Equipped Effects Extension (.ext file) [Fantasy Grounds Unity]

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"Feature: Equipped Effects" Extension (Fantasy Grounds Unity)

This stand-alone extension for Fantasy Grounds allows your players to gain item-based effects simply by equipping them, which automatically adds the effects to the character in the combat tracker.

This extension unlocks the following functions:

• Give characters magic items and allow them to equip them to receive effects that you’ve set up previously —saving time during the session!
• Item effects are automatically removed when the item is unequipped.
• Items tagged with “CURSED” can not be unequipped by the player

Aridhro's 5E Automated Effects is also supported by this extension.

Additional perk included in this extension:

• Import & Export custom effect XML files, so you can take your created effects with you to your next campaign.

Updates:
[See .txt file for early updates and features]

V 1.63 - Fix - the conflict name of "shield" was not parsing with the template name so applied things like "Shield, +1" etc. with a power which it should have been skipping. Fixed.

V 1.64 - Fix - making sure rAction has changestate as part of data to be used by other functions. For BCEG purposes.

V 1.65 - Update - support for extra lvl data for bratch9 extension.

V 1.66 - Update - added ability to import/export options in/out of XML files. Renamed all export/import button options so they are grouped together in options - all require restart of FGU to be displayed. Spells and notes (buttons been in this extension for ages) are indexed data and should be used with extreme caution when importing to an existing local DB - exporting is harmless. The new options will use the local DB <options> data to directly put into XML file and load from XML file into options and if using an old XML copy beware of options having changed (you will be dumping old version back in). These are for my own use - use at own risk if you choose to enable these buttons.

V 1.67 - FGU update - made fixes due to FGU update.

V1.68 - BCEG support - added changestate effect data support.

V1.69 - Bug - spelling error from V1.68 and a fix for BCEG EXPIREADD effect.

V1.70 - FGU Update - made fixes due to FGU update.

V1.71 - Bug - since pretty much the beginning this has duplicated effects when a custom effect is used in an NPC where its adding the item to the main page and does not require attunement. Fixed.

V1.72 - Update - many NPCs have limited vision and the text in their senses of "blind beyond..." so EE will now add VISMAX: x effect where x is the last distance before this text in senses. This makes the vision of that NPC work properly within its limits. Add the "blind beyond..." WOTC standard text to NPC senses you want to limit vision on will also automatically add this effect when adding an NPC into the CT. Code courtesy of Farratto.

V1.73 - Update - with new option in Generic Actions will be doing equipped/unequppied custom effect matches where it can have a prefix of "-" on the custom effect name and still match.

V1.74 - FGU update - replace deprecated calls.

V1.75 - Bug - a flag (not sure why I had it in there from years ago) was preventing inventory switching from updating the NPC CT entries attack info to be translated with matching spell if present (was still using FG standard NPC text parsing). Removed it and fixed.

V1.76 - Bug - V1.75 fix caused an error in console "[ERROR] Script execution error: [string "5E:campaign/scripts/string_powerdesc.lua"]:51: attempt to compare nil with number". Fixed.

V1.77 - Update - added new option "Update Matching Spell/Power(with components) Effects when added into CT" defaulted to off. This will allow new inventory action effects in Generic Actions to automatically add in custom effects to spells/powers when CT is changed just as in traits/etc.

V1.78 - Update - also support the "+" prefix for effects being equipped. Fixed problem that has been around forever where deleting inventory item was not removing associated power/effects.

V1.79 - Bug - V1.78 broke how NPCs process spells and custom effects. Fixed.

V1.80 - Bug - if NPC had inventory item it would not do proper CT NPC parsing for actions list. Fixed.

V1.81 - Bug - V1.72 had misprint in effect name for limited vision where name was followed by : instead of ;

V1.82 - Bug - Display first link option was not being supported for text parsing of classes. This allows supplemental class data with links to get things like parsing of spellcasting data processed.

