What am I doing wrong

Maenoferren22

Really thought I was getting the hang of this, I have got all sorts of files made for my One Ring campaign. However I thought I needed some animals to run amok... However although following the successful methods previously for some reasons this isn't working. Help, slaps round the back of the head greatly appreciated.

Table: Wild animals
Type: Lookup
Roll:1d10
1-2: A [@game] being chased by [@beasts].
3-4: A [@beasts] following the party [closely|at a distance].
5-6: A [@beasts] eating a [@game].
7-8: A {1d6} [@game] are being driven in a panic [@directions]
9-10: A {1d6} [@game] are seen [@distance]

The sub tables seem to be fine....
Cheers
S.

largando

Hi Maenoferren, welcome to the forums!

I ran your code and didn't really see any issues (except that you need a "|" after the "[" in "[closely|at a distance]").

What kinds of problems are you experiencing?

Maenoferren22

Thanks for the reply, I basically get a title then nothing underneath it, Even with 100 chosen, there is nothing there. Occasionally when I have messed up it will say 'missing' or if I have a gap I will get a blank space that shows I have hit return by mistake in my lists. However with this there is absolutely nothing there. I am now at the frustrated stage

largando

Sounds frustrating! If you post all the relevant code (including your call to the table) here I'll tinker with it a bit.

Maenoferren22

Thanks again for the support.I am relatively new to this so it is maybe something obvious that I am missing.
The whole code is:
Table: Wild animals
Type: Lookup
Roll:1d10
1-2: A [@game] being chased by [@beasts].
3-4: A [@beasts] following the party [|closely|at a distance|].
5-6: A [@beasts] eating a [@game].
7-8: A {1d6} [@game] are being driven in a panic [@directions]
9-10: A {1d6} [@game] are seen [@distance]

Table: game
antelope
bird
wild boar
deer
wild goat
elk
wild ox

Table: beasts
a bear
a big cat
a wolf
a pack of wolves comprising {1d6+2} wolves

Table: directions
towards the party
away from the party
parallel to the party
north
north east
north west
east west
south
south east
south west

Table: distance
nearby
200 yards to the [@directions]
500 yards to the [@directions]
A mile [@directions]

largando

Well, crap, I got nuttin.

I ran your code and found nothing like the problem you describe. Maybe it's IPP versions? I'm running v3.01b.

Or maybe something in the larger program that uses this code is messing it up? I see in one of your older posts you talk about seeing the "title", which isn't in the given code.

Incidentally, if you make an .ipt file out of just the code you posted, does it run correctly for you?

Maenoferren22

I made a test table:
Table: test
Test
Test 1
Test 2
Test 3
I ran that and it worked fine.

I the pasted the animal code over the top of it and saved it, basically, to see if I messed up the file type etc. I ran the program and zip exactly the same effect as before. When I mentioned title I meant the file name on the same line as the number of items to show.
I can't understand why the animals doesn't work and the following does:
Table: Breelanders
Type: lookup
Roll: 1d6
1-2: A man called[ @Bree male names] [ @Bree family names]
3: Two men called [ @Bree male names] and [ @Bree male names]
4: A couple called [ @Bree male names] and [ @Bree female names] [ @Bree family names]
5: A [@Occupations] called [ @Bree male names]
6: A shady character who introduces himself as [ @Bree male names]





Table: Bree male names

Al
Albert
Alden
Alvin
Alf
Alfred
Andy
Archie
Arnie
Arnold
Art
Ashley
Bail
Barliman
Bernard
Bert
Bill
Bob
Bran
Charlie
Cliff
Crispin
Dale
Del
Edgar
Fred
Harry
Herb
Howard
Kip
Larry
Lenard
Matty
Morton
Nick
Osbert
Oswin
Perry
Peregrin
Robin
Sage
Sid
Stan
Ted
Toby
Tobias
Tod
Tom
Walt
William

Table: Bree female names

Ada
Aggy
Agnes
Ash
Aud
Avi
Babs
Belinda
Bernice
Bertha
Daisy
Dawn
Dee
Dora
Dot
Dorothy
Edith
Emmy
Emily
Faye
Fern
Flora
Gertie
Hattie
Hayley
Hazel
Hettie
Henrietta
Holly
Ivy
Joy
Lillian
Belinda
Marge
Margaret
Milly
Mildred
Wilhelmina
Myrtle
Poppy
Rosalind
Rose
Rosie
Sage
Tilly
Matilda
Trudie
Gertrude
Violet
Wilma
Wilhelmina
Winnie

Table: Bree family names

Appledore
Birchdown
Blackthorn
Butterbur
Buttercup
Dogwood
Ferny
Goatleaf
Gooseberry
Harebell
Heathertoes
Honeystalk
Mawseed
Milkflower
Pickthorn
Rushlight
Thistlewool
Whistletree
Whitebeam
Whortleberry

Table: Occupations
merchant
tinker
farmer
shepherd
hunter
traveller
messenger
fisherman
blacksmith
drover
mason
fletcher
cooper
potter
bowyer
innkeeper

Maenoferren22

I just checked I am running 3.01a

Maenoferren22

Still struggling with this conundrum... A few thoughts...
Is it because I am using the Android version?
Have I had up an allocated amount of space ( a bit of a wierd long shot)
I am having to write it as a txt file and convert to ipt? ( it won't open up the txt file and the text editor won't open an ipt file)
Am I just doing something mega wierd!

Maenoferren22

It gets a bit wierder.. I rewrote the code again with a d6 roll and a simple animal and animal etc it sort of worked then the whole thing crashed. Every other code worked apart from the animal one. I uninstalled and ran it again. It appeared this time as it had before, basically nothing showing. After a while of messing about with it I changed the table names and voilà... It worked... Animals became wildlife and game became wild ... For some reason it works fine.
Table: wildlife
Type: Lookup
Roll:1d10
1-2: A [@wild] is being chased by [@beasts].
3-4: A [@beasts] is following the party [|closely|at a distance|].
5-6: A [@beasts] are eating a [@wild].
7-8: {1d6} [@wild] are running in a panic [@directions]
9-10: {1d6} [@wild] are seen [@distance]

LadyN

I thought that Table names could not contain spaces.

corumeach

Table names may contain spaces. But I had problems with certain table names in the past as well, although they were not listed as variables in the helpfile or something similar that could cause issues. Just can't remember the table names anymore though. Maybe stricter naming rules would help. Like Table: "animals" or Table: #animals or Table id="animals" or similar to make clear this is a table ID.