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Newbie Joined: 22 Oct 2003 Posts: 1 Location: South Africa

Hi

I play a mud called Aetolia(works more or less the same as Achaea)No i cant get the mapper to work. It doesnt record the rooms at all.

Approach to the Aureliana Forest.
The stars twinkle in the clear night sky. A low-lying wild ginger plant is
growing here. A purple coneflower grows here, its large stalk straining towards
the sky. A red elm tree grows here, its branches gently swaying in the breeze.
A green-flowered ginseng plant has been planted here. A low-slung myrrh bush is
here. A lobelia wildflower is growing here. Silent and observant, a red fox
stands here, alertly watching all with a cunning glint of the eye. Hackles
raised, an adult grey wolf sniffs the air for enemies. Nervously pacing, a
small brown lemming scampers under your feet. A raven the colour of night
perches nearby and observes curiously with beady black eyes. A grumpy badger
stands here, snuffling about angrily. Fluttering on delicate wings, a huge
gossamer butterfly flits about the room. Cottony Faol, The Azdun Wolf is here.
He wields a throwing axe in his left hand and a hunter's spear in his right.
Faroth's Little Nightingale, Rhaea Thalion-Forestwalker is here. She wields a
pair of cute bunny panties in her left hand and a hunter's spear in her right.
You see exits leading north, southeast, south and southwest
H:3289 M:3106 B:100% [eb]n
Skirting the Aureliana Forest. (road)
The stars twinkle in the clear night sky. You see exits leading north,
southeast, south and west.
H:3289 M:3106 B:100% [eb]w
East of the Shunai Bridge. (road)
The stars twinkle in the clear night sky. You see exits leading northeast, east
and west.
H:3289 M:3106 B:100% [eb]w
Shunai Bridge. (road)
The stars twinkle in the clear night sky. An elegant white letter is in danger
of being soiled here.
You see exits leading east and west.
H:3289 M:3106 B:100% [eb]

That is the output i get from the mud when i move rooms,

I have tried ticking the "Name ends with period" option in zmud config but it still doesnt work, and i cant also cant change the H3142 M2968 B100% [eb] except for taking it away completely which i wont be doing soon as it is my health and mana prompt :-p

Sorry for the extremely long post.

Enchanter Joined: 11 Feb 2003 Posts: 511 Location: USA

Unfortunetly...even if you flip through all the posts concerning mapping any of Iron Realms's games(Achaea, Imperian, and Aetolia), you will almost certainly not be completely satisfied.

First things first...do not check "name ends with period". Unfortunetly...most room names in these MUDs don't. There is actually a space after each room name that doesn't end in (path) or (road).

This is what I use for configuration of the mapper in Imperian and it works fairly well as long as you pay attention.

RoomName Section

Room Name: Checked
Paragraph and Start Line Both 0
Match Room Name at Start of Line: Checked
Everything else unchecked

RoomDescription Section

Room Description: Checked
Paragraph Line: 0
Start Line : 1
Multi-line Description : checked

RoomExits Section

Room Exits : Checked
Pargraph Start : 0
Exits Start Line : 3
Multi-line Exits : checked
Use entire exit paragrah: checked
Everything else unchecked

Now...my key is that I keep weather off and my room descriptions briefed. This minimizes differences each time you enter a room. Do not try to map too fast either. You have to watch out for things that happen in the room as you are there(players, creatures). If they change and you re-enter the room in mapping mode, the mapper will create a whole separate room. Best thing to do is if you need to go back into a room you have already mapped, switch to follow mode.

Another thing is to keep Speedwalking on SLOW mode. Even then..I sometimes get going to fast for the mapper to verify the room name. If the room name ends up on the same line as your prompt the speedwalker won't recognize it. Same during mapping.

Enchanter Joined: 11 Feb 2003 Posts: 511 Location: USA

Ack....can't get this to work on Aetolia though *sigh* See what I said...pain the the rear