Custom System Builder

[half beacon]

It's a function described as above after the first line of code.
function getList(actor, field, value)
is the start of where Lyinggod defines what it looks for and the value to return.

[still lichen]

Has anyone used the FUx dice roller with CSB? I was trying to use FU dice in a label but couldn't get it to work.

[formal goblet]

Don't think so. What is it supposed to do?

[timid marten]

Hi!

Would it be possible to change an item's color (in an item container) based on a modifier or key value that states their rarity?

[formal goblet]

You mean the link to the Item? Nope. It can be changed via CSS, but that's usually static. It would be possible if we'd be talking about the Labels instead, these can contain HTML (and styling-rules), which can be changed conditionally.

[timid marten]

I see, that's sad :(

What about the name show when opening the item?

[formal goblet]

That one is also static 😅

[timid marten]

😭

I wish the rarity colors module could work with this system

from what i've seen it's not compatible

[formal goblet]

Yeah, I doubt it that a module can do that without being dependent on the system

[timid marten]

Well, it is mentioned that it can work with other system

[formal goblet]

You can let the Item Container show a Label with a rarity colour, that would work. But besides that, meh

[formal goblet]

Well, our path would be system.props.rarity (given you create a component with the key rarity)

[timid marten]

so close yet so far

isn't there some tweaking possible ?

to make them compatible

[formal goblet]

I don't see the issue in reading the value. The bigger problem is to apply the right styles to the right elements

[timid marten]

Hm

Yup, tried a dropdown with the key "rarity" and it doesn't change anything

[fierce harbor]

Hi there! Quite a silly question: how would one go about trying to set up two stats, say using Dropdowns, that are mutually dependant and both modifiable by players?
E.g.: stat A ranges from 0 to 10 and so does stat B, but their sum must be 12 at all times (numbers here serve just to examplify).

[formal goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/sweat-sweating-nervous-wet-sad-gif-5796001

[fierce harbor]

Ok, I fear that was not clear at all 😅🤣
First of all thank you for even reading the question...I know it's quite mumble-jumble 😅
Second, lets say that we use Number Fields instead of Dropdowns.
Then, what can I add to better clarify the matter?

[formal goblet]

Let's see...

{
  key: "a",
  type: "Number Field",
  value: 0,
  max: "${max - b}$"
},
{
  key: "b",
  type: "Number Field",
  value: 0,
  max: "${max - a}$"
},
{
  key: "max",
  type: "Label",
  value: 12
}

Something like this?

[fierce harbor]

Doesn't this generate a circular reference?
Plus, it's not the max that has to be 'controlled' but the current value.

[formal goblet]

Not exactly. It would be true if we'd be talking about values of Labels, but in this case it's the Formula for the max of a Number Field. What happens is that the max-values reference the current values of the opposing fields (not the max-values)

[formal goblet]

That would be hard to control, because a field can either contain a derived value or a persisted value

[fierce harbor]

Ok, I get it. I'll test it and let you know what the outcome is.
Thanks a bunch!

[timid marten]

So you can change a label's color right? Could it be possible to show a bar, like a hunger bar for example, that would decline or get full based on specific keys like "hunger/maxhunger"?

I did it like that on Roll20 and am wondering how to do it in foundry

[formal goblet]

That's possible, yeah. Some people here already did that with resource bars

[timid marten]

I want them on the character sheet, not the token, is that still possible?

[earnest imp]

Bar Brawl is pretty good module if you wanna look into it

[formal goblet]

Yeah, I meant the Label

[timid marten]

I know about it but it doesn't affect the character sheet iirc

[formal goblet]

A Label can contain HTML, so you can more or less do everything in there

[timid marten]

Could you provide an example please? I'm not well versed enough in CSB's possibilites as of right now to understand how I could do this

[formal goblet]

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/progress?retiredLocale=en

[timid marten]

Oh okay we can paste the html and it works

Damn

I thought there was some trickery to do

[formal goblet]

Yeah, like I said, you can just use plain HTML

[timid marten]

This opens lots of possibilites

[formal goblet]

https://gitlab.com/custom-system-builder/custom-system-builder/-/wikis/Tips-&-Tricks/Conditional-text-color-formatting One of those

[timid marten]

If one wanted to interact with the "file" var inside this example with a macro or formula, how could they do it? I've not been using VTT for a while and am still wondering how to interact with actors informations

Let's say I want to reduce the value from 70 to 50 for this specific actor

[formal goblet]

You usually want to couple a progress bar with other Components (like Number Fields). So you just insert Formulas into the right fields of the bar. That's all

<progress max="${HP_MAX}$" value="${HP}$"></progress>

[timid marten]

I see, thank you!

[timid marten]

Any idea on how to fix the css difference between the app and my browser (firefox)?

Left is firefox, right is the app

[formal goblet]

Welcome in the World of Web Development, where each browser can have their own rules

[timid marten]

My players will use Firefox too, is there any way to have the Firefox result on my app, or the contrary?

I just want it to be consistent

[earnest imp]

I'm sorry to tell you

That's outside CSB or even Foundry's capabilites lol

That's browser dependent

[timid marten]

I can't help but wonder tho

Why is my app bar green when it's blue in the css

Firefox read it right, not foundry's app

🤔

[earnest imp]

Foundry is electron app

Its chrome based

May want to crosscheck your foundry's app view with chrome view

[timid marten]

Yup that's what I'm about to do

ty

[earnest imp]

You may have to give up some CSS being uniform since its browser-to-browser dependent

[formal goblet]

There might be additional styles for resource bars from other sources (modules, Foundry, etc...). You shoud check that with the inspector (F12)

[timid marten]

I'll have my players use the same browser (firefox ideally), it would just be weird if my app shows something green when it's blue on a different browser (I'll have to write my css around chrome and firefox, I think it was firefox only)

[timid marten]

Yup, will check this too!

[earnest imp]

Yup, if you want your Firefox and Foundry view to be the same, you'll want to develop for Firefox and Chrome too

[timid marten]

Yeah, fixed it by applying the same informations but for both browsers

progress[value] {
  border: none;
  width: 200px;
  margin: 0 10px;
  border-radius: 10em;
  background: lightgrey;
}
progress[value]::-moz-progress-bar {
  border-radius: 10em;
  background: blue;
}

::-webkit-progress-bar {
  width: 200px;
  margin: 0 10px;
  border-radius: 10em;
  background: lightgrey;
}

::-webkit-progress-value {
  border-radius: 10em;
  background: blue;
}

[real shuttle]

does the midi-QoL module work with csb?

at some point I'll bother to learn proper from-scratch system development, but right now I'm just trying to get enough on the screen for us to playtest--and I have no idea how to get item descriptions into the chat right now

oop okay, @undone smelt said under my first post that it won't work in other systems--does anyone have any wisdom on how to set up item cards in chat that show descriptions with clickable rolls and such?

[timid marten]

I've been trying to get different bars with different colors but I can't seem to obtain it.

Here is what I tried, the label:

<progress class="hunger" max="${HG_MAX}$" value="${HG}$"></progress>

and the css:

.hunger {
  border: none;
  width: 125px;
  border-radius: 10em;
  background: grey;
}

.hunger::-moz-progress-bar {
  border-radius: 10em;
  background: blue;

.hunger::-webkit-progress-bar {
  width: 125px;
  border-radius: 10em;
  background: grey;
}

.hunger::-webkit-progress-value {
  border-radius: 10em;
  background: blue;
}

The result is the basic progress bar

Any idea why?

[fierce harbor]

You're missing a closing } before the first -webkit- declaration. Could be that.

[timid marten]

bad copy paste on my side, the issue is not present on the real css

[fierce harbor]

I see. Can't see anything else at the moment ...

[timid marten]

oh wait

It just fixed itself

🫠

[real shuttle]

I'm going nuts
someone please help my brain find how to create and use variables inside the ${}$ commands?

I looked it up once but have now forgotten both how and where I found the info

(or just how to reference item stats in a roll message code for an item container, which is what I actually need)

like: how do I make this actually work right?
[[/roll @item.wep_dice]]

I have an item attribute that contains weapon dice as a string like '1d6', and I just want to pass that string to the /roll command--surely there's a way to do this?

[formal goblet]

You probably want to read this section: https://gitlab.com/custom-system-builder/custom-system-builder/-/wikis/Guides/Formula-System#32-roll-formula-

[real shuttle]

blessss thank you I couldn't remember which page it was on

okay I've got it as far as here, but I can't seem to be able to use :variables: with deferred [[/roll]] commands

I'd rather it be two buttons, attack and damage, and you click them to roll--is that something that would require a macro at this point, or is there a function syntax thing I'm still missing?

[formal goblet]

No special syntax from our side. The Foundry-standard should work regardless

[real shuttle]

so [[/roll :item.dmg_dice:]] is supposed to work?

[formal goblet]

Nope, because you cannot use :: without [] without ${}$

[real shuttle]

is it possible to put a deferred roll inside ${}$? I can't seem to figure it out

[formal goblet]

I think you're thinking in the wrong order. You can insert the Roll-Formula into the Inline-Roll. This will be handled by Foundry afterwards:
[[/r ${item.dmg_dice}$]]

[real shuttle]

it spits out this

[formal goblet]

Ah yeah, you need to add ! right at the beginning of the CSB-Formula. This will remove the box

[real shuttle]

OH!

THANK YOU IT WORKS

that has been causing me problems for months haha

YAYYYY it's all working finally

[timid marten]

That's a dumb question, but how could I make it so that checking a certain checkbox in an item will reduce all values from precedent number fields of that item to half of their original value, but then go back to normal if I uncheck the box?

[formal goblet]

That's tricky / not doable, because a Number Field cannot contain derived values

[timid marten]

I can't make it so that if "cat == true" then "cat_tail = 0.5" instead of "1"?

[formal goblet]

That would be doable in a Label, not Number Field

[timid marten]

or just an automatic equation like, if it's true then cat_tail == cat_tail/2

mhm

I'm trying to make it so that if an actor equips an item (weapon, armor) then the weight is automatically halved

[formal goblet]

Why not just halving the total Weight?

[timid marten]

Because it's just equipped items that are halved

let's say they loot a baseball bat but are currently using a sword and only have the sword equipped, the weight of the sword would be halved but not the bat

I wanted to use it for backpacks too (backpacks reducing weight to half or 70-80%~)

[formal goblet]

Well, you need the base-value in a Number Field and the actual value in a Label. Other combinations are straight up not doable.
#1037072885044477962 message

[timid marten]

Base value and actual value?

The issue is, the label needs to be preset right

So I can't set a different weight for each items

I would need a different template each times the weight is different (which is not a solution)

[real shuttle]

you can if you have the label generate from an attribute, I think

[timid marten]

🤔

[formal goblet]

Doesn't really matter. It just hides the Label, but is basically the same

[real shuttle]

true

[formal goblet]

Base_Weight * Situational_Modifier = Actual_Weight

[real shuttle]

you might be able to play with the hidden attributes since you can configure them for individual compendium entries, say--but yeah it kind of only distances the problem

[formal goblet]

This base-structure will never change

[timid marten]

You mean I can have a label that automatically updates itself based on a number field/text field value?

[real shuttle]

yep!

[timid marten]

🤯

[formal goblet]

Or based on Number Field and Checkboxes, yeah

[real shuttle]

so if you, say, have a checkbox whose key is is_equipped
then you can have a hidden attribute of key situational_mod and set a formula, for example ${is_equipped ? 0.5 : 1}$

then on your sheet you have:

• a base_weight number field set to whatever number
• and an actual_weight label that generates its text with the formula martin put up top: ${base_weight * situational_mod}$

(the a ? b : c formula is an if-else formula--if a resolves to true, then it executes b; if not, it executes c)

[timid marten]

I'll try this, thank you!

[cerulean adder]

Is there any documentation that shows how to setup the speed attribute? I tried a couple of things but I didn't get it right.

[formal goblet]

system.props.key

[timid marten]

Doesn't seem to work :(

nevermind

I'm dumb

it works

Thank you!!

[cerulean adder]

I'm assuming replace key with the key on the character sheet?

Do I have to reload after making the change? It didn't seem to work

[formal goblet]

actor.system.props.key

[cerulean adder]

Beautiful!

[cerulean adder]

Is there a way to customize the sheet templates themselves? I thought I saw someone with a fun background and different layouts?

[formal goblet]

Styling --> CSS

[cerulean adder]

CSS is greater than Styling?

[formal goblet]

No. It's just that if you want to style something, the solution will always be CSS

[cerulean adder]

Oh! I see. Sorry, I'm a bit dense sometimes

[patent dust]

Hello everyone. Excuse me if this question was already asked. How can I use the visibility formula for a component? I'm working on a sheet for The Strange, and with that game it would be useful to have some panels of the sheet showing (or not) with the push of a button. But I simply cannot understand how visibility formula works 😦

[timid marten]

Is there any way to link a journal entry on a character sheet? When I drag & drop it doesn't work

[formal goblet]

The Component will be shown if the Visibility Formula resolves to true. In case of a Checkbox it's either just the key of the Checkbox or not(checkboxKey)

[formal goblet]

This works in Rich Text Areas (only in Dialog-mode)

[timid marten]

Dialog-mode?

[earnest imp]

Can i just set visibility formula to false if i just want to hide a lebel

[formal goblet]

Sure

[earnest imp]

nice

[timid marten]

nvm, found it, thank you!

