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Posted by

Deladan (40 posts) Bio

Date

Mon 06 Sep 2010 10:05 PM (UTC)

Amended on Mon 06 Sep 2010 10:07 PM (UTC) by Deladan

Message

I play a game called Achaea, in it my character is a runewarden and I have a lot of weapons for said character. Currently I use an alias system to switch weapons, but that has over 20 variables per alias. What I'm wanting to do is take all the variables I have for weapons and combine them into the stringlist and then pull the info from the stringlist to my alias. Is there a simpler way of doing it than the way I'm thinking about doing it, or is there a more efficient way of doing it?

This is what I'm currently doing to switch between weapons

<aliases>
<alias
match="speed"
enabled="y"
expand_variables="y"
group="Weapons"
sequence="100"
>
<send>relax grip
unwield left
unwield right
put @broadsword1 in @bag2
put @broadsword2 in @bag2
put @totem1 in @bag1
put @scimitar1 in @bag2
put @scimitar2 in @bag2
put @rapier3 in @bag3
put @rapier4 in @bag3
wear @bow1
put @battleaxe1 in @loop1
put @battleaxe2 in @loop2
put @battleaxe3 in @loop3
put @battleaxe4 in @loop4
put @battleaxe5 in @loop5
get @rapier1 from @bag3
get @rapier2 from @bag3
wield left @rapier1
wield right @rapier2
grip
vconfig_weaponone 80
vconfig_weapontwo 84</send>
</alias>
</aliases>

Posted by

Twisol USA (2,257 posts) Bio

Date

Reply #1 on Mon 06 Sep 2010 10:07 PM (UTC)

Message

Hullos Deladan!

Could you post what you have currently for us?

'Soludra' on Achaea

Blog: http://jonathan.com/
GitHub: http://github.com/Twisol

Posted by

Deladan (40 posts) Bio

Date

Reply #2 on Mon 06 Sep 2010 10:10 PM (UTC)

Message

Yeah I thought about that after I'd already saved the message hopefully the edit will help clear up things some

Posted by

Deladan (40 posts) Bio

Date

Reply #3 on Mon 06 Sep 2010 10:12 PM (UTC)

Message

And in all honesty using the way I do it wouldn't be so bad but when you have 10 or so aliases for switching weapons it get to be a big mess keeping up with what weapon goes in what bag.... I went for like a month without a battleaxe because I manually put it in the wrong loop, then by the time I cleaned my scripting up and found out what was wrong with it, it had decayed :(

Posted by

Nick Gammon Australia (23,173 posts) Bio Forum Administrator

Date

Reply #4 on Tue 07 Sep 2010 03:10 AM (UTC)

Message

Can you clarify why you need 10 aliases? Do you have 10 combinations of weapons and gear you wear?

So roughly you want to do this ...

For a given situation (eg. you want your tanking gear) you want to remove whatever you have equipped and put that in your bag, and then get other stuff from your bag and equip it?

So your stringlist, as you call it, would be a list of what-goes-where?

eg.

green sword -> left hand
blue sword -> right hand

That sort of thing?

- Nick Gammon

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

Posted by

Deladan (40 posts) Bio

Date

Reply #5 on Tue 07 Sep 2010 03:21 AM (UTC)

Amended on Tue 07 Sep 2010 03:25 AM (UTC) by Deladan

Message

Exactly. I have 17 or so combinations of weapons. And while some weapons are repeated in these combinations they're wielded in differing hands.

Also they're not all store in the same locations either, so I'd love if I could combine all of them into one variable too then pull it like that. Really just want the code for what I'm doing to be as clean as it can be.

