Trigger of the Day - Advanced

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Fizban
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4 years 9 months ago #7567 by Fizban

Trigger of the Day - Advanced was created by Fizban

The script below, as is, was written by Detta.

Name: '(11) Ridley responds to asking',  VNum: [11867], RNum: [ 1565]
Trigger Intended Assignment: Mobiles
Trigger Type: Command , Numeric Arg: 100, Arg list: a
Commands:
if %cmd% == ask
  if %arg% /= Ridley
    if %arg% /= secret
      if %actor.varexists(zn118_ruthpearl)%
        if %actor.zn118_ruthpearl% == 1
          wait 1 s
          emote blinks at you.
          wait 1 s
          say Was it Ruth who spoke to you of this?
          wait 2 s
          sigh
          wait 1 s
          say Well perhaps she is right to send you...
          wait 1 s
          say You have done much for us... here, take my most guarded secret.
          wait 2 s
          %load% obj 11859
          set zn118_ruthpearl 2
          remote zn118_ruthpearl %actor.id%
          give pearl %actor.name%
          drop pearl
        else
          tell %actor.name% I have already given you my secret.
        end
      else
        tell %actor.name% I have no desire to speak of it.
      end
    else
      return 0
    end
  else
    return 0
  end
else
  return 0
end

It works, but the %arg% had to contain ridley and secret, not substrings or abbreviations of them.

I made the changes below to resolve this. It's a bit overkill, but..it works.

Name: '(11) Ridley responds to asking',  VNum: [11867], RNum: [ 1565]
Trigger Intended Assignment: Mobiles
Trigger Type: Command , Numeric Arg: 100, Arg list: a
if %cmd.mudcommand% == ask && %arg.cdr%
  set ridley 'ridley
  set secret 'secret
  while %arg.cdr%
    if %ridley.contains('%arg.car%)%
      set ridleyfound 1
    end
    if %secret.contains('%arg.car%)%
      set secretfound 1
    end
    set arg %arg.cdr%
  done
  if %ridley.contains('%arg.car%)%
    set ridleyfound 1
  end
  if %secret.contains('%arg.car%)%
    set secretfound 1
  end
  if %secretfound% && %ridleyfound%
    if %actor.varexists(zn118_ruthpearl)%
      if %actor.zn118_ruthpearl% == 1
        wait 1 s
        emote blinks at you.
        wait 1 s
        say Was it Ruth who spoke to you of this?
        wait 2 s
        sigh
        wait 1 s
        say Well perhaps she is right to send you...
        wait 1 s
        say You have done much for us... here, take my most guarded secret.
        wait 2 s
        %load% obj 11859
        set zn118_ruthpearl 2
        remote zn118_ruthpearl %actor.id%
        give pearl %actor.name%
        drop pearl
      else
        tell %actor.name% I have already given you my secret.
      end
    else
      tell %actor.name% I have no desire to speak of it.
    end
  else
    return 0
  end
else
  return 0
end

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4 years 9 months ago #7569 by JTP

Replied by JTP on topic Trigger of the Day - Advanced

What are these two Lines doing ?

set zn118_ruthpearl 2
remote zn118_ruthpearl %actor.id%

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4 years 9 months ago #7570 by WhiskyTest

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I think it creates a global variable called zn118_ruthpearl, gives it a value of two, and sticks it onto the character.

Then other triggers can reference the value when they fire

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4 years 9 months ago - 4 years 9 months ago #7572 by Fizban

Replied by Fizban on topic Trigger of the Day - Advanced

Whisky's explanation is accurate.

You can:

set var value
remote var %actor.id%

To create a variable and save the value of it to the player.

You can then check whether the player has such a variable saved to them with:

if %actor.varexists(var)%

Similarly the value of the variable saved to them can be accessed with %actor.var%.

The meat of the script is fairly standard fare, the main reason I decided to post it was the changes I made to its firing conditions because that's not something I've seen other people do for the most part.

As an example.

It is common to check if 'a' is inside of 'b'.

ie. When seeking an abbreviation of a one word argument and wanting to allow abbreviations of either ridley or secret so they can type ask ri, or ask sec, etc.

This is super simple.

