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Scripting noob (Need help creating a script)
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| Posted by
| Klaak
(5 posts) Bio
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| Date
| Fri 08 Nov 2013 04:16 PM (UTC) Amended on Fri 08 Nov 2013 04:21 PM (UTC) by Klaak
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| Message
| I have a character I'm playing who is certifiably insane, and I want to create a script that will choose at random from a list of commands that I select, and send that command to the mud at random time intervals between 30 seconds and 90 seconds apart.
So for instance, let's say that this character will randomly do one of the following:
giggle
whimper
cry
emote pulls frantically at her hair!
emote begins to waltz with an unseen partner.
yell 'I hate you! Go away! I'll KILL YOU!!!'
***(This one is always followed by:)***
emote begins swinging wildly at the air, as if fighting something, then suddenly stops.
Once the character does one of those things, the next time she does one could be anywhere from 30 seconds to 90 seconds after the first instance, and what she does will once again be chosen at random from the list. Then the next insane behavior will again happen at random somewhere from 30 seconds to 90 seconds after the last occurance.
Can someone please help me accomplish this? I know next to nothing about scripting. | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Nick Gammon
Australia (23,158 posts) Bio
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| Reply #1 on Fri 08 Nov 2013 10:02 PM (UTC) |
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| Check this page out:
That sends a "social" randomly. You could modify it to not collect all possible socials, but just have a list of the things you want to say.
This simpler version might do it for you:
<aliases>
<alias
match="crazy woman"
enabled="y"
send_to="12"
sequence="100"
>
<send>
require "wait"
wait.make (function () --- coroutine below here
speech = {
"giggle",
"whimper",
"cry",
"emote pulls frantically at her hair!",
"emote begins to waltz with an unseen partner.",
"yell 'I hate you! Go away! I'll KILL YOU!!!'",
-- more here
} -- end of speech table
while not GetVariable ("stop_madness") do
wait.time (30 + math.random (60)) -- 30 to 90 seconds
Send (speech [ math.random (1, #speech) ])
end -- while
DeleteVariable ("stop_madness")
Note ("Crazy talk stopped.")
end) -- end of coroutine
</send>
</alias>
<alias
match="stop crazy talk"
enabled="y"
variable="stop_madness"
send_to="9"
sequence="100"
>
<send>stop</send>
</alias>
</aliases>
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That makes an alias with a list of things to say (see "speech" table above).
Start it by typing:
It picks one from the list every 30 to 90 seconds. It loops doing that, so to stop it type:
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- Nick Gammon
www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Klaak
(5 posts) Bio
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| Date
| Reply #2 on Sat 09 Nov 2013 02:49 AM (UTC) |
| Message
| Thanks Nick! Works great. I added another 80 socials out of the 200+ on the mud, and changed the alias to match on "insane" instead of "crazy woman" and "sane" instead of "stop crazy talk". Those are much quicker to type so I can shut them off when I enter combat.
The only problem with it all, is that the note about "Crazy Talk Stopped" outputs when I use the alias to START the crazy talk, instead of when I STOP it. I tried just moving the note to the second alias, but now the note doesn't show up at all. How do I make that note appear when I turn it off, instead of when I turn it on? | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Nick Gammon
Australia (23,158 posts) Bio
Forum Administrator |
| Date
| Reply #3 on Sat 09 Nov 2013 04:19 AM (UTC) |
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| If that variable ("stop_madness") already existed that might happen. Try again, it should be OK the second time.
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- Nick Gammon
www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com | | Top |
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