Need CustomData in 3.5E Ruleset

[Grimmbart]

Hi everybody

I'm using the 3.5E (latest version) rule set for a custom ruleset and I need to send custom data when the player rolls a die.
In the "buildThrow (...)" function, I think it's a good place to insert custom data. But after, in the function "onDiceLanded (draginfo)", no way to find them!


In the function "buildThrow (...)", I add my data in the following way (in 2 different places!?):

	local rThrow = {};	
	rThrow.type = rRoll.sType;
	rThrow.description = rRoll.sDesc;
	rThrow.secret = rRoll.bSecret;
	rThrow.customData = rRoll.aCustomData;

	...
	
	local rSlot = {};
	rSlot.number = rRoll.nMod;
	rSlot.dice = rRoll.aDice;	
	rSlot.metadata = rRoll;
	rSlot.customData = rRoll.aCustomData;
	rThrow.slots = { rSlot };
		
	return rThrow;

After that, in the "onDiceLanded (draginfo)" function, I can not find my information :

function onDiceLanded(draginfo)

	local sDragType = draginfo.getType();
	draginfo.setSlot(1);
	local vRoll = draginfo.getMetaDataList();	
	vRoll.sDesc = draginfo.getStringData();	
	vRoll.aCustomData = draginfo.getCustomData();	
	Debug.console ("onDiceLanded-decodeActionFromDrag vRoll.sDesc: " .. vRoll.sDesc);                           OK
	Debug.console ("onDiceLanded-decodeActionFromDrag vRoll.aCustomData: " .. vRoll.aCustomData);     NIL Value !!
...

Any idea ?

[damned]

I think you will want to append the customdata to the description and then split it back out in onDiceLanded.

[Bidmaron]

Yep. That is the only way I have found to do it. Maybe we can sweet talk MW into preserving custom data across a roll in FGU

[Grimmbart]

I think you will want to append the customdata to the description and then split it back out in onDiceLanded.

Yes, that's exactly what I would like to do !

But of course, I can concatenate my info to the description and split the string after. Why not !

[damned]

Yes, that's exactly what I would like to do !

But of course, I can concatenate my info to the description and split the string after. Why not !

You are on the right track!