#Weapon overhaul

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regal robin
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here

lusty token
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Ok, thank you.

regal robin
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I hate to do it, but let's start at the beginning. What are you trying to do here? Do you want to add some new weapons with a new category or is this a complete reworking/recategorization of the weapons?

lusty token
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Complete recategorization.
Light Weapons
Versatile weapons
Heavy weapons
Polar weapons
Thrown weapons
Ranged weapons
Exotic weapons
Improvised weapons
Unarmed combat

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I have removed the simple, martial types

regal robin
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So instead of Simple and Martial, you want all these to be top-level categories

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okay

lusty token
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Yes.

regal robin
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Normally I prefer to add/delete from the config objects rather than replace the entire thing, but maybe in this case it'd be better to just wholesale replace everything.

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The system already calls out unarmed strikes separately now. I don't know how that fits with your overhaul so for simplicity, I'm going to leave it out.
I'd start with the CONFIG.DND5E.weaponProficiencies

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CONFIG.DND5E.weaponProficiencies = {
  light: "Light",
  versatile: "Versatile",
  heavy: "Heavy"
  // and so on
};
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I think you already have this

lusty token
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Yes, but each proficiency is a separate config line instead of grouped

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Example:

CONFIG. DND5E. weaponProficiencies. light = "Light Weapons";

Done same with mapping and types

regal robin
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Then you have the weaponProficienciesMap, something like

CONFIG.DND5E.weaponProficienciesMap = {
  // all these names are going to be used later in weaponTypes
  // the values are the property names in weaponProficiencies
  lightM: "light",
  lightR: "light",
  heavyM: "heavy",
  // and so on
};
lusty token
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Disregard.

regal robin
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I'm following the system's pattern of separating them out to Melee and Ranged attacks

lusty token
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Realized this

regal robin
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Then weaponTypes and it's map

CONFIG.DND5E.weaponTypes = {
  // the property names match the ones in weaponProficienciesMap
  // the value is the label shown on the character sheet
  lightM: "Light Melee",
  lightR: "Light Ranged",
  heavyM: "Heavy Melee",
  // and so on
};
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// maps the weapon types to the kind of attack
CONFIG.DND5E.weaponTypeMap = {
  lightM: "melee",
  lightR: "ranged",
  heavyM: "melee",
  // and so on
};
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Once you have that, you can create the weapons in your compendium pack and can set their Weapon Type in the Details tab to match the weapon types you've defined

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And again, you can double-check that the proficiencies show up on a new actor (which you already did)

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Once the weapons are created, then you can replace CONFIG.DND5E.weaponIds or just add to it. In this example, I'll replace

CONFIG.DND5E.weaponIds = {
  // these property names are just shortened versions of the weapon's name, like a class's identifier
  dagger: "UUID of your dagger",
  hammer: "UUID of your hammer",
  hugeSword: "UUID of your big sword",
  // and so on
};
lusty token
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So I am copying all the uuid of said weapons of a specific category to the script?

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This means if I ever add an additional weapon in the future, I will need to add it to the script, correct?

regal robin
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Do it for all the new weapons you're making. Well, the base version of the weapon that is. Don't add UUIDs for their magical versions

lusty token
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Ok. Does everything need to be separate or under same hook header?

regal robin
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You don't have to add a new weapon to the list, but you'll probably want to. Adding a weapon to the list will allow you to:

  • give a PC proficiency on that specific weapon as opposed to the entire weapon type (e.g. just give Dagger proficiency instead of all Light weapons)
  • set it as a Base Weapon for the magical versions, for the automatic proficiency to work
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You can put all of this in one hook

lusty token
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I think this is where I am getting confused. Each category has 3-5 weapons under them, exceptions being unarmed combat and exotic weapons. We will ignore those two for the moment.

I have made the weapons under the specific weapon groups in item tab. The weapons themselves have the type set to the specific categories.

Example: Great Axe, weapon type: heavy weapons

In script I have under same hook:

CONFIG. DND5E. weaponTypes. heavy = "Heavy Weapons";

CONFIG. DND5E. weaponProficiencies. heavy = "Heavy Weapons";

CONFIG. DND5E. weaponProficienciesMap. heavy = "Heavy Weapons";

Now I need to go and add a new line:

CONFIG. DND5E. weaponIds. heavy = "Heavy Weapons";

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Then add the UUID of each heavy weapon to the Ids

CONFIG. DND5E. weaponIds. heavy = "UUID number";

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Sorry, learning how to do this without any Java experience

regal robin
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The weaponProficienciesMap is wrong. The property name of heavy is fine, but the value should match one of the property names in weaponProficiencies (i.e. "heavy", not "Heavy Weapons")

lusty token
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So CONFIG. DND5E. weaponProficienciesMap. heavy = "Heavy";

regal robin
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CONFIG.DND5E.weaponProficienciesMap.heavy = "heavy"; // value matches the entry in weaponProficiencies
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the property name, the .heavy part before the equals sign, matches the entry in weaponTypes

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in the code you shared, it's hard to see that link since they're all heavy

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One more fix, for the weaponIds line. Do this instead:

CONFIG.DND5E.weaponIds.greatAxe = "the Greate Axe UUID";
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you add the individual weapons, not a weapon type

lusty token
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Ok. Followed the instructions using a dagger, and set character to have light weapons proficiency.

This is what the code looks like

IMG_0919.jpg
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Still shows up not proficient on a new character

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I noticed weapons is under map, so took that part off and tried again. Same results

regal robin
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weaponTypes and weaponProficiencies are fine, but the next two lines need to be fixed

CONFIG.DND5E.weaponProficienciesMap.light = "light";
CONFIG.DND5E.weaponTypeMap.light = "melee";
CONFIG.DND5E.weaponIds.dagger = "Compendium.dnd5e.items.Item.0E565kQUBmndJ1a2";
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replace the UUID I used for the last line with yours

lusty token
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Dear lord…. So frustrating
I see what the problem was

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The Light under profmap was capitalized

regal robin
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It's real easy to add new base weapons, just have to add a weaponIds line. But adding new (or overhauling) the types and proficiencies is a big task

lusty token
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Lowered it and working now

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Checking the rest now

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Thank you sooooo much! It is working. I feel like an idiot.

regal robin
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Just learning. This level of system customization can take time

lusty token
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Last thing I have to do to be up and running is figure out how to change critical hit threshold. Can’t find that anywhere. Still looking into that

regal robin
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globally, or per actor, or per weapon?

lusty token
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Per weapon. That is the special feature of heavy weapons, they will crit on a 19-20

regal robin
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It's in the weapon's Attack activity, on the last tab

lusty token
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Ahh, ty