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Newbie Joined: 24 Dec 2009 Posts: 6 Location: AZ

New to scripting and I need some help. I am trying to get a Health gauge to work. What I have is this:

Caption: hp Type: Gauge Language: zScript
Value: @hp
Max: @maphp
Low: @maxhp/30

The game I'm trying to set this for is MidkemiaOnline (open beta).
The command line looks like this: 352 health, 346 endurance, 88 faith xb-

Now what do I need to do in order to get my gauge to actually work? How does it get my hp data from the game?

Thanks

GURU Joined: 23 Dec 2000 Posts: 4834 Location: USA

You need to use a trigger to get the variables populated.

#trigger {^(%d) health, (%d) endurance, (%d) faith xb-} {hp = %1;endurance = %2;faith = %3}

If you can change the prompt to show max amounts as well, or even a percent, you can have your gauge working with just this trigger. If you cannot change the prompt, you need to make another trigger to capture the value elsewhere.

Newbie Joined: 24 Dec 2009 Posts: 6 Location: AZ

Enchanter Joined: 11 Feb 2003 Posts: 511 Location: USA

Yes, since MKO is not sending Character Vitals over ATCP, you will have to get your max values from the score.

Newbie Joined: 24 Dec 2009 Posts: 6 Location: AZ

Ok, I'll keep trying. I still haven't figured out how to capture that output from the score. I think I really only need to have it captured when I level up or perhaps have the "max" captured/updated whenever I type score. Since I'm new at this stuff, and only understand a very little of it, I'm guessing I use a trigger to accomplish this task? Or is there some easy way of doing it that I'm overlooking? If you say triggers are easy.... I'm hunt'n ya down! :-P

Enchanter Joined: 11 Feb 2003 Posts: 511 Location: USA

Triggers are.....what you need. I trigger the status lines from SCORE, and then when I level or end combat I automatically check it.

Magician Joined: 23 Jul 2005 Posts: 334 Location: Chicago

this is how i'd do it... unless there is a better way, if so, please chime in so i can update my stuff, hahaha!! hth's!

Newbie Joined: 24 Dec 2009 Posts: 6 Location: AZ

Thanks all... Now, I realize when you look at that code you see blonde, brunett, redhead... but I can't read code before the construct yet. ;-)

I see there are variables, triggers, and gauges/buttons, but where would I copy/paste that code? I've tried copying lines/sections and pasting them in what I thought would be the appropriate places... I was wrong. Embarassed

Sorry, I'm a newb!

GURU Joined: 23 Dec 2000 Posts: 4834 Location: USA

just copy the entire thing to the clipboard and then press CTRL-P with the focus on the settings treeview (the list of triggers, classes, aliases, etc on the left) in the Package Editor.

Magician Joined: 23 Jul 2005 Posts: 334 Location: Chicago

actually, i'm missing something. the last two lines of the code should look like this:

Newbie Joined: 24 Dec 2009 Posts: 6 Location: AZ

Can't copy/paste the triggers or gauge sections. There are errors:
for the trigger section, File:. Line: 3 Col:29 Error: Expected String: ';'

For the button section, File:. Line: 1 Col: 13 Error: Expected String: '='

I was able to copy the variable section and "paste" it in. That created the variables.

EDIT: for update.
I have used the information in the triggers and gauges sections to manually create each one. The gauges are in place but show 0/0 for my health, end, and faith. Two of the triggers are greyed out with lines through them. They are the "f_trigger" and the "he_trigger"

Thank you all for your input and patience on this. Very Happy

Magician Joined: 23 Jul 2005 Posts: 334 Location: Chicago

ah yes... love typo's. i apologize, i didn't have a computer that had cmud on it, so i wasn't able to test it, i just typed it out. i verified this for you. =D

Newbie Joined: 24 Dec 2009 Posts: 6 Location: AZ

Ok, removed all of my previous var/tr/gauges and copy/pasted this lastest version in there... it copied everything nice, but I still am not getting any numbers displayed in the gauges. I typed in "score" thinking that's what would populate the gauges. Any idea's?

Magician Joined: 23 Jul 2005 Posts: 334 Location: Chicago

well... looks good to me, but i can't test it. =]

here's what you need to remember. ^ is at the beginning and $ is at the end. take those out, until you can get the trigger working, then put them back in, after they work (more stable triggers, and you won't get trigger f**ked)

also, what i will do if i'm having trouble with a trigger, is i'll put this in my body: