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Newbie Joined: 13 Feb 2002 Posts: 2 Location: Norway

I'm trying to make a script, for Dragonstone, like so:

Trigger: bs [target name]

Effect: Sneak
Wear dagger
Backstab [target name]
Wear sword

Now, the problem is the target name part. How would I script so zMUD enters the name of the mob I entered after the trigger (bs)?
Any help would be much appreciated.

Really, really bad boy.

GURU Joined: 10 Oct 2000 Posts: 4379 Location: USA

#ALIAS bs {sneak;wear dagger;backstab %1;wear sword}

Usage:
bs target

where target is a one word argument specifying who you want to backstab.

The %1 inside the alias tells zMUD to put there the first word that comes after the name of the alias.

Kjata

Newbie Joined: 13 Feb 2002 Posts: 2 Location: Norway

woo! Thanks!

Really, really bad boy.

Beginner Joined: 14 Oct 2000 Posts: 26 Location: USA

Not to dispute the guru or anything,

but in my opinion, you should %-1 instead of %1 on an alias like that incase you ever need to enter more than one word for the target. You may not have any such creature now, but using %-1 now will mean that if such a need should ever arise, you won't need to go digging through all your code to fix something with just one character.

with %-1...

"bs big dog"

will work.

Drac-X

GURU Joined: 10 Oct 2000 Posts: 4379 Location: USA

Yup, that is correct. I used %1 instead, however, because most MUDs don't allow more than one keyword to refer to a mob. However, %-1 gives it extra functionality, like you said.

Kjata