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Adept Joined: 30 Dec 2003 Posts: 226

I am not very good with databases, and the mapper db is no exception. How would I make an alias to add a note to whatever room i'm in currently, and then an alias to show the notes for my current room?

EG:

addnote This smob allows channeling.

roomnotes

This smob allows channeling.
This smob needs pick.
etc.

Any help with this would be appreciated. Smile

Apprentice Joined: 05 May 2003 Posts: 194

Aarlot! You must give me yer name on WoTMUD NOW! Or you shall die a horribly painful death.

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

Why bring databases into it? Use the roomnote function.
#AL addnote {#CALL %roomnote( , %additem( %roomnote(), "%-1"))}
#AL roomnotes {#FORALL %roomnote() {#SHOW %i}}

Adept Joined: 30 Dec 2003 Posts: 226

Hrmm... sorry Lightbulb, for some reason that does not seem to work... It acts like it did something, but when I hit roomnotes, nothing happens.

Loto - Very Happy

"Aarlot" is one of my chars, but I don't play him much anymore Wink

Apprentice Joined: 05 May 2003 Posts: 194

What char do you play with most often?

Apprentice Joined: 13 Feb 2004 Posts: 157 Location: USA

That'll work if you're in mapping mode, but if you're in follow mode, it won't. Try adding this:

pMapLocked = %maplocked( )

to the beginning of each alias, and this:

#noop %maplocked( @pMapLocked)

to the end.

Wizard Joined: 15 Jan 2002 Posts: 1644 Location: USA

Ok I am not sure of the funcionality of %additem in roomnotes but here is LBs script rewriten to unlock/lock the map

#AL addnote {
#VAR maplocked %maplocked
#CALL %maplocked(0)
#CALL %roomnote( , %additem( %roomnote(), "%-1"))
#Call %maplocked(@maplocked)
}
#AL roomnotes {#FORALL %roomnote() {#SHOW %i}}

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

I admit I just tossed this out as an idea, with no testing at all. I also have no idea how well %additem will work in roomnotes, but a list is just a string with a particular format. I chose %additem because I thought a list-separator would be less likely to cause problems than a hard return, and it was obvious from Aarlot's example that he wants multiple lines in his notes.

Wizard Joined: 15 Jan 2002 Posts: 1644 Location: USA

Ok %additem is screwy in roomnotes so we need another way of doing it. you can Use %cr however I can't find a way to properly quote.
However this should work to get you started.

#CALL %roomnote( ,%if(!%null(%1), %roomnote<%cr>"%-1","")) //Adds a new line if there are paramaters otherwise clears the roomnote

#AL roomnotes {#SHOW %roomnote}

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

I don't have any problems using %additem in roomnotes, except that I reversed the order of parameters in my example. As you can probably tell, I seldom use the %additem function.
#AL addnote {
#VAR maplocked %maplocked
#CALL %maplocked( 0)
#CALL %roomnote( , %additem( "%-1", %roomnote()))
#CALL %maplocked( @maplocked)
}
#AL roomnotes {#FORALL %roomnote() {#SHOW %i}}

Wizard Joined: 15 Jan 2002 Posts: 1644 Location: USA

Exscuse me whilst I beat myself with a Duh stick, I should have noticed that and I use %additem alot :P. I think Im gonna start drinking coffee before answering the forums.