Custom System Builder

[icy panther]

I don't understand lookup, I thought it returned comma seperated text

[formal goblet]

That only happens at the end of all, not immediatly

[icy panther]

even though I only have 1 element, it's still not text

[formal goblet]

It returns an Array

[icy panther]

however find() will only be text right?

[formal goblet]

That will actually return a scalar value (string, boolean, number or undefined)

[icy panther]

but then i can use string() on the find

[formal goblet]

It's sufficient to only use find() if your entry in your column is a string

[icy panther]

ok

[formal goblet]

And UUIDS are strings

[icy panther]

right, I am just trying to get a step to work, will figure out how to break and use the arrays from lookup later

[formal goblet]

To what Component does Dynamic_Equipment_Table refer?

[icy panther]

a dynamic table on an item

find didn't work either 😦

[formal goblet]

You have multiple mismatches, that was just one of them

[icy panther]

cool

[formal goblet]

Do you like puzzles?

[icy panther]

yes

I am making a huge one right now 😄

[formal goblet]

Don't worry. I'll tell you how you adhere to signature contracts.

Every function has inputs and outputs. For example: equalText() This one has 2 inputs, 1 output. 2 Inputs of type string and 1 output of type boolean.

The definition of a function with the definition of inputs and outputs is called a signature, e.g. equalText(text1: string, text2: string): boolean. Every function in our Readme has that. As long as you match those signatures, you're more or less good to go.

If you nest functions, the output of the inner function becomes the input of the outer function. That's where the puzzle begins.

[icy panther]

right

[formal goblet]

Now with some special cases like fetchFromUuid(). The first argument is the uuid, pretty straight forward, nothing special here. But the fun starts with the second argument. That one is a string, which will be interpreted as a formula and executed with the properties of the Document your UUID refers to.

You refer to a Dymamic Table there. Now the thing is, that will return you an Object. Do you have any function, that can accept Objects?

[icy panther]

I have not seen a function within CSB that takes an object

[formal goblet]

Right. Your fetchFromUuid() would return an Object, which would get passed to alookup(). That's your second mismatch.

[icy panther]

I should pay more attention to the "return' statement in the wiki

@formal goblet thank you, so I have a question, what would be the correct way to reference a dynamic table on an attached item with alookup() being called from a user input template?

[formal goblet]

The user input template doesn't matter. The properties it is calculated with stay the same.

[icy panther]

it is not the same item

[formal goblet]

So your reference point is your Actor

[icy panther]

the uuid contains the actor id aswell

[formal goblet]

That doesn't matter. The UUID is a chain of all Document IDs

[icy panther]

right

reading fetchFromActor()

[formal goblet]

Generally speaking, Formulas are always computed with the properties of the entity, where the Formula is being executed.

So if your Formula is executed within a Label of an Actor, it will be computed with the properties of the Actor.

[icy panther]

i understand that

[formal goblet]

Now, there are exceptions to this rule, an that is if you use the fetch-functions. The formulas inside those functions are calculated with the properties of the entity you are actually targeting with the fetch-function. In case of the UUID, it will compute the formula within it with the properties of the Document, that has the matching UUID.

[icy panther]

allowing to fetch data from other documents

[formal goblet]

Not only that. You can execute whole formulas with the properties of the Document

[icy panther]

oh

thought this would work
${fetchFromUuid('Actor.dh9JW0tEZfCwSTU9.Item.327ZLTDjKyTcbhof', alookup('Dynamic_Equipment_Table', 'mount_location', 'Mount_Light_Weapons', '===', true, 'Mounted_Weapon_ID', '===', ''))}$
but I must still be missing something

[formal goblet]

The second argument of fetchFromUuid() must be a string in form of a formula

[icy panther]

ahh

ty ty ty

[formal goblet]

Now you solved the puzzle

[icy panther]

I solved a piece of the puzzle, now I just have to create a loop and put the array output to a drop down

that can then update a text box

but I appreciate you stepping me through this

[spark lotus]

Hi. I'm making a character sheet for a game called Neon Skies that requires players to roll a pool of dice where they succeed if they get at least one 6 out of the roll. I tried creating it but it's not working. I'm sharing screenshots of the components and notes on what I'm trying to do. Any help would be greatly appreciated 🤓

[formal goblet]

2 and 3 can be merged to ${result:= [:cyber_total_val:d6cs=6]}$

[spark lotus]

That fixed it! Thank you!

[mental jay]

Hi, is anyone out there familiar with Chivalry and Sorcery 5th edition?

[icy panther]

what's the issue?

[icy panther]

stuck on order of operations, how to get things to compute in the correct order, and whilst I understand the purpose of ComputablePhrase(), I cannot wrap my head around using it correctly,
heres what I have

localVars.whyDoesThisError = "alookup('Dynamic_Equipment_Table', 'mount_location', 'Mount_Light_Weapons', '===', true, 'Mounted_Weapon_ID', '===', '')";
}%
%{
//get uuids
const tempuuid = "${lookup('spawned_vehicles', 'uuid')}$";
const myUuidArray = tempuuid.split(',');
//check each table for empty slots
let dropinfo = '';
for (let i = 0; i < myUuidArray.length; i++) { 
dropinfo += myUuidArray[i];

let phrase = new ComputablePhrase("${fetchFromUuid(refuuid, whyDoesThisError)}$"); 
await phrase.compute(localVars.refuuid = myUuidArray[i]);
dropinfo += phrase.result;
dropinfo += " , ";
}
return dropinfo;
}%```
no errors, but missing middle section
should be 
```Actor.dh9JW0tEZfCwSTU9.Item.327ZLTDjKyTcbhof , Left Wing,Right Wing,Hood,Roof,Left Side,Right Side , Actor.dh9JW0tEZfCwSTU9.Item.3ImG9zMqPXJyXds3 , Left Wing,Right Wing,Hood,Roof , ```
but it shows this

[timid marten]

Could you then show me where you added it please?

[mental jay]

Hi Nosferato, the issue is I am a computer user, not much of a technician or engineer or anything. Add to that I am an old dude, and it equates to I do not know how to modify the template (example 2) to create a C&S 5e character sheet. I really need someone who understands how to create the sheet, and I am willing to pay for the effort.

[limpid gull]

Is something wrong with radio buttons in dynamic table? this doesn't saving after update or reopen sheet

created radio button component in dynamic table, but when creating new rows and choose radio button, im reopen sheet and it doesnt saved coosed variant

ah.. okay...

[icy panther]

I am pretty much the same way, just not have the money to pay someone

[icy panther]

maybe this will help
#systems message

[mental jay]

Ah yeah, Martin had mentioned that second channel, thanks!

[icy panther]

@mental jay click on the link 🙂

[formal goblet]

This is the order of execution:

[icy panther]

yes, I understand the order, not how to change step 3 to step 5

I thought that was what the ComputablePhrase was for

[formal goblet]

It can do that, but you also have to pass props to the phrase, otherwise your formulas won't have any variables that they should reference

And you can use ComputablePhrase.computeMessageStatic(phrase, props, options) for simplicity

[icy panther]

I don't see any refence to function computeMessageStatic()

[formal goblet]

That's a static function

[icy panther]

🙂

I don't even know how to begin to figure out adding props

[formal goblet]

These are usually the same as system.props in any entity, where the formula is being resolved

[icy panther]

yes

I need to learn more

[formal goblet]

The links in there should help you getting familiar with the data structure of Foundry: https://gitlab.com/custom-system-builder/custom-system-builder/-/wikis/Guides/Formula-System#33-script-expressions

[icy panther]

ty, going to let the last couple of days info settle in and do some more reading, been alot of brick walls to break through 🙂

@formal goblet can you explain why

${actor.system.props.Strength}$ // And that's how you don't

you don't, aren't both the same?

[formal goblet]

${}$ are normal CSB-Formulas. These are computed with the properties in system.props. Because the relative path is already set in system.props, you have to use Strength instead of actor.system.props.Strength, because you can't go backwards in the property chain

In Scripts and Macros, you have to use the full chain like entity.system.props.Strength

[icy panther]

Scripts would be javascript in a label for example?

because CSB automatically adds the props?

just realised CSB is doing a lot of heavy lifting

[formal goblet]

Everything inside %{}%, so yeah JS inside Labels or any kind of computable field

[formal goblet]

Yeah, we've abstracted quite a lot, so that starting with system development doesn't overwhelm you at the beginning. That's why we primarily use Formulas with such an abstraction layer. Compatibility with JS came way later, but allowed the more experienced audience to break some limits we had there.

[icy panther]

yeah, I have been watching and trying to build my system for a very long time, stopping when I reach a limitation that CSB couldn't do

or figuring a way around the limitation, like complete redesign my structure

this is the last problem I have to making everything work, at least for the character sheets

wouldn't

Formula-Computation, which will be based on a UserInputTemplate (an Item-Template). The component keys in the
UserInputTemplate can be used by other Formulas in the Label Roll Message further down.```
 this read better as
```?#{<userInputTemplateName>} in a CSB-Formula ${?#{<userInputTemplateName>}}$: This will open a Dialog during
Formula-Computation, which will be based on a UserInputTemplate (an Item-Template). The component keys **used to call** the UserInputTemplate can be used by other Formulas in the Label Roll Message further down.```

that had me stumped when i read it

[lean bone]

how do I roll something that I already scripted from another label?

As in, on my Stats tab there is the CQB skill, which you can click and roll. I want to roll that from my combat tab, when u click the Attack Button.
Do I just have to copy paste it in the Attack button, or is there a way to call the CQB skill?

[icy panther]

copy and paste

[lean bone]

dang

ok ty

[formal goblet]

That or a semi-complex script

[icy panther]

if it's on an item, use a sub-template

or have both use the same userinput template

[formal goblet]

That is effectively copy & paste

[formal goblet]

And that only helps with dialogs

[icy panther]

it depends on what he is doing with it when hitting roll

[formal goblet]

From what I understand, is that he wants to execute the Label Roll Message of a different Label

Which is doable with this:

// The key to the Label, which holds the original Label Roll Message.
// The Script assumes, that the Label is in the same Entity
const labelKey = 'phrase';

// You can use 'alternative' instead of 'main' if you have an alternative Label Roll Message
const phrase = await entity.getCustomRoll(labelKey, {})['main'](false, {
   ...options,
   explanation: false
});

const speaker = ChatMessage.getSpeaker({
  actor: entity.entity,
  token: entity.entity.getActiveTokens()?.[0]?.document ?? null,
  scene: game.scenes.current
});

phrase.postMessage({speaker});

[icy panther]

cool, i didn't know about that option

[formal goblet]

Just scraped it from the workaround with dice pools: https://gitlab.com/custom-system-builder/custom-system-builder/-/wikis/Tips-&-Tricks/Handling-Dice-Pools

[icy panther]

oh I haven't even looked at dice handling yet

only so much my tired brain can take

and besides, my system is simple on dice use, roll 1d* and do something

[lean bone]

so I need to replace 'phrase' with the key of the label roll message i want to role, then copy paste the rest and it works?

ngl idk how any of this works

[formal goblet]

Basically, yeah

And the script delimiters with %{}% ofc

[lean bone]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-blink-silly-radlcies-gif-27085396

what

whats a script delimiter?

the whole thing?

