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Beginner Joined: 06 Jan 2003 Posts: 10

I have another question...=P

If the text from my mud says "You wield blah blib boo" and I want the trigger to change a variable (is that what I should be using?" to 'blah blib boo' and not just 'blah', how do I do that? The purpose is so that I can write another triger that returns "wield blah blib boo" if I get disarmed.

There's obviously other good uses of such a technique, I just can't remember what I wanted to do with it. What I do remember is being frustrated that I couldn't do it...=P Sorry about the wierd place fillers...=P

Thanks!

GURU Joined: 10 Oct 2000 Posts: 4379 Location: USA

#TRIGGER {You wield (*)} {#VAR myvar "%1"}

Kjata

Beginner Joined: 06 Jan 2003 Posts: 10

Thanks!

Newbie Joined: 06 Jan 2003 Posts: 4 Location: USA

Kjata,
Can you help me with a similar trigger?

Lets say i am wielding a longsword.
Some one disarms me and pattern is

Knight disarms you. You drop your longsword

Is there a way to setup up the trigger so i can auto pick up and wield any weapon that was disarmed?

Thanks

Beginner Joined: 03 Jan 2003 Posts: 12 Location: USA

I am not Kjata but I this might be a possible fix.

#tr {^(*) disarms you. You drop your %1} {get %1;wield %1}

GURU Joined: 26 Jul 2001 Posts: 1958 Location: Canada

Most places wont allow you to wield the short name but a keyword:

#TRIGGER {^* disarms you. You drop your (*)} {get %word(%1,%numwords(%1));wield %word(%1,%numwords(%1))}

Ton Diening

Adept Joined: 09 Nov 2000 Posts: 222 Location: USA

quote:

I am not Kjata but I this might be a possible fix.

#tr {^(*) disarms you. You drop your %1} {get %1;wield %1}

You should NOT be using %1 through %99 in a trigger pattern... They're not intended for that use, this trigger should read:

#tr {^* disarms you. You drop your (%w)} {get %1;wield %1}

This would match any single word...

%1 in a trigger pattern is fairly unpredictable, and since it's not a proper usage, may stop working at any time(ie: Zugg could fix it so this doesn't work)

MASTER Joined: 28 Nov 2000 Posts: 4817 Location: USA

Because the last word in the weapon's name might sometimes not be its keyword, it's usually best to get the variable when you wield the weapon in the first place, instead of when it's disarmed.
#AL wield {#VAR wield %1;~wield %1}
#TR {disarms you. You drop your} {get @wield;~wield @wield}

This also helps when you want to be sure of getting back your "King Alfred's longsword" (keywords = king, alfred, or longsword) using the keyword alfred instead of the "commoner's longsword" that you made your opponent drop by casting heat metal.

LightBulb
Senior Member

Adept Joined: 09 Nov 2000 Posts: 222 Location: USA

Ah, but what if you're wielding a shortsword in one hand, and a dagger in the other, huh?

*ducks*

MASTER Joined: 28 Nov 2000 Posts: 4817 Location: USA

Make a second alias for the other one of course.
#AL wield2 {#VAR wield2 %1;~wield %1}
#TR {disarms you. You drop your} {get @wield;~wield @wield;get @wield2;~wield @wield2}

LightBulb
Senior Member