Zugg Software :: View topic - Extracting map door-data.

Apprentice Joined: 19 Jan 2001 Posts: 117 Location: Norway

What is the syntax to extract map data about exits?

i.e. if I want to open or close all doors in the room I'm standing in (current location) - how would I get hold of those doornames?

Thanx

GURU Joined: 26 Jul 2001 Posts: 1958 Location: Canada

Play with

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doorname

Syntax: %doorname( direction)

Return the name of the door in the specified direction.

doorname Example

#SHOW %doorname(n)

Display the name of the door for the North exit of the room

#SHOW %doorname(portal)

Display the name of the door for the exit of the room called "portal"

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roomexit

Syntax: %roomexit([vNum], [s])

Return or set the exit string of the room to string s. The exit string is a string list, with each direction code (speedwalk character) separated by |. If vNum is omitted, the current room is used.

Apprentice Joined: 19 Jan 2001 Posts: 117 Location: Norway

Thank you.
#echo %doorname( , n)
works well when the door has a name.
However, if it's just a door with no specific name (I've set Default door name if %2 is not defined: "door") - i.e. a door named just "door" - the command returns nothing. Not even an indication that there is a door in that direction.

Is there any way to fetch the information that there is a door in the direction, but without a specific name?

Apprentice Joined: 19 Jan 2001 Posts: 117 Location: Norway

It's got to be some way of getting hold of this data? It's a db after all..?

Will a correct syntax similar to this work:

#VAR OldFilter %mapfilter( )
#NOOP %mapfilter( %concat( "[RoomExit] LIKE '' WHERE [ExitType] LIKE door"))
#IF (%numrooms( ) = 0) {#VAR numordinarydoors 0}
#IF (%numrooms( ) = 1) {#VAR numordinarydoors 1}

And is there a reference somewhere what objects (as in this case - exits, exittype etc.) are called what when using SQL?