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Rigel
Sep 23rd, '03, 03:24 PM
Dan, is it possible to have two <--CHARACTER--><--/CHARACTER--> sections to do a 2-pass (or multipass) combat export? I am trying to replicate the Combat Record Sheet from page 41 of HERO System Resource Kit. It would produce output something like this:


CHARACTER DEX SPD OCV DCV ECV
Taffy Raffy 20 5 7 7 4
Ghost 15 3 5 5 4

CHARACTER PD/rPD ED/rPD Running
Taffy Raffy 5/0 6/0 6"
Ghost 10/10 8/8 5"


Would that be possible? Thanks.
Simon
Sep 23rd, '03, 03:27 PM
You don't need two passes of CHARACTER containers. You need to setup the contents of the CHARACTER container properly.

You should be able to do that without any problem in the existing export.
Rigel
Sep 23rd, '03, 03:50 PM
Ok, maybe I'm just stupid.

How can I display stats for character A then B then go back and display stats for character A again?

Perhaps I'm missing something very basic, but I don't see it.
Simon
Sep 23rd, '03, 03:53 PM
IF_NAME ... NAME ... /IF_NAME ... DEX_TOTAL... SPD_TOTAL ... <br>
IF_NAME ... NAME ... /IF_NAME ... PD_NON_RESISTANT_TOTAL / PD_RESISTANT_TOAL ...

And so on.
rjcurrie
Sep 23rd, '03, 04:20 PM
Dan:

Won't that produce something like:

Character A 23 4/6
Character A 5 / 10
Character B 13/23 5
Character B 4 / 12

and not

Character A 23 4/6
Character B 13/23 5
Character A 5 / 10
Character B 4 / 12

which is what the original poster was looking for.
Simon
Sep 23rd, '03, 04:22 PM
Yup...didn't read closely enough.

I'm not sure that allowing multiple passes is a good idea, however...it's EXTREMELY processor intensive to run through the characters...and adding in multiple passes just multiplies this effect.
rjcurrie
Sep 23rd, '03, 04:29 PM
It would be very convenient though -- often I don't want the details about a character cluttering up the SPD chart part of a combat record but would like to have it below.

Also, wouldn't the processor-intensiveness only increase when using a Combat Record Export that used multiple CHARATER ... /CHARACTER loops? I would think it would stay the same for those that only looped through once.

Rod
Simon
Sep 23rd, '03, 04:32 PM
Well, I'll add it in and we'll see how well it does.

Any combat record exports that go through multiple CHARACTER ... /CHARACTER containers will take quite a bit longer than others....just multiply the time by the number of CHARACTER containers to get an estimate.

It's not a problem to put in (or to take back out), so we'll see.....