[patent dust]

Thank you!!!

[cerulean adder]

Can you add values to a variable?

Var1:= Var1+" 3,"

or something like that?

So I'm trying to output a list of numbers correlating to pieces of armor worn. I kind of got it working.

${!item.chest == 1 ? "2," : ""}$
${!item.back == 1 ? "3," : ""}$
${!item.groin == 1 ? "4," : ""}$
${!item.rear == 1 ? "5," : ""}$

${!item.armLeft == 1 ? "11," : ""}$
${!item.handLeft == 1 ? "12," : ""}$
${!item.legLeft == 1 ? "13," : ""}$
${!item.footLeft == 1 ? "14," : ""}$

${!item.armRight == 1 ? "21," : ""}$
${!item.handRight == 1 ? "22," : ""}$
${!item.legRight == 1 ? "23," : ""}$
${!item.footRight == 1 ? "24" : ""}$```

The problem is that it doesn't show up correctly on the sheet

but it does in the chat

So I was thinking about trying to add the data in variables and print it out?

I'm not sure

[timid marten]

I checked the example but couldn't get exactly how you get a "total weight" value on your actor based on the weight of the items he has in his container

[formal goblet]

Check the modifiers of the Item Template

[timid marten]

I did but didn't really get how everything reads everything

I found out, thank you!

[formal goblet]

What's the difference between Label text and Label Roll Message?

[cerulean adder]

Sorry, I just realized I snipped two different itterations. It was the same either way With or Without the commas. I'll send it here now

${!item.chest == 1 ? "2," : ""}$
${!item.back == 1 ? "3," : ""}$
${!item.groin == 1 ? "4," : ""}$
${!item.rear == 1 ? "5," : ""}$

${!item.armLeft == 1 ? "11," : ""}$
${!item.handLeft == 1 ? "12," : ""}$
${!item.legLeft == 1 ? "13," : ""}$
${!item.footLeft == 1 ? "14," : ""}$

${!item.armRight == 1 ? "21," : ""}$
${!item.handRight == 1 ? "22," : ""}$
${!item.legRight == 1 ? "23," : ""}$
${!item.footRight == 1 ? "24" : ""}$```

Just copied this to both the label and the roll

[formal goblet]

! is not allowed in Label text

[cerulean adder]

Oh! So that's probably causing issues

Dang

Oh

I'm dumb

[formal goblet]

These here are all not allowed in normal Label Text: https://gitlab.com/custom-system-builder/custom-system-builder/-/wikis/Guides/Formula-System#318-additional-syntax-rules-in-label-roll-messages

[half beacon]

Is it possible to fetch the names of all items that are equipped (via checkbox) to an actor?

[formal goblet]

A little Script can do that:

• https://gitlab.com/custom-system-builder/custom-system-builder/-/wikis/Guides/Formula-System#33-script-expression-
• https://gitlab.com/custom-system-builder/custom-system-builder/-/wikis/Tips-&-Tricks/Script-for-updating-multiple-Items

[cerulean adder]

I've seen people post about progress bars. Is there a way to get a bar that has sections that can be turned off/on?
So for example a bar with 5 segments has 2,3, and 5 on and the other two are empty?
[ |---|---| |---]

[formal goblet]

ehhh... I can't even answer that one 😅

[cerulean adder]

My teacher said there were no stupid questions though....lol

I appreciate it

I'm trying to get something that looks cleaner than what I have to indicate which fields are selected

[cerulean adder]

I found a ghetto way of accomplishing this

[earnest imp]

@formal goblet Can a dropdown list be used to retrieve all tokens currently on combat?

Using actual javascript scripting

[cerulean adder]

Can you add icons to the Label in a Number field?

[sharp prairie]

Hi all! Anyone played around with Ripper's Mastercrafted Mod? It seems to work just fine, except for one thing... I can't figure out where to look to see why it is able to auto-add the product of a recipe to the item container but not remove the ingredients. 1st pic before craft, 2nd is after.

The after even acts like there are no correct ingredients available anymore.

[earnest imp]

Try text emojis https://emojidb.org/

[timid marten]

I just discovered items can't have item containers, how do you create backpacks with this system?

[formal goblet]

Yeah, it can with the right Script. Just be aware that the Dropdown doesn't update automatically when you initiate a combat and add tokens. The sheet only updates with value-changes in the sheet.

[earnest imp]

Hmmmm using %{}% delimiter huh

[earnest imp]

@formal goblet Found a bug, having array in Dropdown List that has an apostrophe ( ' ) in one of the string breaks it

Same bug when using string separated by comma

In both cases removing the apostrophes off the names fixes it, but there is no error indication for having an apostrophe ( ' ) so that might be worth looking into

[latent sorrel]

I already reported this to the github. The immediate solution, at least for me, is to use backticks otherwise the quotes break my code. I ended up writing a macro for world scripter that changes single and double quotes to backticks on items when players try to use these in names.

[half beacon]

Isn't that a thing for all coding languages?

[earnest imp]

Ah okay

Do you have an example code I can reference to for this issue?

[latent sorrel]

It depends on how CSB is handling this. Javascript allows for backticks to be used to contain a string the has single and double quotes like 'Bob "Butch" Smith' (using single quotes here because discord is treating them as inline code). However, CSB doesnt like backticks when wrapped in %{}%. Therefore, the single and double quotes become proprietary.

[half beacon]

Oh interesting. Learned something new!

[latent sorrel]

Place this in the World Scripter module and refresh the game. It takes about a second for it to change (at least in my overly complicated system) and, depending on your code, the console may spew a bunch of errors until the incorrect name is changes (it does for me).

// Listen for updates to Actors
Hooks.on("updateActor", (actor, updateData) => {
    // Check if the name property is being updated
    if (updateData.name) {
        // Replace single and double quotes with backticks in the name
        const updatedName = updateData.name.replace(/["']/g, "`");

        // Update the actor with the new name, if it has changed
        if (updatedName !== updateData.name) {
            actor.update({ "name": updatedName });
        }
    }
});

// Listen for updates to Items
Hooks.on("updateItem", (item, updateData) => {
    // Check if the name property is being updated
    if (updateData.name) {
        // Replace single and double quotes with backticks in the name
        const updatedName = updateData.name.replace(/["']/g, "`");

        // Update the item with the new name, if it has changed
        if (updatedName !== updateData.name) {
            item.update({ "name": updatedName });
        }
    }
});

[earnest imp]

Global Scripter still works for Foundry V11?

🤔

til

[earnest imp]

Aaaaugh this unfortunately doesn't fit our use case, thanks though

We have lots of character names that has apostrophe in their names and this script changes them to backtick

Hmmm okay I'm stumped

Anyone has any ideas how to populate the dropdown list with all tokens on combat in the canvas?

%{
    // Initialize variables.
    let tokens_in_combat = canvas.tokens.placeables.filter(token => token.inCombat);
    let label_array = [];

    // Get token name for everyone in combat.
    tokens_in_combat.forEach(token => {
        label_array.push(token.actor.name.replace("'", ""));
    });

    label_array.sort();
    return label_array;
}%```

This is what I got so far, it works in macro, but breaks down in formula field

Oh- I got the workaround

[latent sorrel]

Whats that?

[earnest imp]

I just needed to move all the formula logic to a module

This is all I had to do

I still can't have apostrophe on the token name but I can just remove that before returning the value to the dropdown list

Better no apostrophe on token name than the formula not working at all

[fierce harbor]

Not useful, maybe, but still...
Can you split it in 5 bars each controlled by a different value/max pair?

[cerulean adder]

That's what I was thinking but I wasn't able to manipulate the size of the bars to fit the area like I wanted so I just went with Filled in or Blank dots instead to vaguely mimic the body AC chart. Not perfect but okay enough.

[timid marten]

Hello! I'm asking again since I didn't get any answer, how could I handle backpacks with this system if I can't add item containers inside items? 🤔

[latent sorrel]

I created separate containers (equipped, unequipped, and dropped) on the actor. Each item has a dropdown with the same option name. I filtered the item containers based on these options. I also set it up so that any modifications from a dropped item (weight, any +'s to values) werent passed on to the actor for dropped items. For unequipped items, weight still applied, but nothing else. Unequipped, for me, covers both a "turned off" status and/or stowed in backpack. I also put icons on the appropriate containers to easily change their status.
Also, the item in an item issue will apparently be fixed in the next release (no ETA).

[formal goblet]

It's not a fix tbf, it's a completely new feature, which will take quite some time

[latent sorrel]

Thanks for clarifying.

[timid marten]

Sounds amazing though! I can't wait 👀

[timid marten]

How do you filter "off" and "on" items? With a checkbox?

[latent sorrel]

Placing setPropertyInEntity in the roll message to update the item.

[timid marten]

Issue with this method is if a player wants to drop their backpack or share it to someone

You would have to remove or share every single items manually

[static spindle]

Hi, is it possible to get the custom system roll to display the dice rolled, rather than putting it in the tooltip?

[latent sorrel]

CSB doesnt have an option for moving items between actors. You can use the module Item Piles to copy items from one actor to another but it wont delete the item from the source actor (Built in foundry restrictions). Also I dont think it supports sending 3 of 5 items to another actor, its the entire item but maybe via its API. You might also be able to use the API to drop a category of items "on the ground" such as ones designated in a backpack and the other player can pick them up. The question ultimately is "how often is this likely to occur". If it's proven to be frequent, then it maybe worthwhile setting this up with Item Piles or plain javascript. If you are just trying to account for a "possible but unlikely scenario", then treat the issue the same way as you would in a face to face game with paper sheets.

[timid marten]

I will create an actor and an item for the same backpack and add the item to the player's actor + link the item's actor page

This way they will be able to see quick informations from the item container like weight, durability, etc..

But the actual inventory will be stored in the backpack's actor page and the "total weight" will be stored there

This means that I will need to manually update the backpack's weight inside the player actor's inventory

Could it be possible to link an item's key (like "weight") to a specific actor's key?

If not I will update it manually or could it be possible to write a macro that updates it?

[latent sorrel]

You can use fetchFromActor to retrieve the weight of the backpack items from the backpack actor and add it to the total weight carried. If you use the Loot Piles module, I think it will move (not copy) items from actor to "backpack" actor if the player has the correct permissions (just not PC to PC). This will work well as a backpack

[craggy python]

two (hopefully) quick questions:

1. currently there seems to be no way to sort things in item containers. am I missing something? if not, is this feature on the way/is there a workaround?
2. reloading all item sheets doesn't seem to affect items in compendia or actors. is there a way to change this behavior?

[formal goblet]

1. Not released, but you can clone this branch if you want: https://gitlab.com/custom-system-builder/custom-system-builder/-/tree/feature/sorting_for_tables?ref_type=heads WARNING: Be aware that this version reflects the latest code in this repository, and thus can contain untested development, or breaking code. Please back-up your games regularly if you plan to use this version!
2. #1037072885044477962 message

[craggy python]

thanks a ton!

[rich glen]

Hi all! Is there a way to get an item list (in my case, weapons in an item container) in the Prompts? I'm trying to let the user select one of his weapons so I can pick one of the stats to use in the Prompt.

[formal goblet]

Not without your own Script

[rich glen]

Aww, damn! Haha, ok, I'll see what I can do...

[real shuttle]

is there an existing macro or other solution to pull item descriptions into the chat à la the midi-QoL module for dnd5e?

I'd really like to be able to have players click an item or ability or spell or whatever and have it pop a little description in chat with relevant attack/saving throw/etc. buttons

(also, but unrelated:
can tokens on the map not use .gif files? my monster test was going great, set the token image, but then it reverted to the cowl on the map...all my other tokens are showing image just fine)

[formal goblet]

Use a Label Roll Message? 😅

[real shuttle]

heh oh if only 😅

I need it to pull the content of a rich text area is the issue

[formal goblet]

Doable. Just reference the key

[real shuttle]

so like in an item container or whatever, I could reference item.text_area_key in the roll message, and it would work?

[formal goblet]

Yeah

[real shuttle]

I could've sworn I'd tried that already... I'll have to give it a go again tomorrow and see if I can figure out what I did wrong

thanks 🙂

[cerulean adder]

Are you not able to place a font awesome icon in a conditional thing or am I not formatting this correctly?

If I print this it works <i class="fa-solid fa-hand-back-fist"></i>

But this does not work (I tried with or without the quotes
${item.all == 1 ? "" :item.armRight == 1 ? "<i class="fa-solid fa-hand-back-fist"></i>" : ""}$

This did work, however (but this isn't the icon I wanted)

${item.all == 1 ? "" :item.armRight == 1 ? "♦" : "⋄"}$

[raven raven]

Could someone please export and send me a character sheet where dot based stats are implemented

[foggy grotto]

I would also appretiant that.

[scarlet skiff]

Foundry cant use .GIF use .webm instead

[cerulean adder]

Figured it out. This worked

<i class="${item.all == 1 ? "" :item.armRight == 1 ? "fa-solid fa-hand-back-fist" : ""}$"></i>

[earnest imp]

Do you mean damage-over-time? How statuses are implemented in CSB don't really lend support to that, you'll have to make do with Effect Macro module

[raven raven]

No, i mean a character sheet that uses radio buttons instead of numbers to represent attributes . Like a vampire masuarade character sheet.

Like this

[fierce harbor]

You cannot use radio buttons that way, they are mutually exclusive in CSB.