V1.84 - FG Update - MW rewrite.

V1.85 - Bug - fixed bug from V1.84 rewrite where cast powers were not translating correctly into NPC actions.

V1.86 - Update - New option "Update NPC component effects (GA) when added to CT (will still add on equip/unequip)" defaulted to "off". This option will allow + prefixed effects for NPCs to be added into the CT automatically by name matching. This previously always added them in (no option) but I found that annoying as while I want some NPCs to play by Generic Actions component effect rules - for sure I don't want many of them. So this option - defaulted to off - will no longer do that unless you specifically turn it on to get them added in when an NPC is added into the CT. Still will be able to unequip/equip something to get those effects auto added in and removed.

V1.87 - Update - support prefix of "*" for matching substring of the effect name. For example "*Scroll of;..." will match all comparisons that have "Scroll of" somewhere in the match string. In my case, this was added in for "+*Scroll of; INVACT" GA component checks. Obviously, if you have an exact name match of for the "Scroll of Silent Ruin" and a "*Scroll of" you will get both effects applied - which maybe is what you want - or in case of identical operations following the name - probably not. Misuse will be upon your own heads.

V1.88 - Update - when module priority it in use the global "effects" list will insure only common priorities (or local DB) defined entries are used. Spell lists have always supported picking the highest priority definition - but custom effects can (if multiple effects allowed) have common named effects as there are things that can put several effects into CT matching one name with different definitions. So this rule will assume (if module priorities in effect) that the custom effects only respect common named effects that are of the same module priority or defined in the local DB. This was due to the fact I have correction modules that always worked fine with choosing the correct spell but forced me to manually go in and delete all the common named custom effects I was overriding or else I'd get two effects one of which I did not want. Anyway - new made up rule to handle this for me. Also, have to do string comparisons with no spaces now due to way FG arbitrarily removes spaces to right of :'s in effects.

V1.89 - Bug - guarded against unexpected nil being received.

Known Caveats:
Effects added by name matching of a custom effect are not done with a Source included as they are assumed to be passive and will not properly function with a (C) Concentration effect. Those should always be defined in power actions for the name matching.

Grim Press overview video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB_V--vqCA0
Watch the video before you even contemplate buying it.

Grim Press will be handling the sales and promotion of this extension.
If you'd like to engage with us, please feel free to join the Grim Press discord: https://discord.gg/grimpress

Extensions = RISK: This note is added to all the extensions I maintain. I want users to understand that extensions are code that is added to or overrides portions of code in the Fantasy Grounds Unity (FGU) application. When the underlying code in FGU changes it can break an extension. When you run with other extensions they can conflict by trying to overwrite the same parts of the FGU code. I will keep my extensions working with FGU changes, and the extensions I use (listed in my FGU signature) as I have direct control over those things. I cannot make the same promise with other extensions. If I am notified of an incompatibility I will attempt to resolve it - but if I cannot I will list what the known extension incompatibilities are. Understand before you get any extensions that it comes with RISK. Not just my extensions - any extension. These extensions are also maintained by me for me. I provide them outside of my own games purely to those who wish to take advantages of things I use for myself. If at any time FG implements the extensions capabilities it may become no longer valid to use it. I can never predict if or when this might happen but state it as a possibility. EXTENSION = RISK!

Included is original text used for describing this extension - provided for reference if needed.

Note: 2E, 3.5E, 4E, CoreRPG, PFRPG, PFRPG2, SFRPG rulesets are in extension.xml but completely unsupported and only with partial functionality. Nor will they be supported - try at own risk.

That looks awesome. Highly interested. But....will it work with MoreCore?

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Originally Posted by RocksFall

That looks awesome. Highly interested. But....will it work with MoreCore?

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No earthly idea. I'm new to FGU and just programming things as I find I need them - what you see loaded in video is what I have and only what I've run with. Basically my signature.