Posted by

Deladan (40 posts) Bio

Date

Reply #6 on Tue 07 Sep 2010 03:53 AM (UTC)

Message

Also another thing I'm hoping will happen is the reduction of spam on my screen, without having to gag anything out

You send your falcon winging away to a safe haven.
5720h, 4477m, 23400e, 17400w, 24% cexkdb|0/0|0/4|0/0|10- (23:48:41:117)
Your grip is already relaxed.
5720h, 4477m, 23400e, 17400w, 24% cexkdb|0/0|0/4|0/0|10- (23:48:42:117)
You cease wielding an ornate steel rapier in your left hand.
5720h, 4477m, 23400e, 17400w, 24% cexkdb|0/0|0/4|0/0|10- (23:48:42:122)
You cease wielding an ornate steel rapier in your right hand.
5720h, 4477m, 23400e, 17400w, 24% cexkdb|0/0|0/4|0/0|10- (23:48:42:128)
You hold no "broadsword6sfafa".
5720h, 4477m, 23400e, 17400w, 24% cexkdb|0/0|0/4|0/0|10- (23:48:42:133)
You hold no "broadswordasagfasfa".
5720h, 4477m, 23400e, 17400w, 24% cexkdb|0/0|0/4|0/0|10- (23:48:42:139)
You hold no "totemsssss".
5720h, 4477m, 23400e, 17400w, 24% cexkdb|0/0|0/4|0/0|10- (23:48:42:145)
You hold no "scimitarssss".
5720h, 4477m, 23400e, 17400w, 24% cexkdb|0/0|0/4|0/0|10- (23:48:42:146)
You hold no "scimitar36ssss".
5720h, 4477m, 23400e, 17400w, 24% cexkdb|0/0|0/4|0/0|10- (23:48:42:147)
You put an ornate steel rapier into a bag of stasis.
5720h, 4477m, 23400e, 17400w, 24% cexkdb|0/0|0/4|0/0|10- (23:48:42:148)
You hold no "rapiergggg".
5720h, 4477m, 23400e, 17400w, 24% cexkdb|0/0|0/4|0/0|10- (23:48:42:149)
You put an ornate steel rapier into a bag of stasis.
5720h, 4477m, 23400e, 17400w, 24% cexkdb|0/0|0/4|0/0|10- (23:48:42:150)
5720h, 4477m, 23400e, 17400w, 24% cexkdb|0/0|0/4|0/0|10- (23:48:42:151)
You hold no "battleaxe4gasga".
5720h, 4477m, 23400e, 17400w, 24% cexkdb|0/0|0/4|0/0|10- (23:48:42:152)
You hold no "battleaxesagsg".
5720h, 4477m, 23400e, 17400w, 24% cexkdb|0/0|0/4|0/0|10- (23:48:42:153)
You hold no "battleaxegsaga".
5720h, 4477m, 23400e, 17400w, 24% cexkdb|0/0|0/4|0/0|10- (23:48:42:154)
You take an ornate steel rapier marred with char marks from a bag of stasis.
5720h, 4477m, 23400e, 17400w, 24% cexkdb|0/0|0/4|0/0|10- (23:48:42:155)
You take an ornate steel rapier from a bag of stasis.
5720h, 4477m, 23400e, 17400w, 24% cexkdb|0/0|0/4|0/0|10- (23:48:42:156)
You begin to wield an ornate steel rapier marred with char marks in your left
hand.
5720h, 4477m, 23400e, 17400w, 24% cexkdb|0/0|0/4|0/0|10- (23:48:42:157)
You begin to wield an ornate steel rapier in your right hand.
5720h, 4477m, 23400e, 17400w, 24% cexkdb|0/0|0/4|0/0|10- (23:48:42:158)
You concentrate on gripping tightly with your hands.
5720h, 4477m, 23400e, 17400w, 24% cexkdb|0/0|0/4|0/0|10- (23:48:42:160)
You relax your grip.
5720h, 4477m, 23400e, 17400w, 24% cexkdb|0/0|0/4|0/0|10- (23:48:42:161)
You put an ornate steel rapier marred with char marks into a bag of stasis.
5720h, 4477m, 23400e, 17400w, 24% cexkdb|0/0|0/4|0/0|10- (23:48:42:163)
You put an ornate steel rapier into a bag of stasis.
5720h, 4477m, 23400e, 17400w, 24% cexkdb|0/0|0/4|0/0|10- (23:48:42:164)
You hold no "flailgaggag".
5720h, 4477m, 23400e, 17400w, 24% cexkdb|0/0|0/4|0/0|10- (23:48:42:165)
You concentrate on gripping tightly with your hands.
5720h, 4477m, 23400e, 17400w, 24% cexkdb|0/0|0/4|0/0|10- (23:48:42:357)

that's how much my screen is filled from one alias

Posted by Nick Gammon Australia (23,173 posts) Bio Forum Administrator

Date

Reply #7 on Tue 07 Sep 2010 04:32 AM (UTC)

Amended on Tue 07 Sep 2010 04:36 AM (UTC) by Nick Gammon

Message

So your alias is too generic? It wields things that aren't there?