[formal goblet]

And this is also not standard checkbox-behavior. This would need an own Component in CSB (or at least an extension of the Number Field)

[fierce harbor]

Maybe a label with modified size, borders and bg color?
I mean, you could use that instead of those fillable radios.

[timid marten]

Hi! Thank you for this reply, could you provide an example on where to write this formula for it to work? I'm not the most well-versed in CSB or even Foundry for now and I don't really know where I could write something like this

[still lichen]

It launches the Freeform Universal dice roller (FUX module). With the module loaded it can also be called from a button in the dice tray and with a chat command:

Command format

/fux xayd
where x is the number of Action Dice and y is the number of Danger Dice

Example.

This will roll 2 Action Dice and 1 Danger Dice

/fux 2a1d

[formal goblet]

I'd say call the API from the module directly via a Script.

[prisma grove]

Im trying to get a dynamic table to show the item's classification in an inventory, but I can't get it to do anything but throw an error. When I use the following:
${first(fetchFromDynamicTable('TABLE_SKILLS', 'TXT_WEAPONS_CLASS', 'TXT_WEAPONS_CLASS', item.LIST_CLASS))}$ it shows nothing at all. Am I missing something?

[formal goblet]

Dynamic Tables and Item Containers are not compatible with each other

[prisma grove]

Then I'm confused cuz Im following the example.json from the wiki and it works there ?

${first(fetchFromDynamicTable('Skill_Weapons', 'Name', 'Name', item.Skill))}$ Is what it uses in the example.

[raven raven]

Hi, I would like to achieve the following:
I have a skill on my character sheet.
And I want it to be represented at two independent cellsboth cells should be syncronized, so if I edit one the other should change too...
like this:

So if I cahnge ballisztika on the top the bottom one should show the same value and vica versa

how can I achieve this?

[formal goblet]

Well, that one calls a value from the Dynamic Table called Skill_Weapons, that has nothing to do with the Item Container itself. item.Skill is the 4th parameter of this function, which acts as a filter-value. If you want to show the classification of the Item in the Item Container, just use ${item.key}$

[formal goblet]

Not doable. Either a value is dependent on another and cannot be modified by the user or it can be modified by the user but cannot be dependent on other values.

[prisma grove]

Ah ok, Thanks.

[spiral dome]

make one a label, and put a formula =[key] of the other. You will not be able to edit it anymore though

If I make a Dropdown Menu in an Item, can I use a Dynamic Table from my actors for my options?

[formal goblet]

Yeah, you can use the parent.-prefix. Or you use the Formula-section and combine it with fetchFromActor()

[prisma grove]

${item.key}$ is not showing up the items classification that I picked out. Im using ${item.CLASS}$ as the key but nothing shows up.

[formal goblet]

• Are you using it in the Label of the Item Container?
• Is CLASS a present key of the Item?

[prisma grove]

Both yes.

[formal goblet]

Then look at the console with F12 and check for errors

[prisma grove]

Nothing there either. Its really strange its like the inventory container is 'working' but just not displaying anything.

[formal goblet]

Does it display the Item or not even that?

[prisma grove]

It displays the item

and I can make it do rolls from there

but it wont show any lists.

[formal goblet]

k, did you reload the Item and the Character Sheet?

[prisma grove]

Yep.

[formal goblet]

Then show your setup

[static cargo]

I don't know if anyone's still looking for a "Vampire: The Masquerade Stat buttons" solution, but I'd make a Dropdown like this: (The characters in the label are the UTF-8 characters Large Circle and Circled Bullet.)

[formal goblet]

That looks hilarious tbf 😂

[static cargo]

Would the end result on the sheet not serve the purpose?...

[prisma grove]

So from left to right its my Inventory panel > the classification lable in the panel > and the item's drop downbox.

[formal goblet]

That wasn't meant offensive, it just looks pretty funny and is a creative solution (although my inner developer would cry because of UX-reasons)

[formal goblet]

Looks fine. Can you do game.actors.getName('actorName').items.getName('itemName').system.props and check if the key is present there?

[static cargo]

Thanks for acknowledging the creativity, was starting to get a little salty there. ... and if "UX-reasons" = use of UTF-8 characters... there are other basic ascii characters that would work simillarly. I'm just sayin'...

[prisma grove]

Sure, where am I putting this at? lol

[formal goblet]

It's not because of the characters itself. It's about the intuitive usage. What the user sees are Radio Buttons, but in reality it's a Dropdown disguised as a set of Radio Buttons. That's weird behavior UX-wise.

[formal goblet]

In the console is enough

[formal goblet]

You should replace the names with your actually used names

[prisma grove]

lmao yeah I realzied that

My b

[static cargo]

Ok, then let it be black hearts and red ones (shrug) ... the original problem was progressively filled indicators, and a Dropdown can mimic that and, imho, rather elegantly.

Anyway, time to get back to the grind... 😉

[formal goblet]

Is see Class, not CLASS. That's the issue

[prisma grove]

Weird...

[formal goblet]

You probably forgot to reload the Item (Reload all items does only reload the Items in the Item-Tab, not the ones already copied to actors)

[earnest imp]

Speaking of reloading, is there any nifty command or script we can use to reload a sheet?

[prisma grove]

I mean I have been refreshing on both fronts, but still getting the same result. I even made a new inventory at one point with diffrent keys to the same result.

Ill keep faffing around till I get something. Thanks for the help as always.

[formal goblet]

item.templateSystem.reloadTemplate() or actor.templateSystem.reloadTemplate().

[earnest imp]

sweeeet, and can i replace the item with actor with something like game.actors.getName('example name').templateSystem.reloadTemplate()?

[formal goblet]

Sure, it only has to be an instance of an Actor or Item (CustomActor or CustomItem to be more precise)

[earnest imp]

[prisma grove]

So Idk why... but apparently If I use 'class' as a key at all it wont work but if I swap to anything else its fine.

[formal goblet]

ehhh. Well, if it's only problematic with class, then there might be an internal issue with this keyword in the library... Nothing serious... Just one of the most important keywords in object oriented programming...

[prisma grove]

lmao. welp either way the issue is solved so I appreciate the help again. 🙂

[earnest imp]

@formal goblet Can I use a dynamic table's value to pass another "formula" to a Label elsewhere? Like so:

This is my current result so far:

[formal goblet]

recalculate()?

[earnest imp]

Ohhh thats something i never heard before, gonna look it up

Works beautifully

[raven raven]

amazeing, yess. can you please export and send me a character sheet template that has this?

[raven raven]

it does not work, what do i do wrong?

[spiral dome]

${=COOL}$ should be like this I think. The ${ }$ is to define it as formula. The key you just literally copy.

[raven raven]

gives me an error for some reason

[raven raven]

is there any way to determine how long the drpdown list? it looks good but unesesearry long, or too short if i set it to medium, where is the css that determines how long is a medium long dropdown list cell?

[static cargo]

Just add a component, make sure it's the type Dropdown List. The options origin should be Custom already.

Area "A" is where you tell the list what the value is to focus on. In any macros or other script references: "A" is the possible values.

Area "B" is just about what people see. That's why I have the series of circles.

One of these kinds of lists starts with no option slots but if you look for the + button on the right edge, that adds more Key/Label pairs, one at a time.

Lastly, I have 0 in the box at the bottom so that the list starts off with the empty dots by default.

If you like those "fake" radio button characters you can copy them here: ◯⦿ (They came from https://utf8icons.com/ when I searched for "circle")

[raven raven]

I need a script which would populate a text filed with with the UID of the ITEM which contains it.

[hazy saffron]

If I have an Actor Sheet checkbox called is_active and then have an item attached to the sheet that needs to get the value (true or false) of that checkbox, is there anything special that needs done for a hidden attribute key that calls ${fetchFromActor("attached", is_active,0)}$ to return a Boolean? It seems to be converting it to a string in the hidden attribute key

[formal goblet]

All Labels (including hidden attributes) are basically strings. That's because how ComputablePhrase works

[hazy saffron]

Is there a way to cast it to a Boolean? I assume that within the context of an Item, a checkbox value maintains its Boolean type? Since on the same item, a checkbox with key is_active can use is_active?"true":"false"

Also, hidden attributes that fetchFromActor numbers can be used as numbers

[formal goblet]

Implicit coercion is a thing

[hazy saffron]

But that won't work for booleans I take it?

And if instead we return 1 or 0 in the hidden attribute formula, would that implicitly evaluate properly as a Boolean check in the statement is_active?"true":"false"

[formal goblet]

String -> Boolean would be tricky, yeah

[formal goblet]

That would work

[hazy saffron]

Sounds like it's what we need to@so

Thanks

[formal goblet]

Yeah, types are a bit messed up, I know

[formal goblet]

For what do you need that?

[raven raven]

I would like to create a button on the character sheet which would send the item into the chat when clicked

now it works

But it only works because I have populated the filed with the UID manually

if I could populate this field with the UID automatically then it would be awesome

because it would work with all items that I create

[formal goblet]

I suggest to not use a Text Field. You should fetch the UUID directly in the Label Roll Message. For this you should read the following sections of this Wiki https://gitlab.com/custom-system-builder/custom-system-builder/-/wikis/Guides/Formula-System:

• 3.1.8
• 3.3.2
• 3.3.3.2
  These are mandatory steps

[raven raven]

it says "This project has no wiki pages"

[earnest imp]

So uh daft question, is there any way to edit the attribute bar value if attribute is set to attributeBar on the token?

[earnest imp]

@latent sorrel Heya, sorry for the ping, but I'm looking for references on how to populate a dynamic table with contents from another dynamic table, do you have any ideas or clue?

[latent sorrel]

I have JS code that populates a dynamic table that you can try do dissect, if you like.

[hazy saffron]

This doesn't seem to work the way I expected. I thought if I assigned the hidden value key on the item to be 0 or 1, I could use it as a direct expression for a true/false ternary operator.

Actor: Key on sheet called: power_boost_active (a checkbox)

Item: Hidden Attribute key call: is_boost_active which is set to the formula: ${recalculate(equalText(fetchFromActor("attached", "power_boost_active","false"),"true")?1:0)}$

Also on item: Label to display the following: ${is_boost_active?"True":"False"}$ <== This always displays True regardless of the checkbox on the Actor sheet

Alternative (This works but is a bit messier) ${(is_boost_active>0)?"True":"False"}$

[wet heron]

Heyo!
Im looking into a shoot FX sollution. and was recommended JB2A, anyone got a sollution to be able to incorperate it to a button?

[onyx jetty]

is there a way to use a label to roll something like advantage and disadvantage? specifically id be rolling 3d6 in my case.

[hazy saffron]

@onyx jetty There is a way to keep highest or lowest. /roll {3d6, 3d6}kh would do advantage, and kl would do disadvantage. In the roll message, it's ${[{3d6,3d6}kh]}$

[onyx jetty]

wow that's remarkably simple lmao

[hazy saffron]

The dice rolling mechanics can be as complex as you need them to be to get the exact type of dice rolls you need

[fierce harbor]

I'm going to steal this as a workaround for icons in dropdowns 😉👍🏻

[earnest imp]

The full code is completely okay with me, I just need extra references to help me, thanks in advance 😛

[earnest imp]

https://emojidb.org/ Something to bookmark if you need to look out for text icons

[fierce harbor]

That's a good point too, thanks 😉

[formal goblet]

The thing is everything returned from ${}$ is a string, that's the issue.

[vagrant hollow]

If set as attributebar on the sheet it is ONLY editable via sheet.
If you want it ediable via token, you have to use a number field with a set max. This will automatically produce a attributebar.

[earnest imp]

Ahhhh thanks for the tips 🙏

[vagrant hollow]

FX videos need java/macros to call them. I suggest use the module sequencer cause it makes dealing with them much easier. Make yourself macros that call your wanted FX and call the macro from a label-roll-message.
This works fine for me.

[earnest imp]

I'm noticing that Active Effect modifiers only works for token linked to actor data, basically

Token not linked to actor data don't the modifiers from Active Effects

[vagrant hollow]

If the prototype token is not linked to the actor, foundry makes a copy of the actor when it is drawn to the canvas and from this moment ONLY connected to the sheet that opens when double clicking the token and NOT anymore connected to the sheet in the actors list.
But the active effect should work.
Pay attention how you open the sheets.

[earnest imp]

I'm mostly stumped on why active effects do not work on token not linked to the actor, my suspicion is that when Foundry makes the copy of the actor, it does not copy the list of active effects already defined in its template? This is just me speculating though cause I have close to no idea why Active Effect does not work on nonlinked tokens

Let me poke around with the tokens a bit

[vagrant hollow]

Ah…you had an effect already set to the actor bevor you put it on the canvas?
Never tried this myself.
But copied NSCs of mine on the canvas can get new effects and have them working.

[earnest imp]

Oh no, I'm stupid, it DOES affect tokens not linked to actor data

Nevermind 😅

[earnest imp]

So my next question is, if Foundry makes a copy of that actor specifically for the token not linked to any actor data, can we use fetchFromActor() to that copy of actor?

Not fetchFromActor() in the actor list, but to the copy of the actor

[formal goblet]

It depends. By name, nope. By target/selection, yes

[earnest imp]

No option by ID? 😮

[vagrant hollow]

I can only say that I never recognised problems with this on my sheets.
If I place different items to different tokens from the same actor, they work fine.

