Zugg Software :: View topic - How do I store a string of text as a variable, just by color

Beginner Joined: 02 Jun 2006 Posts: 19

I want to store a string of text as a variable, based only on its color alone. So, it could be ANY line of text, however, if its in a certain color, then I store it as a variable.

For a concrete example, the room names on my MUD are always in light blue text, and its the only light blue text in the game. So whenever a room name comes up, I want to store the room name in a variable. However, since I don't know what the text is going to be, I don't know how to trigger and capture it. Ideas? Please help.

Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 3:11 pm

#TRIGGER {(*)} {roomname=%1} "" {line=11}

The line=11 part was chosen using the Line Color option for triggers, I chose the cyan since it's the closest to light blue that ANSI has.

GURU Joined: 23 Dec 2000 Posts: 4834 Location: USA

Heh, it's not the closest that ANSI has. Instead of using line color, you could use the ANSI option, which allows you to take advantage of the 31;34m format that ansi color comes in. Unless you already know the ansi value of your line of text, just copy an example, paste it into the pattern box in the Package Editor, and change the words to whatever wildcards are needed. The ansi code part will be automatically inserted by CMud, but this only works via the package editor.

Oh, I forgot to mention that the ansi codes are only inserted when the trigger is already set to be an ANSI trigger, so do that first.

Beginner Joined: 02 Jun 2006 Posts: 19

Okay, so it is kind of working. I'm using pattern (*) and the value roomname=%1 , and under options I have it set to the correct line color.

It works fine, when the room name is on a new line. However, in many cases, my prompt is shoved up next to the roomname. So it will look like this:

<653/653|97/97|1596/|/ Western Temple Square

Now, when that happens, it does not trigger. How can I fix this?

GURU Joined: 23 Dec 2000 Posts: 4834 Location: USA

Your best option is to change the prompt the game sends you so that it always ends with a carriage return. Not all games have this, though.

After that, you can try matching your prompt and #sub in a carriage return version so that the combined lines like you have never happen. That might cause problems with triggers not firing, however, but I forget if ZMud acts like this for subbed text or not.

Lastly, and I also forget if this is true in ZMud or not, you can try using ANSI codes instead of the line color option. Line color has a "the entire line" restriction, so any result like above means the trigger doesn't fire. ANSI triggers might not have that problem.