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Newbie Joined: 14 Jun 2002 Posts: 5

I am trying to create a distress call trigger, but I'm not having any luck.

Here's what I would like to do:
If someone attacks me, I get the following message... "Without Warning, Enemy stabs you from behind!"

When I see this message, I would like to automatically send this tell to a friend... "tell Friend Enemy just stabbed me in roomname!" (obviously "Friend" and "Enemy" need to be variables)

On the mud that I play, you can get a brief roomname by typing the command glance. If you type glance in an empty room, you see something like:

[HP:230 EP:230> glance
Rocky Ground(n, e, s and w)

In a room with other people or items in them you would see:

[HP:230 EP:230> glance
Rocky Ground(n, e, s and w)
A Statue
Bob the Assassin (Demonic)

I can get my trigger to work in an empty room, but I can't figure out how to filter out the items and people.

Can anyone help?

MASTER Joined: 28 Nov 2000 Posts: 4817 Location: USA

#TR {^(*)~(%t} {#VAR roomname {%1}}

LightBulb
Senior Member

Newbie Joined: 14 Jun 2002 Posts: 5

That worked great! Thanks!

Newbie Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 7

I have a problem regarding the same thing. The trigger works, so as long as nothing else happens between the time you -enter- the room and the time you get attacked, rendering it useless. At least in my case.

Example:

The Plains(e, s, n and w)
[HP:230 EP:230] abc (alias to 'say I am in @roomname')
You say: I am in The Plains

Though if anything happens afterwards, the trigger is changed and does not hold the roomname anymore.

The Plains(e, s, n and w)
Without warning, Someone stabs you from behind!. (Becomes the new @roomname)
[HP:230 EP:230]abc
You say: I am in

Any way to fix this thing?

Enchanter Joined: 10 Oct 2000 Posts: 698

I can see NO way that this particular trigger:
#TR {^(*)~(%t} {#VAR roomname {%1}}
can change the @roomname variable to:
Without warning, Someone stabs you from behind!.

To rule out another trigger assigning a value to @roomname, try changing the variable name in the trigger and alias.
#VAR thisroomname ""
#TR {^(*)~(%t} {#VAR thisroomname {%1}}
#AL abc {say I am in @thisroomname}

SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

#TR {^(*)~([nesw,]{and|}[nesw]~)$} {#VAR roomname {%1}}

Make the pattern a bit tighter and it shouldn't be able to misfire ever.

Newbie Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 7

Once again, the triggers work, as long as nothing else happens. Let me give you another actual log:

[HP:230 EP:230] e
A long straight tunnel(e, w and u)
[HP:230 EP:230] abc

You say: I am in A long straight tunnel (Good)
[HP:230 EP:230] abc (I type it again right after)

You say: I am in

The value is lost. How is that? Could it be an issue with the MUD I'm playing?

SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

I just looked at mine again and relized that it should not even match. I forgot spaces in the pattern.

#TR {^(*)~([nesw ,]{and|}[nesw ]~)$} {#VAR roomname {%1}}

Make sure you have only 1 place where the variable is set.

Newbie Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 7

Works great! Thanks to both of you for your time. I can work on several other triggers with the knowledge now.