DCC Gongfarmer Extension (Random Level 0 Character Generator)

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January 17th, 2021, 17:13
Kamicosmos

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Originally Posted by digitalhobbit

I just tried the Gongfarmer generator with the latest FGU version, and it works just fine for me, both using the slash command in the chat window, as well as using the d6 button in the PC window.

Just to make sure: In addition to copying the .ext file into the right place, did you also select the "DCC Gongfarmer Generator" radio button in the Extensions list when you created or loaded your campaign? See the screenshot below.

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Sometimes, it's the little things! Like my grandpa was always yelling at me "If that was a snake it woulda done bit ya!"

That's what it was, missed the extension option at startup. Thanks for the quick response! Now I can get back to making lvl 0s, but much more efficiently!
January 17th, 2021, 18:18
digitalhobbit

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Originally Posted by Kamicosmos

Sometimes, it's the little things! Like my grandpa was always yelling at me "If that was a snake it woulda done bit ya!"

That's what it was, missed the extension option at startup. Thanks for the quick response! Now I can get back to making lvl 0s, but much more efficiently!

Great to hear - have fun!
February 15th, 2021, 19:23
Filthbeard

Thank you I just ran the extension in Unity and it worked great! Thank you very much for taking the time to do the extension.
February 15th, 2021, 20:13
digitalhobbit

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Originally Posted by Filthbeard

Thank you I just ran the extension in Unity and it worked great! Thank you very much for taking the time to do the extension.

Thanks, great to hear it's useful. Have fun!
March 6th, 2021, 12:21
OlDie80

Hi! I am new to fantasygrounds, a long time roll20 player. I don't the the directory (extensions) for this extension - where is it? Thank you!
March 6th, 2021, 17:37
digitalhobbit

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Originally Posted by OlDie80

Hi! I am new to fantasygrounds, a long time roll20 player. I don't the the directory (extensions) for this extension - where is it? Thank you!

The location depends on your operating system, but the easiest way to find it is to open the FG launcher. At the top left, you should see a folder icon (see screenshot below). Clicking that should open up that folder in Windows Explorer, Finder (Mac), etc. That's your FG data directory, which in turn should have subfolders for "campaigns", "extensions", "modules", "rulesets", etc. - so go to the "extensions" subfolder, or create one if it doesn't exist yet.

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March 10th, 2021, 00:50
bayne7400

Hey so your rando names are all Welsh.... I didn't know this and I found a group of 6 Brits (3 of them Welsh) to play. I apparently had guys with girl names and likewise! Was rather funny! Great extension for DCC.
March 10th, 2021, 05:33
digitalhobbit

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Originally Posted by bayne7400

Hey so your rando names are all Welsh.... I didn't know this and I found a group of 6 Brits (3 of them Welsh) to play. I apparently had guys with girl names and likewise! Was rather funny! Great extension for DCC.

That's awesome! :)

Indeed: I sourced the random names from these two lists of Cornish and Welsh names. I can't quite say why, but somehow these felt the most DCC to me. :)
March 19th, 2021, 21:22
WindrunnerCGG

Is anyone else getting errors using this extension? Not sure if it's related to any of the recent ruleset updates or not, but I get:
[ERROR] Script execution error: [string "scripts/chargen.lua"]:97: attempt to call field 'calcItemArmorClass' (a nil value)

Windrunner/Garner
March 20th, 2021, 00:46
Tabarkus

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Originally Posted by WindrunnerCGG

Is anyone else getting errors using this extension? Not sure if it's related to any of the recent ruleset updates or not, but I get:
[ERROR] Script execution error: [string "scripts/chargen.lua"]:97: attempt to call field 'calcItemArmorClass' (a nil value)

Windrunner/Garner

Yes, getting the same error. Though it still seems to create the character sheet, but does not generate a name.
March 20th, 2021, 05:38
digitalhobbit

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Originally Posted by Tabarkus

Yes, getting the same error. Though it still seems to create the character sheet, but does not generate a name.

Thanks for the bug report, WindrunnerCGG and Tabarkus!

It looks like one of the APIs the module depends on recently changed. I adapted the extension accordingly and uploaded the latest version (v0.8). This seems to fix the problem, so give it a shot.
March 23rd, 2021, 00:21
PrinceThrommel

Just wanted to pop in and say that we had our very first session of DCC last night and this thing was a game-changer. I don't know how long we would have spent manually rolling up farmers for all six players but this cut the process down to minutes. Should be included in the game core files IMO. Thanks for the hard work.
March 23rd, 2021, 03:58
digitalhobbit

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Originally Posted by PrinceThrommel

Just wanted to pop in and say that we had our very first session of DCC last night and this thing was a game-changer. I don't know how long we would have spent manually rolling up farmers for all six players but this cut the process down to minutes. Should be included in the game core files IMO. Thanks for the hard work.

