also grab data onLoad

objects/Fan-MadeAccessories.aa8b38/TokenArranger.022907.json

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   "LayoutGroupSortIndex": 0,
   "Locked": false,
   "LuaScript": "require(\"accessories/TokenArranger\")",
-  "LuaScriptState_path": "Fan-MadeAccessories.aa8b38/TokenArranger.022907.luascriptstate",
+  "LuaScriptState": "",
   "MeasureMovement": false,
   "Name": "Custom_Token",
   "Nickname": "Token Arranger",

objects/Fan-MadeAccessories.aa8b38/TokenArranger.022907.luascriptstate

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{"":[0,11],"Auto-fail":[-100,7],"Bless":[101,8],"Cultist":[-2,4],"Curse":[-101,9],"Elder Sign":[100,2],"Elder Thing":[-4,6],"Frost":[-99,10],"Skull":[-1,3],"Tablet":[-3,5]}

src/accessories/TokenArranger.ttslua

@@ -1,17 +1,3 @@
-local TOKEN_PRECEDENCE          = {}
-local TOKEN_NAMES = {
-    "Elder Sign",
-    "Skull",
-    "Cultist",
-    "Tablet",
-    "Elder Thing",
-    "Auto-fail",
-    "Bless",
-    "Curse",
-    "Frost",
-    ""
-}
-
 -- common parameters
 local buttonParameters          = {}
 buttonParameters.function_owner = self
@@ -30,13 +16,35 @@ inputParameters.alignment      = 3
 inputParameters.validation      = 2
 inputParameters.tab             = 2
 
-updating = false
+local latestLoad = "XXX"
+local updating = false
+local tokenPrecedence = {}
+local TOKEN_NAMES = {
+  "Elder Sign",
+  "Skull",
+  "Cultist",
+  "Tablet",
+  "Elder Thing",
+  "Auto-fail",
+  "Bless",
+  "Curse",
+  "Frost",
+  ""
+}
 
-function onSave() return JSON.encode(TOKEN_PRECEDENCE) end
+-- saving the precedence settings and information on the most recently loaded data
+function onSave()
+  return JSON.encode({
+    tokenPrecedence = tokenPrecedence,
+    latestLoad      = latestLoad
+  })
+end
 
 function onLoad(saveState)
-    if saveState ~= nil then
-        TOKEN_PRECEDENCE = JSON.decode(saveState)
+  if saveState ~= nil and saveState ~= "" then
+    local loadedData = JSON.decode(saveState)
+    tokenPrecedence  = loadedData.tokenPrecedence
+    latestLoad       = loadedData.latestLoad or "XXX"
   else
     loadDefaultValues()
   end
@@ -57,7 +65,7 @@ function onLoad(saveState)
 
     buttonParameters.click_function = attachIndex("tokenClick", i)
     inputParameters.input_function  = attachIndex2("tokenInput", i)
-        inputParameters.value           = TOKEN_PRECEDENCE[TOKEN_NAMES[i]][1]
+    inputParameters.value           = tokenPrecedence[TOKEN_NAMES[i]][1]
 
     self.createButton(buttonParameters)
     self.createInput(inputParameters)
@@ -79,6 +87,12 @@ function onLoad(saveState)
     updateUI()
     layout()
   end)
+
+  -- grab token metadata from mythos area
+  local mythosArea = getObjectFromGUID("9f334f")
+  Wait.time(function() mythosArea.call("fireTokenDataChangedEvent") end, 0.5)
+
+  Wait.time(layout, 2)
 end
 
 -- delete temporary tokens when destroyed
@@ -110,8 +124,8 @@ end
 -- click_function for buttons on chaos tokens
 function tokenClick(isRightClick, index)
   local change = tonumber(isRightClick and "-1" or "1")
-    TOKEN_PRECEDENCE[TOKEN_NAMES[index]][1] = TOKEN_PRECEDENCE[TOKEN_NAMES[index]][1] + change
-    self.editInput({ index = index - 1, value = TOKEN_PRECEDENCE[TOKEN_NAMES[index]][1] })
+  tokenPrecedence[TOKEN_NAMES[index]][1] = tokenPrecedence[TOKEN_NAMES[index]][1] + change
+  self.editInput({ index = index - 1, value = tokenPrecedence[TOKEN_NAMES[index]][1] })
   layout()
 end
 
@@ -120,7 +134,7 @@ function tokenInput(input, selected, index)
   if selected == false then
     local num = tonumber(input)
     if num ~= nil then
-            TOKEN_PRECEDENCE[TOKEN_NAMES[index]][1] = num
+      tokenPrecedence[TOKEN_NAMES[index]][1] = num
     end
     layout()
   end
@@ -130,7 +144,7 @@ end
 function loadDefaultValues()
   -- token modifiers for sorting (and order for same modifier)
   -- order starts at 2 because there is a "+1" token
-    TOKEN_PRECEDENCE = {
+  tokenPrecedence = {
     ["Elder Sign"]  = { 100, 2 },
     ["Skull"]       = { -1, 3 },
     ["Cultist"]     = { -2, 4 },
@@ -147,17 +161,22 @@ end
 -- update input fields
 function updateUI()
   for i = 1, 10 do
-        self.editInput({ index = i-1, value = TOKEN_PRECEDENCE[TOKEN_NAMES[i]][1] })
+    self.editInput({ index = i - 1, value = tokenPrecedence[TOKEN_NAMES[i]][1] })
   end
 end
 