[formal goblet]

CSB-Formula-delimiters ${}$ vs Script delimiters %{}%

[lean bone]

so i need to %{the message you sent before}%, at the start of the label roll message, then under i put ${}$ with the rest of the stuff i have?

[formal goblet]

I mean you can try, but the result will be not as you'd expect at first

The part with the script delimiters is right

[lean bone]

i try

it doesnt work, oh well ill figure it out

[sinful spade]

mine changes the values of dropdowns and i dont think it'd be helpful to you but i'll get it to you next time i open the server. It may not be today though

[ornate haven]

Hi there! I am runing into some serious performance problems, and it seems to be caused by two people opening a character sheet, or constant recalculatons upon sheet load. Is there any settings that should be adjusted for this? Or suggestions to optimized?

[misty terrace]

If I'm trying to sum the values of a field (named "invSlots", for example) in an item display, is there a shortcut, or do I do a lookup into an array and then sum the array?

[manic crypt]

The second option is what I'd do.

[misty terrace]

How can I sum the array in a label text? trying the following. Line 1 is getting the array, the javascript isn't firing correctly. Anyone got an idea to save me tinkering into the wee hours? The following works, but it returns both the array values and the sum. If I try to hide the output of 'slots' with '#slots', the second line errors.

%{return localVars.slots.reduce((acc,num) => acc + num);}%``

[dense pine]

I would like to change the Value of a label depending on a textfield. So i build a ternary operator and now imstruggeling with the code: The Condition is if a text field that has text. By default it is empty. If it is empty, i want to display the Text "no value"
How do i do this?

${ equalText(textfield, ' ') ? 'No Value' : textfield}$

This works except the middle part. It displays nothing at all

[formal goblet]

sum(lookup())

[formal goblet]

textfield ? textfield : 'No value'

[misty terrace]

Thank you!!

[obtuse birch]

guys is there a componet that lets me put a image inside it?

rich text area (?)

[formal goblet]

The Label lets you do that if you use HTML. Same as with the RTA

[waxen thorn]

Maybe he wants to store the image in the field and not upload in foundrydatapath and use with <img …>

[versed notch]

Is there an easy way to sum up the column of a dynamic table?

[formal goblet]

^

[vapid jackal]

hi, probably a dumb question and i hope is just a limitation of foundry, but i find that calculations of formulas are quite slow to update. is there a way to fix this? is there some kind of way and can apply more resources for foundry to use to speed it up?

[formal goblet]

It's a complex issue, there's no easy answer for this

[vapid jackal]

I see, thanks for a quick response. This is what I'm currently working on. Really enjoying using this tool btw its very cool.

every time i increment the level it takes a bit to update to the next factor of 3. oh well.

[formal goblet]

You can open the console to see what happens. That might help you a bit to understand, what is going on under the hood

[vapid jackal]

how do i access that? is that a keybind?

[formal goblet]

F12

[vapid jackal]

cheers

[vapid jackal]

it seems that using the increment and decrement buttons (show field control) makes it take a bit. inputting a number manually and hitting enter does it instantly.

[runic geode]

Hi, i wanted to use 2 different Dice modifiers but it seems not to work properly. i want to count all successes that are "even"(2,4,6,8,10..) and greater than "target_number". So with Target_number=4 A roll with [2,6,8] should count 2 successes.
{ROLL:=[!:Dice:d12cs>=:target_number:=even]}$ gives me 3 successes as the cs modifier is ignored.
{ROLL:=[!:Dice:d12even=df<=:target_number:=even]}$ gives me 1 success as the df modifier reduses the successes.
is there a possibility that i'm missing?

[silver lake]

How do I make items added onto the sheet add 1 to the quantity (making a stack) rather than adding a copy?

[sinful spade]

I dont think that's natively supported.
You'd effectively have to code your own item displayer with different properties.

Your best bet is to add a quantity number label in your items if you want to support that as a feature and have players manually controll it.
That or maybe a world script that adds to it if the item was already present.

if it helps you could add that quantity label into the item displayer as a column, maybe code simple macro buttons styled as arrows to increase and decrease that label from the displayer without opening the item.

[icy panther]

I'm trying to pass a variable from javascript to csb which I have done before, but in this instance it doesn't work, could you look over my code and help me figure it out?

${?#{_Diag_Move_Weapon}}$
%{
// UUIDs of involved actors/items
let oldItemToDeleteItemUUID = "${fetchFromUuid(sameRow('uuid'), 'Dupe_Uuid')}$"; // Item UUID from old actor
let baseItemUUID = "${sameRow('uuid')}$"; // Item UUID from Base actor
let newItemToCreateActorUUID = "${diagdropdown}$"; // Actor UUID for new destination

if (oldItemToDeleteItemUUID === 'Base') {
oldItemToDeleteItemUUID = baseItemUUID;
}

Promise.all([
  fromUuid(oldItemToDeleteItemUUID), 
  fromUuid(baseItemUUID), 
  fromUuid(newItemToCreateActorUUID)
]).then(async ([oldItemToDeleteItem, baseItem, newItemToCreateActor]) => {

  if (!oldItemToDeleteItem) {
    ui.notifications.warn("Item not found on oldItemToDelete.");
    return;
  }
  if (!baseItem) {
    ui.notifications.warn("Item not found on Base Actor.");
    return;
  }
  if (!newItemToCreateActor) {
    ui.notifications.error("New destination actor not found.");
    return;
  }

  const baseActor = baseItem.actor; // Get the "Base" actor
  const oldItemToDeleteActor = oldItemToDeleteItem.actor; // Get the original actor that owns the item

  // Clone data from oldItemToDelete's item
  const newItemData = foundry.utils.deepClone(oldItemToDeleteItem.toObject());

  // Update Base's item with the old item’s data
  await baseItem.update(newItemData);

  // **Don't delete if the item is from Base**
  if (oldItemToDeleteActor.id !== baseActor.id) {
    await oldItemToDeleteItem.delete();
    console.log('Item deleted from old actor.');
  } else {
    console.log('Item belongs to Base, skipping deletion.');
  }

  // **Don't copy if the target is Base**
  if (newItemToCreateActor.id === baseActor.id) {
    console.log('Target is Base, skipping item creation.');
    return;
  }

  // Clone the updated Base item to create a new, independent copy
  const clonedItemData = foundry.utils.deepClone(baseItem.toObject());

  // Attach the new copy to the target actor
  const createdItems = await newItemToCreateActor.createEmbeddedDocuments("Item", [clonedItemData]);

  // Retrieve and log the new item's UUID
  const newItemUUID = createdItems[0]?.uuid;
  console.log("New Item UUID on target actor:", newItemUUID);
  localVars.new_id = newItemUUID;
  return;
});
}%
${setValues(sameRow('uuid'), 'Assigned_ID', 'diagdropdown')}$
${setValues(sameRow('uuid'), 'Dupe_Uuid', 'new_id')}$

[mental pagoda]

Hello! Any tips to getting my table to condense a bit? I want the empty spots to just... condense kinda...

Like, the text box to just show more kinda? But the ones that are smaller should just... be next to each other kinda?

[sinful spade]

Did you build the whole sheet on a table in the header section?

And use empty cells as spacing??

You won't have much sizing control with that method, it'll be very... Ridged which may have it's benefits for certain use cases... But this feels excessive

Try using panels if you want more of a flex approach

[mental pagoda]

Yeah, that's what I did. I guess I did use the header section? I wasn't aware of other places D:

[sinful spade]

Generally use panels for flexible content and tables for rigid displays.

Then use CSS to make it look the way you want it

[sinful spade]

Generally use panels for flexible content and tables for rigid displays.

Then use CSS to make it look the way you want it

[mental pagoda]

Ahhhh, I see I see...

[shy osprey]

Is anyone using item based currency in Item Piles with CSB? I can set up primary currency that is on the actor sheet but would prefer stackable item.
Mastercrafted and Griddy both recognize "props.Quantity" as path to quantity, so I assume it is correct, and I use that
After dragging the currency item to the "configure secondary currency -window" it shows the item there and I can set the price value at shops to that.
However, when test shopping the item and seconday price are not available, it seems that Item Piles does not recognize the currency item in my inventory as the same as the one in Item Piles settings.
Anyone found a work around to this or am I doing something wrong?

[misty terrace]

If I wanted to distribute the templates and macros and graphics that I've made for a system built with CSB, is there any guide on best practices/how to?

[sinful spade]

likely several compendiums bundled into a module

foundry UI supports this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaRtUkNdoig

[formal goblet]

I'd bundle Templates into Adventure packs and the rest into their respective packs

[sinful spade]

oh wow i never knew that was a foundry native feature.
I thought house divided custom coded that

[marble mural]

Anyone know if you can change the font color in the below roll message to green for success and red for failure? I can't figure it out...

<p>Dice in Sling: ${bodysling:=body+bbody-(pbody+bodys)}$</p>
<p>Sixes Rolled: ${result:=[:bodysling:d6cs=6]}$</p>
<p style="font-weight:bold;font-size:200%;text-align:center">${result>=1?'Success':'Failure'}$</p>```

[sinful spade]

i see you have result >= 1 ? 'success' : failure

is this part of your code working properly?

if so, change success to:
'<span style="color: green;">Success</span>'
and the same for failure

[marble mural]

It is, and I tried span and it didn't work.

[sinful spade]

lets try overriding csb default

'<span style="color: green !important;">Success</span>'

[formal goblet]

<span style="color: ${!result >= 1 ? 'green' : 'red'}$">Your text</span>

[sinful spade]

i think he wants it to say success or failure in green or red respectively.

[formal goblet]

Yeah, and?

[sinful spade]

is that code not just changing the color of the same text?

[formal goblet]

Yeah, and?

[sinful spade]

... ok

[formal goblet]

He already has the part about changing the text, so just applying it shouldn't be an issue

[velvet heron]

What sort of code would I need to put into this Label text to get this Next Round button to 1) increment the Round Number by +1 each time it is pressed, and 2) clear any checked checkboxes in the Done column?

Similarly, I would need to know what to put so that the Reset button takes the Round Number back to 1.

[vapid jackal]

is there a way i can make this MORE* aligned?

[velvet heron]

Probably need to use some css to align it

[vapid jackal]

is there a section on the guide that explains the basics of doing that? sorry if thats an obvious question im just unsure about such things.

[velvet heron]

I'm pretty sure CSS class stuff is outside the scope of the CSB system and guide. But Martin would know for sure.

[formal goblet]

Yep, it is. We ensure, that you can provide your own CSS-classes, but that's it. Fiddling with CSS is your own responsibility.

[sinful spade]

You're probably going to want to use the vertical align property

[vapid jackal]

thanks for the responses gentlemen!

