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malathion
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Joined: 23 Jul 2004
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 Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 7:12 pm
Tick timer has an effect on another window?
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Okay, so suppose I have two windows open simultaneously connected to the same mud. I want to be able to sync the tick timers between the windows automatically; for example, if I get a message in one window that lets me know there was a tick, I want to reset the tick timer for the other connection. Is this possible?
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Tech
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Joined: 18 Oct 2000
Posts: 2733
Location: Atlanta, USA
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Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 11:05 pm
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There may be a simpler or more elegant way but the most straightforward way to do it is to have the tick message from Window 1 send a special message to window to so it knows to reset it's tick.
Like this:
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#TRIGGER {You are hungry} { #WINDOW MySecondWindow AAA Reset your timer AAA; #TZ}
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You second window should have this trigger
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#TRIGGER {AAA Reset your timer AAA} {#TZ}
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That should work for you, albeit they maybe fractions of a second off from each other.
As an aside, I didn't realize multiple windows could have their own tick timers. I don't do much with them, but from what I understood of them and what I see in zMUD, I always assumed there was only one tick per connection. Maybe the wizards can clarify that. |
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malathion
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Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 2:37 am
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Nope its one tick timer per connection. And the problem is, both connections have the same name, so I'm not sure how that will work. Can a trigger fire off something that was sent to a window?
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MattLofton
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Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 5:37 am
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Yes. Also, you can rename the session ID of the character either by using #rename or #name (I forget which it is), or by doing so in the Character Properties. This will get rid of the same-name issue so you can tell the windows apart.
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malathion
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Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 5:54 am
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Fantastic, that's exactly what I needed. Thanks!
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