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Newbie Joined: 04 Nov 2002 Posts: 3

I've searched through the forums and I can't seem to find the answer to my question..

Here's my situation.. I'm trying to develop a trigger that will fire on seeing an item, with a list of possible "states" next to the item.. For instance..

A short staff
A short staff.
A short staff (in hands).
A short staff (wielded).

etc..

So the list I created is...

A short staff{.| (in hands)| (wielded)}

...and its worked great. I've tried sticking about everything I can think of in there to account for the case where there is nothing after my item, (A short staff), with no luck. Any suggestions?

Thanks

GURU Joined: 23 Dec 2000 Posts: 4834 Location: USA

can there ever be multiple states for an item? For example:

A short staff (wielded, featherfall).

If not, then this should work:

#trigger {A short staff(*)} {}

li'l shmoe of Dragon's Gate MUD

Newbie Joined: 04 Nov 2002 Posts: 3

The reason I have to lay out each case specifically is because in my highly-customized LPmud, I'm using #SUB to replace when I see an item with the item + its stats. For instance..

A short staff (wielded)

...becomes...

A short staff (wielded) (5/5/0) <- thats +aim/+attack/durability on my mud

Believe me, using #SUB in these cases - if I'm not specific it substitutes things in where I don't want them, or it won't when I do. Here's the complete list I'm using right now..

{.| (wielded).| (in hands).| (worn).| (open)| (open) (worn).| (open) (in hands).| (closed)| (closed) (worn).| (closed) (in hands).}

I know, crazy mud..

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

#TR {A short staff$}
It doesn't HAVE to be in the same trigger with everything else.

LightBulb
Senior Member

Wanderer Joined: 23 Aug 2002 Posts: 96

A short staff{.| (in hands)| (wielded)|}

That will work!

Newbie Joined: 04 Nov 2002 Posts: 3

I tried that. Didn't work. However, I figured out a way to do it by changing my syntax a bit.

Thanks everyone.

Wanderer Joined: 23 Aug 2002 Posts: 96

quote:

I tried that. Didn't work. However, I figured out a way to do it by changing my syntax a bit.

Thanks everyone.

*boggle*
I use that exact syntax all the time, for capturing tells... I want it anchored at the beginning of the line, but it may or may not have flags in front of it, so I use a list, including the empty last one, to show no flags. Works great.