[sinful spade]

And they're right it is outside of the scope so you won't find info on the wiki, BUT there's always people asking about it here and I'm happy to point you in the right direction so don't feel weird about it ♥️

[misty terrace]

Ok all, anyone here get Automated Animations to work with CSB? I'd be happy with code for a macro that fires an animation matching the name of the item/spell, but the code below isn't actually firing anything.

            AutomatedAnimations.playAnimation(actor, target, "'" + rollName + "'");```

The console log bit works

[formal goblet]

Can you post the signature/description of this static function?

[sinful spade]

I'd make an invisible number field, that's referenced to display as the label you have now.

Then have the next round button
Set property to Ref the display + 1

[formal goblet]

For part 2:

${setPropertyInEntity('self', lookupRef('dynamicTableKey', 'targetColumnKey'), false)}$

[misty terrace]

Not sure if I fully understand what you're asking. I set up an animation in Automated Animations named "Rifle". The macro that contains the code above is called from a Label Roll Message on the item in the character sheet. The rollName parameter contains the ${item.name}$ from the sheet (in this case it is "Rifle")

Happy to post the entire macro here, it's a doozy that needs to be cleaned up

[formal goblet]

I need to know what AutomatedAnimations.playAnimation() does

[misty terrace]

oh, hang on

This is from TheRipper's Wiki

Automated Animations provides the AutomatedAnimations class to access the Automatic Recognition menu or play animations from an external source.

AutomatedAnimations.playAnimation(sourceToken, item, options)

-sourceToken: Object - The token using the item.
-item: Object - The item being used or a pseudo item object with a name for Automatic Recognition as {name: "Dagger"}.
-Options:

    -playOnMiss: Boolean - Determines whether "miss" type animations should play for melee or range attacks.
    -targets: Array or Set - Targets for the animation.
    -hitTargets: Array or Set - Tokens that were "hit" during an attack.
    -template: Object - An optional parameter to send a Template object or document to the handler.
    -reachCheck: Number - Additional range a token/item has for reach in melee attacks.

there is some guidance on adding system support that I'm trying to wrap my head around as well

[formal goblet]

I'd say a mismatch between Actor/Token in the first argument

The description says, it needs a Token. You provided an Actor (I assume)

[misty terrace]

Oh, probably!

let me try that!

getting a different error, so progress!

thanks Martin

[willow birch]

How do I get the token img? I'm using the wildcard option and I only know about return entity.entity.img

[formal goblet]

From?

[willow birch]

I'm getting it in a label roll on the character sheet to put in the chat

<img src="${!%{return entity.entity.img}%}$" width="50" height="50">

Gets the character image, but I need the token one

[formal goblet]

There's no direct connection from Actor to Token, only the other way around

Because 1 Actor can have multiple Tokens

[willow birch]

Ah, that sucks, but ok I'll do it another way then 😄

[sinful spade]

you can use prototype token i beleive

[sinful spade]

but i think the issue with this is actually with your styling?

I use <img src="${!%{return entity.entity.img}%}$"> just fine from character sheet -> image in chat

try uh
<img src="${!%{return entity.entity.img}%}$" style ="width: 50px; height: 50px;">

[sinful spade]

Has anyone figured out how to use a text field as a check box? like - if it has contents, true, if not false.

[misty terrace]

Can you check the length of the value to see if it has contents?

[sinful spade]

i mean that'd logically work, how to implement? no clue.
I've been trying things like
ref('val') string(ref('val))

it works if a number is input but the second a letter is input it tries to convert to a number for some reason

For the ref function for example, this is a problem : ref(attribute) aims at getting the value of the field referenced by the attribute field. If attribute's value is str, ref(attribute) is equivalent to ref('str'), and will return the value of the field str. And ref('attribute') will return the string str.

whats weird is just ref('val') will mirror the contents no problem without conversion so i guess it's an issue with the logic of
ref('val') != "" ?

i need to find the "value" of an empty container i guess. null? undefined? 0?

[misty terrace]

!val ?

[sinful spade]

Value expected (char 1) lol

if inspected empty fields are just ""... but checking if ref('val') == "" tries to convert to a number 🤔

[sinful spade]

count(ref('val')) seems to be working

${count(ref('key')) == 0 ? "false" : "true"}$

[formal goblet]

https://gitlab.com/custom-system-builder/custom-system-builder/-/wikis/FAQ/Frequently-Asked-Questions#q-i-want-to-compare-if-2-strings-are-equal-and-i-tried-it-with-the-comparison-operator--but-it-doesnt-work

Or just not(textfieldKey)

[sinful spade]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1343652084225937438/1346569770379771995/20250304-1946-56.7420817.mp4?ex=67c8aa53&is=67c758d3&hm=bc15ec54f74dce7ba3a69341601423b5f4cd9c0957c66a323ea2e0ce797e782f&

reverse filled meter achieved ✅

[velvet heron]

Not sure what I'm missing or doing wrong here.

The second half of this roll message works as it should - it clears out the checkboxes. But the first half doesn't seem to increment the referenced round number. round_counter is the key resolving to 1 under the Round Number table on the right.

[sinful spade]

the number field that wasn't visible was an important step.

[velvet heron]

When you said invisible, I assumed you meant hidden attribute.

[sinful spade]

not a hidden attribute so to speak.
a number field that has it's visability formula set to false

[velvet heron]

I see.

[sinful spade]

i dont actually know how hidden attributes work 🤣 never had to use them

[velvet heron]

And I don't know very well how visibility formulas work, haha

[sinful spade]

just sets the css display property to none unless it resolves to true

still functions and can be referenced normally, just not visible outside of the template

[velvet heron]

I remembered that I had help setting up a hidden bit of character sheet several months ago, so I looked at that.

There was a hidden attribute of isDisplayed of 0, which I used the formula of isDisplayed > 0 for the label, which disappeared the number (and still shows in the template.

But the button still doesn't work.

[velvet heron]

Still, looking at the wiki for setPropertyInEntity, it appears to me that

${setPropertyInEntity('self', 'round_counter', "+1")}$

should work to increment it, but doesn't.

[icy panther]

to be more correct, your code will set the value in 'round_counter' to string("+1"), not increment it by 1
'round_counter+1'

[velvet heron]

I feel like I've tried dozens of permutations of that, and none of them actually work to increment.

[icy panther]

have you tried, ${setPropertyInEntity('self', 'round_counter', 'round_counter+1')}$

[velvet heron]

Yes.

Still no dice.

[icy panther]

ok, it needs a formula, this tripped me a few times, ${setPropertyInEntity('self', 'round_counter', sameRow('round_counter')+1)}$

umm

I should not be trying to code when this tired lol

[velvet heron]

It's not a Dynamic table, sameRow won't work.

I even tried ${setPropertyInEntity('self', 'round_counter', (ref('round_counter')+1'))}$

[icy panther]

ahh

${setPropertyInEntity('self', 'round_counter', "item.round_counter + 1")}$

Decrease the ammunition total by one in the current item in an Item Container : setPropertyInEntity('item', 'Ammunition', "item.Ammunition - 1")

[velvet heron]

I already know that won't work because I'm working solely within the actor and its template. No items involved.

[icy panther]

then just needs formatting correctly

[velvet heron]

That's what I'm struggling with. I feel like it's so close

[icy panther]

${setPropertyInEntity('self', 'round_counter', "target.round_counter + 1")}$

formula: string: The formula which should be calculated on the referenced actor or item. It can also just be a key. Inside Item Displayers, item properties should be targeted with the item. prefix, just like in other parts of the formulas. If you need to use the properties of the target-actor, you can achieve that by using the target.-prefix. ⚠️Only these 2 prefixes exist (there's no attached.-prefix)!

but that is a targeted actor

so wont work

[velvet heron]

I thought target means-- yeah, exactly.

This actor isn't a typical token, obviously, so it won't be on the board.

Thus won't be targeted.

[icy panther]

right

[velvet heron]

Anyway, I'm giving up for tonight, my brain is fried. If Martin comes back and knows how to solve it, I'd love the assist. Otherwise, I'll deal with it tomorrow.

Thanks for trying to help! 😄

[icy panther]

np

[icy panther]

How are you triggering the round increment?

[velvet heron]

Manually pressing the Next Round button.

Unless I didn't understand?

[icy panther]

you mentioned it was on an actor

[velvet heron]

The initiative tracker itself is an actor is what I meant, yes.

[icy panther]

so it's a label roll message?

[velvet heron]

That's what I assume it has to be for the label to function as a proper button.

[icy panther]

ok figured it out

[velvet heron]

Oh?

[velvet heron]

All that in the label roll message as is?

[icy panther]

yes

I just quickly set it up and works fine here

[velvet heron]

Doesn't seem to be working for me. I'm certain I reloaded the actor sheet and everything.

I wonder if the secondary formula is messing with it?

[icy panther]

any errors in the console?

why do you have a lookupref?

your trying to set the value of 'init_drag', which doesn't exist

[velvet heron]

No errors

[icy panther]

what is the second part supposed to do?

[velvet heron]

That was what Martin suggested here #1037072885044477962 message

[icy panther]

ok

i see

[velvet heron]

init_drag is the dynamic table name. The second part is supposed to clear the checkmarks off the boxes below, which it does.

[icy panther]

right

yet it's still not incrementing?

can you show a screenshot of the round_counter componant?

here's mine

[velvet heron]

Still no.

With the console open, each time I try clicking Next Round this line just keeps adding +2 to the number on the left but no errors.

[icy panther]

yeah thats normal behaviour

[sinful spade]

this is the point of the invisable numberfield.

[velvet heron]

Perhaps that's why. Mine's not a number field, it's a label referencing the attribute.

[icy panther]

aha

it's a label

has to be a number field

[sinful spade]

you can set the numberfield = to the referenced value + 1

which seems crazy but it's the same thing, displays the same way

[icy panther]

yes

[sinful spade]

but avoids recursion and actually works with the setProperty

[velvet heron]

Yeahhhh, now it works.

[icy panther]

well the whole problem is trying to update a label, which you cant do

[sinful spade]

...yeah.

[sinful spade]

but you can update an invisable numberfield that's referenced by a label

like i mentioned a few hours ago

[icy panther]

yes

[sinful spade]

🤣

[icy panther]

i wsn't here then 😛

[sinful spade]

didnt mean you lol

[velvet heron]

And here I thought that was an extra unnecessary step. Derp, oops!

[sinful spade]

😬 i even said it's an important step

[icy panther]

so this would have worked just fine from the offset
${setPropertyInEntity('self', 'round_counter', "round_counter+1")}$

[velvet heron]

I think part of the issue early on was that I understood that backwards.

[sinful spade]

yeah, it should
i've had issues with that exact format but nested in dynamic tables so i just default to the invisble fields now lol

[icy panther]

tested, it, it works just fine

[sinful spade]

in a d.table?

[icy panther]

thats what was throwing me off, I thought it would work, then told it didn't, messed with my head, and went off on a tangent, which is normal for me and CSB

no just regular number componant

[velvet heron]

Sorry for accidentally making it extra frustrating.

