Zugg Software :: View topic - How to make zmud recognize and then ignore

Wanderer Joined: 13 Nov 2002 Posts: 88 Location: USA

I am botting to kill krakens. now there are two types of krakens, one i can kill and one which will tool me. they have the exact same message "*A prehistoric lake kraken is here, raising its head above the lake's gentle waters." Now my bot, as it is, scans around then moves to the mob. when i 'consider' the higher level one i get the message "A prehistoric kraken is built like a fortress!" and the lower one gives "A prehistoric kraken looks weaken than you."
now i have my bot scanning and moving to the first kraken it finds.

#TR {^A prehistoric kraken is right here to the %1.} {%1;consider kraken}

the problem i run into is when its a big kraken and i want my bot to move on, i can restart the bot but it just keeps going back to the same kraken. ive thought about maybe making something like this

#VAR {kraken} {buff}
#TR {A prehistoric kraken is built like a fortress} {@dir;@dir;@dir;@dir;@dir;@dir}
#TR {A prehistoric kraken looks weaker than you} {kill kraken;#VAR Kraken 0}
#TR {A prehistoric lake kraken is here, raising its head above the lake's gentle waters.} {consider kraken}

but this is very sloppy and can put me over the boundaries i set for my bot as well as wind up taking me right back to the same kraken. I was hoping one of you gurus would be able to explain to me how i can make maybe a variable to ignore a kraken

A prehistoric kraken is right here to the east. then to move east and if it is a large kraken to ignore it? the only way i can see this happening is maybe by automapping the whole area, then to have a trigger set the room number into a list of variables to be ignored when scanning for krakens. this would change my whole bot system and i have no clue how to use the automapper features or to make movement triggers with it. i hope someone can help me. i will provide whatever information you need if ive left any out.
Thanks
Brujah

but how could i do that to ignore the

Enchanter Joined: 20 Nov 2002 Posts: 627 Location: USA

Have you tried removing the direction from the string list when it finds a larg kraken? I did not see you whole code here and i think you should just remove that directioin from the string list when scaning
example

scan east
you see a kraken
go east
a kraken is here
exits north east west
consider kracken
it will kick you butt
go east
nothing here
exits north east west south
scan north
scan east
scan south
etc.....
use the %remove or something to take out the opposite direction, so you won't emediatly go back.

Wanderer Joined: 13 Nov 2002 Posts: 88 Location: USA

im sorry, i dont quit understand how that would work. let me post an example room/scan and show you my movement script.

ROOM

Ayara Lake NW N NE
(-------------------------------------------------) W <---(M)---> E
SW S SE

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SCAN

You don't see anything to the north.
A harmless signet is not far off to the east.
You don't see anything to the south.
You don't see anything to the west.
You don't see anything to the northwest.
You don't see anything to the northeast.
You don't see anything to the southwest.
A prehistoric kraken is a brief walk away to the southeast.

This is my script to move upon an unsuccessful scan.
#var dir %if( @dir = "east", "west", %if( @dir = "west", "east", %if( @dir = "north", "south", "north")))

Wanderer Joined: 13 Nov 2002 Posts: 88 Location: USA

http://www.davids-sanctuary.com/brujah.mud

that is a copy of my current file that im working on. i dont know how to express class folders and such via #scripting so i just uploaded it there.

Wanderer Joined: 13 Nov 2002 Posts: 88 Location: USA

http://www.davids-sanctuary.com/brujah.mud

that is a copy of my current file that im working on. i dont know how to express class folders and such via #scripting so i just uploaded it there.

Wanderer Joined: 13 Nov 2002 Posts: 88 Location: USA

ok... i was thinking maybe something like this. tell me if this is possible.

#VAR krakendir east
#TR {A prehistoric kraken is right here to the %1.} {%1;con kraken;#T- Scan;#VAR krakendir %1}
#TR {A prehistoric kraken is built like a fortress} {#T+ scan;(#IGNORE %1(#IF %1=@KRAKENDIR));scan;say Zeroing in on next kill!}

just a thought, i know it needs tweaking from a smarter man than me.

Wanderer Joined: 13 Nov 2002 Posts: 88 Location: USA

Ive been playing with that idea.... what do yall think about this?

#VAR buffkraken 0
#VAR krakendir east
#TR {a prehistoric kraken has been slain} {#VAR buffkraken 0}
#TR {A prehistoric kraken is right here to the %1.} {%1;con kraken;#T- Scan}
#TR {A prehistoric kraken is built like a fortress} {#T+ scan;(#IGNORE @krakendir #IF @buffkraken=1));scan;say Zeroing in on next kill!}

Enchanter Joined: 20 Nov 2002 Posts: 627 Location: USA

this #ignore is not somthing i am formilure with but after reading the help file I am not sure you would want to do this.

