Macros for Lighting

[Ricks]

What I want are macros I can use to reset a token's lighting. Using ClearLights() resets ALL lighting, which is wiping out Auras. So I was to disable all lighting of the type.

So I think what I want is something like:
[h: activeLights = getLights("1e")]
[h: forEach(light, activeLights): setLight("1e", light, 0)]
[h: setLight("1e", "C. Light - 60", 1)]
Now using Continual Light

But it doesn't work.

On related notes, can someone point to me a tutorial on"
-What's different between h: h, r, r: ? (I know h: hides the result, but what's h, ?
-Why I can have a macro that works differently on PCs and NPCs (not how, why, because sometimes I get different results running a macro like this against an uninitialized PC or NPC token).
-What's the relevance of Auto Execute and Apply to Selected Tokens

Thx!

[metatheurgist]

":" indicates the end of your roll options. "," separates roll options.

So if I wanted to hide the output of an if I'd do [h,if():]. Which is also why your code doesn't work.

Autoexecute runs the macro immediately. Otherwise it fills the macro command box. Apply to selected means the code will run on each selected token in the context of each token. There are tooltips when you hover over each option.

Dunno about why you're experiencing differences with PC and NPC. Not enough context.

[Ricks]

Thanks.

Changing that to a "," still errors:
Error in body of roll.       Statement options (if any): h, forEach(light, activeLights)       Statement Body : setLight("1e", light, 0)

for
[h: activeLights = getLights("1e")]
[h, forEach(light, activeLights): setLight("1e", light, 0)]
[h: setLight("1e", "C. Light - 60", 1)]
Now using Continual Light

[metatheurgist]

I copied the code to a new campaign and changed it from "1e" to "D20" and it worked for me. So there must be some other issue at play.

[Phergus]

On related notes, can someone point to me a tutorial on"
-What's different between h: h, r, r: ? (I know h: hides the result, but what's h, ?

You can have multiple Roll Options in a macro statement. The comma separates them.
Category:Roll_Option

-Why I can have a macro that works differently on PCs and NPCs (not how, why, because sometimes I get different results running a macro like this against an uninitialized PC or NPC token).

Because the macro is looking at one or more token properties that aren't initialized.
Introduction_to_Properties

-What's the relevance of Auto Execute and Apply to Selected Tokens

Auto Execute means you click on the button and it executes. Otherwise you have to call it.
Apply to Selected Tokens means that the macro will be run against all the selected tokens in turn.

[Ricks]

Thanks! Very helpful.