Zugg Software :: View topic - MUME Bow Alias (revised with combat mode)

Adept Joined: 04 May 2007 Posts: 292 Location: Boston

[use this old post if all you need is a bow script, the system is my last post]

I wrote this from the spell model post, as bows have, in my experience, certain operations that make the spell model useless, while calling or assigning targets and switches from within each alias seems fastest. Shoot differs slightly from the spell model in that I wanted to intentionally replace 'SHOOT target' with the single word 'SHOOT'

I am using TT for shoot because I have a great big T-Key on my keyboard.

TTHelp outlines the changes from the spell model, You can still TT 3 and it will shoot 3.orc where you had been shooting 1.orc or TT w 2 to make a switch of a target ghost (to 2.ghost). I cut the 3rd parameter option on switches

This is the output of TTHelp:

Adept Joined: 04 May 2007 Posts: 292 Location: Boston

Please read my edit above

Adept Joined: 04 May 2007 Posts: 292 Location: Boston

This is relevant to some key concepts like how a bash looks and how to use POPed alias for group members. PWN was my first choice on how to work in NUM but is defunct.

TT is a cleaner script to use for bash then 'Spell Model'. Why I wrote it was I found bashing 5 of anything common enough to want macro keys to enumerate the target. My typing is not very good, and lots of macro keys are messy, IMHO.

The 'TT W' is not an actual switch but a change of engagement, for real switches you would use the above code replacing 'shoot' with 'switch' for a SWITCH alias

The above code #INPUTS are always highlighted, so if they appear errant you have an effortless overwrite, though TT W <target> really should have the #INPUT in every case I can think of, as pressing two enters is quick if you want to fire at the 'switched' target right now.

The limitations of the script is you can only retain two types of target.

POP and NUM (previous posts)

For warriors:

Make an AA alias to #addkey akapref action assist
Make an RR alias to #addkey akapref action rescue

after AA is run

Using POP GANDALF makes GA assist Gandalf

so rescue would be RR <enter> GA <enter>

I'm just musing on a snowy afternoon. My Axemistress is retired.

In my previous aliases (posts) I wrote POP and NUM for healing group members and assists. Adapting them to multiple targeting instead is easy too

[edit] these were instructions from before I added a combat mode and only apply to making a PWN script
Change the name POP to PWN and make a different akapref.action key for those in that PWN script. Set the new key with an attack value in akapref <your newkey> HIT
Change the F-Key macros from the NUM post; ffocus to target [updated by later post]
Change the NUM calls in POP to #NOOP to enumerate targets from PWN [updated by later post]

PWN Troll will make a new alias TR execute attacks on trolls and enumerates a display of targets if akapref.lock=0 & akapref.display= 1 ,2 or 3. Both POP and PWN will warn of conflicts though default citing the value of the alias's function to akapref.action (assist?)

PWN Orc will make 'OR' HIT Orc and F2 target=Orc (following PWN TROLL)

Not real useful if you have a BN, and 3 trolls arrive from the west and Worg from the east a bit later.

TT, the above script, was changed to BB with SHOOT changed to BASH

so: PWN Man (you had TR and OR already) to send those to F-Keys and being the hard core MUMER chase fleeing targets later.

example 1:

F4 (displays focus troll, or something)
BB 3 <enter> returns BASH 3.troll
BB Orc <enter> = BASH Orc
F3 (displays focus=man)
BB = BASH Man
BB w Worg inputs BB W (you press <enter>) and BASH Worg (arrived late and its a thing you can do)
BB w - goes back = BASH Man
F4 (work on some trolls)
BB = BASH Troll
BB 2 = BASH 2.Troll (switch here is likely silly unusable in this ruckus but would be Worg)
BB 3 = BASH 3.Troll

and

RR <enter> = sets rescue
GA <enter> = rescue Gandalf

AA will be needed soon as all your assist aliases will attempt rescues now

I don't know if this is a good system, I never wrote it for this, but having had a legend dwarf I am tempted to see.

Adept Joined: 04 May 2007 Posts: 292 Location: Boston

[I discussed the PWN idea leading to the HH combat system, most relevant was the enumeration priorities exist for both combat and assist key writing]

Adept Joined: 04 May 2007 Posts: 292 Location: Boston

While having PWN [previous discarded post] as an alias would enumerate, it seems too klunky. So I created a combat mode instead. If you like the idea of truncating attack alias with PWN, message me and I can write that like POP but to display with attack targets.

Below are posted revisions of NUM, numform_pr, SETS, and TT. In addition I created the HH alias discussed to another wield (unwield) called H2H. Only HH will automate F-Keys. That is a block at at the bottom of HH if you wish to automate from all attack alias.

The new combat mode is enabled with SETS. (There is a little code block there to protect allies.):