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Wanderer Joined: 06 Feb 2010 Posts: 81

I have two questions, one I know is very basic and no doubt anyone could explain. But I need it explained in kind of a step by step deal if possible. (Maybe I'm a technophobe)
How do I make sure that when I open a session in a game world the client will begin to log at connect (I don't care if it starts a new log with date or appends, whichever is easier.)

My second problem is that I have only played one mud. I'm used to the commands used on that mud. I'm trying a new mud and I'm having trouble remembering when there is action not to type ' when this mud wants , or not to type pem when the new mud wants me to type em's. Is there anyway to make an alias or hotkey that sends to the command window instead of the mud?

Thanks in advance for any help you can give.

Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 10:21 pm

for the alias you can use #alias alias {command}

so it would be #alias pem {em} ... as for the log give me a few to find a copy of mine

Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 10:56 pm

ok for the logger you will need to save this to an xml then import it,

Wanderer Joined: 06 Feb 2010 Posts: 81

Thanks for your help.
Here's where I am. I copied into note pad, saved as xml, opened cmud, logged in, started a trigger, imported the file, logged out, logged back in entered a couple of commands, looked for the log, but I've can't find one. Did I miss a step? Add a step?

Wanderer Joined: 06 Feb 2010 Posts: 81

Also, where is the place to make sure the client is sending the symbol it will read when you type it?

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 12:38 am

when you did logsetup did you specify a path if not it will be in your cmud folder, either under the mud name or the cmud folder itsself, i set up custom locations for my logs so i know where they are 100% of the time ...

Wanderer Joined: 06 Feb 2010 Posts: 81

I play on a mud where you use characters like ~ to indicate people. Say I want to point to the tall man instead of pointing to the tall man I can point to ~tall.
But sometimes the client preassigns uses for these symbols that are more standard than the ones the mud assigns. In zmud there was a way to check that.

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 1:07 am

under prefrences go to scripting then special characters you can change them there

Wanderer Joined: 06 Feb 2010 Posts: 81

Thanks. Sadly, I'm still lost with the logging issue. I'm less capable than you're imagining. I think I need a map. I have the file that's needed. And I have the client, but everything between opening the client and importing the file is confusing me.

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 2:37 am

ok here made it simpler, go to library (the button at the top of cmud with the book) after its open do alt+g then under author look me up hadar. then look for the one with the name autologger click install, then close it go to settings then file then open then find autologger.pkg .... here is a link for images just incase i lost you

http://aardwolftao.com/hadar/installautolog.php

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 3:38 am

Badmonster, here's what I did to automatically start a new log file each time I play...

1. Click the Settings button at the top of the screen to open the Package Editor.

2. Click the arrow next to "New", and select New Event.

3. In the Event pull down list, select "OnConnect".

4. In the main box of the Script Text tab, type in Logfile = "C:\LogDirectory\Log "%time(yyyy-mm-dd_hh-nn)" cmud";#log @Logfile

5. Click the "Save" button at the top.

Also, make sure to create the LogDirectory folder on your C: drive before you play. It needs to already exist before you try to use the event script.

After you do this, CMUD will create a log file named "Log 2010-02-07_13-08 cmud" (with the correct date and time according to when you logged into the game) in the C:\LogDirectory\ folder every time you play.

Let me know if this helps or if you have any questions about this.

Wanderer Joined: 06 Feb 2010 Posts: 81

Aha! Thank you!

Wanderer Joined: 06 Feb 2010 Posts: 81

Worked like a dream. Thanks!

Wanderer Joined: 06 Feb 2010 Posts: 81

Is there a way to get cmud to give you a flashed alert in your task bar if you want work in a browser while idle?

Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 3:09 pm

not really but you can use #mess

Wanderer Joined: 06 Feb 2010 Posts: 81

I'm so embarrassed to keep asking questions, but I don't know who else to ask.

Let's say that you have a line of string from a mud that's constant before a block of text that changes ie:
A herald blows a trumpet before the man speaks:
blah blah blah
right now I have the following trigger:
#TRIGGER {A herald blows a trumpet before the man speaks:} {#COLOR red}.
It turns the phrase A herald blows a trumpet before the man speaks:red
But the blah blah blah is unaffected. How do I get that to change as well?

Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 2:05 am

use #CW instead, it only colors the portion that matches the pattern

But you should really create a new thread for a new problem
We don't mind answering, I know it makes me feel a little useful to be able to help.

Wizard Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 2320

I think Shalimar misunderstood. You want the blah blah blah to be colored red, right? Is the blah blah blah on a separate line, as you showed in your example? If so, it will be trickier. The problem is that a #cw will only affect the exact part of the line that matches the pattern, and a #color will affect only the line that matches. There is no way to turn on a color for multiple lines--each line will need to match a trigger. You would need a multistate trigger or several triggers working together to do it. You will probably need a trigger or trigger state with a pattern of *, since you don't know what the blah blah blah will be, and have that trigger or state turn off at the end of the part you want colored. To help further, we'd probably need more context, like some mud text that includes the part before and after you the part you want colored.

And as Shalimar said, you should create a new topic for each new problem.

GURU Joined: 23 Dec 2000 Posts: 4834 Location: USA

#trigger "tBlahColor" {pattern} {#sub {pattern<color red>}
#condition {(*)} {#if (%1 = "the line you want to stop on") {#sub {</color>%1};#state tBlahColor 0}} {manual}

Wanderer Joined: 06 Feb 2010 Posts: 81

Rahab, you see what I mean. Ok, I will start a new topic next time. I just thought I'd look less like a pest if I restricted myself to the one.

MattLofton, I have no doubt you're absolutely right. I just think you overestimate my ability to understand what it was you did say.

Wanderer Joined: 06 Feb 2010 Posts: 81

As for a specific instance, the mud I play has an intercom system. And before what people are saying on the intercom is said the mud sends something like " A squawk of static heralds a voice:"
And then on a new line, is the dialogue that is sent over that system.

GURU Joined: 23 Dec 2000 Posts: 4834 Location: USA