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Novice Joined: 03 Mar 2005 Posts: 31

Im trying to create a trigger that fires when it sees a certain color. It works fine except that it is copying the esc character aswell. My trigger pattern looks like

%e[1;35m(*)

im taking anything yellow and storing it into %1. The thing is if i do #show %1 it will look fine but if i do say %1 it will append something on the end such as ESC[0m or [0m So if %1 held the room name called The Garden it would show "The Garden" if i did #show %1 but doing say %1 would show "The Garden[0m". I tried to use %replace to edit the last part out but it ignored it. Any help on this would be awsome, thanks.

SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

%stripansi

Novice Joined: 03 Mar 2005 Posts: 31

Well i actually played around with stripansi after i posted. The thing is stripansi seems to work for one line things such as room names, but when I have a whole room description stored, stripansi doesnt seem to work at all, i still see the same thing. Im trying to figure this out because after trying and trying to get zmud to map a mud i play, i figured it would be much easier to just tell the mapper to put anything in a certain color in a variable and use that as the room description. Only thing now is i cant seem to get it working correctly.

Novice Joined: 03 Mar 2005 Posts: 31

For example, with the follow trigger the mapper finds the desc perfectly, except for the above problem.

#TR {%e[1;35m(*)} {#tag desc %1} will give me mud output like so:

The cobblestones of this ancient road are worn, and some have been torn loose[0m from the muddy ground. Dense forest covers the verdant countryside to the north[0m and to the south. A trail leads north to the graveyard, and this road continues[0m west toward the City of Medievia. There is a rotting wooden sign hammered into[0m the ground at the edge of the road.[0m

if i try to run %1 through %stripansi first, it will just display "the ground at the edge of the road."

Wizard Joined: 15 Jan 2002 Posts: 1644 Location: USA

Quotes are your friend! *untested*

#TR {%e[1;35m(*)} {#tag desc %stripansi("%1")}

Novice Joined: 03 Mar 2005 Posts: 31

Amazing, thanks.

Novice Joined: 03 Mar 2005 Posts: 31

Blast, i fix it so it picks the right room description every time, yet i cannot not get it to pick the room name. This should be so simple, i created the same type of trigger, only this time for a differnt color, made it #tag name %1 and it even shows up when i do #show %1 as the correct room name, but when i go to configure the mapper, it skips the room name every time.

Novice Joined: 03 Mar 2005 Posts: 31

Ok i take it back about everything really, i was messing around with it trying to get name to work and then when i think its working right, i check the description of the room and i get:

%stripansi("The main room of the caretaker's house appears to serve as his office. A small[0m") %stripansi("desk holds papers and maps, and there are chairs for patrons of the graveyard[0m") %stripansi("to rest while waiting. Two hurricane lamps are set into brass sconces on the[0m") %stripansi("walls, and they fill the room with a warm glow. A doorway in the south wall[0m") %stripansi("appears to lead into a comfortable kitchen.[0m") not sure why its doing all that, but hopefully i can get some help. Thanks

SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

Post a capture of movement into a room with all the ansi codes. Include from the prompt where you press a direction until the prompt after the movement is complete. Also post the triggers you have so far, and we will see if we can make something that always works.

Novice Joined: 03 Mar 2005 Posts: 31

The ansi codes should be like so, ill post the same thing done with html color so its easy to see. The items have no ansi code and so i left black.

%e[1;34m<223hp 225m 567mv 100br> w

%e[1;33mMarket Street, East of the Main Courtyard
%e[1;35mA light twilight effect is caused by the edges of the shadow cast by Castle
Medievia, serenely floating to the west. Further to the east the shade recedes
to allow normal lighting from the sun, although the magical shield surrounding
the city dims the glare somewhat. A small row of sparkling white pots sits
along the side of the street to the north, filled with bright posies and serene
daisies.
%e[1;32mA commoner of Medievia is wandering the city, admiring the surroundings.
%e[1;32mA short man dressed in colorful attire is here, peddling his wares.
%e[1;34mObvious exits:
East - Market Street
South - The Edge of Oblivion
West - The Main Courtyard of Medievia

