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Novice Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 30

In zmud i have an alias tfb argument
this does
unsmuggle bag
take argument from bag$
smuggle bag

In cmud it keeps on doing
unsmuggle bag argument
take argument from bag$
smuggle bag

Tried playing with %p

Novice Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 30

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Tried playing with %params and #local, but nothing help?

Secondly, why is speedwalking about 3 times slower than on zmod? Way too slow, keep on getting no eq at all after boot.

Cheers
Gatsby

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

The likely reason it seems slower is because all your scripts are written in ZMud-era script code. ZMud scripts are compatible with CMud, yes, but they will be very far from efficient.

Novice Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 30

Well, it doesnt seem slower, it is slower, and i'm just double clicking a room in another zone (admitted, there are 25000 rooms, and 100's of zones, but zmud had no problem), no scripting involved. I can actually almost follow reading the directions as they come on the screen.

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

My map is approaching 40k rooms, and it's as fast as can be.

Novice Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 30

Well, i'm getting rif of my old xp computer and bought a decent win7 one. So i hope that will solve those speed problems. (besides, it's kinda fun playing with non-omfg bs eq:). Still stuck on the first question tho. Any place i can get more info than in the help alias topic?

Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 12:40 am

I fail to see how the following wouldn't work:

Apprentice Joined: 03 Jul 2006 Posts: 108

Not an expert at reading XML, but I think you need to add a command there to assign follow on text to the local variable $item, either as the first or second command of that alias. I also thought you had to define the local variable, but it seems to work fine without a #LOCAL command

$item = %params

addded as the first or second command in your if statement will get you everything following your alias name, so if you type "tfb big brown spider" you should get "take big brown spider from bag"

Mike

Wizard Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 2320

No, Anaristos' code should work fine without that, because it has "<arglist>$item</arglist>". This automatically sets the first parameter to the local variable $item. As an alternative, you could delete that part of the XML and add "$item = %1" as the first line of the value, but Anaristos' code should work.

In general, when creating local variables you do want a #LOCAL statement to define them. However, there are two situations where you don't have to. 1) If you set the value of the local variable before you use the local variable, it will automatically define the variable for you without the need of a #LOCAL statement. It is still good coding practice to use #LOCAL, because it avoids mistakes where you don't actually set a value in some situation. Using #LOCAL also makes clear what variables are being used in a script.

2) The other situation where you don't need a #LOCAL is what Anaristos is doing: setting an argument list for an alias. In this case, the local variables are automatically created. When doing this, you need to be aware of certain things. First, you should _not_ specify a variable in both an argument list and a #LOCAL. That can actually cause problems, because an argument local variable is treated special in Cmud. Second, as a result of that special treatment, you should not change the value of a variable specified as an alias argument. Instead, treat it as a static value. Strictlly speaking, it is not actually static; the Cmud syntax checker does allow you to change the value. But you should treat them just like %1, %2, etc. They are not intended to change, and forcing them to change may cause problems in the future.