[icy panther]

np, I am still learning

[sinful spade]

ah yeah i was about to say, i'm 100% sure i've tried it from a table and it didnt work till i made an invisible label to reference outside of the table

[icy panther]

froma d.table, I would imagine you'd have to use a lookupref to get the cell to update

[velvet heron]

I was so intent on trying to make it show as a label because I didn't want to have a visible number field on the sheet. Guess I can just CSS it away.

[sinful spade]

bruh

just make the numberfield...

invisible

and reference it in the label

😠

[icy panther]

you can use a label, doesn't need a key just put in the label text ${round_counter}$

[sinful spade]

and yeah idk i tried just about everything in the book -- seems like if it was in the table self = self + 1 is recursive.

[icy panther]

maybe

it's a little more than I care to try right now

[sinful spade]

🤣 i feel that

[velvet heron]

I thought that's what I was doing! 😩

[sinful spade]

ive been fighting with this meter for about 4 hours now and im about to throw something

[velvet heron]

Anyway, I'm super thankful for you guys for the help. I'm off to bed for real now. o7

[sinful spade]

ciao

[icy panther]

have a good night

@sinful spade I got stuck on this
#1037072885044477962 message

[sinful spade]

sorry nosferato but i read "javascript" and it's already not my area man

I'm powering through on 90% will power and 10% luck

i dont do JS

[icy panther]

hahaah, I do that with css

[sinful spade]

now, css i can do

[icy panther]

I know, i might get you to help me pretty up my char sheets when I have the fundamentals working

[sinful spade]

have you been lurking or something? o3o i dont remember talking to you before

and im usually pretty good about that

[icy panther]

been lurking for over 2 years

[sinful spade]

what's the variable you're passing?

i dont see any uh %{}%

[eager pewter]

Forgive what I'm sure is introductory level ignorance, but I am trying to call the number from a number field to be used in a formula for my default and maximum values for another number field on the same sheet and I am stumped. I am successfully using it for rolls elsewhere, so I know it must be how I'm formatting the formula. Any suggestions?

${NumberFieldStat * 3}$

[icy panther]

it's at the bottom,

  return;
});
}%
${setValues(sameRow('uuid'), 'Assigned_ID', 'diagdropdown')}$
${setValues(sameRow('uuid'), 'Dupe_Uuid', 'new_id')}$```

[sinful spade]

not sure i follow the question
but just try this for me:
${ref('NumberFieldStat') * 3}$

[icy panther]

no ignornace, just misunderstanding, of which I have had plenty

[icy panther]

if i understand correclty, surely just this?

[eager pewter]

That doesn't seem to work either, but I get the sense in it.

[sinful spade]

is it in a dynamic table or something, no reason that shouldnt work unless your component key is broken

(and by that i mean typos)

[eager pewter]

I would have thought something similar would work. I'm trying to multiply the initial number by 3, but simple math functions aren't doing the trick

[eager pewter]

It's in a tabbed panel. Would I need to reference that?

[sinful spade]

shouldn't, no.
dynamic tables and item containers are just different.

can i get a screen shot or two so i can visualize the problem

[icy panther]

this works fine for me

[eager pewter]

Just a regular panel as well, not a tabbed panel.

[sinful spade]

default values Only apply once when the character is first made

it's the sheets first time default, it never applies again ❤️

so unless you're making a new actor to test it each time you wont notice a difference

if you want somethign that updates automagically -- use a label ^^

[eager pewter]

Ah ok, so it should be working, I'm just not seeing it.

[icy panther]

@sinful spade can't ask chatgpt for CSB problems, it just doesn't understand them

[eager pewter]

Excellent! I'll try that!

[sinful spade]

i've trained a chat with it to do so and it's actually fairly accurate

[icy panther]

for JS yes, but not for CSB

[sinful spade]

no, i've trained a chat to work in CSB

it's not perfect but it does work

[icy panther]

let me put it another way

myfunction {
}
localVars.something = blah;
}%
${blah}$

works just fine

myfunction {
localVars.something = blah;
}
}%
${blah}$```
doesn't, however you have just made me think maybe because it within the function and I cannot return the variable out fo the function

[eager pewter]

You guys are life savers, thanks!

[icy panther]

so the problem with chatgpt's output is here

  const newItemUUID = createdItems[0]?.uuid;
  console.log("New Item UUID on target actor:", newItemUUID);
  
  // Set the new UUID in CSB after it's available
  ${setValues(sameRow('uuid'), 'Dupe_Uuid', newItemUUID)}$;```
newItemUUID is a created variable in JS and CSB cannot understand variables from JS, so you need to convert it to CSB with localVars, however the CSB script within JS will be execute first and so the var doesn't exist

[sinful spade]

I've read that 6 times now and it's not made any more sense to me.
Maybe I've been staring at screens too long today.

However, I can assure you - the chat i've trained has made several functional macros and scripts tailored to CSB limitations/requirements.

I know AI code is ... trash 🤣 even i can see that and i cant write my own code, but it does tend to work with a few regenerations.

[icy panther]

so I have to put the CSB script after the JS script, just got to figure out how to get the variable out

Oh I use chatgpt a bit, but I have to correct it alot

[sinful spade]

so im not sure if this is relevant, again this is out of my dept -
CSB isn't compiled in regular JS but the math JS variation.
I had to beat that into my GPT's head for things to start working.

[icy panther]

I actually had an argument with it regarding clone in foundry api, as chatgpt says the function doesn't exist, even though I have used it

[sinful spade]

oh yeah it does love to do that

i've fought with it a few hundred times now and it's stopped making those complaints

[icy panther]

You said:
replace deepClone() with clone()
ChatGPT said:
Actually, clone() is not a function available in Foundry VTT for duplicating objects. The correct method to use is still foundry.utils.deepClone(). If you saw clone() mentioned somewhere, it might have been a misunderstanding or a reference to a different API.

So, you should continue using deepClone(), like this:```

[icy panther]

It beat me, I just threw it all out and went my own way

[sinful spade]

sadly, it's easier to beat gpt over the head with a broom than it is for me to learn to code JS

it's all witchcraft in the end

did you at least try the outputted code?
no promises either way but if it magically works, it works.

[icy panther]

the problem I am having is I know JS, not great, but enough to muddle through, but it's the interaction with CSB that just thwarts me

[sinful spade]

other problem here.
i've argued with csb and martin enough that i think i get csb, but have 0 knowledge ofJS.

[icy panther]

i did, but at the time, it wasn't the right approach

[sinful spade]

no not yours with the clone, the one i sent ^^

[icy panther]

it wont work, I can see that by looking

[sinful spade]

ok 🤷

[icy panther]

i appreciate it though

in JS i have the freedom of using loops, but I cannot use loops when interaction with CSB

[sinful spade]

🤔 you cant?

[icy panther]

so I am constantly running into "I can just iterate over these values and loop through and output my values", then "nope, cannot iterate or loop"

[sinful spade]

hey actually, @misty terrace you have any input here?

[sinful spade]

this message specifically

[icy panther]

I figured it out, and of course something stupid and I would have never figured it out without your chatgpt help 😄

[icy panther]

so whats wrong with your meter?

[sinful spade]

now dont go saying that or open AI will get a big head

i'm on... tack.... to solving it

i think

[icy panther]

you can always bounce ideas off me, I find I learn more when I can throw ideas at someone

[sinful spade]

whenver i set
width: ${ref...}$%;
and the ref adds up to 100% and is showing so in the chat, it's not displaying as 100%

it's supposed to evenly divide the spans in the div to proportional %s.

[icy panther]

ugh spans and percente

have you tried 99%?

[sinful spade]

lol

yep

and ${100}$%; also works

but the second i do:
${ref('healthMax')/(ref('healthMax')+ref('tempHP'))}$%

which is just what % of 100 shoud be taken up by the health section it... nopes out on me

i got it working fine with two bars

but the second i add a third 🤣

[icy panther]

have you tried,
${healthMax / (healthMax + tempHP)}$

[sinful spade]

syntaxtically the same

[icy panther]

I know

[sinful spade]

still breaks

🤷 i know the refs are ... erronious but they help me keep track that "THIS THING IS A KEY" lol

[icy panther]

surely though your dividing by 0?

[sinful spade]

how?

[icy panther]

healthmax = 20 and temp health = 5
it would be 20 / (20+5)
20/25 = 0.8 but rounded down to 0

[sinful spade]

oh i see what you mean

[icy panther]

so use roundup()

[sinful spade]

sorry i forgot to include that i am uh *100

before round()

so it'd be 80%

i've been trying every variation in the book 🤣 we're on hour 5 now

[icy panther]

or ${healthMax / max(healthMax + tempHP, 1)}$

will stop it dropping below 1

[sinful spade]

omg.
csb default styles absolute

the third bar was hiding behind the others

🙄

[icy panther]

hehe

[sinful spade]

now just to figure out how to get an absolute possitioned mess to right align

[icy panther]

well thats your area

[sinful spade]

🤣 I did it once earlier

flex-end was handy

[icy panther]

<element align: right>

[sinful spade]

but the same trick aint working.
time to click down arrow till something works

i tried align-self: end;

and justify-self: end;

[icy panther]

you don't just have align: right in a css?

[sinful spade]

no

you got like text align
align self
align contents
align items
justify self
justify contents
justify items

you have float: right;

and right: 0;

[icy panther]

and float doesn't work?

[sinful spade]

nope.
ive even overridden the absolute positon to be relative.

i'm going to try... pixel positioning it and hope it doesnt break when updating values

[icy panther]

so it's the overflow, and it's getting hidden?

[sinful spade]

😮‍💨 it does break if the value changes.

overflow?

[icy panther]

you didn't mention flex

you said the third bit is hiding

[sinful spade]

I did try flex 😦

im currently confering with the oracle

the oracle is not responding... 🤣 i have been abandoned

https://tenor.com/view/were-going-to-perish-in-this-godless-land-bill-hader-saturday-night-live-snl-perish-gif-18018833

[icy panther]

I haven't abandoned you, but I take it there is more to this meter, because that formula is always < 1

[sinful spade]

huh? how so

[icy panther]

shouldn't it be * 100 to get %

[sinful spade]

it is?

round((x / (x + y))*100)

like everything works properly,
just for whatever reason, no matter what i change,
the only value that will change the dispalyed position of the meter fill is left: and right:
but if i set an pixel width with them, it changes as the meter values change so i cant use that method

[icy panther]

so forgive me, but I don't understand where the formula goes

[sinful spade]

omg 🤣

   position: absolute;
              right: 0;
              top: 0;
              height: 100%;
              display: flex;
              align-items: center;
              justify-content: flex-end;
              flex-direction: row-reverse;
              justify-self: end;">

CHRIST

changing nearly all the values at the same time works

none of them alone worked, doing it all does

whatever

[icy panther]

Foundry being pedantic

[sinful spade]

https://tenor.com/view/rawr-barbarians-war-cry-battle-cry-netflix-gif-27030300

[icy panther]

oh your doing something fancy with that health bar

[sinful spade]

🤣

[icy panther]

now I get the formula

[sinful spade]

it took me 6 hours to figure out how to get the wound system working.
another 5 for the temp hp and shielding

jeezzzz

[icy panther]

uh huh, I been at my system 2 years

[sinful spade]

dude. lol.
i started writing the rules for this system in 2019

[icy panther]

total productive work time on it, maybe 3 days

[sinful spade]

i've been working in csb on and off as the ADHD allows for... nearly 2 years now 🤣
maybe 8 months of actual production

[icy panther]

we must be glutton for punishment

looks pretty though

is it totally custom system or based on another?

