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Newbie Joined: 20 Jun 2002 Posts: 8 Location: USA

At this time I use multiple aliases and one control alias for random colored says. basically I have a sa0 through sa21 alias with the context of "emote says, '%-1'" each one with their own scheme. the alias sa is set as: sa%random(sa0,21)

My question is, is there a way to make this 'truly' random? I mean as in making a say alias and it emoting: says, '%-1' with each separate character(including the text replaced by %-1) choosing a random color? The mud I'll be running this on uses easy color with the & codes. &r &g &y &b &m &c &w &R &G &Y &B &M &C &W &K and &n is the terminating character.

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

You need to create a loop that will place a random color code, then a character from the message, and continue doing this until there are no more characters. The script should be something like this:
#VAR colors {r|g|y|b|m|c|w|R|G|Y|B|M|C|W|K}
#ALIAS say {#VAR message "";#LOOP %len("%-1") {#VAR message %concat(@message, "&", %item(@colors, %random(1, %numitems(@colors))), %copy("%-1", %i, 1))};#VAR message %concat(@message, "&n");emote says, '@message'}

Kjata

Newbie Joined: 20 Jun 2002 Posts: 8 Location: USA

Thank You Kjata, works like a charm. Now I can do away with scheme's if I want. Thanks again.

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Newbie Joined: 20 Jun 2002 Posts: 8 Location: USA

I did find one problem after using it. lower case color's: &r &g &y &b &m &c &w are 'dull' ansi colors. They need to be terminated with &n before the actual color code in order to be displayed correctly(ie. &n&rDark Red&n). My question is how do I fix it?

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

A quick, cheap fix is to change the variable with the colors so that it will work like this. The variable should then be:
#VAR colors {n&r|n&g|n&y|n&b|n&m|n&c|n&w|R|G|Y|B|M|C|W|K}

Kjata

Newbie Joined: 20 Jun 2002 Posts: 8 Location: USA

Thanks again Kjata, I was spacing out when I tried fixing it on my own earlier... I was trying: r&n|g&n|y&n|b&n|m&n|c&n|w&n so basically I had it backwards. Oops =P

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Newbie Joined: 21 Jun 2002 Posts: 3 Location: Singapore

Does this alias/variable only work for later versions of zmud(after 4.62)? If so is there any way to correct it to make it work for v4.62?

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

I haven't used 4.62 in a very long time, so I wouldn't know if it works in that version. However, it should work as long as all the command and functions used in the script are available in 4.62

You would need to check for support for the following commands:
#VARIABLE
#ALIAS
#LOOP

and the following functions:
%len
%concat
%item
%random
%numitems

Some of these I'm sure are supported, but I included them in the list just for completeness. Of course, the quickest way of testing for support would be to type it all into zMUD and see if the alias works.

Kjata

Newbie Joined: 21 Jun 2002 Posts: 3 Location: Singapore

Hmm.. i haven't checked whether those functions and commands are supported, but when i typed in the alias and variable, an infinite loop occured. A few messages of infinite loops occuring happens, then i emote saying @message. So i guess its the version..

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Wanderer Joined: 02 Oct 2001 Posts: 76 Location: USA

i play on a mud where i use #alias cha {chat #s%-1} to chat
the #s creates a random color
is there i way i can use this to make every other letter a random color, instead of just the whole thing, i tried using the above script, but i keep messing it up

any help would be appreciated