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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 4:19 pm

I'm having troubles making an HP gauge. I don't know if you could help me. But here's what the prompt looks like.

860 hps|286 sp|1113 mp >

Now, the thing is, the prompt updates itself only when you enter a command. And also, here's what the hp info looks like in battle:

hp: 605 sp: 286 mp: 740

Could someone show me a way to make an hp guage for it, please? Would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Charneus

Beginner Joined: 15 Jun 2005 Posts: 21

Replace the numbers in the first 3 lines below with your maximum hp, sp and mp in that order,
THEN copy and paste this into where you normally type commands into zMUD and press enter.

#VARIABLE hpmax 860
#VARIABLE spmax 286
#VARIABLE mpmax 1113
#TRIGGER {^(%d) hps~|(%d) sp~|(%d)} {%1 = @hp;%2 = @sp;%3 = @mp} "" "prompt"
#TRIGGER {^hp: (%d) sp: (%d) mp: (%d) {%1 = @hp;%2 = @sp;%3 = @mp}
#GAUGE hpgauge "@hp / @hpmax hp" @hp @hpmax (@hpmax/2.5) "" "green" "red" "black"
#GAUGE spgauge "@sp / @spmax sp" @mp @spmax (@spmax/2.5) "" "blue" "darkblue" "black"
#GAUGE mpgauge "@mp / @mpmax mp" @sp @mpmax (@mpmax/2.5) "" "magenta" "darkmagenta" "black"

You can then right click on any of the gauges to change their colours, size and position on your screen in the options that pop up :)

GURU Joined: 23 Dec 2000 Posts: 4834 Location: USA

Gauges require three things: triggers to capture the info, variables to hold the captured info, and buttons to display the info.

First, the variables:

#variable hp {0} {0}
#variable mp {0} {0}
#variable sp {0} {0}

Second, the triggers:

#trigger {(%d) hps~|(%d) sp~|(%d) mp ~>} {hp = %1;sp = %2;mp = %3} {prompt|nocr}
#trigger {hp: (%d) sp: (%d) mp: (%d)} {hp = %1;sp = %2;mp = %3} {prompt|nocr}

Third, the gauges (creating them via the settings editor should be fairly straightforward via the New Button option, so I'll just list what variables/expressions to use):

Hp gauge: gaugemax = (variable containing something equating to your maximum hp, probably triggered off your character info), gaugelow = 0, gaugevalue = @hp

sp gauge: gaugemax = (variable containing something equating to your maximum sp, probably triggered off your character info), gaugelow = 0, gaugevalue = @sp

Mp gauge: gaugemax = (variable containing something equating to your maximum mp, probably triggered off your character info), gaugelow = 0, gaugevalue = @mp

Beginner Joined: 15 Jun 2005 Posts: 21

My one will work fine for you if you just copy and paste it in after changing the maximum hp/sp/mp, but he copied the help file pretty good. :)

You don't need to make the main variables in advance, the triggers I mentioned make them automatically.

Also having the maximums as variables means they can be changed easier from within the mud whenever his maximums changed for example if he gains a level and gets more hp he can just type @hpmax = 1000 or whatever without having to go into the settings.

Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 7:19 pm

Both helped out quite a bit. Killer, there was one mistake you made.

#GAUGE mpgauge "@mp / @mpmax mp" @sp @mpmax (@mpmax/2.5) "" "magenta" "darkmagenta" "black"

You have the variable @sp instead of @mp there. But it's all fixed. I took a little from both and worked with it until I got it to work like I needed it to. Thank you both.

Charneus

By the way, I've made complex triggers before, but still, I'm new to a lot of it. :(