midi QOL roll statistics?

[vast bane]

its return item is wonky, if the monk closes the reaction, it reduces the damage still, and it expends the ki point on usage, when it should only expend when you throw the missile back

[crude aspen]

It also lets you see the damage beforehand instead of deciding to deflect on hit

[scarlet gale]

I've found having the catch separate from the throw back is easier

If the player wants to throw it back and spend a ki point you just have another item

[violet meadow]

OK can be changed to accommodate both issues, I think... testing

[chrome gale]

Ahha, thankyou. I had been planning in my head a convoluted method of applying the effect via a manual itemMacro, but this is much easier lol

[crude aspen]

Got it working I think

Yeah it's working in broad terms, now just have to clean it up a bit formatting wise

[rotund oyster]

Not sure if this is something that MidiQOL does, but I have to Ask. I was using test players to see how things work. We were having a good time, but notice the Convenient effects weren't showing up in the chat log for the players. Is there a way to adjust that?

[crude aspen]

Were you seeing them as GM?

[rotund oyster]

Yes. I was

Wait i think I figured it out

[crude aspen]

And you've checked the CE settings?

[rotund oyster]

Let me double check so I don't like

I think it was that and not MidiQOL

I am double checking

Yes it was that

Was easier than thought to fix

lol

[vast bane]

dfreds ce messages are controlled by dfreds ce settings

fyi they spoil monster names, which is why I keep it on GM and reveal the player ones

[violet meadow]

Try this for good measure

Delete the DAE from the original deflection

hmm still its reaction damaged arggh

let me check something

[coarse mesa]

In case you missed it Moto, we’re about to get full rich text descriptions for AEs in v11

They’re copying Zhell

[vast bane]

dfred added to dfreds EP too

but vae has the editor window so staying with that

[coarse mesa]

I’m talking a full journal style editor yeah

In core AEs

v11 stable in a couple months, the pace here is relentless lol

I’m only a few sessions into v10 😅

[chrome gale]

yeesh really? that actually sucks. If it breaks everything again. There's a bunch of important modules that aren't even v10 ready yet

[coarse mesa]

it's not going to be anything like v10... ripper said only one of his 40 modules needed fixing and it was trivial

[chrome gale]

oh ok well thats a relief haha

[crude aspen]

I love the @classes.warlock.levels at the top

I assume testing on a random warlock actor lol

[rancid tide]

Is there a way to make a "spellbook" like feature where I can put X items and reference it anytime I want

I'm making an Alchimist class that has a formulae book for Alchemical Items, which the class can reference for crafting purposes

And for now it's a "simple" item that when used spawns a dialogue window that let's you choose X items from the game.items section that respect the requirements to learn and craft afterwards

[rancid tide]

But that's a bit boring... Is there any way to make a menu sorta like the one in pathfinder 2e where you can store formulae to craft? Where would I even start with something like that?

[chrome gale]

I am using an item macro to create a template. Is there a way to also tie it to concentration?

[scarlet gale]

Here's an example out of my javelin of lightning for doing that.

let effectData2 = {
    'label': 'Javelin Of Lightning: Bolt Template',
    'icon': 'icons/magic/lightning/bolt-forked-large-blue-yellow.webp',
    'changes': [
        {
            'key': 'flags.dae.deleteUuid',
            'mode': 5,
            'priority': 20,
            'value': templateDoc.uuid
        }
    ],
    'duration': {
        'seconds': 1
    },
    'origin', this.item.uuid
};```

Set the origin as the item

for the effect as well

As far as I can tell midi just checks by uuid

[coarse mesa]

You have concentration on your javelin of lightning 🤔

[scarlet gale]

nah

Just added that in

[chrome gale]

borderColor: "#000000",
    distance: 20,
    fillColor: "#000000",
    user: game.user.id, 
    t: "circle",
    x: token.center.x,
    y: token.center.y,
    texture: "CustomDiscworld/Tokens/Empty%20(Token).png",
    flags: {      "enhanced-terrain-layer": {
        "multiple": 2,
        "elevation": null,
        "depth": null,
        "environment": ""
      },
    },
 } ;

let [template] = await canvas.scene.createEmbeddedDocuments("MeasuredTemplate", [templateData]);
await tokenAttacher.attachElementToToken(template, token, suppresNotification=false);

This is the macro I have so far

templateDoc.uuid

[scarlet gale]

oh

[chrome gale]

will this grab the right template id?

