Gearswap Help Thread!

[NynJa]

If i had to guess, youre not undefining something along the way when you unload your lua to change job.

[Roland_J]

Hrm... In what manner are you thinking of undefining variables? set all custom values to nil on unload? I don't see job.luas do that normally so I'm guessing I'm not thinking of what you're thinking. Don't all job.lua variables return to nil on file unload?

[dlsmd]

Hrm... In what manner are you thinking of undefining variables? set all custom values to nil on unload? I don't see job.luas do that normally so I'm guessing I'm not thinking of what you're thinking. Don't all job.lua variables return to nil on file unload?

Yes every time you change your main job all the variables/functions added by your job file get wiped out.
Now if you change your sub job that might not be the case.(im not entirely sure)

[Roland_J]

Well, I just noticed that it happens on BLM when I change subjobs. Time to take a look at my sub_job change functions!

[dlsmd]

on sub job just do this if you need to
self_command('gs reload')

[Bail]

Finally converting over to GS after BARELY learning how to cobble together a functioning spellcast, so forgive the most basic of basic questions. I've written a lua, saved it in my data folder, but when I reload gearswap it doesn't load the characters GS even though I am on the job. Any idea what might cause this?

[dlsmd]

Finally converting over to GS after BARELY learning how to cobble together a functioning spellcast, so forgive the most basic of basic questions. I've written a lua, saved it in my data folder, but when I reload gearswap it doesn't load the characters GS even though I am on the job. Any idea what might cause this?

what it named
you can name it any of these
<Char_name>-<mainjob_short>.lua --example Bail-WAR.lua
<Char_name>_<mainjob_short>.lua --example Bail_WAR.lua
<Char_name>-<mainjob_long>.lua --example Bail-Warrior.lua
<Char_name>_<mainjob_long>.lua --example Bail_Warrior.lua
<mainjob_short>.lua --example WAR.lua
<mainjob_long>.lua --example Warrior.lua
<Char_name>.lua --example Bail.lua
default.lua

[Bail]

what it named
you can name it any of these
<Char_name>-<mainjob_short>.lua --example Bail-WAR.lua
<Char_name>_<mainjob_short>.lua --example Bail_WAR.lua
<Char_name>-<mainjob_long>.lua --example Bail-Warrior.lua
<Char_name>_<mainjob_long>.lua --example Bail_Warrior.lua
<mainjob_short>.lua --example WAR.lua
<mainjob_long>.lua --example Warrior.lua
<Char_name>.lua --example Bail.lua
default.lua

Right now I have it named Bail_blu_lua

[dlsmd]

Right now I have it named Bail_blu_lua

it should be
Bail_BLU.lua make sure that its not Bail_BLU.lua.lua
you might need to unhide file extensions

[Bail]

it should be
Bail_BLU.lua make sure that its not Bail_BLU.lua.lua
you might need to unhide file extensions

That seemed to fix it ^^ Not autoloading after I reload GS, but I can load the lua. Thank you for the help, very happy to not have to hit a macro to change into movement speed again!

[Lewyo]

Edit
A friend fixed my lua for me :D

[Subadai]

What's the correct syntax for setting a slot to be empty? My searches have come up with ammo=none, ammo=empty, and ammo="none" (I suspect that last one is wrong). I want to make sure the ammo slot gets cleared when equipping Dunna; I read somewhere that if you use ammo for nukes and whatnot that swapping Dunna back in can be problematic sometimes.

[dlsmd]

its ammo=empty

[Subadai]

Thanks!

[Trumpy]

You might still want to use priority code for swappin dunna and nuke ammos.

[dlsmd]

You might still want to use priority code for swappin dunna and nuke ammos.

that should not be an issue because ammo is auto unequipped when you change your range gear anyways as long as you dont have something that trys to equip ammo afterwords

[Trumpy]

I dunno, same with Robes that also take the head slot i find that if i dont use priorities it will occasionally screw up. I also usually put empty in the slot that should be empty. You would think it would work appropriately, it just always cause more problems for me. Dont think using priority would hurt though as an extra level of security would it?



Also is there a way to determine how many maneuvers I have on as PUP? besides maybe trying to keep track of a variable like +1 when you gain and -1 when you lose one ? Im not sure if you could jsut keep track of them otherwise since there are various elemental manuevers.

[dlsmd]

I dunno, same with Robes that also take the head slot i find that if i dont use priorities it will occasionally screw up. I also usually put empty in the slot that should be empty. You would think it would work appropriately, it just always cause more problems for me. Dont think using priority would hurt though as an extra level of security would it?

thats because ffxi only auto removes sub and ammo when you change main and range respectivly

Also is there a way to determine how many maneuvers I have on as PUP? besides maybe trying to keep track of a variable like +1 when you gain and -1 when you lose one ? Im not sure if you could jsut keep track of them otherwise since there are various elemental manuevers.

yes its buffactive[[buff_name_or_buff_id] and if you want to know how many oif them are up do this buffactive[buff_name_or_buff_id] == count_your_looking_for

    [299] = {id=299,en="Overload",ja="オーバーロード",enl="overloaded",jal="オーバーロード"},
    [300] = {id=300,en="Fire Maneuver",ja="ファイアマニューバ",enl="Fire Maneuver",jal="ファイアマニューバ"},
    [301] = {id=301,en="Ice Maneuver",ja="アイスマニューバ",enl="Ice Maneuver",jal="アイスマニューバ"},
    [302] = {id=302,en="Wind Maneuver",ja="ウィンドマニューバ",enl="Wind Maneuver",jal="ウィンドマニューバ"},
    [303] = {id=303,en="Earth Maneuver",ja="アースマニューバ",enl="Earth Maneuver",jal="アースマニューバ"},
    [304] = {id=304,en="Thunder Maneuver",ja="サンダーマニューバ",enl="Thunder Maneuver",jal="サンダーマニューバ"},
    [305] = {id=305,en="Water Maneuver",ja="ウォータマニューバ",enl="Water Maneuver",jal="ウォータマニューバ"},
    [306] = {id=306,en="Light Maneuver",ja="ライトマニューバ",enl="Light Maneuver",jal="ライトマニューバ"},
    [307] = {id=307,en="Dark Maneuver",ja="ダークマニューバ",enl="Dark Maneuver",jal="ダークマニューバ"},

[Rehn]

How do I check how much of an item is in my inventory? This is what I want to do:

Am I silenced?
>>> use echo drops
no echo drops?
>>> use remedy

I have the echo drops part, but I don't know how to do a check within gearswap if I run out of drops.

[dlsmd]

How do I check how much of an item is in my inventory? This is what I want to do:

Am I silenced?
>>> use echo drops
no echo drops?
>>> use remedy

I have the echo drops part, but I don't know how to do a check within gearswap if I run out of drops.

player[bag_name][item_name].count
example:

player.inventory['echo drops'].count

also please read GearSwap\beta_examples_and_information\Variables.x lsx for more info on things built in to gearswap