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Beginner Joined: 28 Oct 2000 Posts: 24 Location: USA

My Current prompt:(2 Lines Long)

<1000/1000hp 1000/1000mana 1000/1000move 1000Xp/1000Lv>

(For some reason, My second line won't show in this thread, But it is there.)

<Align:1000 QCurrent:99 QNext:99 Location>

Current Colors I use:
hp:light green, maxhp:dark green
mana:light blue, maxmana:dark blue
move:light yellow, maxmove:dark yellow
exp:light white, Lvl:dark white
align:light cyan, qcurrent:light red
qnext:dark red, location:light white

I currently use my mud's function to color the prompts, But a new mud I play on only allows 5 colors, Which isn't enough. Thus I had to ask: Could someone help walk me through using ZMud to color each variable? And is there a way I can set up a trigger to change the color under certain circumstances, Like being down to 1/4 health (To have it change color, bold, blink, other options)?

Thank you for any help you can give me.

When the world needs a hero...
Rexxon the Mighty.

Wanderer Joined: 19 Nov 2002 Posts: 72 Location: Israel

I was wondering that too, I think we are playing the same MUD, aardwolf? :)

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

quote:

My Current prompt:(2 Lines Long)

<1000/1000hp 1000/1000mana 1000/1000move 1000Xp/1000Lv>

(For some reason, My second line won't show in this thread, But it is there.)

<Align:1000 QCurrent:99 QNext:99 Location>

Current Colors I use:
hp:light green, maxhp:dark green
mana:light blue, maxmana:dark blue
move:light yellow, maxmove:dark yellow
exp:light white, Lvl:dark white
align:light cyan, qcurrent:light red
qnext:dark red, location:light white

I currently use my mud's function to color the prompts, But a new mud I play on only allows 5 colors, Which isn't enough. Thus I had to ask: Could someone help walk me through using ZMud to color each variable? And is there a way I can set up a trigger to change the color under certain circumstances, Like being down to 1/4 health (To have it change color, bold, blink, other options)?

Thank you for any help you can give me.

When the world needs a hero...
Rexxon the Mighty.

If you are using 6.16 (doesn't it have the default option?), I'd suggest using a #SUB command with a bunch of %ansi() functions wherever you need the color to change (unlike MXP, though, %ansi() doesn't close itself off until the end of the line so you need to issue another %ansi() function when you want to return to original color before the end of the line).

For instance, something like this:

#trigger {~<(%d)/(%d)hp (*)~>} {#sub {~<%ansi(blue,bold)%1%ansi(default)/%ansi(blue)%2%ansi(green,bold)hp %ansi(default)%3~>}}

li'l shmoe of Dragon's Gate MUD

Novice Joined: 29 Jan 2002 Posts: 37 Location: USA

I'd take each section individually, ie. to color '1000/1000hp' as cyan, I would use:

#TRIGGER {(%d)~/(%d)hp} {#CW Cyan}

To make the color depend on how many hitpoints you have I would use (this turns the hitpoint section red when you fall below 1/3rd hp, else cyan):

#TRIGGER {(%d)~/(%d)hp} #IF (%1 < %2/3) {#CW Red} {#CW Cyan}

You need to make the trigger fire on prompt instead of newline under options, which I really hope isn't beta functionality. If so I apologize for brining it up on this board.

Martin
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/itsmarty/

(edit: I didn't see Matt's response when I wrote mine, so I'm not saying I'd use mine instead of his! In fact you're probably better off using his, since I don't play a mud with a prompt like this and only logged into one quickly to test my trigger)

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

heh, if prompt triggers were beta functionality, none of us would be able to autologin to our MUDs.

li'l shmoe of Dragon's Gate MUD

Beginner Joined: 15 Jan 2002 Posts: 27 Location: USA

quote:

I was wondering that too, I think we are playing the same MUD, aardwolf? :)

eh a fellow aardwolfer