FG GURPS Mod Maker - for drag-n-drop items

I've seen some comments about Spells/Powers/etc not having damage and while this is basically true you can drag them to your Abilities and open the "Triangle Icon" to get most of the details you need. Because most of these have damage that changes based on effort put into them (read energy or whatever) you would need to calculate that for each use.

Giegerman mentioned setting them up as weapons (melee/ranged) and then you could create modifiers to indicate how much effort you used and just use that attack damage. I think this is how I would do it.

If there is some way to make this better let me know and if possible I'll see what I can do.

I greatly appreciate your efforts on this and I am content with the way things are. If possible I'd prefer to be able to directly add damage to a spell instead of creating it as a melee or ranged attack. If not, no worries though.

Also, and this may just be wishful thinking, is there a way to create a template as a set of skills and abilities that are just drug onto a character and dropped there all at once? I know there are some templates with things like, "choose this skill OR this skill," but maybe those could be in a pop-up screen that allowed the player to choose the one or they could both be added. I am not asking for the templates themselves to be made available only for there to be a way to create a template that is drag n drop. If not, no worries, it was just something I was wondering about.

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Also, and this may just be wishful thinking, is there a way to create a template as a set of skills and abilities that are just drug onto a character and dropped there all at once? I know there are some templates with things like, "choose this skill OR this skill," but maybe those could be in a pop-up screen that allowed the player to choose the one or they could both be added. I am not asking for the templates themselves to be made available only for there to be a way to create a template that is drag n drop. If not, no worries, it was just something I was wondering about.

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As for the damage being on the ability, that may be doable but it would need to be added into the ruleset. Also, how would you plan to select what level of energy to put into it? That would be a variable every time. Sure, you might usually use 2 ep or whatever but there could be times when you would want to use 6.
I guess it seems like an easy fit if we just reused the "Modes" & "modifiers" already built into the melee and ranged weapons. This way you could have say "Lightning" with Modes of 1 ep, 2 ep, 3 ep complete with damages that match. Otherwise, you have to have Lighting in the abilities tab multiple times as something like "Lightning 1 ep", "Lighting 2 ep", etc. I guess it doesn't matter a lot either way.

For now though, there is no such connection and you'd have to just calculate it same as you would if you were sitting around the table. It's not horrible but I get it.

As to the dragging template sets of skills I think that would require quite a bit of extra code to the ruleset. Maybe it's a thought for an Extension? I don't think I would ever need it though. You can already create characters in GCA or GCS to export and import into FG so it seems like a lot of work for a pretty small payout.

Not saying it won't and/or can't be done. I'm just thinking it might have to fall into someone's passion project.

On the other hand, you could easily create a character in GCA with the name of "Urban Thief" for example, export that to XML (as you would for any other Mod Maker stuff) then import it into the Mod Maker to create a book called "Urban Thief". Then open that in FG and allow the player to just drag each item to the character sheet. It's not currently automated to apply them all at once but it would probably only take a minute of dragging and dropping.


I might have to play around with that last idea. I haven't tried using it that way but I think it would work.

Much appreciated and I like the idea of creating a GCA character to serve as a template to drag from. I'll give it a go when I have the chance.

I like idea of this. One thing to ask...Are you planning to add Advantages, skills and disadvantages to this?

I did the following, I created a "magic" attack
In the mode I put the type of attack example: lightning ~ 1 to represent that it is spending 1 point of energy, so in the ctd I put 1, however in the shots I put how much I am using energy, and in the ammunition I put the value of my gem , when she will start to consume my fatigue, but then it starts to be done manually.

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I like idea of this. One thing to ask...Are you planning to add Advantages, skills and disadvantages to this?

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They are in there. They show up in FG under Abilities and Traits. Provided of course, you have created the .mod for them.

First of all, I've recently acquired and loved this application after getting into GURPS during quarantine. Thanks for all your work!

