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Novice Joined: 18 Aug 2001 Posts: 43 Location: USA

Hi again,

I've created a new MUD character (on AddictMUD), and I decided this time I'm going to try capturing room names/descriptions (I've always disabled those on the main MUD I play) in the automapper.

I used the mapper configuration wizard and the only thing I changed was I set it to 2 seconds instead of 5.

Upon entering the room to the south, I got:

Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2003 7:01 pm

I'm pretty sure the problem is that the mapper is not recognizing your MUD prompt as a prompt. It looks too much like a normal text line (zMUD looks at the ratio of numbers to letters as part of it's MUD prompt AI).

What you can try is do a Config/Reconfig in the mapper, then click the "Offline Config" button in the upper-right corner of the wizard window. Then, paste the following text into the window on the left:

The Temple Of Midgaard
This is in the southern end of the temple hall in the Temple of
Midgaard. The temple has been constructed from giant marble blocks,
eternal in appearance. Most of the walls are covered by ancient wall
paintings picturing gods, giants and peasants.
The temple's entry foyer is further south, beyond a huge arch in the
ceiling. Small halls lead from this cathedral west and east. The temple
is filled with people worshiping their gods.
[ Exits: n e s w d ]

and then click the Next button. This should detect the room name, description, and exits properly. Then, you'll need to create a trigger to tag the prompt. Do something like:

#TRIGGER {%dH %dM %dV >} {#TAG prompt} "" {prompt}

and then see if it works better.

Novice Joined: 18 Aug 2001 Posts: 43 Location: USA

I did what you said, but the mapper still does not function properly on this MUD. When I put in the pasted info in the offline config screen, it captures properly and highlights the room name, description and exits in the correct colors.

I set up the trigger exactly as you showed it (and it fires on my prompt)

However, when I then move into a room on the MUD, it captures only the room description. In fact, if I move north after configuring the mapper, and then move south again, it creates a NEW room which overlaps my point of origin (in this case, the temple of midgaard).

Also, I am having consistant problems with the error:
RoomRs: Cannot perform this operation on a closed dataset.

I have deleted the database file and let the automapper re-create it numerous times, but I continue to get the error. It seems to occur right after I do a reconfig of the mapper, when it tries to create the room, the error pops up (and then if I try creating rooms manually, I get the same thing).

Help me <name removed for legal reasons>, you're my only hope.

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And to clarify, I have never (to my recollection) had the RoomRs error on any other MUD character within zMUD.
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