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Beginner Joined: 28 Mar 2004 Posts: 10 Location: USA

Im using an advanced triggerset with Variables. The mud i play on, has something called balance regain, between each action that uses balance, etc. Its an Achean type mud. Now, i cant get it to pause the commands between balance regain, when im Enchanting. The #while isnt working with the trigger i have to capture it so it can work.
Its supposed to switch the variable @regbalance back to 0, and wait till the Variable =1 to do the next step. I have set a trigger to capture the balance regain message to set the variable to 1 again..

Still isnt working. So let me post it, and you can tell me whats wrong?

#ALIAS makeWorrystone {gh 1 gold;#LOOP @quantity,1 {outr ice;outr goldbar;outr silver;outr horn;outr dust;#WA 500;put ice in @bowlIN;put goldbar in @bowlIN;put silver in @bowlIN;put horn in @bowlIN;put dust in @bowlIN;#WA 500;BEGIN CREATION OF WORRYSTONE;ROLL DICE;@balanceReg = 0;#WHILE (@balanceReg == 0) {#WA 500};ROLL DICE;@balanceReg = 0;#WHILE (@balanceReg == 0) {#WA 500};ROLL DICE;@balanceReg = 0;#WHILE (@balanceReg == 0) {#WA 500};ROLL DICE;@balanceReg = 0;#WHILE (@balanceReg == 0) {#WA 500};ROLL DICE;@balanceReg = 0;#WHILE (@balanceReg == 0) {#WA 500};FLIPCOIN;@balanceReg = 0;#WHILE (@balanceReg == 0) {#WA 500};FLIPCOIN;@balanceReg = 0;#WHILE (@balanceReg == 0) {#WA 500};FLIPCOIN;@balanceReg = 0;#WHILE (@balanceReg == 0) {#WA 500};FLIPCOIN;@balanceReg = 0;#WHILE (@balanceReg == 0) {#WA 500};FLIPCOIN;@balanceReg = 0;#WHILE (@balanceReg == 0) {#WA 500};SPIN AROUND THRICE;@balanceReg = 0;#WHILE (@balanceReg == 0) {#WA 500};WAVE FEATHER;@balanceReg = 0;#WHILE (@balanceReg == 0) {#WA 500};SQUARE THE CIRCLE;@balanceReg = 0;#WHILE (@balanceReg == 0) {#WA 500};END RITUAL;get stone from @bowlOUT}}

Sorry for the terrible formatting, but this is how i scripted it in.
im not sure what i did wrong, but maybe someone can help me.

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

"Its supposed to switch the variable @regbalance back to 0"
"#WHILE (@balanceReg == 0)"

Perhaps your trigger is changing the wrong variable?

The routine worked when I tested it. As a commandline alias, it should be fine, but with all those #WAITs it wouldn't be advisable to call it from a trigger.

Beginner Joined: 28 Mar 2004 Posts: 10 Location: USA

I messed up writing the triggers action here, but i did it correctly with the client. My problem is, that its not waiting, till i get that damn message, its just doing it all at once.

GURU Joined: 10 Oct 2000 Posts: 4379 Location: USA

Read this article to find out more about the perils of using #WAIT in your triggers. The advisable course of action would be to replace them by alarms.

However, you are using zMUD scripting the wrong way. zScript is an event-driven language and things like
#WHILE (@balanceReg == 0) {#WA 500}

go against this.

Instead, you should have your balance trigger do the next step in the sequence. The sequence of steps could then be stored in a stringlist. The trigger would just get the next item in the stringlist (which could contain more than one command) and executes it. Then it advances to the next item.