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Newbie Joined: 01 Feb 2003 Posts: 7 Location: USA

I've got a gauge set on both my char's I usually multiplay 2 at the same time, but typicly stay in one window and dont see the other. Is there a way to get my alt's gauge to show up in my main window? I've looked thru the help files but dont see nothing on this

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

No, I don't think there's any way to have your alt's gauges shown in another character's main window. However, there's nothing to stop you from having a duplicate set. It's just a matter of providing the information to the second character for storage in a variable there. This can easily be done with the same trigger which provides the information for the alt's gauges.

Typical hp trigger for a character named LightBulb (the alt):
#TR {(%n)/(%d)hp} {#VAR hp %1;#VAR maxhp %2}

Modified to provide the same information to a second character named Cronus (the main):
#TR {(%n)/(%d)hp} {#VAR hp %1;#VAR maxhp %2;:Cronus:#VAR LBhp %1;:Cronus:#VAR LBmaxhp %2}

Cronus can now have a gauge to display LightBulb's hp using its own variables, @LBhp and @LBmaxhp.

For additional information, see Introduction to Multiplaying in the zMUD helpfiles.

Newbie Joined: 01 Feb 2003 Posts: 7 Location: USA

thanks that works pretty good :)

Newbie Joined: 26 May 2004 Posts: 4 Location: Austria

I am using a registerd zmud 7.05 and I want to make a graphical bar thing to show how much hp and mp I have etc, Is that best done in a gauge or status bar?

also, I have no idea how to do it, [:I] my toggle looks like this:
=* 2206/2206hp 1369/1389mp 786/786mv 321,304,880tnl
its in the form of current/max hp=health mp=mana mv=move tnl=exp tnl

from reading this post I did the following:
#TR {(*)/(*)hp (*)/(*)mp (*)/(*)mv (*)tnl }{
#VAR hp %1
#VAR maxhp %2
#VAR mp %3
#VAR maxmp %4
#VAR mv %5
#VAR maxmv %6
#VAR tnl %7
}

But I have no idea where to put it or what to do with it to make it into a bar thing. Could you please help?

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

The status line isn't very good for graphical displays, use a gauge.

Click the Buttons button on the Tool Bar.
Click New
Select the Gauge kind
Put HP in the Caption
Go to the Gauge tab
Put @hp in the Value box
Put @maxhp in the Gauge Max box
Put @maxhp/4 in the Gauge Low box
Choose bright blue as the Gauge Color
Choose bright red as the Low Color
Click the Save button

There, one HP gauge. Other gauges are similar.

I suspect you'll need to modify your trigger pattern. If you had read the topic a little closer you'd have noticed that I didn't use the * wildcard. It will probably work okay for everything EXCEPT your hp. But, since you have additional characters and spaces before the hp value, they will also be picked up by the * you used for %1. There's good reason to use the more specific wildcards.

Newbie Joined: 26 May 2004 Posts: 4 Location: Austria

Okay!

I changed it to:
-------------------------------------------
#TR {(%a)/(%b)hp (%c)/(%d)mp (%e)/(%f)mv }{
#VAR hp %1
#VAR maxhp %2
#VAR mp %3
#VAR maxmp %4
#VAR mv %5
#VAR maxmv %6
}
--------------------------------------------
And put that info in Vars.

In buttons I made them like you said,
@hp
@maxhp
@maxhp/4
-
I did them for mana and move aswell, but none of the gauges change when either goes lower. I have no idea whats wrong with it [V]

Any ideas?

Wizard Joined: 15 Jan 2002 Posts: 1644 Location: USA

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Read the pattern matching helpfile its REALLY great

Change all your %a through %f to (%d) (will match numbers)

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

%a = alphanumeric characters. Matches numbers
%b = undefined. Matches nothing (except the characters %b) and will prevent your pattern from ever matching anything
%c = undefined
%d = digits 0-9. Matches numbers
%e = escape character
%f = undefined

I don't try very hard to make my scripts foolproof. I used %d and %n. If you are basing your triggers on mine, why don't you use %d and %n also?

Newbie Joined: 26 May 2004 Posts: 4 Location: Austria

heh, ok changed then to %d, it still doesnt work though :(

Wanderer Joined: 26 May 2004 Posts: 68

try
#TR {&hp/&maxhp~hp &mp/&maxmp~mp &mv/&maxmv~mv }
your prompt should be eg.
1000/1532hp 3241/5321mp 1234/1423mv
just with different numbers. anything else, it wont work.

Newbie Joined: 26 May 2004 Posts: 4 Location: Austria

nah it wont work :(

I give up...

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

#TR {(%n)/(%d)hp (%n)/(%d)mp (%n)/(%d)mv} {
#VAR hp %1
#VAR maxhp %2
#VAR mp %3
#VAR maxmp %4
#VAR mv %5
#VAR maxmv %6
} {} {prompt}