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Wanderer Joined: 26 Oct 2012 Posts: 56

what I want is simple enough. I want to just keep track of how many times I "Abolish" something.

You swiftly draw the ancient runes of abolishment around a
* and then alight them with a drop of blood and the
* vanishes.

it will always be the same message with "*" being whatever piece of equipment I'm abolishing.

I am new to zmud and guessing that its quite capable of doing this with some sort of trigger...

Any help is appreciated! thanks

//newbie

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 7:05 pm

is this all on one line, or on three lines like your example would suggest?

Wanderer Joined: 26 Oct 2012 Posts: 56

well it's one constant flowing message, it shows over 3 lines because of my word wrap

but as long as it can recognize "you swiftly draw" and just count how many times
that message is received

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 5:58 am

#TR {you swiftly draw} {drawCount=(@drawCount+1)}

Wanderer Joined: 26 Oct 2012 Posts: 56

thanks, and is there a way to display the counter?

Wizard Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 2320

How do you want to display it? As simple text in response to a command, like: showcount? As a graphical bar that increments as it grows? As a button that constantly displays the value? As part of your prompt? As part of the display in your status bar or status window? All are possible.

Wanderer Joined: 26 Oct 2012 Posts: 56

a button that constantly displays value would best :) but any of those would be fine :)

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 4:28 pm

make a button with a caption of:

Abolished: @drawCount

the rest of it can be left empty

Wanderer Joined: 26 Oct 2012 Posts: 56

my drawCount variable isnt a number, its value shows up as :
((((+1)+1)+1)+1)
right now the button is there but it doesnt display a number

Wizard Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 2320

Did you use the trigger Shalimar gave exactly? Including the parentheses? The parentheses are important for ensuring that you get mathematical addition instead of string concatenation.

Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 4:48 pm

given that his other counting thread is in the zMUD folder instead.. try this

drawCount=%eval(@drawCount+1)

you might need to ensure it has an proper value to build off of by entering the following at the commnad line

drawCount=0

Wizard Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 2320

Oh, yeah, if its Zmud instead of Cmud, that would do it.

Wanderer Joined: 26 Oct 2012 Posts: 56

Wow, it worked :) thanks guys!!!

Never learned to leave well enough alone.. the number seems to reset in new sessions, is there way to keep it always counting and continue the same count even if I
have to restart my computer or something?

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

Variables only reset like that when it has the use default value option checked.