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Beginner Joined: 07 Jan 2008 Posts: 18

Greetings everyone

I am new at Zmud and I have some troubles putting up my defences.

I know about the #if, but I should need a command which puts up an alias WHEN I have a variable go 1.

I'll give a straight example :

grip
fitness
lv
#if (@balance and @equilibrium) {
#alarm {+3.8} {shr}
#alarm {+2} {ds}
}

I have a button (called Basic Defences) and when I push it, it triggers that command :
grip
fitness
lv
--> Those commands take both balance and equilibrium away, I have a trigger constantly knowing when it goes away and comes back<--
Now I'm in trouble, I want to trigger shr (shroud) and ds (deathsight) when I have recovered both balance and equilibrium.
I heard about ToDo but it doesn't seem to work, anyone has a further idea?
It would be nice if we could have a #when command put in so I could solve my problem easily Cool

Thank you for your time!

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:19 pm

zMUD's feature complete, but CMUD has a #waitfor command that does what you're after.

You can do this kind of thing in zMUD with a multistate trigger, or with a priority queue. Multistate trigger is easiest for stuff you're always going to do in the same order, like defences:

#alias defup {doDef1;#t+ defs}

#trig "defs" {You have recovered balance.} {doDef2} "" {disable}
#cond {You have recovered balance.} {doDef3;#t- defs}

Beginner Joined: 07 Jan 2008 Posts: 18

Alright, that have me a start but it still doesn't work.

So this is what I got :

#alias basicdefs {grip;fitness;lv;#t+ deathsight}
#trigger deathsight {#cond {^You have recovered equilibrium\.$} {ds;#T+ shroud}
#trigger shroud {#cond {^You have recovered balance\.$} {shr}

This is it.
I checked the perl regex box and I know the condition lines are correct, what to do?

Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 7:11 pm

Compare your code to mine and you'll notice the difference. My #cond command is on its own line, and isn't part of the #trig command. The #cond command adds a trigger state to the previous trigger, in my case the "defs" trigger. In your case, this'll result in many trigger states being created all over the place. You've also opened a brace { but not closed it.

I have a single trigger to handle all my defs, rather than many as you have. The idea is that you add as many states using the #cond command as you need to, with each performing a separate defence. The last one will disable the defs trigger.

Beginner Joined: 07 Jan 2008 Posts: 18

I just don't get it...
When I try to code in CLASS SCRIPT, it deletes everything when I try to save it and I don't get it when I try to do it normal... I have a trigger called defs but where do I write : You have recovered balance? In the Value?

Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 8:43 pm

If your syntax is invalid (as yours is - like I said, it has unmatched braces) then the class script will revert to its old contents when you try to save it.

You can create your multistate trigger manually if you want. The "You have recovered balance" is the pattern, and as such goes in the pattern box. Whatever script you want to run is the value. If you select the states tab and then double-click on the second line, the red icon will move down to highlight it. You now have the second state selected and can fill that in as I have above (I used the #cond command to create the second state).

Beginner Joined: 07 Jan 2008 Posts: 18

Alright, I'm a step further again. But it's still doesn't fire as I want it to...
I have an alias basicdefs with in the value :
grip
fitness
#T+ "defs"

Then I have a trigger called : defs

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c216/Heluris/test.jpg

This is what is in my states, the problem is : After grip and fitness, it stops... Doesn't respond anymore

Sorcerer Joined: 13 Jan 2006 Posts: 715

Your problem is that the trigger pattern needs to be whatever you want it to fire on, and the trigger NAMED defs. You've got it as pattern defs.
Under the options tab in the ID box is where it should say defs at, that is the NAME of the trigger.

Beginner Joined: 07 Jan 2008 Posts: 18

Alright, I filled in that too now. But it still doesn't work...

http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c216/Heluris/?action=view&current=Test-1.jpg

Alright, the first trigger triggers, good! Now my next trigger will trigger when the new line from the Mud comes, the new line comes and it doesn't work again...

I have to say I have another trigger : You have recovered equilibrium with another value, does it matter?

Sorcerer Joined: 13 Jan 2006 Posts: 715

Ok, I don't see your second pattern of recovering equilibrium, thats why second trigger never fired.

Beginner Joined: 07 Jan 2008 Posts: 18

I don't get it, I do have a pattern : You have recovered equilibrium

No it's because : +-----------------------+
You have equilibrium
+-----------------------+

is that line : You have equilibrium, which I changed with an other trigger, is that the problem?

Beginner Joined: 07 Jan 2008 Posts: 18

Alright! Update.

The problem is indeed I have another trigger 'You have recovered equilibrium.'
The system triggers that trigger instead of my multi-state one.

EDIT : Alright, I moved those triggers into my multi-state trigger, but now I have the problem that when it is triggered, I don't see my nice and shiny equilibrium anymore because it is already triggered...
So how do you (like in my example) NOT let something trigger in a multi-state trigger. That would solve the problem

Sorcerer Joined: 13 Jan 2006 Posts: 715

Hmm, I guess I don't get what you're saying ;)
Can you export the current trigger to text, and then past the contents of that file here with [ code ] [ /code ] (without spaces) tags surrounding it?

Then perhaps another photo of exactly what you're trying to trigger on in each of the 3 states.

Beginner Joined: 07 Jan 2008 Posts: 18

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c216/Heluris/Problem.jpg

Alright! So what I want is that my shiny trigger remains whilst still being able to use that line as an actual trigger for my multi-state!

