Dragging standalone dice expressions from chat

[dsaraujo]

When I roll simple dice on the chat, I can't drag them to fields anymore. For example, if I change the modifier to +3, and manually roll 2d6, rolling 4, 2 for a total of 9, if I try to drag the result, instead of having a (expected) 9, I have a +3 (the modifier). This makes it hard to drag the total to the wound box on combat tracker, or quickly adding to coins (if rolling 3d6 gp, for example).

Thanks!

[Zacchaeus]

I'm not seeing that. What ruleset are you seeing this on? And have you tested without extensions?

[dsaraujo]

This is on PF2E ruleset. I originally posted there but Trenloe recommended me to post here. Here is from a brand new campaign:

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The +3 is what I dragged. This post is where I originally reported the issue:

https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forums/showthread.php?69225-Dragging-standalone-dice-expressions-from-chat

[Moon Wizard]

I just tried in my 5E campaign; and it appears to be working.

Here are the steps I followed (see picture):
* Open campaign
* Open combat tracker
* Use mouse wheel to adjust modifier box to +3
* Pick up d6 die
* Right click to add an extra die
* Roll the dice
* Drag the result to the wound field in the combat tracker
* Damage was applied

Regards,
JPG

[Moon Wizard]

Trying the same thing in the PF2 ruleset does zero damage to the target; so we'll have to bump back to Trenloe to investigate.

Regards,
JPG

[Trenloe]

The confusion/issue is that while dragging the result of the dice roll with a modifier, FG shows the drag text as the modifier, not the total - for example, "+3". So you could be led to believe that you're just dragging the modifier and not the total. This occurs in CoreRPG, 5E, PFRPG2, etc.. When dropped on a field, the total is correct.

[dsaraujo]

Ah, finally got it. Thanks everyone for your patience and support!

Cheers,

[Moon Wizard]

Trenloe and I have been discussing over e-mail to make sure I understand what you're reporting.

I think that this is just the way that the modifier stack and chat windows have always worked; which is why it took some time to understand what you're saying. Just to clarify how it works, I'm going to detail here as well.

* When dragging from the chat window, the chat entry description text is always used as the drag description.

* When using the modifier stack, it will append the text of the modifiers to the description passed in the roll. (even if empty) (Example: "Flanking +2, +3")

* In the example you used, you had added a +3 modifier to the modifier stack without any text. (You can use /mod # <text> to add modifier description; or drag from campaign modifiers list.)

* So, in the example, the modifier (+3) was added to the roll text (which there was none, since you rolled directly from desktop)

* Then, when you dragged the result, it showed the description text "+3", which as far as the chat window is concerned is just the text set with the roll.

I don't think this generally comes up very often; because people rarely roll freestyle and use modifiers at the same time. However, I'll add to our list to look into updating the modifier stack to be a little smarter about appending to empty rolls.

Regards,
JPG