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Beginner Joined: 21 Oct 2003 Posts: 21 Location: USA

Hello everyone.

Thanks for the help on the last topic, I appreciate it.

I'm back with another question, though.

I know it can be done..I just don't know how...

Using ANSI colors, how can I get specific text to show up in specific colors?

I have my prompt setup to look like this:

H:80/81 Ma:33/128 Mv:95/200 Mob: wounded >

What I'd like to do is have the mob status show in different colors as it gets progressively..um..dead-er :)

For example..it would start off green at "few scratches"..get do, say, yellow, for "wounded" and red for "badly wounded" / "awful".

Thanks so much for the help!

Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2003 6:42 am

First, a trigger on your prompt:

Pattern:
Mob~: @(*)MobStatus ~>

Then, a simple little check:

#IF (@MobStatus = "few scratches") { #cw %color(green,black) } { #IF(@MobStatus = "wounded") { #cw %color(yellow,black) } { #IF((@MobStatus = "awful") or (@MobStatus = "badly wounded")){ #cw %color(red, black) } {}}}

Something like that should work (warning, I just pulled this outta nowhere, it's not debugged, but it should work unless my brain is hosed.)

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

#TR {H:%d/%d Ma:%d/%d Mv:%d/%d Mob: (*) ~>} {#IF ("%1" = "few scratches") {#PCOL hi,green %x1};#IF ("%1" = "wounded") {#PCOL yellow %x1};#IF (("%1" = "badly wounded") OR ("%1" = "awful")) {#PCOL hi,red %x1}} {} {prompt}

Editor Version
Pattern:
H:%d/%d Ma:%d/%d Mv:%d/%d Mob: (*) ~>
Value:
#IF ("%1" = "few scratches") {#PCOL hi,green %x1}
#IF ("%1" = "wounded") {#PCOL yellow %x1}
#IF (("%1" = "badly wounded") OR ("%1" = "awful")) {#PCOL hi,red %x1}
Options:
Prompt

Beginner Joined: 21 Oct 2003 Posts: 21 Location: USA

Well...chalk this up to being a noob with zMUD..

But what's the #TR ?

Where would I put that info?

Do I actually put all of that info into the Pattern as well, just as you typed it?

I figured out the Value and the Options alright...that was pretty self explanatory :)

Thanks again for the help!

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

#TR is the shortened name of #TRIGGER. If you use that, all that's needed is to copy the entire line (from #TR to {prompt}) to the command line.

If you use the editor, the pattern is the line under Pattern:. I thought that was just as obvious as the Value and Options.

Beginner Joined: 21 Oct 2003 Posts: 21 Location: USA

I figured that's what you meant...but I just wanted to make sure :)

So..I go in and try the Editor route:

Triggers button
New
Pattern:
H:%d/%d Ma:%d/%d Mv:%d/%d Mob: (*) ~>
Value:
#IF ("%1" = "few scratches") {#PCOL hi,green %x1}
#IF ("%1" = "wounded") {#PCOL yellow %x1}
#IF (("%1" = "badly wounded") OR ("%1" = "awful")) {#PCOL hi,red %x1}
Options:
checked "Prompt" (fyi, New Line was already checked)
Saved

Went and attacked something...but no colors.

So where did I go wrong?

Thanks again for helping the noob! :)

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

Yes, I knew that Newline was already checked, that's a default condition. I meant for it to stay that way since I didn't say to change it.

I can't tell where you went wrong, it works for me. Some possibilities are:
You didn't put in enough spaces between items
You changed the Newline option
You have an earlier version which doesn't include #PCOL

The Newline option comes into play when the prompt appears on the same line with other MUD output.

Beginner Joined: 21 Oct 2003 Posts: 21 Location: USA

This is rather weird...

The colors and coding works (cheers LightBulb!)...but it doesn't work every time..which is odd.

Any thoughts as to why?