No formal deprecation, docs still show it as valid, and we know it's in CMP sets. Looks like we dropped the ball on that. So basically it's a .CLEARALL for...
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rogerwllco
Jan 18, 2013 5:48 pm
I have only found it in the Feral Creature template in Savage Species. And after consulting the book, I think it might be wrong and should just be...
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thpr
Jan 18, 2013 5:55 pm
... Which - per the example in the link I provided in my late note - the converter should have done for you... though I would expect it to appear as: ...
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madartiste
Jan 18, 2013 8:18 pm
I'm back with more questions, I'm afraid. Ran into some things that I can't seem to solve. I hope you folks can help me out. 1. Can you use an equipment mod...
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Arjan
arjan_van_gi...
Jan 19, 2013 4:00 pm
Euhm, I made a debugging error. The PREFEAT statement works like a charm. It was an other statement in the same item that was giving problems. So Ifixed it....
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madartiste
Jan 20, 2013 12:57 am
I think I've figured out that I need to definite a user variable to make #3 happen, but I'm completely stuck on how to actually get it to work. Maybe someone...
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Andrew
Drew0500
Jan 20, 2013 2:26 am
Hi, CHOOSE:NUMBER IIRC only works with PREAPPLY. Change it to CHOOSE:STRING|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10 Next COST does not support variables. You need an EQMOD to...
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madartiste
Jan 20, 2013 6:26 am
Ah. That's helpful. I'd rather not have to make 10 iterations of things if I can help it, but it's good to know what I'm doing wrong! Thanks!...
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madartiste
Jan 20, 2013 4:30 pm
Well, I decided to simplify things considerably to work through the steps and ran into a problem right off the bat: It doesn't look like my variable is...
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thpr
Jan 20, 2013 4:47 pm
Is this on a piece of equipment where the equipment is actually equipped by the PC? If it is not equipped, the EqMod will not be active. TP....
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thpr
Jan 20, 2013 4:51 pm
Let's clarify a few things, since I think your original data is very close to what you wanted to achieve: 1) CHOOSE:NUMBER works in EQMODs, e.g. |Deflection...
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madartiste
Jan 20, 2013 7:36 pm
Hmm. Okay, that's helpful to know. This is indeed an equipment mod rather than a piece of equipment, just to clarify. Iron Kingdoms uses a weird sort of...
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madartiste
Jan 20, 2013 7:48 pm
TP, you are my hero for the day! I don't know what I did before, but %CHOICE worked perfectly now. I'm sure I had something wrong before. Thank you for saving...
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thpr
Jan 21, 2013 12:16 am
... Kind of. It's actually %LIST if you want to assign it to a variable. BONUS:VAR|MaacNUM|%LIST TP....
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FerretDave
dave_the_ferret
Jan 21, 2013 8:43 am
Greetings, Just worth noting, previous advise has always been to 'DEFINE' variables at zero first, and then BONUS them to the value you actually want, avoids...
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thpr
Jan 21, 2013 4:27 pm
It avoids putting yourself in a situation where you have: DEFINE:Foo|3 DEFINE:Foo|2 on two different objects and have to debug why you're getting 3, or not...
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Doug Limmer
distant_scholar
Jan 21, 2013 4:29 pm
It seems to me, though, that it can be quite useful at times. For instance, different sources of, say, fire resistance don't stack, so using DEFINE for that...
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Andrew Maitland
Drew0500
Jan 21, 2013 4:56 pm
No. Bad. Just NO. DEFINE should *always* be ZERO. There are very few exceptions to this standard. You want to use the STACKING rules then use TYPE. ...
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madartiste
Jan 21, 2013 5:04 pm
Oh wow. This is all very useful stuff! I had noted the DEFINE at 0 thing in the documentation, but it's handy to see a little more on why it is that way. ...
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Doug Limmer
distant_scholar
Jan 21, 2013 6:26 pm
... Why? I've seen people set up or suggest DEFINE:X|0, BONUS:VAR|X|3 combos that would completely mess up the (no) stacking rules. Why not take advantage of...
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Andrew Maitland
Drew0500
Jan 21, 2013 7:26 pm
Ah, the debate. Spitfire of challenging the norm. ;) Mind you I'm going to skim reply since I'm at work. Why DEFINE to 0? Because, another user might want to...
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Doug Limmer
distant_scholar
Jan 21, 2013 9:07 pm
I apologize if I sound like I'm attacking you; I'm just confused and frustrated. ... It's unclear to me how DEFINE not being 0 messes this up. Could you give...
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Eric C Smith
maredudd800
Jan 21, 2013 9:24 pm
Hi Folks! A quick note on LST Standards . . . We do have a page in the docs that contains a good set of standards for LST coding and it would likely be a good...
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FerretDave
dave_the_ferret
Jan 21, 2013 10:29 pm
Greetings, Just a thought on that - in the 'basics' section it indicates tab should *never* be the first character... well, we've now got an option for that...
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Andrew
Drew0500
Jan 21, 2013 11:03 pm
Hi, I'm fine with you consolidating things Eric. Also, the truth is the first line should never be a Tab, ever. The Multilines with following tabs doesn't...
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Barak
barak20021
Jan 21, 2013 11:15 pm
As Tom pointed out, if you have DEFINE:Foo|1 and DEFINE :Foo|2 (in two different sources)... which one takes precedence? They're not additive, one or the...
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Doug Limmer
distant_scholar
Jan 21, 2013 11:17 pm
... The docs say the larger one is used. Is this incorrect? DS/DL...
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thpr
Jan 22, 2013 5:10 am
... The docs are correct....
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Wayne
echuir@att.net
Jan 24, 2013 4:56 am
I am trying to convert some old .lst files. I am getting the following errors.Please help. Error log for prettylst.pl version: 1.39 (build 8180) -- 2008.10.22 ...
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Andrew
Drew0500
Jan 24, 2013 7:54 am
Hi, KISS I think is what is required. All my prettylst conversions are done in the same folder c:\pl\test and output to the same folder c:\pl\checked My bat...
