Number box with tiny die icon?

[BradYounie]

I'm using the Core RPG ruleset as a starting point (copied and unzipped) for creating a ruleset for my RPG (I'm an Indy game publisher), and I want to add a number box that has the tiny die icon in the lower left corner that most rulesets have. But I can't seem to find out how to add it.

Can someone help?

[BradYounie]

It figures that no sooner do I post the question, that I figure it out. :)

It's a simple matter of adding <rollable /> to your basicnumber control. Nice!

[damned]

Welcome BradYounie! There are a few things I would have a look at:

https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forums/showthread.php?25234-Jeff-s-Excruciatingly-Simple-Extension-Tutorial
https://www.fantasygrounds.com/wiki/index.php/Developer_Guides
https://www.fg-con.com/morecore-extension/

What game are you working on?

[Trenloe]

Welcome BradYounie! There are a few things I would have a look at:
This too: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forums/showthread.php?20651-Modifying-the-CoreRPG-ruleset

[damned]

Thats the one I was looking for! Thanks Trenloe!

[BradYounie]

Welcome BradYounie!
What game are you working on?

Well, I own an indy game company called Carnivore Games, and this is a new game I'm developing. I plan to use FG as a tool for some playtesting.

I can't say much about the game except that it's a new system, and the setting is both fantasy and sci-if at the same time, depending on how you play it. It's in early dev right now.

[damned]

I had a peek at your website - The Unexplained looks interesting :)

[BradYounie]

I had a peek at your website - The Unexplained looks interesting :)

Thanks! I plan to create a full ruleset for it.

[BradYounie]

I'm trying to do the same thing with a basicstring control (which is defined in CoreRPG. For some reason, adding <rollable /> doesn't cause the dice icon to appear, nor will it roll dice. It's weird that it doesn't appear for basicstrings. I traced them back through the templates, and nothing stuck out to me that would make one work and the other not.

[Trenloe]

It doesn't make sense having a string field rollable, as it could contain data that can't be equated to anything relevant to a roll. The number field usually applies a numerical modification to the roll, a string could be anything - possibly something that doesn't equate to a numerical modification.

If you want similar functionality to rollable on a string control then you'll have to code for it in LUA, and ensure that the data stored in the string makes sense from a roll perspective. Have a look at the code in common\scripts\number.lua in the CoreRPG ruleset. The onInit function has the LUA code that sets the rollable bitmap widget.

[BradYounie]

It doesn't make sense having a string field rollable, as it could contain data that can't be equated to anything relevant to a roll. The number field usually applies a numerical modification to the roll, a string could be anything - possibly something that doesn't equate to a numerical modification.

If you want similar functionality to rollable on a string control then you'll have to code for it in LUA, and ensure that the data stored in the string makes sense from a roll perspective. Have a look at the code in common\scripts\number.lua in the CoreRPG ruleset. The onInit function has the LUA code that sets the rollable bitmap widget.

Thanks. In this case the text field is auto generated, so I know it'll be valid.

[damned]

Thanks. In this case the text field is auto generated, so I know it'll be valid.

Does it not make sense to turn this into a Number field?

[Moon Wizard]

I can see a string field contains a dice expression might want to be rollable, but there's no built-in code to enforce a string field to only accept dice expressions.

Also, the rollable tag is used by a numberfield template in CoreRPG. You would have to write your own template for strings.

Regards,
JPG

[BradYounie]

Does it not make sense to turn this into a Number field?

Because it needs to be a dice roll expression, which is auto generated and the field is read only.