Trying to create a macro that compares initiatives.

daveceaser · Post by **daveceaser** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 2:30 am

For the anima framework I am working on, I'm trying to compare the initiative of two tokens in the initiative screen. In the anima rules, if one person roles 150 higher on their initiative roll than the person they are attacking then the defending person is at a -90 to their defense roll. Currently, the defender person simply checks a box when defending when surprised. However, I'd like to automate everything I can, so I want to have the macro get the initiative values for both people and compare them, but all the initiative macros seem to only apply to the current token. Is there a way to retrieve the initiative value of a specific token from within a macro?

Post by **aliasmask** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 3:30 am

You can find all the initiative related functions under Initiative Function in the wiki. Wiki: getInitiativeList() will list all the tokens in the init panel along with related data.

daveceaser · Post by **daveceaser** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 6:01 am

Hmmm... I've taken a look at the initiative functions already. I see what the getInitiativeList() does, but I don't think that will work, because I need the initiative of only the two tokens involved in the attack, the attacker and the defender. getInitiative() seems like what I want, but it only applies to the current token, it seems to me, which doesn't help me, because I need to get the initiative for two separate tokens. Am I missing something?

jfrazierjr · Post by **jfrazierjr** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 12:07 pm

daveceaser wrote:Hmmm... I've taken a look at the initiative functions already. I see what the getInitiativeList() does, but I don't think that will work, because I need the initiative of only the two tokens involved in the attack, the attacker and the defender. getInitiative() seems like what I want, but it only applies to the current token, it seems to me, which doesn't help me, because I need to get the initiative for two separate tokens. Am I missing something?

umm yea... use a loop over all the initiative tokens and an "if" to compare which is current in the loop vs which is the defender until you get the right one.

boredmormon · Post by **boredmormon** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 3:00 pm

I'd be tempted to use the getInitiative and switchToken. I tend to grab all the stats from the first token, then switch to the second token, grab all the stats I need. Do the calculations. Then switch to whichever token needs changing and apply the changes.

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[h:yourint=getInitiative()]
[h:switchToken(enemy)]
[h:emenyint=getInitiative()]

daveceaser · Post by **daveceaser** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 12:18 am

Just reporting that I used the switchToken command successfully. Thank you.

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