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Posted by Azoroth   (31 posts)  Bio
Date Mon 02 Feb 2009 04:16 PM (UTC)
Message
Ok, so I'm trying to clean up my triggers a bit so there's less spam. What I've created is a basic shape trigger for the npc's I'm fighting. I just makes their shape more visible so I can see it in spam.

Here is what I have currently:

<triggers>
<trigger
custom_colour="17"
enabled="y"
group="Shape"
ignore_case="y"
match="* is in perfect shape.*"
send_to="2"
sequence="100"
other_text_colour="gray"
>
<send>PERF PERF PERF PERF PERF >>>> %1 <<<< PERF PERF PERF PERF</send>
</trigger>
</triggers>


Now, on the mud, the trigger looks like this:

Azoroth is in perfect shape.
PERF PERF PERF PERF PERF >>>> Azoroth <<<< PERF PERF PERF PERF

What I'd like to do is somehow sub Azoroth is in perfect shape with the trigger text, which would reduce a line of spam. Not sure how to go about doing this though...
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Posted by David Haley   USA  (3,881 posts)  Bio
Date Reply #1 on Mon 02 Feb 2009 04:23 PM (UTC)
Message
I believe that you can set the trigger to 'gag' the line of text it matched, i.e., not display what it matched, and display your output instead.
David Haley aka Ksilyan
Head Programmer,
Legends of the Darkstone

http://david.the-haleys.org
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Posted by Azoroth   (31 posts)  Bio
Date Reply #2 on Mon 02 Feb 2009 07:35 PM (UTC)
Message
<triggers>
<trigger
custom_colour="17"
enabled="y"
group="Shape"
ignore_case="y"
match="* is in perfect shape.*"
omit_from_output="y"
send_to="12"
sequence="100"
other_text_colour="gray"
>
<send>Note ("PERF PERF PERF PERF PERF %1 PERF PERF PERF PERF")</send>
</trigger>
</triggers>


I tried this, but to now avail...I think I read somewhere you need to omit the trigger match and have it send a Note or ColourNote? I set the trigger to omit from output as you can see but now nothing is displaying at all. Where am I going wrong? :P
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Posted by Worstje   Netherlands  (899 posts)  Bio
Date Reply #3 on Mon 02 Feb 2009 10:03 PM (UTC)
Message
Rather than using the 'Send to: Script' option, use the 'Send to: Script (after omit)' choice.
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Posted by Azoroth   (31 posts)  Bio
Date Reply #4 on Tue 03 Feb 2009 02:00 PM (UTC)
Message
Hmm ok, so I tried that with two variations and both gave me a compile error.

Trigger 1 Attempt:

<triggers>
<trigger
custom_colour="17"
enabled="y"
group="Shape"
ignore_case="y"
match="* is in perfect shape.*"
omit_from_output="y"
send_to="14"
sequence="100"
other_text_colour="gray"
>
<send>PERF PERF PERF PERF PERF %1 PERF PERF PERF PERF</send>
</trigger>
</triggers>


Trigger 2 (unchecking omit_from_output)

<triggers>
<trigger
custom_colour="17"
enabled="y"
group="Shape"
ignore_case="y"
match="* is in perfect shape.*"
send_to="14"
sequence="100"
other_text_colour="gray"
>
<send>PERF PERF PERF PERF PERF %1 PERF PERF PERF PERF</send>
</trigger>
</triggers>

I ended up receiving this error on both attempts:

Compile error
World: t2t
Immediate execution
[string "Trigger: "]:1: '=' expected near 'PERF'

I'm at a loss :/ Thanks for the help so far.

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Posted by Curious2   (47 posts)  Bio
Date Reply #5 on Tue 03 Feb 2009 02:23 PM (UTC)
Message
Should be "%1" and not %1 since it is a string I believe.
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Posted by Azoroth   (31 posts)  Bio
Date Reply #6 on Tue 03 Feb 2009 02:53 PM (UTC)
Message
<triggers>
<trigger
custom_colour="17"
enabled="y"
group="Shape"
ignore_case="y"
match="* is in perfect shape.*"
omit_from_output="y"
send_to="14"
sequence="100"
other_text_colour="gray"
>
<send>Note ("PERF PERF PERF PERF PERF "%1" PERF PERF PERF PERF")</send>
</trigger>
</triggers>

Exact same error as previously encountered :(

Thanks for the help so far.
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Posted by David Haley   USA  (3,881 posts)  Bio
Date Reply #7 on Tue 03 Feb 2009 03:05 PM (UTC)
Message
What scripting language are you using?

