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Trouble with alias dieroller
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| Posted by
| Silencher
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| Date
| Thu 01 May 2014 03:14 AM (UTC) |
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| Hello,
I made a sort of simple dieroller just out of boredom as an alias. It works fine if I do a simple #d# roll, but if I try to add a bonus or penalty, it doesn't work.
mydice *d* <--original alias
if I did: 1d10
My output would be:
1d10 rolled 5 (or some other number besides 5)
But with:
mydice *d* + * <---'upgraded' alias
If I do my output as 1d10 + 3
My output is:
1d13 rolled 5 (or some other number between 1->13)
What I want is for it to literally do 1d10, then add 3. But that isn't happening.
Below is the body of my alias, can you tell me what is wrong? I think it has to do with me using the '+' in the actual alias command, so maybe I need a way for Lua to ignore that + somehow, so it doesn't add %2 and %3 together?
--body of alias below--
math.randomseed(os.time())
math.random()
numberOfDice = %1
dieSides = %2
result = (math.floor (MtRand () * dieSides) +1)
sum = 0
for i = 1, numberOfDice, 1 do
roll = (math.floor (MtRand () * dieSides) +1)
sum = roll + sum
end
bonus = %3
sum = sum + bonus
Note(numberOfDice .. "d" .. dieSides .. " rolled " .. sum)
--end body of alias-- | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Nick Gammon
Australia (23,158 posts) Bio
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| Date
| Reply #1 on Thu 01 May 2014 05:54 AM (UTC) |
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| Can you post the actual alias please?
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- Nick Gammon
www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Silencher
(55 posts) Bio
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| Date
| Reply #2 on Thu 01 May 2014 06:09 AM (UTC) Amended on Thu 01 May 2014 06:20 AM (UTC) by Nick Gammon
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<aliases>
<alias
match="mydice *d* + *"
enabled="y"
group="testing"
send_to="12"
sequence="100"
>
<send>math.randomseed(os.time())
math.random()
numberOfDice = %1
dieSides = %2
result = (math.floor (MtRand () * dieSides) +1)
sum = 0
for i = 1, numberOfDice, 1 do
roll = (math.floor (MtRand () * dieSides) +1)
sum = roll + sum
end
bonus = %3
sum = sum + bonus
Note(numberOfDice .. "d" .. dieSides .. " rolled " .. sum)</send>
</alias>
</aliases>
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| Posted by
| Nick Gammon
Australia (23,158 posts) Bio
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| Date
| Reply #3 on Thu 01 May 2014 06:24 AM (UTC) |
| Message
| I tried your alias out, unchanged, and got this:
1d10 rolled 4
1d10 rolled 11
1d10 rolled 8
1d10 rolled 6
1d10 rolled 8
1d10 rolled 13
1d10 rolled 10
1d10 rolled 7
1d10 rolled 12
1d10 rolled 7
1d10 rolled 7
1d10 rolled 13
1d10 rolled 9
That seems to be working, yes?
Some of the rolls are over 10, which shows that adding 3 is happening.
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But that isn't happening.
Can you post what you entered, and what you got?
math.randomseed(os.time())
math.random()
That doesn't do anything, since MtRand does not use math.randomseed. |
- Nick Gammon
www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Silencher
(55 posts) Bio
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| Date
| Reply #4 on Thu 01 May 2014 01:13 PM (UTC) |
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| Oh I see why. I have that alias, but also the original alias:
mydice *d*
If I remove mydice *d* I can't do regular rolls. 1d10.
Is there a way to alter this into one alias that would somehow catch the + and/or - and not add/subtract %2 and %3 together?
mydice *d* is the same as the other alias I posted, except there's no 'bonus' in it. So that 2nd * is catching everything as just %2, rather than %2 + %3.
Basically I need to have the + in the alias not be an operator, I think. | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Nick Gammon
Australia (23,158 posts) Bio
Forum Administrator |
| Date
| Reply #5 on Thu 01 May 2014 07:59 PM (UTC) |
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- Nick Gammon
www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com | | Top |
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