GCA5 Roll20 Exporter

GCA5 Plugin for Exporting to Roll20

Resources

Initial source code provided by WoodmanX

GCA5FantasyGroundsExporter

Versions

1.1.0.3

7/8/2026

• For inventory items use precountweight and precountcost to get the correct weight and cost for items instead of using the base values.

1.1.0.2

6/10/2026

• Update Racial Templates to get the correct book and page reference

1.1.0.0

6/6/2026

• Add new fields to the export for Roll20 character sheets, including:
  • HomeWorld from Biographical Data
  • Gravity from Biographical Data
  • BirthDate from Biographical Data
  • BirthPlace from Biographical Data
  • Gender from Biographical Data
  • Handedness from Biographical Data
  • Build from Biographical Data
  • HairColor from Biographical Data
  • EyeColor from Biographical Data
  • Family from Biographical Data
• Update weight import to strip out string values and convert to a number.
• Update melee attacks to try to extract the melee weapon weight.

1.0.1.21

• Convert GetTraitNotes(GCATrait trait) code for extracting notes to use regex.

1.0.1.20

• Update GetRepeatingRanged to use ModeManager
• Update GetRepeatingMelee to use ModeManager
• Update GetRepeatingTrait to use check for parent/child relationship
• Fix bug with Getting language skills
• Fix bug with Getting spells, if a spell is a parent, get the tag basepoints of the spell
• Fix bug reported by @Ca7iburn by adding a check for null when calling the method ItemByNameAndExt
  • Export Error: Issue #6

1.0.1.10

• Fix bug when checking base skill trait by capitalizing the value for stepoff value.
• Some templates have a base cost that is not reflected in the list of traits. Update template to get PreModsPoints.
• Added VTT Notes.
• Implemented modHelperFunctions.RTFtoPlainText() for notes.
• If a spell is a parent, set the points to zero. Temporary fix until parent/child relationships are handled.
• If a spell is a ritual magic, add the spell with zero point cast but also add an entry to the techniques table for that ritual magic spell.
• Fix bug with item cost and weight. Updated to get base cost and weight.

File Locations

GCA5 Plugin Location: C:\ProgramData\Steve Jackson Games\GURPS Character Assistant 5\plugins\ExportToRoll20

Development

Debugging

This will send a message to the Log window of GCA5.

modUIAssistance.Notify("parentKey: " + parentKey);

Deploying to GCA5

• Make sure GCA5 is not running
• Build or Rebuild the Project
  • The post-build macro will copy source code files to the GCA5 Plugin Location.
• Start GCA%
  • You can test your updates
• Hint: Edit ~\ExportToRoll20\ExportToRoll20.cs and change the value for PLUGIN_VERSION. This helps verify the code was copied over correctly.