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Wanderer Joined: 22 Jun 2005 Posts: 79

Timer working!
#CLASS {timer}
#Variable seconds {0}
#Variable mins {0}
#Variable hours {0}
#Variable praisestart {0}

(start the timer as off)#ALARM {*1} {#ADD seconds 1;#IF (@seconds >= 60) {#ADD mins 1;#VAR seconds 0};#IF (@mins >= 60) {#ADD hours 1;#VAR mins 0};#IF (@hours >= 24) {#VAR hours 0}}
#STATUS {Praise: @hours:@mins:@seconds}

#Trigger {castmessage} #T+ *1
#Trigger {wearoffmessage} #T- *1
#Alias resettimer @seconds = 0
@mins = 0
@hours = 0
#Alias stoptimer #T- *1

Wanderer Joined: 22 Jun 2005 Posts: 79

However I noticed there is no #subtract command I was gonna reverse the timer and set it to trigger when my ability was casted so it would count down from the moment i casted this is my ability message i wanna trigger off of

casting message With Your words, you inspire yourself with strength!
wearoff message You are no longer inspired.

then this is my status window code
#STW Praise: @pramins:@praseconds help would be appreated :)

Wanderer Joined: 22 Jun 2005 Posts: 79

I actually got everything working now...nothing wants to work
#Trigger {castmessage} #T+ *1
#Trigger {wearoffmessage} #T- *1
those triggers wont work anymore someone wanna tell me why...cause this program is on my last nerve...

Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 12:59 pm

It's the kids, animals and women with attitudes..They are all conspiring against you.
I am not sure how you are doing this.
But rather than have castmessage in the trigger field you should have the actual msg from the mud.
Same for the wearoffmessage.
Unless you just put them there as a placeholder in your post rather than the actual msgs.

Apprentice Joined: 22 Jul 2004 Posts: 118 Location: USA

well i have one from a friend that works *perfectly*. i would post it but i dont think he'd appreciate me distributing it.. i can ask if though

Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 7:59 pm

Just add a negative number

Wanderer Joined: 22 Jun 2005 Posts: 79

Of corse i have the actual message in there i just wanted to make it easy so other people could use it if they wanna...now i got a question well 2 questions rather i open my class folder, copy and paste my code click save it takes everything i just copied and pasted...and takes it away..does this several times..2 #t- (trigger name) or #t+ (trigger name) turns off and on whatever trigger right? I just wanna make shure my understanding is correct...

Wanderer Joined: 22 Jun 2005 Posts: 79

Oh, and yes i put negative values it WAS all working fine..then stopped...actually also can you assign the same trigger twice IF you 1)put it in a seperate class folder 2) if you turn off the right folders like timer is class one and countdown timer is class 2

Wizard Joined: 03 Mar 2001 Posts: 1127 Location: London

What is it you're trying to achieve with the class? Are you just wanting to time how long it takes for an effect to wear off?
I can dig out an old alias that'll do that if you need it.

Wanderer Joined: 22 Jun 2005 Posts: 79

Yes with 1 timer i want to time how long abilities mind you in the higher levels abilities last like 10-30 mins depending on your status then use that to record the values for seconds mins hours take that data and make a countdown timer in the statuswindow like if i cast blah the timer will go down from 2 mins, and i can tell exactally when it wears off

Wanderer Joined: 22 Jun 2005 Posts: 79

#TR [timsttr] With Your words, you inspire yourself with strength! #T+ *1 ok i copy this and paste it into the command box or whatevever you wanna call it..it does this

1) makes a folder called words,
2)In that folder makes a trigger called with
3)Then gives it the value Your..

now if i am doing somthing wrong someone please tell me cause i am following the helpfiles commands...on that note i am leaving to go play a ps2 game for awhile cause zmud is driving me nuts...

SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

zMud is very smart, but it is not a mind reader, it uses spaces as arguement seperators, This can be overridden by a number of different grouping characters such as "{<([])>}". The correct characters to use for a given situation have never been fully explained, but the short of it is: use "" when you want the arguement to be taken literally and use {} when you want it to be subject to the expansion and evaluation preformed by that command. The use of <> and [] is controllable by preference options, these explicitly force expansion and evalution respectively. Meaning that they are used to override the behavior of how a command treats its arguments. For example #TRIGGER treats all its agruments litterally, meaning no expansion or evaluation is preformed.

