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Beginner Joined: 29 Nov 2008 Posts: 20

Is there a way to set a variable from a reflex that has select words in it? For example..

You howl in agony from getting {struck|bashed|pounded|smashed|crushed} in the bowels.$

What I want the value to do is set a variable to whatever the list of words can be. The value would be something like

damagetype=(one of the verbs from the reflex would go here)

Let's say the mud showed

You howl in agony from getting smashed in the bowels.

I'd want the variable damagetype set as smashed. Is there a way to do this?

Edit: also if this is possible, could I use this variable in an #if statement? ex. #if @damagetype=(whatever the variable was set as) {blah}

Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 10:26 am

Put () around the {}. Anything with () around it is put into one of the %1-%99 variables.

You can then do #if (%1="struck") {stuff} or whatever.

Beginner Joined: 29 Nov 2008 Posts: 20

Since () places things as %1, could I use (%w %w) in the case of if, sometimes an attack will target my head, torso, right arm, left arm, etc. and I need to set the variable to the limb which was hit.

^Turning quickly, %w kicks you in the (%w) with {his|her} {right|left} foot.$

Sometimes the %1 in this reflex will be either head, chest, right arm, left arm. Will this value still work?

#if %1="head" {#var damagedlimb %1}
#if %1="chest" {#var damagedlimb %1}
#if %1="right arm" {#var damagedlimb %1}

Magician Joined: 28 Jan 2007 Posts: 430

Personally I'd use Regex and (.+) but I'm sure there are more sophisticated ways for writing it (like making one word "permanent" but not the other one).

Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 10:34 pm

Personally, you're better off putting things in variables and triggering off that. For instance:

#VAR targetlimbs {head|torso|right arm|left arm|right hand|left hand|right foot|left foot|right leg|right leg}

#TRIGGER {^Turning quickly, %w kicks you in the ({@targetlimbs}) with {his|her} {right|left} foot.$} {#VAR damagedlimb %1}

Makes things SO much easier, and it'll always put the right limb into the damagedlimb variable. You don't even need all those "ifs" in the value.

Charneus

Beginner Joined: 29 Nov 2008 Posts: 20

Hrm what about if I'm trying to set the limb which was broken to a variable?

^%w applies intensive pressure. You howl as your ({@targetlimb}) snaps.$

Let's say I see "Charne applies intensive pressure. You howl as your right arm snaps."

My value is:

#if @targetlimb="right arm" {aff_brokenrightarm=1}

This doesn't seem to be working for me though. Is this the wrong syntax to be using in the value??

Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 2:05 am

The reason why it's not working is it IS the wrong syntax. @targetlimb is a variable already set. It has several different limbs. In trigger patterns, you're most often looking for %1-%99.

Since you're using that pattern above, you could do

#VAR %concat("aff_broken",%subchar(%1," ")) 1

And what that will do is affix the broken limb without spaces to the aff_broken. So, with your example:

Charne applies intensive pressure. You howl as your right arm snaps.

Variable aff_brokenrightarm would be set to 1.

If it was left leg, then variable aff_brokenleftleg would be set to 1. :P

Hope this helps.

Charneus

Beginner Joined: 29 Nov 2008 Posts: 20

Wow, thank you Charneus! It works now. :D

One last question though, sometimes in that same reflex, when it hits chest gut or head it will give different ailments, is there a way I can still specify with the @targetlimb in the reflex? For example when the attack happens to the chest, the variable isn't aff_brokenchest.
It's aff_splinteredchest. Am I asking too much or does Zmud also have what I'm looking for?

The variables i use for the ailments are aff_brokenrightarm, etc for the limbs, aff_crackedskull for head, aff_fracturedchest for chest, and aff_dysentery for gut.

Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 7:52 am

Heh... change the value from:

#VAR %concat("aff_broken",%subchar(%1," ")) 1

to

#IF (%1="head") {#VAR aff_crackedskull 1} {#IF (%1="chest") {#VAR aff_fracturedchest 1} {#IF (%1="gut") {#VAR aff_dysentery 1} {#VAR %concat("aff_broken",%subchar(%1," ")) 1}}}

Of course, in CMUD, you'd just use #SWITCH, but yeah... enjoy! :P

Charneus