Gearswap Help Thread!

**stokeydan** · 2014-10-23 11:03

get in, i deleted the Updates folder and re loader windower and had quite a big update on files at the start, then i loaded game up and swapped to cor and lua now the loads.
thanks so much for Your help guys you've been very helpfull
i can egt back to playing cor now

**dlsmd** · 2014-10-23 11:25

your welcome

**stokeydan** · 2014-10-23 11:26

get in, i deleted the Updates folder and re loader windower and had quite a big update on files at the start, then i loaded game up and swapped to cor and lua now the loads.
thanks so much for Your help guys you've been very helpfull
i can get back to playing cor now

**Duvelamilla** · 2014-10-24 23:17

I am having some issues in the gearswaps ( use motens) on my mage classes, on the off chance I melee, as soon as i go to weapon skill I lose TP, I can't seem to figure out why, i don't see where any of my main, sub, rng or ammo pieces are changing to ws. any ideas?

**dlsmd** · 2014-10-24 23:30

Originally Posted by Duvelamilla

I am having some issues in the gearswaps ( use motens) on my mage classes, on the off chance I melee, as soon as i go to weapon skill I lose TP, I can't seem to figure out why, i don't see where any of my main, sub, rng or ammo pieces are changing to ws. any ideas?

us the command
gs show_swaps
and it will show if any gear is swaped

**Duvelamilla** · 2014-10-25 00:37

Originally Posted by dlsmd

us the command
gs show_swaps
and it will show if any gear is swaped

Thank that helped I was able to find problem and address it. I noticed though that my midcast gear is not equipping for magic spells and songs example of midcast code below

function midcast(spell,action)
equipSet = {}
if spell.type:endswith('Magic') or spell.type == 'Ninjutsu' then
equipSet = sets.Midcast
if equipSet[spell.english] then
equipSet = equipSet[spell.english]
elseif string.find(spell.english,'Cure') then
equipSet = equipSet.Cure
elseif string.find(spell.english,'Cura') then
equipSet = equipSet.Curaga
elseif spell.english == "Stoneskin" then
if buffactive.Stoneskin then
send_command('@wait 2.8;cancel stoneskin')
end
equipSet = equipSet.Stoneskin
elseif spell.english == "Sneak" then
if spell.target.name == player.name and buffactive['Sneak'] then
send_command('cancel sneak')
end
equipSet = equipSet.Haste
elseif string.find(spell.english,'Utsusemi') then
if spell.english == 'Utsusemi: Ichi' and (buffactive['Copy Image'] or buffactive['Copy Image (2)']) then
send_command('@wait 1.7;cancel Copy Image*')
end
equipSet = equipSet.Haste
elseif spell.english == 'Monomi: Ichi' then
if buffactive['Sneak'] then
send_command('@wait 1.7;cancel sneak')
end
equipSet = equipSet.Haste
end
elseif spell.type == 'BardSong' then
if Daurdabla == 'ON' then
equip(sets.Precast.Daurdabla)
else
equip_song_gear(spell)
end
end

**Duvelamilla** · 2014-10-25 00:41

Ok my midcast works for magic just not songs Now

**dlsmd** · 2014-10-25 01:58

ok first your using 2 different equip styles
the first equip style allows you to build a set dynamically based on many rules
i.e.

Code:

equipSet = {}
    if spell.type:endswith('Magic') or spell.type == 'Ninjutsu' then
        equipSet = sets.Midcast
        if equipSet[spell.english] then
            equipSet = equipSet[spell.english]

then your directly changing gear with
equip(sets.Precast.Daurdabla)

plus the code you showed is incomplete but from what you posted it looks correct

**dlsmd** · 2014-10-25 18:18

can some one help me figure out why this wont work

Code:

min_fm_for_flourishes = {['Animated Flourish']=1, ['Desperate Flourish']=1, ['Violent Flourish']=1, ['Reverse Flourish']=1, ['Building Flourish']=1,
                        ['Wild Flourish']=2, ['Climactic Flourish']=1, ['Striking Flourish']=2, ['Ternary Flourish']=3,}
    if min_fm_for_flourishes[spell.name] then
        local fm_count = 0
        for i, v in pairs(buffactive) do
            if string.startswith(i, 'finishing move') then
                for w in string.gmatch (i, '%d') do
                    fm_count = tonumber(w)
                    if min_fm_for_flourishes[spell.name] < fm_count then
                        return true
                    end
                end
            end
        end
    end

**Orestes** · 2014-10-27 09:42

Originally Posted by dlsmd

can some one help me figure out why this wont work

Code:

min_fm_for_flourishes = {['Animated Flourish']=1, ['Desperate Flourish']=1, ['Violent Flourish']=1, ['Reverse Flourish']=1, ['Building Flourish']=1,
                        ['Wild Flourish']=2, ['Climactic Flourish']=1, ['Striking Flourish']=2, ['Ternary Flourish']=3,}
    if min_fm_for_flourishes[spell.name] then
        local fm_count = 0
        for i, v in pairs(buffactive) do
            if string.startswith(i, 'finishing move') then
                for w in string.gmatch (i, '%d') do
                    fm_count = tonumber(w)
                    if min_fm_for_flourishes[spell.name] < fm_count then
                        return true
                    end
                end
            end
        end
    end

This seems to be your offending line. if string.startswith(i, 'finishing move') then

In this case, "i" is a numeric iterator, not a string.

This should work.