Hey bought your new extension :), been trying it out again, works perfect, no conflicts whatsoever, I will be testing it some more during the week.
Will let you know, if I find anything!

Thanks again love what this adds to our games!

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Originally Posted by vaughnlannister

Hey bought your new extension :), been trying it out again, works perfect, no conflicts whatsoever, I will be testing it some more during the week.
Will let you know, if I find anything!

Thanks again love what this adds to our games!

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Happy to be of service :)

mmm cant seem to get it to work with PFRPG2.

I watched the video but cant see how you attached the custom effect to an item?
I assumed they both have to have the same name?

When I equip the item the effect fails to appear on the CT

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Originally Posted by Willot

mmm cant seem to get it to work with PFRPG2.

I watched the video but cant see how you attached the custom effect to an item?
I assumed they both have to have the same name?

When I equip the item the effect fails to appear on the CT

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All the code is tied to CoreRPG or has guards against if data is not there. I superficially tested it in each of the rulesets listed. Just did this in my empty create campaign of PFRPG2 with some 5E effects I imported in from an XML file using this extension. I then went into a dummy char I created (basically empty except for name and inventory) and created an Item that had the same name as one of my effects. I then cycled through the carried states and watch the combat tracker set the effect and remove the effect. The name is a 100% character match on the first component in the label. For example,

Item created:
Ring of SilentRuin

Effect I imported into custom effects (or you could simply create it)

Ring of SilentRuin; AC:-10; CURSED

The effect worked fine. As I'm not a player - and was host - the CURSED did not really prevent me from unequipping it.

Now if you are the host - you should see it in the CT - if the first component matches 100% the name (that's everything before the first semicolon). Is that what you did? Granted I have no idea what effects this ruleset accepts but it really does not matter, you should see it in the CT.

Mmm yeah I cut n paste the name from the item to the effect. I got it in a test campagin with no other extensions loaded. Il keep playing with it
I assume I dont have to export and import the effect first that activates the code

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Originally Posted by Willot

Mmm yeah I cut n paste the name from the item to the effect. I got it in a test campagin with no other extensions loaded. Il keep playing with it
I assume I dont have to export and import the effect first that activates the code

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No just the exact text match should be all that is required.

Hi, though your extension is working fine it does seem to hamper performance of the combat tracker a bit, making it a little laggy. Could you maybe investigate if you're also seeing this issue in FGU, with your extension?

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Originally Posted by vaughnlannister

Hi, though your extension is working fine it does seem to hamper performance of the combat tracker a bit, making it a little laggy. Could you maybe investigate if you're also seeing this issue in FGU, with your extension?

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There should be nothing going on except a button override which should only deal with inventory carried item. I just played a huge game (via LAN because Cloud connections are bugged for some of my players and we have had lag going through cloud) where combat tracker had a LARGE number of things with this extension in play and noticed no lag.

Test for you would be disable extension - and try the same things your doing. I don't know what could possibly effect combat tracker as nothing should be in there from my code.

Ok, that is reassuring, probably was because I loaded to many modules and extensions we didn't need through play today that was causing it. I do see a small speed bump after disabling your extension when opening the combat tracker, but this speed bump is negligible. I will investigate a bit more, with a few players next Monday. Thanks again for bringing out some cool extensions :)!

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Originally Posted by vaughnlannister

Ok, that is reassuring, probably was because I loaded to many modules and extensions we didn't need through play today that was causing it. I do see a small speed bump after disabling your extension when opening the combat tracker, but this speed bump is negligible. I will investigate a bit more, with a few players next Monday. Thanks again for bringing out some cool extensions :)!

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Well if you find something let me know - I only run with the three extensions - in signature.

There should be a reason you run each extension. Do not just load up all the extensions that sound cool.

It just ran so well in our last game with a bare minimum setup. I may have pushed it a bit to far though with the extra loaded mods and extensions, albeit I was also running zoom which also chunks up precious cpu on my laptop. Turning back the clock to bare minimum set up for our next session :), to see if it makes a difference, I'd rather run with less extensions, mods and zoom. Without any lag then with lag.

