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Beginner Joined: 09 Nov 2006 Posts: 16

Hello folks, this post is from a novice if there ever was one, so bear with me please. I'm trying of course to write a trigger.

the trigger is designed to return gold back into my kitbag if a thief attempts to steal it.

I remove gold from kitbag and then copy and paste the result to the trigger package editor. then I read in the help files that you need to insert {%d} in place of the number of gold pieces. I have tried every combination I can think of, removing the braces, removing the %, double braces, etc. I cannot make it work. please note that I have an alias which works fine and yes, my trigger button is not off.

according to the help files, the trigger is supposed to look like this:

You get {%d} gold sovereigns from a sailor's kitbag. or you can gather from the help files: You get {d} gold sovereigns from a sailor's kitbag.

I think.....

Enchanter Joined: 11 Feb 2003 Posts: 511 Location: USA

The curly braces are part of the command set. You probably want:

#TRIG {You get (%d) gold sovereigns from a sailor's kitbag.} {#EXEC {put %1 gold in kitbag}}

Beginner Joined: 09 Nov 2006 Posts: 16

what you've written here, can I assume I can just type this verbatim in the command line without using the Package Editor? Also, when using the Package Editor, after copying and pasting to the editor, I'm supposed to add both the curly braces and parentheses? without the #TRIG?

Enchanter Joined: 11 Feb 2003 Posts: 511 Location: USA

What I put is the command line entry. The package editor would look like this.

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Beginner Joined: 09 Nov 2006 Posts: 16

Very Good Dumas....thank you sir..

However, while i was able to copy and paste to the command line, I still could not get it to work using the package editor. and I had tried the exact same commands in the package editor many times. Perhaps it has something to do with the package editor being turned off or disabled somehow? other than the pistol symbol on the bottom left of the screen?

again, thank you very much.....

Enchanter Joined: 11 Feb 2003 Posts: 511 Location: USA

If you put the {} in the trigger pattern in the package editor, it won't work. Don't know if that is what you did or not.

Beginner Joined: 09 Nov 2006 Posts: 16

Ok, I've also tried this:

You get %d gold sovereigns from a sailors Kitbag.

and as a response to the trigger:

Put gold in kitbag.

this doesn't work either.

Enchanter Joined: 11 Feb 2003 Posts: 511 Location: USA

Can you quote the line of text you actually get from the MUD, and does the trigger try to do anything?

And you have to use #EXEC or something similiar. CMUD requires that all lines begin with a command. So for the action triggered it would be #EXEC {put gold in kitbag} with the braces

Enchanter Joined: 09 Sep 2007 Posts: 605

Enchanter Joined: 09 Sep 2007 Posts: 605

Beginner Joined: 09 Nov 2006 Posts: 16

I need to clarify something....
When I copied and pasted this into the command line;

#TRIG {You get (%d) gold sovereigns from a sailor's kitbag.} {#EXEC {put %1 gold in kitbag}}

it worked! Thank you Dumas.

Now. When I copy and paste....

You get %d gold sovereigns from a sailors Kitbag.

and then ....put gold back in kitbag. into the Package Editor...it does not work.

Dumas' explanation works just fine on the command line. I just can't seem to make it work using the Package Editor. Also note, that in a previous reply to this, that Dumas told me not to use the curly braces or parentheses...

Enchanter Joined: 11 Feb 2003 Posts: 511 Location: USA

Enchanter Joined: 09 Sep 2007 Posts: 605

Dumas
That's because people try to start their commands with variable reference of function call - that fails in CMUD. And here the command begins with literal text to be sent to a MUD - it is OK.

Wizard Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 2320

Just to clarify, Trefen--you need to use parentheses (), not braces {}. The parentheses tell cmud that it should store whatever is captured within it into the temporary variable %1. Without the parentheses, %1 will be blank. When you first started, you were accidentally using braces instead of parentheses.

Magician Joined: 17 Apr 2005 Posts: 496

The reason why it's not working is because you're consistently using the term "sailors kitbag" in your pattern. Dumas's trigger correctly uses "sailor's kitbag", note apostrophe.