[Any Ruleset] Patrol Duty: Automated Token Pathing

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Originally Posted by nephranka

Maybe you can put in a check for B9's ext and remove the radial, that way others who don't use the ext would be uneffected?

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I could, but I'd have to find a way to get the unvaulted code for Spell Tokens. But in general radial menus are one of the hardest places to coordinate between extensions; there's absolutely no built-in way to avoid these kinds of collisions. So it's probably for the best that I don't use it and instead use the image toolbar, which does have a lot of support.

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Originally Posted by Saagael

I could, but I'd have to find a way to get the unvaulted code for Spell Tokens. But in general radial menus are one of the hardest places to coordinate between extensions; there's absolutely no built-in way to avoid these kinds of collisions. So it's probably for the best that I don't use it and instead use the image toolbar, which does have a lot of support.

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I see. B9 is easy to work with if you wanted to go that route. I am sure you could discuss the code with him but I am good either way. I can't lose the radial for B9 given how much I use it so, any solution works for me.

Looks fixed now. Thanks!

Hello Saagael,

I noticed that for "per second", you are leveraging mattekure's Timer. Unfortunately, there is no way to change the URL for the "delayed response" time server (I have mine hosted on localhost as his server sometimes... times out - thus stopping the timer).

Would it be possible to leverage his option to point to the right server if his extension is loaded? Or alternatively add an option for this extension?

He is using:

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-- Constants
DEFAULT_TIMER_URL = "https://mattekure.com/Timer/"
LOCALHOST_TIMER_URL = "http://localhost:1803"

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function getTimerUrl()
    if checkUrlOptionDefault() then
        return DEFAULT_TIMER_URL
    else
        return LOCALHOST_TIMER_URL
    end
end

function checkUrlOptionDefault()
    return OptionsManager.isOption(TIMER_URL, DEFAULT_TIMER_URL)
end

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I see that this is hardcoded in your scripts/manager_path_timer.lua:

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Interface.openURL("https://mattekure.com/Timer/", onClock)

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Many thanks for considering!

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Originally Posted by Arnagus

Would it be possible to leverage his option to point to the right server if his extension is loaded? Or alternatively add an option for this extension?

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An excellent request! I just pushed an v1.0.4, which directs Patrol Duty to use Timer's configured url if it is loaded. If Timer is not loaded, it will still use the hardcoded one.

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Originally Posted by Saagael

An excellent request! I just pushed an v1.0.4, which directs Patrol Duty to use Timer's configured url if it is loaded. If Timer is not loaded, it will still use the hardcoded one.

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Perfect, many thanks. Will try out this evening.

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Originally Posted by Arnagus

Perfect, many thanks. Will try out this evening.

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You introduced a spelling error :confused:
The function name misses the last letter: getTimerUr instead of getTimerUrl

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[ERROR] Script execution error: [string "PatrolDuty:scripts/manager_path_time.lua"]:69: attempt to call a field 'getTimerUr' a nil value

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However - even after fixing it, whatever starts second does not work: either the token does not move on seconds (if the timer started first), or the timer does not tick but the token is moving (if the token was started first).

Not sure what is causing the interference.

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Originally Posted by Arnagus

You introduced a spelling error :confused:
However - even after fixing it, whatever starts second does not work: either the token does not move on seconds (if the timer started first), or the timer does not tick but the token is moving (if the token was started first).

Not sure what is causing the interference.

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I'm not exactly sure what you mean here; things look like they're behaving on my end. Tokens are moving based on the timer, and I can disable the timer or disable token pathing and it stops/starts as expected. Were you seeing this behavior before the update?

If the token is moving then the timer must be running, there's not really any other way it could be moving.

What order are you adding and enabling things on the map that causes the incorrect behavior?

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Originally Posted by Saagael

I'm not exactly sure what you mean here; things look like they're behaving on my end. Tokens are moving based on the timer, and I can disable the timer or disable token pathing and it stops/starts as expected. Were you seeing this behavior before the update?

