Zugg Software :: View topic - extracting "Other Com" field from room properties

Adept Joined: 18 Dec 2005 Posts: 246

Does anyone know how one might pull the contents out of the "other com" field in the room properties for a given exit?
Lets say that I have

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

What you are asking for isn't possible via zScript room functions. Room X,Y,Z position is not exposed to the mapper scripting interface, so you can't compare coordinates of linked rooms to determine where a destination might be. Directional position of a non-standard exit (ie, go door = north) is also not revealed.

You'll have to go with COM (if it works) to peek into the map database directly, but I've no idea on how to do the steps.

Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 6:35 am

You can actually do this pretty simply with %roomexit - exits with an "other com" will appear in the list as a string version of that command, so remove the cardinal directions from the list and bob's your uncle.

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

Yes, but he's not asking merely if an NSE exists in the room's exit list, he's asking how to determine the direction it's set to.

Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 3:45 am

I have a room with two exits - nw and e. The e exit has its other com field set to "enter portal". While in that room, entering #say %roomexit gives the ouput h|enter portal. His original post seems to be asking for a way to get the contents of an exit's other com field, and that's done it.

Adept Joined: 18 Dec 2005 Posts: 246

Fang is correct. I've used the %roomexit as hes suggested, and gotten the output that I'm looking for. Thanks both for the replies.