Thanks for the kind words! Glad it helped!
June 28th, 2021, 00:04
Dr0W

Edit: Nothing to see here, I had updated the version but did something wrong now it's all working again. Sorry!
February 9th, 2022, 22:30
Indarien

Necro-ing an old thread here, but this extension works fine with the latest version of FGU. Thanks for having this here so I didn't have to write my own. :)
February 10th, 2022, 05:34
digitalhobbit

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Originally Posted by Indarien

Necro-ing an old thread here, but this extension works fine with the latest version of FGU. Thanks for having this here so I didn't have to write my own. :)

That's great to hear, Indarien. Glad it's useful. Thanks for the shout-out! :)
March 7th, 2022, 00:41
rathen45

I think the most recent update for FGU screwed this up. The ability scores and occupations still fill nicely but it doesn't seem to add the items, lucky rolls or names anymore. Still useful though and thank you very much for developing it. It's awesome for running funnels
March 10th, 2022, 17:10
digitalhobbit

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Originally Posted by rathen45

I think the most recent update for FGU screwed this up. The ability scores and occupations still fill nicely but it doesn't seem to add the items, lucky rolls or names anymore. Still useful though and thank you very much for developing it. It's awesome for running funnels

Thanks for letting me know.

I'm a bit swamped at work right now, but will try to reproduce this when I have a chance, and see it it might be a simple fix. I can't make any promises, though. The extension depends on minimally documented integration points with the DCC module and FG, which can be tricky to reverse engineer sometimes. I also haven't been using FG in the last few years myself, so I'm a bit out of touch.
March 17th, 2022, 06:43
Indarien

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Originally Posted by digitalhobbit

The extension depends on minimally documented integration points with the DCC module and FG, which can be tricky to reverse engineer sometimes. I also haven't been using FG in the last few years myself, so I'm a bit out of touch.

I saw this update, so I started digging into the code (BTW, Nice comments!) when a new update was pushed out for the DCC RPG/Core RPG. The upstream API call that was broken was fixed upstream. It works again without any modification as of this comment.
March 17th, 2022, 15:47
rathen45

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Originally Posted by Indarien

I saw this update, so I started digging into the code (BTW, Nice comments!) when a new update was pushed out for the DCC RPG/Core RPG. The upstream API call that was broken was fixed upstream. It works again without any modification as of this comment.

Nice, I was digging into the code myself (though I have little programming experience myself) and couldn't figure out why it wasn't working. I did at one point try to rearrange the functions which restored the naming and lucky roll functionality but I couldn't figure out what the errors were referring to. Was it the new coin weight modification?

I was thinking of possibly digging into creating a MCC version of this extension that could work with the universal Module but I have no idea what I'm doing. Would you be interested?
March 19th, 2022, 05:14
digitalhobbit

Glad to hear it was just an issue with the API and things are working again! Thanks for taking a look at the code.
March 22nd, 2022, 05:23
Indarien

Not a problem, thanks for leaving all those helpful comments in.
March 22nd, 2022, 05:25
Indarien

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Originally Posted by rathen45

Was it the new coin weight modification?

Correct, it was the coin weight modification.

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Originally Posted by rathen45

I was thinking of possibly digging into creating a MCC version of this extension that could work with the universal Module but I have no idea what I'm doing. Would you be interested?

While I would be interested, I am very limited on time right now, so I wouldn't want to commit to something only to be unable to work on it.
March 29th, 2024, 21:15
Durhazz

Is this extension still being worked on? It does not show the stats on the character sheet after generation. Thanks
March 30th, 2024, 19:16
digitalhobbit

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Originally Posted by Durhazz

Is this extension still being worked on? It does not show the stats on the character sheet after generation. Thanks

No, unfortunately I'm no longer working on this. Truth be told, I haven't used Fantasy Grounds in many years and don't have it set up on my computer right now. The extension worked fine the last time I tried it (some time last year), but it's certainly possible that a FG upgrade broke something.
March 30th, 2024, 20:10
Durhazz

Dang. Well thanks for the extension none the less. It has been fantastic for my DCC games and the meat grinder there in.

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