Zugg Software :: View topic - need help with triggers and status window

Newbie Joined: 22 Jan 2013 Posts: 2

Hi i've recently taken up mudding again, and would like some help, used zmud before where i had the triggers working but can't seem to get it working in cmud.
been browsing through the forum for days without getting wiser.

what i would like is to capture my prompt into a status window that updates everytime i get hit or lose hps.
prompt looks like this:
Hp:291(291) Con:228(228) Mp:318(318) (+ some more info the i don't wanna capture.
i tried making a trigger looking like this
[/code]<trigger priority="1560" id="156">
<pattern>Hp:(%1)(%2) Con:(%3)(%4)</pattern>
<value>var=value : @hp = %1
var=value : @maxhp = %2
var=value : @con = %3
var=value : @maxcon = %4</value>
</trigger>

without luck.. hope i can be pointed in the right direction.. as to the status window im completely blank on how to make that work
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Sorcerer Joined: 15 Apr 2011 Posts: 809

First of all, you don't use %1, %2 etc in the pattern. You use wildcards in the pattern, and then reference them with %1, %2 in the code. You can see a list of wildcards here. The wildcard for digits is %d, so you'll want to replace your %1, %2, etc in the pattern with %d.

Secondly, you didn't include the literal parentheses in your pattern. Since parentheses are special characters, you need to quote them with the quote character - tilde.

Finally, I'm not sure what the "var=value" stuff is doing in your code. To set a variable, you use "variablename = what-you-want-in-the-variable" - for example, "hp = %1".

So the final trigger would look like this:

Newbie Joined: 22 Jan 2013 Posts: 2

i'll try that, thx for the quick reply..
as to the var = value it was was the compatability report from my old zmud triggers said i should change to instead of just var = value

Wizard Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 2320

What the compatibility report was trying to say was that you needed to change "@var = value" into "var = value". Specifically in your case, to change "@maxhp = %2" into "maxhp = %2". When setting a variable with the "var = value" format, you do not precede the variable name with @. Zmud accepted this, but it was incorrect even then. Cmud is more strict about enforcing this rule.