Code:

min_fm_for_flourishes = {['Animated Flourish']=1, ['Desperate Flourish']=1, ['Violent Flourish']=1, ['Reverse Flourish']=1, ['Building Flourish']=1,
                        ['Wild Flourish']=2, ['Climactic Flourish']=1, ['Striking Flourish']=2, ['Ternary Flourish']=3,}
    if min_fm_for_flourishes[spell.name] then
        local fm_count = 0
        for i, v in pairs(buffactive) do
            if string.startswith(buffactive[i], 'Finishing Move') then
                for w in string.gmatch (i, '%d') do
                    fm_count = tonumber(w)
                    if min_fm_for_flourishes[spell.name] < fm_count then
                        return true
                    end
                end
            end
        end
    end

**dlsmd** · 2014-10-27 12:21

Originally Posted by Orestes

This seems to be your offending line. if string.startswith(i, 'finishing move') then

In this case, "i" is a numeric iterator, not a string.

This should work.

Code:

min_fm_for_flourishes = {['Animated Flourish']=1, ['Desperate Flourish']=1, ['Violent Flourish']=1, ['Reverse Flourish']=1, ['Building Flourish']=1,
                        ['Wild Flourish']=2, ['Climactic Flourish']=1, ['Striking Flourish']=2, ['Ternary Flourish']=3,}
    if min_fm_for_flourishes[spell.name] then
        local fm_count = 0
        for i, v in pairs(buffactive) do
            if string.startswith(buffactive[i], 'Finishing Move') then
                for w in string.gmatch (i, '%d') do
                    fm_count = tonumber(w)
                    if min_fm_for_flourishes[spell.name] < fm_count then
                        return true
                    end
                end
            end
        end
    end

i should not only be a number but it can also be a string
so after some thought
i think i need to change this line
if string.startswith(i, 'finishing move') then
to
if string.startswith(tostring(i), 'Finishing Move') then

**Orestes** · 2014-10-27 12:26

Originally Posted by dlsmd

i should not only be a number but it can also be a string
so after some thought
i think i need to change this line
if string.startswith(i, 'finishing move') then
to
if string.startswith(tostring(i), 'Finishing Move') then

edit: nevermind, I see what you're doing there. That should work.

I suppose you could use string.find or string.match on buffactive[i] as well.

**dlsmd** · 2014-10-27 15:58

Originally Posted by Orestes

edit: nevermind, I see what you're doing there. That should work.

I suppose you could use string.find or string.match on buffactive[i] as well.

that would be true if i was searching for how many of the specific buffs are up
the reason is buffactive is a table that uses the buff id or buff name ans the iterator to check what buffs are active so buffactive[i] would never work for this because as Finishing Move's increase you actualy change buffs you do not gain more of the same buff
i.e.
buff name 'Finishing Move 1' = 1 Finishing Move
buff name 'Finishing Move 2' = 2 Finishing Move's not Finishing Move x 2
etc.

**Marroc** · 2014-10-27 20:16

So, I'm using the BRD.lua file from Github.com, and I was wondering if there was a way I could incorporate 2 sets of midcast for my bard songs. One for duration and the other for potency. I don't mind if I have to set a button for the swap, I just want to be able to toggle it between the two.

**Tanag** · 2014-10-27 22:33

How would I go about detecting a status effect and whether I am engaged?

I want to use the Windower text plugin to display some alerts if I get doomed, or Im missing Crusade as PLD.

I do this currently with autoexec on a limited basis but I'd like to compile it into my gs if possible. Im using Motentens if it matters.

**dlsmd** · 2014-10-27 22:47

Originally Posted by Tanag

How would I go about detecting a status effect and whether I am engaged?

I want to use the Windower text plugin to display some alerts if I get doomed, or Im missing Crusade as PLD.

I do this currently with autoexec on a limited basis but I'd like to compile it into my gs if possible. Im using Motentens if it matters.

if you want to see when a buff gets added to your char use
buff_change(name,gain)
if you want to check to see if you have a buff in other functions you cant use this
buffactive[a] ware a is the buff name or buff id

if you want to create a window on screen saying that you have a specific buff that would be hard for a beginer but if you just want a chat message you can use
add_to_chat(color_code,message)

**Tanag** · 2014-10-27 23:39

Thanks!

Adding to the screen is easy with the text plugin. Here is how I do it in Autoexec.

Code:

<register event="gainbuff_doom">wait 2;text set doom fg 204 153 51 255 bg 0 0 0 192 show showbg position 600 250 font Arial 32 bold 1 text "DOOM!"</register>
<register event="losebuff_doom">wait 2;text set doom hide</register>

Then in init.txt you have to define the variable after text has been loaded

Code:

text create doom;

So hopefully using that command in add_to_chat will work.

**dlsmd** · 2014-10-28 00:05

if thats the case here is how you do the above in gearswap

Code:

function buff_change(name,gain)
    if name == 'doom' then
        if gain then
            send_command('wait 2;text set doom fg 204 153 51 255 bg 0 0 0 192 show showbg position 600 250 font Arial 32 bold 1 text "DOOM!"')
        else
            send_command('wait 2;text set doom hide')
        end
    end
end

**Tanag** · 2014-10-28 01:47

Awesome, thanks a million!

**Sechs** · 2014-10-28 02:16

I want to imbue a "//cancel spellname" into Gearswap for Vallation/Valiance.
They do not overwrite themselves or each other, so if I already have one of them active and I want to refresh it, I would have to cancel the previous buff first.
But this needs to happen only when the JA is really off the cooldown and goes through (i.e. it's ready and it doesn't get blocked by Amnesia or Paralyze) and/or when the buff is active.
Checking for buffactive is safe in this context, because it won't be fast enough that the client-server update thing would affect it, but what would be the smartest route for me to follow?

I have several things in mind but looking for suggestions and ideas first.

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