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Newbie Joined: 01 Aug 2008 Posts: 3

I'm really new at this so I apologize if this is really basic.

I set up a script that runs off a button. All it has in it is basic commands for the mud and the #WAIT command. The problem is that once I press the button I can't stop the script until it is finished. Is there any easy command to stop this in the middle? I've already tried #STOP all. I also tried typing in #THREAD but no new thread shows up.

Wizard Joined: 14 Aug 2004 Posts: 1269

Well the best solution depends on why you are using the #WAIT command. Basically, your script needs changing, so maybe you should post it so we can see how to change it.

Newbie Joined: 01 Aug 2008 Posts: 3

It goes like this:

backstab guard;#WA 7000;
n;ne;
backstab guard;#WA 7000;

And so on and so forth. Like I said its really basic. Ideally I would like to get it to the point where when the mud outputs "guard dies" it moves on to the next command in the script. I'm sure there's some way I could trigger that but I'm still working on reading through some of the help documentation for CMUD. Thanks in advance for your help.

Wizard Joined: 14 Aug 2004 Posts: 1269

Well, you could try something like this instead of #WAIT:
#WAITFOR {abort} 7000
If you want to abort the wait, just type #SHOW abort (or make another button or alias with that command in) and I think it will abort the wait.
Alternatively, you could use a smaller wait duraction and check a variable to see whether the wait should continue, with a loop to ensure it adds up to the total wait time you want, but #WAITFOR should be more efficient and simpler. You can also try:
#WAITFOR {abort|guard dies} 7000 {commands to do if abort or guard dies is displayed} {commands to do if there is a timeout}

Newbie Joined: 01 Aug 2008 Posts: 3

I'll try that. Thanks so much for your help.

Wizard Joined: 14 Aug 2004 Posts: 1269

Tell me if it works out as I didn't test it.