New to Scripting - Random Timer Needed Please

Posted by Mikeof85 on Thu 27 Nov 2014 01:57 AM — 5 posts, 26,140 views.

Mikeof85 Thu 27 Nov 2014 01:57 AM #0

Hello. I'm COMPLETELY NEW to scripting. I have zero experience. I'm usually good at researching for the answers I need, but I just cannot seem to find anything that works. Could someone please help?

Okay here's an example of what I need:

I cast a spell and the world returns with "You cast hurricane."

What I would like is to have a random timer between that notice and me automatically casting again with "Cast hurricane"

**World** "You successfully cast hurricane."
--Random amount of time elapses between 2 and 20 seconds--
**Me** "Cast Hurricane"

I want it to be a one-shot timer, this way I can switch to another task if I need to.

I'm open to LUA or Jscript, but I'll need helping learning how to do either, and setting mushclient up to execute the script.

Mikeof85 Thu 27 Nov 2014 02:05 AM #1

Here's what I have so far. In all likelihood I could be waaaaay off base. The musclient is saying i have an error on line 2... No clue what to do. Thanks for any help!

function randtimer ( ) {
var randomtimer = (Math.random()*20)+2);
World.DoAfter(randomtimer,"cast hurricane");
}

Nick Gammon Australia Forum Administrator Thu 27 Nov 2014 05:10 AM #2

If you are really new to scripting I suggest you use Lua rather than Jscript. Then it is easy:


<triggers>
  <trigger
   custom_colour="2"
   enabled="y"
   match="You cast hurricane."
   send_to="12"
   sequence="100"
  >
  <send>
DoAfter(math.random (2, 20), "cast hurricane")
</send>
  </trigger>
</triggers>

For advice on how to copy the above, and paste it into MUSHclient, please see Pasting XML.

Fiendish USA Global Moderator Thu 27 Nov 2014 07:25 PM #3

This particular task is just as easy in Javascript as in Lua. You just have mismatched parentheses on your second line. (2 open, 3 close)

Nick Gammon Australia Forum Administrator Thu 27 Nov 2014 08:03 PM #4

Quote:

The musclient is saying i have an error on line 2.

It might have been easier to help if the original question included the error message.