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Adept Joined: 27 May 2008 Posts: 299

Currently I have my mapper set up to manually do a #OK apon receiving the room name of the next room. How could I manually code it to first match the roomname to the room Im moving to on the mapper. Currently it moves me in the desired direction every time I get a room name, no matter whether it matches or not.

Keeping in mind %1 equals the roomname how can I compare that? I thought about using %roomname but seems that would try to match it to the previous room since technically the mapper hasnt moved until it receives the #OK.

Any ideas..

Thanks.

Wizard Joined: 14 Aug 2004 Posts: 1269

Well, you'd probably have to use several % functions to get the top direction from the queue, follow that direction (in your code) to see what room you are entering, get the room name of that room, compare it with %1, and if that is a match, execute the #OK. I'm afraid I can't remember the names of the functions, but if you need more help, I might be able to look through my code at some point.

Adept Joined: 27 May 2008 Posts: 299

If I knew the functions to use, I wouldn't have asked for help *grin*

Wizard Joined: 14 Aug 2004 Posts: 1269

Er, yeah, but you can look! I've just got TeSSH here and it has no manual, so it's a bit tedious for me to look right now.

SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

The function you are looking for would be %destroom, however that will return the final destination when a speedwalk is active. Since there is no real way to tell that the mapper is preforming a speedwalk, you would have to use %roomlink(,%item(%lastdir,1)) to get the number of the room you are heading to at all times.

Adept Joined: 27 May 2008 Posts: 299

Viji... The above doesnt work when moving from one room to another using a custom exit command.... anything to fix that?

SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

That then adds the complexity of %roomportal. In order to handle it you have to check whether %lastdir is a defined direction, and even it it is defined then you have check its type and use %roomportal when it is an other(custom/non-standard) direction. Basically you have to have 2 PhD's to figure it out, and hopefully Zugg will extend %roomlink to be able to return all of this as he updates the mapper. I will certainely be pushing for it.

The easiest way to do it is to grab the part of my Toolbox package that reads all of the #DIRECTION settings into a record variable. Then you can check both presence and type against the contents of that variable.

Adept Joined: 27 May 2008 Posts: 299

Well, with the new mapper just around the corner Im not sure I want to get dragged into all that just for an #OK trigger. Hopefully the changes in the new mapper will help this issue alot.

SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

I will definitely be pushing for %roomlink to be more capable. I will probably also push for other existing functions to gain appropiate capabilities. However, I am just one user. My ability to test existing CMud features has been quite small for the recent past and will probably remain in the same state. Even if Zugg implemented something I suggested it is not likely that I would have the proper time to test it to make sure it was everything I wanted.