EDIT: not applicable

I've just installed the extension, and am using it in a Starfinder campaign. No other extensions loaded. I can apply the effect to the item, and when I equip the item, I see the effect in the CT. But when I unequip the item, the effect does not leave the CT. Am I doing something wrong?

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Originally Posted by Curuthanir

I've just installed the extension, and am using it in a Starfinder campaign. No other extensions loaded. I can apply the effect to the item, and when I equip the item, I see the effect in the CT. But when I unequip the item, the effect does not leave the CT. Am I doing something wrong?

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Which rule set is starfinder?

If it’s one of the ones I listed then I’ll have to test it out tomorrow.

For sure the effect should be expired when you unequip it. Is there an error in console log?

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Originally Posted by Curuthanir

I've just installed the extension, and am using it in a Starfinder campaign. No other extensions loaded. I can apply the effect to the item, and when I equip the item, I see the effect in the CT. But when I unequip the item, the effect does not leave the CT. Am I doing something wrong?

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Alright, I just got into my test project for SFRPG which is starfinder and all the tests I made previously appeared to work. As you stated, I also only have this extension and nothing else running. I basically create a new campaign with SFRPG ruleset and this one extension under Fantasy Grounds Unity. I then create a basic dummy character who has almost no data and drop him in combat tracker, then create a cursed test item (the ring you see in video) and a regular item (the cloak of protection you see in video) and run through the test. I drop both items in the dummy characters inventory - then cycle through the 3 states of equipped status and watch my effects in combat tracker change for the host. I then attach myself as a test player and do the same tests - as in the video the player side will lock up and be unable to move out of the equipped status for the cursed item but the host can cycle it out just fine. As in the previous test the CT tracker shows the effects removed.

The console log shows nothing going on - which is good.

I'm not sure what the problem is your seeing as I've had nothing previously wrong reported on this extension - nor do I have any problems myself but I play exculsively with 5E ruleset. That does not mean I don't believe you are seeing something weird going on. Just need more data to figure out what it is.

1) Does your \console log show any errors popping up when the DB.addHandler("charsheet.*.inventorylist.*.carried ", "onUpdate", onCarriedChanged) trigger (only performed on host side even when player triggers the change) onCarriedChanged() code does the EffectManager.removeEffect(rActorCT, sCarriedItem)? Probably much to much information but that is what is literally doing the removal of the effect.

2) This is Fantasy Grounds Unity your running right? Not classic? All my extensions have only been designed with Unity as I don't own classic. So no guarantees when it comes to running in there per the DMsG text description and in here.

So I'm willing to help figure out your issue - but I have no idea what it is at that moment based on the data I have.

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Originally Posted by SilentRuin

Alright, I just got into my test project for SFRPG which is starfinder and all the tests I made previously appeared to work. As you stated, I also only have this extension and nothing else running. I basically create a new campaign with SFRPG ruleset and this one extension under Fantasy Grounds Unity. I then create a basic dummy character who has almost no data and drop him in combat tracker, then create a cursed test item (the ring you see in video) and a regular item (the cloak of protection you see in video) and run through the test. I drop both items in the dummy characters inventory - then cycle through the 3 states of equipped status and watch my effects in combat tracker change for the host. I then attach myself as a test player and do the same tests - as in the video the player side will lock up and be unable to move out of the equipped status for the cursed item but the host can cycle it out just fine. As in the previous test the CT tracker shows the effects removed.

The console log shows nothing going on - which is good.

I'm not sure what the problem is your seeing as I've had nothing previously wrong reported on this extension - nor do I have any problems myself but I play exculsively with 5E ruleset. That does not mean I don't believe you are seeing something weird going on. Just need more data to figure out what it is.

