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Adept Joined: 30 Dec 2001 Posts: 220 Location: Canada

Any good instruction for newbies out there? And I don't mean just setting it up for dificults to map muds, but also some advance features, like er, adding it to sites? And even, how to map crazy mazes and such

Enchanter Joined: 10 Oct 2000 Posts: 656 Location: USA

hmm, there is not really any easy way to answer that. Setting up the mapper tends to be very mud specific and sometimes requires different setups for different areas within the same mud.

Think about setting up triggers using
#nomap - Tell the mapper to ignore this line.
#nodir - Tell the map that you did not move as expected. For example, running into a closed door.
#map - Add a direction to the mapper queue. This is mainly used if you are following somebody or leading somebody or moving any of the non-standard ways. For example, in my mud I can either follow somebody, lead somebody, drag something, or push something in a direction, or simply go in that direct. The mapper works fine on its own when going in a direction, but any of these other movement options require me to use #map.

Other consideration, you may need to use #sub to change some text.

Also make sure your exits are defined clearly. The mapper does not work in most cases if it cannot pick up your exits.

There are many other considerations, but your best bet is to ask specific questions and include mud text.

Talahaski
Processor PIII 1000
Memory 265MB
Video NVIDIA 64MB
Windows XP
Zmud Version 6.53
Zmapper Version 1.14

http://www.dartmud.com

Adept Joined: 30 Dec 2001 Posts: 220 Location: Canada

how does one use that #map thing? I read the helpfile, but err, the example isn't clear.. alteast not for this n00b.. =(

Enchanter Joined: 10 Oct 2000 Posts: 656 Location: USA

When following somebody, you may get a message saying "You follow XXX to the North."

Simply create a trigger

#TR {You follow * to the (*).} {#map {%1}}

[edit] If your mud does not show you the direction you moved, then your kind of out-of-luck when following. In the above example the direction is clearly within the follow text.

Talahaski
Processor PIII 1000
Memory 265MB
Video NVIDIA 64MB
Windows XP
Zmud Version 6.53
Zmapper Version 1.14

http://www.dartmud.com