Creating a Custom Extension

[Frumious Jabberwock]

Hello everyone. :)

My players recently showed interest in playing D&D 5th Edition, so I decided to indulge them. However, we've become accustomed to some of the mods I've made to our regular game (which uses the CoreRPG ruleset), and for the life of me, I can't figure out how to make some of the changes work with the 5E ruleset.

I suspect that part of the problem has to do with the Wizard's 5E extension we're using for aesthetic reasons. I understand that it's preportedly encrypted for some reason, which in turn explains why I can't even find the bloody thing, let alone poke around in the various files to figure out what I need to change or add to a custom extension.

So, yeah, I was hoping some of you might be able to help me create a work-around for the following.

1.) I'd like to use a custom DM icon. The extension I was using (https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forums/showthread.php?27261-Extension-to-change-GM-portrait&p=243752&viewfull=1#post243752) doesn't work at all. I don't think this one has anything to do with the encrypted extension as the change doesn't even work with the base ruleset... but I'll be damned if I can figure out why. I can't even find the default icon to save my life.

2.) I'd like to change some of the slash commands to different ones, and the in-line help file that's displayed when you enter /help to reflect those changes. In particular I'd like to change /die so that it also works with /dice and /roll, but also a few other things.

3.) Last but certainly not least, I would like to remove the text bubble graphic and associated padding in the chatbox. This was relatively easy to do with the CoreRPG ruleset but, again, I can't even find the graphic for it anywhere, let alone the specific code that adds it in the 5E ruleset. We all find the chat bubble really unattractive and a distraction.

Any and all help would be appreciated. :)

[Trenloe]

My players recently showed interest in playing D&D 5th Edition, so I decided to indulge them. However, we've become accustomed to some of the mods I've made to our regular game (which uses the CoreRPG ruleset), and for the life of me, I can't figure out how to make some of the changes work with the 5E ruleset.

I suspect that part of the problem has to do with the Wizard's 5E extension we're using for aesthetic reasons. I understand that it's preportedly encrypted for some reason, which in turn explains why I can't even find the bloody thing, let alone poke around in the various files to figure out what I need to change or add to a custom extension.
D&D 5E is not an extension, it's a ruleset (layered on top of CoreRPG - a little like an extension). Look for 5E.pak in the FG rulesets directory, it's not encrypted.

[damned]

Hello everyone. :)

My players recently showed interest in playing D&D 5th Edition, so I decided to indulge them. However, we've become accustomed to some of the mods I've made to our regular game (which uses the CoreRPG ruleset), and for the life of me, I can't figure out how to make some of the changes work with the 5E ruleset.

I suspect that part of the problem has to do with the Wizard's 5E extension we're using for aesthetic reasons. I understand that it's preportedly encrypted for some reason, which in turn explains why I can't even find the bloody thing, let alone poke around in the various files to figure out what I need to change or add to a custom extension.

So, yeah, I was hoping some of you might be able to help me create a work-around for the following.

1.) I'd like to use a custom DM icon. The extension I was using (https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forums/showthread.php?27261-Extension-to-change-GM-portrait&p=243752&viewfull=1#post243752) doesn't work at all. I don't think this one has anything to do with the encrypted extension as the change doesn't even work with the base ruleset... but I'll be damned if I can figure out why. I can't even find the default icon to save my life.

2.) I'd like to change some of the slash commands to different ones, and the in-line help file that's displayed when you enter /help to reflect those changes. In particular I'd like to change /die so that it also works with /dice and /roll, but also a few other things.

3.) Last but certainly not least, I would like to remove the text bubble graphic and associated padding in the chatbox. This was relatively easy to do with the CoreRPG ruleset but, again, I can't even find the graphic for it anywhere, let alone the specific code that adds it in the 5E ruleset. We all find the chat bubble really unattractive and a distraction.

Any and all help would be appreciated. :)

Dont be damned. That jobs taken.
There are several GM Icon extensions that work with 5E in the list - might be one in my signature.

You can create new /commands - look for DMFirmy's Drop Lowest extension. I dont know f you can do what you want in this particular instance though.

Change the load order of your extension so that it loads last.

[Frumious Jabberwock]

D&D 5E is not an extension, it's a ruleset (layered on top of CoreRPG - a little like an extension). Look for 5E.pak in the FG rulesets directory, it's not encrypted.

I was referring to the "skin" or "theme" labeled as "5E Theme - Wizards," not the ruleset.

[damned]

Dont worry about what is inside the extension.
Its overwriting whats in the 5E.pak so just overwrite it again in your extension.
Look at Load Order.

[Frumious Jabberwock]

I get that.

My problem is that I don't even know what it's overwriting. I can't even find the related commands in the core 5E ruleset for some of the things I mentioned. I even searched the entire folder using Notepad++ for the phrase "SLASH COMMANDS" and it didn't find anything, ditto for any of the specific commands.

I'm totally at a loss. I didn't have too much problem doing this stuff with the CoreRPG ruleset.

[LordEntrails]

I doubt the phrase slash commands is going to be in the xml or lua files, but I bet if you search for one of the actual commands, like "/whisper" you will find that.

[Frumious Jabberwock]

I tried that earlier as well, along with a few other commands like "rollon," too. Results:

Search "whisper" (0 hits in 0 files)
Search "/whisper" (0 hits in 0 files)

I tried "SLASH COMMANDS" because that was how I found the relevant info in the CoreRPG rules I did; it appears at the top of the list.

[damned]

You need to roll back and understand how 5E works.

5E, like most of the rulesets in the last 5 years is a CoreRPG based ruleset. That means it loads CoreRPG first.

CoreRPG loads and defines a whole bunch of stuff.
5E loads and changes some things defined in CoreRPG and then adds a whole stack of its own things.
The Wizards extension loads and it may add some new things and/or change things defined in 5E and/or CoreRPG.

If its not in the extension, and its not in 5E then its in CoreRPG.
If its not in CoreRPG its in the engine and you cant change it.

[Zacchaeus]

Aren’t the slash commands part of the core ruleset. I doubt therefore you’ll find them in the 5e one.

[Trenloe]

As has been mentioned - 5E is layered on top of CoreRPG. The command you're looking for is registerSlashHandler - details here: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/refdoc/Comm.xcp#registerSlashHandler

[Frumious Jabberwock]

Oh, all right, that's what was confusing the heck out of me. I'll venture into that tomorrow and see if I can figure things out.

Thank you.