Zugg Software :: View topic - Timing issue for two-part alias (Achaea)

Novice Joined: 10 Apr 2003 Posts: 45 Location: USA

Hi peeps *laugh*

Here is a small alias that's part of a curing system I use for Achaea. However, I do not believe that knowledge of Achaea would be necessary to be able to answer this question.

For curing stupidity in Achaea, I have the following alias:

acp_focus;#if (@Afflictions.stupidity) {#if (@AutoHerbs) {acp_goldenseal}}

The idea is to use a skill called Focus, FIRST, to try and cure stupidity. If the stupidity itself forces a random command to be processed instead of Focus (thus preventing itself from being cured), the alias is meant to use plan B, eating a goldenseal root to cure the stupidity.

If Focus works, a trigger is set to recognize the curing of stupidity and update the @Afflictions.stupidity variable to become 0 (meaning I don't have stupidity anymore) and so, going by my idea, it wouldn't try to eat goldenseal. If Focus FAILS (because the stupidity forces the processing of a random command instead of Focus), the trigger message won't be seen and recognized, the variable will remain at 1 (have stupidity) and ZMud will send the command to eat goldenseal.

My concern is this. Because there's no pause of any kind between Focus and the IF-THEN command following it, ZMud won't have time to finish setting the @Afflictions.stupidity variable to 0 and recognize that I don't have stupidity, and thus will attempt to do BOTH actions in the alias: Focus *AND* then eat a goldenseal root.

Is my concern correct, or did I code the alias properly and I am set?

Thanks,

Holly

Beginner Joined: 19 Mar 2004 Posts: 22

You can always add in the '#wait xxxx' command for a pause in between, 1000 = 1 second

Wanderer Joined: 17 Aug 2004 Posts: 98 Location: OK, USA

Use an #ALARM to delay checking @Afflictions.stupidity for however long is needed to match the Focus trigger (1 second, 2?).

acp_focus; #ALA +2 {#IF (@Afflictions.stupidity) {#IF (@AutoHerbs) {acp_goldenseal}}}