Second, I just learned that as of yesterday, GCS has updated to v. 4.2, and its library format has been changed to JSON format with its own upgrade to v 2. This breaks compatibility with the mod maker, and I'm unsure as to what changes are required to fix it again. Fortunately, I have some core modules already created for my upcoming game, but that'll teach me to read the patch notes before upgrading.

Sorry, i've been preoccupied and am only reading this now. I am wondering how I'm missing it in my email notifications but that's another story.

I'll see if I can take a look at it. Thanks for the heads up.

btw, in the mean time you can still use the xml files. Just make a copy of them before you upgrade.

Okay first of all thank you for this great program and using your free time to help the community.

I play a lot of fantasy in GURPS and so far everything except for spells is converting fine. I'm using GCS and any time I try to load one of the spell files into your program nothing happens. I'm not getting a error it just opens but the list stays empty.
I'm using the latest version of your program and the latest ruleset with FGU. Also I'm using the GCS Master Library 1.3.0. I'll attach the main file I want to convert although any of the spell files won't load for me.

Thank you for your time.

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Okay first of all thank you for this great program and using your free time to help the community.

I play a lot of fantasy in GURPS and so far everything except for spells is converting fine. I'm using GCS and any time I try to load one of the spell files into your program nothing happens. I'm not getting a error it just opens but the list stays empty.
I'm using the latest version of your program and the latest ruleset with FGU. Also I'm using the GCS Master Library 1.3.0. I'll attach the main file I want to convert although any of the spell files won't load for me.

Thank you for your time.

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I just read this but I'll try to take and get back to you as soon as I can. I'm a bit busy right now but maybe by this weekend at the latest. I'm pretty sure this should be working.

Ok, well, I just used your file and it worked alright on mine, however I had been doing some tweaking with the idea of ingesting the newer json files so I can't promise it's not a bug.

However, here is the .mod file with your stuff.

Thank you very much for taking the time to convert the file for me.
Take care.

I tried to import a bunch of items, and it's working for the basics. But if I set the subtypes on things before I Export from the tool, it does not push those subtypes to the mod. First I set the subtypes on the (FREX) weapons tab, and discovered that didn't work. The I set them on the raw tab and Converted, which did port the subtypes over to the weapons tab, but still didn't export them. Am I missing something? I'm afraid I'm going to have to do it by hand in the XML.

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I tried to import a bunch of items, and it's working for the basics. But if I set the subtypes on things before I Export from the tool, it does not push those subtypes to the mod. First I set the subtypes on the (FREX) weapons tab, and discovered that didn't work. The I set them on the raw tab and Converted, which did port the subtypes over to the weapons tab, but still didn't export them. Am I missing something? I'm afraid I'm going to have to do it by hand in the XML.

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Can you send me a copy of a file you are trying to import so I can take a look?

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Can you send me a copy of a file you are trying to import so I can take a look?

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Attached. Pretty sure everything imports fine, I'm just having trouble with assigning the subtypes

Any plans to update this to be compatible with GCS' new .json file format?

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Any plans to update this to be compatible with GCS' new .json file format?

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Yes to plans but time is more at issue right now.

GCS import with the .eqp file is throwing an error for me. Where am I making a mistake?

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GCS import with the .eqp file is throwing an error for me. Where am I making a mistake?

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Are you using a new (v2.0+) version of the GCS library? If so, your library is in JSON format, which the program doesn't recognize. Your best bet for now is to download an old, XML version of the library, and use that.

Hi,
I'm not sure why I can't convert the file that I have; it gives me all the raw data, but none of the perks or advantages are converting; when I click convert or import the file I get the error.

Thanks!
Fezzik

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Okay I was able to get this working with GCA, but if I create a custom weapon with a 1d+3 burn damage as a short sword it does not carry over the damage and it defaults to the sw-1. Is this a known issue or am I making a mistake with how I am manually creating the weapon? Thanks again

Deleted some empty ones (I think the cultural familiarty and language advantages as they are in GCA don't work right); and commented a line about "one skill" in the xml and it seems to convert now.

