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Wanderer Joined: 20 Dec 2000 Posts: 53 Location: USA

oki, on my mud, if a player has a long name, like
Aelesenthrial..you can type: smile at ae
and it will execute: Glinka smiles at Aelesenthrial

but when i try and use a trigger for things, i get hung up.

Alias: sa
Value: smi at %1 and lean your head on %1 's shoulder

this gives me this output
sa ae
glinka smiles at Aelesenthrial and leans her head on ae 's shoulder.

I am trying to use a variable and temp trig to capture the whole
name , but can't get the syntax right.
***************************
I type diag ae
mud output: you examine Aelesenthrial the anthian
**************************
Alias: sa
Value:

diag %1
#temp {You examine(%w)} {targ=(%1)}
smi at %1 softly, leaning your head on @targ 's shoulder

I'm trying to use the diagnose thing from the mud,
capture the Whole Name in a variable, and use that for my actions.

so if i type sa ae
the ae gets put into the @targ variable as Aelesenthrial

so far it's close, but the (%w) part is hilighted in zmud
in yellow, what does this mean please?

Thanks for any...
G.

Wizard Joined: 15 Jan 2002 Posts: 1644 Location: USA

#tr {^you examine (%x)} {targ=%1}
#al sa {smi at @targ and lean your head on @{targ}'s shoulder}

Sounds like it would be the simplest way

Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2004 7:10 am

#alias sa {diag %1;#temp {You examine (%w)} {smi at %%1 softly, leaning your head on %%1 's shoulder}}

Wanderer Joined: 12 Nov 2003 Posts: 70 Location: USA

As a separate issue, I recommend generally naming temp triggers. Why? It stops you from potentially ending up with multiple temp triggers all going off at once.

For example, in the above situation, if the person leaves the room before the diagnose executes, the temp trigger will stick around. The next time you perform the sa alias and the diagnosis works, you will smile twice. If you name the temp trigger, then creating a second one overwrites the first one.

So, #ALIAS sa {diag %1;#TEMP "saTemp" {You examine (%x)} {smi at %%1 softly, leaning your head on %%1 's shoulder}}