DOE: Locations Extension

[Ixion77]

Yeah, that's a loop - you really probably shouldn't be creating those - it'll only effect Exporting / Copying With Links, so if you're NEVER going to do that then a loop won't cause too much trouble, but sooner or later you WILL w3ant to do that and you'll forget you've got the loop and things will go... not very well!

So it's best to not have loops

Cheers

What about to implement something like a LOOKUP function that give an advise when this scenario occurs?
Everytime you refer a specific record (The River) to an upper specific record (The Conuntry), the extension checks whether such recordings have already a top-to-bottom reference link.
If occurs, a chat AND/OR console message is given.

My two cents

[Ixion77]

That rounding error is one that I've been struggling with. The problem is with the precision that the lua scripting code uses for all its mathematical operations (ie its inbuilt to the engine0. The question in automatically having a rounding function is "round it to what?" Sure, we could round to the nearest 0.01 for decimal systems, but if you're using 240 pennies to the pound, or even 20 silver to the gold or 5 gold to the platinum - well, they've all got different rounding values.

So I'm still trying to work out how to go about it - and yes, it is tied up with figuring out change

So, for the moment, round it manually (and I'd round it in the favor of the shopkeeper, obviously) - I'll try to get something sorted to do it automatically (when I figure out what needs to be done exactly).

This is my idea - today I'm prolific
Maybe a more streamlined system could be to:
1. create a new option field for the Locations extention, where to specify, with a cicle click, the coinage in use (basically: gp/sp/cp, cents, etc.)
2. everytime a calculation is required, the "price" field is converted to the currency with lower value (gp converted to cp, sp converted to cp, and make a cp grandtotal)
3. maybe you still need to round; because we are doing the calculations with the less valuable coin, you can always round up to "1"
4. last step, convert the cp pile to gp/sp/sp

Maybe this conversion system can also be used with pennies currencies.

OR
The options at point 1, open up a table, that for the gp/sp/cp example, the DM will fill as below:

	coin type	conversion rate
from the lowest coin	sp	1
	cp	100
	gp	1.000
		and so on ...
to the highest coin

[dulux-oz]

That's more or less the idea behind the DOE: WMC Extension (which I'm currently writing) but because the DOE: Locations is "system-agnostic" its got to be able to cover all currencies, currency types and currency denominations = for eg 240 pennies = 20 shillings = 1 pound, and other, even more bizarre monetary systems.

So stay tuned

[Dr0W]

Thaaaaanks a lot!

[Erin Righ]

Hey Dulux-Oz. This extension isn't working for me. When I go to load a campaign, this extension has a red X over the selector, any help?

[Trenloe]

Hey Dulux-Oz. This extension isn't working for me. When I go to load a campaign, this extension has a red X over the selector, any help?

Update your DOE Base extension. https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...Base-Extension

[Erin Righ]

Update your DOE Base extension. https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...Base-Extension

I am using the latest (2.0) version of the Base extension

[Trenloe]

I am using the latest (2.0) version of the Base extension

The red X will only appear if the extension can't find the correct extension dependancy. The most recent version of the locations extension is specifically tagged for DOEBase v2.0. So, either the DOEBase is not the right one, or the locations extension is not the right one.

In the extensions activation you should see "DOE Base Extension v2.0" and "DOE Locations Extension v4.4" If you don't see this, try:

1) Check for any directories in your \extensions directory that are called DOEBase or DOELocations - if either exist delete them and try again.
2) Delete DOEBase.ext and DOELocations.ext and re-download the most recent versions again from these threads.

[Erin Righ]

The red X will only appear if the extension can't find the correct extension dependancy. The most recent version of the locations extension is specifically tagged for DOEBase v2.0. So, either the DOEBase is not the right one, or the locations extension is not the right one.

In the extensions activation you should see "DOE Base Extension v2.0" and "DOE Locations Extension v4.4" If you don't see this, try:

1) Check for any directories in your \extensions directory that are called DOEBase or DOELocations - if either exist delete them and try again.
2) Delete DOEBase.ext and DOELocations.ext and re-download the most recent versions again from these threads.

There is the problem! When I click on the locations extension in post 1 apparently it is installing v4.2, I tried deleting and redownloading didn't work

[dulux-oz]

When you look at the campaign Loading Screen (where the red Xs are) does it say: "DOE: Base v2.0" and "DOE: Locations v4.4"?

If it doesn't then you definitely do not have the latest versions - as such, right click on the Extension in post #1 and then choose "Save As".

In the past its also been found that if you completely remove (ie delete) an Extension from your hard drive and then download it afrsh that can also resolve the issue.

Let us know how you go and we'll get it sorted for you

Cheers