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Apprentice Joined: 26 Sep 2001 Posts: 124

I have a problem where Mud output does not get processed by triggers.
This only occurs while zMUD is sending speedwalk directions to the Mud.

To clarify:
If i double click on a room 10 rooms away from my current position, zMUD will send 10 directions to the mud. If any text is recieved from the MUD while these directions are being sent to the MUD, that text is not processed by triggers.

This causes my position on the map to become un-synchronized with my position on the MUD, because i rely on these triggers to send #OK to the automapper.

Below is an example of what i mean.

--Begin Speedwalk--
w
sw
w
w
nw
sw
w
sw
The land is lit up by the eerie light of the waxing half moon.
Just off to the east is the corner of Cheap Street and Mincing Street. Cheap Street runs off to the east and Mincing Street curves west to the southwest.
It is a chilly autumn prime's night with almost no wind and many puffy clouds.
There are two obvious exits: east and southwest.
A street lamp is emitting a grimy light here.
> sw
sw
w
sw
sw
nw
--Speedwalk Path Sent--

As you can see, ive already moved one room while zMUD is still sending the rest of the speedwalk directions. These lines which are recieved from the MUD are not getting processed.
Does anyone have any idea how to get around this?

GURU Joined: 23 Dec 2000 Posts: 4834 Location: USA

I believe you need to use a slower mode in the mapper. This should cause zmud to send each command separately rather than all 10 commands at one time.

Apprentice Joined: 26 Sep 2001 Posts: 124

Using a slower walk mode would defeat the purpose of the speed walk.
I use speed walk when i want to get somewhere 'fast'.

Wizard Joined: 03 Mar 2001 Posts: 1127 Location: London

Yes, but your mud doesn't work that way. If the mud doesn't accept all the commands at once then there's only one way to solve it, and that's not to send all the commands at once. Slowwalk is your answer.

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

Try this excellent article on speedwalking which explains in great detail slow/safe/fast modes. As a general note fast mode should rarely be used because safe mode is just as fast but stays in sync better.

http://forums.zuggsoft.com/library/speedwalking.htm