%e[1;34<224hp 225m 564mv 100br> e

%e[1;33mMarket Street
%e[1;35mThe cobblestones that form the main thoroughfare here are soiled from the
passage of many a shopper, and the small army of janitors that the city employs
seems powerless to prevent the litter. Many of the people are moving either to
or from the market to the north, the cries of the stallholders just audible
over the hubbub of the citizens. To the south stands a low building with a red-
tiled roof and an ornate plasterwork decoration beneath the eaves.
A scroll has been carelessly left here.
A long sword has been left here.
%e[1;32mA short man dressed in colorful attire is here, peddling his wares.
%e[1;34mObvious exits:
North - The Southwestern Entry to the Market
East - Market Street
South - Asylum of the Banished
West - Market Street, East of the Main Courtyard

%e[1;34m<227hp 225m 563mv 100br>

<223hp 225m 571mv 100br> e

Market Street
The cobblestones that form the main thoroughfare here are soiled from the
passage of many a shopper, and the small army of janitors that the city employs
seems powerless to prevent the litter. Many of the people are moving either to
or from the market to the north, the cries of the stallholders just audible
over the hubbub of the citizens. To the south stands a low building with a red-
tiled roof and an ornate plasterwork decoration beneath the eaves.
A scroll has been carelessly left here.
A long sword has been left here.
A short man dressed in colorful attire is here, peddling his wares.
Obvious exits:
North - The Southwestern Entry to the Market
East - Market Street
South - Asylum of the Banished
West - Market Street, East of the Main Courtyard

<223hp 225m 567mv 100br> w

Market Street, East of the Main Courtyard
A light twilight effect is caused by the edges of the shadow cast by Castle
Medievia, serenely floating to the west. Further to the east the shade recedes
to allow normal lighting from the sun, although the magical shield surrounding
the city dims the glare somewhat. A small row of sparkling white pots sits
along the side of the street to the north, filled with bright posies and serene
daisies.
A commoner of Medievia is wandering the city, admiring the surroundings.
A short man dressed in colorful attire is here, peddling his wares.
Obvious exits:
East - Market Street
South - The Edge of Oblivion
West - The Main Courtyard of Medievia

<224hp 225m 564mv 100br>

Thats the setup i have. As you might tell i would like to set the mapper up to map the colors to room name ect. Otherwise it adds mobs and items to the desc.

Novice Joined: 03 Mar 2005 Posts: 31

oh and my triggers i had were
#TR {%e[1;35m(*)} {#tag desc %stripansi("%1")}

#TR {%e[1;33m(*)} {#tag name %stripansi("%1)}

GURU Joined: 28 Sep 2000 Posts: 434 Location: USA

PCs, NPCs, blood and any number of other things can be very annoying when trying to map Medievia. This script works almost flawlessly in Medievia.

Mainly two triggers:

#TRIGGER "roomname" {^%e[1;33m(*)} {#VARIABLE InRoom 1} "" {color}
#COND {Obvious exits:} {#VARIABLE RoomName %stripansi("%t1")}
#COND {({North|South|East|West|Up|Down})%s- *} {#VARIABLE RoomExits %trim(%concat(@RoomExits," ",%1))} {manual}
#TRIGGER {%e[1;35m(*)} {#IF (@InRoom) {#IF (@RoomDesc) {#VARIABLE RoomDesc %concat(@RoomDesc,%crlf,%stripansi("%1"))} {#VARIABLE RoomDesc %stripansi("%1")}}} "" {color}

And one alias:

#ALIAS checkroom {#IF (@InRoom) {#STATE "roomname" 0;#IF ((@RoomDesc) AND (@RoomExits)) {#TAG name,descpara,exit {@RoomName} {@RoomDesc} {@RoomExits};#VARIABLE RoomDesc %null;#VARIABLE RoomExits %null};#VARIABLE InRoom 0}}

Of course, you'll also need the variables.
#VAR InRoom {0}
#VAR RoomName {The End of the Avenue}
#VAR RoomDesc {}
#VAR RoomExits {}

Here's a generic prompt trigger for the checkroom alias.

#TRIGGER {<%d/%dhp %d/%dm %d/%dmv} {checkroom} "" {nocr|prompt}

This one is to make the mapper stop confusing itself.

#TRIGGER {*} {#NOMAP}

I wrote this script some time ago just to see if I could map Medievia without the mapper capturing all the other room objects. I haven't used it since. You will increase the success rate of this script by turning off all the unnecessary output like shouts, auction channel, herobattle channel, etc. Anything that starts with a yellow or magenta color.