[formal goblet]

Nope, only with a little Script

[earnest imp]

Ah, thanks for the info anyway

[earnest imp]

Ah, it's not a CSB problem, its a me-and-my-tools problem

I developed my damage calculator thingy in a way that can't retrieve a token's actor sheet unlinked to the actor data

So I'll need to overhaul the logic of my calculator

[vagrant hollow]

If you don’t need hordes of the same actor attacking your players in your world, you can maybe leave it the way it is. In my steampunk round every villain is a own actor.

[earnest imp]

Iiii just needed some way to have duplicate of the same mooks attack my players

Like Pirate A, Pirate B, that kind of stuff

I could just make two duplicate actors for that I guess, but that's an alternative for future Nao to mull over

[still lichen]

Probably rules me out, but that's fair enough. Thanks for looking at it.

[prisma grove]

Is there a way to have a formula check inside of a item if a check box is checked or not? Like If inside the item the box is checked it would roll 1d20, but if it was not checked it would roll a 1d10.

[woven dragon]

Is anyone using the health estimate module? I'm trying to use it in my campaign but it doesn't work, I've tried changing the datapath to "attributeBar.HP_current" but it didn't work. The module is just not compatible with the CSB?

[formal goblet]

${#roll_formula:= checkboxKey ? '1d20' : '1d10'}$
${[:roll_formula:]}$

[vagrant hollow]

It has to be "actor.system.attributeBar.HP_current".
Like in the help text directly below the field.
Health estimate module works fine to me.

[woven dragon]

Worked just fine thanks!!

[latent sorrel]

This SHOULD be all the relevant portions for using JS to add to dynamic table, hopefully I got all the brackets and code. Also, dynamic table keys dont exist in "props" until an entry is created manually or by code, which this code assumes already exists:

    const actor = entity.entity.
    let xpJournal = actor.system.props.xpJournal;  //get dynamic table 'xpJournal'
    let newData = {};
    let updateObject = {};
    const journalPath = `system.props.xpJournal`; // path to journal key
    newData = {
        id: itemID,
        name: `Bought ${stat} to ${rank+1}`,
        XP: cost*-1,
        type: type,
        sn: 0
    };
    let journal = addNewRecordToXpJournal(newData);
    updateObject[journalPath] = journal;
    await actor.update(updateObject);

function addNewRecordToXpJournal(newData) {
    // Create a new record with the duplicated fields
    let newRecord = {
        "deleted": false,
        "predefinedIdx": null,
        // Add new data for other fields
        "id": newData.id,
        "name": newData.name,
        "XP": newData.XP,
        "type": newData.type
    };
    return xpJournal;
}

[earnest imp]

Thank youuu, I'll bisect the code and see what I can use

[spiral dome]

Hmmm, I seem to get a weird bug: I have a weaponTemplate, I created a test version. I added the weapon to the character sheet of my player. As I understand, the way I set this up I should be able to get the 'Aspects' in the dropdown menu. It does seem I get the right amount of options (8 + an empty one), but all of them are blank. Creating a new weapon and giving it to the character gives the same result. Does anyone happen to have a solution for this?

[cerulean adder]

No idea if this is right or not but did you try removing the "parent." from the column from dynamic table to use as option key?

[cerulean adder]

Is there a way to have a button on a sheet open up a specific compendium?

[zealous forge]

Questions about userInputTemplates:

• If I have a variable defined before calling the userInputTemplate, would they also be pulled in if a key is the same as their name?
• Is there a way to retrieve data from a dynamic table when a userInputTemplate is called from a row?

Just fixed the second one, can use sameRow

[onyx jetty]

Im setting up a system that mainly uses 2d6 for its rolls and struggling to set up some of my rolling buttons/lables in the character sheets. is there a way to have the system roll 3d6 and display the highest 2 or lowest 2 ? i know how general advantage/disadvantage rolls work but im having trouble with this

[fierce harbor]

With Journals it works by using a Rich Text Area with 'Dialog' style and dragging the specific journal page onto it. It might be the same with Compendia.

[fierce harbor]

If my memory does not fail me you just need to add kh2 for highest 2 or kl2 for lowest 2 at the end of your roll formula. Anyway, for sake of completeness, check FoundryVTT Knowledge Base about roll modifiers 😉

[cerulean adder]

There is probably a much better way, but you can set each d6 to a variable and then use conditions to find the two highest and the two lowest.

[cerulean adder]

I'll try that tomorrow, thanks!

[main magnet]

How do I reference a field in a dynamic table?

[cerulean adder]

That didn't really work but thanks for the suggestion!

[cerulean adder]

4.2.1 explains fetchFromDynamicTable and 4.2.2 explains getRefFromDynamicTable

https://gitlab.com/custom-system-builder/custom-system-builder#421-fetchfromdynamictable:~:text=read them carefully!-,4.2.1. fetchFromDynamicTable,-fetchFromDynamicTable(dynamicTableKey%20%3A%20String

[fierce harbor]

Sorry to hear that. In this channel it should be possible to find how it works for journals, but I cannot seem to find that. You could try searching for it.

[main magnet]

When I use a dropdown list to use values from a dynamic table it puts in the key names as options and not the values set in those options. I tried putting the column name in both option key and option label to no effect.

How do I get the actual values as options?

[prisma grove]

Idk if this will help but the FAQ has a spot that explains dropdown menus use the keys for values and the labels are just for show.

https://gitlab.com/custom-system-builder/custom-system-builder/-/wikis/FAQ/Frequently-Asked-Questions#q-i-want-to-get-the-label-value-instead-of-the-key-value-of-the-dropdown

Can a value be set to a string when asking a question? Like if I asked the following: ${#concat(?{aiming:'What are you aiming for?'|"Head"|"Chest"|"Left Arm"|"Right Arm"|"Left Leg"|"Right Leg"})}$ is there a way to say that the head = -5 and so on for each body part?

[fierce harbor]

I believe there is a User Input section in the wiki that has an example like that.
This:

?{name:"Character name"[text]|"Your name"},
?{age[number]},
?{gender:"Character gender"[check]|"m","Male"|"f","Female"|"o","Other, or I don't want to say"},
?{month:'What month are you born ?'|"January"|"February"|"March"|"April"|"May"|"June"|"July"|"August"|"September"|"October"|"November"|"December"},
?{happy:"Are you happy ?"[check]}
)}$

Check the gender part.

[prisma grove]

Ah thanks yeah I must of over looked it appreicate it.

[cerulean adder]

So, I am able to get the Journal to show up and I can get the specific item to show up, but it's not really the ideal outcome. I'd like to get the compendium to pop-up so I can drag items onto the sheet. Right now it's only letting me look at a sepcific item.

[fierce harbor]

I tried myself and it looks like that's all we can do.
And, from a certain point of view, it makes sense: why embed a compendium in an actor sheet when you can just open it from the menu?
It looks like that capability is only meant to show journals or items.

[cerulean adder]

Ah, yeah I was hoping for something like in PF2e where you click a button to pop up the compendium so that you can select a weapon to drag and drop onto the sheet. It's not the biggest issue in the world, I just liked the fact that the users didn't have to go hunt for it themselves.

[fierce harbor]

That would be cool, I agree.

[prisma grove]

${#concat(?{aiming:'What are you aiming for?'|"-5","Head"|"0","Chest"|"-1","Left Arm"|"-3","Left Hand"|"-1","Right Arm"|"-3","Right Hand"|"-1","Left Leg"|"-3","Left Foot"|"-1","Right Leg"|"-3","Right Foot"})}$ Is there a way to show only the display I.e Head for instance but still have the value be rolled later ? Like ${aiming}$ is the formula here is there something I can put in it show just label part? so I don't have this occurring.

If I swap the order around it will show the head, but will not return a number as it can't use a string to determine value.

I think I have a work around, but I wanted to see if there something I can do with this first.

[fierce harbor]

Have you tried removing "" from the numbers?

[prisma grove]

Ill try that now/.

[cerulean adder]

There isn't a way to have an item within an item, right? I've created a Weapon Template and I was wondering if there was a way to add nested item to add Mods. I assume not but I wanted to make sure I wasn't overlooking something.

[prisma grove]

I don't believe so?

[fierce harbor]

There is not, my friend.

[prisma grove]

Nah still the same results.

Still shows as -5 or returns nothing.

Tis fine though, I'll just work around it. Thanks for the help 🙂

[fierce harbor]

My pleasure.

[cerulean adder]

I appreciate it!

Can you use "Ands" and "Ors" in the compare?

[fierce harbor]

It should be and(condition1,condition2), and or(condition1,condition2).

[cerulean adder]

Oh wow! That will be a game changer for me!

[fierce harbor]

Test it before you celebrate, I might be wrong 😅

[cerulean adder]

Will do!

[formal goblet]

https://mathjs.org/docs/expressions/syntax.html

[main magnet]

Is there a bug when two seperate drop down lists reference values from the same dynamic table?

Whenever I choose an option from one it resets the other one.

[formal goblet]

Not that I know. They should't even interfere with each other

[fierce harbor]

Check the keys you used, two could be the same. Or the keys you reference to.

[formal goblet]

Column key should be without the parent.-prefix

[main magnet]

The keys are different so no problem there. Both are referencing the same table and column. Basically I want two seperate drop downs so I can make two seperate choices from the same dynamic table.

[fierce harbor]

Could you post the two Dropdown setup?

[fierce harbor]

I don't know, it all looks good. Just as a test, you could copy the dynamic table and give it a different name, so that each dropdown can reference a different table.

[main magnet]

Kinda of defeats the purpose since the whole point is that they both reference the same table. Any other way?

[formal goblet]

Any errors in the console?

[fierce harbor]

I'm at a loss. It looks like the variable from one dropdown is passed to the other one...quite impossible, in my knowledge.

[main magnet]

Nope

I'll record it

[formal goblet]

Can you send your template?

[formal goblet]

Your key-column is wrong. Should be skill_specialty_number

[main magnet]

Thanks! That worked. 🙂

[misty terrace]

OK all, I'm working on a Daggerheart sheet. I'm trying to figure out the best way to model the HP/Stress bars (other than making a series of individual checkboxes) Anyone have any other interesting ideas?

[formal goblet]

If it doesn't require interaction by the user, then a Label with the right HTML + CSS should be enough. Otherwise it would require your own Component: https://gitlab.com/custom-system-builder/custom-system-builder/-/wikis/Create-Components/Create-a-Custom-Input-Component

[misty terrace]

It's definitely supposed to be interactive. I'll look at creating a custom input component, but it feels like swimming in the deep end without my floaties.

[main magnet]

I need some help making a roll macro for a d12 success-based system. It counts successes normally against a given difficulty, but then if a 12 and a 1 are BOTH present in the roll, they should cancel each other out and not count in the total successes.

Any idea on how to do that? I got the first part down but not the cancelation part.

[formal goblet]

If it's not possible with the Foundry Roll Formulas alone, then you need your own Script

[main magnet]

I asked in #macro-polo and they said it's not apparently.

[formal goblet]

Well, then own scripting it is

[main magnet]

So there's no way this roll could be edited to accomodate that?

`${#concat(
?{difficulty:"Difficulty (DT)"[check]|"3","3"|"4","4"|"5","5"|"6","6"|"7","7"|"8","8"|"9","9"|"10","10"|"11","11"},
?{Modifier[number]}
)}$

<table>
<tr>
<th>${!skill1_roll}$Roll</th>
</tr>
<tr><td>${[{:character_skill1_dice+Modifier:d12}cs>=:difficulty:]}$ success(es)!</td>
</tr>
</table>`

[formal goblet]

nope

[main magnet]

😦

Ok, what about coloring the dice result (tally of successes in chat). Any way to do that based on the results that are rolled?

[formal goblet]

cf is the counterpart to cs

10d12cf=1cs>=10 e.g.

[main magnet]

I mean like if I roll lets say 4,6,12. Could it color the roll result green, since there's a 12 in it?

Or red if there's a 1 in it?

[formal goblet]

With cs it colors all successes green

[main magnet]

Or black if there's both?

Yeah I get the individual results. I'm talking about the total number of successes.

[formal goblet]

That would also need scripting 😅

[main magnet]

😦

Just realized another problem. Why is it always saying there's only 1 success?

[formal goblet]

remove {}

[main magnet]

Thx

There's no way to use CSS for the color thing is there?

[formal goblet]

The coloring itself is easy. Fetching the result is harder because CSB doesn't offer additional functionalities for dice-pools

[main magnet]

Oh

Also, any idea why it breaks the line between 'Athletics' and 'roll' in the chat? There's no <br> in the macro.

[formal goblet]

Does skill1_roll contain HTML (is part of an RTA)?

[main magnet]

It did. I removed it and it's fine now. Thx

[main magnet]

How do deferred inline rolls work in CSB?

I put [[/roll 1d4]] in a macro and it does create a rollable inline roll fine. However, it want it to read the die from a particular character attribute.

How do I do that? Putting it in ${}$ just doesn't work.

[formal goblet]

Do it vice-versa

[main magnet]

?

Reverse-how?

[formal goblet]

[[/r ${!...}$]]

[main magnet]

Tried it

doesn't work

[formal goblet]

You need !

[main magnet]

That worked! Thx

Any way to make a radio button of a user prompt the default option?

[formal goblet]

this?