A simple approach would be to make a list of things per set, simply as strings. One to equip, and one to remove. Then after the "remove" set you have nothing equipped, and you can equip a different lot.

eg.


equip_set1 = [[
get bow from bag4
wear bow
put battleaxe1 in loop1
put battleaxe2 in loop2
put battleaxe3 in loop3
put battleaxe4 in loop4
put battleaxe5 in loop5
get rapier1 from bag3
get rapier2 from bag3
wield left rapier1
wield right rapier2
grip
]]

remove_set1 = [[
relax grip
unwield left
unwield right
remove bow
put battleaxe1 in bag2
put battleaxe2 in bag2
put battleaxe3 in bag1
put battleaxe4 in bag2
put battleaxe5 in bag2
put rapier1 in bag3
put rapier2 in bag3
put bow in bag4
]]

You would have actual items here, not variables. So this is what you send to the MUD to get a particular set equipped or removed. Note the multi-line string variable in Lua.

So then the alias does something like this:


-- remove old set
if old_set then
  Send (old_set)  -- how to remove the last set I was wearing
end -- if

-- now wear this one
Send (equip_set2) 

-- how to remove it later
old_set = remove_set2

[EDIT] Edited to make it more consistent.

- Nick Gammon

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

Posted by Nick Gammon Australia (23,173 posts) Bio Forum Administrator

Date Reply #8 on Tue 07 Sep 2010 04:55 AM (UTC)

Message

The other thing you can do is make a table of sets. Something like this:


equip_set = {
  [1] = [[   ... stuff to equip set 1 ... ]] ,
  [2] = [[   ... stuff to equip set 2 ... ]] ,
  [3] = [[   ... stuff to equip set 3 ... ]] ,
  [4] = [[   ... stuff to equip set 4 ... ]] ,
}

remove_set = {
  [1] = [[   ... stuff to remove set 1 ... ]] ,
  [2] = [[   ... stuff to remove set 2 ... ]] ,
  [3] = [[   ... stuff to remove set 3 ... ]] ,
  [4] = [[   ... stuff to remove set 4 ... ]] ,
}

Now all you have to do is have an alias to "equip x" where x is a number (eg. 1, 2, 3, 4) and the alias indexes into those tables, pulling out the relevant things.

- Nick Gammon

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

Posted by

Deladan (40 posts) Bio

Date

Reply #9 on Tue 07 Sep 2010 03:07 PM (UTC)

Message

So I'd be better of making a table of sets and then calling from the table to wield and put up.

Posted by Dontarion USA (62 posts) Bio

Date Reply #10 on Tue 07 Sep 2010 03:20 PM (UTC)

Message

function unwieldWeapon(unwielded) -- inside aliases that need things unwielded
	--Note(xbat[unwielded .. "hand"])
	if xbat[unwielded .. "hand"] == "Dirk" then
		Send("sheathe " .. DirkNumber)
	elseif xbat[unwielded .. "hand"] == "Whip" then
		Send("sheathe " .. WhipNumber)
	elseif xbat[unwielded .. "hand"] == "Haxe" then
		Send("sheathe " .. HaxeNumber)
	elseif xbat[unwielded .. "hand"] == "Baxe" then
		Send("sheathe " .. BaxeNumber)
	elseif xbat[unwielded .. "hand"] == "SoA" then
		Send("unwield " .. ShieldNumber)
	else
		Send("unwield " .. unwielded)
	end
end

function sheathedWeapon(weapon) -- inside you sheathe trigger
	if weapon == "Dirk" then
		xbat.righthand = "nothing"
		xbat.WeaponLoc.Dirk = "sheathed"
	elseif weapon == "Whip" then
		xbat.righthand = "nothing"
		xbat.WeaponLoc.Whip = "sheathed"
	elseif weapon == "Haxe" then
		xbat.righthand = "nothing"
		xbat.WeaponLoc.Hax = "sheathed"
	elseif weapon == "Baxe" then
		xbat.righthand = "nothing"
		xbat.WeaponLoc.Baxe = "sheathed"
	elseif weapon == "Bow" then
		xbat.righthand = "nothing"
		xbat.lefthand = "nothing"
	elseif weapon == "SoA" then
		xbat.lefthand = "nothing"
	end
end