All i was tring to say was maybe you should just try removing that piticular direction from that possible scans.

Once you find a kracken and it is built like the fortress,scan new way to go, do not use the trigger "the kracken is right in front of you. move on and when you move like say "east" you would now scan but just not west, wich is the direction you just came from.

maybe:

#trigger {the kracken will kick your butt} {starting to look for weaker pray;#t- whateverclass;#forall @dir {scan %i};#if @foundkraken=0 {#t+ krfound;#send %random(@dir,1,10)}}

#class {krfound}
#trigger {you go (%w)} {#var notscan %1;scan}
#trigger {A prehistoric kraken is a brief walk away to the (%w)} {#if "%1"=@notscan {;#send %random(@dir,1,10)} {kill kraken;#VAR Kraken 0;#t- krfound}
#class 0

or something like that

Wanderer Joined: 13 Nov 2002 Posts: 88 Location: USA

the problem with doing something like that, is that it has the possibility to send me over my border so the bot is running back and forth between two rooms.

Wanderer Joined: 13 Nov 2002 Posts: 88 Location: USA

just posting to get this moved up on the list again. maybe a guru will help me.

I'm afraid I let the Gurus handle in depth scripting questions like this.
Since I spend all of my time working on zMUD and other products, I don't
have much time to play MUDs anymore, so the Gurus actually know more about
using zMUD than I do most of the time. It looks like you've already gotten
some response. If it still doesn't answer your question, then bump the
topic or ask again.

In general, I post in the Beta forum when debugging new versions of zMUD and
let the Gurus take care of the General forum...that's what the Gurus are
there for. Given that I already answer about a hundred emails per day, if I
also answered every forum question personally then I'd never have any time
to work on zMUD.

Zugg

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

Instead of wandering around at random, create a specific route to walk through your area and stay inside your borders. As you encounter krakens, consider them, and fight the ones you want while ignoring the others.

There is no simple solution that will let you use scan, while NOT returning to a particular room, WITHOUT using a map, and WITHOUT straying over your (undefined) borders, whatever they might be.

Wanderer Joined: 13 Nov 2002 Posts: 88 Location: USA

are you sure? what about this?

#CLASS {eastwest} (not sure how to script it, but IN that class puttingthis)
#TR {a prehistoric kraken is right here to the west} {west;con kraken};#TR {a prehistoric kraken is right here to the east} {east;con kraken};#TR {a prehistoric kraken is close by to the west} {west;west;con kraken}:#TR {a prehistoric kraken is close by to the east} {east;east;con kraken};#TR {a prehistoric kraken is not far off to the west} {w;w;w;con kraken};#TR {A prehistoric kraken is not far off to the east} {e;e;e;con kraken};#TR

Wanderer Joined: 13 Nov 2002 Posts: 88 Location: USA

are you sure? what about this?

#CLASS {eastwest} (not sure how to script it, but IN that class puttingthis)
#TR {a prehistoric kraken is right here to the west} {west;con kraken};#TR {a prehistoric kraken is right here to the east} {east;con kraken};#TR {a prehistoric kraken is close by to the west} {west;west;con kraken}:#TR {a prehistoric kraken is close by to the east} {east;east;con kraken};#TR {a prehistoric kraken is not far off to the west} {w;w;w;con kraken};#TR {A prehistoric kraken is not far off to the east} {e;e;e;con kraken};#TR {a prehistoric kraken is a brief walk away to the west} {w;w;w;w;con kraken};#TR {a prehistoric kraken is a brief walk away to the east} {e;e;e;e;con kraken}
#TR {a prehistoric kraken is built like a fortress} {#T- eastwest;start}
#TR {a prehistoric kraken looks weaker than you} {#T+ eastwest;kill kraken}

then in the normal Scan class folder, have the other directions mapped out similarly. ?

Wanderer Joined: 13 Nov 2002 Posts: 88 Location: USA

Ok. ive tried this theory and the problem i am now running into, is if there is a buff kraken in one room, then one in the room juxtaposed. it keeps looping back between the two krakens. any ideas?

Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2003 8:17 am

Do it lightbulb's way, that is really the most effective way of making this script. There are just too many variables doing it your way. Otherwise as Lightbulb said also, create youself a map of that area then you will be able to do it. But with no actual way of keeping a track of what rooms you have been to you can't get a system that will not eventually go back and forth between a few rooms.

Wanderer Joined: 13 Nov 2002 Posts: 88 Location: USA

i have no clue how to script a bot to move for the automapper. ive never used the mapping feature. i would be much indebted if someone could list the basic commands i would need. IE, lets say i have a map of an area that is 10 rooms by 10 rooms. what # command would start? how would it move? etc...