Hmm,
I'll have to look into this a little more.
Divide by 9, multiply by 6, round to integer gets it close on the random
number side. Parsing x*d*y+z formatted rolls without a javascript macro
still seems pretty difficult though.
On Monday, November 1, 2021 at 1:35:49 AM UTC-5 Mat wrote:
> Baj, I just realized this should even be very simple with TW 5.2.
> The following gives a random number between 0-9
>
> {{{ [<now "XXX">split[]last[]] }}}
>
> i.e it is the Now macro and uses the last fraction of a second which, for
> all practical purposes, is a random digit. Needs to be remade into 1 out of
> 6 for your case which I'm afraid I can't help you with but I'd think there
> is some simple way.
>
> The only issue might be that you may find such a die very sensitive as it
> would update as soon as anything refreshes in the wiki.
>
> <:-)
>
>
>
> On Monday, November 1, 2021 at 1:04:22 AM UTC+1 Télumire wrote:
>
>> This should help (I think) :
>> https://mklauber.github.io/tw5-plugins/#%24%3A%2Fplugins%2FD%26DTools%2FCreatureManager%2FLog
>>
>> Le dimanche 31 octobre 2021 à 12:07:32 UTC+1, Mat a écrit :
>>
>>> This reminded me of some experimenting I did some time back. I found the
>>> below notes on it (paste it in a tiddler). It it probably NOT a good
>>> solution.
>>> <:-)
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> https://css-tricks.com/are-there-random-numbers-in-css/
>>> <div class="labels">
>>> <label for="d1">Click here to roll the dice</label>
>>> <label for="d2">Click here to roll the dice</label>
>>> <label for="d3">Click here to roll the dice</label>
>>> <label for="d4">Click here to roll the dice</label>
>>> <label for="d5">Click here to roll the dice</label>
>>> <label for="d6">Click here to roll the dice</label>
>>> </div>
>>> <br><br><br>
>>> <div class="randomradio">
>>> <input type="radio" id="d1" name="dice">
>>> <input type="radio" id="d2" name="dice">
>>> <input type="radio" id="d3" name="dice">
>>> <input type="radio" id="d4" name="dice">
>>> <input type="radio" id="d5" name="dice">
>>> <input type="radio" id="d6" name="dice">
>>> <p>You got a: <span id="random-value"></span></p>
>>> </div>
>>> <br><br>
>>> <style>
>>> @keyframes changeOrder {
>>> from { z-index: 6;}
>>> to { z-index: 1; }
>>> }
>>>
>>> label {
>>> animation: changeOrder 3s infinite linear;
>>> background: #ddd;
>>> cursor: pointer;
>>> display: block;
>>> padding: 1rem;
>>> position: absolute;
>>> x top: 1rem;
>>> user-select: none;
>>> }
>>>
>>> label:nth-of-type(1) { animation-delay: 0s; }
>>> label:nth-of-type(2) { animation-delay: -0.5s; }
>>> label:nth-of-type(3) { animation-delay: -1.0s; }
>>> label:nth-of-type(4) { animation-delay: -1.5s; }
>>> label:nth-of-type(5) { animation-delay: -2.0s; }
>>> label:nth-of-type(6) { animation-delay: -2.5s; }
>>>
>>> .randomradio {
>>> position: absolute;
>>> xwidth: 100%;
>>> outline:1px solid red;
>>> }
>>>
>>> #d1:checked ~ p span::before { content: "1"; }
>>> #d2:checked ~ p span::before { content: "2"; }
>>> #d3:checked ~ p span::before { content: "3"; }
>>> #d4:checked ~ p span::before { content: "4"; }
>>> #d5:checked ~ p span::before { content: "5"; }
>>> #d6:checked ~ p span::before { content: "6"; }
>>> </style>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Friday, October 29, 2021 at 5:46:45 AM UTC+2 [email protected] wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> I'm looking for a little help and feedback on a project. I feel like
>>>> I'm pretty close to getting my current approach to work, but I'm also
>>>> wondering if there is a better way.
>>>>
>>>> *Background:*
>>>> I have a TW I made as a reference for running Pathfinder/D&D games.
>>>> Across a wide variety of fields and tiddlers I have text matching the
>>>> `(^|\s)\d+(d(2|4|6|8|10|12|20))?(\+\d+)?($|\s)` regex ie. 1d4+2, 5d6, 6.
>>>> Respectively, the sum of a 4 sided die result and 2, the sum of the
>>>> results of five, 6 sided dice, and the value 6.
>>>>
>>>> Ultimately, I would like to make it so that for any such string
>>>> matching the regex in my wiki, clicking on the text returns a new die/dice
>>>> roll matching that string. As an example, given the text "1d4+2". Clicking
>>>> on that text transforms it into something like "1d4+2 (5)". Clicking again
>>>> might give you "1d4+2 (3)".
>>>>
>>>> *Current Status:*
>>>> I have a javascript macro that accepts a string `<<dice_roll
>>>> roll_str:"1d4+2">>` and returns the appropriate random result, such as "2".
>>>>
>>>> I am using the button widget in a macro like this:
>>>> `\define roller(input) <$button class="tc-btn-invisible"
>>>> set=!!DieResult setTo=<<dice_roll roll_str:$input$>> >''$input$''
>>>> ({{!!DieResult}})</$button> \end`
>>>>
>>>> The resulting invocation looks like this: <<roller 1d8>>
>>>>
>>>> The pros:
>>>>
>>>> - The invocation is short
>>>> - Once the invocation is substituted for the initial text, it
>>>> works, kinda.
>>>>
>>>> The con:
>>>>
>>>> - As I've currently implemented, "DieResult" is a field, and
>>>> therefore global with respect to the tiddler. All of the rollers return
>>>> the
>>>> exact same result at the same time (see image).
>>>>
>>>> *What I'm looking for:*
>>>>
>>>> - How can I make the rollers independent from each other?
>>>> - It seems like having the button *set *a variable instead of a
>>>> field would solve the issue but I can't figure out how to do that.
>>>> - I did try to use a set widget inside the button hoping that
>>>> each set would only be evaluated on the click of that actual button,
>>>> but
>>>> apparently things don't work that way.
>>>> - If all else fails I can add a single "Die Result" box at the
>>>> top of most of the pages, but that isn't my preferred result.
>>>> - Is there an established way to do something like the built in
>>>> camelCase linking globally with strings matching this regex?
>>>> - The vast majority of my tiddlers are bulk imported in JSON format
>>>> from external sources. I could do a find replace on those files
>>>> before
>>>> importing, but that will have it's own issues (potential corruption
>>>> and not
>>>> all the fields are evaluated again before rendering). I use a small
>>>> number
>>>> of 'templates' and transclusion to render the information.
>>>> - Just in general, was there a smarter way to go about this?
>>>> Professionally I do CLI scientific coding (C/C++/FORTRAN/Python/R), so
>>>> while I can do some robust software engineering, but the
>>>> Wikitext/HTML5/CSS/javascript interplay is pretty foreign.
>>>>
>>>> All the best,
>>>> Baj
>>>>
>>>
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