[main magnet]

Yes

[formal goblet]

I think the first one is always the default. Otherwise you could use a User Input Dialog, which has more customization-options

[spiral dome]

Is it possible to use the ref formula in an item to refer to a field on the player character sheet?
My goal is that at the item (weapon) the player selects the attribute the item uses from a dropdown menu. Then the value of that attribute is shown in a label next to it. Just to test I tried to get a result by hardcoding it, but using both ${ref('parent.Might')}$ and ${ref('Might')}$ in the item template return no value. Using ${ref('Might')}$ in the character template does return the correct value.

Edit: if I understand correctly, to make it actually work, i should use the component key of the dropdown-menu so it would switch the value whenever a different value is chosen. but ${ref(the dropdown-key)}$ didnt work either, since it should amount to ${ref('Might')}$ in this case

[formal goblet]

One of your assumptions is wrong, and that is that parent is available in CSB-Formulas. And that is not the case. You have to use fetchFromActor() to get information from an actor.

fetchFromActor('attached', dropdownKey, 'No attached actor') should do the trick.

[spiral dome]

Thank you once again.

[cerulean adder]

This is probably really stupid and there is probably a WAY easier way to do this...but it was a fun challenge to work on during my down time today.

You can format this however you'd like but this rolls 3d6 and shows the two highest and the two lowest.

${roll1:=[1d6]}$
${roll2:=[1d6]}$
${roll3:=[1d6]}$
<br>
${#highestRoll:= and(roll1 > roll2, roll1 > roll3) ? 1 : and(roll2 > roll1, roll2 > roll3) ? 2 : and(roll3 > roll1, roll3 > roll2) ? 3 : 0}$
${#middleRoll:= and(roll1 > roll2, roll1 < roll3) ? 1 :and(roll1 > roll3, roll1 < roll2) ? 1 : and(roll2 > roll1, roll2 < roll3) ? 2 : and(roll2 > roll3, roll2 < roll1) ? 2 : and(roll3 > roll1, roll3 < roll2) ? 3 : and(roll3 > roll2, roll3 < roll1) ? 3 : 0}$
${#lowestRoll:= and(roll1 < roll2, roll1 < roll3) ? 1 : and(roll2 < roll1, roll2 < roll3) ? 2 : and(roll3 < roll1, roll3 < roll2) ? 3 : 0}$
${#tiedHigh:= and(roll1 == roll2, roll1 > roll3) ? 12 : and(roll1 == roll3, roll1 > roll2) ? 13 : and(roll2 == roll3, roll2 > roll1) ? 23 : 0}$
${#th1:= tiedHigh == 12 ? 1 : tiedHigh == 13 ? 1 : tiedHigh == 23 ? 2 : 0 }$
${#th2:= tiedHigh == 12 ? 2 : tiedHigh == 13 ? 3 : tiedHigh == 23 ? 3 : 0 }$
${#tiedLow:= and(roll1 == roll2, roll1 < roll3) ? 12 : and(roll1 == roll3, roll1 < roll2) ? 13 : and(roll2 == roll3, roll2 < roll1) ? 23 : 0}$
${#tl1:= tiedLow == 12 ? 1 : tiedLow == 13 ? 1 : tiedLow == 23 ? 2 : 0 }$
${#tl2:= tiedLow == 12 ? 2 : tiedLow == 13 ? 3 : tiedLow == 23 ? 3 : 0 }$
${#allTied:= and(roll1 == roll2, roll1 == roll3) ? 123 : 0}$

2 Highest Dice = 
${and(highestRoll > 0, middleRoll) > 0 ? roll${highestRoll}$: allTied > 0 ? roll1 : tiedHigh > 0 ? roll${th1}$ : tiedLow > 0 ? roll${highestRoll}$ : 0}$
${and(highestRoll > 0, middleRoll) > 0 ? roll${middleRoll}$: allTied > 0 ? roll2 : tiedHigh > 0 ? roll${th2}$ : tiedLow > 0 ? roll${tl1}$ : 0}$
<br>
2 Lowest Dice = 
${and(lowestRoll > 0, middleRoll) > 0 ? roll${lowestRoll}$: allTied > 0 ? roll2 : tiedLow > 0 ? roll${tl1}$ : tiedHigh > 0 ? roll${lowestRoll}$ : 0}$
${and(lowestRoll > 0, middleRoll) > 0 ? roll${middleRoll}$: allTied > 0 ? roll3 : tiedLow > 0 ? roll${tl2}$ : tiedHigh > 0 ? roll${th2}$ : 0}$

Please feel free to mock me as much as you'd like lol it was fun either way

Or you can do this (like Torlan said) but it does not use the same dice but it's way easier.

2 highest ${[3d6k2h]}$

2 Lowest ${[3d6k2l]}$

[main magnet]

Any reason why number labels can't be used as maximums for number fields that reference them?

[formal goblet]

They can?

[main magnet]

For some reason it ignores it. I tried it with different fields now and it still doesn't work.

Works when it's a number label tho

What's wierder is that it works in a different world.

Not sure what's causing it.

This one uses values from a dynamic table. Maybe that's the problem?

[formal goblet]

${roll_modifier:= checkboxKey ? 'kh' : 'kl'}$
${[2d6:roll_modifier:]}$

😅

[formal goblet]

There should be no difference where the number resides. Even the type doesn't really matter, it will be cast to Number.

[formal goblet]

Maybe. Do you use sameRow() inside the max-field? There was a bug where sameRow() wouldn't work in there, but I don't know when I fixed it and if it is already fixed in the current release-version

[cerulean adder]

I know it was hilariously simply to do one or the other but I thought it would be fun to create logic to roll only 3 dice and determine which of them were the highest and which were the lowest. It's absolutely pointless but it was fun!

[formal goblet]

I mean it's also some sort of training, so...

[cerulean adder]

I'll take it

[half beacon]

Is there a guide somewhere that helps me integrate Item Piles into CSB?

[latent sorrel]

https://github.com/fantasycalendar/FoundryVTT-ItemPiles

Has anyone used the Party Resources module. I cant get it show up on the player side and I am not sure if its just a CSB incompatibility or something else.

[main magnet]

I use Party Resources and it works fine with CSB.

[main magnet]

Figured out the problem. If there's a <p> and </p> inside the label text it doesn't know how to read it. Removing it did the trick.

[main magnet]

Any idea why this doesn't work?

${#concat( ?{difficulty[:"Difficulty"][check][|7]}, ?{difficulty[:check][|3[:3]|4[:4]|5[:5]|6[:6]|7[:7]|8[:8]|9[:9]|10[:10]|11[:11]}, ?{Modifier[number]} )}$

I'm trying to have radio numbers from 3 to 11, with 7 being the default one selected.

[raven raven]

Hi, Is there any way to create a panel that splits the sheet in a 2/3 and 1/3 ratio?

[formal goblet]

CSS should do the trick

[formal goblet]

The first option will always be the default. Otherwise you should stick to User Input Templates

[prisma grove]

Isn't this supposed to be rounding down?

[formal goblet]

Yeah, it rounds your roll result

Literally just that, no more 😅

[prisma grove]

So it should only be showing 9 rather then the 9.5 its currently showing then yeah?

or am I missing something

[formal goblet]

The 9.5 is correct. What it does is "roll, round it, divide by 2" in this order 😅

[prisma grove]

Ah ok I see...

xD

[raven raven]

any idea how exactly? I mean how do i find the file?

[formal goblet]

https://www.w3schools.com/css/css_grid.asp, https://www.w3schools.com/css/css_grid_item.asp. Rest is up to you

[formal goblet]

Either you use the Custom CSS module or create your own CSS-file and provide the path in the settings

[raven raven]

https://github.com/cswendrowski/FoundryVTT-Custom-CSS this coustom css?

[formal goblet]

yep

[raven raven]

I have it installed, got this window

but i have no idea what to write into this wndow to modify this panel

I got the css of the panel form f12

now what?

[formal goblet]

Sry, but I won't teach you CSS. So figuring out the right styles is up to you.

What I can tell is that you can provide additional CSS-classes to each Component (see advanced config of a Component)

[cerulean adder]

I forgot to say this but you were right and you changed my life! Thank you!

[timid marten]

Hi! Sorry to update this again but I can't find where and how I should use "fetchFromActor", would you be able to provide more informations please?

[half beacon]

fetchFromActor(actorName, formula, [fallbackValue])
More information can be found here: https://gitlab.com/custom-system-builder/custom-system-builder#4210-fetchfromactor

If the link doesn't take you directly to it, ctrl+F then type in "fetchFromActor"

[coral hemlock]

Does anyone happen to know the default Foundry CSS class names that govern the attribute bar colors for the Token HUD?

[half beacon]

I think the Bar Brawl module has functions that let you change resource bar colors, if that helps.

[half beacon]

How do I properly set a property using a variable from a script? For example, setting "bonus" to whatever the value is in "i" from a loop.

if(actionSlot[i]){ ${setPropertyInEntity('self', 'bonus', %{return i}%)}$
}%```

[raw terrace]

Is there a way to limit the number of items in an item table on the actor sheet (let’s say there can only be a maximum of 5 items)?

[formal goblet]

Use the actor.update()-function instead. Example can be found here: https://gitlab.com/custom-system-builder/custom-system-builder/-/wikis/Guides/Formula-System#334-calling-macros

[formal goblet]

Nope

[raw terrace]

Good to know, thanks

[latent sorrel]

Kinji was kind enough to provide the instructions for FetchfromActor. To set this up, have a weight field (lets call it "weight") on your backpack actor. This field will receive the item weights from the items in the backpack container via the item modifiers defined on your item (these are all covered in the same doc). On your character actor, have a label with a field label containing ${fetchFromActor('backpack','weight') + carriedWeight}$. This assumes the backpack actor is called "backpack". carriedWeight would be the total weight of other items on the pc actor.
Note: This solution is static. You will probably want to have a way to transfer the backpacks weight between characters. The easiest way, to my mind, will be to use a dynamic table that contains a list of the backpack and similar items (belts, etc) and uses the (unique) name of the item to fetch the weight from the "backpack" and show to weight for that item on each row using fetchfromactor, you can then total these values and add it to the characters carried weight.

[woeful skiff]

How do add a default to dropdown list in a prompt?

${#concat(
?{roll_stat:'STAT?'|"Agility"|"Endurance"|"Intelligence"|"Perception"|"Presence"|"Reflexes"}
)}$

[timid marten]

The issue with this is that I would need a new template for each new backpack since the label needs to be changed

This is not a great solution, how could I automate it, with 'target' or something else, to make it so that I can set something like "Blue backpack" to target only the "Blue backpack" actor page, but I want the "Red backpack" to target only the "Red backpack" actor page

[latent sorrel]

You only need one template for all backpacks.

[timid marten]

If the target is "Blue backpack" this will only work with blue backpack

I'm lost :(

[latent sorrel]

its just like having a single PC template to cover all your PC actors. You create "blue backpack" and "green backpack" from "_backpack template" and then reference them by name.

[timid marten]

Yes, but if the label needs to be changed for each backpack, then it needs a different template

Let's say I have a key on the "Blue backpack" item called "totalweight" that does this: ${fetchFromActor('Blue backpack','itemsweight') + weight}$ and then have the PC Actor page read the "item.totalweight" from that item and add it to its own weight

This would mean that I would need a different label for each Backpack items

[latent sorrel]

No. "Blue Backpack" references the actor of the same name (build from "_backpack template"), if you need to change the reference, then you change "Blue Backpack" to "Green Backpack" (also built from "_backpack template"). You are still only using the same template for both actors.

The question comes down to whether you need an easy way to assign multiple backpacks (or utility belts) to the same character actor.

[timid marten]

Yes, but if I want the Green backpack's item to only read the Green backpack's actor page I would need to edit the label as ${fetchFromActor('Green backpack'

This means having a different item template as you can't edit an item's page labels, you can only edit the global template

Yes, one character actor can have multiple backpack items on him

To make it a bit more clear, here is how things work as of right now:

The Player Actor page has an item container that reads the item.totalweight, this is one way for the player to see what is the total weight of their backpack with all the items

Then, there is an actor page for this Backpack that will have the item container and that stores and calculates all the item weights in one specific key: BackpackWeight

In the Backpack's item page, there is a "totalweight" key that reads specifically the weight of the backpack + the "BackpackWeight" of the Backpack actor page. There is also a modifier to add the "totalweight" to the Player actor's weight

The issue with this is that the label that searches for the "BackpackWeight" searches specifically for "Blue backpack"s actor page, not anything else

If I were to create a Green Backpack item, I would need it to read the "Green Backpack"s actor page, which means editing the label

And editing the label for each backpack means having a template for each backpack, which is hell

I hope this is more clear this way :c

And thank you for your patience, really

[latent sorrel]

Try something like this on your player actor

[timid marten]

Oh

That's a solution yeah

I will try something with this

[latent sorrel]

the 'a' should be 'weight" or what what ever the weight column key is called

[timid marten]

Weight returns as an "ERROR" for some reason

Here is how I made it, and the label text is: ${fetchFromActor(sameRow('namefield'),'BackpackWeight'}$

[abstract siren]

Hello everyone, I am spaghetti coding a macro to autoupdate the active effects on tokens based on the health bar. So far, by following the link at the bottom I managed to add effects automatically, the hooking logic works correctly. https://gitlab.com/custom-system-builder/custom-system-builder/-/wikis/Tips-&-Tricks/Scripts-for-Active-Effects
I can't understand how am I supposed to remove the active effects when the correct conditions are triggered 😦 I'm trying to follow the official documentation, but all I found is the getEmbeddedCollection method.

