Griogre
January 23rd, 2014, 21:59
Token modules are library modules so they have to built by hand. However, it is really easy to do.
1) Make or edit a definition.xml file. I've attached the one from FG's letter tokens so you can just edit it if you wish. Note: use Notepad *not* a word processor to edit the file if you don't have a code editor, its included on all windows installations in accessories. There are eight lines of XML in it:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<root version="2.06">
<name>Letter Tokens</name>
<ruleset>Any</ruleset>
<author>JPG</author>
</root>
You are going to want to change two lines: the Name of the Module and the Author.
<name>Modules Name Displayed in Library Listing</name> This needs to be unique and I would stick to only alpha numeric characters.
<author>Can be Author or Further module description</author> This is the second line in the module listing.
Example of a definition.xml file I made for a token module for my Pirate's game:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<root version="2.06">
<name>Pirate Tokens</name>
<ruleset>Any</ruleset>
<author>PotSM Campaign</author>
</root>
So basically you need to change two lines of XML if you edit the file below.
2) Next put all the tokens you want in the module in a folder called: tokens
3) Next you need a thumbnail.png. This is optional, its the icon that displays in the module list. It should not be any larger than like 64x64 pixels. The name is important, you need to rename the image so it is exactly "thumbnail.png". You may be able to use a jpg but I have never tried it here.
4) Zip the definition.xml file, the token folder and any thumbnail.png together. Use normal zip, not rar or zip7 and then change the resulting file extension from .zip to .mod (Windows will warn but say OK). FG's .mod files are normal zip files in disguise. Drop the .mod file into FG's data application modules folder and it should work. Note you have to restart FG if it is running since module files are only read in when FG starts.