This trigger won't work:
<triggers>
<trigger
custom_colour="17"
enabled="y"
group="Shape"
ignore_case="y"
match="* is in perfect shape.*"
send_to="14"
sequence="100"
other_text_colour="gray"
>
<send>PERF PERF PERF PERF PERF %1 PERF PERF PERF PERF</send>
</trigger>
</triggers>

because you are sending to script, but not using the 'Note' function.

Try:


<triggers>
<trigger
custom_colour="17"
enabled="y"
group="Shape"
ignore_case="y"
match="* is in perfect shape.*"
send_to="14"
sequence="100"
other_text_colour="gray"
>
<send>Note("PERF PERF PERF PERF PERF %1 PERF PERF PERF PERF")</send>
</trigger>
</triggers>
David Haley aka Ksilyan
Head Programmer,
Legends of the Darkstone

http://david.the-haleys.org
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Posted by Curious2   (47 posts)  Bio
Date Reply #8 on Tue 03 Feb 2009 03:10 PM (UTC)

Amended on Tue 03 Feb 2009 03:16 PM (UTC) by Curious2

Message
You can't do it like that.

Do this:

Note("Perf Perf %1 Perf Perf")

or

Note("Perf Perf " .. "%1" .. " Perf Perf")

You actually had the one example right but you were not sending to script after omit, which is why it didn't work. I made that mistake too. :-)

Here is an example using ColourNote. Try this.

<triggers>
<trigger
enabled="y"
group="Shape"
ignore_case="y"
match="^([A-Z][a-z]+) is in perfect shape\.$"
omit_from_output="y"
regexp="y"
send_to="14"
sequence="100"
other_text_colour="gray"
>
<send>local person = string.upper("%1")
ColourNote("lime", "black", "PERF PERF PERF PERF ", "white", "black", person, "lime", "black", " PERF PERF PERF PERF")</send>
</trigger>
</triggers>

What is the actual line you are matching?

You have "* is in perfect shape.*". Is there something that comes after shape? Your example was "Azoroth is in perfect shape."
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Posted by Azoroth   (31 posts)  Bio
Date Reply #9 on Tue 03 Feb 2009 03:22 PM (UTC)

Amended on Tue 03 Feb 2009 04:17 PM (UTC) by Azoroth

Message
I have lua enabled. I will try what was suggested. I am matching on the line:

* is in perfect shape. I use this because it will capture ANYONE I shape (Eg Azoroth, Curious2, Dog, etc.)

#Edit#

I have tried the suggested trigger you gave me Curious2 and it worked perfectly. I'll study it so I can adjust the other triggers that I need to do almost the exact same thing to.


One other thing I am trying to sub would be: A rusty key.

I tried using this trigger to sub it.

<triggers>
<trigger
enabled="y"
match="A rusty key|[*]A rusty key (in hands)"
omit_from_output="y"
regexp="y"
send_to="14"
sequence="100"
>
<send>ColourNote ("white, "", "A rusty key [", "lime", "", "white", "", "]")</send>
</trigger>
</triggers>


Compile errors again:
Compile error
World: t2t
Immediate execution
[string "Trigger: "]:1: ')' expected near '", "'

Thanks for everything so far guys, you've been fantastic help.

This will be the last thing I ask, since it's the only thing I have left to figure out with my client.


Edit: I tried using empty placeholders for my colours like nick had told me before.

<triggers>
<trigger
enabled="y"
match="A rusty key|[*]A rusty key (in hands)"
omit_from_output="y"
regexp="y"
send_to="14"
sequence="100"
>
<send>ColourNote ("white", "", "A rusty key [", "lime", "white", , "", "]")</send>
</trigger>
</triggers>

but I'm receiving compile error:

Compile error
World: t2t
Immediate execution
[string "Trigger: "]:1: unexpected symbol near ','

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Posted by Nick Gammon   Australia  (23,133 posts)  Bio   Forum Administrator
Date Reply #10 on Tue 03 Feb 2009 06:51 PM (UTC)
Message
Your first one failed because you didn't close a quote:


ColourNote ("white, "",


Note no quote at the end of "white".

Quote:

I tried using empty placeholders for my colours like nick had told me before.


I never said that. I said an empty string (ie. "" ). Lua doesn't support completely non-existent arguments, like: print (a,,,,,b)


- Nick Gammon

www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com
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