1) Does your \console log show any errors popping up when the DB.addHandler("charsheet.*.inventorylist.*.carried ", "onUpdate", onCarriedChanged) trigger (only performed on host side even when player triggers the change) onCarriedChanged() code does the EffectManager.removeEffect(rActorCT, sCarriedItem)? Probably much to much information but that is what is literally doing the removal of the effect.

2) This is Fantasy Grounds Unity your running right? Not classic? All my extensions have only been designed with Unity as I don't own classic. So no guarantees when it comes to running in there per the DMsG text description and in here.

So I'm willing to help figure out your issue - but I have no idea what it is at that moment based on the data I have.

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I appreciate you looking at it. So more details about my setup, I'm using Fantasy Grounds Unity, with no other extensions loaded. Running SFRPG ruleset with the official core rules book and modules loaded. I am using a copy of an existing campaign, so that if I mess something up my players will not be affected in our weekly game.

I've added a suit of armor, that has a resist effect. (I made sure to copy the exact name from the item to the effect.) When I equip the armor, the effect appears on CT. When I unequip the armor, the effect remains in CT. No error message in console log. I've attached a screen shot. (Maybe you'll see something that I'm doing wrong.)

I'll try creating a new test campaign, and using the extension in that.

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Originally Posted by Curuthanir

I appreciate you looking at it. So more details about my setup, I'm using Fantasy Grounds Unity, with no other extensions loaded. Running SFRPG ruleset with the official core rules book and modules loaded. I am using a copy of an existing campaign, so that if I mess something up my players will not be affected in our weekly game.

I've added a suit of armor, that has a resist effect. (I made sure to copy the exact name from the item to the effect.) When I equip the armor, the effect appears on CT. When I unequip the armor, the effect remains in CT. No error message in console log. I've attached a screen shot. (Maybe you'll see something that I'm doing wrong.)

I'll try creating a new test campaign, and using the extension in that.

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Let me try and copy from your picture to create that thing. But you have a lot of detail going on in there so maybe that has caused some issue in the code as I never run this ruleset. Plus, did you mention you had some sort of module you loaded? I for sure have nothing like that - just the raw rules.

I'll give it a shot keying in that yoshi thing and trying to duplicate it. Short of that I may have to try to setup the same kind of character or things you have though as I said I only use 5E myself.

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Originally Posted by Curuthanir

I appreciate you looking at it. So more details about my setup, I'm using Fantasy Grounds Unity, with no other extensions loaded. Running SFRPG ruleset with the official core rules book and modules loaded. I am using a copy of an existing campaign, so that if I mess something up my players will not be affected in our weekly game.

I've added a suit of armor, that has a resist effect. (I made sure to copy the exact name from the item to the effect.) When I equip the armor, the effect appears on CT. When I unequip the armor, the effect remains in CT. No error message in console log. I've attached a screen shot. (Maybe you'll see something that I'm doing wrong.)

I'll try creating a new test campaign, and using the extension in that.

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Well that was easy. Duplicated. In fact, taking out that huge name you have with all the braces in it [] made it work.

I tried this for the effect:

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Yoshi refractor suit; [Backup generator]; [Thermal capacitor, mk1]; RESIST: 5 fire; RESIST: 5 cold

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And for the item:

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Ysoki refractor suit

Notes: [Backup generator][Thermal capacitor, mk1]

Properties: RESIST: 5 fire; RESIST: 5 cold

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I have no idea if that is legal in your game but it will work for now. I'll take a look and see why it does not like the long name with braces for the removing of the effect - as it seems to be no problem when creating it.

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Originally Posted by Curuthanir

I appreciate you looking at it. So more details about my setup, I'm using Fantasy Grounds Unity, with no other extensions loaded. Running SFRPG ruleset with the official core rules book and modules loaded. I am using a copy of an existing campaign, so that if I mess something up my players will not be affected in our weekly game.

