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Beginner Joined: 24 Aug 2006 Posts: 11

I have been reading the different posts on spellup scripts and am a bit puzzled.

I am just looking for a script that will keep my spells up continually without having to type anything.

Do I need to include the 'affect' command in the script? On my mud, if you type affect it shows:

Affected: fly
Affected: sneak

Can you make a script that keeps spells up continually? And what if you get disconnected or if a spell fails or if the variables just get confused (like you are fighting and a spell fades and the trigger cannot recast).

If a script can be made to work with just the spell fly, I could add the others myself.

I found a Spellup script for Realms of Despair and removed all but the Fly spell to test it. It is below. It does not seem very elegant :O And it really does not work yet... (probably my fault) though I am not sure why. Is there a better, cleaner way?

#CLASS {lspell}
#ALIAS af {lvlspells.fly = 0;#send af;#wa 1500;spells}
#ALIAS spells {#echo .;#echo ******** SPELL'S MISSING ********;#if ( @lvlspells.fly = 0) {#echo %ansi(bright,red)******** FL IS MISSING ********};#ECHO ******** END OF LIST ********}
#VAR lvlspells {fly 1}
#TRIGGER {Affected: ~((%S)(%D)~)(%S)(%W)(*)} {lvlspells.%4 = 1}
#CLASS 0

#CLASS {lspell|refresh_in_out}
#CLASS 0

#CLASS {lspell|refresh_in_out|outlspells}
#TRIGGER {you slowly float to the ground} {lvlspells.fly = 0;fl}
#CLASS 0

#CLASS {lspell|refresh_in_out|inlspells}
#TRIGGER {You rise into the currents of air...} {lvlspells.fly = 1}
#CLASS 0

Magician Joined: 29 Nov 2005 Posts: 482

you would need the spell wearing off trigger

Then simply add the recast command to that trigger

Novice Joined: 14 Aug 2006 Posts: 34 Location: Sweden

At a quick glance some things seem to be missing.

Beginner Joined: 24 Aug 2006 Posts: 11

Beginner Joined: 24 Aug 2006 Posts: 11

I am really pulling my hair out with this and could use some more expert help.

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PROBLEM 1. What trigger will match the pattern for my AFFECT command? The output looks like this and consists of a long list of spells and rounds remaining:

Affected: ( 131) aqua breath
Affected: ( 625) fly
Affected: (1630) kindred strength

This is does not seem to match--

#TRIGGER {Affected: ~((%S)(%D)~)(%S)(%W)(*)}

Neither does this--

#TRIGGER {Affected: ~((%S)(%D)~)(%S)(*)}

The idea is that when affect is activated, it determines if the spell is on the list and then sets the variable on or off.

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PROBLEM 2. How does the AFFECT command work into this process? Here is what I mean:

This is how I see the script working:

STEP 1

Somehow when the mud says You rise into the currents of air... a variable should be set that fly is activated.

Maybe: #TR {You rise into currents of air...} {#var vFLY " "}

STEP 2

When you get this message, you slowly float to the ground, a variable should be set that fly is deactivated.

Maybe: #TR {You slowly float to the ground} {#var vFLY "fly"}

STEP 3

Some automatic process checks to see if fly variable is ON or OFF and then casts the spell or not.

#IF (@vFly ="fly") {cast fly}

Maybe the On or Off state on the status bar: #ST {@vFly}

And somehow AFFECT is involved here. Possibly it should be setup so that the spells are checked/cast anytime I type AFFECT on the mud. But it would be nice to somehow automate this process. Though, I am not sure how I would avoid casting buffing spells during fighting if it were automatic.

I am looking for a simple, elegant solution to this. Maybe using ADDITEM to a list of spells that are down?

Sorry for the confusing post, this is beyond me.

Novice Joined: 14 Aug 2006 Posts: 34 Location: Sweden

Beginner Joined: 24 Aug 2006 Posts: 11

Thank you so much for your analysis--a lot of that information I can really use!

My big stumbling block is STILL the AFFECT trigger. I cannot seem to make it work. Can you give me a code snippet of how the affect trigger 'sees' whether the spell is in the list or not in the list, in this case fly, and then sets the variable on or off. Maybe I am missing a variable or class or something...

Novice Joined: 14 Aug 2006 Posts: 34 Location: Sweden

The easiest way to go about it is to start with every spell, in a list or as bit flags in a variable (which is faster to handle than string lists), as there's no way to get info about missing spells, only active ones. Then, as you capture each active spell, you remove their bit flags (or remove them from the list). Those you've got left are what you lack.

I'll show how to do it with bit flags. The list works the same way if you choose that path: add every spell to a string list. as a spell is found with the "affected" trigger, remove it from the list. Use that list to cast. However, this is a lot slower than using bit flags as explained below.

If you're new to logical bit operators, see at the end how this works.

Set up variables for all spells, each having a distinct bit value, separate from the rest.
fly = 1
shield = 2
ogre = 4
sagacity = 8
slink = 16
dragon = 32
dragonskin = 64
aqua = 128

Get the sum of all those spells, in this case
255
We store this value in two variables (reason apparent later)
spellSum = 255
allSpells = 255, which in binary equals (whitespace for readbility only):
1111 1111

Affected: ( 625) fly
Affected: ( 1630) kindred strength

on each of the above lines your affected trigger will fire and get the spell name (note that spells like detect invis and detect hidden require you to check the (*) parameter as well, while for 'dragon wit' it's enough with the (%w) parameter since dragonskin is one word.

Beginner Joined: 24 Aug 2006 Posts: 11

I have the core of the concept working right now. You can see now how paltry my skills are. This is the best I can do so far :O

OVERVIEW: You type AF to check what spells are active/inactive and you type SPELLUP to have all inactive spells cast on you. Here is the components using only two spells: fly and stone skin.

ALIASES

AF Alias has the value:

Novice Joined: 14 Aug 2006 Posts: 34 Location: Sweden