Zugg Software :: View topic - pattern match an ANSI color code?/Discworld MUD mapping

Beginner Joined: 01 Jun 2006 Posts: 16

is there a way to match an ANSI color code for a trigger?

because, i cannot get my automapper to get room descriptions properly without recognizing the color codes sent by the MUD.

please help anyone.. Shocked

SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

To create an ANSI color based trigger start by making a new trigger, then clicking on the Options tab in the Editor window for the trigger. Check the box that says "ANSI trigger". Then click the Pattern tab. Cick in your character window and select the text you want, then return focus to the Settings Editor window. Ensure that the cursor is inside the pattern box for your new trigger, then paste by pressing CTRL-V. Other pasting methods do not always provide the color codes as well. Finally edit your trigger to gneralize it as you need, see the help section Pattern Matching if you are unsure. This gives you a trigger that will fire correctly.

Now to make the automapper work with this you will have to use the #TAG command within the code section of the trigger. Please make sure you have thoroughly read the help on the automapper including the section "Overriding the Automapper" prior to doing this.

If you need further help with this please post some example mud outputs. For mapping purposes it is best if you post from prompt to prompt for 3 succesful movements and some varieties of failed movements. This should show us the commands issued as well as the responses, don't censor anything. In order to map happily your script have to be able to censor things for you, and the more information we have the closer we are able come up with a script that will properly do everything.

Beginner Joined: 01 Jun 2006 Posts: 16

okay, i was able to paste the color codes, but i got in loads of other problems..

i've attached an image of 3 typical movements and outputs, and 2 unsuccesful ones. i couldn't find a way to paste the color codes here on the forum, that's why there's a image..

so, what i've managed to do is get the exits and the room name properly, all i have to do now is disregard the weather, and get the multiline room description..

can you please give me some hints as to what kind of triggers i should use?

edit:

okay, i will make a precise statement of what i need done:

the output is of the format

Wanderer Joined: 29 Jan 2002 Posts: 99 Location: UK

Off topic.. how did you get the 'room name' to display as this looks like Discworld and I didn't know it was possible

Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 11:01 pm

'verbose look', as far as i can tell

Beginner Joined: 01 Jun 2006 Posts: 16

Wanderer Joined: 29 Jan 2002 Posts: 99 Location: UK

Thanks for the tip about the option to display the short name in verbose look.. it makes mapping even easier =)

Outside rooms have changable descriptions based upon time of day, season and weather therefore I consider it a waste of effort to add descriptions for these rooms. Here is my solution for setting short name and description for inside rooms and short name only for outside rooms together with a roomnote stating the room is outside. I have not tried this out whilst mapping new rooms but it is set up to function whilst the map is locked to modify existing rooms.

This first trigger works off of the Short Name first disregarding 'Login' messages if you have them enabled in the Mud options, it also checks if the roomnames has been already set correctly. The 0.5 second delay in setting the roomname is to overcome the problem of zMud sometimes assigning the previous room's name to the current room.

Beginner Joined: 01 Jun 2006 Posts: 16

It did help a lot, if not directly then to make me familiarize myself with such advanced coding in zMUD.

I still have major issues, because i would like the mapper to map automatically as i explore new areas. The Discworld output is fairly consistent, and it should be possible.
Using the triggers above, i noticed:

a) The room description of interor rooms gets set to lines like "A group of yokels enter the bar and eye you suspiciously.", which is just an event, nothing to do with the room description.
b) The slowwalking gets confused when there's no blank line before the current room's name
c) When i set to create room automatically as i walk, often it occurs that the current room's name is set to the previous one's, or, when the automapper fails to see the movement, it still assigns the current rooms name to the name of the room you actually DID move in..

but, you know, i think i'll just dig into some experimenting with this totally unintuitive code of zMUD, maybe i'll come up with something.

Thanks for you help !! Very Happy

GURU Joined: 23 Dec 2000 Posts: 4834 Location: USA

There's a mapper preference called Room Description Changes that allows you to force ZMud to ignore room descriptions, Arcane. As long as ZMud can easily find your descriptions, this will make the weather/time changes irrelevent. Problems still exist when you get into mazy areas, but those usually have other quirks that make them more difficult or even impossible to map anyways.