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    Error msg when using Print to PDF for a Vehicle

    I'm using the latest update, which I was very excited to see...

    When I went to use the Print to PDF feature with a vehicle, I got the following error message:

    private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass

    Edit: Print to PDF still works with Characters (just wanted to see if this was a global issue created with the update).
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    Re: Error msg when using Print to PDF for a Vehicle

    I do not believe this has changed. Print to PDF, since its original introduction, has only functioned correctly with characters.
    (I just recreated the same error with my pre-updated version)

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    Re: Error msg when using Print to PDF for a Vehicle

    Quote Originally Posted by Hyper-Man View Post
    I do not believe this has changed. Print to PDF, since its original introduction, has only functioned correctly with characters.
    (I just recreated the same error with my pre-updated version)
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    Re: Error msg when using Print to PDF for a Vehicle

    Quote Originally Posted by Hyper-Man View Post
    I do not believe this has changed. Print to PDF, since its original introduction, has only functioned correctly with characters.
    That is correct!

    I've mentioned this from time to time in other forum threads, but to save you the trouble of looking them up: print-to-pdf works by starting with the official character sheet PDF and writing the current character details onto it. The official character sheet only works for characters, per se: for example, it doesn't have SIZE or DEF characteristics, and things like hit locations don't really make sense for vehicles either.

    I have contemplated putting together a different version of the feature that writes an entirely new PDF from scratch. If I were to do that, it would be pretty easy to support bases, vehicles, AIs, computers, automata ... whatever ... as first-class character types. I certainly won't do that until the Prawn PDF generation library (which is what print-to-PDF uses) has a 1.0 release, though. (If you're interested, prawn can be found at prawn.majesticseacreature.com.) And depending on how busy I am with other things, it might not happen at all!

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