Before going down that rabbit hole I was wondering, is there's an easier way?
I already tried with token.actor.appliedEffects.pop(e => e.name === "Wounded"); but it doesn't work, I think due to reference or actor props update issues. Code follows.

[timid marten]

Fixed nvm

[abstract siren]

...
let isDying = token.actor.appliedEffects.find(e => e.name === "Dying");
    
    if (dying) {
        console.log("dying");
        if (isDying) {
            return
        }else {
            // Effect settings
            let effectData = {
                    changes: [
                        { key: "system.props.WOUND_MODIFIER", mode: 5, value: (token.actor.system.props.WOUND_MODIFIER) = 3 } 
                    ],
                    name: "Dying",
                    icon: "icons/svg/unconscious.svg", 
                    tint: "#ff0000", 
                    origin: token.document.uuid, 
                    sourceName: "Hit", 
                    disabled: false, 
                    description: "This does that...", 
                    flags: { core: { statusId: "Dying" } }
            };
            // Apply the effect to tokens
            let activeEffect = token.actor.createEmbeddedDocuments("ActiveEffect", [effectData]);
            // Script when the effect is created
            ui.notifications.warn("Effect created"); 
        }
    } else if (shocked){ ...

[abstract siren]

I just posted a part, otherwise I'm gonna have to upload a file. This is how I'm adding the Active Effects. The "dying" and "shocked" variables are bools.

I may have found a solution, writing down your issues is so helpful lol

[latent sorrel]

We're glad we could help 😛

[abstract siren]

hacky solution for those interested

let appliedEffects  = token.actor.appliedEffects;
let effectNames = ['Wounded','Bleeding','Dying'];
let matchingIds = appliedEffects.filter(effect => effectNames.includes(effect.name)).map(effect => effect.id);
console.log(matchingIds);
token.actor.deleteEmbeddedDocuments("ActiveEffect",matchingIds);

[timid marten]

the issue with this is that the dynamic table's weight will not update until I remove the name and rewrite it again

for example, the backpack currently returns 10kg but if I update the actor sheet's item's weight it will not update the 10kg until I manually make it refresh (removing one letter and rewriting it)

[formal goblet]

The sheet needs an update to fetch the new values. Any value-change in the sheet should be enough.

And yeah, that's the limitation of fetchFromActor(), no live-updates

[timid marten]

https://gyazo.com/c7fdb700631e6eb2bb732f2986a41af1.gif

any solution for this then? :(

This means that all of this is for nothing

If I still have to manually update something

[formal goblet]

The only solution I'd know would be to create a WorldScript, which listens to backpack-changes and triggers actor-changes

[timid marten]

I never wrote scripts in Foundry VTT, any tip on how and where I could write something like this?

[formal goblet]

Well... WorldScripts should be registered via a module (either custom or the WorldScripter-module). And you need a bit of knowledge of the Foundry-API: https://foundryvtt.com/api/index.html. You want to use Hooks to register World Scripts.

[timid marten]

Is there an easier workaround like a "refresh everything" kind of button?

[formal goblet]

What is "everything"? 😅

[timid marten]

All actor and item pages for example

[formal goblet]

oooof, this induces a heavy load. If I'd take my Shadowrun-Campaign (50 Actors, 600 Items), that would take roundabout 10 - 30 seconds

[timid marten]

:(

What about refreshing only _backpack template pages?

[formal goblet]

Well, you would refresh those backpacks, but not the weight-values of the actors

[timid marten]

I meant the _backpack actor pages

[formal goblet]

game.actors.filter(actor => actor.system.template === 'templateId').forEach(actor => actor.templateSystem.reloadTemplate()) or something like this. Check the paths of the actor with game.actors.getName('yourActorName').

But in general, it should always be actor.templateSystem.reloadTemplate() or item.templateSystem.reloadTemplate() at the end.

[timid marten]

so basically this?

[formal goblet]

Check the paths & values of the actor with game.actors.getName('yourActorName')

You can type that into the console (F12)

[formal goblet]

You can expand it and check the properties of it (in this case, check system.template)

[formal goblet]

And I think that template expects an ID, not the name

[timid marten]

this?

[formal goblet]

Yep, ID

[timid marten]

okay so now

this should work?

[formal goblet]

Probably. Give it a go

[timid marten]

How can I do this for _backpack item templates too?

I think that's what I need to update actually

because the dynamic table is inside an item page

left is the actor page, right is the item page

and it's the item page value that doesn't update automatically

not the actor page value

[formal goblet]

Items of an Actor are available under actor.items. Filter them and do the same as above.

[timid marten]

I tried this but it doesn't refresh anything

I got the id from "game.items.getName('Sac bleu')"

I would want all items to be refreshed, could it be actor items but also general items

(all items with the _backpack template of course)

I don't think my screenshot has been sent so here is a copy paste:
game.actor.items.filter(item => item.system.template === 'T0i2XYaEWGChQHWK').forEach(item => item.templateSystem.reloadTemplate())

I also tried "game.items.filter" instead of actor.items

Nothing gets refreshed

[formal goblet]

There's no game.actor, it's always an Array of actors game.actors.

[timid marten]

To be fair, game.items doesn't work either

[formal goblet]

Errors in the console?

[timid marten]

Does this mean that it worked?

the screenshots are not sending :(

https://i.gyazo.com/2d5ba78a1f718a54bc14bcbf130988ed.png

[formal goblet]

I think your image host is dead

[timid marten]

even just sending screens through discord doesn't work

discord is dead

i.gyazo.com/2d5ba78a1f718a54bc14bcbf130988ed.png

add https://

to the link

[formal goblet]

Nope, that one is something different.

[timid marten]

The macro doesn't do anything in the console then

[formal goblet]

Cut off the part after filter() and check if there are even items that pass the filter.

Execute that in the console so that you see the results directly.

[timid marten]

no results

nothing in the console

[drifting raft]

${variable:=1}$
${variable=2}$
${variable}$
Why the third line outputs 1 and not 2? Can't I resssign variables that way??

[latent sorrel]

try

console.info(items);```

[timid marten]

the filter works

[formal goblet]

The assignment-operator is :=, not =

[spiral dome]

Hey, back again with probably a question which is probably really obviously stated in the readme in the Gitlab page 😄

I have an item which defines what skill is used from a dropdown. Now I want a label next to it that retrieves the skill rating of this skill on the charactersheet.
I tried
fetchFromActor('attached', "fetchFromDynamicTable('playerSkillsDynamicTable', 'SkillstableSkillRating', 'SkillstableSkills', itemsWeaponsSkill)",0 Result = 0
and
fetchFromActor('attached', "fetchFromDynamicTable('playerSkillsDynamicTable', 'SkillstableSkillRating', 'SkillstableSkills', item.itemsWeaponsSkill)",0 Result = Error

Both didn't work. Can someone point me in the right direction? I am sure the keys are correct.

[formal goblet]

I wrote this section literally just a day ago and it was worth it 😂
https://gitlab.com/custom-system-builder/custom-system-builder/-/wikis/Guides/Formula-System#317-execution-context

[drifting raft]

Yeaah, my fault. 😅

[timid marten]

I know why this doesn't work

reloading the template doesn't update the dynamic table's value

As you can see here

https://gyazo.com/315c51006ef6f96885b3cd72e320d34f.gif

[latent sorrel]

Consider adding an "update" button that toggles a hidden checkbox. Toggling a check box forces the actor/item to update.

[timid marten]

What should be the code inside the button to update the item?

[latent sorrel]

${setPropertyInEntity('self', 'toggle', '${toggle ? 0 : 1}$')}$ where toggle is the key of the checkbox

[timid marten]

How do you add buttons again? I forgot :')

[prisma grove]

Lable > Lable style > Button.
or alternatively
Label Icon > 'dice-d20'> Lable Roll Message <[roll formula here]>

The icon doesnt have to be dice-d20 either, but that is a pretty decent default.

[timid marten]

the button updates itself every 0.1 seconds

🤔

it breaks everything, I'm glad the undo button exists lol

it goes 0,1,0,1,0 infinitely

the refresh is happening so fast that it breaks all pages

[formal goblet]

You should never use updating-logic inside a normal Label text (if this is what you've done).

[timid marten]

Where should I add it in the button?

[formal goblet]

Label Roll Message

[timid marten]

Can I remove the fact it actually rolls something?

like the chat message and roll sound effect

[formal goblet]

%{throw 'done';}% at the end

[spiral dome]

I understand the general text, but I am still too noob on this whole formula stuff to truly understand it 😄

[pale crest]

Hi guys! (Propably not so) quick question 😅
Is there a way to access and evaluate a roll inside a "Label roll message"?
The system I'm working on right now rolls 2+d6 dice for different actions and the system defines a crit as "two matching numbers inside the roll". So a roll with 3,1,3 would be a crit with the two 3s and I would like to detect that and react to it inside the roll message to add for example 'Crit!!!' to the message.

[timid marten]

Thank you so much, everything works as intended now! I just need to remember to update all items but atleast it works :')

[half beacon]

I guess I'm not sure how the function can help here? The script doesn't run when I try %{}% within ${}$ within %{}%

[fierce harbor]

Ahoy!
From what I read the number of dice is not known beforehand. Thus you need a macro where you input the dice pool size, evaluate each roll by itself and then compare all the rolls two-by-two to check for critical result.

[formal goblet]

%{
if (actionSlot[i]) {
  await entity.entity.update({'system.props.bonus': i});
}
}%

[cinder raft]

Hi gang, how would I insert a hp track like the one in World of Darkness, where you have 3 states per checkbox in a character sheet? Empty, marked with a slash and marked with a X
If that is even possible :D

[formal goblet]

Nope, not with the standard-checkbox (which has only 2 states). You'd need a Custom-Component for that: https://gitlab.com/custom-system-builder/custom-system-builder/-/wikis/Create-Components/Create-a-Custom-Input-Component. Or you try to realize it differently.

[cinder raft]

Alrighty, thanks!

[cinder raft]

btw, is there a solution for that? A better way to use a macro script than with that function?

[formal goblet]

You can suppress the creation of the other Chat Message with %{throw 'done';}% at the end of your Label Roll Message. This is a temporary fix until the next version is available

[cinder raft]

Nice :D

[bright berry]

This Custom Component thing is impenetrable... I wonder if someone else has made one that I can just steal

[formal goblet]

There's currently someone implementing a Ressource Bar. Otherwise you can check the other Components in the source code if that helps you

[bright berry]

Yeah...

It's the same question EnTropic asked. Trying to implement a three or four state checkbox

A different solution is just a dropdown list of options, but it's not as elegant as just clicking a box. And less tactile

[formal goblet]

Well, you have to know how to program with JS and HTML, that won't change 😅

[bright berry]

If that makes sense

Haha, yeah

I do not

[formal goblet]

I can't help with that, that's the minimum requirement for a Custom Component

[bright berry]

Yeah, of course

No worries

Other solution ideas... Would it be possible to make a button that cycles through text when you click it?

A Label that'll change its own text when clicked

In a different sheet I had labels that would change their text based on a different component... I guess having it all in one leads to recursion issues

[formal goblet]

Yeah, you can implement something like that actually. The Example-Template has that: https://gitlab.com/custom-system-builder/custom-system-builder/-/tree/template/example_template/sheet-library/Example?ref_type=heads

Check out the Armor-Item-Container

[bright berry]

Aha!

[formal goblet]

You cannot save the state in a Label, but it should be fine to save it in a Number Field or Dropdown

[bright berry]

Right yeah, that'd work

This one?

Wow I do not get item containers at all, what the heck..

To the documentation!

[formal goblet]

The import of Item Containers is a bit broken, so you have to reselect the Templates in the Config. And then you just drop the corresponding Item

[bright berry]

Oh, I don't have any items to drop though. So it's something that works in tandem with other things I have to make?

Because this is entirely uninteractable

[formal goblet]

Yeah, you have to create an Item

[bright berry]

Hmmm

Shame the example sheet doesn't come with example items so I can see how it works better...

Oh

It does xD

Hmm

[misty terrace]

hey, there was a thread somewhere on this board that had a bunch of CSS tips and tricks, does anyone remember where that is?

[half beacon]

A Discord thread or a wiki?

[misty terrace]

discord thread

I'm trying to remember how to update the item containers so it shows the item's picture larger, instead of the name

[sharp prairie]

You are looking for this? https://discord.com/channels/170995199584108546/1154507115172466810

[misty terrace]

Yes! Thanks!!

[craggy python]

so a little while ago i refactored my sheet and in doing so, decided I'd remove one of the templates that I'd been using. i forgot to like, delete all of the items from the sheet that use that template though, and now there's a bunch of junk data spitting out warnings to me. i've tried deleting them through the console, like using game.actors.get().items.delete() and going through one-by-one for each item, but it turns out that it's not saving those deleted changes (i am doing this with a shorthand by storing game.actors.get().items in a variable and deleting from there, perhaps that's why?)

in any case, is there a faster way to clean all of this corrupted data off of my sheets? it's basically just a bunch of dead items

[formal goblet]

Item Container with no template selected and delete them from there

[craggy python]

clever, thanks so much!

[turbid elbow]

How does one make "items" that have some kind of action to them? Everything has to be a macro?

