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Apprentice Joined: 08 Dec 2002 Posts: 152

I give up.
What i should confure my mapper if i get rooms like this

Novice Joined: 08 Dec 2005 Posts: 35 Location: Sweden

I take it you have 'exit line contains keyword' checked.

Try without the colon at the end? So just Obvious exits are

Hmm, a lot of \, are you using it instead of ~?

I would've used
^~|(%d)~:(%d)~:(%d)~|

for prompt triggering. You could try turning off prompt if it's messing with you.

Do the rooms not have any room names?

Apprentice Joined: 08 Dec 2002 Posts: 152

And why the Zmud sends

Novice Joined: 08 Dec 2005 Posts: 35 Location: Sweden

I'm sure there's a way to make the mapper fill in the name automatically, but possibly not at the same time as it adds the desc.

Help file says... "Normally the mapper will look for any of the names listed in the View/Directions for detecting directions. However, if you select the Use Short Exit Name option, only the shortest name for the exit will be searched for. This helps the mapper ignore exits in the description (that usually use the long name) if the exit line always just contains the short version of the exit." Given that the exits seem to be in short form that might help smoothen things.

You've tried the auto config, but it doesn't work? What is bugging? Do you get anything read in at all? Are exits incorrect? Do you get the first line of room desc as the room name? Any other probs?

Edit: What do you see when you type whatever you type to see the room name?

Apprentice Joined: 08 Dec 2002 Posts: 152

Novice Joined: 08 Dec 2005 Posts: 35 Location: Sweden

Hmm. In your configuration settings...

Under Configuration, Roomname:
I guess you could uncheck roomname, if it doesn't come automatically when you enter the room.

Configuration, Room desc:
Room desc should probably be checked, as well as multiline description.
Desc start line should be 1 I think.

Configuration, Room exit:
You probably already have all this. Room exit checked, exit line contains key checked, exit line keyword we already discussed.

Maybe adding a star in the end of the prompt might help... worth a shot I guess.

Enchanter Joined: 10 Oct 2000 Posts: 698

Apprentice Joined: 08 Dec 2002 Posts: 152

Enchanter Joined: 10 Oct 2000 Posts: 698

Thank you. My suggestion would be to disable whatever trigger you have for the prompt and give this a try, assuming you have the default special characters.

Apprentice Joined: 08 Dec 2002 Posts: 152

That helped some. Now the mapper undestands the prompts. (I got that #Tag put to my timestamp maker)

Next problem.
If i have the "[ ] Room exits" unchecked, the mapper wont recognize the exits even if i have the "[x] Exit line contains key" and "Exit line keyword" has "Obvious exits are:" in it.
If the "[x] Room exits" is checked, the mapper wont recognize exits or the room propelly if the exits line is not the same as the value given.

Enchanter Joined: 10 Oct 2000 Posts: 698

Select '[√ ] Room Exits'

Select '[√ ] Exit line contains key'.

Deselect '[ ] Exits after keyword' — the status bar at the bottom of the Mapper Preferences window says this selection is used to 'Look for exits immediately after line containing keyword.'

Enter 'Exit line keyword
[exit ]' — note the lack of an 's' on exit.

Deselect '[ ]' all other options at the bottom of the Room Exits Configuration panel.

Close Mapper Preferences window and reconfigure.