[FEATURE] Option to use ordered initiative

[msprijatelj]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. I have been experimenting with fixed initiative in my Lancer games in an attempt to speed up combat. However, I cannot easily track initiative order in Foundry with Lancer Initiative since I'm unable to sort within their type (i.e. PC, friendly, neutral, enemy).

Describe the solution you'd like I would like an option to disable the in-built Lancer Initiative tracker so I can easily cycle through combatants in the order I establish. Even if it's just a toggle option (with Lancer Initiative enabled by default) it would be helpful for my games.

Describe alternatives you've considered A potential alternative could include adding ordering to Lancer Initiative itself (so I can easily tell who should go next).

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[BoltsJ]

I think this would be better for a module. It's a pretty significant change to the core rules that has a lot of potential variability.

A module could override CONFIG.Combat.documentClass, CONFIG.Combatant.documentClass and CONFIG.ui.Combat with the stock foundry classes then add an initiative formula and get most of the way there.

Alternatively, there is the ability to force combatants to be treated as a different disposition. If you set the "disposition" flag in the lancer scope, it will use that instead of the token disposition when coloring and sorting, so you could set them all to like -2 and then fill in the initiative field. You could have a module that does this in a hook or just use a macro to set it each combat.

[msprijatelj]

So, I’ve tested this a bit more, and I’ve found that Lancer Initiative does respect initiative order within each Disposition, but initiative needs to be set by right clicking each combatant and manually setting their initiative value. Maybe it is module territory, but something like the default Foundry’s box for editing initiative values would definitely cut down on clicks. At this point I guess I’m just spitballing ideas in case someone decides to pick up the torch. Surprised that Lancer Initiative is so embedded within the system when it used to be a module itself, though.