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Hi,
I'm not sure why I can't convert the file that I have; it gives me all the raw data, but none of the perks or advantages are converting; when I click convert or import the file I get the error.

Thanks!
Fezzik

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Sorry it took me a bit of time to get back to you all.

If you can message me the file you are trying to use it should help me to find the issue more quickly. Thanks!

Off the top of my head, on that first screenshot you shared, I'm almost certain you have to have names in there otherwise there will be issues.

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Okay I was able to get this working with GCA, but if I create a custom weapon with a 1d+3 burn damage as a short sword it does not carry over the damage and it defaults to the sw-1. Is this a known issue or am I making a mistake with how I am manually creating the weapon? Thanks again

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Was this a weapon you created inside GCA? TBH I haven't done a lot of testing with home grown items. I have a few from my own campaign that seem to work but most likely it is either missing the right link inside GCA or my program doesn't handle it. If you can send me a copy of the weapon for GCA I can play around with it myself and see what I find.

I have been kind of busy with other stuff lately but I do have bells going off in the back of my head about getting back to some updates on this. Especially accepting json files.

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Sorry it took me a bit of time to get back to you all.

If you can message me the file you are trying to use it should help me to find the issue more quickly. Thanks!

Off the top of my head, on that first screenshot you shared, I'm almost certain you have to have names in there otherwise there will be issues.

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The skill that had the issue was Guns (something or other) it had normal things behind it in brackets, then a 1 outside the brackets... I think the 1 was screwing things up. Once I deleted that and redid the gca for import it worked fine. It was a few days ago,so I'm not sure what the skill was exactly but it was the very last G out of all the G skills in the entire library.

I can't get this to work in GCS at all. I've exported it to all the different XML options and nothing happens. Is there some sort of trick to this? I don't know a thing about software, I just know it can save it as the GCS file and export to 4 different types of Fantasy Ground XML, PDF, HTML.

I'd use GCA but it really isn't supported by SJG and I hate running around trying to find the proper Data Sets for it instead of getting it from the company that sold it.

I'm reading something about a JML? So I guess I will wait for the software to be updated.

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So reinstalled GCA exported to XML that worked the Mod Maker imported them, then exported it, I loaded the module into the Fantasy Grounds. I give it to a character, equip it, and it adds the weight but it doesn't show up in the combat section at all. What am I doing wrong?

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I can't get this to work in GCS at all. I've exported it to all the different XML options and nothing happens. Is there some sort of trick to this? I don't know a thing about software, I just know it can save it as the GCS file and export to 4 different types of Fantasy Ground XML, PDF, HTML.

I'd use GCA but it really isn't supported by SJG and I hate running around trying to find the proper Data Sets for it instead of getting it from the company that sold it.

I'm reading something about a JML? So I guess I will wait for the software to be updated.

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So reinstalled GCA exported to XML that worked the Mod Maker imported them, then exported it, I loaded the module into the Fantasy Grounds. I give it to a character, equip it, and it adds the weight but it doesn't show up in the combat section at all. What am I doing wrong?

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The software is not compatible with any version of the GCS library after 2.0, since GCS changed its data format from XML to JSON with 2.0. To import data from GCS, download the library version 1.3.0, unzip it, and have the program use that. All releases can be found here : https://github.com/richardwilkes/gcs...s?after=v2.0.1

As for your weapon not showing up, make sure that you press the icon on the right of the character entry, so it shows as "equipped" (armor icon) and not just "carried" (bag icon).

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As for your weapon not showing up, make sure that you press the icon on the right of the character entry, so it shows as "equipped" (armor icon) and not just "carried" (bag icon).[/QUOTE]

Be aware that it won't add the skill (yet) to the combat tab version, just the item. It does calculate the damage though :)

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Be aware that it won't add the skill (yet) to the combat tab version, just the item. It does calculate the damage though :)

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And if that doesn't work, please share a copy of your .mod file and I'll take a look.

On a side note there was mentioned GCA as not being supported by SJG however as far as I know it is the only one they sell. GCS seems to have their go ahead but I don't think SJG get anything out of it so quite frankly I think SJG is being quite decent in allowing us to have all these great tools.

