Initial Module Setup

[tribal escarp]

@stone swift @limber cipher just to grab the couple i see very active ❤️

[stone swift]

Can I get the module.json text copied & pasted here? You can do
```json
the code
```
and it'll format nicely

[maiden smelt]

  "id": "tweaks",
  "title": "tweaks",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "compatibility": {
    "minimum": "12",
    "verified": "12"
  }
},
"esmodules": ["tweaks.mjs"],
"languages": [
  {
    "lang": "en",
    "name": "English",
    "path": "lang/en.json"
  }
]```

[stone swift]

And what's the name of the folder it's in?

[maiden smelt]

tweaks

[maiden folio]

Those brackets don't line up

Is this an excerpt?

[maiden folio]

Yeah see the red squirliy

VScode even tells you its messed up

[maiden smelt]

yes

[stone swift]

Nah you're right. Take that red guy and move it alll the way down

(and put a comma where it gives you the next red squiggle)

[maiden folio]

Also always take the setup errors into account, they'd yell about this among other things

[stone swift]

Comma after the } before esmodules

[maiden smelt]

ok, was working around a cat

[stone swift]

And } at the very end

[limber cipher]

you need to remove the } before the esmodules that's a duplicate

[maiden smelt]

what

[stone swift]

Hang on

[maiden smelt]

it conected to the firsty

[stone swift]

{
  "id": "tweaks",
  "title": "tweaks",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "compatibility": {
    "minimum": "12",
    "verified": "12"
  },
  "esmodules": ["tweaks.mjs"],
  "languages": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "name": "English",
      "path": "lang/en.json"
    }
  ]
}

(Basically, in a JSON file, everything that doesn't "start" or "end" a block of info requires a comma at the end)

[limber cipher]

if you still see red anywhere please send the whole file again here

its very particular

[maiden smelt]

i see where

still not there

[stone swift]

Did you restart foundry again?

[maiden smelt]

yes

{
"DND5E.AbilityHonAbbr": "will",
"DND5E.AbilitySanAbbr": "soul",
}

[stone swift]

Ah so

[maiden smelt]

copping for reference

[maiden folio]

You shouldn't need to restart in the first place as you should only be editing the module while Foundry is shutdown.

[stone swift]

For that one, remove the , on the second line

[serene wagon]

I'd recommend using editor that has json linting, like vscode

[stone swift]

And you'll probably wanna keep the original ones too

[maiden folio]

They are, see above

[limber cipher]

and not to pile on but from this: #module-development message there seems to be a change in ID, not sure if that affects foundry loading that thing

[maiden smelt]

i am , im also just opening the files to make quick edits

[stone swift]

Something like

{
    "DND5E.AbilityHon": "Will",
    "DND5E.AbilityHonAbbr": "wil",
    "DND5E.AbilitySan": "Soul",
    "DND5E.AbilitySanAbbr": "sol"
}

[maiden smelt]

need both

[stone swift]

(They changed the folder to be tweaks so should be fine)

[stone swift]

The non-abbr one will show up in chat when you roll ability checks

It'll say "Will ability check" or some such

[stone swift]

Did you copy the text block I sent directly?

[maiden folio]

Also in case it got missed: You should only be editing the files while Foundry is shut down

As it'll revert otherwise

[maiden smelt]

ahhhhh, so make new module

again

[maiden folio]

What? No

Just shut down foundry

[maiden smelt]

closed now

[maiden folio]

Now adjust the files like Michael indicated and do not forget to save

[maiden folio]

manifest

[maiden folio]

en.json

[stone swift]

(en.json)

[maiden smelt]

and

[stone swift]

Looking good

[stone swift]

Ensure you've saved em both

[maiden smelt]

is saved

[stone swift]

And that the folder containing them is called tweaks exactly

And if so, boot foundry up again and take a look

[limber cipher]

can you send screenshots of the folders?

[maiden smelt]

this error

Metadata validation failed for module "tweaks": The file "tweaks.mjs" included by module tweaks does not exist

[stone swift]

Ah

Close foundry

Then create an empty tweaks.mjs file next to the module.json

[maiden smelt]

ahh

[stone swift]

(This part isn't necessary for just replacing the names, but will future-proof it so that in the future when you want to make more complex changes the file is already there and part of the module)

[stone swift]

Now the final test, open your world, enable your module, and check the sheet

[maiden smelt]

where dat

[stone swift]

, manage modules

(Top right for the first button)

[maiden smelt]

found it

[serene wagon]

No reverting should be happening. It's just that Foundry very rarely reads those files when running

[stone swift]

Messing with the manifest while foundry's open seems like a recipe for trouble

[maiden smelt]

how not corner

[maiden folio]

It reverts for worlds (I ran into this before) and they did say earlier that it didn't save correctly. On top of that a restart is needed either way so better save than sorry

[maiden smelt]

lets gooooo

[serene wagon]

Works fine for me 🤷 Just need to remember to restart for the changes to show

[stone swift]

For this I'm having a hard time believing it's anything we just did lol

[maiden smelt]

first modual

[serene wagon]

Worlds update the .json tho, modules/systems don't

[maiden smelt]

its not lol

got it

[limber cipher]

this game was a clear Micheal carry

[maiden smelt]

@stone swift@serene wagon@limber cipher thanks all of you

[limber cipher]

dropping a triple double

[maiden smelt]

So I'm a long way from having an entire transformation feature

[stone swift]

Probably - but what do you mean by transformation feature?

[maiden smelt]

press buttons on sheet that have otherthings happen

[stone swift]

Ah. Yeah that'll be some code

[maiden smelt]

for example gain temporary hit points equal to your total level plus Constitution Modifier.

[stone swift]

Oh, that's easy. You can do that just via a heal activity (assuming you're on the latest version of 5e). But that's a convo for #dnd5e