Zugg Software :: View topic - Change room location in map from the command line

Newbie Joined: 06 Jun 2005 Posts: 8 Location: Australia

Is it possible?

One of the muds I play has a exit flag specifying an ascending or descending exit, and sends an appropriate message.

When mapping if I leave east and get the message

You ascend to the east <-- this isn't the actual text, but it IS constant

I'd like to be able to make the mapper create the new room east and up 1 level.

Thanks

SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

Currently it is not really possible. You could build something using a trigger for ascend/descend lines setting a variable, and onroomcreate clearing the variable and using #MENU to bring up the dialog to move the room.

Wanderer Joined: 17 Nov 2005 Posts: 65

Yeah, that would be kewl, to be able to control the access map file directly from zmud based on the mud's output as I also have had issues with the automapper not working properly. Of course, for one to do that, one would have to know how the map file is setup and what the various fields are for. Therefore, I have to really take my time mapping (Though not as long as having to do by hand, but still longer than just a simple matter of walking as fast as one can walk) cause as things happens, I still have to at times put in the room name, description, and modify the various exits. This generally happens more so cause of either certain things taking place on the mud sight such as the following output:

You are hungry.
You are thirsty.
The Grey Moon is ascending over the Great Mountains to the east.
<483hp 402m 593mv, opp: <none>, leader: 100%>North Dark trail
[Exits: east west]
You are walking on a small trail following the northern wall of Quebec
city.
<483hp 402m 593mv, opp: <none>, leader: 100%>

If that happens, then it puts in the hungry line as the room name and the thirsty line along with the moon line as the room description with no exits.

If you exclude the initial first 3 lines of the above output as well at the prompt stuff prior to the room name, then it will do the following:

Put in the proper room name, don't put in the description, and setup an exit only to the north.

I have tried using keyword, but that doesn't help it out any either.

Room Exits checkmarked
Exits Paragraph set to 0
Exits Start Line set to 1

All other checkboxes for Room Exits unchecked
Exit line keyword left blank (this is the item I attempted to use with or without the colon, and also, not sure of either or all 3 of the characters; colon, open square bracket, close square bracket, has something to do with interfering with the special characters or not.)

Sincerely,

Dodgester

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 8:43 am

#NOMAP {^You are hungry.$}
#NOMAP {^You are thirsty.$}
#NOMAP {^The Grey Moon is ascending over the Great Mountains to the east.$}

Newbie Joined: 06 Jun 2005 Posts: 8 Location: Australia

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

You can't fully automate it, so once the dialog box is open you need to manually shift the rooms. You could try moving it yourself via COM or ADO calls, but then you will discover that there's no easy way to tell if an existing room occupies that space or not.