Hello there,

I just found this utility and it is potentially really great. But I am getting an error trying to convert from GCA to the mod file. It imports fine, no rejections, but when I try to export it throws
ystem.MissingFieldException: Field not found: 'FantasyGroundsLib.FG_Classes.Zipperitto.AllIsWell '.
at FantGrounds.ModMakerForm.ExportToMod(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventAr gs mevent)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.O nMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.W ndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 m

and honestly that is way out of my depth. What is the AllIsWell field that it isn't finding? Any help would be very much appreciated.

I'll have to check my notifications because I just happened to check in and saw this. I hate that it's been a few days since you posted but better late than never I guess.

I just ran it myself and I don't get this error can you help me duplicate it? What were you importing? If you have a copy of the GCA file you are importing and don't mind sharing it with me I can dig into it.

Tbh, I've been meaning to get back to this anyway since the GCS stuff changed.

edit: to answer the question the AllIsWell is a boolean so I have a feeling the error message may be misleading in this case.

So, returning back to this after a long time, I have a quality of life question.

I'm trying to pull in all the low tech armors using GCA -> modmaker -> FGU.

At the end of the process, I end up with (in FGU),

"Cloth, Padded (Abdomen) Abdomen"
"Cloth, Padded (Chest) Chest"
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Is there a way to easily remove the redundancy, so that it just says "Cloth, Padded (Abdomen)" or "Cloth, Padded Abdomen" ?

When I go into modmaker, I see there are two fields that have the same information, name and nameext. I don't see an easy way to delete one column of entries as a group as I might do in Excel. Right now I have to do it manually for each entry, which is fine, but I thought I would ask before I proceeded since there are about 400 entries.

I guess i might as well ask whether it is ok to do this? Will it cause some problem down the line? I could just suck it up and deal with it.

But, if it is ok to edit the entires, is it preferable to shorten "Jack of Plates (Forearms)" to "Jack of Plates" in the name field and keep the nameext field untouched?

Or is it ok to delete all the entries in the nameext fields?

Thank you.

Well, you can certainly mess with stuff in Mod Maker. You can always just reimport if it doesn't come out as expected. Another option is to open the zip file, go to the xml file and find/replace if that might be easier.
I'll mess with it myself and see if anything slick might be done about it.

edit: dug a little more into this and I believe the reason is that not all data files are equal. In other words, if I leave the nameext off then we could be missing useful information. However, I think I can make a comparison and eliminate one or the other when they are the same.
I was thinking at first I'd prefer to see this bit of information in the ellipsis but please give me your input. I'll probably look to make a few more updates before uploading anything but lets see how it goes.

edit2: Seems to work: Cloth, Padded (Abdomen), Cloth, Padded (Arms), and so on.

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edit2: Seems to work: Cloth, Padded (Abdomen), Cloth, Padded (Arms), and so on.

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That looks like what I wanted, thanks! What other updates are in the works?

And btw, have you heard that GCA5 will be a real thing soonish?

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That looks like what I wanted, thanks! What other updates are in the works?

And btw, have you heard that GCA5 will be a real thing soonish?

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Well, I was looking at updating the GCS import section but in my initial quick examination it seems the data is not readily available.
I did see data files seem to be available on the project's git hub but needing to go there and download ahead of time seems like too much. Maybe I missed something.

I had heard about GCA5 like a year ago but I haven't been keeping up with it so I don't know the status.

I may just go ahead and roll out the small update I did for your 'quality of life' so you don't have to wait. Probably this weekend.

Currently GCA 5 is in open beta version and the version it has is 5.0.0.147

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... I'll probably look to make a few more updates before uploading anything but lets see how it goes.

edit2: Seems to work: Cloth, Padded (Abdomen), Cloth, Padded (Arms), and so on.

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Hey Jaxilon, did you ever upload a new version that eliminates stuff like "Cloth, Padded (Arms) Arms"?