[sinful spade]

something along the lines of stolen from so many other systems that it may as well be 100% custom

[icy panther]

mines just stolen 🙂

but I want to make it custom, just now working on getting the basic mechanics working before customizing it

[sinful spade]

fair place to start

we started playing on roll20 back in like 2017 and modifying the rules there in rich text areas of the character sheets

adding additional stats like luck, then going to fallout's SPECIAL

eventually we were so house ruled that it was no longer 5e and so much was broken so i put the campaign on hiatus, picked up modules to keep us busy, and smoothed out all the rules

about 2 years ago i hit the point of "it runs smooth, its fun to play, lets add a GUI and really hit this thing"

ofc now im adding a whole magic system to it so 😩

time to break it all

[icy panther]

quite a few games systems started out as D&D and became something new

I just want to play a game from my younger years, but the biggest downside was it got bogged down by all the dice rolls, I see foundry automating all those, so should be a fun game without dice

[sinful spade]

honestly, i'd be willing to throw my entire system out the window if crucible is half what i think it'll be

[icy panther]

heard of car wars?

[sinful spade]

no? o3o

[icy panther]

nyway, it's not car wars, but is similar

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/291828/car-wars-sixth-edition

[sinful spade]

i assume you're talking about your system?

[icy panther]

yes

[broken quiver]

Hiya! I need some help. I am currently trying to make it so that when a player clicks a skill, a roll prompt pops up and they can chose another "skill" from a drop down to add dice to the roll.

For example, there is a skill called "break" and purview (basically another skill to foundry but different mechanically) named "death". I want to make it so that if a player clicks "break", it'll open a popup that lets them chose "death" from a dropdown. the hope is that it will roll a number of d6s equal to the total of the skill+purview. If break = 3 and death = 2, i want it to roll 5d6.

I am also sleep deprived as all getout, so if any clarification is needed I'll do my best.

[icy panther]

I kinda understand

[sinful spade]

i've done exactly this from items but not user input templates 🤔

[icy panther]

I'm doing it with actors

and user input templates

[sinful spade]

you got this one then 🤣

user input tempaltes scare me

[icy panther]

lol

[broken quiver]

I've tried to reverse engineer some of the example sheets and userinputtemplates but it's just not doin what I want it to.

[icy panther]

yeah it's an intreapid adventure

however, we need to know where the values are kept first

are they in an item displayer?

because that would make it easy

[broken quiver]

Both skills and purviews are currently in a table, but i can switch them over to an item displayer if that's more streamlined.

[icy panther]

they are added as an item?

[broken quiver]

No, i have not fussed with items at all. they are labels and numbers displays

[icy panther]

ok

then we cannot use an item displayer

give me a sec

[broken quiver]

Thank you :)

[icy panther]

so the values are in a dynamic table?

[broken quiver]

If it's not possible the way it's currently set up, i have no issue switching over to items

Nope, just a regular old table

I'll show

[icy panther]

it should be fine, just trying to figure out your setup

ok

so we can directly call the variables

[broken quiver]

Here are the tables, they are each tucked inside a collapsible panel

skills, purviews, and callings should all be basically "how many dice are you rolling", so if a skill is at 3, a purview is at 2, and a calling is checked, the total will be 6 die

[icy panther]

ok, so start by creating a userinputtemplate

[broken quiver]

ayeaye captain

[icy panther]

then you can add a dropdown to the template with the options

then on the result of the dropdown you want it to do something?

also sleep deprived 🙂

[broken quiver]

Yes. if "artistry" has a 3 next to it in the table, and they select artistry from the dropdown, then 3 dice should be added to the roll

[icy panther]

ok

pretty simple

what did you call the userinputemplate?

[broken quiver]

"testinput" to be easy haha

the numerical values for skills and purviews are also just keyed as "brace" and "artistry", etc.

[icy panther]

so easiest way, you need the keys in the dropdown to match the skills on the sheet

then you can close the input sheet

[sinful spade]

you probably already thought about this, but can users check multiple boxes? if not would it be easier to use radio buttons?

you could also key the buttons to have specific values = to their row number and get that row as a result

[broken quiver]

yes, ideally the "callings" will have at least 3 boxes checked at a time

[sinful spade]

got it.

going from a check box to the same row is going to be challenging, i'd think

but maybe there's an easier way nos knows

[icy panther]

so any component on the userinputtemplate will be returned to be used in the roll later

[sinful spade]

right?

but since it's just a true false check box wont she have to manually key each one in a conditional?

[icy panther]

if i tell you how to with a single dropdown, you'll be able to figure it out with checkboxes?

[sinful spade]

ref('checkbox1') == true ? add Artistry : do nothing

[broken quiver]

I think so, yes

[icy panther]

where we at?

[broken quiver]

dropdown is in the testinput, testinput is closed

[icy panther]

forgot to ask what's the key of the dropdown?

[broken quiver]

just "purview"

[icy panther]

ok

ok, create a label on the actor, make it a button, some text to button, then in the label roll message add

${?#{testinput}}$
${purviem}$

[broken quiver]

that brings up the popout and allows me to select from the dropdown

[icy panther]

and it will return the selected key from the dropdown

@sinful spade see, simple

[sinful spade]

honestly, i wish i did see

im too tired to uh

comprende

[broken quiver]

I assume so, when i press the confirm, nothing happens? no roll, no chat message (the button is clicked) nothain

[sinful spade]

savvie?

[icy panther]

you have an error somewhere

[broken quiver]

hmmm ok

[sinful spade]

push le f12

[icy panther]

only one reference, the purview

oh i just noticed i misplet it, so if you copy pasted it, it'll be that

[sinful spade]

ya

[broken quiver]

i fixed the typo already hehe

[icy panther]

it works?

[broken quiver]

the console also doens't show any errors

[icy panther]

should show as a chat message

[broken quiver]

hmm i might mess around with the items and see if i can get that to work that way.

Nope, no chat message

[sinful spade]

items are easy

[broken quiver]

I shall try that then. I'm sure i made a mistake somewhere on this sheet template so i will make a new one from scratch using items and dynamic tables and such

[icy panther]

it opens the user interface, so you can change the dropdown and press the button on it

so the only error it can be is the refernce to the dropdown key

can you show a screenshot of the dropdown component in the userinputtemplate

[broken quiver]

yupyupyup

Here is that

[icy panther]

and a screenshot of the chat messages

[broken quiver]

here's the whole screen

this time i actually got a message

[icy panther]

see it's working fine 🙂

[broken quiver]

but it does Not give me a Number

[sinful spade]

its giving you your dropdown key

[icy panther]

nope, you'll now have to setup the logic to get the number

[broken quiver]

got it boss(es)

[sinful spade]

👍 either hand code the conversion logic, or change your keys (i think)

[broken quiver]

oh my gosh. i forgot to refresh the sheet between tests. THATS why it didn't give me a chat message initially

[icy panther]

so if you use checkboxes instead, you'd then check each checkbox for true/false, and on each add the refences to the skills and turn them into dice rolls

[sinful spade]

dw i spent 3 hours today alone to find out that csb absolutely positions meter fills

we dont talk about that last one

in fact

[broken quiver]

lmao

[icy panther]

we all forget to refresh, it happens alot

[sinful spade]

eyo, nos

lemme get your eyes real quick

ignore the weird css, im breaking things to add a new column before i fix it back up right

[icy panther]

@sinful spade , the above code I was stuck on is my call to a user input, i have 1 actor that stores all the items, then the i spawn an actor that refernces an item attached to the first actor for all it's variables, then for the weapon items, i use the usrinputtemplate to copy the item to the newly created actor and update all it refernces based on a dropdown on the template

[sinful spade]

adding the proficency dropdown -- but i think it's too cluttered.

got any offhand suggestions?

[icy panther]

how do you mean?

[sinful spade]

i mean i threw in the dropdown on the table

and it's fine and all

but it made the table look like booty

too many words, yk?

like this was before:

well - the 0 column had a title that evened the spacing a bit more but that was close to the before

[icy panther]

here's what i would do, I have a seperate hidden tab for all my ugly stuff, only show the player whats needed, and refernce the hidden variables, that way you can remove the delete option from the displayer the player sees

[sinful spade]

this is the shown information lol

there's more

[icy panther]

yeah

[sinful spade]

but this is the things that my players want to see.

[icy panther]

i got that

they need a delete option?

[sinful spade]

yep

^^ skills are player to player and can be gained/lost

[icy panther]

right, my point is you can have more tabs for more options,

[sinful spade]

huh?

[icy panther]

also if you remove the base dice header, it'll allow it to collapse more

[sinful spade]

oh, the dice are buttons

[icy panther]

you can have more than 1 item displayer per item

[sinful spade]

sir

this is a dtable

not an item displayer

[icy panther]

oh

nm then lol

[sinful spade]

THOUGH converting skills to an item would let me give them little icons

oh i do love little icons

[icy panther]

I don't use d.tables, they never work right for my uses

[sinful spade]

90% of my table is d tables

[icy panther]

i have everything as items

[sinful spade]

in fact

that table you see

references another dtable 😄

its a nested dtable!

oh and @broken quiver
when you get ready to beautify your sheet hmu

[icy panther]

oh god

[broken quiver]

:>

[icy panther]

so let me ask, I know that you like pretty dice icons, but why not just make the formula a button?

then you can lose the dice

[sinful spade]

🤨

make the formula... a button...

replace my dice button...

im not following

also when i said i like little icons

i meant i could get a little running icon for the run skill

[icy panther]

well under the total column, you have 3d6+1, that could be a button

[sinful spade]

like so

oh i see what you mean.
Yeahh - i did consider it but the visual queue is consistent across the sheet

wanna roll your attack with a weapon?

dice button

would be weird to change it

guess i could prefix the total with a dice tho

[icy panther]

i mean to make it less cluttered, the only ways are to either shrink the column widths or lose a column, or widen the whole sheet

[sinful spade]

defo not widening the whole sheet

i hard locked it

i'd have to adjust (everything)

[icy panther]

i didn't think so, bet that would screw up all the other formatting

[sinful spade]

i even disabled the resize handle 🤣

[icy panther]

so we're down one option

[sinful spade]

oh.

dude

i got it

LITTLE ICONS

always the answer

custom made little uh... emblems showing the skill level

smaller than the dropdown, and less words

[icy panther]

see bounce ideas 😉

[sinful spade]

^^ 100%

now i just got to make... 10? little custom emblems

that sounds kinda fun tho

[icy panther]

oh you love it

[sinful spade]

https://tenor.com/view/yeah-yeah-baby-yeah-baby-yeah-austin-powers-austin-powers-yeah-baby-gif-2749462577154443252

i've had a desert theme for this sheet...
Hyroglyphs would be sick

[icy panther]

cool

[icy panther]

heading out for the night, if you want to bounce more ideas, you can ping me or message me

[sinful spade]

oh... right...

sleep

yeah that's a plan

[void spire]

Hi Everyone.
I have some issue with implemeting the roll. Basically, what I'm interesting in achieving would be:
player choose the Attribute or Skill. Then he is prompted to choose the secondary Attribute (or just an Attribute if he has choosen a Skill). The propting part is easy, I've managed it with ${#concat( ?{Attribute:'Choose Second Attribute' |"Strength"|"Dexterity"}, etc., but the roll composed of the pool of number of dices based on the Attribute + Attribute or Skill + Attribute is not working.
I'm using the roll formula ${Pool:=Attribute+Strength}$
${Pool:=:Attribute:+Strength}$
I'm almost sure, that the issue is with the choosing of the Attribute. The value field key for attributes are set as the Strength, Dexterity, etc.