I've added a suit of armor, that has a resist effect. (I made sure to copy the exact name from the item to the effect.) When I equip the armor, the effect appears on CT. When I unequip the armor, the effect remains in CT. No error message in console log. I've attached a screen shot. (Maybe you'll see something that I'm doing wrong.)

I'll try creating a new test campaign, and using the extension in that.

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Well damn. Its pure CoreRPG code rejecting it.

It does this to match the sLabel of the effect - which in our case contains the "[]" characters:

DB.getValue(nodeEffect, "label", ""):match(sEffPatternToRemove)

I believe pattern matching treats the "[]" as special grouping characters or something so its not going to work in CoreRPG if you try to remove an effect with any of those special pattern matching characters in it when its simply matching text to text - it wants a pattern to match (usually text is all that is required). That's a guess.

I'm not actually sure what to do here. This is CoreRPG behavior for naming conventions.

Is that Yoshi things name part of the actual starfinder data set?

I would literally have to parse in any string I pass into the CoreRPG code to find every possible special character and guard it with a % or something I think - not really positive on how that works.

I suppose if this is part of the actual data I can try it out - let me know if this was some name you made up or if its their naming convention on this item.

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Originally Posted by SilentRuin

Well damn. Its pure CoreRPG code rejecting it.

It does this to match the sLabel of the effect - which in our case contains the "[]" characters:

DB.getValue(nodeEffect, "label", ""):match(sEffPatternToRemove)

I believe pattern matching treats the "[]" as special grouping characters or something so its not going to work in CoreRPG if you try to remove an effect with any of those special pattern matching characters in it. That's a guess.

I'm not actually sure what to do here. This is CoreRPG behavior for naming conventions.

Is that Yoshi things name part of the actual starfinder data set?

I would literally have to parse in any string I pass into the CoreRPG code to find every possible special character and guard it with a % or something I think - not really positive on how that works.

I suppose if this is part of the actual data I can try it out - let me know if this was some name you made up or if its their naming convention on this item.

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So the brackets are being added when an item is forged in the item creator with templates, in this case, a ysoki suit with 2 armor upgrades. I think Starfinder uses the templated items more then 5e does, which could explain why this behavior hasn't been seen before. I've got a workaround (that my players would probably like, anyway.) What I'll do for now is just leave the armor upgrades as separate inventory items that are stored in the armor, and attach the effects to the individual armor upgrades. It should work, as my players like to swap out upgrades on a regular basis.

Thank you so much for figuring it out, though! There's really so few extensions to use with Starfinder, I was excited to see that yours would work with it.

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Originally Posted by Curuthanir

So the brackets are being added when an item is forged in the item creator with templates, in this case, a ysoki suit with 2 armor upgrades. I think Starfinder uses the templated items more then 5e does, which could explain why this behavior hasn't been seen before. I've got a workaround (that my players would probably like, anyway.) What I'll do for now is just leave the armor upgrades as separate inventory items that are stored in the armor, and attach the effects to the individual armor upgrades. It should work, as my players like to swap out upgrades on a regular basis.

Thank you so much for figuring it out, though! There's really so few extensions to use with Starfinder, I was excited to see that yours would work with it.

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Screw it - I'm just fixing it myself.

I'll call my own code to delete the effect - just tested it. Give me a few minutes to get a new version number get it updated in DMsG and it will be ready - say half an hour because I have to update all the version texts in here and there. Will be less likely but will post back here for you to test.

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Originally Posted by Curuthanir

So the brackets are being added when an item is forged in the item creator with templates, in this case, a ysoki suit with 2 armor upgrades. I think Starfinder uses the templated items more then 5e does, which could explain why this behavior hasn't been seen before. I've got a workaround (that my players would probably like, anyway.) What I'll do for now is just leave the armor upgrades as separate inventory items that are stored in the armor, and attach the effects to the individual armor upgrades. It should work, as my players like to swap out upgrades on a regular basis.