[scarlet gale]

let me get the variable for that, I only copied part of the macro

[chrome gale]

thanks

[scarlet gale]

 let changes = await canvas.scene.createEmbeddedDocuments('MeasuredTemplate', [templateData]);
 let templateDoc = changes[0];```

[chrome gale]

Also don't try this macro, it doesn't work, the 'enhanced terrain' flags section breaks it. I haven't figured that part out yet lol

[scarlet gale]

Question, are you just trying to have a spell that gets attached to the center of the token?

[chrome gale]

no

a template

[scarlet gale]

that's what I mean

[chrome gale]

then yes

[scarlet gale]

You can just update the position of the midi placed template then attach it

let template = canvas.scene.collections.templates.get(args[0].templateId);
if (!template) return;
let tokenObject = args[0].workflow.token;
await template.update(
    {
        'x': tokenObject.center.x,
        'y': tokenObject.center.y
    }
);
await tokenAttacher.attachElementsToToken([template], tokenObject, false);```

[chrome gale]

ahha... interesting

do any of the midi options auto-place a template, without needing to place it first?

though this solves my 'terrain layer' issue as I have controls for that using the default spell settings

[scarlet gale]

Not sure, I had this on hand for the darkness spell and that's not always attached to the token. I have a dialog ask if they want it to get attached.

[chrome gale]

let template = canvas.scene.collections.templates.get(args[0].templateId);
if (!template) return;
let tokenObject = args[0].workflow.token;
await template.update(
    {
        'x': tokenObject.center.x,
        'y': tokenObject.center.y
    }
);
await tokenAttacher.attachElementsToToken([template], tokenObject, false);

let effectData = {
    'label': 'Difficult Terrain',
    'icon': 'icons/magic/lightning/bolt-forked-large-blue-yellow.webp',
    'changes': [
        {
            'key': 'flags.dae.deleteUuid',
            'mode': 5,
            'priority': 20,
            'value': templateDoc.uuid
        }
    ],
    'duration': {
        'seconds': 60
    },
    'origin', this.item.uuid
};

I'm assuming this is wrong

[scarlet gale]

All that's missing is the line to make the effect on the actor

[chrome gale]

what line is that?

[scarlet gale]

So you have the effect data

but you don't do anything with it

[chrome gale]

oh

I think I have that

[scarlet gale]

await MidiQOL.socket().executeAsGM('createEffects', {'actorUuid': tokenObject.actor.uuid, 'effects': [effectData]});

[chrome gale]

await actor.createEmbeddedDocuments("ActiveEffect", [effectData]);

[scarlet gale]

or

await tokenObject.actor.createEmbeddedDocuments('ActiveEffect', [effectData]);```

The first one will work actors the player doesn't own

but if it's always on themselves you don't need the execute as GM call

(and can use the 2nd one)

[chrome gale]

hmm... errors

[scarlet gale]

screenshot of console?

[chrome gale]

let template = canvas.scene.collections.templates.get(args[0].templateId);
if (!template) return;
let tokenObject = args[0].workflow.token;
await template.update(
    {
        'x': tokenObject.center.x,
        'y': tokenObject.center.y
    }
);
await tokenAttacher.attachElementsToToken([template], tokenObject, false);

let effectData = {
    'label': 'Difficult Terrain',
    'icon': 'icons/magic/lightning/bolt-forked-large-blue-yellow.webp',
    'changes': [
        {
            'key': 'flags.dae.deleteUuid',
            'mode': 5,
            'priority': 20,
            'value': templateDoc.uuid
        }
    ],
    'duration': {
        'seconds': 60
    },
    'origin', this.item.uuid
};

await tokenObject.actor.createEmbeddedDocuments('ActiveEffect', [effectData]);

[scarlet gale]

let templateDoc = canvas.scene.collections.templates.get(this.templateId);
if (!templateDoc) return;
let tokenObject = this.token;
await templateDoc.update(
    {
        'x': tokenObject.center.x,
        'y': tokenObject.center.y
    }
);
await tokenAttacher.attachElementsToToken([templateDoc], tokenObject, false);

let effectData = {
    'label': 'Difficult Terrain',
    'icon': 'icons/magic/lightning/bolt-forked-large-blue-yellow.webp',
    'changes': [
        {
            'key': 'flags.dae.deleteUuid',
            'mode': 5,
            'priority': 20,
            'value': templateDoc.uuid
        }
    ],
    'duration': {
        'seconds': 60
    },
    'origin': this.item.uuid
};
await tokenObject.actor.createEmbeddedDocuments('ActiveEffect', [effectData]);```

Try this

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I'm just shutting off ASE as it throws errors anyway

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Cleaned up all the args[0] parts and replaced them with this

oh

is this v9?

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no its v10 (hence ASE throwing errors)

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Yea, ASE has never worked in v10

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the parts of ASE I use work in v10