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Novice Joined: 14 Jul 2003 Posts: 31 Location: USA

How do I see, with a script, if the mapper is set to follow or to off?
I can use %maplocked( ) to see if the mapper is on follow (results in 1), if it is in explore mode (results in 0) and if the map is shut down completely (results in "").
When the map is put to "off" the %maplocked( ) shows 1.
Any suggestions?

Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 7:58 pm

%pref(MapOn) will return 0 if the mapper is off or closed, and 1 if it is in follow or explore mode. This in conjunction with %maplocked should do what you need.

P.S. Technically speaking if the map window is closed, %maplocked returns null.

Novice Joined: 14 Jul 2003 Posts: 31 Location: USA

I don't know if I am doing something wrong or what, but I can't get that to work. Is that function only available in CMUD and not in zMUD?

Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 11:34 pm

Yes %pref if only available in CMUD.

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

ZMud doesn't have the %pref() function, but you can do all of that already via a user-defined function or alias (while I don't rule out possible issues due to proper syntax and such, the following has been tested and found to be operating as expected):

-1 = mapper not open, 0 = Off mode, 1 = Follow, and 2 = Explore

#FUNCTION CheckMapperStatus() {%if(%maplocked() = "",-1,%if(%class(AutoMapper),2,%if(%class(AutomapperAll),1,0)))}

This doesn't handle %maplocked() for when the mapper is open, but since %maplocked() is there already this shouldn't be a problem.

Alternatively, you can always force the issue by using the proper #MENU commands.

Novice Joined: 14 Jul 2003 Posts: 31 Location: USA

Thank you, it works great.