Zugg Software :: View topic - Spacing Problem -- Driving Me Nuts

Beginner Joined: 26 Nov 2001 Posts: 20 Location: USA

I must've accidentally done something to change a ZMUD setting because all of a sudden my display is really bunched up.

Usually, I have a blank line between each command line prompt, which makes things easy to see. For example:

<795H 230M 214V 1X 16:05:49 100S 214E> say FIGHT
You say 'FIGHT'

<795H 230M 214V 1X 16:05:53 100S 214E> gs it's alive!
Hi,

The Flesh Golem wavers slightly, then disappears from view.

<795H 230M 214V 1X 16:05:55 100S 214E> You group-say 'it's alive!'

<795H 230M 214V 1X 16:05:55 100S 214E>
gs gogo flesh golem
You hear the faint sounds of battle.

<795H 230M 214V 1X 16:05:58 100S 214E> You group-say 'gogo flesh golem'

But now, my display looks like this:

Your blood freezes as you hear a jailor golem's death cry.
<480H 324M 230V 1X 21:25:38 95S 238E> There doesn't seem to be a heart in the corpse of a jailor golem.
<480H 324M 230V 1X 21:25:38 95S 238E>
Isekigg gets a cold stone key from the corpse of a jailor golem.
<480H 324M 230V 1X 21:25:39 95S 238E>
Isekigg unlocks the door.
<480H 324M 231V 1X 21:25:40 95S 238E>
Isekigg opens the door.
<480H 324M 232V 1X 21:25:42 95S 238E>
Isekigg rides east on a black riding horse.
Radash rides east on a huge warhorse.
Hronden rides east on a huge pack horse.
You follow Isekigg.

Any ideas how to fix this problem?

Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2004 9:43 am

I would say you have changed a setting on the mud itself, rather than on zmud. My MUD has a toggle called Compact. Yours might have it, too.

Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2004 10:08 am

Also called brief/verbose in other muds.
Did you add a trigger to gag blank lines? (I have)
you could add a a trigger on the prompt which would fire #ECHO to give you a blank line

Beginner Joined: 18 May 2004 Posts: 16

Have you turned off the Echo Command in Script Parser under preferences, perhaps?

Beginner Joined: 26 Nov 2001 Posts: 20 Location: USA

Hrm, I added a trig that fires an #ECHO (blank line) whenever it sees the prompt, and it seems to be a temporary fix.

The mud is Age of Chaos, and yes it has a brief setting but toggling it does not affect the problem. It's really odd because if you look at the first part of my earlier post you'll see that sometimes it would display stuff right next to the prompt. Now, however, it always begins everything on a new line, which is really annoying because it means I have to see the prompt on a separate line every time.

@Leontes, the Echo command under the script parser is on. I don't suppose there's a way to restore the default settings while keeping my trigs/aliases/etc...

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

Compact is not the same as brief/verbose. Compact toggles whether a blank line is added before each prompt. Brief/verbose toggles whether you see room descriptions.

I agree with Danlo, it sounds like you might have toggled Compact.

Beginner Joined: 26 Nov 2001 Posts: 20 Location: USA

Ah, you're absolutely right. I did not realize compact and brief were two different things. Sure enough, typed "compact" and all is back to normal.

Thanks for all the help.

Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 11:24 am

I have a problem kind of like this but a bit different.
I displays some things on the same line as the prompt:

1042h, 1582m, 8730e, 7680w ex-Maldaathi Zaltan, Ward of Mhaldor (male Xoran)

When it should be:

1042h, 1582m, 8730e, 7680w ex-
Maldaathi Zaltan, Ward of Mhaldor (male Xoran)

Could anyone help me with this? It may be a problem with the MUD itself (Achaea)

Apprentice Joined: 28 Sep 2001 Posts: 103 Location: USA

Zaltan you may want to check the state of the GA/EOR under preferances->general->emualtion. not sure if that's going to be your problem or not, but I know it can cause spacing problems with the prompt.

but i'm not sure why i'm helping a Maldaathi. Wink

Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 10:23 am

Hmm, I have a 6.x zMUD, and under emulation it doesn't show GA/EOR. The check boxes in emulation are:
ANSI Color
MXP/HTML
MUD Compression (MCP)
VT102 emulation
MrTerm emulation
Telnet Protocol
Character Mode
Local Echo
Emulate control codes

Could it be anyo f these, if not, never mind. Thanks.

Apprentice Joined: 28 Sep 2001 Posts: 103 Location: USA

I suggest using 7.05. This was a problem in the 6.x with achaea and many others when several commands were sent at a time. 7.05 can handle the GA/EOR so that doesn't happen. Last 6.x version didn't have a problem either I think. At least i think it's due to GA/EOR setting, I don't have any 6.x's around anymore so i can't test it.

Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 10:24 am

ok, thanks