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Beginner Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 11

How do I block specified input so that the triggers wont trigger on it?

Example

When someone says something in the mud I have a sound. But when a NPC says something i dont
want it to trigger.

So I want to block example:

"centaur says"

Regards
J.

Novice Joined: 18 Mar 2007 Posts: 39

Im not that good at stuff like this, but only way i know off is to use a variable

"(*) says"

#if {@mob.says = %1} {#abort}

would need to add that into your script... or something alike, hope it helps!

then in the @mob.says #var you would have to manually enter all the talking mobs names :( and then add something like

Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 4:03 pm

An easier way (though you would have to update it often) would be to set up a trigger to add a "who" variable list. For instance, if your mud outputs:

[73] Charneus the chosen one

when you type "who," then you can set it up like so:

#TRIGGER {~[%d~] (%w)} {#additem wholist %1}

Then set up the trigger to read:

#TRIGGER {(%w) says} {#IF %ismember(%1, @wholist) {#play sound}}

The wholist will continue to grow as you type "who" every so often. Eventually, you should have enough in your wholist to not have to worry about updating it so much. Granted, people create characters all the time, so if you want to go the mob route, go for it. Like ixy said, you'll have to manually enter all the mob names you come across, so that'll take a while. But while ixy's trigger may work, it'll look neater with this:

#TRIGGER {(%w) says} {#IF %ismember(%1, @moblist) {} {#play sound}}

To add a name to the mob list, just type on the command line "#additem moblist centaur" (without quotes) and your mob database will grow.

Another thing - if you want it to only play sounds on certain people, you can just do the first one, but manually add the people's names you want to hear from (i.e. #additem wholist charneus). Then you can totally ignore the first trigger I set up for you.

Charneus

Beginner Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 11

Doesnt help much im afraid. To get to know peoples names you have to make them introduce to you.
Unknown people should trigger the sound also

Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 4:30 pm

How do you know when it's a centaur for example and when it's unknown? How does the message look when it's unknown?

If it's generic such "Someone says ..." and NPCs will never show up like that then you can use the above idea and add "Someone" to your who list.

Beginner Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 11

I have made trigger on "says:" and I want it to trigger on everything that says but this: "warrior says:" because
A lot of work with do list and stuff.... Is that really necessary?

Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 6:56 pm

It is necessary if you want to filter it out. In order to filter it out, you have to give some direction as to <b>what</b> to filter out. While zMUD may be smart, it's not capable of discerning a person from a mob unless a list has already been shown saying "Hey, a warrior is a mob, but Charneus is a person."

It is a lot of work to do the lists. I completely understand where you're coming from on that. And I love the 'introduce' portion of the MUD. It brings to mind a possible solution.

I'm assuming that the introduction process works as such:

I can talk all I want, all you'll see is "Someone says: blah blah blah." However, if I type "introduce myself" then I introduce myself to whoever is in the room. At that point, the mud output would read something like:

Charneus introduces himself to you.

Then you can make a trigger off that -

#TRIGGER {(%w) introduces %w to you.} {#additem wholist %1}

That'll automatically generate a wholist based on who has introduced themselves to you. From then on, you can use the trigger I stated above:

#TRIGGER {(%w) says} {#IF %ismember(%1, @wholist) {#play sound}}

Note that you should, as Tech said, place "Someone" in that list as well.

If you can provide some sample output of the MUD when someone introduces themselves, or when someone is talking that you don't know who the person is, or a little more detail on the introduction process, we might be able to make things a little easier for you. But we can't read your mind. :) Hope this helps a little.

Charneus

Wizard Joined: 15 Jan 2002 Posts: 1644 Location: USA

First make a variable that will contain a list of mobs

#ADDITEM Mobs "Centaur"
#ADDITEM Mobs "Another Mob"

Then change your say trigger to something like this

#TRIGGER {(*) says} {
#IF (!%ismember("%1",@Mobs) {#PLAY mysound.wav}}

Beginner Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 11

Thanks. Learned alot..
Can you also help me with this??
How do I clear Zmuds memory of a wait command?

I type #wait 60000;say Hi
Now I want to reset it so it wont say Hi in 60seconds?

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 4:10 pm

You can't with #wait. You need to use #alarm (you should really be using #alarm instead of #wait anyway, the way zMUD implements #wait can cause problems).

#alarm "hialarm" +60 {say Hi}

Would recreate your command above. You can then use #untrigger hialarm or #suspend hialarm to control it.