[fierce harbor]

Not really. It all depends on what you want to do. You can put code in the Roll Message of a Label inside the Item, for example.

[turbid elbow]

At this point I'm thinking about weapons in general and some gear like night-vision goggles and stuff.
I use an NVG macro from my macro bar but eventually I want to give that to players as an item

[fierce harbor]

If those Items modify actor stats, you can use Item Modifiers.
For the goggles, what do they do?

[turbid elbow]

My system is not on Foundry so I'm struggling in cobbling stuff from scratch

[turbid elbow]

Goggles do this:

const {visionMode} = token.document.sight;
await token.document.updateVisionMode(visionMode === "basic" ? "lightAmplification": "basic")
await token.document.update({
sight:{
range: visionMode === "basic" ? 15: 0,
angle: visionMode === "basic" ? 45: 0
}
});

[fierce harbor]

I'm afraid this still requires a macro.

[turbid elbow]

I am, unfortunately, forced to rely on thralls fueled by whiskey and cookies, called "buddies" for JS knowledge 😦

[scarlet skiff]

well you could put your macro in a compendium and then put a button in the googles item which calls that macro - then players should also be able to use it

[turbid elbow]

What is a compendium? A database?

[turbid elbow]

m'kay... what will it do?

[scarlet skiff]

i dont know if it could be called a database but in the end its a collection of things you put there

so e.g. i got a macro compendium (which is free to use for my players) which looks like that

[turbid elbow]

Ok...

[scarlet skiff]

in there there are macros which call the real macro like that

let macroName = "Attack Macro";
let key = "world.helper-macros"
let pack = game.packs.get(key);
let macro = (await pack.getDocuments()).find(i => (i.name === macroName));
await macro.execute();

i did this so players cant alter the real macro

but after all you could just put this call also in a label (have to use script expression = %{}% for that)

[turbid elbow]

like, choose how they can attack?

So I have to make a database of weapons and equipment so that the player can use a macro in the compendium to use said entry

[scarlet skiff]

for example you could put your googles-macro in a compendium and call this via a button on the sheet

[scarlet skiff]

no

[turbid elbow]

FFS, I'm coming to the realization that Foundry was a big mistake if I don't understand Java and coding

[scarlet skiff]

thats not true

it just depends how much automation you want

for everything else CSB is a easy starting point

like your task with the googles is advanced stuff which helps with automation but is not required

[turbid elbow]

I want barely any automation, because we play F2F at a table with a screen on which I run the map and tokens

the thing is, I'm trying to go for effects that my players could toggle and functional gear

[scarlet skiff]

yeah

thats difficult stuff

for that stuff you need JS - but thats true for every VTT there is

for animation/effects/functions you need programming

[turbid elbow]

later maybe NPC weapons with sounds

[scarlet skiff]

playing sounds on a button press = macro = programming

[turbid elbow]

We play Warhammer 40k Dark Heresy 1ed. which is non-existent for regular Foundry.
I'm trying to adapt as much as I can.

[scarlet skiff]

i guess all the stuff you want needs programming in one way or another - in foundry that would be JS - for other VTT i dont know

[turbid elbow]

I have a programmer-friend but there are limits to buggering people for help

even with whiskey and cookies

It does look good and stuff but I can't get the functionality I need from it.

[misty terrace]

OK, all this time using CSB and I've never done this before. I am working on the Daggerheart playtest and I want the player to choose a Class from a dropdown list and have that choice populate another control on the sheet with that Classes Feature ability. Any ideas?

[formal goblet]

So a Dropdown, that is dependent on another Dropdown?

[misty terrace]

I can hard code the options using custom, but I'd love to make it more flexible so there isn't a major effort when they change classes

[formal goblet]

You can put Scripts into Label Roll Message, so executing them from a Sheet is not an issue. About the programming-part: Yeah, you need a bit of JS-knowledge, that won't change 😅

[formal goblet]

Formula-option?

[misty terrace]

not sure what you mean.

at the moment the Class Feature is the same for all characters of that class, so I'm trying to have a label in the lower left of the sheet that updates with the correct text for the class feature when the player selects/changes their class from a dropdown at the top.

[formal goblet]

What about having a class-item, that modifies the right fields?

[formal goblet]

A Dropdown can contain a Formula, so that the options can populate dynamically.

[misty terrace]

I could make a Class item and add a Feature field and use a pair of linked ITCs

[turbid elbow]

Is there some template for a 'ranged weapon' that would make a specific roll against a target?
Maybe play a sound with it?
Would be great if I could add an image and be able to give it to an NPC?

[formal goblet]

Sound -> Scripting.
Target properties -> fetchFromActor('target', ...)
Adjusting Token Image -> Scripting

[turbid elbow]

That's how the char sheet looks like

[formal goblet]

It'd probably be better to have Weapons as Items instead of using a Dynamic Table. But that's up to you.

[turbid elbow]

I don't know the difference 😦

I kinda jumped into Foundry to get a great experience for my group but hell, this is way bigger than I can manage

[formal goblet]

Well, more automations means more work. If you need an Example, you can download the Example-Sheet from here: https://gitlab.com/custom-system-builder/custom-system-builder/-/tree/template/example_template/sheet-library/Example?ref_type=heads

You need to fix the Item Containers by reselecting the right Item Templates. Besides that, everything should work from the get-go.

[turbid elbow]

Thanks.

[weary nymph]

Hello. How can I access an owned item's name in a character sheet formula? Can I access the name directly or do I have to have a field on the item with the item's name?

[formal goblet]

name

Ah wait, from the Actor Sheet?

[weary nymph]

yes, from item container item.

used in a roll

[formal goblet]

item.name

[weary nymph]

${item.name}$ then?

[formal goblet]

Yep

[weary nymph]

Thanks!

[fathom cave]

Had a question for @formal goblet . Wanted a roll in a userInputTemplate to populate a field(label) inside the template. The roll works, but I can't figure out how to 'send' it to the label. have "${setPropertyInEntity('self', 'fumble', [1d20])}$" and 'self' returns it properly to the actor sheet, but I want it to return to a different field on the InputTemplate itself and don't know what I should replace 'self' with. Thanks!

[formal goblet]

Wait wait wait, I have so many questions...

• Roll in a User Input Template?
• Populate a Label inside a Template?
• setPropertyInEntity() in combination with a User Input Template?

I advise to be more precise with the words you use 😅 . You can also post an example, that would also help.

[fathom cave]

sorry, trying to build a full system, something I have wanted to do for a while, but not a coder. So I have on the character sheet a label which pulls up a userInputTemplate. I have a button label which when pressed rolls a 1d20. I want the result to show up in another label on the userInputTemplate. If I use the previous code it will return it properly to 'fumble' on the character sheet, but I don't want it to return there, I want it to return to a label on the userInputTemplate where the d20 icon is in the picture with the key 'fate'. setPropertyInEntity() seemed like the best choice to do this.

[formal goblet]

Yeah, nope... The current User Input Template was not build to have dynamic value changes. So setProperty will not work there at all. If you have complex Dialogs, use your own Scripts (which can be tricky for a non-coder).

[fathom cave]

I haven't dug into scripts so much yet, but now I know that is where I have to go, thanks!

[misty terrace]

That worked, Martin. A bit ugly and needs some styling, but I turned Class into an item, made 2 item containers on the sheet that both referenced on that type of item and displayed the fields I need on the bottom one.

I think I can surpress the <a> link/item card in the bottom box using CSS. (I don't need the "Bard" card in the bottom box)

[formal goblet]

Why 2 Item Containers? You can set up Item Modifiers, which set/modify Labels on the Actor Sheet

[timid marten]

Hi! Does anyone know why my radio button value returns "object Object" when trying to link it to a number field from which the key is also the group key of the radio buttons?

[formal goblet]

This is a Text Field, not a Radio Button

[timid marten]

My radio buttons all are from the group "HP", and all render a value from 1 to 5 (not injured to very injured)

I want to read the value and also be able to change which radio buttons is activated without opening the sheet (changing the attribute from a token bar), but when creating a number field with the key "HP", it does this

radio buttons cannot be clicked and it only renders object Object

[formal goblet]

I see the issue. Well, Radio Button Groups are only meant for Radio Buttons to share, not for other Fields.

[timid marten]

It is not possible to link them to an attribute bar? :(

[formal goblet]

Probably not how you'd like. You can create custom attribute bars, which can take formulas. But the downside would be that the Token wouldn't be able to change the values directly, it must be done through the Actor Sheet then

[timid marten]

I could link them with the props.keyValue on the ressources tag but the dots won't check correctly when editing from the token

However, as seen in the bottom left of the sheet, the value updates correctly

https://gyazo.com/a34fb93e7f6487c82d658b77996abebb.gif

Is there really no way for the radio buttons to read "ok I am 4 now so I should check the button that renders the value 4"?

[formal goblet]

I think that this is the issue. I'd have to investigate more, because I've never considered this case (which implies that it was never intended this way) 😅

[timid marten]

I see the issue 🤔

I tried with a dropdown but the issue is the same sadly

[formal goblet]

The Attribute Bar was only meant to be synced with Number Fields, not with other Components

[timid marten]

I see

:(

[timid marten]

You can add conditions with "condition ? true : false" but can you add "else if"?

Like "${HP == 5 ? 'untouched' : HP == 4 ? 'scratched' : HP == 3 ? 'Lacerated'}$" etc..

Ok I didn't think it would work if I wrote it like this, it was just for the example

But it turns out it's actually how you do the else if

lol

I got my answer

[misty terrace]

I have no idea how to work with Item Modifiers. I'll try to look through the documentation.

[misty terrace]

I'm having a hard time understanding what one would practically do with an Item Modifier. Is it a way to do things like mimic Active Effects? For example, would that be a way to update a Character's Strength if they add and item called "Ring of Strength" that has an Item Modifier on it?

[formal goblet]

Yeah, that's more or less how it works

[timid marten]

I'm having an issue with the "Heartbeat" module, it cannot read the HP attribute value for some reason

Health estimate works prefectly though

[formal goblet]

actor seems undefined. Maybe you need a different path (like starting from system instead)

[timid marten]

I just fixed it, the solution was "actor.attributeBar.HP.value", I'll keep this post here in case anyone in the future has the same issue

[formal goblet]

Wait, what? That doesn't seem right 😅 . I'd understand if it was under actor.system.attributeBar or system.attributeBar, but actor.attributeBar is kinda weird.

[timid marten]

oh wait nevermind

"system.attributeBar.HP.value"

lol

[formal goblet]

Yeah, that one is more logical

[turbid elbow]

Do you know any way I can re-do that vision macro into some grainy greyscale 'thermal vision'?

[fierce harbor]

Not really, sorry. Never played around with vision at all. I just suppose you could tinker around and find the combination that suites your needs.

[sonic vault]

Hi guys, How long, everything ok?
I have a problem with my HP attribute, the maximum hp has a formula, [constitution + (an attribute)d(another attribute) ], I tried to make it work but I had some specific problems with the roll.
How could I do this?

I did it this way but it doesn't seem to be adding up (PV = HP)

"con_valor + inicial_pv = 31"

[turbid elbow]

@formal goblet
Goggles do this:

const {visionMode} = token.document.sight;
await token.document.updateVisionMode(visionMode === "basic" ? "lightAmplification": "basic")
await token.document.update({
sight:{
range: visionMode === "basic" ? 15: 0,
angle: visionMode === "basic" ? 45: 0
}
});

Do you happen to know a way to change this effect to something like grainy monochrome 'thermal vision'?

[scarlet skiff]

Macro-polo Channel is your friend there

[turbid elbow]

I tried, no success.

[sharp prairie]

You know what? I’ve felt for a long while that the CSB community is in desperate need of a video tutorial/review/intro thing. As a fellow human with ZERO coding or programming experience, trying to learn how to do any of this over text chat is… [redacted]. So, even tho I mostly have no idea what I’m talking about, I’m gonna try to work on making some videos. At least on where and how to find the info needed to start building and using CSB and then some basic stuff that I’ve learned. I wish to at least lessen the amount of floundering I’ve noticed while constantly lurking in here. I have no idea when this will happen, but I’ll try my best.

@formal goblet @brittle moth Please let me know if I might be overstepping by doing something like this. 😊

[misty terrace]

Anyone write any CSS to shrink the size of a Panel (set to Grid of 3) with each cell only containing unlabled Checkboxes?

[formal goblet]

We have nothing against it if someone is doing videos about the system. I also had that idea, but I had other priorities.

[formal goblet]

Nope, that's Foundry-core. That has nothing to do with our system

[prisma grove]

${#'BOX_ARROWS' ? '${#setPropertyInEntity('self', 'NUM_ARROWS', "NUM_ARROWS - 1")}$' : '0'}$ I am missing something simple here im sure, but this still subtracts even if set to false.

I also tried this ${#'BOX_ARROWS' ? '${#setPropertyInEntity('self', 'NUM_ARROWS', "NUM_ARROWS - 1")}$' : '${#setPropertyInEntity('self', 'NUM_ARROWS', "NUM_ARROWS + 0")}$'}$ but that just reset back to 0 every time. reguardless of true or false checked.

[formal goblet]

https://gitlab.com/custom-system-builder/custom-system-builder/-/wikis/Guides/Formula-System#315-conditions see last point.

[prisma grove]

Ah... I see, I swear my dyslexia is getting worse lol thanks as always.

