Zugg Software :: View topic - How to get the room list which is linked to a specific room?

Beginner Joined: 30 Nov 2005 Posts: 12 Location: fwefas

I' working on an auto-search robot on map, some times I need to get a list of room ids which is linked to a specific room.

I can not find a direct function for that, so I tried to use the two function:

%roomexit([vNum]) Return the exit string of the room to string s.
%roomlink([vNum], dir) Return or set the link in direction(uses mud direction like SE) dir to the room with vNum i.

However, this won't work for non-standard rooms ( like ed,su,etc.)
For example:

2351 -- ed -- 2350
|
su
|
2352
#show %roomexit(2351)
ed|su

#show %roomlink(2351,su)
//nothing
#show %roomlink(2351,s)
2352

This is the issue. %roomlink only accept map direction while %roomexit returns actual direction.

QUESTION:
What would be the best way to get a room list for a specific room?

Thanks in advance!

Beginner Joined: 30 Nov 2005 Posts: 12 Location: fwefas

Also there's other custom directions like

#show %roomexit(2347)
#wa 4000;nu|s

It is really crazy! I can see all the linking room ids in map's room property, but I have no way to get them!

SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

The other function to use is %roomportal.

Beginner Joined: 30 Nov 2005 Posts: 12 Location: fwefas

Thanks, Vijilante
I find there 3 kind of situation need to handle:
#show %roomexit(xxx)
n|j|really;funny

"n"：For the first kind, %roomlink works
"j"：No way to handle for this kind? (can be translated in script)
"really;funny": %roomportal works

In general, by a very hard way, I can get all linked room ids of a specific room.
Just wanna to confirm: Is this the best way to do so?

Wanderer Joined: 06 Jan 2006 Posts: 70

Find out what each direction translates to and make a database for them. Im not exactly sure what you want but you could make a database like

j = northeast

and use %dbget or whatever to translate for you.