Thank you so much for figuring it out, though! There's really so few extensions to use with Starfinder, I was excited to see that yours would work with it.

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Its ready - reload from DMsG and see if it works. Let me know.

I tested it by also changing the Mk 1 to Mk 2 in the text to make sure it respected it all.

In case anyone needs to see the way I'm doing that remove of the effect here is the new code:

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-- Had to replace the CoreRPG version as it was doing pattern matches when I'm just after exact matching of text.
function removeEffect(nodeCTEntry, sEffLabel)
        if not sEffLabel then
                return;
        end
        for _,nodeEffect in pairs(DB.getChildren(nodeCTEntry, "effects")) do
                local sLabel = DB.getValue(nodeEffect, "label", "");
                local aEffectComps = EffectManager.parseEffect(sLabel);
                if aEffectComps[1] == sEffLabel then
                        nodeEffect.delete();
                        return;
                end
        end
end

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Originally Posted by SilentRuin

Its ready - reload from DMsG and see if it works. Let me know.

I tested it by also changing the Mk 1 to Mk 2 in the text to make sure it respected it all.

In case anyone needs to see the way I'm doing that remove of the effect here is the new code:

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Works perfectly! Thank you!

I have partnered with Grim Press to handle sales and promo of this extension. I'm just to lazy to bother :)

New grim press video updated on DMsG - old one is still available here.

There is a bug in equipped effects where if the item is actually in a container (2nd text field in inventory) you can actually equip and unequip the item by equipping or unequipping the container (like backpack or something). This makes no sense to me how I can store something in a bag and have it equipped when you equip the container you have it on - but apparently it was always there.

If you do this you can get a double effect placed on the item and also the "cursed" option is ignored and the player can unequip it by unequipping it in the bag.

I'm going to try and figure out what the heck this is doing and come up with a solution. For me I want nothing in a container actually equipped just because container is equipped - this sounds crazy to me. But when I have a solution I'll update it here.

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Originally Posted by SilentRuin

There is a bug in equipped effects where if the item is actually in a container (2nd text field in inventory) you can actually equip and unequip the item by equipping or unequipping the container (like backpack or something). This makes no sense to me how I can store something in a bag and have it equipped when you equip the container you have it on - but apparently it was always there.

If you do this you can get a double effect placed on the item and also the "cursed" option is ignored and the player can unequip it by unequipping it in the bag.

I'm going to try and figure out what the heck this is doing and come up with a solution. For me I want nothing in a container actually equipped just because container is equipped - this sounds crazy to me. But when I have a solution I'll update it here.

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Fixed as best I can.

V 1.3 - Fixed inventory items in a location allowing cursed items to be unequipped by player. Also prevented duplicate effects being placed. If you toggle a whole location to be equipped and a cursed item is present in that location it won't let a player do it.

Thank you :)!

The sales for this product in DMsG may soon be deactivated per this post - will let you know when that happens and when it finds a new home.

Is it possible to set a stat to a certain number? Like the belt of hill giant strength in Dungeons and Dragons 5e sets your strength stat to 21, but the only thing I can do is manually modify a players strength and I have to do it each time they equip or unequip the belt.

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Originally Posted by xTheCanadian

Is it possible to set a stat to a certain number? Like the belt of hill giant strength in Dungeons and Dragons 5e sets your strength stat to 21, but the only thing I can do is manually modify a players strength and I have to do it each time they equip or unequip the belt.

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All this extension will do is add a custom effect that matches the name of the item you are equipping - or removing an effect that matches the name of the item when unequipping.

As far as the effects go, and lets be honest here, they support very limited logic capabilities - I have no control over that. I actually created a custom effect of "Belt of Hill Giant Strength;" but for the life of me could not figure out a way based on docs to create an automatic way to create a custom effect for this thing. First I tried...

