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Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 4:08 am

I was playing with the mxp tags received from the mud for mapping, rname rdesc rexits, and ran across a problem. I can set up mapper with out using mxp, and it maps largely fine. If i enabled mxp it stopped finding exits, I can click them and go in that direction and else wise seems fine. I enabled mxp debug messages, and noticed that i am also being sent an <ex></ex> tag, with the direction, a single letter n,e,s,w,u,d in between. I thought then i would just script the exits to be automatically added, but when using %0 on the rexits tag gives me a single [ which is primarly the bug i'm looking at. At the very least if enclosed mxp tags are ignored i should have the "exit:" text as well. i'm now using the ex tag and %additem to generate a string list, and i can use the rexits mxp trigger to update the mapper. I did try to sub out the brackets and exits:, to no luck, as well as using %mxp.data with the same results.

I do also realize that the Rexits tag contains 2 different data formats(exits command and look), which once i get one figured out right i'll add in the other

Wizard Joined: 14 Aug 2004 Posts: 1269

I presume you reconfigured the mapper after enabling MXP?

Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 5:05 pm

Open the Script Debugger and turn on the Raw input/output message. Then copy/paste the text from the debugger that shows the exact data being send by the MUD that has the REXITS tag in it. Then I can replay the text here to see why the %0 and %mxp.data are not working in that case.

Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 4:04 am

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c test | [1] test Comline : start :
a test |(-)> HP:298/298 MV:245/378 MP:488/831 POS:Standing>78824959l
h test |<ESC>[1;30m(-)> HP:<ESC>[0;32m298<ESC>[1;30m/<ESC>[1;34m298<ESC>[1;30m MV:<ESC>[1;31m245<ESC>[1;30m/<ESC>[1;34m378<ESC>[1;30m MP:<ESC>[1;31m488<ESC>[1;30m/<ESC>[1;34m831<ESC>[1;30m POS:<ESC>[1;34mStanding<ESC>[1;30m><ESC>[1;34m78824959<ESC>[2Sl<ESC>[0m
i test >l<CR><LF>
d test | [1] test Comline : stopped
i test *<CR><LF>
<ESC>[0;37m<RName><ESC>[0;1;36mA French Beach</RName><CR><LF>
<RDesc><ESC>[0;36mAcross the channel you can just barely make out a thin white strip which is<CR><LF>
the white cliffs at Dover. The water looks grey and choppy. It's surely very<CR><LF>
chilly even at this time of year. The beach here continues along the coast to<CR><LF>
the north.<CR><LF>
</RDesc><RExits><ESC>[0;1;37m[<ESC>[0;37mExits: <Ex>n</Ex> <Ex>s</Ex></RExits><ESC>[0;1;37m]<ESC>[0;37m<CR><LF>
<ESC>[0;37m<ESC>[0;37m<ESC>[0;37m<CR><LF>
<ESC>[0;1;30m(-)> HP:<ESC>[0;32m298<ESC>[0;1;30m/<ESC>[0;1;34m298<ESC>[0;1;30m MV:<ESC>[0;1;31m247<ESC>[0;1;30m/<ESC>[0;1;34m378<ESC>[0;1;30m MP:<ESC>[0;1;31m489<ESC>[0;1;30m/<ESC>[0;1;34m831<ESC>[0;1;30m POS:<ESC>[0;1;34mStanding<ESC>[0;1;30m><ESC>[0;1;34m78824959<ESC>[0;37m<IAC><GA>
a test |
a test |A French Beach
h test |<ESC>[1;36mA French Beach<ESC>[0m
a test |Across the channel you can just barely make out a thin white strip which is
h test |<ESC>[36mAcross the channel you can just barely make out a thin white strip which is<ESC>[0m
a test |the white cliffs at Dover. The water looks grey and choppy. It's surely very
h test |<ESC>[36mthe white cliffs at Dover. The water looks grey and choppy. It's surely very<ESC>[0m
a test |chilly even at this time of year. The beach here continues along the coast to
h test |<ESC>[36mchilly even at this time of year. The beach here continues along the coast to<ESC>[0m
a test |the north.
h test |<ESC>[36mthe north.<ESC>[0m
a test |[Exits: n s]
h test |<ESC>[1;37m[<ESC>[0;37mExits: <ESC>[5Sn<ESC>[37m <ESC>[5Ss<ESC>[1;37m]<ESC>[0m
a test |
a test ](-)> HP:298/298 MV:247/378 MP:489/831 POS:Standing>78824959
h test ]<ESC>[1;30m(-)> HP:<ESC>[0;32m298<ESC>[1;30m/<ESC>[1;34m298<ESC>[1;30m MV:<ESC>[1;31m247<ESC>[1;30m/<ESC>[1;34m378<ESC>[1;30m MP:<ESC>[1;31m489<ESC>[1;30m/<ESC>[1;34m831<ESC>[1;30m POS:<ESC>[1;34mStanding<ESC>[1;30m><ESC>[1;34m78824959<ESC>[0m
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c test | [1] test Comline : start :
a test |(-)> HP:298/298 MV:247/378 MP:489/831 POS:Standing>78824959exit
h test |<ESC>[1;30m(-)> HP:<ESC>[0;32m298<ESC>[1;30m/<ESC>[1;34m298<ESC>[1;30m MV:<ESC>[1;31m247<ESC>[1;30m/<ESC>[1;34m378<ESC>[1;30m MP:<ESC>[1;31m489<ESC>[1;30m/<ESC>[1;34m831<ESC>[1;30m POS:<ESC>[1;34mStanding<ESC>[1;30m><ESC>[1;34m78824959<ESC>[2Sexit<ESC>[0m
i test >exit<CR><LF>
d test | [1] test Comline : stopped
i test *<CR><LF>
<ESC>[0;37m<RExits>Obvious exits:<CR><LF>
North- A French Beach<CR><LF>
South- The Mouth of the Seine<CR><LF>
</RExits><CR><LF>
<ESC>[0;1;30m(-)> HP:<ESC>[0;32m298<ESC>[0;1;30m/<ESC>[0;1;34m298<ESC>[0;1;30m MV:<ESC>[0;1;31m247<ESC>[0;1;30m/<ESC>[0;1;34m378<ESC>[0;1;30m MP:<ESC>[0;1;31m489<ESC>[0;1;30m/<ESC>[0;1;34m831<ESC>[0;1;30m POS:<ESC>[0;1;34mStanding<ESC>[0;1;30m><ESC>[0;1;34m78824959<ESC>[0;37m<IAC><GA>
a test |
a test |Obvious exits:
h test |<ESC>[37mObvious exits:<ESC>[0m
a test | North- A French Beach
h test |<ESC>[37m North- A French Beach<ESC>[0m
a test | South- The Mouth of the Seine
h test |<ESC>[37m South- The Mouth of the Seine<ESC>[0m
a test ](-)> HP:298/298 MV:247/378 MP:489/831 POS:Standing>78824959
h test ]<ESC>[1;30m(-)> HP:<ESC>[0;32m298<ESC>[1;30m/<ESC>[1;34m298<ESC>[1;30m MV:<ESC>[1;31m247<ESC>[1;30m/<ESC>[1;34m378<ESC>[1;30m MP:<ESC>[1;31m489<ESC>[1;30m/<ESC>[1;34m831<ESC>[1;30m POS:<ESC>[1;34mStanding<ESC>[1;30m><ESC>[1;34m78824959<ESC>[0m

Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 5:21 pm

OK, I need to see the definition of the RExits tag. Go into your Preferences and select the MXP page. Then select the Elements tab and tell me what the RExits tag is set to.

The problem that I can see is that your RExits data spans multiple lines and I don't see any MXP secure codes like [1z, so it doesn't really look like this MUD really supports MXP. To allow an element to span multiple lines like this, it needs to be defined as an OPEN attribute.

Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 4:17 am

ok, so instead of skimming the mxp specification as I have previously I READ it all. And I think your right zugg, partial implementation of mxp... cause as I finished reading that last sample looked really familiar....And the rexits, rdesc, rname tags are the only ones I have seen.

sure enough after nogotiating that my client supports mxp, and the initial login screen, these mxp commands are sent...

Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 4:57 pm

Yep, if they got rid of the RExits for the multiple-line section, then it would work better. The RExits tag in the room description information will work in either open or secure mode since it doesn't cross multiple lines.

It's possible that the MUD has sent the control code to put CMUD into locked secure mode (which isn't a good idea, but lazy MXP implementations sometimes do this). Otherwise, the fact that they are not marking their lines from the MUD as "secure" is a bug in their MXP implementation. Otherwise players on the MUD could mess up your map by putting the RExits tag in their chat messages.

Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 11:02 pm

haha, I just noticed something about the rexits tag. I was trying to figure out why on the rexits tag, with mxp debug messages on, was still only getting the "[" character as my %0 value and something about the line looked off....

Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 12:04 am

Actually, I don't think the problem is with the unmatched [ character. I didn't have a chance to play with this yet, but my guess is that the embedded EX tags are causing problems with the %mxp.data results somehow.