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Newbie Joined: 08 Sep 2005 Posts: 4

A {wolf|lion|hippo} flees to the (%w).
MOB does not matter direction

Ok. If a given mob flees to the south. I follow and kill it. What is the easiest way to return to my place of oragin before it fled? I have tried several options and they are bulky and don't work correctly. I think a variable call is the way to go, but, I would like to see if anyone else has ever tried this before.

Thank you.

Apprentice Joined: 13 Feb 2004 Posts: 157 Location: USA

Before you start following, do this:

iWaypoint = %roomnum( )

After you're done, do this:

#walk @iWaypoint

This assumes you have the mapper working, and allows you to find your way back to the original location even if the mob flees several times before you kill it.

Apprentice Joined: 13 Feb 2004 Posts: 157 Location: USA

If you don't have the mapper working, get it working! :D But if you can't or don't want to, here's another approach.

When you start hunting:

lHuntingSteps = ""

Each time you follow:

lHuntingSteps = %additem(%1,@lHuntingSteps)

And when you're done:

#loop %numitems(@lHuntingSteps),1 {#send %item(@lHuntingSteps,%i)}

If you need to safewalk, you'll need to convert that into a #slow command or something instead.

Beginner Joined: 24 Feb 2005 Posts: 27

I suspect the %additem section will need to be a little more complex. If I'm reading that correctly, following a mob n, then e, then s, will cause you to subsequently go s, then e, then n, which is not what you want at all. What you want is to go n, then w, then s.

Which means that when you follow 's', you want to put 'n' into the command list. This can likely be handled just by performing a string comparison before calling %additem.

However, I'd be inclined to stick with the Waypoint solution. The reason being, if the directions ever fail to map "properly" (i.e. north matches west, for instance), then the reverse path you build will be invalid. It's my experience that walking random paths on a mud is not the safest thing to do.

Apprentice Joined: 13 Feb 2004 Posts: 157 Location: USA

Oh yeah, oops, forgot to put the reverse-direction thing in there. I agree the waypoint approach is much preferable... just provided the other one for completeness. Or that was the idea but it seems I left a key step out!

Newbie Joined: 08 Sep 2005 Posts: 4

Thanks I will learn more about the auto mapper :)

And I can get the HuntingSteps function to work I will post it here!

Beginner Joined: 07 May 2007 Posts: 19

Hi,

i know this forum is old...but i have a question similar to that posted here!...
Say i am following someone in the game, the syntax is: You follow your leader (%w).
I am trying to find out if there is a way where I can reverse the path after being done using a simple command....and another question is if i can add directions. Example: You follow your leader cave.

Since zMUD does not consider cave a normal direction, i want to know if there is a way where i can make the reverse path for "cave" to be "out", for example.

Thanks in advance

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

You can do that, but it's not very practical or useful since there's not really any sort of standard when it comes to non-standard exits. Even in the same game (or worse, in the same area of the same game), the reverse of "cave" doesn't necessarily have to be "out". It really depends on what the area builder decided to use the moment it was created and what the QC people did to it if it needed to be changed (which is further dependant on the mood of the QC people).

To add a direction, use the #DIRECTION command.

#DIRECTION f|v {commands}
f = letter representing the forward-moving direction (cave)
v = letter defined for the f of the reverse direction command
commands = zscript functions and game commands to execute, can be as complex as you know how to make it (%prompt(), %pick(), practically any %function() or @function() will work, but like a function you can't use #commands in it)

Now, as far as "commands" goes, in the GUI there's a character limit. I'm not sure if this limit also applies to the zscript code equivalent, so you may want to just define the direction to simply call an alias or function and then build the alias or function with the meat of the code you wanted to put into the direction.

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

Or, how about creating a room script trigger?

Then when you follow who/what ever cave the trigger for that room will fire and #move you out?

Beginner Joined: 07 May 2007 Posts: 19

Yeah, it works..but my main question was to actually make this script!...the one where I "backtrack" all my steps to reach the room where I started

Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:28 am

Once zMUD understands what the reverse of cave is as Matt described, or can get out another way, you can just do something like this:

#var DirList ""
#trig {You follow your leader (%w)} {#additem DirList ""}
#alias BackMove {#if (%reversedir(%item(@DirList,1))) {#exec %reversedir(%pop(@DirList))} {#say I don't know how to move the reverse of %pop(@DirList)!}}

Beginner Joined: 07 May 2007 Posts: 19

It didn't work...even if the Directions were normal, it would tell me "I don't know how to move the reverse of !"

Beginner Joined: 07 May 2007 Posts: 19

and shouldn't the %pop(@Dirlist) be %pop(Dirlist)

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

Yes it should %pop