Zugg Software :: View topic - Still learning, have a task but would like some support

Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 5:55 pm

The essential part of this is for me to get my hands into the code to get a better grasp on how it works. Having said that, I don't want "the answer" but I wouldn't mind incomplete examples broken down to show what it is doing.

This project I want to undertake would be to create a window with the title Online, and in that window display an up to date list of people who are online who are members of my clan or on my notify list. Both of those lists give me notification when someone logs on or off so I know I'll be using additem and delitem, but how to display it and keep it current? The commands and info I have to pull from are listed below.

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

This looks like a perfect example for using the Status window. Though I realize that you mentioned you want to make a separate window named online.
If you were NOT going to use the status window then you will need to use the #win command and the focus char which is :

#win Online
Creates the window

Online:#clr
Clears the window

Online:#say %expanddb(@Charsdb)
One example of how to display a database variable to that window.

So each time that the data changes you could send the clear and the show again to update the window.

Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 4:55 am

I made a long alias that would get me from anywhere to a certain location. Problem is that now zMud is constantly sending movement commands (even offline, even with all included paths and the alias disabled).

This is the alias I set: cgohall

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

OI, looks like you got some erm, interestin, yea that's it interestin things going on here.

First answer YES you can hijack your own thread! About a month ago we were asked with help making a combat bot. It basically consisted of a back and forth conversation between him and me. Go have a look at that thread and you will see how bad things can get if you continue to ask new questions on different subjects.

I will let you search for it though, I will tell you his name starts with a P.

But wait there is More!

There are LOTS of good pieces of information in that thread that many people will likely over look because it is SO massive. ONE of which is an answer for another way to write the above code so that it is far less messy and doesn't keep going even when it is turned off.

Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 2:52 pm

:p Ok, at least I have a clue of what to search for now. And since you state that you did post several times an easier way for me to find the thread is to look at your post history.

At least I managed to export my settings this time before deleting the character - now I can fix the error in notepad and then start anew.

Edit: When I went into the text file to edit I found an ALARM alias that did not have a + before the time increment. I don't remember setting this alias and it started right after I set up my alias. Once I removed this error and imported the text it all worked properly again. I have set each of the alarm times to be an appropriate increment longer than the previous so it works - it may not be pretty but it works.

Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 12:10 am

Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 8:02 pm

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

Make a trigger that puts someone into a list variable that ONLY contains people who are online.

1 Apple Online Active

%d%s(%w)%sOnline%sActive

#additem notify %1

Then in the status window
%expandlist(@notify,%cr"Clan ")
Obviously you will need to play with this and make changes as appropriate.

Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 3:59 pm

Ok, I've been going over this in my mind for a little while and something is not quite clicking. I understand the trigger and barely understand the use of the %expandlist(), but the %cr"Clan " has me mystified. I have no clue what that part of the code is doing. It may help to keep it in the context of the %expandlist() but any way you could break it down would be appreciated.

Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 4:23 pm

If you take a look at the help file you'll see that the %cr"Clan " part is the delimiter string. %cr is a carriage return, so if your list was item1|item2|item3, that %expandlist code will produce:

Clan item1
Clan item2
Clan item3