Loading variables ><

[Visvalor]

Hey, I'm back to work on my system, and I'm loading a bunch of variables from the "inventory" page to the main page. Problem is when you create a new character, the variables aren't created yet. So they all bug in the scripting

How can I make it so these variables are all created upon character creation? Put them on the main page and hide them perhaps? Is there a less ghetto way?

[phantomwhale]

Super-keen to help, but feel I need some code snippets here ! That said, I've been coding all day, so maybe others are a little more alert that I right now.

[drahkar]

I would suggest that you have your initial lookup for the databasenode use createChild instead of getChild. They function exactly the same only with createChild, if it doesn't exist yet, then it creates an empty databasenode instead of throwing an error. That or if you have a specific default value you want in it if there is nothing in the node then make a function that your wrap around createChild that says if the return value of getting the information from the database node is nil, create the node with createChild and then set the default value. Otherwise just get it.

[Visvalor]

I put it as createChild, and then it gave me a bunch of arithematic errors. I'll try to figure out how to createChild 0 but won't that result in reseting my variables to 0 each time the charsheet loads?

[Visvalor]

			<!--Agility-->
<abilityscore name="agility" source="stats.agility">
	<anchored>
		<to>vitality</to>
	</anchored>
		<noreset />
		<readonly />
<script>
	function update()
		Tagi = source.getValue()
		Ragi = source2.getValue()
		Bagi = source3.getValue()
		setValue(Tagi+Ragi+Bagi)
	end
	function onInit()
		source = window.trueagility.getDatabaseNode()
		source2 = window.raceagility.getDatabaseNode()
		source3 = window.agility_bonus.getDatabaseNode()
		source.onUpdate = update
		source2.onUpdate = update
		source3.onUpdate = update
		update()
	end
</script>
</abilityscore>
<abilityscore5 name="trueagility" source="trueagility">
		<noreset />
		<readonly />
</abilityscore5>
<abilityscore name="raceagility" source="stats.race.agility">
		<noreset />
		<readonly />
<script>
	function update()
		raceagibase = Globals.raceagi(source)
		setValue(raceagibase)
	end
	function onInit()
			setVisible(false);
		source = window.getDatabaseNode().getChild("race")
		source.onUpdate = update
		update()
	end
</script>
</abilityscore>
<abilitylabel>
	<anchored>
		<to>agility</to>
	</anchored>
		<static>AGI</static>
</abilitylabel>
<abilityscore2 name="agility_bonus" source="stats.agility_bonus">
	<anchored>
		<to>agility</to>
	</anchored>
		<noreset />
<script>
	function update()
		head_agi_bonus = source.getValue()
		torso_agi_bonus = source1.getValue()
		legs_agi_bonus = source2.getValue()
		feet_agi_bonus = source3.getValue()
		shoulders_agi_bonus = source4.getValue()
		rightarm_agi_bonus = source5.getValue()
		leftarm_agi_bonus = source6.getValue()
		ring1_agi_bonus = source7.getValue()
		ring2_agi_bonus = source8.getValue()
		ring3_agi_bonus = source9.getValue()
		ring4_agi_bonus = source10.getValue()
		necklace_agi_bonus = source11.getValue()
		charm_agi_bonus = source12.getValue()
		weapon1_agi_bonus = source13.getValue()
		weapon2_agi_bonus = source14.getValue()
		weapon3_agi_bonus = source15.getValue()
		weapon4_agi_bonus = source16.getValue()

		setValue(head_agi_bonus + torso_agi_bonus + legs_agi_bonus + feet_agi_bonus + shoulders_agi_bonus + rightarm_agi_bonus + leftarm_agi_bonus + ring1_agi_bonus + ring2_agi_bonus + ring3_agi_bonus + ring4_agi_bonus + necklace_agi_bonus + charm_agi_bonus + weapon1_agi_bonus + weapon2_agi_bonus + weapon3_agi_bonus + weapon4_agi_bonus)
	end
	function onInit()
		source = window.getDatabaseNode().createChild("stats.equipment_head_agi_bonus")
		source1 = window.getDatabaseNode().createChild("stats.equipment_torso_agi_bonus")
		source2 = window.getDatabaseNode().createChild("stats.equipment_legs_agi_bonus")
		source3 = window.getDatabaseNode().createChild("stats.equipment_feet_agi_bonus")
		source4 = window.getDatabaseNode().createChild("stats.equipment_shoulders_agi_bonus")
		source5 = window.getDatabaseNode().createChild("stats.equipment_rightarm_agi_bonus")
		source6 = window.getDatabaseNode().createChild("stats.equipment_leftarm_agi_bonus")
		source7 = window.getDatabaseNode().createChild("stats.equipment_ring1_agi_bonus")
		source8 = window.getDatabaseNode().createChild("stats.equipment_ring2_agi_bonus")
		source9 = window.getDatabaseNode().createChild("stats.equipment_ring3_agi_bonus")
		source10 = window.getDatabaseNode().createChild("stats.equipment_ring4_agi_bonus")
		source11 = window.getDatabaseNode().createChild("stats.equipment_necklace_agi_bonus")
		source12 = window.getDatabaseNode().createChild("stats.equipment_charm_agi_bonus")
		source13 = window.getDatabaseNode().createChild("stats.equipment_weapon1_agi_bonus")
		source14 = window.getDatabaseNode().createChild("stats.equipment_weapon2_agi_bonus")
		source15 = window.getDatabaseNode().createChild("stats.equipment_weapon3_agi_bonus")
		source16 = window.getDatabaseNode().createChild("stats.equipment_weapon4_agi_bonus")
		source.onUpdate = update
		source1.onUpdate = update
		source2.onUpdate = update
		source3.onUpdate = update
		source4.onUpdate = update
		source5.onUpdate = update
		source6.onUpdate = update
		source7.onUpdate = update
		source8.onUpdate = update
		source9.onUpdate = update
		source10.onUpdate = update
		source11.onUpdate = update
		source12.onUpdate = update
		source13.onUpdate = update
		source14.onUpdate = update
		source15.onUpdate = update
		source16.onUpdate = update
		update()
	end
</script>
</abilityscore2>

