GURPS ATE1 Template File

[ericbsmith]

Under[LISTS] <Hulk Bruiser> just above the select9() there is an extra line (hard return) at or about line 944 of the file. This is causing the select8() and everything after to fail to run. At different points in the code GCA can be a little more forgiving, but GCA does not like "blank" lines left in the middle of a single item; it doesn't even like commented out lines left in there, which is why in some circumstances I've taken to using the comment() tag to inject coder comments into the middle of some very long items.

BTW, the pointswanted() for the select8() at the top of the injected list needs to be changed to pointswanted(4).

So, that was just about an hour I spend looking for an extra hard return. I love coding, it seems like 95% of coding is looking for an extra line, a missing comma, a double quote in place of a single quote (or vice versa), a misspelled variable name, or any number of insufferably simple character errors.

<Hulk Bruiser>
text(Please choose a primary skill from the selection below.),
		pointswanted(4),
		itemswanted(1),
		list(_
			#buildlist(list(#list(Hulk Brute First)), template(%ListItem% #codes(upto 4pts, downto 4pts)))_
		)_
),
select9(text(Please choose 1 from these primary skills.),
		pointswanted(4),
		itemswanted(1),
		list(_
			#buildlist(list(#list(Hulk Brute Second)), template(%ListItem% #codes(upto 4pts, downto 4pts)))_
		)_
),
select10(text(Please choose 8 points from these primary skills.),
		pointswanted(8),
		itemswanted(atleast 1, upto 2),
		list(_
			#buildlist(list(#list(Hulk Brute Third)), template(%ListItem%))_
		)_
),
select11(text(Please choose 3 from these primary skills.),
		pointswanted(3),
		itemswanted(3),
		list(_
			#buildlist(list(#list(Hulk Brute Fouth)), template(%ListItem%))_
		)_
),
select12(text(Please choose 5 from these background skills.),
		pointswanted(5),
		itemswanted(5),
		list(_
			#buildlist(list(#list(Hulk Brute First)), template(%ListItem% #codes(upto 1pts, downto 1pts))),
			#buildlist(list(#list(Hulk Brute Second)), template(%ListItem% #codes(upto 1pts, downto 1pts))),
			#buildlist(list(#list(Hulk Brute Fouth)), template(%ListItem%)),
			#buildlist(list(#list(Hulk Last Select)), template(%ListItem%))_
		)_
),y(

[TorgSmith]

Thank you very much. I had spent several hours thinking I was doing something wrong and changing stuff around to no avail.

Now I am moving forward again. :)

[ericbsmith]

Originally Posted by TorgSmith

Thank you very much. I had spent several hours thinking I was doing something wrong and changing stuff around to no avail.

Now I am moving forward again. :)

You're welcome. I know how frustrating sussing out these things can be. Looking forward to the progress!

[TorgSmith]

Well, I have all the stuff in for the Hulk (including the Gigantism option). I just need to do some testing after work tomorrow. I fixed the bad selection of skills for background on the Doc. I did some cleanup as well. I should be posting an update tomorrow after the testing.

[TorgSmith]

I have updated the file with the Hulk template. I did some bug fixes to the Doc template as well. http://www.motoslave.net/gcarepo/view.php?pkgid=182

Tomorrow, I will start on the Hunter.

[tmedwards]

Some possible issues:

• Line 45: #replacetags trait missing trait-type prefix
  

  #replacetags in "Starting Wealth" with "basevalue(500)"

• Line 1115: possible spurious line continuation
  

  AD:Recovery_

• Line 1127: missing comma ending line
  

  #newitem(DI:Intolerance (Weaklings ST 10 or less), -5, page(B140), cat(Mundane, Mental))

• Line 1260: missing comma ending line
  

  Shield

• Line 1329: missing comma ending line
  

  Shield

[ericbsmith]

Another thing to note, by convention the #newitem() for the Increase FOO traits in the selectx() lists have an underscore at the start of their name. This forces them to the top of the trait list; the main reason for this is to group them all together out of the way of the other traits in the list instead of having a bunch together somewhere in the middle of the list.

Normal sized Brute is not reducing the points available in Advantages. I would suggest reducing the first advantage selection list from 15 to 10 points (you can use al alt3list() to inject the cost into the pointswanted() for the selectx()); the main reason I suggest modifying the first list is because it only makes one trait unavailable due to cost in that list, and all the traits in that list will be available again in the second list. If you were to reduce the second list to 25 points there's one trait that becomes completely unavailable (Extraordinary Luck).

[TorgSmith]

Originally Posted by tmedwards

Some possible issues:

• Line 45: #replacetags trait missing trait-type prefix
  

  #replacetags in "Starting Wealth" with "basevalue(500)"

• Line 1115: possible spurious line continuation
  

  AD:Recovery_

• Line 1127: missing comma ending line
  

  #newitem(DI:Intolerance (Weaklings ST 10 or less), -5, page(B140), cat(Mundane, Mental))

• Line 1260: missing comma ending line
  

  Shield

• Line 1329: missing comma ending line
  

  Shield

These are fixed.

[TorgSmith]

Originally Posted by ericbsmith

Another thing to note, by convention the #newitem() for the Increase FOO traits in the selectx() lists have an underscore at the start of their name. This forces them to the top of the trait list; the main reason for this is to group them all together out of the way of the other traits in the list instead of having a bunch together somewhere in the middle of the list.

I had seen that and was on the fence with it. I am not a fan of underscores in user visible stuff.

Now that you mention it and I have thought about it, I suspect you and other people have used the underscores. I am a bigger fan of consistency than I dislike underscores, so I have gone through and added the underscores to those.

Originally Posted by ericbsmith

Normal sized Brute is not reducing the points available in Advantages. I would suggest reducing the first advantage selection list from 15 to 10 points (you can use al alt3list() to inject the cost into the pointswanted() for the selectx()); the main reason I suggest modifying the first list is because it only makes one trait unavailable due to cost in that list, and all the traits in that list will be available again in the second list. If you were to reduce the second list to 25 points there's one trait that becomes completely unavailable (Extraordinary Luck).

This is fixed.

[TorgSmith]

I have made the above mentioned updates and uploaded a new file.
http://www.motoslave.net/gcarepo/view.php?pkgid=182

Thank you ericbsmith and tmedwards. Your help has been greatly appreciated.