Zugg Software :: View topic - can mapper understand user defined direction?

Newbie Joined: 20 Jan 2002 Posts: 5 Location: USA

I want to add new direction to my zmud setting and make the mapper understand it .
How can i do this.
for example , My mud have northup & southdown direction.

Newbie Joined: 19 Jan 2002 Posts: 6

very nice, it's also just what I want, maybe only ZuggSoft can give us such a feature

GURU Joined: 14 Oct 2000 Posts: 556 Location: USA

The #DIR command is what you're looking for.

first pick characters to represent your new directions

a northup
b southdown
c eastup
f westdown

#DIR ab "nu|northup" other
#DIR ba "sd|southdown" other

#DIR cf "eu|eastup" other
#DIR fc "wd|westdown" other

You should create them in pairs, so the mapper can reverse the path. Since the mapper's placement is 'other', you'll have to manually adjust the placement of the room on the map.

Troubadour

Newbie Joined: 20 Jan 2002 Posts: 5 Location: USA

thanks.
I've tried it , but it seems the direction I added is different from the build-in direction not only in placement.

for example
I walk northup in 'map' mode, the automapper create a new room without links for me.
When I walk southdown , it create another room instead of back to where i started.

I finaly create the map by hand, but it does not work at all.

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2002 3:16 pm

Northup, etc. are already ordered for the new mapper.. :)

Lady C.

Newbie Joined: 20 Jan 2002 Posts: 5 Location: USA

Such good news.
Which edition involves the new mapper ??
I'm using 6.16

GURU Joined: 10 Oct 2000 Posts: 4379 Location: USA

The new mapper is planned for a few months from now. It will actually be a separate product (with a possible discount for zMUD owners) that will work alongside zMUD or a stand-alone program.

However, just from developing the new mapper, zMUD will benefit (even without having to purchase it) because some of the enhancements for the new mapper (like the improved map database) will also be passed to the one in zMUD.

Kjata