<diescore2 name="Agility Check">
	<anchored>
		<to>agility</to>
	</anchored>
<script>
		function onClickDown(button, x, y)
		setDice({"d20"}); 
		end
</script>
</diescore2>
<modbox name="Agility CheckMod">
	<bounds>1,1,1,1</bounds>			
<script>
	function update()
		AgiCheck = source.getValue()
		setValue(AgiCheck)
	end
	function onInit()
		setVisible(false);
		source = window.getDatabaseNode().getChild("stats.agility")
		source.onUpdate = update
		update()
	end
</script>
</modbox>

<genericcontrol>
	<bounds>366,143,18,17</bounds>
		<icon>stat_up</icon>
	<script>			
		function onClickDown(button, x, y)
			trueagility = window.getDatabaseNode().getChild("trueagility");
			statpoints = window.getDatabaseNode().getChild("statpoints");

    		if statpoints.getValue() > 0 then
			trueagility.setValue(trueagility.getValue()+1);
			statpoints.setValue(statpoints.getValue()-1);
		end
		end
	</script>
</genericcontrol>

Here is an example of my code. I can't quite figure out the createChild 0 , but I'll try in a sec with replacing all getChild to createChild so that it can get the info.... I just don't want it reseting the char-sheets each time.

[drahkar]

What createChild does is creates a databasenode at the location if it doesn't exist, otherwise it gets the data fro the existing node per getChild. When it is initially created, the databasenode has nothing in it. Its an empty value. You then have to either setValue something to it, OR set your code so that it can recognize that its an empty node and process the data from it accordingly.

[Visvalor]

Could you give me an example as how to do this? How do I tell the code to process accordingly? I really don't want createChild to SetValue every time the charsheet is opened because a few pages down the enchantments are saved.

[drahkar]

createChild doesn't set anything. It merely creates a blank databasenode if it doesn't exist.

For example:

<abilityscore name="agility" source="stats.agility">
   <anchored>
      <to>vitality</to>
   </anchored>
      <noreset />
      <readonly />
   <script>
      function onInit()
         agi = window.getDatabaseNode().createChild("stats.agility");

         agiValue = agi.getValue();

         if agiValue ~= nil then
         else
            setValue(10);
         end
      end
   </script>
</abilityscore>

That would check to see if stats.agility existed. If it didn't then it would create it with the createChild function. Then it would proceed to check to see if that databasenode had a value in it. At that point if it didn't have a value, it would then set a value to it as a default value (In this case a value of 10. Otherwise it would do nothing.

I would also consider adding this code into the abilityscore template instead of having it here. Instead having it be something line this:

<template name="abilityscore">
   <numberfield>
      <anchor information>
      <other information and layout data>
      <statname mergerule="replace">
      <script>
          function onInit()
             statNode = window.getDatabaseNode().createChild("stats." .. statname[1]);
 
             statValue = statNode.getValue();
 
             if statValue ~= nil then
              else
                setValue(10);
              end
           end
      </script>
   </numberfield>
</template>

<abilityscore name="agility" source="stats.agility">
   <anchored>
      <to>vitality</to>
   </anchored>
   <noreset />
   <readonly />
   <statname>agility</statname>
</abilityscore>

As you can see that will let you streamline the code to apply to anything you put into the abilityscore template without having to recopy the same code over and over.

Does this help explain what I mean?

[Visvalor]

This definitely explains what you mean but the structure is completely foreign to me.

      <statname mergerule="replace">
      <script>
          function onInit()
             statNode = window.getDatabaseNode().createChild("stats." .. statname[1]);
 
             statValue = statNode.getValue();
 
             if statValue ~= nil then
              else
                setValue(10);
              end
           end
      </script>

What function does <statname mergerule="replace"> have?

So;

statNode = window.getDatabaseNode().createChild("stats." .. statname[1]);

This would pull all the stats.agility.whatever and pool them together? I might have to restructure my entire ruleset to accomadate this... I also don't see an update() command. Does it update automatically in this structure?

[drahkar]

<statname mergerule="replace"> passes into the code as statname[1].

This will create a single node stats.agility
statNode = window.getDatabaseNode().createChild("stats." .. statname[1]);

This is a relatively basic process that, when the control is initialized, it runs this code. It doesn't have an onUpdate applied to it, but the information within this is easily adaptable for that purpose. I just wrote out the example in the simplest process so speeds.