[manic hearth]

I'm using a dynamic table where I want it to include an optional text field as part of a message, but sameRow is returning 0 when it's blank. Is there a way to get it to leave it blank?

[formal goblet]

Good question... I don't know why it is even returning 0 at this point... What about if the 2nd arg of sameRow() is an empty string?

[manic hearth]

Tried '' and ' '. Both threw me an error

[formal goblet]

You cannot use Roll Formulas [] in Label text, you can only do that in Label Roll Messages

[formal goblet]

What's the error?

[manic hearth]

Correction, those still return 0. Leaving the option after the comma blank threw the error

Here's the snippet, if that helps.

<h3>Damage: ${sameRow('roll7',0)}$</h3>
<h4><b>Roll: </b>${[1d10x10] + sameRow('roll3')}$</h4>
<B>Notes: </b><i>${sameRow('roll8')}$</i>```

[formal goblet]

Is the capital letter at the beginning intended for Roll2?

[manic hearth]

Yeah. I was sloppy with the keys.

[formal goblet]

So sameRow('roll8', '') still returns 0?

[manic hearth]

Yup. Just tried it again to be sure

[formal goblet]

Heh... Could be a bug

[manic hearth]

The ones for Roll2 and roll3 do the same when I leave them blank too.

[formal goblet]

Can you open a ticket for that? I'll look at it later.

[manic hearth]

Sure

[sharp prairie]

Oh I realize it may have been on your mind. We are all very busy people here, you are extremely helpful, and we appreciate it!

[prisma grove]

Curious can a specific item be tracked through a label outside of an inventory? Like If I had 5 potions and I wanted that to show in a label on another tab could that be done?

[cinder fox]

I am trying to set up a roll that can just roll the dice formula under the damage column in a dynamic table

This does not seem to work: ${#dice:= sameRow('weapon_damage')}$ ${[dice]}$

Ok I got it to work, I have to surround the key/variable with :, like so
${#dice:= sameRow('weapon_damage')}$
${consoleLog(dice)}
${[:dice:]}$

[timid marten]

How could I make it so that instead of adding items multiple times inside an item container it instead increases the item.Quantity value of that item?

[fierce harbor]

Does not ItemPile do that?

[timid marten]

Is my quantity value not setup correctly?

[fierce harbor]

Hmm...I do not remember now. Let me check... Anyway, I think it should be under item props.

[timid marten]

well yeah but it mentions not to add the "item." to the path

[fierce harbor]

Can't seem to find the info and my pc isn't accessible at the moment. I know it is the hard way, but you could create an actor and the connected token, then use the console to traverse the data structure till you get to the items.

[timid marten]

There's no way I find it this way :/

Thanks though

[fierce harbor]

Sorry mate, I'd like to help really.

[vagrant hollow]

This is correct - as long as you provide on the item sheet a number field with the key "Quantity".

[timid marten]

I do

[fierce harbor]

You mean in the item?

[timid marten]

Yes, I think

[vagrant hollow]

Yes

[fierce harbor]

Thanks 👍🏻

[timid marten]

won't stack tho

[vagrant hollow]

Ah, just read the above part of your question.
Item piles will not do this automatically and also not CSB.
But you can make the label inside the item container add/subtract 1 if you click/shift-click on the quantity label.
Use the setPropertyInEntity function.

So, not drag/drop one more on the sheet.

[timid marten]

How do i do this shift click shenaningan? 🤔

[vagrant hollow]

Mine are:
-${item.name}$${setPropertyInEntity('item', 'quantity', "item.quantity - 1")}$übrig

+${item.name}$${setPropertyInEntity('item', 'quantity', "item.quantity + 1")}$übrig

I want a chat printout if a player changes his quantity.

[timid marten]

I add those in the label text?

[vagrant hollow]

No, first in roll message -second in alternative roll message.

[timid marten]

It worked, thank you!

This becomes handy

[vagrant hollow]

I think I have a hiccup in my brain.
I have a matrix that has to be equal for every actor (so no sense for dynamic table) and via two dropdowns (collum, row) I want to get the one exact value out of it for further calculations.
Can maybe someone push me in the right direction how to do this.

[fierce harbor]

Why not dynamic table? I think you can set it in the template, values and all, and that should solve the issue.

[vagrant hollow]

Damit, I have overseen the + button.
I know there was a hiccup.
Thank you mate.

[bright glacier]

Greetings! I'm new to this and there are many things I don't understand about the wiki. I want an object to use a value from the character sheet, but I don't know how. My idea is that from the object sheet, you can use an attack and damage button. I really appreciate your help.

[woeful skiff]

Is there a way to add a row to the top of this table or a way to rearrange the rows ?

[fierce harbor]

Just drag the components to a free slot and switch what you need.

[woeful skiff]

You're a lifesaver

[formal goblet]

Object Sheet? Do you mean Items? If so, you can use fetchFromActor() to fetch data from an Actor.

[bright glacier]

TY ❤️ I'll try

[spiral dome]

A question just to save me some time 🙂 :how do item containers behave inside a Dynamic Table?

My goal: create a dynamic table in which every line is a unique spell book. Every spell book has a number of spells, a number of so called 'immuto' that affect the spells (change the range or damage for instance). It would be great if I can just use the item containers to add the spells and immuto as items, but I doubt it is possible to add spells to a specific item container because that spell book contains those specific spells.

[formal goblet]

They are incompatible with each other

[spiral dome]

Too bad

[warm flower]

Good evening gents!

I'm trying to do some math in here for the rolls, but strugling to make this work.

Which formula would be the best to roll from one character and compare the result with target actor atribute?

[formal goblet]

${roll_result:= [1d20]}$
${#target_ac:= fetchFromActor('target', "AC", -99)}$
${target_ac == -99 ? 'No target selected' : roll_result >= target_ac ? 'Attack hit' : 'Attack missed'}$

[warm flower]

thanks, will try that

[warm flower]

Worked nicely!

[normal ore]

Hey guys, how's it going?
I'm trying to use scroll macros because in the system I'm putting together, there's a test attack scroll, and if it succeeds, there's a damage scroll, and occasionally a status test scroll. All tests use character sheet keys, both for the selected characters and the target characters. I'm having difficulty developing the script. Does anyone have a script as an example that would allow me to build from this example?

[formal goblet]

The Wiki has some: https://gitlab.com/custom-system-builder/custom-system-builder/-/wikis/home

You can also check the Example in the last section of the Formula System - Guide

[formal goblet]

Besides that, I hope you know how to programm, because you have to use Javascript.

[normal ore]

I've already looked at this documentation several times, seen the examples, but I think I'm not getting anything by the looks of it haha! Maybe it's because my English is terrible (I'm Brazilian), I don't know, everything seems confusing to me. That's why I asked if there was an example script of a complete scroll using the character sheet keys. Thanks, I'll keep trying to understand this!

[normal ore]

My programming knowledge is very basic as well. But it's just that the way I need it, there's no other way; it would have to be done only via macro. Because the custom system builder naturally can't understand a conditional to roll only if that condition is true. It rolls regardless of the result of the condition.

[formal goblet]

You can start of with basic stuff like %{console.warn(entity);}% in a random Label Roll Message. This will log the whole entity-object in the console, so that you can inspect it with F12. This contains all data an Actor has.

[prisma grove]

How do I get a dynamic table number field to display the result of a roll? Like I can the outcome I want in chat but it wont change in the Dynamic table. I'm sure I'm over looking something in the wiki =/

[formal goblet]

Your Formula cannot find something under the path NUM_AMMO. You can test it by using ${NUM_AMMO}$. You'll see that this won't display anything. The reason behind this is that NUM_AMMO is a key within a DynamicTable, so the full path would be something like Ranged_Weapons_Table.0.NUM_AMMO. So you need a function, which can return the path of the column of the same row. And that would be this here: https://gitlab.com/custom-system-builder/custom-system-builder#425-samerowref

[prisma grove]

Ah ok thanks.

[static cargo]

Is there a YT vid or something showing what the Item Type: SubTemplate and UserInputTemplates are for?

[fierce harbor]

Haven't found any.

SubTemplates are basically template parts you can reuse in different templates.
UserInputTemplates are useful if you plan to have lots of user inputs, but this is my '2 cents'...

[static cargo]

I guessed as much, but my learning style leans heavily toward Visual over reading. 😞

[fierce harbor]

Oh, I see. Then I cannot be of help, sorry pal.

[static cargo]

Maybe there's another way you can help @fierce harbor. is there a console path that would fetch the template used such as:
game.items.getName('thing-0001').wibbly.wobbly.template

[fierce harbor]

As suggested by @formal goblet , you could try putting %{console.warn(entity)}% inside a Label Roll Message of the item and look at the console to inspect it in search of the bit you need.

[gray shore]

Hello there! Nice to meet you all!

I wanted to ask, how do I get an attribute from the selected token in a script, as I would in the sheet? For instance ${mp}$ ? For some reason, it seems like token.actor.system.props is always undefined for me.

[formal goblet]

canvas.tokens.controlled.map(controlled => controlled.actor)

[gray shore]

Thanks a lot, that works! Deleted some of my messages since I accidentally placed a template in a scene so it obviously did not have props

[cerulean adder]

Is there any way to sort items that are in an item container? It looks like it's first come first serve atm.

[formal goblet]

Will come with the next version

[cerulean adder]

Thank you!

[real shuttle]

okay so I tried putting ${item.textareakey}$ in the roll message for an item container label and all it's giving me is this

oh wait what

it works with one template but not the other o.OOO

[real shuttle]

okay I figured all of that out--next question:
Is it possible to embed a deferred roll into a rich text area that would then be clickable once that area is put in chat with a roll message?

example:
Ability description says "You can use your action to make a claw attack. On a hit, you deal 1d6 piercing damage." When it goes to chat, you can click "claw attack" and it'll roll your d20, and then you can click the "1d6 piercing damage" and it'll roll your 1d6.

[clear gust]

Hi ! Quick question : is it possible to call a macro within the Initiative Formula, or is it only a direct dice roll/actor skill fetch ?

[formal goblet]

Good question. Can you use %{return 1;}% inside it?

[formal goblet]

[[/r 1d20]]?

[real shuttle]

ohhh I'm dumb I was trying to put a ${}$ inside a ${}$

[formal goblet]

That can also work, but has a completely different effect.

[real shuttle]

wait really? I've never been able to get it to work--how do you do it?

[formal goblet]

https://gitlab.com/custom-system-builder/custom-system-builder/-/wikis/Guides/Formula-System#317-execution-context

Last example has such case.

[real shuttle]

oh oh you do the %%'s for one of them okay!

[still sluice]

I'm struggling with building an OSR-adjacent sheet for relatively simple characters. I have probably not done it precisely appropriately, but I have the following:

• One template for use by PCs and henchmen
• One template for classesto store permanent values associated with that class
• A character for each class using classTemplate (classFighter, classMage, etc.)

The PC template has a dropdown to select a class, and then refers to the sheet containing the permanent information (i.e. a fighter would refer to "classFighter" where the attack progression, saves, etc. are stored). This makes it quick to build a custom class since I can just input the relevant values.

Most of the progression for a class can be done with math (saves, to-hit, etc.) as a function of level; however, some things are not smooth and my maximum goal is to declutter the PC sheets because they will have a lot of them. I'm stuck on thief skills which do not progress smoothly. A lookup table is the most obvious solution but I'm struggling building one.

My problems are A) I don't want superfluous information on the PC sheet (i.e., showing thief skills for non-thieves), and I don't want to have to show seven thirty-six row lookup tables on every classXYZ where they aren't relevant. I tried using an Item Container and making each thief skill an Item that could be slotted into classXYZ, but I can't figure out how to, for example, fetch a value from a dynamic table in an item attached to classXYZ corresponding to the row number of the level of a PC, where the item is not attached to the PC.

Having written this out I have one new idea to try, but any insight is appreciated. I'm sure further information would be required for a full answer but I won't continue to blast potentially insignificant context.

[still sluice]

(I may have just found it by passing the whole dynamic table array as an item modifier to the classXYZ then using math.js to parse that array by level)

[still sluice]

I have passed a 2D array with fetchFromDynamicTable as a modifier on the item pertaining to a particular thief skill, which outputs a comma separated number that doesn't seem to behave like an array, so I'm stuck unless I can parse this long number using array.shift or something else

[still sluice]

for anyone who read my tirade above, the magic line was:
%{return Array(${fetchFromActor(ref('class sheet'),'skill key')}$).at(${level}$)}%
had to make the csv string into an array within a js script

this is now solved

[clear gust]

It worked, so I tried executing my macro :
The macro did work but the initiative got an error

[formal goblet]

You have to return a value

[clear gust]

yeah it should get the result value from the macro is it ?

[formal goblet]

Yep

[formal goblet]

Oof, I think at this point I'd do it completely in JS. Arrays aren't handled well in CSB 😅

[clear gust]

I've got a var inside the macro ("totalSuccesses") that returns the final result as a number
how would I fetch this in the formula ?

[formal goblet]

Just return

And await because macro calls are async

Explained here: https://gitlab.com/custom-system-builder/custom-system-builder/-/wikis/Guides/Formula-System#334-calling-macros

[clear gust]

can't believe I didn't find this part on the wiki
thanks !

[still sluice]

I noticed. For now I think I will skip the middleman and create comma separated lookups