Setting up the new Formula System - Revision history

Tom Parker: /* getOther */

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‎getOther

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‎getOther

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‎DYNAMIC (PCC File)

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‎Material Changes

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‎An Example

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‎CHANNEL (VARIABLE File)

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‎To be completed

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‎Built in Functions

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‎Understanding SubScopes in relation to MODIFYOTHER

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 ====getOther====
-This function returns the value of a remote local variable.
+The getOther function returns the value of a remote local variable.
-The format of the getFact function is:
+The format of the getOtherfunction is:
    getOther(x,y,z)

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 The format of the getFact function is:
-   getFact(x,y,z)
+   getOther(x,y,z)
 * x is the remote scope from which an object is being retrieved (e.g. "PC.SKILL")

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 * The "Token Name" (what appears before the ':') is the DYNAMICSCOPE name.
 * These are created as basically hollow, simple objects.
-* These objects CAN contain variables.
+* These objects CAN contain variables and CAN have MODIFY/MODIFYOTHER tokens.
 ===GRANT (LST files)===

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	MODIFY:Alignment\|SET\|"LE"		MODIFY:Alignment\|SET\|"LE"
	...will be fully legal. (This assumes Alignment is FORMAT: of ALIGNMENT)		...will be fully legal. (This assumes Alignment is FORMAT: of ALIGNMENT)
		+
		+	===Scope Change===
		+
		+	Effective in about April 2018, the scopes changed. What was originally just EQUIPMENT became PC.EQUIPMENT. This was done in preparation for things that are not the PC (think familiars, among other things).

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     MODIFY:ActualGender|SET|input("InputGender")
 A cursed object would have:
-    MODIFY:ActualGender|SET|getFact("GENDER",value(),Reversed)
+    MODIFY:ActualGender|SET|getFact("GENDER",value(),Reversed)|PRIORITY=1000
 =Material Changes=

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 The format is:
-    LOCAL:W|X=Y
+    CHANNEL:W|X=Y
 * W is the SCOPE of the Channel
 * X is the format name

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 Consider also that spell tables can be shared across classes, or if a subclass alters the default, just create a new table rather than having to BONUS/MODIFY all the numbers in a table with adding and subtracting...
-==To be completed==
+==Channels==
 * Channels
 =Material Changes=

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	Example: getOther("PC.SKILL","Hide",IsExclusive)		Example: getOther("PC.SKILL","Hide",IsExclusive)
		+
		+	====key====
		+
		+	This function returns the key of an object (must be a CDOMObject)
		+
		+	The format of the get function is:
		+	key(x)
		+
		+	* x is an Object (like a skill)
		+
		+	Example: key(myFavoredClass)
		+	[This assumes myFavoredClass is a legal variable name that probably contains a CLASS]

	=Legal Values=		=Legal Values=

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 * value: returns the value of the calculation before the current modification was started (no arguments)
-Additional functions specifically related to PCGen are available:
+====get====
-* get: This function takes two arguments.  The first is an Object type (like "SKILL"), the second is the key of a CDOMObject (like a Skill) (also in quotes)
-**Example: get("SKILL","Hide")
+This function returns an actual object of the given type (such as retrieving a SKILL or ALIGNMENT).  This is useful for other functions where this object is used.
-* getFact: This function returns the value of a FACT.  The first two arguments are much like the two arguments of "get", the third argument is the name of the FACT to be returned
 =Legal Values=
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 ==To be completed==
 * Channels

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 A more appropriate method (since this is relevant to a Feat that might alter CritMult) is to add another variable at the EQUIPMENT level:
-    LOCAL:EQUIPMENT|NUMBER=CritMultAdder
+    LOCAL:PC.EQUIPMENT|NUMBER=CritMultAdder
 If all the heads then get
     MODIFY:CritMult|ADD|CritMultAdder