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Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 3:06 pm

This is really a conceptual question, and not one about a specific trigger.

I've been wriing some scripts for a MUD I currenlty play, and notice a lot of situations where I need to trigger off of several possible outcomes. For example, if I move in a direction with no exit there are 3 or 4 possible messages I could get. Or, a mob could enter a room 3 or 4 different ways. You get the idea.

My question is: Is it better design to create several different triggers, one for each possibility, or try to combine them all into 1 trigger where possible with pattern matching?

Apprentice Joined: 10 Feb 2005 Posts: 158

It would be better, design wise, to combine the ones which serve the same function into a single trigger were appropriate.

Like a mob entering the room from four different directions is a good example. It does not really matter from which direction the mob is entering from as you will need to do the exact same processing regardless of the direction and this is where I would draw the line. If the processing is the same try and combine them. If you need to do different things depending on the trigger make them seperate from each other. This also comes with the added benefit of being easier to maintain.

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 4:16 pm

#TR{{output1|output2|output3}} {stuff to do for all said outcomes}