new user help required

Hi all, as a new user I'm struggling a bit with finding my way around. Firstly, is there a search function for the forums? I may be being stupid but I could see one. Secondly, is there some sort of comprehensive guide to the macro language? I'm getting half an idea from the examples in the forums and in the documentation, but I'm after something more structured and detailed. Does such a guide exist? thanks in advance, Simon

The  Roll20 Wiki  is a work in progress but it is still very usable. The search forum is towards the top of the main forum board.

Doh! thanks for that, I don't know how I missed it. I'll have a trawl through the wiki as well, Cheers, Simon

The macro section mainly focuses on d20 style systems and is in no way comprehensive, if you are looking for an exploding dice style it's found, strangely, in different areas. With some searching you can find what you are looking for in various areas but there is no definitive macro section to my knowledge. If you find one let me know lol. 

As I mentioned the Wiki is a work in progress. The help documents and such are being transferred over but it will take some time.  What type of system are you looking for macro help with? If you give an example or two, there will be some people posting help sooner or later.

Haha I did sound like a jerk, w/o my facetious inflections my tone is lost =P The wiki is a clear step in the right direction and I have full confidence there will soon be the appropriate macro compendium. Just to reiterate Metro, yes the forum is very helpful.

I found the dice descriptions which are very useful, but I was wondering if there is much in the way of scripting? e.g. if... then... etc. Savage Worlds is the system I was thinking of using, but I am looking for something more basic (this is going off on a tangent and a subject for a different thread I should think). I have limited experience of Maptool, which has a very complex macro language, but one of the things I do like about roll20 is the fact that some of the things that Maptool would need you to script seem to be built into roll20 (using attributes in macros for example seems simpler in roll20).

Scripting (and things like If, Then, Else) are handled through the API available to Mentor level subscribers. Macros for Savage Worlds are all going to take the general form of (taken from my own Savage Worlds game): Name:  1d8_WC  /roll {1d6!, 1d8!}kh1 Acing dice explode and Roll20 picks which ever is the highest since its a wild card roll.  For an extra, it would just be /roll 1d8!

and if you wanted to save a few letters you could use /r instead of /roll

Voth said: Haha I did sound like a jerk, w/o my facetious inflections my tone is lost =P The wiki is a clear step in the right direction and I have full confidence there will soon be the appropriate macro compendium. Just to reiterate Metro, yes the forum is very helpful. don't worry about it. The wiki reflects what people are putting into it. If you want to write up something for the wiki that is not covered, drop a line to a mod or dev team and see if you are allowed to put it in the wiki. This will allow it to reflect a more non d20 approach and become more comprehensive.  :P

Thanks for the advice, the example was very helpful. I'll probably make macros for the wild card rolls, but not bother for the extras (it's quicker to type /r 1d8! than it is to type #extra1d8 or whatever. I'll need to see how committed I get with using roll20 before I can justify  mentor access, so the more complex scripts will be out of reach at the moment.  thanks again for making me feel welcome, and for not pointing and laughing at my stupid question about searching the forums!

With Macros, I'm a big fan of using the buttons down at the bottom as part of the quick bar.  For my Savage Worlds game I am able to get a set of extra rolls and wild card rolls on screen at all times.  As a GM, I'm too busy taking notes or preparing something to be typing anything, but that's just me.

@ Simon R. : You are welcomed and don't be worry or afraid to ask a question. That is how we all learn, you don't know, you ask a question and get an answer to the question. I always tell my son that the only stupid or silly question is one that is not asked.