5E Help with opening NPCs from a list

[Griogre]

In the Monsters of the Multiverse module, when you open the module and click NPCs it opens a list of monsters called NPCs. If you click on an NPC on the list it opens the npc (shown in the first picture).

I want to build something similar in the 5E ruleset but the only example I can find is from the basic rules and they open a collapsible list not one long list like MotM.

I put together an XML test module, but while I can get it to do a list of monsters the links don't work. I either messed up the syntax, am using the wrong refclass, both or ?

Any help would be appreciated. I've attached the pictures with MotM how I want it to work, what I have and the module.

The current db.xml code is:


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<root version="3.3" release="8|CoreRPG:4">
<library>
<links5EMonsterTest>
<categoryname type="string">Core Rules</categoryname>
<name type="string">5E MonsterLinkTest</name>
<entries>
<id-00001>
<name type="string">NPCs</name>
<librarylink type="windowreference">
<class>referenceindex</class>
<recordname>npcLinks</recordname>
</librarylink>
</id-00001>
</entries>
</links5EMonsterTest>
</library>
<npcLinks>
<description type="string">NPC Links</description>
<index>
<FirstLink>
<link type="windowreference">
<class>npc</class>
<recordname>npc.First@5E MonsterLinkTest</recordname>
</link>
<name type="string">First Monster Link</name>
</FirstLink>
<SecondLink>
<link type="windowreference">
<class>npc</class>
<recordname>npc.Second@5E MonsterLinkTest</recordname>
</link>
<name type="string">Second Monster Link</name>
</SecondLink>
</index>
</npcLinks>
<npc static="true">
<First>
<abilities>
<charisma>
<bonus type="number">0</bonus>
<score type="number">10</score>
</charisma>
<constitution>
<bonus type="number">0</bonus>
<score type="number">10</score>
</constitution>
<dexterity>
<bonus type="number">0</bonus>
<score type="number">10</score>
</dexterity>
<intelligence>
<bonus type="number">0</bonus>
<score type="number">10</score>
</intelligence>
<strength>
<bonus type="number">0</bonus>
<score type="number">10</score>
</strength>
<wisdom>
<bonus type="number">0</bonus>
<score type="number">10</score>
</wisdom>
</abilities>
<name type="string">First Monster</name>
</First>
<Second>
<abilities>
<charisma>
<bonus type="number">0</bonus>
<score type="number">10</score>
</charisma>
<constitution>
<bonus type="number">0</bonus>
<score type="number">10</score>
</constitution>
<dexterity>
<bonus type="number">0</bonus>
<score type="number">10</score>
</dexterity>
<intelligence>
<bonus type="number">0</bonus>
<score type="number">10</score>
</intelligence>
<strength>
<bonus type="number">0</bonus>
<score type="number">10</score>
</strength>
<wisdom>
<bonus type="number">0</bonus>
<score type="number">10</score>
</wisdom>
</abilities>
<name type="string">Second Monster</name>
</Second>
</npc>
</root>

[Moon Wizard]

The 3.5E monsters has an example of the simple list like the one that is exported by default when exporting record types.

If you export a record type to a module, then a simple list is created by default in the exported module. If the record type has "views" defined by the ruleset and those views are allowed to export (such as NPCs - By Letter), it outputs a slightly different variation. Try exporting a couple modules to see the output; or better yet, just use the built-in export.



<library>
<d20monsters static="true">
...
<entries>
...
<npcs>
<librarylink type="windowreference">
<class>reference_list</class>
<recordname>list.npcs</recordname>
</librarylink>
<name type="string">NPCs</name>
</npcs>
</entries>
</d20monsters>
</library>
...
<list static="true">
<npcs>
<recordtype type="string">npc</recordtype>
</npcs>
</list>


Regards,
JPG

[Griogre]

Thanks for the help. :)