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Wanderer Joined: 07 Dec 2004 Posts: 65

TMC Top 20 Mud List Rankings Razz

http://www.mudconnect.com/top20.html

A script to display, record, and tally TMC Top 20 MUD List Rankings.

Updated Sept 04 2006

Commands:

tmc

downloads TMC Top 20 Mud List Rankings and displays rankings within Zmud

records rankings (if not already recorded) to a text file in the Zmud.exe directory

tmc <m>

displays the mth rankings recorded

where m = 1 to Number of Rankings Recorded

tmc <m> <n>

displays the difference in votes between the mth rankings record and the nth rankings record

where m <= n
where m = 1 to Number of Rankings Recorded
where n = 1 to Number of Rankings Recorded

tmcz

displays the most recent rankings recorded

tmcxz

displays the difference in votes between the two most recent rankings records
(calculate how all the top 20 muds voted the day before)

tmcaz

displays the difference in votes between the least and the most recent rankings records
(calculate how all the top 20 muds voted for the week)

tmclist

displays a list of when the TMC server generated each rankings

Here is an example of the output from the tmc alias:

>tmc

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 10:49 pm

any chance u can do the same for http://www.topmudsites.com/ ?

Wanderer Joined: 07 Dec 2004 Posts: 65

I glanced at the html on topmudsites, the script is doable.

How does topmudsites calculate the rankings?

Would I need to store the 'in' and 'out' count, or just the 'in' count?

Wizard Joined: 14 Aug 2004 Posts: 1269

Just the 'in' count for the rankings. The 'out' count is just for interest.

Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 2:06 pm

dunno how they get calc'd.

Wanderer Joined: 07 Dec 2004 Posts: 65

Here is a version for Top Mud Sites.

http://www.topmudsites.com/index.shtml

I only stored the 'in' count.

Commands:

topmud
topmud <m>
topmud <m> <n>
topmudz
topmudxz
topmudaz
topmudlist

Here is an example of the output:

>topmud

Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 12:26 pm

*BOW*

Wizard Joined: 14 Aug 2004 Posts: 1269

I just tried installing the TMC Mud List Rankings script and it doesn't work for me.

Initially I was getting an error in Windows Script Host "Permission denied" in the vbscript file at line 62: the line with objFile.CreateTextFile in. I noticed it was creating the text file, but it was empty. After trying it a few times and googling the error but not changing anything, it suddenly started working in so far as no error is now generated and a line is written into the file.

This is the content of the file:
#var tmc_rankings {1. BatMUD (7456)|2. MUME - Multi Users In Middle Earth (7387)|3. Dark and Shattered Lands (6589)|4. Federation II (5945)|5. SlothMUD III (5781)|6. Medievia (5155)|7. ZombieMUD (4794)|8. Shadows of Isildur (4299)|9. Armageddon (3679)|10. Mozart MUD (3279)|11. Duris: Land of BloodLust (3148)|12. LegendMUD (2698)|13. Legends of Karinth (2565)|14. Dreams (2556)|15. Evarayn (2539)|16. Abandoned Realms (2418)|17. Carrion Fields (2237)|18. Genesis (2219)|19. Wheel of Time (1919)|20. Aardwolf (1886)|Rankings Last Generated: Thu Nov 23 12:00:08 2006}

It is all on one line. I assume from the code that this should be on several lines, but I don't know how to fix it.

I have also changed all file manipulation zmud commands to use a variable, e.g. #FILE @tmc_file_num tmc.zmud.txt, since I keep FILE 1 open all the time.
Of course, that doesn't solve my problem, but I can share my changes if wanted.

Anyway, %filesize( @tmc_file_num) returns 1, since it is all on one line. This means that the aliases give errors of the form "Note: Record Empty or Input Error" and "Note: Record Empty".

Newbie Joined: 12 Aug 2006 Posts: 5

Anyone know if any of those top 20 are mappable by standard zmud mapper configs?(I.E.- Are any of them mappable without complex scripts and constant editing)
Thankya

Wizard Joined: 14 Aug 2004 Posts: 1269

This is not the right forum for that kind of discussion - this is the "Finished MUD Scripts" forum.

Wanderer Joined: 07 Dec 2004 Posts: 65

I believe the permission denied error is caused because tmc.zmud.txt is already assigned to another file.

If I type:

#file 3 tmc.zmud.txt;tmc

then I will get the permission denied error.

I would need to type:

#close 3;tmc

for it to work.

You would also get the same error if tmc.zmud.txt has a read-only file attribute.

Also, if tmc.zmud.txt is open with another application (like an editor) when you run the 'tmc' alias, then this may cause a permission denied error.

Wizard Joined: 14 Aug 2004 Posts: 1269

Ah, I see. I misunderstood the parameters to the tmc alias.

Regarding the Permission Denied error, you are probably right.

Now that I have two sets of data, my modified code is giving:

Wanderer Joined: 07 Dec 2004 Posts: 65

change "%key( %eval" to "%key (%eval" in your modified code, that fixed it here

Wizard Joined: 14 Aug 2004 Posts: 1269

Genius! I had to turn off Pretty Print, as it kept changing it back! Thanks for your help!

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 5:41 pm

Hmmm... can anyone make a script to vote for your favorite MUD from zMUD? I'm looking mainly for Topmudsites, but TMC could be coded too for others. Just a thought.

Charneus

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 5:45 pm

You can use the #url command to open the voting page, but you can't do more than that unless your browser lets you follow links on displayed pages via COM. There's certainly no way to do it silently from within zMUD.

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 5:47 pm

Ugh. That sucks. I have a PERL script (from a friend of mine) that will do the voting for me, but when the only thing I like to have open is zMUD... Oh well. :)

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 5:50 pm

Well, if you were using CMUD you could install ActivePerl and use Perl from within an alias or trigger.

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 5:53 pm

Yeah. I have CMUD. Just gonna hold off installing it (and using my license) until I get a new computer. My old one decided to blow up on me. I'll have to see if I can figure out how to do that. I think I tried before, and wasn't successful.

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 10:41 pm

You can get ActivePerl for free here. CMUD should automatically recognise that it's installed and add Perl to the drop-down Language menu for any setting. Then you can use CMUD to run your Perl script.

Wanderer Joined: 01 Oct 2005 Posts: 54

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 4:40 pm

I fixed this problem for Charneus I forgot to post it here. They moved a page. I will do a search and post the changes here.

Ok so what changes need to be made to the vbs to account for the changes at topmudsites?

Wanderer Joined: 19 Nov 2005 Posts: 53

Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:36 am

How? I was under the impression that TMS logs your IP to give you a certain number of votes per time period. How does that break the rules?

Wanderer Joined: 19 Nov 2005 Posts: 53