Zugg Software :: View topic - Beginner scripting help request

Beginner Joined: 02 Feb 2012 Posts: 16

Hi, everyone!

I've got a few basic scripts working but just jumping into trigger-based variable loading and the like.

What's the proper way to set this up:

Button on my toolbar to display "Blues: " (and displays value of @blues, the #of blue potions left in my inventory)

First trigger: "You quaff a blue potion." (decrements @blues by one)
Second trigger: "You buy x A blue potions." (increments @blues by x, and yes the spelling is exact for that trigger line lol).

I got my bank account to work with this trigger: "Your current balance is &%d{bankacct} gold coins." (just stores the value right in) and a button where the caption is simply "Bank: @bankacct".

I've been playing at this a few times but I think my syntax is off. I'm pretty sure it's much faster to learn the right way from you pros, so here I am.

My attempt (obviously not working):
Button: "Blues: @blues" (I'm certain this is correct)
Trigger 1: "You quaff a blue potion." (executes: #VAR blues @blues - 1)
Trigger 2: "You buy %d a blue potions." (executes: #VAR blues @blues + %1)

Thanks in advance for putting up with a noob :D

Sorcerer Joined: 15 Apr 2011 Posts: 809

You'll need to put parentheses around your expressions to tell CMUD to evaluate it. Also, in your second trigger, %1 will be undefined - in order to capture a part of the pattern to %1, %2, etc. you need to put parentheses around it. The correct code would be:

Beginner Joined: 02 Feb 2012 Posts: 16

It's painful that I was that close :p

Thanks for the tips, it's working perfectly now.