Most people will do it like this though:

if ridley /= %arg%

This is wrong.

ask rid

will work

ask idle

will also work.

This is because idle is inside of ridley.

If you want to make sure the pattern matching begins at the start of the word then either of the following solutions are superior.

if 'ridley /= '%arg%

set ridley 'ridley
if %ridley.contains('%arg%)%

The reason these solutions are superior is because they use ' as a delimiter at the start of the terms forcing the matching to be at the beginning of the terms. ie. While idle is inside of Ridley, 'idle is not inside of 'Ridley.

What's far more complicated is to require vara to have multiple abbreviations inside of it.

You need each term in vara to be prefaced with a delimiter character like ', and then to check if each word in vara is an abbreviation of one of the required terms, and to ensure that all of the abbreviations are found.

Last edit: 4 years 9 months ago by Fizban.

The following user(s) said Thank You: thomas, WhiskyTest

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2 years 5 months ago - 2 years 5 months ago #8781 by zi

Replied by zi on topic Trigger of the Day - Advanced

I've had a hard time with cmd and arguments, and this solution never works for me. Simple test:
the trigger's argument: *

if %cmd.mudcommand% == look && 'test /= '%arg%
%echo% WIN!
else
return 0
end

returns WIN! on look (or l)... but look south (or person,obj,etc.) returns what's expected.

when I put the argument in an if statement, it's worse:

set test 'test
if %cmd.mudcommand% == look
if %test.contains('%arg%)%
%echo% WIN!
else
return 0
end
else
return 0
end

same result. Look will return WIN but look south will return exit desc. yes, i'm testing with a mortal.

What's missing?!?!?!

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Last edit: 2 years 5 months ago by zi. Reason: copy/pasted incomplete. fixed

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2 years 5 months ago - 2 years 5 months ago #8784 by zi

Replied by zi on topic Trigger of the Day - Advanced

any hints?

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Last edit: 2 years 5 months ago by zi.

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2 years 5 months ago #8785 by Parnassus

Replied by Parnassus on topic Trigger of the Day - Advanced

I'm not understanding the problem. You didn't want to be able to to look south?

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zi
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2 years 5 months ago #8787 by zi

Replied by zi on topic Trigger of the Day - Advanced

look without an argument returns WIN

it SHOULD return the room desc, etc.

now, when i type look in a direction, at an object, at a character, etc. i see that description. but look, without any argument, returns WIN

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2 years 5 months ago #8789 by rhade

Replied by rhade on topic Trigger of the Day - Advanced

When %arg% is empty, then ' is still a substring of 'test, which is why your trigger is firing. Change your if condition to be:

if %cmd.mudcommand% == look && %arg% && 'test /= '%arg%

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2 years 5 months ago #8790 by zi

Replied by zi on topic Trigger of the Day - Advanced

THIS works...

if %cmd.mudcommand% == look
switch %arg%
case compass
%echo% WIN!
break
default
return 0
halt
break
done
else
return 0
end

it allows a mortal to look at the object (magic compass) and get WIN, allows him to look without argument and just see the room, allows him to look at anything specific and see the description..

the IF with the %keyword.contains('%arg%)% still triggers the command (or mud command) without the argument... try this bad boy::

set compass 'compass
if %cmd.mudcommand% == look && %compass.contains('%arg%)%
%echo% WIN!
else
return 0
end

type look with your mortal and you'll get WIN! am I missing something in my if statement?

and no, i'm not using the /= %arg% logic, that stinks

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2 years 5 months ago #8791 by Parnassus

Replied by Parnassus on topic Trigger of the Day - Advanced

Sorry, I hadn't realized that Rhade's message hadn't gone through.

But, yes, this is one that catches me every time! I love what I call "Fizban's Fix" especially since I've been in a room with a mob looking for /=king. If you tried talking in this room, the mob would talk about the king if you mentioned asking, talking, walking, killing or many other things.

However, as Rhade says, when you change "look {noarg}" to "look '{noarg}", you've now changed that noarg to an arg that matches your criteria since "look ' " is part of "look 'compass".

For more info on this matter:
Trigger of the Day - Mob Command Example
and /= .

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