lupestro
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8 months ago The world of beams, rays, and cones continues to be an adventure all its own. Unfortunately, I have to ask "Which source are you quoting for that description?"
When I open the "Flashlight" item in gear from the "SWADE Core Rules" Foundry module, it just says 10” beam. My 2009 Explorer's edition is just about as terse. Deadlands Reloaded (c) 2005 is, of course, silent on the matter. That would be a Ghost Rock device. Rays and cones appear in SWADE, but beams are never defined as a technical term, as far as I know. It wouldn't be unreasonable to take it as a synonym for a ray, but, lacking any way to create a ray of light in Foundry wherever this comes into play in any system, I usually take a beam or ray to be like a very narrow cone 1 unit wide (1 " in SWADE) at the stated distance.
- Approximating with a triangle (AD&D pencil geometry) uses a right triangle with half the beam width, doubling the resulting angle.
atan((1"/2)/10")*2is about 5.7 degrees. - "Doing it right" by making a segment and applying a fraction of the circumference to 360 degrees is actually easier envelope math - no calculator needed for the tangent table.
360 degrees * (1"/(2*pi*10"))= 5.8 degrees, about the same.
And looking at my file, it says 3 degrees! (Whoops!) At the very least, I owe the players at least to double that to 6 degrees.
If it is indeed specified as a cone template of width = length in the current main Savage Worlds Adventurer's Edition book, then it's one radian or 53 degrees (not 6 and not 35), and I can correct for that, too, while thanking you for the updated information. If the quoted text is from an expansion or follow-on book you're using, then it will need to continue to be customized in "Additional Light Sources," since I really have to stick for system-wide values to base books only.
While we get this all sorted, you can use the following JSON for the Additional Light Sources in your configuration. By overriding the shipping values, the result should remain from Torch update to Torch update.
{
"swade": {
"system": "swade",
"topology": "standard",
"quantity" : "quantity",
"sources": {
"Flashlight": {
"name": "Flashlight",
"type": "equipment",
"consumable": false,
"states": 2,
"light": [
{"bright": 10, "dim": 10, "angle": 53}
]
}
}
}
}This also gives you an opportunity to make it more atmospheric by doing things like:
{"bright": 10, "dim": 10, "angle": 53, "color": "#ff9329", "alpha": 0.2,
"animation": { "type": "torch", "speed": 5, "intensity": 5, "reverse": false }In either case, I'll need to adjust the value, either a little or a lot, in the next drop. Let me know the source of your information, so I know what to do with it, and thanks for drawing this to my attention!
spikedshrike
Excellent module,, much used. Small point though: I could be wrong but I believe SWADE Flashlight should have an angle of 35, not 3. I have to change it every time I update your module.
Hope this helps.
Flashlight: Small battery-operated flashlight with angled head. Emits light in a cone template that eliminates darkness penalties to attack any target within. Weight: 1/2 lbs.
"swade": { "system": "swade", "topology": "standard", "quantity" : "quantity", "sources": { "Candle": { "name": "Candle", "type": "equipment", "consumable": true, "states": 2, "light": [ {"bright": 0, "dim": 2, "angle": 360} ] }, "Flashlight": { "name": "Flashlight", "type": "equipment", "consumable": false, "states": 2, "light": [ {"bright": 10, "dim": 10, "angle": 3} ]