[formal goblet]

https://gitlab.com/custom-system-builder/custom-system-builder/-/wikis/FAQ/Frequently-Asked-Questions#q-my-dropdown-contains-keys-to-other-components-how-do-i-get-the-value-of-those

[void spire]

Thank you 🙂

[broken quiver]

alrighty. I am using user input templates to do something very similar to the gn0me above me. I have two different lists of skills, each with a numerical level value. Using the input templates I made dropdowns for both lists. A key for one of the dropdowns is "selected_skill"

the "brace_level" key has a numerical value of 2.

I am able to use "ref(selected_skill)" to get the correct value (2, in this case) back. i am not able to use "[:selected_skill:d6]" to turn that value into, for example, 2d6.

but "[:brace_level:d6]" works fine.

Color me confused. Anyone have any insight?

here is an example of my roll message for the button I am wanting to program. I'm positive im just missing something obvious and need someone to point it out.

[formal goblet]

ref(selected_skill) is not the same as selected_skill.

[broken quiver]

Thank you for the response! Is there any way I can use the dropdown value as basically a prefix to a roll? I.e. using the "selected_skill" value to add dice? Or is that not possible with how i'm doing it/at all? I've read through the faq and the wiki in general and it doesn't seem to mention anything like that.

The game system i'm trying to build is a bit confusing, it's written by a friend of mine, so if any more insight is needed please let me know :)

[formal goblet]

${[:ref(selected_skill):d6]}$

[broken quiver]

That was such a simple solution i might explode from embarrassment. Thank you so much.

[sinful spade]

This is why I use ref every time I call a key.
My tiny brain can't comprehend when to use which 😂

Plus it clarifies that the thing being called is a key and not a function

[sinful spade]

Any luck?

[formal goblet]

That's also too narrowminded, because something like ref(selected_skill) and ref('selected_skill') are also not the same

[sinful spade]

Oh yes, I've ran into that problem as well

If it doesn't work the first thing I try is removing the ' '

😅 it's very unoptimal but it's the only thing that makes sense

[formal goblet]

The only thing that helps, is thinking only in inputs and outputs, the most rudimental logic you can think about.

[sinful spade]

I'm familiar with formal logic but I'm not sure how that relates to the use case of only sometimes do we need to call ref, and ' ' convert to a number -- but not exclusively so and seemingly not always

[formal goblet]

Then let's do an exercise. We'll assume we have the following values within our sheet:

{
"Strength": 7,
"SelectedSkill": "Strength"
}

1. How do you get the value of SelectedSkill? (Input: SelectedSkill, Output: 'Strength')
2. How do you get the value of Strength? (Input: Strength, Output: 7)
3. How do you get the value of the property, that is referenced by SelectedSkill? (Input: SelectedSkill, Output: 7)

[sinful spade]

So

ref(selectedskill)
'strength'
And ref('selectedskill')?

[formal goblet]

1. Unknown function Ref(). Did you mean ref()?
2. This would output 'strength'
3. This would output 'Strength'

[sinful spade]

I'm on mobile 😅 it autocapa

[formal goblet]

Same here, but I can do something against it

[sinful spade]

So why would 3, with the single quote that's supposed to return a number return strength in quotes

That one seemed the most straight forward

[formal goblet]

What is the difference between Strength and 'Strength'?

[sinful spade]

As an output? Nothing? As an input ? Conversion to a number no

[formal goblet]

In programming languages, the former is a variable or a keyword and the later is a string (which is a data type for text).

A mathematical example:
Let's assume that x = 3. Given we have the linear function f(x) = x + 5. In this case, x will be replaced with 3 and the function would resolve to f(x) = 8. The equivalent in JS would be:

const x = 3;
const fx = x + 5;

Same case, fx would return 8. Now, what happens, if we use quotes?

const x = 3;
const fx = 'x' + 5;

In this case, the x is not a variable anymore, thus won't be automatically substituted by the respective value (3), because we told our programm that x is a text and not a variable. In this case, the result would be 'x5', because the + -operator does a concatenation instead of an addition, if one of the operands is a string instead of both a number).

[sinful spade]

Wait so in js quotes marks variables as strings?? But in csb they try to convert to numbers?

[formal goblet]

• ${Strength}$ would return 7
• ${'Strength'}$ would return 'Strength'

[formal goblet]

No, that's false

[sinful spade]

ref('selectedskill') returns str then
And ref(selectedskill) 7?

[formal goblet]

Basically yes

[sinful spade]

Strength also returns 7
But 'strength' str?

[formal goblet]

Well, if you have something like ${7}$, it would return 7

[sinful spade]

Right...? But can't that also be a character / string and not a number value?

And if I '7' it'll be a string

[formal goblet]

• ${7}$ => 7 (number)
• ${'7'}$ => '7' (string)

[sinful spade]

Ok that makes sense

Thanks for the clarification. I think I get it, but I'll need to try it over the next few buttons I add to see if I get it consistently

I do really appreciate you taking the time to help me out, even though it's not a csb issue ♥️

I've always been a power user at best 😅 never really one of those techy people

[glossy hare]

Hi, i'm having a hard time making an item displayer filter formula.

not equalText(item.custo,"reacao") or not item.acaoCheckboxAtaque

Why it is ignoring the second part of the expression?

[sinful spade]

I don't think "or" is code speak?

Try ||

[formal goblet]

It is a valid keyword in CSB, || isn't

[sinful spade]

😅

Nevermind then

[formal goblet]

Maybe an issue with operator precedence, but I'll take a look in the docs of mathjs

[glossy hare]

thanks

i will probably have to use ternary operators

[formal goblet]

The order is not > and > xor > or

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

[glossy hare]

i see

i did this:
not (equalText(item.custo,"reacao") or item.acaoCheckboxAtaque)

i think it will work?

it works, but i don't know if this logic has a flaw

lol

Anyway, @formal goblet thanks 🩷

[formal goblet]

I don't know your case, so I can't evaluate it. But that's a valid solution

With the parens, the or will be evaluated before the not

[glossy hare]

the first half is a dropdown list the second a checkbox. I need to display an item the only if it is a "reacao" or the checkbox is checked. Anything else should return false.

I'm making this...

[formal goblet]

Then why not? That negates the expression

[glossy hare]

oh, sorry i forgot. I mean the opposite

i'm doing this, because i have an item template called "action" and other called "weapon"

@formal goblet I was typping a long text, and then i realized. "Why i'm using not?"

[sinful spade]

I love this sheet

[glossy hare]

thanks. it's for my personal homebrew system

i will later show a big showcase

[formal goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/futakana-smug-anime-tongue-out-cute-gif-17423463

[glossy hare]

you can make big things with CSB if you make a module that changes it.

[sinful spade]

Love the hear that!

[sinful spade]

😂 yep... That's true.

[glossy hare]

@formal goblet i remembered why i put the not in the expression. The expression is for the "actions" tab in the sheet. I have one item template, "actions" , i want to organize it based them being attacks, reactions and other type of actions. The not is for excluding everything that is an reaction or an attack.

[median mirage]

Is there a way to reference the Actor object from sheet variables for passing into things like macro.execute?

[formal goblet]

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

[median mirage]

Ah, thanks

[sinful spade]

The librarian.... ARCHIVIST!!! YOU HAVE COMPETITION

[median mirage]

👀

[sinful spade]

Fight to the death now for our entertainment!

[steep solar]

Hey,

I am new to the Custom System Builder and some time ago made a character sheet for my own system. Now I wanted to improve it so I have small question before delving into looking specific formulas for that:

• Can you actually make either a pop-up windows for skill or made description to them hide/show when clicked on some button?

[median mirage]

I'm working with a friend to get a macro working, we're having issues running this in the label roll message

%{return await game.macros.getName('MainRoll').execute({diceVal: ${sameRow("pow_val")}$, rollName: ${sameRow("pow_name")}$});}%

specifically we can get it to work with: %{return await game.macros.getName('MainRoll').execute({diceVal: ${sameRow("pow_val")}$});}% but the second calculated variable causes issues
The error we get is missing } after property list, but we can't see anything missing

[icy panther]

you could use user input templates for popouts or
https://gitlab.com/custom-system-builder/custom-system-builder/-/wikis/Tips-&-Tricks/Tooltip-on-hover

[formal goblet]

%{return await game.macros.getName('MainRoll').execute({diceVal: ${sameRow("pow_val")}$, rollName: '${sameRow("pow_name")}$'});}%

[steep solar]

Ok, so it is possible, I just need to find formula fitting that or look for template. That's great.

Thanks, I will check the link in a moment 😄

[fringe silo]

So i want to string multiple roll formulas togeather and have a drop down on an item checked to see what part to roll is this how i would do it. <th><tr> ${item.name}$ </th></tr>
<th> ${lastDOS}$ Degree's of Success! - ${switchCase(item.abilityrank, '1', "Iron" , '2' , "Bronze" ,'3', "Silver" , '4' , "Gold" , '5' , "Diamond" , "None")}$ - ${item.abilitylv}$ </th>
${equalText(item.ability_type_drop, ‘damage’, (<tr><td>Base Damage: ${!basedam:=item.damagedrop * item.abilityrank}$</td>
<tr><td>Total Damage: ${!((basedam + item.abilitylv) * lastDOS)}$ ${!item.damagetypedrop}$ Damage</td>
${#setPropertyInEntity('item', 'cooldown_active', item.cooldowndrop)}$
${#setPropertyInEntity('self', 'lastDOS', 0)}$) or ${equalText(item.ability_type_drop, ‘healing’, (<tr><td> Base Healing: ${!baseheal:=item.healingdrop * item.abilityrank}$</td>
<tr><td>Total Healing: ${!((baseheal + item.abilitylv) * lastDOS)}$ Healing</td>
${#setPropertyInEntity('item', 'cooldown_active', item.cooldowndrop)}$
${#setPropertyInEntity('self', 'lastDOS', 0)}$
</table>)

[formal goblet]

equalText() only allows exactly 2 arguments and only returns a boolean.

