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Wanderer Joined: 11 Dec 2000 Posts: 50 Location: USA

Dead of Night mud dead.greenwing.com 5000

Leviathan's Autolocater

First I would like to introduce myself. I am Leviathan on Dead of Night. I learned computer programming while in college but just recently discovered mudding. I build a little "program" but I am not sure how to list it here since I did not have any guide to how to write script code. I just build triggers, alias' et. al. until I got some cool things to work. I will try to present it in a usable format. If there is a better, more consise way to post code such as mine, drop me an email and let me know how to write it.[url]exedor69@inwave.com[/url]

In the alias, atconnect, insert the line:

#var locatecounter 1

Then I created a toggle button whose caption in the button up state is "loc off"
The commands in the button up state are:

#t+ autolocate
emote is now autolocating.
#show item number @locatecounter
locate@locatecounter

The button in the button down state caption is "loc on"
the commands in the button down state are:

#t- autolocate
emote is no longer autolocating.

Now we create an alias called locate1 which has a class of autolocate containing the following commands:

#var next 0
cas locate amethyst-earring
#wait 5000
#if (@next = 0) {locate1}
#if (@next = 1) {#var locatecounter 1}
#if (@next = 1) {#math locatecounter @locatecounter+1}
#if (@next = 1) {#show item number @locatecounter}
#if (@next = 1) {locate2}

then create another alias called locate2 which has a class of autolocate containing the following commands:

#var next 0
cas locate sapphire-neckchain
#wait 5000
#if (@next = 0) {locate2}
#if (@next = 1) {#math locatecounter @locatecounter+1}
#if (@next = 1) {#show item number @locatecounter}
#if (@next = 1) {locate3}

then create another alias called locate3 which has a class of autolocate containing the following commands:

#var next 0
cas locate kodiak-cloak
#wait 5000
#if (@next = 0) {locate3}
#if (@next = 1) {#math locatecounter @locatecounter+1}
#if (@next = 1) {#show item number @locatecounter}
#if (@next = 1) {locate1}

Lastly a trigger whose pattern is "Ok." and the one command is:

#var next 1

To add an additional item to the list of items you are autolocating, you copy the commands from locate3 into a new alias called locate4. then you change the last line of locate3 to:

#if (@next = 1) {locate1}

Then you have to make two changes to the new alias, locate4. First you change the itemname to the name of the new item to be located, then you change the fourth command to:

#if (@next = 0) {locate4}

This creates a series of recursive alias' which begin to loop when the button is pressed and which stop only once the button is pressed a second time. This is an infinite recursive loop. The reason I used recursion is because on this mud, you can fail to cast your spell so it will automatically recast the locate spell on an item until successful.

why do I love recursive alias'?

Magician Joined: 10 Oct 2000 Posts: 356 Location: USA

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If there is a better, more consise way to post code such as mine, drop me an email and let me know how to write it.[url]exedor69@inwave.com[/url]

You could always Export that section out to a text file, then just cut and paste it. Then all anyone would have to do is, cut and paste into a text file, then import the file into Zmud.

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