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ericbsmith · 04-07-2020, 07:37 AM

The issue has to do with what order traits are added in. In a trait (a template, here) the creates() tag is processed first, then the adds() tag, then the parentof() tag. The problem is that the template adds the parent item using the creates() tag, and at that time the items in the adds() tag have not yet been processed, so they are not present. They need to be added as part of the parent item; that is, they need to be in the parent items adds() or creates() tags.

04-07-2020, 07:37 AM	#4
ericbsmith Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Binghamton, NY, USA. Near the river Styx in the 5th Circle.	Re: Parent/child relations in a template The issue has to do with what order traits are added in. In a trait (a template, here) the creates() tag is processed first, then the adds() tag, then the parentof() tag. The problem is that the template adds the parent item using the creates() tag, and at that time the items in the adds() tag have not yet been processed, so they are not present. They need to be added as part of the parent item; that is, they need to be in the parent items adds() or creates() tags. __________________ Eric B. Smith GURPS Data File Coordinator GURPSLand The future keeps telling us what the past was about. You make the past mean different things by what you do with the time that comes after.