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Newbie Joined: 04 Oct 2003 Posts: 6 Location: USA

Ok I need help with a compare trigger that exutes an actin on if a specific group of people appears in the room i'm in from a gate here is how i tried it but it's not working.
#pattern %1 appears from the chaos gate.
#command 1 #var name %1
#command 2 #if @name=@locale {look @name}

the locale variable is set to a stringvariable with the names of the people i wan't too look at as they appear for some reason the trigger either look at everybody or noone depending onwhat syntax i use. I'm using version 6.16 by the way. if anybody knows what i'm doing wrong or how too do it another way besides a seperate trigger for each charater plaese tell me.

Adept Joined: 30 Jan 2003 Posts: 228 Location: USA

Newbie Joined: 04 Oct 2003 Posts: 6 Location: USA

thanks davos but it didn't work with my version it just comes up as
#if (0) {look %1}
i pasted it just like you had it still no go any other ideas.

MASTER Joined: 28 Nov 2000 Posts: 4817 Location: USA

You must have copied it incorrectly, or to the wrong location. This is a command-line entry. For use in the settings editor, you have to paste the individual sections to the related boxes.
#TRIGGER {(%w) appears from the chaos gate.} {#IF (%ismember( %1, @locale)) {look %1}}

Pattern: (%w) appears from the chaos gate.
Value: #IF (%ismember( %1, @locale)) {look %1}

Newbie Joined: 04 Oct 2003 Posts: 6 Location: USA

Yeah i understood that part and thats what i did but it still didn't work just retried it shows up right now but still doesn't fire.

MASTER Joined: 28 Nov 2000 Posts: 4817 Location: USA

If the trigger doesn't fire, your pattern doesn't match the MUD.
If the trigger fires, but you don't look at people you think you ought to, you probably used the wrong case when you put them in @locale. %ismember is case-sensitive.

#ADDI locale drixom
#ADDI locale Davos
#ADDI locale LightBulb
Drixom appears from the chaos gate. Trigger fires. No match because Drixom doesn't match drixom.
Lightbulb appears from the chaos gate. Trigger fires. No match because Lightbulb doesn't match LightBulb.
Davos appears from the chaos gate. Trigger fires. You look at Davos, because Davos does match Davos.

Another method, which ignores case, is to use the list in the pattern.
#TR {({@locale}) appears from the chaos gate.} {look %1}

Newbie Joined: 04 Oct 2003 Posts: 6 Location: USA

ah ok didn't know that thats prolly what it is then

Newbie Joined: 04 Oct 2003 Posts: 6 Location: USA

Ok I had both versions working for about ten minutes then somebody crashed the mud ,and they stopped working. I know the trigger is firing checked it with mud output. It's just not performing the
look %1. I'm guessing this has something too do with the variable @locale now i think i have it right, but i'm not certain. Too set a list variable do you use {Drixom|LightBulb} or {Drixom | LightBulb}.

MASTER Joined: 28 Nov 2000 Posts: 4817 Location: USA

That depends on whether you want the spaces or not.
Probably {Drixom|LightBulb}.

Of course, you could just do it the way I did, using #ADDITEM.

Newbie Joined: 04 Oct 2003 Posts: 6 Location: USA

Thanks guys got it working now now i just have too figure out the rest of the set for auto challenge and comparing the odds