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Novice Joined: 29 Oct 2007 Posts: 33

Can you tell me what is going wrong?
At one point during the speedwalk, I go west to a dock, and have to wait for a boat - so in the room description I tick the box marked "Pause when speedwalking", and in the Walk Script for that room I write:

#trigger {ship arrives} {#ok}
#if (%nextdir = e) {#ok}

Boarding the ship works ok, but when I travel in the opposite direction, get off the boat, and arrive at that room, I fail to go east, and the speedwalk seems to have lost that direction from its list, and I get messages saying, for instance, that it can't go north. So I am left at the dock - but the map has been updated to indicate that my current position is at the end of the speedwalk - and not stuck at the dock, where the mud believes me to be :(

Any help appreciated.

Adept Joined: 27 May 2008 Posts: 299

You need to make a room that is for all intents and purposes, the boat. When the boat arrives at the first dock, it should move you to the room that is 'the boat' which also will be marked "Pause when speedwalking" then, when the boat arrives at destination you need a walk script that triggers off that message to get off the boat and continue on.

Novice Joined: 29 Oct 2007 Posts: 33

Thanks Toxic, all that is in place - I was just simplifying it
- I still have the problem

Adept Joined: 27 May 2008 Posts: 299

Then I dont understand where your having an issue. Or for that matter, what you are using the #IF (%nextdir = e)...

On the first dock use... #TR {ship arrives} {#ok}
On the boat room use #TR {ship lands} {#OK}

If your slow walking, you could always use #PAUSE, #STEP.

Maybe I'm not understanding the problem, but this should work.

Novice Joined: 29 Oct 2007 Posts: 33

Hmmm... I will try and explain again.
I have a room for the boat, with a pause, which works fine. On the way back, I leave the boat and arrive at the dock. The only way to leave the dock is to go east. So I assume I need the #if (%nextdir = e) {#ok} to get me through the room pause on my way east during the speedwalk - but its not achieving the desired result.

Adept Joined: 27 May 2008 Posts: 299

Ah I see said the blind man. I'm assuming the 'reason' its happening is because when it pauses in the room it hasnt actually #OK'd that movement yet, so the nextdir in the queue is technically the last direction you just moved, until you do a #OK which confirms that movement.

I think if you used %lastdir instead of %nextdir and compared it to whatever your using to get off the boat, it will work, other than that I havnt a good way to fix this issue, prolly someone else does tho.

EDIT: an easy way to test this is to let the map pause you in this room coming back through, and then do #SHOW %nextdir to see what it is showing as your next direction. As long as its different that the #SHOW %nextdir of when your coming through to get on the boat, just compare it to what it shows to continue the walk.