I'm running tbaMUD 2018.1 and I've been looking for a generalized way to have mobs react to socials (slap a dragon lately?), perhaps with a multiple triggers based on mob temperaments (one trigger each for aggressive, cautious, wimp, etc.) and then in each trigger a set of 'case' statements to flip through all of the socials I'd like to respond to - maybe with a default of 'emote ignores %actor.name%'.
But how would a script determine if the triggering mob is the victim of the social? Looking at the examples, it seems that most trigger on text from the social - but I want to be more general. Why not use %victim.name%?
So I created this trigger:
Code:
Name: 'RW - Mob Response to Socials', VNum: [ 1004], RNum: [ 288]
Trigger Intended Assignment: Mobiles
Trigger Type: Act , Numeric Arg: 1, Arg list: *
Commands:
say Trigger activated!
say The victim name is %victim.name%
say the command is %arg%!
say the actor is %actor.name%!
Then in one room loaded a clone (10) and a zombie (11) and attached my trigger to the clone. Then:
550H 150M 132V > smile zombie
You smile at it.
The clone says, 'Trigger activated!'
The clone says, 'The victim name is the zombie'
The clone says, 'the command is Admin beams a smile at the zombie.!'
The clone says, 'the actor is Admin!'
550H 150M 132V > smile clone
You smile at it.
The clone says, 'Trigger activated!'
The clone says, 'The victim name is '
The clone says, 'the command is Admin smiles at you.!'
The clone says, 'the actor is Admin!'
It looks like %victim.name% isn't getting set when the triggering mob is the victim.
Am I doing something wrong?
Is there a way to compare to nul?
I tried:
Code:
if %victim.name% == ""
say I think I'm the target!
say the actor is %actor.name%!
say the command is %arg%!
else
say I don't think I'm the target
say the target is %victim.name%
say the actor is %actor.name%!
say the command is %arg%!
end
Which gives me:
550H 150M 132V > slap zombie
You slap the zombie.
The clone says, 'Trigger activated!'
The clone says, 'I don't think I'm the target'
The clone says, 'the target is the zombie'
The clone says, 'the actor is Admin!'
The clone says, 'the command is Admin slaps the zombie.!'
550H 150M 132V > slap clone
You slap the clone.
The clone says, 'Trigger activated!'
The clone says, 'I don't think I'm the target'
The clone says, 'the target is '
The clone says, 'the actor is Admin!'
The clone says, 'the command is Admin slaps you. Ow!!'
I could use 'you*' to establish that the triggering mob is the victim, but at least 'splash' also uses that in the text to the non-victims. So it doesn't seem safe to do that.
Any advice?
