Zugg Software :: View topic - Walking using the num-pad

Beginner Joined: 01 May 2008 Posts: 22

so I simply love being able to walk using the num-pad... you know, 2 is south, 8 is north and all that... so I thought: how nice would it be if I could configure alternate walking modes, like a caravan walking mode for Imperian...

so yeah, my coding-nub ass would like to ask, is it possible to assign, and then enable/disable different kinds of walking modes to the num-pad? and if yes, anyone mind telling me how that would work?

Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 2:12 pm

It's entirely possible. The easiest way would be to remove the English Keypad package from your session entirely and set up your own Numpad macros. The script of these macros would be something like:

Beginner Joined: 01 May 2008 Posts: 22

however annoying as this may sound... but could you possibly give me something a little more in-depth (like which menus to use, variables to set if any, and so on)? as I've said before, I'm a complete newb when it comes to setting anything up myself, and I have zero experience on macros...

edit: on an unrelated note, the "package" my settings and such are in (i.e., the one I managed to import from my old laptop through conversion from zmud to cmud there) are marked as "read only"... I can force a save, but I can't delete anything (such as the walkmode macro I tried and failed to create in an operational state)... also, windows explorer tells me the files -aren't- marked as "read only"... any way I can ditch the "read only" thingamajig from this imperian.pkg package?

Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 1:57 pm

To copy the directions and macros:

1) Load your session (offline if you prefer) and open the Package Editor.
2) On the View menu, choose Show Default Packages.
3) On the English Keypad tab that appears, highlight the English Keypad module and press Ctrl+V
4) Move back to the tab you were on originally (probably called YourMudName)
5) Press Ctrl+V and the English Keypad module (and the macros it contains) should appear in this new package.
6) Repeat for English Directions

Now, to remove packages:

1) Close CMUD and open it again. On the sessions dialogue (the one that opens when CMUD first starts), rclick your session and choose edit session.
2) On the Package Files tab, locate the list of packages at the bottom. English Keypad and English directions should be listed.
3) Highlight them each in turn and press the minus button.
You could do this directly in the package editor, but I find this way easier.

Now, when you go back into your session and into the package editor, you should see no English Keypad and English Directions packages (tabs) even with the View Default Packages option on. But their modules will be in the YourMudName package. Now you can edit the macros and directions in there to your heart's content.

Editing directions should be simple - you click on them, and you'll see the list of commands I talked about. You add your extra commands and you're finished.
Editing macros is a bit more complex and talked about in detail here, but in short - the key is the button you press, and the script is what it does when you press it. #switch is explained in the help (it's basically a big if chain), but the example I gave will check the variable "walkmode" to see if it's any of the special modes it knows about. If it's not a mode, it'll move normally, else it'll move however you've told it to.

Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 2:05 pm

Only variable you would need to set in his example is @WalkMode

walkmode=swim
walkmode=tackle
walkmode-caravan
walkmode=""

the macroes would then cover the rest, although i would suggest using

Beginner Joined: 01 May 2008 Posts: 22

either I'm stupid, or something's messed up, but I still can't figure out how to do this...

Fang, when you say "module", do you mean the XML code, or something else?
if you mean the XML, do I simply copy the code, and paste it into the imperian package? cause if I do that, the code keeps changing into something I can't make sense out of...

edit: the imperian package in my cmud is still read-only... could that be messing with this?

Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 3:02 pm

Packages are .pkg files. Packages contain modules and windows. Modules and windows are settings containers - windows have a GUI component, modules don't. Packages are represented in the editor by tabs. Windows and modules are shown in the treeview for the package they're part of. Windows have a window icon, and modules have a yellow capsule icon thing.

On the English Directions tab, you'll see one of those yellow icons with the name English Directions - that's the one you want. Inside, you'll see ten or so direction settings. Just highlight the English Directions module in the tree and press Ctrl+C. If you paste into a text editor, you'll see that it's the XML that's on the clipboard, but the package editor is smart. If you go to the Imperian (I thought I recognised your name from somewhere :P) tab and press Ctrl+V, the English Directions module should appear again.

The read-only thing is a bug. Make sure you're using the latest version (2.25) which has fixed it. Then go into the Package Properties (I believe it's on the View menu) and uncheck the Read Only box.

If it's still not working, we'll need more information on this code you can't make sense of. Screenshots, copy and paste, whatever.

Beginner Joined: 01 May 2008 Posts: 22

installing the update would be easier if I knew where it went after cmud downloaded it... -_-

Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 3:45 pm

Have a search. You can always just get it off the website instead.

Beginner Joined: 01 May 2008 Posts: 22

did the search thing, turned up with nothing...

downloaded 2.25, installed it, and it tells me I need to enter my license key again... I do so, -exactly- the way I did it before (open the e-mail, CTRL+A, CTRL+C, cmud loads name and license key), and the damn thing keeps telling me the name I entered is wrong!

