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Alcander
Wanderer
Joined: 04 Aug 2001
Posts: 79
Location: USA
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 Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 10:56 pm
Life beyond #WAIT
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I need help to explain to me the best way to avoid using the #WAIT command.
Currently if I wanted to create an alias to go north north up east kill monster west down south south, I would do the following:
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North
#WAIT 1000
North
#WAIT 1000
up
#WAIT 1000
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Can someone tell me how I can avoid using the #WAIT command as it seems to be deemed a bad bad thing.
Forever Noob! |
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Arminas
Wizard
Joined: 11 Jul 2002
Posts: 1265
Location: USA
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Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 11:28 pm
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Well, for the things you have listed. this would work
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#var WtM {"north|East|Southwest|Up"}
#ALARM "MovementA" {*1} {#if (%null(@WtM)) {#sus MovementA} {%pop(WtM)}} |
Note this leaves the MovementA alarm in your settings. If you don't want that use #untrig instead of #sus. |
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nexela
Wizard
Joined: 15 Jan 2002
Posts: 1644
Location: USA
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Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 11:52 pm
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Somewhat off topic. Thanks Arminas I was thinking of a way to handle my alarms and you reminded me of #Suspend Now to see if I can get it to work!
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Zugg
MASTER
Joined: 25 Sep 2000
Posts: 23379
Location: Colorado, USA
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Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 12:38 am
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You can also set the Send Delay preference to add a 1000ms delay between all speedwalk directions, and then just use the normal .2nue(kill monster)ws2s kind of speedwalk command.
Arminas's suggestion is a good one. You can also just do this:
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North
#ALARM +1 {
North
#ALARM +1 {
up
#ALARM +1 {
etc
}
}
}
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although it's pretty brute force. I plan to eventually revamp the #WAIT command to try and make it so that it doesn't have so many issues. And actually, your use of #WAIT in this case is probably fine. It just means that you'll have an alias thread stuck running in the background and waiting. The general problem with what you are doing is more of a case of it not handling abnormal situations. For example, what if you get attacked after your second movement North? Your alias will just keep going blindly along. That's why it's usually better to use the Safe or Slow walking features, which are designed to provide more control over this kind of walking around the MUD. |
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