The syntax for #TRIGGER is very simple. First a small explanation of symbols commonly used in help; [word] indicates an optional argument of "word", zMud also allows commands to be abbrieviated, this is indicated by the underlined letters in the help. In all cases the help tries to inform you what that arguement is used for and its expected type.

The syntax for #TRIGGER is:
#TRIGGER [id] pattern commands [class] [option list]

The specifics of parsing in your example are:
1. Locate full line.
#TR [timsttr] With Your words, you inspire yourself with strength! #T+ *1
2. Check for immediate expansion and evaluation items
[timsttr] found, evaluates to "timsttr"
3. Parse line
#TR "timsttr" With Your words, you inspire yourself with strength! #T+ *1
Found command #TR equals #TRIGGER takes 2 arguements with 3 optionals...
Five arguements found all options used...
ID=timsttr
Pattern=With
Commands=Your
Class=words,
OptionList=you inspire yourself with strength! #T+ *1
4. Creates the trigger based on the specified arguements
Class ',' not valid in a class name "words," stripped to "words"
OptionList "you inspire yourself with strength! #T+ *1" contains no valid options, all ignored.

Since zMud can't read your mind you have to tell it what you want to be each arguement. This is done with braces or quotes.
#TR "timsttr" {With Your words, you inspire yourself with strength!} {#T+ *1}
Now it sees 3 arguments and makes the educated guess that they should be:
ID=timsttr
Pattern=With Your words, you inspire yourself with strength!
Commands=#T+ *1

Wanderer Joined: 22 Jun 2005 Posts: 79

I took the helpfile literal with the syanax
#TRIGGER [id] pattern commands [class] [option list]

As in #Trigger [name of trigger] pattern the mud needs to read [optional class] and [optional option]

Wanderer Joined: 22 Jun 2005 Posts: 79

I would appreate some help with this coding though i just need to find a way to make my timer code start and stop based on the casting message and wearoffmessage..i am close the timer works but for some reason the #Trigger {castmessage} #T+ *1 dosent wanna work also it is set as an alarm i dont know if that makes a difference but the code for the script i got so far is posted on the first post..

Wanderer Joined: 22 Jun 2005 Posts: 79

Everything seems to be working now..i guess this could be command errors on my part...i will post the finished scripts in a week or so if they continue working.

Wanderer Joined: 22 Jun 2005 Posts: 79

#ALARM {*1} {#ADD seconds -1;#IF (@seconds >= 60) {#ADD mins -1;#VAR seconds 0};#IF (@mins >= 60) {#ADD hours -1;#VAR mins 0};#IF (@hours >= 24)

ok..the #alarm is what is the heart of this trigger, and makes it move however it also chooses the speed the timer moves at so that leads to 2 problems one if i wanna do multiple timers i could do *1 *2*3 but all the timers will move at different speeds. I would like all timers to move at the same speed, and also in the timer the @mins variable never goes down the secods go into - value...so is there an alternate way to program this timer cause i am completely stumped..

Apprentice Joined: 22 Jul 2004 Posts: 118 Location: USA

ok this is a perfect one from a friend who made it years ago but doesnt mud anymore

Wanderer Joined: 22 Jun 2005 Posts: 79

I appreate the help...but i dont understand that at at...I pritty much have it though the design flaw is it has to be set around alarm 1 so after every second goes by the trigger hits until the wearoff message goes off, and i cant set more than one ability timer at one time cause o cant keep using alarm 1..now the reason this is a big deal is abilities can last upward of 10 mins..I also want to display it in the stw..so what i need is a way for a trigger to repeat it self until the wearoff message pulls the timers work fine everything is displaying ok..this is all i need..help would be appreated

Wanderer Joined: 22 Jun 2005 Posts: 79

o..also i fixxed the -1 countdown problem too :)

Apprentice Joined: 22 Jul 2004 Posts: 118 Location: USA

the script i posted works *perfectly*.
just use it.. :)