Help With Spell Cast Scripts

[leozelig]

Hey,

I am having trouble getting my spell cast scripts to behave... I have templates set up for the controls and scripts very similar to the attack roll scripts in 3.5E. Instead of checking for melee or ranged, I want to check for class (cleric or wizard) when building the roll.

Here is the template:

	<template name="number_charbasespellcheck">
		<number_chartotal>
			<rollable />
			<displaysign />
			<modifiersize>mini</modifiersize>
			<script>
				function action(draginfo)
					local rActor, rSpellCast = CharManager.getBaseSpellCastRollStructures(window.getDatabaseNode(), self.description[1].text[1]);
					Debug.Console(rSpellCast);
					
					ActionSpell.performRoll(draginfo, rActor, rSpellCast);
					return true;
				end
				
				function onDragStart(button, x, y, draginfo)
					return action(draginfo);
				end


				function onDoubleClick(x,y)
					return action();
				end
			</script>
		</number_chartotal>
	</template>
		
	<template name="number_charbasespellcheckcleric">
		<number_charbasespellcheck>
			<description><text>Base Spell Check</text></description>
			<modifierfield>spellcheck.cleric.temporary</modifierfield>
			<source><name>level</name><op>+</op></source>
			<source><name>abilities.personality.bonus</name><op>+</op></source>
		</number_charbasespellcheck>
	</template>
	
	<template name="number_charbasespellcheckwizard">
		<number_charbasespellcheck>
			<description><text>Base Spell Check</text></description>
			<modifierfield>spellcheck.wizard.temporary</modifierfield>
			<source><name>level</name><op>+</op></source>
			<source><name>abilities.intelligence.bonus</name><op>+</op></source>
		</number_charbasespellcheck>
	</template>

Here is the getBaseSpellCastRollStructures script in the character manager:

function getBaseSpellCastRollStructures(nodeChar, sSpellCast)
	local rCreature = ActorManager.getActor("pc", nodeChar);


	local rSpellCast = {};
	rSpellCast.type = "cast";
	rSpellCast.label = sSpellCast;


215	local sSpellClass = DB.getValue(rCreature, "class", "");
	Debug.console(sSpellClass);
	
	if string.match(string.lower(sSpellClass), "cleric") then
		rSpellCast.modifier = DB.getValue(nodeChar, "spellcheck.cleric.total", 0);
		rSpellCast.stat = "personality";
	else
		rSpellCast.modifier = DB.getValue(nodeChar, "spellcheck.wizard.total", 0);
		rSpellCast.stat = "intelligence";
	end
	
	return rCreature, rSpellCast;
end

Here is the error I am getting:


Script Error: [string "campaign/scripts/manager_char.lua"]:215: getValue: Invalid parameter 1

Anyone know what I am doing wrong?

I did confirm that rCreature is the correct databasenode for class, and the class field is where it should be in the db.xml file. Somehow, it does not want to retrieve the string value for class.

[leozelig]

Ok, I solved my own problem. Usually it takes typing out my question to get the answer.

local sSpellClass = DB.getValue(rCreature, class, "");

rCreature should have been nodeChar. It now returns the correct value.

[leozelig]

Post deleted. Spelling apparently matters...

[leozelig]

The spell cast rolls are working, including critical hit and disapproval/misfire handling. I might set it up to auto-increase disapproval range, but only if the failure cut-off is the same for all spells. I have to check that. Critical hits add the PCs level to the roll, per the rules.

I have some more bugs to fix, and I need to decide which effects I want to keep. I hope to have something ready for play testing soon!