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Beginner Joined: 09 Jul 2008 Posts: 10

Hi, here is my problem.

I have a prompt line, pretty stock, showing my health and mana (556hp - 732mn)

What I'm trying to do is show changes to my health(and mana) on the same line every time I either receive or recover damage. So, say if I get hit, I want my scroll to go something like this:

556hp - 732mn --
Damn, got hit
356hp - 732mn -- (Took 200 damage)

I've been playing around with this for a while, and got somewhere by doing:

Pattern:

Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 2:56 pm

In CMUD, you can use #sayadd - in zMUD it's a bit more difficult. You'll need to put brackets around the whole pattern, then do this:

#trig {(pattern)} {#sub {%concat(%1,"Damage: ",%eval(@curhp-%2)}}

or something. All the other %nn variables in your script will need to go up by 1.

I'm not sure what you're asking about with it coming up on the second prompt. It clearly can't know how much damage you've taken until the prompt after you took the damage. More info would help.

Beginner Joined: 09 Jul 2008 Posts: 10

Hm, I'll try that out, thank you.

And as for the prompt thing, you're right, let me explain clearer. This is what happens:

556hp - 732mn --
Damn, got hit
356hp - 732mn --
[ENTER, OR ANYTHING TO SHOW THE PROMPT AGAIN]
356hp - 732mn --
Took 200 damage

Edit: Alright, I tried the above method and after a few changes, it looks presentable and works (minus the fact that I still have to wait for the second prompt after the hit to see the damage in the prompt above it), thank you. However, just out of simple curiosity, I was wondering if anyone had any other takes on this, as there are probably a ton of ways to work this out.

Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:11 pm

That's probably due to the way your MUD terminates prompts. See also this thread. It's for CMUD, but it still applies.

Beginner Joined: 09 Jul 2008 Posts: 10

Ah, brilliant! That helps more than anything ever, thanks.