Revision as of 01:58, 26 June 2015

Backpack is a journal based inventory system that updates the 'bio' section of a journal to represent a graphic inventory interface. This allows GMs whom implement this script to allow players to manage a graphic representation of their inventory. Once setup, you can move, give, drop, and pickup items through the use of the API button interface as well as buy and sell from shops and stores should they be prepared.

To use this script requires quite a bit of setup on the part of the GM preparing the asset and item databases. The asset database is simply a list of available item types/subtypes and their associated images. The item database is a list of parsable item signatures which can be short hand written to loot drop handouts or any backpack compatible journal entry.

Getting Started

Once you load the backpack.js and backpack_tmp.js scripts into your campaign, you'll need to at least create an asset database.

After creating an asset database, you're ready to populate backpack compatible journal entries as inventories, stores, or loot cache drops.

General Use

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Item Definitions

Item definitions are the format in which entries of items are parsed into the script. They consist of several parts.

[quantity] <name>;<type> [weight] [value] [description] [use] [maxcharge] [enigma]

Formally:

[quantity] name

type

[optionals] 

[quantity] name

type

subtype

[optionals] 

name

→ Name of the item, see name

type

→ Existing type in backpack_tmp.js, see type

sybtype

→ Existing subtype defined in the asset database, see subtype

quantity

→ Optional quantity of the item, see quantity

weight

→ Optional weight of the item in lbs, see weight

value

→ Optional value of the item, see value

description

→ Optional description of the item, see description

use

→ Optional use argument to be executed, see use

maxcharge

→ Optional max charges of the item, see charges

enigma

→ Optional enigma arguments, see enigmas

name

The name parameter is essential to the item definition and must be unique for this item. Names of items are case insensitive and considered first class citizens along with enigma names. Names can contain any character including numbers but cannot start with a number else that number will be considered a quantity

If there are multiple items with the same name identifier the combined result of the receiving location will have its quantity increased even if the donating location's item definition is different in other areas from the receiving location's definition.

An example would be moving a 'flute' from A → B where say A has 5 flutes and B has 2 flutes. The difference between A and B's flutes despite having the same name is that they have different descriptions or weights despite having the same primary identifier as 'flute'. If you move 1 flute A → B then B would have 3 flutes and A 4 as expected, but B will simply have it's quantity altered, as opposed to another 'flute' item being generated matching A's flute definition.

A simple resolution to this to have the name be more descriptive such as 'Alfreds Flute' and 'Bernard's Flute'. Special care must be taken such that these names do not conflict with introduced enigma names

type

subtype

quantity

weight

value

description

use

charges

enigmas

Asset Database

The asset database is a journal entry that contains within its gmnotes section the library of images to be used for item definitions

The asset database has a simple format where each line is a single asset entry (blank lines between groups of entries are fine).

Each asset entry is in either of the following formats:

Type:Link
Type:Subtype:Link

Formally:

type

subtype

link

type

link

type

→ Existing type in backpack_tmp.js

sybtype

→ Anything except ε

link

→ HTML link to the image source, must start with 'http' case insensitive

Item Database

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Customizing

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Changelog

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