function Unwield(hand) -- inside unwield trigger(s).
	if hand == "left" then
		xbat.WeaponLoc[string.proper(xbat[hand .. "hand"])] = "inventory"
		lefthand = "nothing"
	elseif hand == "right" then
		xbat.WeaponLoc[string.proper(xbat[hand .. "hand"])] = "inventory"
		righthand = "nothing"
	elseif hand == "both" then
		xbat.WeaponLoc[string.proper(xbat.lefthand)] = "inventory"
		lefthand = "nothing"
		righthand = "nothing"
	end
end

Posted by

Nick Gammon Australia (23,173 posts) Bio Forum Administrator

Date

Reply #11 on Tue 07 Sep 2010 09:16 PM (UTC)

Message

That's not quite what I suggested. If you give me a couple of full sets and the actual commands you use to equip and unequip them, I can try to do a better demonstration.

- Nick Gammon

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

Posted by

Deladan (40 posts) Bio

Date

Reply #12 on Wed 08 Sep 2010 03:18 AM (UTC)

Message

<aliases>
<alias
match="speed"
enabled="y"
expand_variables="y"
group="Weapons"
sequence="100"
>
<send>relax grip
unwield left <------------ Unequiping
unwield right <----------- Unequiping
put @broadsword1 in @bag2
put @broadsword2 in @bag2
put @totem1 in @bag1
put @scimitar1 in @bag2
put @scimitar2 in @bag2
put @rapier3 in @bag3
put @rapier4 in @bag3
wear @bow1
put @battleaxe1 in @loop1
put @battleaxe2 in @loop2
put @battleaxe3 in @loop3
put @battleaxe4 in @loop4
put @battleaxe5 in @loop5
get @rapier1 from @bag3
get @rapier2 from @bag3
wield left @rapier1 <--------- Equiping
wield right @rapier2 <-------- Equiping
grip
vconfig_weaponone 80
vconfig_weapontwo 84</send>
</alias>
</aliases>

----------------------------------------------

<aliases>
<alias
match="bash"
enabled="y"
expand_variables="y"
group="Weapons"
sequence="100"
>
<send>relax grip
unwield left <----------------- unequiping
unwield right <---------------- unequiping
put @broadsword1 in @bag2
put @broadsword2 in @bag2
put @battleaxe1 in @loop1
put @battleaxe2 in @loop2
put @battleaxe3 in @loop3
put @battleaxe4 in @loop4
put @battleaxe5 in @loop5
put @scimitar1 in @bag2
put @scimitar2 in @bag2
put @rapier1 in @bag3
put @rapier2 in @bag3
put @totem1 in @bag1
put @rapier3 in @bag3
put @rapier4 in @bag3
wear @bow1
draw @loop2 salute right
get @rapier1 from @bag3
wield right @battleaxe2 <-------- Equiping
wield left @rapier1 <------------ Equiping
grip</send>
</alias>
</aliases>

Posted by Nick Gammon Australia (23,173 posts) Bio Forum Administrator

Date Reply #13 on Wed 08 Sep 2010 05:05 AM (UTC)

Message

Unless I am misunderstanding what you are doing, these are variables:


put @broadsword1 in @bag2
put @broadsword2 in @bag2
put @totem1 in @bag1

Since you put @ there, it tries to find a variable called @broadsword1 - is that what you intend?

- Nick Gammon

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

Posted by

Twisol USA (2,257 posts) Bio

Date

Reply #14 on Wed 08 Sep 2010 06:33 AM (UTC)

Message

No weapons in Achaea have numbers in the single digits, so it's a pretty safe bet that that's what he intended. Some fighters carry a ton of weapons around. (And they decay, too, hence the need to be able to update your weapon variables.)

'Soludra' on Achaea

Blog: http://jonathan.com/
GitHub: http://github.com/Twisol

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