Beginner Joined: 15 Jun 2007 Posts: 17

In the picture, in your code, you have your if statement....but all its doing is "if @variable and @variable and @variable" etc, but not checking it against anything. I believe it thinks, "if 1 and 1 and 1 and 1"...

Sorry if I'm way off, Embarassed

, just trying to help.

Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 7:53 am

Actually, ShadowsPirate, it's possible for variables to contain values that evaluate to false - 0 is one such value. The following, for example:

#var test 0
#if (@test) {#say yes} {#say no}

will print "no".

Beginner Joined: 07 Jan 2008 Posts: 18

It's not that which is the problem, it's that shiny trigger

edit :

Alright, I just made another trigger and solved the problem. But as I continue, another problem rises :

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c216/Heluris/Trouble2.jpg

I want my shiny equilibrium trigger! I think the only problem can be located in the fact that the small = ain't green

Beginner Joined: 07 Jan 2008 Posts: 18

Greetings everybody!

I come to you with another (probably) easy question.
Here we go :

I want a macro (F2) that flings tarot at myself OR at my target (@target)
So I have a variable (switchtarot) and I made a macro with these commands :

#if switchtarot=@target {
switchtarot=self
#sa
#sa Pearl : Flinging Tarot at self
#co cornflowerblue
} {
switchtarot=@target
#sa
#sa Pearl : Flinging Tarot at @target
#co cornflowerblue
}

The strange part is : When my variable switchtarot has the value self, it works (it switches to my target).
But when switchtarot has the value of @target (which is rat in my case right now), it doesn't switch to self!

Any suggestions?

Oh PS : I always have to use 2 times #sa because otherwise the message is displayed next to my promt, which I don't want.

Wizard Joined: 11 Jul 2002 Posts: 1265 Location: USA

#if switchtarot=@target {

Firstly your syntax is slightly wrong as if structure should be like this.
#if (condition in parenthesis) {True stuff happens if condition is true.} {False stuff happens if condition is false.}

Secondly you are setting switchtarot to the value of @target or so the if statement thinks you are doing, or at least it isn't sure what you are doing so it is guessing.

#if (@switchtarot=@target) {

or even better

#if (@switchtarot==@target) {

Make it more clear to Zmud that you are wanting to compare the values instead of setting switchtarot to the value of @target.

Yes the if can sometimes tell without the () and sometimes even if you use {} instead of the () but it is always best to make your if conditions as clear as possible.

Beginner Joined: 07 Jan 2008 Posts: 18

Thanks you! It works flawless, but why should == be better then = ?

Adept Joined: 04 May 2007 Posts: 292 Location: Boston

Funny thing happened with balance recovery, I began to find other peoples vials in my backpack!

I made a ToDo list for “generosity|put 50 vial in pack“, but the second command would not fire if I was already generous. Later, as I tried to return vials after filling them, I recovered balance. Then the ToDo put 50 vials in my pack, but they were not MY vials. Finally someone asked why I was stealing his vials, mystery solved, but it took me a bit to find out why.

Beginner Joined: 07 Jan 2008 Posts: 18

Greetings everyone!

Another very small question I have, I now know about most of the % commands, but the only one I can't find explanation for is %i. What does it do/ mean?

Beginner Joined: 07 Jan 2008 Posts: 18

I'll just post the big part, because I can't get out , I want to use a new system for curing my afflictions, instead of using : #if @goldenseal {egol},...
I now have a variable called afflictions

fe. : ^You flip the bird\.$ {p_afflicted stupidity}

p_afflicted is an alias with value :
#additem afflicted %1
#forall %db( @herb_cures , %1)
#sa %ansi( cyan) +~[Pearl~]+: %ansi( red)%expand( %-1)

herb_cures is a datalist where stupidity should trigger the command egol (outr goldenseal, eat goldenseal). But when I flip the bird for example, it says : +Pearl+ : Stupidity and it doesn't heal it at all!

Any help?

Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 5:36 pm

%i is the iterator variable for #loop and #forall. In loop, it contains the number of times it's looped. In forall, it contains the current item of the list. Try it - #loop 25 {#say loop number: %i} and #forall Fang|is|the|best {#say %i}

Your #forall syntax is wrong in this case, anyway - check the help. Your @herb_cures variable is not a stringlist, so you shouldn't be using #forall with it anyway. What I imagine you want is: #exec {%db(@herb_cures,%1)}.

Having said that, how is the data structured in @herb_cures? I'm assuming here that the value for stupidity will be "outr goldenseal;eat goldenseal" but if it's a stringlist "outr goldenseal|eat goldenseal" you'd need to use forall like this:

#forall %db(@herb_cures,%1) {#exec %i}

Beginner Joined: 07 Jan 2008 Posts: 18

Paralysis=eblo|Stupidity=egol

egol is an alias : outr goldenseal, eat goldenseal.

I thank you for helping me, I got it to work but what I actually want to achieve is that it somehow tracks my affliction variable and whenever I am afflicted with something (which appears in my affliction variable), it goes to my database (herb_cures) and heals it.

This is what I have :

#additem afflicted %1
#if (@afflicted %1 and @awake and @stunned=0 and @plantallowance) {#exec %db( @herb_cures , %1)}

It works, but the problem is that it is dependant of the %1, so it only checks it once... How can I let it check @afflictions all the time?