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There is an extension (see the original post) called "Crossover". This changes most of the things needed for Werewolf / Mage play in the classic World of Darkness. The abilities don't change, so you would need to put in things, such as Enigmas and Primal Urge Manually, but otherwise ... yeah, it works fine.
Vires Animi
One of my players have experienced this error:
Script Error: [string "desktop/scripts/manager_chat.lua"]:316: attempt to call field 'getTypeAndNode' (a nil value)
I have no clue what could have a triggered this, since we've played the campaign for quite a while with no errors at all. I hope there is a fix for this.
Vires Animi
that error is in response to something that he/she did a its in response to something going to the chat window.
the script is trying to reference the character and looks like it didnt find it... getTypeAndNode is looking for the PC or NPC and storing its type and id for use in the next action...
if you havent seen it before its probably a transient error...
Its actually the second time my player has talked about it. I am thinking of remaking the character in a new character sheet to see if that helps. Also: Would the /flushdb have anything to do with this perhaps?
Vires Animi
Remaking the character might help. What is the player doing when the error occurs?Quote:
Originally Posted by viresanimi
/flushdb shouldn't cause this as that just removed node assignment from the database.
He tried to roll dice. Not sure about the specifics of HOW he tried that. But yeah. Will try the character remake and see what happens.Quote:
What is the player doing when the error occurs?
Vires Animi
It might be worth finding out exactly what the player was doing. Then the developer of this ruleset could see if there is an issue that they can fix in a future release.Quote:
Originally Posted by viresanimi
Right. Finally had time to test it. Note that only one player is reporting this error. I can't repeat it locally. All are using the current version: 3.0.8.
The error: Script Error: [string "desktop/scripts/manager_chat.lua"] attempt to call field 'getTypeAndNode' (a nil value)
show up whenever my player tries to roll dice. We tried it with a new charactersheet but it didn't matter. We tried both rolling dice from the function bar at the bottom or just picking up dice and rolling them in the chat window. Both versions generated the error.
Can't think of anything that would have caused this error to appear. We've been running this campaign for a long time without errors and now it comes every time a player is rolling dice.
I hope we can find a solution to this.
Vires Animi
So, you're all running the "test" version of Fantasy Grounds, not the current live version? Is there any particular reason for this? One-off errors can very often occur in the test version - especially on custom rulesets or rulesets using extensions as the code in the custom ruleset/extension could be using earlier versions of code.Quote:
Originally Posted by viresanimi
In this example, the error you are getting is in a CoreRPG script that has been copied into the custom ruleset from an earlier version of CoreRPG and then modified for this ruleset. Running against a version of CoreRPG that is not the version that this ruleset was created for could give errors. Which might be contributing to what you're seeing.
If you could do some testing with the player who is having the issue, but both of you "update" to the "live" 3.0.7 version of FG to see if it still occurs.
I have tried anything and everything I can think of, but errors keep showing up. It seems to be, that after certain amount of time, the ruleset just seems to generate the weirdest errors, but everything seems to work just fine. At this point, I don't care much about the errors. I just want to know: Is there a way to turn off the error messages entirely? Just... getting rid of them somehow, would be lovely at this point.
Vires Animi
There's no way to turn off errors. What are the errors? Maybe I can help point the way next week.
Regards,
JPG
Script Error: [string "desktop/scripts/manager_chat.lua"]:316: attempt to call field 'getTypeAndNode' (a nil value)
We've tried various versions of FG. 3.0.7. 3.08 in test and in live. Only one player has this problem. In short no matter what he gets that error if he rolls dice. Every time he rolls dice. Which is bloody annoying with that pop-up window.
Vires Animi
Has the player tried removing (manually) CoreRPG and letting it update/install?
Has the player tried deleting (rename it if you are concerned about deleting) their Cache for that campaign?
Does it happen for the player if they use a new character?
I don't know which of the two first tips worked, but it did. Thanks!
As no one else was havong/generating the issue it was something that happened at their end.
The players dont need the VtM ruleset but they do need the CoreRPG.
Also the Cache file can sometimes get damaged. Renaming or deleting this will just cause a delay the next time they login as it redownloads all the Cache data from the host.
Looks like the old VTM and VTM / DA stuff I got off the wiki in the past, I tried making one with the crossover but only still saw the vampire character / npc sheets no mage / ww etc.
I noticed today after extracting the VtM.pak that there were graphics for mage / fae / werewolf / changeling sheets, but it doesn't look like the actual character sheets were ever done (and loading up the game with the crossover extension doesn't seem to do anything). I'm gonna assume whoever started the project abandoned it, I'm gonna have to tweak a few of the graphics before I dive into the more complicated stuff (I'm not sure who was smoking crack when they did the background graphics for the vamp char sheets, but black text on a dark grey background is NOT a good idea, though apparently changing it to black / white cloud effects in PS looks pretty damn good when I went to test it, along with all the white / black text being easily readable).