I'm starting to get really fed up with this crap -_-

Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 3:55 pm

depending on how long it has been since the initial time of purchase, you may need to log into the zuggsoft shop, go to your order history, and request a new key

this is entirely free

wait for the new email and use that info

Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 4:15 pm

It's strange that it's asking for your key again, though. Did you uninstall the old version, or just install the new one on top?

Beginner Joined: 01 May 2008 Posts: 22

license code issue solved...the 2.25 I had installed was cmud... my 2.18 version is cmud-pro >_< getting 2.25 of -pro solved -that- particular problem...

but it still tells me my imperian package is read-only -_-

anyway... moving the packages worked now, so thanks for explaining how to do that properly...

now, on setting up that alias (yes, I'll say it again, I'm a newb, and I'll worship any of you if you'll just provide me with what I want)... the name obviously is "walkmode"... but how do I do the rest? >_>

last note: any chance I could add "in" and "out" as directions to this whole thingamajig? Imperian uses these two frequently, yet they weren't included on the english keypad/directions packages...

disclaimer: feel free to give up on me if I'm getting too annoying

Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 5:39 pm

#alias walkmode {#if (%1 and %1!="none") {walkmode=""} {walkmode=%1}}

Will set the walk mode. You can use walkmode on its own, or walkmode none to clear it. The macros you create should have the script I gave you above, but you haven't given enough detail for me to do that for you. Just put a line in like the ones I have there for each walkmode.

Beginner Joined: 01 May 2008 Posts: 22

ok, and -that- isn't enough for my newb ass to completely work it out while keeping whatever semblance of sanity I have left... what would you need? >_>

on that note, I did manage to add in the #switch section you gave me above for each direction key... which'll now of course prevent me from doing any walking until I define "walkmode"...
and again, -is- it possible to add "in" and "out" as directions, based on the code the english directions/keypad packages use (which you probably have yourself to peek at to confirm)?

Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 8:40 pm

Beginner Joined: 01 May 2008 Posts: 22

... yeah, that became obvious when I thought about it a little after posting it... was too lazy to edit it out, though :P

anyway... mainly I wanted a walkmode for doing caravans on Imperian, which is done by doing "lead caravan direction"... though, I think if set up right, the switching could be done automatically (triggers, bwahahaha)

so yeah, keywords...

modeword: caravan
command: lead caravan (direction)
modeword: swimming
command: swim (direction)
modeword: leaping
command: leap (direction)

and if there's a simple enough explanation tagging along, I could probably add in any future stuff I want to toss into it myself...

P.S.: yeah, I'm -that- Corthono ;)

Beginner Joined: 01 May 2008 Posts: 22

sooo... not to be nagging or anything, but did anyone here had the time to write up that walkmode alias? cause I still have no clue how to do so myself... :-/

sidenote... this is the codeline for a direction... based on -that-, how would I add in "in" and "out"? cause Fang's previous explanation on it was gibberish to my coding-n00b ass...

Wizard Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 2320

For adding a new direction:

Open the Package Editor, open up the folder containing your other directions.
Click New|New Direction
It will open up a form to create the new direction. Fill it out similarly to the other directions.
For instance, you might have:
Name--i
Reverse--o
Value--in|leap in|swim in (and any other commands or abbreviations that mean "in" in your mud)
Dir--Other

Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 4:50 pm

Thanks for bumping this. I occasionally browse the forums at work, but I don't have CMUD there, so I can't test code, so I don't like to post it. And if the thread's marked as read, I'll probably miss it. Anyway:

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

It'd be easier if you made an alias that contained that #SWITCH and accepted a direction as it's argument. Razz

Beginner Joined: 01 May 2008 Posts: 22

thanks for that, Rahab... looks easy enough :)

and Fang, thanks for all the effort you put into my request so far, but I'm afraid I still need to ask one crucial little thingy... where does that line you gave above go? in the value box or somewhere else? :S

also, I think I already inserted the last bit of code you supplied into every macro key present for walking...

lastly, Larkin, I think that's what Fang tried to give me at first, and I think it's needed given the code he fed me, but I'm too much of a n00b with coding to figure it out for myself >_<

Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 8:00 pm

Nah, that's not what I did. It'd be too much hassle to explain. But you're welcome to, Larkin! ;)

Which line above?

Beginner Joined: 01 May 2008 Posts: 22

#alias walkmode {#if (%1 and %1!="none") {walkmode=""} {walkmode=%1}}

that line... how do I input that using the script text window for creating a new alias?

Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 8:52 pm

Paste it on the command line, hit enter. Job done.