4e ruleset to SWSE ruleset (armor check penalty modifier/widget)

**gandhi39** · February 20th, 2012, 19:03

Hello, my friends.

I'm working on my own Star Wars RPG SE (house-ruled) ruleset by modifying the 4E ruleset (release 20) that comes with FG 2.8.1.

I don't know much about XML and Lua editing, but I managed to do some things, like changing the skills list on the character sheet.

But I'm stuck when it comes to customising armor check penalty modifiers and widgets.

On charsheet_skills.xml we have a script function that goes like this:

Code:

function onSourceValue(source, sourcename)
	if sourcename == "trained" then
		if source.getValue() == 1 then
			return 5;
		end
		return 0;
	elseif sourcename == "...encumbrance.armorcheckpenalty" then
		if StringManager.contains({"strength", "dexterity", "constitution"}, window.statname.getStringValue()) then
			return math.min(source.getValue(), 0);
		end
		return 0;
	end

	return super.onSourceValue(source, sourcename);
end

On charsheet_skillisitem.lua we have a function that goes like this:

Code:

function onStatNameUpdate()
	stat.update(statname.getStringValue());

	if StringManager.contains({"strength", "dexterity", "constitution"}, statname.getStringValue()) then
		armorwidget.setIcon("indicator_armorcheck");
	else
		armorwidget.setIcon(nil);
	end
end

I believe that makes all "strength", "dexterity" and "constitution" associated skills to have the armorcheck widget and the armorcheck penalty applied.

The thing is: on my house rules armorcheck penalty (as long as the widget) does not apply to Pilot (dex), and armorcheck penalty applies to Use the Force (cha). And I haven't been able to put on these exceptions.

Adding "charisma" to the lists and adjusting data_common.lua as below did not solve the problem:

Code:

-- Skill properties
skilldata = {
	["Acrobatics"] = {
			stat = "dexterity",
			armorcheckmultiplier = 1
		},
	["Athletics"] = {
			stat = "strength",
			armorcheckmultiplier = 1
		},
	["Deception"] = {
			stat = "charisma",
			armorcheckmultiplier = 0
		},
	["Endurance"] = {
			stat = "constitution",
			armorcheckmultiplier = 1
		},

        ...

	["Persuasion"] = {
			stat = "charisma",
			armorcheckmultiplier = 0
		},
	["Pilot"] = {
			stat = "dexterity",
			armorcheckmultiplier = 0
		},
	["Ride"] = {
			stat = "dexterity",
			armorcheckmultiplier = 1
		},
	["Stealth"] = {
			stat = "dexterity",
			armorcheckmultiplier = 1
		},

        ...

	["Use the Force"] = {
			stat = "charisma",
			armorcheckmultiplier = 1
		}

Can anyone help me?

**gandhi39** · February 20th, 2012, 19:18

It would be great if, when filling in the sheet at the game, I could choose which skill has armorcheck penalty by clicking a widget.

**Moon Wizard** · February 20th, 2012, 19:52

You could make a widget to do that, but you would need to add a field to track the information and a control to manipulate the field.

You can try looking at the 3.5E skills code, since the armor check penalties for 3.5E are tied to the individual skill instead of the attribute used.

Cheers,
JPG

**gandhi39** · February 21st, 2012, 00:34

Thanks for the reply. I managed to work around my checkpenalty and checkpenalty widget problems by mixing bits from 4E and 3.5E.

**gandhi39** · February 21st, 2012, 07:55

I have a new question...

Consider the following script: ("classskill" and "trained" are checkboxes, and named as sources for the script)

Code:

<script>
	function onSourceValue(source, sourcename)
		if sourcename == "classskill" then
			if source.getValue() == 1 then
				return 3;
			end
			return 0;
		elseif sourcename == "trained" then
			if source.getValue() == 1 then
				return 5;
			end
			return 0;
		end

		return super.onSourceValue(source, sourcename);
	end
</script>

If, for "trained", I want a return = character level (instead of return 5) or = half character level (instead of return 0), how would I script that?

**gandhi39** · February 24th, 2012, 06:12

How can I make a checkbox (as by the original template and script from the 4E ruleset) return the value of another control (such as "levelbonus") instead of the usual "1"? Someone help me, please!

**Moon Wizard** · February 24th, 2012, 06:31

You would have to get the database node of the character, and look up the information in the database for the character.

Example: To get the level of the character from a field within a specific skill window, you could use:
window.getDatabaseNode().getChild("...level").getV alue();
or
NodeManager.get(window.getDatabaseNode(), "...level", 0);

* The window.getDatabaseNode() will return the database node of the specific skill within the character record.
* The getChild("...level") will go up 2 levels in the database (skill list, then top of the character record), then it will access the level field of the character record.
* Finally, the getValue() call returns the value of the level field entry in the database.

* The NodeManager.get function just wraps some of that functionality up in a nice function, plus provides a way to specify a default value in case the field does not exist in the database.

Hope that helps,
JPG

**gandhi39** · February 24th, 2012, 07:25

Thanks. Sounds hard, but I'll give it a try.

**gandhi39** · February 24th, 2012, 17:00

Thanx, it worked!

**gandhi39** · December 29th, 2017, 18:02

After years I restarted my project of making a starwars saga ruleset based on the 4E ruleset. Back then it whas 2.8.1 (2012). Now it's 3.3.3 (2017). The 4E ruleset changed a bit, and my problem comes back requiring a new solution. The 3.5E changed too.

The 4E ruleset ignores the "armorcheckmultiplier" skill property on data_common.lua.

How can I make it not ignore "armorcheckmultiplier" for a charisma based skill like "Use the Force"?

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