They way you change races is to right click on the button in the bottom left corner of the character sheet. Cross over needs to be loaded. There are charactersheets for vampire, werewolf, and mage. But there is no way to go back to the original grey state.
Vires Animi
ah ok thanks, and yea the background changing isn't a big deal (the original grey slate was horrid looking imo anyway, changing it was pretty easy once I found the program to unpack the .pak files :D)Quote:
Originally Posted by viresanimi
Probably the stupidest question, but what's the way to roll for a common test, Attribute+Ability? How to select the attribute used?
Was looking to do stuff with the ruleset, but I cant seem to find any guides on how to use it. Also noticing there is a language selection box that is placed in such a way that the chat entry bar has been pushed downward and fallen out of alignment with the log window. When I go to poke the language select button, it's blank.
The languages feature was added to the underlying CoreRPG ruleset a couple of versions ago (maybe 3.1.3?) and the community dev of this ruleset hasnt updated the ruleset code to accommodate it...
This thread is prolly your best chance at a guide.
What things are you trying to do with the ruleset that you are having trouble with?
I was mainly just looking for a general usage guide. Even tiny stuff like rolling stats from the character sheet - I know I can double-click a stat, but that defaults the difficulty to 6 and only gives me that singular stat. There's a lot of stuff in the campaign book (Dust to Dust) that will mention two stats at the same time like Dex + Firearms, but I'm not entirely sure on that stuff.
Doco is generally sparse on community rulesets in particular. But no ruleset - even 5e - aims to teach you how to play the actual game if that is what you are after.
Im afraid im not familiar with this game so cant shed any more light on it :(
I found someone that must have ran a small V20 game on YouTube with Fantasy Grounds. I think I was able to pick up most of the info I was missing, so for now, everything is working correctly as far as I can tell.
Hey MoonlitDNC post the link if you found it useful :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwrZUAqhMSk The person running it is "Kailvin" I guess....?
So far as I know, he has three videos up pertaining to Vampire on Fantasy Grounds. The first one is him giving a general explanation of Vampire lore & rules + a demo of the combat system within Fantasy Grounds. The other two are him running the game for a full party of people. Seeing everything in action went a long way towards helping me figure out how to work the stat sheet/dice rolls & some of the other misc functions that Star Wars differs on.
OMG! If someone has a game ongoing I would love to join! I miss vtm so much!
S
I run one actually, and might run a second soon. It's a french speaking campaign though, don't know where you're from.Quote:
Originally Posted by Serena
vraiment? je ne crois pas avoir de problème avec le français
There's a few Vampire games campaign currently running on VirtuaJDR tabletop in French, at least two under Fantasy Grounds (Dark Ages V20 Vampire). But I don't know the exact state of the tables (open, full, etc.).
While I would love to play Vampire with people here, I am forced at the moment to stick with my friends, due to health issues. I basically can't keep a schedule, but would like to see this game get more love here. Hopefully someone will poke Paradox and say: "Hey look at the FG community - you should do something for them".
Vires Animi
I have to say, as a random player that only started finding out about the tabletop version after playing the PC game, I had absolutely no idea they are still coming out with Vampire TM V20 books. There's not the slightest bit of advertising at all, at least not anywhere that I ever saw it until someone "in the know" pointed me to the Drivethrough RPG site.
Would be interested to see an official VtM20 ruleset added to Fantasy Grounds & Steam.......could do a special bundle that came with 4 copies of Fantasy Grounds, the VtM20 ruleset, and a copy of VtM: Bloodlines. :o
very exciting stuff thanks.
I am getting this error when I load
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Error loading data
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Ruleset: VtM
Error: Unable to load ruleset file (campaign/campaign_story.xml)
Do you want to try reloading the data?
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Yes No
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Any ideas on how to fix?
There is information about it, in the 3.2 test thread. I expect, that when 3.2 goes live, something can be done to upload the fixes. But yes, this ruleset is in need of some love.
Vires Animi
This is indicating that it can't find some files from the underlying CoreRPG ruleset.Quote:
Originally Posted by frostbyte000jm
What version of FG are you running?
Make sure you have CoreRPG.pak in your <FG App Data>\rulesets directory. Try to create a new campaign using the CoreRPG ruleset.
Make sure you don't have an old VtM directory in <FG App Data>\rulesets.
If you're using v3.2.0 test, try it with v3.1.7 live - it loads up for me fine using live.
That was my problem. I am not on the live server. I wasn't thinking about that.
Thank you
Version 3.20 is now live and was about to post about the campaign_story.xml issue but I see that was already the case during the test phase. I guess the VtM ruleset and its extensions are now obsolete?
That is a true shame because of the popularity of this game...
I have tried adding empty xml files to the ruleset for testing, it makes it load but unusable. I believe the ruleset needs a revamp.
If I ever manage to build a ruleset from scratch I will make sure to post it on the forum. Otherwise, if somebody comes up with a fix I will be more than happy to try it.
And now got to tell my players the bad news...