Zugg Software :: View topic - trying to create a trigger that recognizes a preexisting var

Newbie Joined: 04 Sep 2005 Posts: 4

OK, sorry to start a new thread on this, I was searching and couldn't find any other threads addressing this.

Bear in mind I've only barely just started trying to learn how to script, so my knowledge of it is basically nill, but I'm trying so here goes:

What I have is a simple variable for what I'm targetting called tar

What I'm trying to do is create a trigger that when I'm in a fight, if my specific target does something like shield up, I can echo to my screen that they are shielded.

Here's sample mud output for what I would see initially:
A nearly invisible magical shield forms around a mhun warrior.

Since sometimes denizen names have several words to their name, but only one specifically is used when attacking them I.E. KICK MHUN I figured that a few wildcards should be used.

Here's what I tried and it is not working and I don't understand why...
PATTERN: A nearly invisible magical shield forms around * @tar *

VALUE: #ECHO @tar is shielded!!!

Someone please tell my why this is wrong and point me in the right direction. For a newb, trying to read and understand the manuals from scratch is frustrating at best. Thanks!

Newbie Joined: 04 Sep 2005 Posts: 4

ok I was under the mistaken impression I needed the second wildcard. I've fixed my problem with trial and error

Newbie Joined: 23 Sep 2005 Posts: 4 Location: Texas

Just for grins try this:
#TR {A nearly invisible magical shield forms around (*)} {#IF (%ismember(%lower(%1), %lower(@tar))) {#SA @tar is shielded!!!}