Help converting vb3 template to vb4

[gopherhockey]

I have a plugin that generates the following (snip example) with hook location showthread_complete

$trailcondition['date'] = vbdate($vbulletin->options['dateformat'], $trailcondition['dateline']);
$trailcondition['time'] = vbdate($vbulletin->options['timeformat'], $trailcondition['dateline']);
in vb3 to display the date and time I could do this in the SHOWTHREAD template:

<td class="alt1" align="middle">$trailcondition, $trailcondition[time]</td>

With vb4, this obviously does not work. I can echo the variables date and time and can see they are valid, but the SHOWTHREAD template isn't showing them like it was.

I tried converting it to:


{vb:raw trailcondition.date}, {vb:raw trailcondition.time}


yet nothing is displayed.

Its like the template doesn't see the variables anymore. Can someone assist? This is just a snip of some of the variables I'm trying to display.

--------------- Added [DATE]1278594451 at 1278594451 ---------------

fixed... I didn't know you had to do this in the plugins:

vB_Template::preRegister('SHOWTHREAD',array('trail condition' => $trailcondition));