[fringe silo]

is there a way to string more than 2 togeather, there are 9 of them

i currently have 9 buttons and it makes the char sheet huge

[formal goblet]

It is used for comparing stuff, not for concatenation. Use concat() if you want to combine strings together.

[fringe silo]

so, concat{item.ability_type_drop, 'key' , (formula), or concat(item_ability_drop, 'key', (formula) ......repeat for each entry?

[formal goblet]

That's what it does: https://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_concat_string.asp

It just combines strings together. Nothing more, nothing less.

[fringe silo]

@formal goblet so pretend your talking to someone whos only coding experiance is CSB, (cause you wont be pretending) with 200 hours working on a system, all with help from the wonderful people on this channel, so when you are think this dude is stupid your prolly right....lol, im looking this page and it makes some sense to me but have no idea where to start.

[formal goblet]

Wait a sec, do you want to output a conditional message with either Damage or Healing?

[manic crypt]

As I understand it, he wants to have a single button column in an item displayer that will execute different code based on selections made in dropdowns on the item.

[fringe silo]

@formal goblet yes, im looking to output a diffent roll repending on a drop down entry all on a single button

[misty terrace]

I think I've asked this once, a long time ago. I'm using a Label Roll message to execute a separate macro to roll an attack and damage and build and show a chat message. That all works fine, but after the macro finishes, I get a separate, blank chat-card which is, I'm sure, coming from the label roll message getting the %{return}% from the macro.

Any strategies to conceal or prevent this?

[sinful spade]

you mean this message? 😄

[fringe silo]

this is the roll i have inside the new template for damage powers,<table>
<th><tr> ${name}$ </th></tr>
<th> ${self.lastDOS}$ Degree's of Success! - ${switchCase(abilityrank, '1', "Iron" , '2' , "Bronze" ,'3', "Silver" , '4' , "Gold" , '5' , "Diamond" , "None")}$ - ${abilitylv}$ </th>
<tr><td>Base Damage: ${!basedam:=damage_per_rank * abilityrank}$</td>
<tr><td>Total Damage: ${!((basedam + abilitylv) * self.lastDOS)}$ ${!item.damagetypedrop}$ Damage</td>
${#setPropertyInEntity('item', 'cooldown_active', cooldowndrop)}$
${#setPropertyInEntity('self', 'self.lastDOS', 0)}$
</table>
Getting a bunch of errors on it but id imagine that it is something to do with how im telling it to look for things but im a scrub lol

[sinful spade]

Do i have to do something different to <img src=""> in a dyntable?
I've put working links from other parts of the page to test but it's just giving broken link icons.

[fringe silo]

this is the orginal roll that was not on an item and worked, <table>
<th><tr> ${item.name}$ </th></tr>
<th> ${lastDOS}$ Degree's of Success! - ${switchCase(item.abilityrank, '1', "Iron" , '2' , "Bronze" ,'3', "Silver" , '4' , "Gold" , '5' , "Diamond" , "None")}$ - ${item.abilitylv}$ </th>
<tr><td>Base Damage: ${!basedam:=item.damagedrop * item.abilityrank}$</td>
<tr><td>Total Damage: ${!((basedam + item.abilitylv) * lastDOS)}$ ${!item.damagetypedrop}$ Damage</td>
${#setPropertyInEntity('item', 'cooldown_active', item.cooldowndrop)}$
${#setPropertyInEntity('self', 'lastDOS', 0)}$
</table>

but does not work on an item

some keys have been changed on the sheet

[misty terrace]

That's the one I'm thinking of, but not the same thing I was asking.

[sinful spade]

ah alr.

[sinful spade]

solved.
I need to start all the way back from "worlds/" unlike normal calls that i can start with ../

[fringe silo]

do i have to tell a roll on an item to look at self to get it to look on the character template for the info or can i just use the componet key of the componet i want to look at

[raven raven]

Is there any way to create a script that pops up a window for all my players?

[formal goblet]

You'd need to utilize sockets in JS.

[dense verge]

Apologies if this is a very basic question as I'm sure it is. I'm just trying to get my head around things I'm very new to this. In the Custom System Builder Example file I can see that they have a Mod column in the Attributes Dynamic Table, how is it possible to change a specific rows value dynamically based on a key elsewhere?

[void spire]

Hello.
I'm strugling with two topics:

1. Trying to update the value of one tracker (for Homemade Mage the Ascension rules) - Paradox if the result of the roll is lower then 6. I came out with this, but it's not working:
   <p>Paradox check ${#Paradox:=[1d10]}$
   ${!Paradox > 5 ? 'successful' : 'failed'}$</p>
   ${Paradox < 6 ? setPropertyInEntity('self',ref(Paradox), "Paradox+1") :}$
2. Is there any way to display with each roll based on a dynamic number of dice a number of 1 (so, in case of 5 dices, if the results would be 3, 7, 1, 8, 1 I would like to have a text message: Number of 1's: 2)? I have this formula and it's working as expected, but the results of specific rolls are hidden:
   <p>${#concat( ?{Attribute:'Choose Attribute' |'Strength'|'Dexterity'|'Charisma'|'Manipulation'|'Composure'|'Intelligence'|'Wits'|'Resolve'},
   ?{Modification[number]},
   ?{Specialization[check]})}$
   ${#Pool:=ref(Attribute)+Athletics+${Specialization?'1':'0'}$+Modification}$
   <p>Dices: ${!Pool}$</p>
   <p>${!Attribute}$+Athletics Roll: ${[:Pool:d10cs>5xo10]}$</p>

[sinful spade]

Yes you'll need to use the sameRow function along with whatever formula you want to use to determine the new value

[sinful spade]

Real quick you'll want it to be greater than or equal to six.

As far as your code, what's not working? Is paradox also a key?

[dense verge]

So lets say I have a key somewhere else titled 'stength_mods' (this value is not in the dynamic table and is in itself a formula), and I want 'stength_mods' to replace the value that is currently in a dynamic table elsewhere on the player. Where exactly would the sameRow function be added as the only place it seems it can go is in the column header when using a dynamic table?

[void spire]

Ok, for rolls lower then 6, the Paradox should be raisen by 1 (yes, it is a key), for bigger it shouldn't be raisen.
The part which is not working is raising Paradox.

[sinful spade]

Oh I see your logic. Just waking up sorry

Try changing the name of your saved variable to something else. It may be conflicting

ParadoxRoll?

[void spire]

Yup, tried this:
<p>Paradox check ${#Par:=[1d10]}$
${!Par > 5 ? 'successful' : 'failed'}$</p>
${Par < 6 ? setPropertyInEntity('self',ref(Paradox), ref(Paradox)+1) :}$

Still got an error

[sinful spade]

As far as hidden rolls # is what hides them -- also you can use js to count and filter?

Any error in console?

[sinful spade]

Do you want all rows to be str mod?

[dense verge]

No, I want each of that column of mods to be a seperate reference to another key

[sinful spade]

If there's no errors in console. Try adding parenthesis around your +1 section. Is paradox a number field?

[sinful spade]

Based on...?

Name?

[dense verge]

yes based on name would work

[void spire]

I'm not sure about the JS... yes, the Paradox is the number field

With this the same error:
<p>Paradox check ${Par:=[1d10]}$
${Par > 5 ? 'successful' : 'failed'}$</p>
${Par < 6 ? setPropertyInEntity('self',ref('Paradox'), ref('Paradox')+1 :}$

[sinful spade]

Give me like 20m to get to my PC I'm spacing hard on how to do that by hand but I have that formula laying around. Brains still booting

[sinful spade]

Your else condition has no value... Set it to ' ' to do nothing

There's also a missing parenthesis on the setproperty

[void spire]

Ok, the only results I got is with this, but it's still not working 😦
<p>Paradox check ${#ParadoxCheck:=[1d10]}$
${!ParadoxCheck > 5 ? 'successful!' : 'failed!'}$</p>
${ParadoxCheck < 6 ? setPropertyInEntity('self',ref('Paradox'), ref('Paradox')+1) : ''}$

[dense verge]

Thank you!

[sinful spade]

Add another set of parenthesis around your math in your formula, the +1 but to make sure that's not it. Secondly is paradox in a dynamic table or anything?

[void spire]

I'm not sure if this is what you meaned:
<p>Paradox check ${#ParadoxCheck:=[1d10]}$
${!ParadoxCheck > 5 ? 'successful!' : 'failed!'}$</p>
${ParadoxCheck < 6 ? setPropertyInEntity('self',ref('Paradox'), (ref('Paradox')+1)) : ''}$
The Paradox value is a number field in a table (the same, that has a ParadoxCheck field)

[sinful spade]

that's what i meant, grouping the ref and the +1. Try just Paradox instead of ref('paradox').

[steep solar]

Can anyone tell me what is the formula to reference the "component key" that is inside the item in item container?

I wanted to make in item container, columns that list few elements from the put there items, but whenever I reference key component, it only works if the said component is inside the sheet itself.

[void spire]

Unfortunatelly, this is still not working 😦
${ParadoxCheck < 6 ? setPropertyInEntity('self','Paradox', ('Paradox'+1)) : ''}$

[sinful spade]

no ' 's around paradox

[sinful spade]

item.itemcomponentkey

[sinful spade]

didnt forget about you,
apparently i dont have that formula, Let's try something like this:

    sameRow('nameColumnName'),
    "Strength", ref('strength_mods'),
    "Dexterity", ref('dex_mods'),
    "Constitution", ref('con_mods'),
    "Intelligence", ref('int_mods'),
    "Wisdom", ref('wis_mods'),
    "Charisma", ref('cha_mods'),
    0
))}$```

[void spire]

No longer error, but the value of Paradox is not changing with fail
setPropertyInEntity('self',Paradox, (Paradox+1)) : ''}$

[sinful spade]

why is there a ! infront of ParadoxCheck in the success logic?