 -- order function for data sorting
 function token_value_comparator(left, right)
-    if left.value > right.value then return true
-    elseif right.value > left.value then return false
-    elseif left.order < right.order then return true
-    elseif right.order < left.order then return false
-    else return left.token.getGUID() > right.token.getGUID()
+  if left.value > right.value then
+    return true
+  elseif right.value > left.value then
+    return false
+  elseif left.order < right.order then
+    return true
+  elseif right.order < left.order then
+    return false
+  else
+    return left.token.getGUID() > right.token.getGUID()
   end
 end
 
@@ -182,7 +201,10 @@ function layout(_, _, isRightClick)
   deleteCopiedTokens()
 
   -- stop here if right-clicked
-    if isRightClick then return end
+  if isRightClick then
+    updating = false
+    return
+  end
 
   local chaosBag = findChaosBag()
   local data = {}
@@ -196,7 +218,7 @@ function layout(_, _, isRightClick)
     })
 
     local value = tonumber(obj["Nickname"])
-        local precedence = TOKEN_PRECEDENCE[obj["Nickname"]]
+    local precedence = tokenPrecedence[obj["Nickname"]]
 
     data[i] = {
       token = spawnedObj,
@@ -238,13 +260,23 @@ function layout(_, _, isRightClick)
 end
 
 -- called from outside to set default values for tokens
-function onTokenDataChanged(tokenData)
+function onTokenDataChanged(parameters)
+  local tokenData = parameters.tokenData or {}
+  local currentScenario = parameters.currentScenario or ""
+  local useFrontData = parameters.useFrontData or "true"
+
+  -- only update if this data is new
+  local info = currentScenario .. useFrontData
+  if latestLoad == info then return end
+  latestLoad = info
+
   -- update token precedence
   for key, table in pairs(tokenData) do
     local modifier = table.modifier
     if modifier == -999 then modifier = 0 end
-        TOKEN_PRECEDENCE[key][1] = modifier
+    tokenPrecedence[key][1] = modifier
   end
+
   updateUI()
   layout()
 end

src/accessories/TokenArrangerApi.ttslua

@@ -13,8 +13,12 @@ do
 
   -- updates the token modifiers with the provided data
   ---@param tokenData Table Contains the chaos token metadata
-  TokenArrangerApi.onTokenDataChanged = function(tokenData)
-    callIfExistent("onTokenDataChanged", tokenData)
+  TokenArrangerApi.onTokenDataChanged = function(tokenData, currentScenario, useFrontData)
+    callIfExistent("onTokenDataChanged", {
+      tokenData = tokenData,
+      currentScenario = currentScenario,
+      useFrontData = useFrontData
+    })
   end
 
   -- deletes already laid out tokens

src/core/Global.ttslua

@@ -919,16 +919,7 @@ function spawnHelperObject(name, position, rotation, color)
     return
   end
 
-  local spawnTable = {
-    position = position,
-    callback_function = function(object)
-      if name == "Hand Helper" then
-        Wait.time(function() object.call("externalColorChange", color) end, 0.1)
-      elseif name == "Token Arranger" then
-        Wait.time(function() object.call("layout") end, 0.1)
-      end
-    end
-  }
+  local spawnTable = {position = position}
 
   -- only overrride rotation if there is one provided (object's rotation used instead)
   if rotation then

src/core/MythosArea.ttslua

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ local ENCOUNTER_DISCARD_AREA = {
 
 local currentScenario
 local useFrontData
+local tokenData
+
 -- we use this to turn off collision handling until onLoad() is complete
 local collisionEnabled = false
 
@@ -21,6 +23,7 @@ function onLoad(saveState)
     local loadedState = JSON.decode(saveState) or {}
     currentScenario   = loadedState.currentScenario or ""
     useFrontData      = loadedState.useFrontData or true
+    tokenData         = loadedState.tokenData or {}
   end
   collisionEnabled = true
 end
@@ -28,7 +31,8 @@ end
 function onSave()
   return JSON.encode({
     currentScenario = currentScenario,
-    useFrontData    = useFrontData
+    useFrontData    = useFrontData,
+    tokenData       = tokenData
   })
 end
 
@@ -54,12 +58,13 @@ function onCollisionEnter(collisionInfo)
       updateNeeded = true
       fireScenarioChangedEvent()
     end
+
     -- trigger update if a change was detected and push new data
     if updateNeeded then
       local metadata = JSON.decode(object.getGMNotes()) or {}
       if not metadata["tokens"] then return end
-      local tokenData = metadata["tokens"][(useFrontData and "front" or "back")]
-      fireTokenDataChangedEvent(tokenData)
+      tokenData = metadata["tokens"][(useFrontData and "front" or "back")]
+      fireTokenDataChangedEvent()
     end
   end
 
@@ -78,13 +83,15 @@ function onObjectEnterContainer(container, object)
   end
 end
 
+-- fires if the scenario title changes
 function fireScenarioChangedEvent()
   Wait.frames(function() Global.call('titleSplash', currentScenario) end, 20)
   playAreaApi.onScenarioChanged(currentScenario)
 end
 
-function fireTokenDataChangedEvent(tokenData)
-  tokenArrangerApi.onTokenDataChanged(tokenData)
+-- fires if the scenario title or the difficulty changes
+function fireTokenDataChangedEvent()
+  tokenArrangerApi.onTokenDataChanged(tokenData, currentScenario, tostring(useFrontData))
 end
 
 -- Simple method to check if the given point is in a specified area.  Local use only,