Zugg Software :: View topic - Single Loot trigger for multiple Corpse types

Beginner Joined: 09 Dec 2000 Posts: 22 Location: USA

On this particular mud, there are two different corpse types. One is a "corpse", the other is "remains".

the following are 4 examples of both.

A police borg is dead! R.I.P.
A cyborg is dead! R.I.P.
A mob is dead! R.I.P.
Mob is dead! R.I.P.

i have been trying to set up a trigger with the pattern:

%1 is dead! R.I.P.

using an #IF command, i'm looking to have it determine if the word "borg" is within %1. If it is, i want it to loot remains, if not, loot corpse. Anyone happen to have suggestions to this? I've tried the following to no avail:

#IF (%1 = ("A" %2 "borg" | "A" %2"borg") {loot remains} {loot corpse}
*this didn't work*

I've tried a few other variations of this which didn't work. Any suggestions? thanks.

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

Which helpfile told you to use %1 in your trigger pattern?
Which helpfile said you could just invent %2 in an #IF condition?
These patterns may have worked on some other client you've used, but I'm certain they aren't anywhere in the zMUD help.

You have an unmatched parenthesis.

You are comparing a string (%1) to the result of a logic operation ("A" %2 "borg" | "A" %2"borg"). What, exactly, will be compared by the OR isn't entirely clear, but the final result is almost guaranteed to be not-equal to %1.

Correct syntax does matter.

I have two suggestions:
1. Just do both actions, and let the MUD tell you "I don't see that here" for the inappropriate one.
#TR {is dead! R.I.P.} {loot remains;loot corpse}

2. Use correct syntax and appropriate conditions:
#TR {(%w) is dead! R.I.P} {#IF (%ends( %1, "borg")) {loot remains} {loot corpse}}

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