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Alf
Newbie
Joined: 29 Jun 2004
Posts: 3
Location: Australia
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 Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 4:16 pm
Waiting for mud output inside a loop
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Hi all,
I'm trying to write an alias for casting spellup spells that will also automatically recast any missed ones.
I've put the spells inside a database and the script accesses each record of the database in ascending order. I've got that working but I'm stuck on how to make the script wait until the MUD output from the last cast command has been returned and depending on the success status, continue or recast.
This is what I have so far:
#T+ Spellup
#VAR count 0
#DBLOAD sp
#DBFIRST
#while (!%null( %rec)) {
#SEND %rec.Name
<- NEED TO ADD WAIT FOR RETURN OUTPUT HERE
#ADD count 1
#DBNEXT
}
#DBCLOSE sp 1
#T- Spellup
I've read about the issue with the WAIT command, so I haven't used it. I've also tried using triggers to catch the output but the script runs out before waiting for the output from the MUD and since the class has already been turned off, the trigger won't fire.
Is there a way of stalling the script to wait for the MUD output at the indicated point? I'm using zMUD 6.16 (I know it's old, but it runs smoother on my PC than 7.0.5)
TIA,
Alf |
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geniusclown
Magician
Joined: 23 Apr 2003
Posts: 358
Location: USA
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Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 6:41 pm
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My suggestion (assuming you'll gesture, then get a success or failure message within 1 line):
quote:
#TEMP {} {#SEND <%rec.Name>}
#COND {^You gesture.} {}
#COND {spell success message} {} {within|Param=1}
If the spell fails, then the last condition will not fire, resetting the trigger, which will recast the spell (assuming that %rec.Name is the command to cast the spell), but if it sees the success message, then it will not reset itself, but instead delete itself, being a temp trigger.
Unfortunately, this parameter for #COND was introduced in version 6.20. |
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Alf
Newbie
Joined: 29 Jun 2004
Posts: 3
Location: Australia
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Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 7:34 pm
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Thanks for your input geniusclown :)
If I cannot get it working in this version of zMUD, I might have to give 7.0.5 another try again, else just use a normal alias and manually type in any spells that missed :( |
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Alf
Newbie
Joined: 29 Jun 2004
Posts: 3
Location: Australia
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Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2004 5:48 pm
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I'm running zMUD 7.0.5 now, appears to be ok for the moment (hope it holds).
So, what would be the best way of making sure that the spell that missed will be recast? Should I just use a normal trigger that catches all missed spells or the conditions geniusclown suggested?
I'm playing on Aardwolf where the spellup spells waiting time are variable, so doing a wait there would negate the effect of the shorter wait time for some spells.
TIA for any advice. |
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darmir
Sorcerer
Joined: 10 Oct 2000
Posts: 706
Location: USA
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