Token IDs being lost on Imported maps.

[Velocinox]

Whenever I drop a token (which works fine on a quick map made while the server is running) is dropped on an imported map I get the following errors from macros that otherwise work fine...

Error executing switchToken: the token name or id {1} is unknown.
Error executing getProperty: the token name or id {1} is unknown.

Is there a known issue where token IDs are lost on Exported/Imported Maps? My macros works fine everywhere else.

This is on b81 and b86

[CoveredInFish]

That tokens get new Id's on Import or export is to be expected. I assume you use hard coded token Id's in your macros? Use Wiki: findToken() instead.

[Velocinox]

No, I am sorry. I was unclear.

The map is exported and then imported.

The tokens are just copy and pasted from a main area where the PCs and NPCs are made.
It also happens when I import a map, and then drag an empty token over to the imported map and let the campaign fill in the properties. Then I drag a a working macro to it and suddenly I get the ID unknown error.

Thanks for the fast reply.

Code: Select all

[h: toKID = getSelected()]
[h: switchToken(tokID)]

[h: name = getName(tokID)]

This is the actual code...

[CoveredInFish]

Hmmm... Copy pasting also does generate new Ids but if you don't hardcode Id's this is probably something we have to invest. Can't do it myself right now since i'm mobile.

[Rumble]

I can't reproduce this based on the steps you outlined - I dragged an empty token into a map that had been exported, and then imported, and was able to run the macro you provided without any errors. Does this framework automatically populate macros (for instance, on a mouseover?) If so, with import/export/copy/paste there it may be storing a hardcoded version of the ID somewhere unexpected.

Can you provide an exact step-by-step sequence that produces this behavior? Can you attach the campaign file?

[Velocinox]

Thanks for the fast reply guys. I posted this right before a session, and had to go GM the game.

I eventually found the problem and it was not due to the exported and imported maps.

I was using a borrowed macro and it needed to write to a Lib token. It worked fine on the map where the Lib token was, but gave me those errors when I tried to move the macro without the Lib token as well.

Sorry about raising the red flag but it only cropped up right before my inaugural session, and I was a bit frustrated.

I actually did the work of the macro manually for the game and everything worked out ok.

Thanks again for the help, sorry it was a false alarm.