Zugg Software :: View topic - argh - another rescue trigger set not working =(

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

Rather than try to troubleshoot what you've written here, I'd like to bring to your attention a couple of tools which will make your script a lot simpler, faster, and more efficient. First, be aware that you can place a string list inside a trigger pattern and zMUD will compare the MUD text to each of the items in the string list to see if there is a match. For example, given the string list: #VAR petlist {snake|dog|cat|turtle}, and the trigger #TR {I love my {@petlist}}, zMUD will successfully match the text "I love my dog". Note the curly braces around the string variable's name in the trigger. If you place parentheses around the curly braces, ala #TR {I love my ({@petlist})}, then the item will be captured and stored as a parameter. #TR {I love my ({@petlist})} {#VAR mypet %1} will match "I love my dog" and store "dog" to @mypet. This basic tool can be used to simplify your script.

Make a string list variable with all the attack_levels: #VAR attack_levels {intensity|viciousness|strength|passion|force|power|might|ferocity|rage|savagery|brutality}
Rewrite your group_list alias to store the names as a string list:
#ALIAS group_list {#VAR gmem %replace("%-1", " ", "|")}
This alias will take all the parameters (names of members) and replace the space between the names with a "|", thus making it a string list.

Finally, replace all of your triggers with the following two:
#TRIGGER {({@gmem}) %d times, with %x {@attack_levels}} {rescue %1}
#TRIGGER {({@gmem}) with %x {@attack_levels}} {rescue %1}

These two triggers use the tool I discussed above. The triggers will look at individual items in the string list gmem, and if successful, capture it to %1. The triggers will also compare each item in @attack_levels, but since it is not enclosed in parentheses, will not capture it.

After simplifying your script in this fashion, I'm sure you'll be able to troubleshoot it more easily.

Troubadour

MASTER Joined: 28 Nov 2000 Posts: 4817 Location: USA

To simplify matters further, you can use the #ADDITEM and #DELITEM commands to change the members of your rescue group one at a time. So when Troubadour leaves for the day and you decide to let LightBulb join the group instead you don't have to redo the entire list.

#AL addrescue {#ADDITEM gmem %1}
#AL stoprescue {#DELITEM gmem %1}

LightBulb
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