Convert 4E healing surge value into a dice roll

[Moon Wizard]

Great to hear.
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[damned]

Just a follow up, it works flawlessly now.

@lokiare1 could you please post your complete solution? I would like to see what you did here

[lokiare]

@lokiare1 could you please post your complete solution? I would like to see what you did here

If you had asked that shortly after I did it, I would be able to show my work, but it might take me awhile to round up the code.

[damned]

go on lokiare1! you can do it!

[lokiare]

The Lua code in manger_char.lua:

function useHealingSurge(nodeChar)
	local rActor = ActorManager.getActor("pc", nodeChar);
	local level = DB.getValue(nodeChar, "level", 0);
	local recoveryDie = DB.getValue(nodeChar, "hp.surge", 0);
	local conMod = DB.getValue(nodeChar, "abilities.constitution.bonus", 0);
	
	
	-- Get the character's current wounds value
	local nWounds = DB.getValue(nodeChar, "hp.wounds", 0);
	
	-- If the character is not wounded, then let the user know and exit
	if nWounds <= 0 then
		ChatManager.Message(Interface.getString("message_charhsnotwounded"), false, rActor);
		return;
	end
	
	-- Determine whether the character has any healing surges remaining
	local nSurgesUsed = DB.getValue(nodeChar, "hp.surgesused", 0);
	local nSurgesMax = DB.getValue(nodeChar, "hp.surgesmax", 0);
	if nSurgesUsed >= nSurgesMax then
		ChatManager.Message(Interface.getString("message_charhsempty"), false, ActorManager.getActor("pc", nodeChar));
		return;
	end
	
	local rAction = {};
	rAction.name = "Healing Surge";
	rAction.sTargeting = "self";
	rAction.clauses = {};
	
	local rActionClause = {};
	rActionClause.dicestr = "" .. level .. recoveryDie[1] .. "+" .. conMod;--"2d6+5";
	rActionClause.stat = {};
	rActionClause.cost = 1;
	rActionClause.basemult = 0;
	table.insert(rAction.clauses, rActionClause);
	
	ActionHeal.performRoll(nil, rActor, rAction);
end

In the record_char_main.xml I removed the number box for the healing surge and replaced it with:

<dice_charheal name="healsurge" source="hp.surge">
	<anchored to="healsurgesused" position="right" offset="82,0" width="46" />
	<modifiersize>mini</modifiersize>
	<modifierfield>hp.surgemodifier</modifierfield>
	<script file="campaign/scripts/char_recoveryroll.lua" />
</dice_charheal>

In template_char.xml I added:

<template name="dice_charheal">
	<basicdice>
		<script file="campaign/scripts/char_recoveryroll.lua" />
	</basicdice>
</template>

Then I created "campaign/scripts/char_recoveryroll.lua":

function action(draginfo)
	local rActor, rAction, rFocus, nodeAbility
	rActor, rAction, rFocus = CharManager.getAdvancedRollStructures("heal", window.getDatabaseNode());
	
	ActionHeal.performRoll(draginfo, rActor, rAction, rFocus);
	return true;
end

function onDragStart(button, x, y, draginfo)
	return action(draginfo);
end

function onDoubleClick(x,y)
	return action();
end

I had to change quite a few things that were expecting a flat number in various other parts of the rule set.