If the token is moving then the timer must be running, there's not really any other way it could be moving.

What order are you adding and enabling things on the map that causes the incorrect behavior?

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There are two timers: the small clock on the map starting the token movement (on seconds), and the time from Timer with its own window (button on sidebar).

You can start both independently, but only the first one started works.

Will try again with a fresh campaign.

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Originally Posted by Arnagus

There are two timers: the small clock on the map starting the token movement (on seconds), and the time from Timer with its own window (button on sidebar).

You can start both independently, but only the first one started works.

Will try again with a fresh campaign.

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Ah, got it. I haven't done anything with the built-in timer that the Timer extension adds except pull the URL from its settings. Patrol Duty will only use its own timer that's started from an image's toolbar.

I can look at syncing the two, but for now they'll run separately.

Hello, I would like to ask about the ext, maybe I am doing something wrong because I cannot see the waypoint markers.

Things I tried:
Disable all other extensions - doesn't work.
Create a new campaign – doesn’t work.
Delete ext folder and update everything, new campaign - doesn't work.
Try adding CT tokens – it doesn’t work.

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Originally Posted by legionariobr

Hello, I would like to ask about the ext, maybe I am doing something wrong because I cannot see the waypoint markers.

Things I tried:
Disable all other extensions - doesn't work.
Create a new campaign – doesn’t work.
Delete ext folder and update everything, new campaign - doesn't work.
Try adding CT tokens – it doesn’t work.

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There's a module called Patrol Duty Tokens that has the tokens the extension looks for. Can you try loading that mod and see if they show up for you then?

I don't think it loads properly.
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That's very strange. Do you see any errors or warnings in the console log? You can open it by typing "/console" in the chat box.

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Originally Posted by legionariobr

I don't think it loads properly.
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I think I found out what's wrong. Try updating one more time and see if it loads correctly.

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Originally Posted by Saagael

That's very strange. Do you see any errors or warnings in the console log? You can open it by typing "/console" in the chat box.

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true, I can't see any errors and it's a new install, new campaign, no other extensions loaded.

can find the module, but it doesn't appear.

i'll try another ruleset.

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Originally Posted by Saagael

I think I found out what's wrong. Try updating one more time and see if it loads correctly.

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It worked, after pressing 'update' 2 times, it downloaded and works.

Thank you very much for your help and sorry to bother you for something so simple.

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Originally Posted by legionariobr

It worked, after pressing 'update' 2 times, it downloaded and works.

Thank you very much for your help and sorry to bother you for something so simple.

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Not a problem at all! It was my mistake; the last update I submitted didn't have the module in it.

Hello,
I am not sure what I am missing. There is no radial menu icon to open the settings.
New campaign. nothing else loaded. I also tried it in a PF2 campaign with the same results.
Any help would be appreciated.

Madman

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Originally Posted by madman

Hello,
I am not sure what I am missing. There is no radial menu icon to open the settings.
New campaign. nothing else loaded. I also tried it in a PF2 campaign with the same results.
Any help would be appreciated.

Madman

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This menu was removed due to compatibility issues with other extensions. You can access the path menu using the buttons on the image's toolbar.

Sweet! Thanks!

Ok,

so the link to mattakure's isn't working. But I didn't need it for what I was doing, I got the pathing of the NPC's (5.5e) to work starting on turn..

I added the NPC's via an encounter, added them the combat tracker and set their paths, cycled through a bunch of turns and everything moved on it's own REALLY nice.

So, I remove them from the combat tracker... and then I added the back in from the combat tracker... and the pathing is gone.

Did I do something wrong?

Can you set the time between waypoints to be hours, days, weeks or months?

Was wondering if this can be used for overland maps to track nomadic tribes and monsters.

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Originally Posted by claedawg

Can you set the time between waypoints to be hours, days, weeks or months?

Was wondering if this can be used for overland maps to track nomadic tribes and monsters.

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Not natively, unfortunately. There would need to be some mechanism that tracks time on that large a time scale, and this extension doesn't add that.