"Belt of Hill Giant Strength; STR: 21"

Which of course did not do what I expected. Instead, for some unfathomable reason when I swing my battleaxe in attack and this effect adds +10 to my attack. As my character strength was 12 - I actually can only imagine it was doing 21 + 12 = 33 which the max bonus for strength is then +10.

Based on this theory I then tried...

"Belt of Hill Giant Strength; STR: 9"

Which by this reason should have been 12 + 9 = 21 which is a +5 bonus. Swinging my battleaxe - I get +4 added to attack by effect. Which I would have thought was going to be +5.

I'll skip the math I tried to apply to right of "STR:" as it was a total failure as evidently the idea of allowing calculations is something they though the user would never want to do with effects. You'll have to ask what on earth fantasy grounds was thinking the use of this Ability value was going to be as I have no idea what its currently doing based on their documentation.

If you find a way to make a custom effect for these kind of ability modifications - let me know. Nothing to do with this extension of course - but still - I find it bizarre in how the logic of this is being applied.

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Originally Posted by xTheCanadian

Is it possible to set a stat to a certain number? Like the belt of hill giant strength in Dungeons and Dragons 5e sets your strength stat to 21, but the only thing I can do is manually modify a players strength and I have to do it each time they equip or unequip the belt.

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After a big discussion in Discord - pretty sure you cannot do this in custom effects. Because the parsing logic is not there. You could do STR: 9 (if your character was Strength 12 - it adds the strength to your strength to generate the [EFFECT+4] to your attacks - that is minus your original strength bonus of +1) - but you'd have to make a custom effect for every strength value and apply the right one to the right character. Not really feasible in the context we are talking about here.

However, it can support extra parsing logic in the action tab powers (magnifying glass) to apply an effect that will do what you want. Here is an image someone gave me in discord... (note this has nothing to do with this extension)

Hey, thanks for the answers buddy! I was just wondering if it was possible. What I did was just do the math and make the item for that player just add the correct amount of str to bring his stat. I was just wondering if it WAS possible, if not it's not a big deal. This extension already made my life a million times easier by allowing me to make custom items that do (more or less) what I want when equipped and unequipped.

For the item in question I did this

Magnus' Ring; STR: 4

in the effects and it works like a charm to boost their STR to 21 AND they also get the +5 on the rolls. (Magnus' Ring is a ring that an NPC took from another NPC and gave to one of the players, essentially it's a belt of hill giant strength in ring form)

That second one, the spell like effect, is neat but I like how I did it with this extension better, the player can unequip or re-equip the items as needed without any issues.

Thanks for the response and the help though!

Hugh.

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Originally Posted by xTheCanadian

Hey, thanks for the answers buddy! I was just wondering if it was possible. What I did was just do the math and make the item for that player just add the correct amount of str to bring his stat. I was just wondering if it WAS possible, if not it's not a big deal. This extension already made my life a million times easier by allowing me to make custom items that do (more or less) what I want when equipped and unequipped.

For the item in question I did this

Magnus' Ring; STR: 4

in the effects and it works like a charm to boost their STR to 21 AND they also get the +5 on the rolls. (Magnus' Ring is a ring that an NPC took from another NPC and gave to one of the players, essentially it's a belt of hill giant strength in ring form)

That second one, the spell like effect, is neat but I like how I did it with this extension better, the player can unequip or re-equip the items as needed without any issues.

Thanks for the response and the help though!

Hugh.

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I like that you renamed the generic item into a unique item name to insure someone else with same item did not inherit their specific strength modifier incorrectly. Just remember you'll have to update it when/if their strength ability ever changes. And that every ability modifying item will have to play this same unique name to character matching you have going on here.

Yeah, I re-use items to make them unique to my story and to suit my purposes. Magnus' Ring was a ring worn by a Dwarf King's brother, Magnus, who used it to cheat in an arm wrestling competition with one of my players. The player asked the Dwarf "Where could I get a ring like that?" and King Ferin tosses him the ring.

Oops sorry!

Does this extension work with AD&D ruleset?