v1.5.6 - Developers! Developers! Developers!

As a bit of an experiment, I am exposing some API stuff to see if anyone other than myself bothers using it

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• textLog.sendToTextLog (sendToTextLog(text: string, uuid: string, glitchy?: boolean))
• textLog.resetTextLog (resetTextLog(uuid: string, all?: boolean))
• flags.getCustomFlags (getCustomFlags(actor: LancerActor, flagKey: CustomFlagKey))
• flags.setCustomFlags (setCustomFlags(actor: LancerActor, flagKey: CustomFlagKey, data: { CustomFlagData }))
• flags.addCustomFlag (addCustomFlag(actor: LancerActor, flagKey: CustomFlagKey))
• flags.updateCustomFlag (updateCustomFlag(actor: LancerActor, flagKey: CustomFlagKey, id: string, changes: Partial<CustomFlag>))
• flags.deleteCustomFlag (deleteCustomFlag(actor: any, flagKey: CustomFlagKey, id: string))
• flags.getCustomFlagPath (getCustomFlagPath(flagKey: CustomFlagKey, id: string, field: keyof CustomFlagContent = "value"))

You can take a look at the data structure for CustomFlagKey, CustomFlagData, CustomFlagContent at the associated links.

The textLog API was written for my spooky-centric campaign. This function can only be accessed from the API. or I guess you can make a menu for it via macro, if you're really so inclined
Note that the textLog API calls only persist through the current 'session' as a deliberate choice; meaning if the client refreshes the page (as in the actual page, not the sheet), the text will be lost.

The flags API was written because I'm tired of individual manna (Lancer currency) being a footnote in my player's journals, or worse yet, something I tacked onto their sheet via an item promptly followed by a reimport of their pilot making it disappear forever, or worse yet still, a quickly mangled LCP to keep track of certain homebrew which may or may not have bricked my world.
By toggling the advanced options on sheets, you can find a new 'Custom' tab that will allow you to add your own flags to be referenced from the canvas or other documents.

If you use Carolingian UI, you'll be pleased to know that I have made lengths to make sure that its sweeping changes do not completely up my everything in this module or at least side-steps some of them. yay

Also, 'Other Skill' on Pilot sheets will now properly bring up the Accuracy HUD from the Lancer system. extra yay

Changes

• #74 - Fixed incorrect max HP reference value for deployables two years later since releasing this and hydra players still find ways to hurt me
• Fixed some issues regarding restoring scroll position or active navigation tab in some sheets
• Fixed +/- syntax parsing on supported input fields (hp, stress, overshields, etc)
• Fixed missing tooltips on overcharge arrows
• Changed generic skill triggers to now bring up the Svelte HUD implemented by native Lancer. This means that Lancer-style accuracy can be added the "Other Skill" skill trigger and will behave as you would expect.
• Added the ability to add custom flags to the sheet, letting users track any sort of (numerical) value of something without making a whole item for it.
• Added an HTML enricher for custom flags to display onto journals/chat/items/wherever Foundry uses HTML. The generated reference in the menu can be pasted directly into journal/chat/items without extra steps.
• Added sendToTextLog(text: string, uuid: string, glitchy?: boolean) and resetTextLog(uuid: string, all?: boolean) which accepts the uuid parameter that indicates which actor to send the command to, logText parameter which indicates what to type into their sheet, and an optional glitchy parameter to make the text... glitchy, all is for clearing all the text, including the intro text. For example: game.modules.get("lancer-alternative-sheets").api.textLog.sendToTextLog("> Hello there, friend.", "Actor.cSeYrkc8Hwe9VXfc", true);
• Added getCustomFlags(actor: LancerActor, flagKey: CustomFlagKey), setCustomFlags(actor: LancerActor, flagKey: CustomFlagKey, data: CustomFlagData), addCustomFlag(actor: LancerActor, flagKey: CustomFlagKey), updateCustomFlag(actor: LancerActor, flagKey: CustomFlagKey, id: string, changes: Partial<CustomFlag>), deleteCustomFlag(actor: LancerActor, flagKey: CustomFlagKey, id: string), and getCustomFlagPath(flagKey: CustomFlagKey, id: string, field: keyof CustomFlagContent = "value") which accepts the actor parameter that indicates whose custom flags to read or modify, the flagKey parameter, which indicates which sheet type's custom flags to target ("mech", "pilot", "npc", or "deployable"), the id parameter, which indicates which individual custom flag to operate on, a changes parameter for updateCustomFlag which is a partial set of fields to merge into the flag, and an optional field parameter for getCustomFlagPath which selects whether the returned dotpath points at the flag's "value", "max", or "min". For example: game.modules.get("lancer-alternative-sheets").api.flags.addCustomFlag(actor, "mech");
• Added specificity overrides to guard against Carolingian UI's sweeping CSS changes. A known issue is that sheet tooltips are not styled correctly and selected navigation tabs are weirdly bright with Carolingian UI. If you have any concerns regarding these minor issues, please refer to the pain in my ass section of the update

Technical Changes

• Removed TypeIt and TypedWriter dependencies, replacing them with classes defined in text-writer.ts

Localization

• "LA.copy.label": "COPY",
• "LA.tab.custom.label": "CUSTOM",
• "LA.tab.custom.subLabel": "CUSTOM ACTOR FLAGS",
• "LA.tab.custom.add.tooltip": "Add custom actor flag",
• "LA.tab.custom.add.extension": "add",
• "LA.tab.custom.sort.tooltip": "Toggle sorting custom actor flags",
• "LA.tab.custom.sort.extension": "toggle_sort",
• "LA.tab.custom.delete.tooltip": "Delete custom actor flag",
• "LA.tab.custom.delete.extension": "delete",
• "LA.tab.custom.flag.name.label": "Value Name",
• "LA.tab.custom.flag.contentType.label": "Content Type",
• "LA.tab.custom.flag.contentType.value.label": "Value",
• "LA.tab.custom.flag.contentType.fraction.label": "Fraction",
• "LA.tab.custom.flag.content.label": "Content Value",
• "LA.tab.custom.flag.content.value.label": "value",
• "LA.tab.custom.flag.content.max.label": "max",
• "LA.tab.custom.flag.content.min.label": "min",
• "LA.tab.custom.flag.assist.label": "Generated References",
• "LA.tab.custom.flag.ref.label": "Flag Path (read-only)",
• "LA.tab.custom.flag.ref.tooltip": "Flag path used to reference this value in Foundry functions (e.g. getProperty)",
• "LA.tab.custom.flag.enricher.label": "Enricher (read-only)",
• "LA.tab.custom.flag.enricher.tooltip": "Enricher text for pasting into journals/items/chat",
• "LA.tab.custom.flag.sidebarToggle.label": "Show in Sidebar",
• "LA.tab.custom.flag.color.label": "Color",
• "LA.tab.custom.flag.icon.label": "Icon", "LA.tab.custom.flag.sidebarToggle.npc.label": "Show in Status Tab",
• "LA.tab.custom.flag.tooltip.label": "Tooltip",
• "LA.tab.custom.flag.sidebarToggle.npc.label": "Show in Status Tab",
• "LA.tab.custom.flag.sidebarToggle.deployable.label": "Show in Details Tab",
• "LA.tab.custom.empty.label": "NO CUSTOM VALUES SHOWN",
• "LA.tab.custom.empty.tooltip.0": "Enable advanced options and add a custom actor flag to add to this list",
• "LA.tab.custom.empty.tooltip.1": "Enable '{0}' option of a custom actor flag to add to this list",

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