b177 (b176 was used only for the last Release Version.)

Modified the output of the character’s QuickRulesOptionsCode() a bit: it now defaults to separating the pieces with commas; the dice+adds code is now ‘d+a’; the allows stacking for Deflect and Fortify codes now spell those out; added ‘-deffrom’ for when default level discounts are turned off; now outputs ‘n/a’ when no codes apply.

On the main window’s Traits menu the “Bonus Granting” option was changed to “Active/Inactive” to match right-click menus. I also added the “Loadout” options that were missing.

Changed how Options sizes the options panels, in an attempt to fix an issue with Windows 11 when high DPI scaling is turned off.

Added an error trap to the code when export sheets are run, to catch run-time errors in the export sheets.

The independent routine that returns the weight of all unassigned items wasn’t properly updated when the routine that returns all unassigned items was, so it was still double counting unassigned items that are chilren when totalling weights.

Since characters were changed some time ago to always recalculate the virtual ‘all unassigned items’ loadout (because that’s used as the default for various things), I have now changed the calculation code in the character to use the weight of that loadout for the character’s current load weight when using the unassigned items loadout. It was previously using the routine that just calculated the weight of all unassigned items separately, which is an unnecessary and redundant call in this situation, since we already know that value.

Character equipment lists now use an adjusted DisplayName that includes modifiers, as the various other traits do. This means you should now see the applied modifiers listed (in ‘short name, cost’ format) with the item. This will automatically flow through all lists and character sheets that use DisplayName when displaying the lists (all of my sheets use DisplayName). This *does not* apply to Attack Tables.

The Sheet Options dialog will now cap the sizing of the options blocks to prevent them from getting unreadably wide or unusably narrow.

The Sheet View toolbar should no longer be obscuring part of the Sheet View area.

* Campaign Settings

Campaign Settings should now honor Tablet Mode.

I’ve made some changes when initializing Campaign Settings to try to help adjust for issues with the sizing of the boxes in Windows 11 when high DPI scaling is turned off.

Campaign Settings has been changed to be a sizable window. This should help with better fitting everything as the user would like when the window is scaled in size.

Because of the change to a sizeable window, I’ve adjusted where the errors list appears when there are issues. This now appears inside the content area, under the panel displaying the info boxes. This will resize that flow panel, so when the errors list appears, the boxes may be re-flowed.

I’ve adjusted the checkboxes to help with accessibility. I’ve also left-aligned the various labels to fit in with the checbox change.

b175

Added an option that’s a bit hard to explain but useful to folks using Classic View or Trait Dialogs a lot to manage traits. You can now select a highlight color (or ‘any color’) in Options (Program Options > Display) that will allow traits with that highlight to remain in the character list regardless of the current category selected. This means that if you select ‘yellow’ and highlight a trait ‘yellow’ then that trait will always appear in the Character list, no matter what category is currently chosen in the category drop-down. This affects only these lists and has no impact on sheets or displays in other parts of GCA.

Added an option to display an LC column on the equipment library list.

If you use the option to format dollar costs or weights in character lists, you can now elect to apply those same formats to library lists.

The Display section on the Options dialog was getting a bit messy. I’ve split that into two: Windows & Boxes and Lists.

* Malf

Calculations have been updated to account for default Malf numbers based on techlvl() when an item should have a Malf but one is not provided, and for some special case values.

When GCA is calculating a trait, it’ll check to see if there is a malf() value for each mode of the item. (No modes, no malfs.)

If there is a malf(), great, it will calculate it.

If there is no malf(), it will then check for a cat() that includes “firearm” or “grenade” or a damtype() that includes “pi” or “inc”. If any of those are true, it will proceed to calculate the malf, using a default malf() based on techlvl().

You can use calcmalf(yes) (actually any value except ‘no’ or ‘false’) on the trait to force calculation of malf for all modes. Figured it should be there, but other options are probably better. If you use calcmalf(no) on the trait, it’s the same as setting malf(0) for every mode–all calced charmalf() values will be empty.

If the mode’s malf() is set to 0, this allows you to bypass all calcs, and the calculated charmalf() will be set to nothing.

If the mode’s malf() is set to 99, this allows you to force calculation of that mode’s malf–the 99 is not used as the base malf, that’ll be set by techlvl(). This is similar to using calcmalf(yes) on the trait itself, but applies just to this mode.

If calculating is a go, GCA calculates it as a simple number adjusted by all applied bonuses.

If not calculating, charmalf() is set to malf(), which may be empty.

I think that covers *most* situations. If something isn’t covered, manually setting the malf() to the appropriate value will cause calcs to happen.

* tagdefs.xml

Updated malf() text

b174

You can now hide the library pane in Unified View, just as you can on Sheet View. I added the same button for it to the leftmost position of the Unified toolbar.

Fixed the tooltip text for the layout button on the Unified toolbar.

GCA should now be better at catching duplicate specified categories for traits when loading traits from books. This will not affect the cat() tags on existing character traits.

I’ve added a new data file command: #ModifierGroupWarnings [On|Off] This is Off by default. When On (and #Verbose is also On), this command will cause GCA to spit out to the log every time it replaces the modifier’s included group() with the one specified by the sub-head group in the file. The group specified in the file must be the official group source for the data, and is considered part of the name of the modifier. However, there are reasons that having a group() specified in the tag block can be convenient. The default behavior of GCA’s book processing has now changed from what was the equivalent of this command being On to this command being Off.

Malf() is now recognized as a mode-tag. CharMalf() is now calculated based on malf().

ShowMalf, ShowBreak, and ShowLC are now settings that can be turned on or off in the [Settings] section of a book file.

There are now options for showing LC, Malf, and Break numbers on the Default Character and Current Character tabs of Options. By default, these are all Off.

The attack boxes on Unified View now respect the character’s settings for showing LC, Malf, and Break columns.

The attack displays on Edit Traits now respect the character’s settings for showing LC, Malf, and Break columns.

Due to some changes in settings and file processing, I’ve also updated the FastFileVersion to force rebuilds of all FastLoad library data.

* viewinfo_template_equipment.rtf

Removed a redundant modifiers output line.

* bookcodes.xml

Added the “Dungeon Fantasy: Spells” and “Delvers to Grow” books.

* GCA5.xsd

Added the overlooked ‘scopeacc’ and ‘charscopeacc’, and the new ‘malf’ and ‘charmalf’ to the GCAAttackMode block.

* tagdefs.xml

Updated for malf() and charmalf().