Zugg Software :: View topic - Finding a specific mobs/items in an area. Best way?

Wanderer Joined: 03 Sep 2007 Posts: 88

I created some code to track down mobs/items in a certain area. I just don't like it very much. It seems a bit slow and I couldn't upgrade it very effectively.

The problem i had was if I wanted to track 3 mobs, and they were all in the same room, I had massive headaches. I could handle 2, but not three.

I setup a massive path for the whole area. i.e. .2w4e3s

And every room it either does #OK or #PAUSE depending on whether the mob is in the room. The script would then trigger off the mob name. I was able to fix the second mob issue by creating a TEMP value, I.e . #if (@jack = 1 && @tempmob = 1) . The issue i was having was when three mobs or items were in the same room.

Mobnames:

a vial
Jack
Jill
Exits: N S E W

Basically, I'm looking for a more efficient way to search an area and to be able to find/do multiple things to multiple mobs/items in the same room. I lost my original code so I can't give you my exact code, but I'd rather not recode my old stuff unless I can't find a better/more efficient way.

Any thoughts?

Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 2:11 am

Try using a string list or a DB record, they you can add as many mobs as you like to your list. you could set up a trigger to give option add/remove names from list or DB record if they arn't in the list, and use a 2n'd to record mob location or what ever you need to keep track of.

To get started I'ld recommend using/reading help files for:

#additem #delitem #delnitem for lists

#addkey #delkey %db for DB records