[void spire]

To avoiding diplaying a formula for a players

[sinful spade]

isnt that a #?

oh wait i see ! avoids the explination, # avoids the roll value

[void spire]

is haiding the whole syntax, so it's not displaying in the chat

[sinful spade]

yo dont yell /s

[void spire]

sorry, not on the purpose 🙂

[sinful spade]

the /s meant i was kidding sorry

meant (sarcasm)

lol

[sinful spade]

try this

<p>Paradox check: ${#ParadoxCheck:=[1d10]}$ 
${ParadoxCheck > 5 ? 'successful!' : 'failed!'}$
</p>

${#IncreaseParadox:=ParadoxCheck < 6 ? (Paradox + 1) : Paradox}$ 
${setPropertyInEntity('self', 'Paradox', IncreaseParadox)}$

[void spire]

You are trully a magical 😁 Just modified some details, but it worked 😆
<p>Paradox check: ${#ParadoxCheck:=[1d10]}$
${!ParadoxCheck > 5 ? 'successful!' : 'failed!'}$</p>
${#IncreaseParadox:=ParadoxCheck < 6 ? (Paradox + 1) : Paradox}$
${#setPropertyInEntity('self', 'Paradox', IncreaseParadox)}$

[sinful spade]

yeah i was debating if the ! was causing it or not so was gonna try it without it 🤣

[void spire]

Don't want to push my luck 😏 , but do you know a way to display a number of 1 in the roll, as discribed previously?
I got this formula, which is working, but the result is hidden, so it would be great if I could just have display of number of 1's rolled by a player.
<p>${#concat( ?{Attribute:'Choose Attribute' |'Strength'|'Dexterity'|'Charisma'|'Manipulation'|'Composure'|'Intelligence'|'Wits'|'Resolve'},
?{Modification[number]},
?{Specialization[check]})}$
${#Pool:=ref(Attribute)+Athletics+${Specialization?'1':'0'}$+Modification}$
<p>Dices: ${!Pool}$</p>
<p>${!Attribute}$+Athletics Roll: ${[:Pool:d10cs>5xo10]}$</p>

[sinful spade]

uhh 🤔...
no 🤣

https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/count-frequency-of-an-array-item-in-javascript/

but you can try ^

actually math js has

math.count(x) Count the number of elements of a matrix, array or string.

and

math.filter(x, test) Filter the items in an array or one dimensional matrix.

[dense verge]

Unfortunately just returns Error in the whole column, just to check is the 'statValueColumnName' the 'Mod stat value' column that I want to be changing?

[sinful spade]

yeah just update it to that column's name,

same with the nameColumnName for the column containing the value name

[dense verge]

yes, unforutately not working, just returns error, also just to check the code is also going in the mod stat value's column label text?

[sinful spade]

try
${count(filter(arrayname))}$

[sinful spade]

yep

[dense verge]

${setPropertyInEntity('self', sameRowRef('pc_mod_attack_stats'), switchcase(
sameRow('pc_attack_stats'),
"Might", ref('pc_might_mods'),
"Agility", ref('pc_agility_mods'),
"Intellect", ref('pc_intellect_mods'),
"Insight", ref('pc_insight_mods'),
0
))}$

are the keys I am using

[sinful spade]

try replacing ref('strength_mods') with just
strength_mods
make sure it's all accuragte to the component keys you're actually using, also it is case sensitive so your text field, with saying this is the strength row needs to be exactly Strength

quick question but do you plan to add more stats during the game?

because you may be better off using a regular table if not.

wait im a fool, we dnt need to setproperty in a dynamic table

[dense verge]

Yes I have a total of 10 but I've separated them into three different dynamic tables as they work slightly differently

probably making it a complete mess to work with in the process

[sinful spade]

    sameRow('pc_attack_stats'),
    "Might", pc_might_mods,
    "Agility", pc_agility_mods,
    "Intellect", pc_intellect_mods,
    "Insight", pc_insight_mods,
    0)}$```

generally speaking -- dynamic tables are meant for things that change a lot. Inventories, etc.
I use mine for my skills because skills change on a per player basis and may be gained during a session.

tables are for static elements that dont need more rows added / subtracted and are much easier to work with

[void spire]

Not working correctly, but I can live with this.
For this formula: <p><b>Correspondence Roll</b> ${roll:=[:Pool:d10cs>5xo10]}$</p>
<p><b>Number of 1's</b>: ${count(1(roll))}$</p> got always result "1", so something is wrong with it 🙂

[sinful spade]

count(1(roll)) doesnt reem right?

[sinful spade]

count(filter(roll, 1))?

[dense verge]

unfortunately still returning an error in the full column

[sinful spade]

anything useful in console? press f12 and look for red boxes

[dense verge]

the only stat that will change is the mod stat, do you think its worth moving it over into a normal table?

[sinful spade]

like i said, dynamic tables if the # of rows you are using is updating

if you will always have your 4 stats in this table, a regular table is 100% the way to go

but if you need the # of rows to change, e.g. inventory, gaining/losing skills/titles -- dynamic tables.

i wonder why it's erroring and not reducing to the fallback value 🤔

wait pc_might_mods doesnt exist for you does it

did you update all those values

bc what you sent back had the same component keys

as what i entered for the template

[void spire]

Nope 😦 ${count(filter(roll, 1))}$

[dense verge]

no red boxes, ok I will move everything over to a normal table. I'm assuming I can then just use the code ${pc_might_mods}$ for each label? Many thanks for your help!

[sinful spade]

assuming your component key for might's value is pc_might_mods

is that the correct key?

[dense verge]

Yes it exists and is pc_might_mods

[sinful spade]

is it a number field or a label?

[dense verge]

it is a label

[sinful spade]

im so lost

[dense verge]

both the column and the key reference are labels? could that be an issue?

[sinful spade]

dont think so.

[sinful spade]

try replacing the " " around Might with ' '

probably doesnt matter but

[sinful spade]

how about just...
${count(roll, 1)}$

[dense verge]

still an error unfortunately

[sinful spade]

we can just brute force it with ? : logic.

[void spire]

still not working 😦

[dense verge]

do I perhaps need to reference the column name instead of the column key?

[sinful spade]

${sameRow('pc_attack_stats') == 'Might' ? pc_might_mods : ''}$
${sameRow('pc_attack_stats') == 'Agility' ? pc_agility_mods : ''}$

@dense verge ^ try something like thast.

[sinful spade]

error? 💀

[dense verge]

it now gives me 4 errors in each row in the mod column 😂

I added Intellect and Insight fyi

[sinful spade]

how tf

even then ??? if its not == it should just be nothing

can you copy exactly what you put here?

[void spire]

yes

[sinful spade]

what is it?

[sinful spade]

ok i got fed up and asked the AI overlord.

${#onesCount:=length(split(join(roll, ","), "1")) - 1}$
${onesCount}$```

[void spire]

The error:

[void spire]

Oh, need to try this 🙂

[sinful spade]

you need to train your chat to understand the limits of CSB and foundry in tandem but once you do, it tends to be very helpful. Though you'll spend a long time telling it 'no not that'

Nosferato and i had this convo the other day lmao

[sinful spade]

i wonder if CSB is trying to fight a Might component key and conver it to a number...
try chaning the text field of might's name to 1 and the logic to:
sameRow('pc_attack_stats') == 1

[void spire]

Ok, you are right. But I think, that this will be easier to change the rules instead of finding, how to make it work 😂
This: <p><b>Correspondence Roll</b>: ${roll:=[:Pool:d10cs>5xo10]}$</p>
${#onesCount:=length(split(join(roll, ","), "1")) - 1}$
${onesCount}$ is not working either... sooo, I'm giving up.
But thank you for your advices 🙂

[dense verge]

same error!

[sinful spade]

this makes me wonder if csb dice pool results are an array or not.

[dense verge]

I sent the image but it still said might one second

[sinful spade]

^^ i was gonna say lol you gotta refresh the character sheet

[dense verge]

I thought I made a mistake by not refreshing/saving but it is actually staying as Might regardless of what I change it too...

I'll restart the software and try the ? logic again

[sinful spade]

we can try that, but i'd also need to see more of what you're doing to follow

[sinful spade]

<p>Roll Result: ${join(roll, ", ")}$</p>
can you see what that outputs?

if its 1 number it's not an array

[dense verge]

nothing changed, so I made a new actor and straight away I noticed the Might Column when changed to 1 was working, so I changed it back to Might and made another new character and it didn't work. So the conflict with Might seems like an issue

[sinful spade]

heyhey ! we're on the right track then

try just removing the uh ' '

[sinful spade]

${sameRow('pc_attack_stats') == Might ? pc_might_mods : ''}$

[dense verge]

Error, when i changed them all to 1, 2, 3, 4 it worked though

[sinful spade]

the easy solution would be to make another colum that's set as an index of the row number and make it invisible, but that's messy.
lets see...

[dense verge]

I'm aware of an equalText ? Could it be that its a string?

[dense verge]

something like this maybe?

${sameRow('pc_attack_stats') == (equalText('Might')) ?

[sinful spade]

i mean i use names in formulas with string names all the time...
${floor(lookup('attributeTable','attributeDiceQuant','attributeName','Motor','==')/2)*5}$
for example is a working formula

and 'Motor', the skill name, is just a text field.

[dense verge]

hmm

[sinful spade]

just for funsies,

${sameRow('pc_attack_stats') == "Might" ? ref('pc_might_mods') : 
  (sameRow('pc_attack_stats') == "Agility" ? ref('pc_agility_mods') : 
  (sameRow('pc_attack_stats') == "Intellect" ? ref('pc_intellect_mods') :
  (sameRow('pc_attack_stats') == "Insight" ? ref('pc_insight_mods') :
  0)))}$```

oh wait, csb needs parenthsis for that.

there

[dense verge]

still an error but only 1 in each row

I'll try with 'Might' and Might

[sinful spade]

can i have a screen shot?

of component labels

[sinful spade]

yeah okay i have no idea how rolls are stored at this point. you'll need martin i think

just rememeber, i've only learned what i have by breaking everything. I cant code. he probably has something that'll work in a heartbeat lol

[void spire]

Sure, I've put this: <p><b>Correspondence Roll</b>: ${roll:=[:Pool:d10cs>5xo10]}$</p>
<p>Roll Result: ${join(roll, ", ")}$</p> which should be correct from a syntax point of view. But, as mentioned, I can live with this xD Thank you for all your help 😆

[sinful spade]

eh helping y'all really helps me understand more of what im doing lol

its no problem

[sinful spade]

oh dude... i found it

Comparison operators don´t work on string-values, so ${DropdownKey == 'Dexterity' ? 1 : 0}$ for example would
throw an error. You should use equalText() instead if you want to compare 2 string-values on equality. Example:
${equalText(DropdownKey, 'Dexterity') ? 1 : 0}$

you were right about equalText 😩

weird that i was able to == outside of the table

but inside i guess you're stuck with that

[dense verge]

DropdownKey sounds like its going to be very useful! I'll test that out now, thank you so much, you've been incredible helpful

[sinful spade]

so that'd be...?
${equalText(sameRow('pc_attack_stats'), 'Might') ? dothis thing

[formal goblet]

Always a number

[sinful spade]

is there a way to get an array to count frequencies?

[formal goblet]

Not a simple one: https://gitlab.com/custom-system-builder/custom-system-builder/-/wikis/Tips-&-Tricks/Handling-Dice-Pools

[sinful spade]

🤣 oh.

@late heart ^^^

@dense verge

${equalText(sameRow('pc_attack_stats'), "Might") ? ref('pc_might_mods') :
  equalText(sameRow('pc_attack_stats'), "Agility") ? ref('pc_agility_mods') :
  equalText(sameRow('pc_attack_stats'), "Intellect") ? ref('pc_intellect_mods') :
  equalText(sameRow('pc_attack_stats'), "Insight") ? ref('pc_insight_mods') :
  0}$