If you improve upon this script, please let me know. My primary character in Medievia is also named Carabas.

Edit: Don't forget to reconfigure the mapper.

Novice Joined: 03 Mar 2005 Posts: 31

I tried it like you pasted but it still messed up, such as mapping mobs and blood. I added a few triggers to #NOMAP anything colored green and red as to not map mobs and blood, but i have no clue how to get items to be excluded from the description since they have no ansi color to look for.

GURU Joined: 28 Sep 2000 Posts: 434 Location: USA

Hmm. I tested it just before I posted and everything worked fine. You shouldn't need to #NOMAP anything else because that one trigger is #NOMAPping everything. The rest of the script is feeding the room name, description, and exits directly to the mapper.

While you are connected to Medievia, try this.

#SAVE
#LOAD default
#SAVE MedTest

Copy/Paste the following into the command line:

GURU Joined: 28 Sep 2000 Posts: 434 Location: USA

Also, make sure that the generic prompt trigger I provided actually matches your prompt.

SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

If Carabas's scripts still give you trouble please post again and I will whip up something. It looks like he has a very solidly made script though, and you should have no problems with it.

Novice Joined: 03 Mar 2005 Posts: 31

Well it really seems your script should work. I did your instructions, but when i reconfigure the map everthing is missing, and it doesnt map anything. I make sure my prompt matches yours, i just cant figure it out, it seems the (*) #nomap is throwing it off somehow.

GURU Joined: 28 Sep 2000 Posts: 434 Location: USA

When you configure the mapper with this script, it will not show you what it parsed. It will just say congratulations, etc. Finish the reconfigure and start mapping. It *should* work. If it still doesn't work, I'll see if I can figure out why.

Novice Joined: 03 Mar 2005 Posts: 31

Tried it agian and walked around a bit and here is what happens after walking 3 rooms. When looking at the variables it seems its storing the information of each room, so roomdesc has the description of every room i walked through, and exits has all the exits of every room i walked through. Also the mapper doesnt add any of this to the rooms it creates, it just creates a blank room. Hope that helped.

SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

It seems you have to modify Carabas's script a little, the changes follow:

#TRIGGER "roomname" {^%e[1;33m(*)} {#VARIABLE InRoom 1} "" {color}
#COND {Obvious exits:} {#VARIABLE RoomName %stripansi("%t1")}
#COND {({North|South|East|West|Up|Down})%s- *} {#VARIABLE RoomExits {%concat(@RoomExits,"|","%1")}} {within|param=6}
#UNALIAS checkroom
#ALIAS onroomcreate {#IF (@InRoom) {#STATE "roomname" 3;#IF ((@RoomDesc) AND (@RoomExits)) {#NOOP %roomname(,@RoomName) %roomdesc(,@RoomDesc);#FORALL @RoomExits {#IF (%ismember("%i",%roomexit)=0) {#NOOP %roomlink(,"%i",-2)}};#VARIABLE RoomDesc {%null};#VARIABLE RoomExits {%null};#VARIABLE InRoom {0}}}

These changes allow the mapper to create a blank room then fill in the data with what was captured. While technically not required it is shorter to produce this set of triggers then describe the correct mapper configuration to allow the mapper to properly detect all this on its own. From your example rooms though, I know it can.

Novice Joined: 03 Mar 2005 Posts: 31

Almost there, except after configuring the mapper, it sends {#IF
to the mud, giving a "Thou must be confused" error. I tried to find where it was coming from and delete the { infront of the if but had no luck.

GURU Joined: 28 Sep 2000 Posts: 434 Location: USA

SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

Oops, missing brace. I thought I counted those twice. Guess I still missed it.

GURU Joined: 28 Sep 2000 Posts: 434 Location: USA

Hmm. Didn't work consistently for me. I haven't had to the time to figure out why though.

I have a slightly updated version of my script from earlier this evening if anyone is interested.

Novice Joined: 03 Mar 2005 Posts: 31

Well Vijilante's changes seem to work almost perfect, the names and desc are right but it fails to map the exits. Carabas, your script you posted with the changes seems to do the same thing your original did, create blank rooms.