Creature Refinement (Savage) - Revision history

Rob: /* Cleanup the Interface */

2009-02-12T11:31:33Z

Cleanup the Interface

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 if (tagis[Helper.NPCImpact] + !hero.tagis[Hero.PC] >= 2) then
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Rob: /* Cleanup the Interface */

2009-02-12T11:25:02Z

Cleanup the Interface

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    description="Description goes here">
    </thing>
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Rob: /* Output Revisions */

2009-02-12T11:00:20Z

Output Revisions

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-===Output Revisions===
+===Creature Type in Output===
 The final detail we haven't addressed yet for creatures is output. Both character sheet and statblock output assume that every character will be assigned a race. We need to revise those mechanisms to handle the presence of a creature type instead.
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 We can now reload our data files and verify that creatures are being handled properly within output everywhere.
 ===Bonuses from Traits Over d12===

Rob: /* Creatures With Zero Pace */

2009-02-12T09:43:15Z

Creatures With Zero Pace

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      field[trtFinal].value = 1
      endif
    endif
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Rob at 01:58, 12 February 2009

2009-02-12T01:58:58Z

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 bonus = 6 + round(hero.child[attrVig].field[trtRoll].value / 2,0,-1)
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Rob: /* Creatures with No Natural Weapons */

2009-02-12T01:48:41Z

Creatures with No Natural Weapons

← Older revision		Revision as of 01:48, 12 February 2009
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	bonus = 6 + round(hero.child[attrVig].field[trtRoll].value / 2,0,-1)		bonus = 6 + round(hero.child[attrVig].field[trtRoll].value / 2,0,-1)
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	~~===Creatures with No Natural Weapons===~~

Rob at 01:46, 12 February 2009

2009-02-12T01:46:25Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 01:46, 12 February 2009
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	bonus = 6 + round(hero.child[attrVig].field[trtRoll].value / 2,0,-1)		bonus = 6 + round(hero.child[attrVig].field[trtRoll].value / 2,0,-1)
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			===Creatures with No Natural Weapons===

Rob: /* Defining Complete Creatures */

2009-02-12T00:57:10Z

Defining Complete Creatures

← Older revision		Revision as of 00:57, 12 February 2009
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	<assignval field="abilText" value="+d6"/>		<assignval field="abilText" value="+d6"/>
	</bootstrap>		</bootstrap>
	<bootstrap thing="abAquatic"/>		<bootstrap thing="abAquatic">
			<assignval field="abilValue" value="5"/>
			</bootstrap>
	<bootstrap thing="abRollover"/>		<bootstrap thing="abRollover"/>
	~~<!-- We have an aquatic pace of 5 -->~~
	~~<eval index="1" phase="PreTraits" priority="5000"><![CDATA[~~
	~~hero.child[trPace].field[trtSpecial].value = 5~~
	~~]]></eval>~~
	</thing>		</thing>

Rob: /* Bonuses from Traits Over d12 */

2009-02-11T06:33:42Z

Bonuses from Traits Over d12

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	We can now reload our data files and verify that creatures are being handled properly within output everywhere.		We can now reload our data files and verify that creatures are being handled properly within output everywhere.

	====Bonuses from Traits Over d12====		===Bonuses from Traits Over d12===

	When we added the automatic spillover of a trait die larger than "d12", we broke something. If the trait die is larger than "d12", we translate that overage into the trait roll. However, that overage is not being properly factored into the calculation of the Parry and Toughness traits.		When we added the automatic spillover of a trait die larger than "d12", we broke something. If the trait die is larger than "d12", we translate that overage into the trait roll. However, that overage is not being properly factored into the calculation of the Parry and Toughness traits.

Rob at 06:33, 11 February 2009

2009-02-11T06:33:22Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 06:33, 11 February 2009
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	We can now reload our data files and verify that creatures are being handled properly within output everywhere.		We can now reload our data files and verify that creatures are being handled properly within output everywhere.

			====Bonuses from Traits Over d12====

			When we added the automatic spillover of a trait die larger than "d12", we broke something. If the trait die is larger than "d12", we translate that overage into the trait roll. However, that overage is not being properly factored into the calculation of the Parry and Toughness traits.

			The problem stems from an issue with timing. The Parry and Toughness traits calculate the influence of Fighting and Vigor at a timing of Traits/4000. Meanwhile, the conversion of excess trait dice to the net roll doesn't happen until Traits/8000. The Eval script that does the translation only needs to be performed after the bounding of the "trtUser" field, which occurs at Traits/1000, so we can re-schedule the script to anytime after that, as long as it also occurs before Traits/4000. We'll move it to Traits/2000.

			As a safeguard against future timing issues involving these scripts, we'll also add some timing dependency relationships. We'll name each of the scripts for the derived traits at Traits/4000 with a common name, such as "Calc Derived Bonus". We can then add a "before" dependency on this name to the script we changed. We'll also add an "after" dependency to this script to ensure it gets scheduled after the bounding of "trtUser". The revised framework for the script should now look like below.

			<pre>
			<eval index="5" phase="Traits" priority="2000">
			<before name="Calc trtNetRoll"/>
			<after name="Bound trtUser"/><![CDATA[
			~script code goes here
			]]></eval>
			</pre>

			If we reload and test our data files with a creature, the roll bonus is now being factored into the trait bonus. Unfortunately, the bonus is coming out wrong. Taking a look at the scripts that calculate the bonus, it seems there is an assumption that the final trait value will never exceed six. If we eliminate that assumption, a quick change to the scripts gets things working properly. The one line that needs to be changed is shown below for the Toughness calculation. An equivalent change must be made for the Parry calculation.

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			bonus = 6 + round(hero.child[attrVig].field[trtRoll].value / 2,0,-1)
			</pre>