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Wizard Joined: 17 Jun 2006 Posts: 1201

I have a trigger that updates variables and executes certain actions based off of the prompt

The prompt is ^(\d+)h\, (\d+)m (.*)\-

The problem is it isn't updating until a system message comes through even if the value changes. For example, if my mana gets below a certain amount then I should drink mana. Lets say my max mana is 900 and anything below 700 should cause me to drink mana. Well it doesn't do that even when the prompt is showing 500 mana and the variable is showing 500 mana UNTIL it is updated by the game itself and not something I did. I don't understand it. Why is it doing this? If I go offline and then test it from the command line it works fine. It's just once I am online it acts like the prompt doesn't exist until a system message updates it.

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

What are the trigger options set to? If it's set to trigger on newline (which is the default), the trigger doesn't fire until a newline character either comes from the mud or is issued by the player (by sending a game command to the mud or executing a cmud command/alias from the command-line or via script.)

Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 9:31 pm

In order to help you need to post your current trigger, both the pattern to match and the code that runs it.

Wizard Joined: 17 Jun 2006 Posts: 1201

Wizard Joined: 11 Jul 2002 Posts: 1265 Location: USA

That trigger pattern is rather bad for Avalon. Try using this one instead ^(%d)h, (%d)m (%x)

This is not a regex so uncheck that option...

Wizard Joined: 17 Jun 2006 Posts: 1201

Wizard Joined: 17 Jun 2006 Posts: 1201

Okay I tried your version and it didn't work either.

You are able to see by the light of the bracelet. You notice a single exit, west (an open door).
870h, 470m e- look

My mana just went all the way down to 200 and still nothing happens. As you can see above I just entered "look" every second or so to update the prompt.

You cease your watch for nets and webs.
870h, 270m e-

Still nothing...checked my balance variables...yep they are all set but nothing is happening.

And here comes a game message and magically it works!!

The resounding clang of a bell rings in your ears.
870h, 270m e-
Your alkar of rebirth disperses.
You drink from a sparkling potion.
You pour the potion of mind control down your throat.
870h, 770m ep-

???????????????? Whats up with that?

Trying again...

You are able to see by the light of the bracelet. You notice a single exit, west (an open door).
870h, 330m e- look

nothing happening...

You are able to see by the light of the bracelet. You notice a single exit, west (an open door).
870h, 0m e-

Wizard Joined: 11 Jul 2002 Posts: 1265 Location: USA

Hmm, try checking use ga/eor for prompt in the emulation menu in preferences...

Wizard Joined: 11 Jul 2002 Posts: 1265 Location: USA

Comparing the two trigger patterns.

^(\d+)h\, (\d+)m (.*)\-

Yours matches

What you want...

123h, 123hm ezyfiwaAdlx{[(-

but it also matches

123h, 123m ezyfiwaAdlx{[(-)]} asdf asdl f aksd fasdf kajkadasf sadfgk jkl;'dfs ;sfjk aq;a;fj asdfasdfas asdf asd fas fadf asdf dasf assdfasdfadsfsdaf-

Mine

^(%d)h, (%d)m (%x)

matches

123h, 123hm ezyfiwaAdlx{[(-)]}

and it also matches

123h, 123hm -

And that is the difference.

Mine matches up to the last bit of the prompt. Yours goes to the end of the line if there is a second - anywhere within it.
Addmitedly you are not likely to type anything with a - in it for a command but sometimes the prompt gets stacked with output from a fight.

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

You need to uncheck newline, and check prompt. Trigger on trigger is fine checked

Wizard Joined: 17 Jun 2006 Posts: 1201

Use GA/EOR for prompt is checked.

By the way, you are right. I didn't think about that. Good idea to do it the other way so it doesn't pick up random letters.

It still won't work and is driving me nuts. I do the same thing on Achaea and it works great.

Wizard Joined: 17 Jun 2006 Posts: 1201

Wizard Joined: 11 Jul 2002 Posts: 1265 Location: USA

BTW This would be a more reasonable structure for your alias pattern. The other way if both were low you would waste a mana sip the other way.
#if (@AutoSip=1 and @HMbal=1 and @sleep=0 and @anorexia=0) {
#if (@health < @maxhealth-@healthsip) {dh} {
#if (@mana < @maxmana-@manasip) {dm}
}
}

Another note. The balance setting in Avalon is not well synced with the prompt. So I hope you are not triggering actions based on prompt for balance. There are patterns for that that work MUCH better. The only time I have noticed not getting the balance lines are from within a Power ritual.

#if (%pos( y, $flags)) {RightBal=0}
#if (%pos( z, $flags)) {LeftBal=0}

Works because if the prompt shows that you do NOT have balance then you can bet that you do not.

Wizard Joined: 17 Jun 2006 Posts: 1201

Wizard Joined: 11 Jul 2002 Posts: 1265 Location: USA

You are setting the balance to 1 in the scripts as well. That is not safe as Avalon is not quite right on the timing for telling you when you have balance back. Or for when you are losing it for that matter. BUT if the prompt tells you that you do not have balance. Then you can be sure that you do not have it.

Avalon also has a legs balance like, but unlike Achaea. It just does not tell you that. Getting balance with your weapon hand, except in the case of knights, them having the ability to wield in each hand, is kinda like getting back all limbs in Achaea. This is part of the reason why you cannot trust the prompt.

An example of this is flying to just below the clouds. If you use power there you get back LEG balance much faster. And can then act faster as well.

Wizard Joined: 25 Mar 2003 Posts: 1113 Location: USA

I wouldn't use either pattern, personally. Both could potentially match things you didn't want. I would use regex and match only the flags that are possible with something like: ([eyzpifchaw]*)\-

Wizard Joined: 17 Jun 2006 Posts: 1201

Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 3:33 pm

What do you mean by "doesn't work"? I create a test trigger with the regex "Regex test: [a-zA-Z]+" that just echoed something and it worked fine.

Wizard Joined: 17 Jun 2006 Posts: 1201

Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 5:15 pm

That's why I asked what you meant by doesn't work - that the trigger never even fired, or that you couldn't get the script to work? The trigger you gave, with Larkin's correction (though you don't actually need to escape the hyphen) fires fine. I tested just now since you mentioned it, and the kind of %pos processing you were doing on $flags also works. I tried it three times, once with %3 in the %pos itself, once with %3 assigned to $flags, and once with $flags defined directly from the pattern and all three worked. Perhaps I'm just lucky :(

Wizard Joined: 17 Jun 2006 Posts: 1201

Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 6:13 pm

I was able to match your prompt with this regex pattern, basically a combination of what everyone else suggested.

Wizard Joined: 17 Jun 2006 Posts: 1201