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Novice Joined: 05 Jun 2004 Posts: 37 Location: USA

I have made some scripts to clear all the immunities, resistances, and vulns on a mob and to then reapply a number of random imm/res/vuln back on to the mob. To cut down on the spam I get from flagging and the spam the rest of the staff sees from wiznet secure, I can execute this command to remove all the immunities.

flag mob *mob imm - magic poison holy energy disease drowning illusion

By changing the - to +, I can add multiple damn types back. How can I change the below script to run x number of times with the immune var getting update, not overwritten, each time the script runs. Ex: first run through returns holy, second run returns acid. The immune var at the end of the second run is "holy acid."

(Note, the @ spec char has been changed to * because of the color code system on my mud)

#var mob %1
#var number %random( 1, 13)
#var immune %item( *immlist, *number)

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

Clear the variable before starting.
#VAR immune {}
Then just check to see if there's anything in it each time you repeat.
#IF %len( *immune) {#VAR immune {*immune %item( *immlist, *number)}} {#VAR immune {%item( *immlist, *number)}}

By the way, it's hard to think of a worse choice for your variable symbol than the general-purpose wildcard.

Novice Joined: 05 Jun 2004 Posts: 37 Location: USA

Well, when I made it a * it was REAL late. I'll change it again. As for getting a for/next like statement to determine how many times it adds in nouns, what is the best way to do this?

Novice Joined: 05 Jun 2004 Posts: 37 Location: USA

Oh and I was so rude! Thank you, LightBulb.

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

If you don't want duplication, the best method is to use a list rather than a string. #ADDITEM will automatically prevent duplicate entries and you can easily convert the list to a string when you are finished by replacing the |s with spaces.

If you just want to count how many times each immunity is used, a stringlist would still be a good idea but you would use the %additem function instead of the #ADDITEM command. The %countlist function will quickly provide the number of times each item exists in the list.

The reason * is a poor choice for variable symbol is that variables are frequently used in trigger patterns, so it's not a good idea to assign a symbol which already has another meaning assigned to it.

Novice Joined: 05 Jun 2004 Posts: 37 Location: USA

Well, getting closer to getting this thing finished. I've added an #until statement in, but it doesn't seem to want to work correctly. Here is where it stands now.

#var immune {}
#until {RI = 0} {$number %random( 1, 13) ; #IF %len( $immune) {#VAR immune {$immune %item( $immlist, $number)}} {#VAR immune {%item( $immlist, $number)} ; #add RI -1}}

RI is a varible set in an alias that determines how many Random Immunities I want the mob to have. It seems to just keep adding random immunes in there, completely igoring the #until statement. Is my #add in the wrong place or do I have a syntax error in there somewhere?

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

Did you mean?
#UNTIL {$RI = 0}

Novice Joined: 05 Jun 2004 Posts: 37 Location: USA

Well, I'm getting very frustrated with getting this script to work correctly. Anyone interested in being brave and going over the entire thing and attempt to straighten it out?

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

Why did you ignore my question? You don't have to answer it, but it does answer your question.

RI is a string. It will never equal 0. If you meant a variable named RI, then you MUST put the variable symbol in front of the name! Otherwise, your loop will continue forever since the expression controlling it will always be false.

Novice Joined: 05 Jun 2004 Posts: 37 Location: USA

Didn't mean to not answer, my mistake. Yes, I did mean $RI and threw in that fix to no avail.